Jlgjt Presents, A DDLA Special...

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Date: March 1st, 2004

Time: 9:12 pm

From: "Knowledge"

To: "All Destined"

Cc: "Apprentices"

Subject: That file left on my laptop...

Hey everyone! I took sometime to examine the file that was left on my laptop during the recent incident at Fuji TV. The file was initially shown to be an executable program, but after I scanned the data for "Patchmon" the file type changed to a standard movie file type. I can't send a copy of the whole movie to everyone now because doing so would go over the local bandwith limit and shut off Internet access to my family for the whole month, so I made a transcript of the movie's contents and attached it to this message. I do have the original file on a secure backup, and a copy on my laptop which you can freely look at and copy further if anyone so wishes.

I can't vouch for the accuracy of most things in the video and its transcription, but there's little reason to doubt it is not accurate generally if not in total detail. Warning: The video itself is quite emotional, and it shows on the transcript. May want to have some tissues handy. :)

- Izzy

Opening Transcript File...

"" Transcript

by Koshirou "Izzy" Izumi

Abbreviations:

"CHC" = Chaotic camera (no clear image in the "video")

"CTB" = Cut to black

"FF" = Freezeframe/still image

"FTB" = Fade to black

"TOB" = Text on background, no "video feed"

"WVO" = Wizardmon voiceover

(Soft, upbeat music begins playing. An image of Patchmon, with a ghostly outline of the original Wizardmon form in the background, fades in.)

Patchmon/Wizardmon: "This is the story of my life, as I lived it and I ultimately gave it up for someone I loved more than I ever had before. Now that the prospect of restoration is in serious jeopardy, I felt obliged to leave this record behind so that, regardless of whatever happens to my data pattern, my story will live on."

(Music stops. figures FTB. TOB appears, reading "No Mon Is An Island...". Text fades, replaced with a background image of a town shrouded in twilight. The town is similar to that of Medieval Europe, and several different kinds of Digimon are seen in the town itself.)

WVO: "Even though I was born and raised in Primary Village like all other Digimon are, I called this place home for a long time, before my days of wandering. Witchenly was its name; it was the center of a pocket dimension separated from the rest of the Digital World by a strong magical barrier."

(The screen cuts to a viewpoint inside the town, with Wizardmon centered in the screen. He is in a vigilant, watchful pose. Several different kinds of Digimon (mostly Bakemon) are conducting business in the background.)

WVO: "After I had become fortunate enough to reach the Champion level, I was tasked with maintaining and repairing the barrier. Myself, and one other Digimon."

(Screen FTB, a figure appears on the screen. This figure vaguely resembles Arukenimon's human disguise, only with a "witch" theme to the clothing. The figure is holding a broomstick, has a cocky, over-confident pose.)

WVO: "Witchmon was her name. She was largely my equal in terms of magical ability and responsibility. But she had a disturbing tendency to spend most of her patrols outside the barrier rather than inside it. That's what I think caused the disaster..."

(Screen changes to that of the town previously shown, only now it is under attack by many Digimon and partly aflame. The inhabitants are scattering everywhere, and the figures of at least two Dark Masters are recognizable leading the attacking army.)

WVO: "One day, the barriers came down, without warning and without chance to repair them. The Dark Masters attacked the town... burned it to the ground... I may have been the only one to escape capture..."(brief pause) "The last I saw of my long-time home was with Witchmon's evolved form laughing as the buildings burned around her..."

(Screen shows described scene. The evolved form mentioned is shown in silhouette in front of flames; it is apparently a cat-like Digimon standing on two legs, proportioned like an adult human, with two tails or a split tail. No details can be made out in the video, and the Digimon Analyzer can't give a positive identification of the Digimon.)

WVO: "I was traumatized. I never wanted to trust another living soul again. The life I had known had been abruptly taken from me, and the bitterness, the anger, the aching loneliness, all began to make me hard. I traveled constantly, a nomad never stopping to make friends."

(Screen shows Wizardmon traveling in a desert sandstorm. Music changes to a somber but uplifting melody.)

WVO: "One day, I guess I just pushed myself too hard trying to get across a desert or something like that. I fell from the sky, crashed in the middle of a town. Too weak to get back up, and with no one helping me, I was sure I was going to die right at that spot. Then SHE came along..."

(First "video" sequence begins. Shows Gatomon giving the fallen Wizardmon some water to drink, he passes out, cuts to a nighttime campfire scene with him laying nearby and her watching the fire.)

Gatomon: Ah, you're awake.

Wizardmon: (surprised) Did you save me?

Gatomon: (casually) I didn't do that much. I couldn't leave you lying there.

Wizardmon: (gets up using his staff) Well, thanks. I guess I'll be going now.

Gatomon: (stands up) Don't be silly. You're not strong enough to go.

Wizardmon: (apologetic tone) I'm sorry, I don't have anything for you.

Gatomon: I don't want anything. You must be very lonely to say that.

Wizardmon: (confused) What do you mean?

Gatomon: When you're alone a long time, your heart becomes very hard. It happens to everyone, even me...

(Freeze on Wizardmon's face, showing some degree of surprise and confusion.)

WVO: This was something that struck me very deeply. Somehow, I had managed to be saved by something of a kindred spirit, another lonely wanderer. It also showed me that if there was goodness here, with her, than surely there was good hidden in all, waiting for just the right circumstances to reveal itself. (Pause) After this, I asked her how she was so sure of what she was saying. What she told me was nothing less than shocking, though then I had no idea what it truly meant.

("Video" resumes)

Gatomon: My whole life, I just keep waiting and searching, but I never find her.

Wizardmon: Who? Who are you searching for?

Gatomon: I can't remember, it was too long ago. All I know is I'm waiting for someone.

(Scene freezes again, this time on an overview of the campfire area.)

WVO: When she said those words, the first pity or compassion I ever had for a fellow Digimon in a long time welled up in me. Those words hooked themselves into my mind, refusing to let go or be pulled out. Eventually I did recover enough that I could be on my way again, but no matter how hard I tried I just couldn't get my benefactor or her hopeless quest out of my mind.

(Screen changes to Wizardmon looking at a large castle in the distance.)

WVO: The burning desire to help her achieve her goal grew hotter within me daily, and soon I entered my own period of "waiting and searching". Working from an offhand observation of the direction of her tracks when she left the campsite, I eventually stumbled across a town, in the domain of Lord Myotismon who's castle overshadowed it. I settled down in that town, opened a stand to sell my magical abilities to anyone willing to pay. All the while, I kept looking and listening for any information on my Gatomon benefactor...

(Screen FTB. TOB appears, apparently some kind of poetry. Several verses appear and fade in turn; this happens a number of other times later on.)

TOB Verse 1: As I stumbled through the desert / and fell faint in city streets / I was ignored by all who saw me / as they ran to flee the heat / my mouth was dry as embers / and my eyes could barely see / as I was prepared to meet my maker / you came along and rescued me

TOB Verse 2: You wouldn't take a thing in return / though I had nothing to give / you didn't ask for any favors / you just wanted me to live / I couldn't understand your reasons / you didn't understand yourself / there was just something that seemed right about it / something just made you help

TOB Verse 3: Then you disappeared the next day / they said you'd been taken away / I didn't know how I'd find you / but I went out anyway...