A/N: A rewrite of Digimon World DS, putting Tomomi as the main character, starting a bit before the protagonist appears and changing the progression of events.
Challenges:
Diversity Writing Challenge, i13 – a multichap with more than 15 chapters
DFC Festival – fireworks (random challenge: Seasons Rewrite Challenge)
Seasons Rewrite Challenge
The Becoming the Tamer King Challenge, Training Peak task – drabblechap
Abel and Kain
1.
Tomomi skimmed the text, then deleted it, frowned, and went back to listening with one ear to the conversation.
They were talking about Digimon again.
Everyone was talking about Digimon these days. Whoever was in charge of promotion was doing their job, and doing it well. And everyone was talking about the glorified world it was. Monsters that were civilised, who needed humans to grow. What a glorified game.
She wondered what they thought when they got tired of playing. When they realised they hadn't signed up to a game at all.
She wondered what they thought when they realised they'd left the human world behind.
But she didn't really care. The human world was pretty glorified too. School filled with classes they'd barely need when they emerged into adulthood and the real life. People who just sucked up to adults and sneered at the dumb kids who'd drop out before they could graduate and made friends with the people who looked like they'd be the most successful.
School was just a game. A political game. And there were two ways to play it. Rule or follow.
Ruling made one the bad guy. It was a gamble. On the other hand, it was pretty easy to follow.
Even if it was dissatisfying.
But she wouldn't lose anything if it all went down burning.
Not like Kain.
Because as much as he was her cousin, he was an idiot. He was dashing towards a confrontation.
She knew what he hated, but seriously, was it worth it?
Of course, he would ask in return: was her bland life worth the peace?