Let's see how this'll turn out.
Although enormous physical strength is my trademark, this time I'll have to rely on my wits and extensive vocabulary. Anyone care to make the incredibly obvious crack at my expense?
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Here, for your reading pleasure, references to literally every single noteworthy piece of trivia in the Digimon franchise and anime meta-series.
ENJOY!
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Review responses:
Guest:
Firstly, the idea that the demonic can be very persuasive is not new; care to remember Paradise Lost?
Secondly, one thing is Raya being highly Affably-Evil (or in non-trope terms, a sweet-tempered, kind-hearted, genuinely loving and caring Digimon in spite of routinely committing mass-murder as part of the job), with a heaping pile of valid points, but try not to forget what she does.
Thirdly, as for Saial's Black-and-White morality, well, is that world-view really wrong? After all, for her, it's a fact: Good and Evil, Great Angels and Demon Lords, Allies and Enemies. It's a simplistic view, but not incorrect, all things considered.
The Dark Area
"Now this is amusing," A statuesque woman observed with a wide smirk, peering into a shadowy orb depicting the bedroom. She stood at about six foot in height, and looked to be in her early twenties. Her figure was slender yet very well-developed. She wore a black and lavender dress, exposing a generous amount of cleavage.
Around her, her fellow Demon Lords stood, in a seven-pronged circle. To her right, the toga-clad Lucemon floated, watching with mild interest, a few of his ten wings shaking to signal his fascination with the sight.
To her left stood Beelzemon, clad in black leather, his arms folded and his trusty Berenjena holstered at his sides, his red eyes holding nothing but disinterest.
On the ground to Beelzemon's left was a large orange scaly maw filled with sharp teeth, dwarfing the other six in size. A distance behind the maw was a pair of glowing crimson eyes, and a pair of restless whip-like tails.
To Lucemon's left rested a koala bear-like creature, with greyish-brown fur and a contented smile. Likewise, this one dwarfed the other ones in size. Lucemon would never understand how so conventionally adorable was in their midst. Certainly, his Rage Mode was powerful, but that one only awoke once every millennium. Regardless, he wasn't about to argue the point with his allies once more.
To Belphemon's and Leviamon's sides stood Daemon and Barbamon, eyeing the shadow-orb with abject fury and vested interest respectively.
"One of our soldiers, indulging her lust for an angel?" Daemon spoke curtly.
"Indeed," Lilithmon responded, her smirk widening. Beelzemon smirked, amused; was his fellows really that blind to the possibility that more than their respective sins was in play here?
"I suggest that we move to correct this at once," Daemon growled.
"Petition denied," Lilithmon and Lucemon spoke in unison, and gave the other a curious look. Daemon's eyes widened in shock. Grumbling in frustration he decided not to argue the point, as they had retrieved him from the depths of the Dark Ocean.
Beelzemon blinked. Lilithmon allowing this to proceed unhindered, he could understand, but why was Lucemon allowing it?
"I agree fully with Daemon," Leviamon hissed.
"And I say we let LadyDevimon have her fun," Beelzemon smirked. "Three on two, one undecided, and one sleeping for five-hundred-and-seventy years. Care to concede the argument?"
Barbamon paused to comtemplate his options. While the temporary loss of a soldier in their armies was regrettable, the Great Angels lost as much as they did, and if everything went well, their army would be minutely increased after a scant eighty days, making the risks mostly inconsequential.
"I side with Lady Lilithmon, Lord Beelzemon and Lord Lucemon on this matter," Barbamon declared, ignoring both Daemon's furious look, Lucemon's smug sneer and Lilithmon's triumphant smirk. "However, if the Great Angels intervene personally, so will we."
"Agreed," The other six intoned.
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The Rose Morning Star library
"This is unacceptable!" Cherubimon roared, watching with disgust the scene at the mansion. Not only had Angewomon knowingly neglected her responsibilities to slay this evil, but she was even sleeping in the same room as LadyDevimon was?!
Seraphimon could only agree with his companion's statement. Ophanimon, however, bit her lip; The demoness had done all this, out of what she claimed to be love. Was it actually possible that she was sincere in her desire? That Angewomon was still alive and unharmed would point towards it, but it could simply be a ruse on her part.
"You are correct, Cherubimon. What do you suggest?" Seraphimon asked to him and Ophanimon.
"The answer is readily apparent," The rabbit-angel shot back. "We send a few MagnaAngemon to slay this LadyDevimon."
"With all due respect, Cherubimon, I do not believe that to be the best cause of action." Ophanimon slowly responded. Both Cherubimon and Seraphimon gave her incredulous looks. "Were we to do so, I fear that we may unwittingly do as the demoness wishes us to. At the moment, the situation is relatively harmless for Angewomon; intervening may well convince her that we do not trust her judgment, and lead her to join LadyDevimon in the Dark Area."
Seraphimon acknowledged the wisdom in Ophanimon's suggestion. Cherubimon paused to consider her response, deciding her to be right.
"But we cannot just do nothing about this!" Cherubimon exclaimed in frustration.
"I am truly sorry, but I do not believe that we have much of a choice..." Ophanimon whispered softly.
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Back at the mansion
Raya sat in her bed, smiling contentedly, gazing softly at the soundly asleep angel. Her soft hair was messy, almost disheleved, there was a slight trickle of drool leaking from her mouth, and she was without the shadow of a doubt the most beautiful thing the demoness had ever had the pleasure to behold.
Slowly, the angel stirred, her eyes opening. Her eyes widened in shock, seeing the nude demoness sitting in a nearby bed. "WHAT TRICKERY IS THIS!?" Saial declared in shock and disgust.
The angel blinked when in lieu of responding properly, LadyDevimon offhandedly counted to five. Suddenly, the memories of the day before replayed in the angel's mind. "What?" She asked to the demoness who had been staring at her since she woke, her angular red eyes holding nothing but affection, much to Saial's surprise.
"Do you know how beautiful you look right now?" Raya whispered to the angel, who blushed slightly at the compliment.
"I-I was not aware of that detail," Angewomon stuttered, unable to think of any other reply. LadyDevimon was supposed to be evil, the Great Angels had taught her such, so how could LadyDevimon compliment her like that, let alone address her with cordiality and warmth?
Deciding it to be another of the demoness' tricks to guide her into sin and decadence, the angel decided to change the subject.
"What can I expect today?" Saial drawled. "Another lecture about how my moral teachings are wrong, and that there are no such things as good and evil?"
"Perhaps, if the mood striked me," Raya smirked back. "But really, it's all a matter of perspective. You view it as good and evil, while I view it as light and darkness."
"And I suppose that you also intend to tell me that my notions of order and chaos are flawed as well?" Saial snorted.
"Perhaps..." The demoness mused. The angel raised an eye-brow at this; was she going to slight this belief as well?! "Let us assume for the sake of argument that your masters managed to defeat the Demon Lords, and spread what they consider order through-out the Digital Worlds. When everyone lives in peace and tranquility, who would fight on behalf on the weak? Who could? Like it or not, the Demon Lords do serve a purpose, by increasing the martial capabilities of Digimon in the various worlds."
"That logic is obscene!" Saial whispered, shaken by the deeply irrational, deeply repulsive, reasoning. She actually believed that the Demon Lords had any sort of justifications for their heinous actions?
"Perhaps," Raya shrugged, seeming to ignore her rebuttal. "Or perhaps, it's more accurate that there's some unintended and mildly beneficial side-effects from the Demon Lords' perpetual campaigns to subjugate the Digital Worlds."
"Perhaps," Saial wearily sighed, seeing no reason to argue the point. "Furthermore, how can you act like this?!"
The demoness cocked her head in response to her question. "Act like what?"
"Act like such a sweet and cordial Digimon when you freely admit to casually snuffing countless innocent lives?"
Raya sighed inwardly. There really hadn't been a way to avoid that allegation, she supposed. "Because that are the tasks I am given. It's nothing personal."
"Nothing personal?" Angewomon echoed dubiously, disgusted with the demoness. She had the nerve to say that it was... Nothing personal?! "Nothing personal!? DO YOU SERIOUSLY BELIEVE THAT?! YOU HAVE SLAIN THOUSANDS, AT THE LEAST!? SO NO, IT IS NOT 'NOTHING PERSONAL'! IT IS ABSOLUTELY PERSONAL, YOU MORALLY-REPUGNANT WRETCH!" She screamed indignantly, getting out of the bed. In her fury, she forgot her state of undress, and her slender figure and modest-yet-shapely chest was fully revealed to the demoness.
"I was right..." Raya whispered in awe of the sight.
"What?" Saial snapped. Her rage instantly faded, replaced by shock, when LadyDevimon, to her bewilderment, kissed her.
Raya quickly broke the kiss. "You really are the most beautiful thing I've ever seen..."
"What is wrong with you!?" Saial disgustedly asked. Did she actually believe that there could ever be anything between them again, when she hadn't even bothered to refute the accusation that she had killed thousands of innocent Digimon? "You are a callous, sociopathic murderess, yet you claim to love me?!"
"I really don't see what the problem there is," The other replied, sounding bored. "After all, any slain Digimon would simply revert to an egg, and be reincarnated. Actually killing a Digimon, while possible even in the world of the Digidestined, would take a great deal more power than most Ultimate-levels can manage."
Angewomon paused. While reprehensible, her reasoning was factually correct. "That does not justify mass-murder!"
"Perhaps not," Raya conceded. "Still, what does that make of you, who have slain several Devimon and LadyDevimon alike? Are your killings justified?"
"For all the horrible crimes you've committed, yes!" Saial responded tersely, trying her best to ignore her (perhaps somewhat valid) rebuttal. "I can never forgive what you have done."
Hearing this, LadyDevimon's expression softened, much to Saial's surprise. "Sweetie, I'm not asking you to-"
The demoness was abrubtly cut off. "Stop it now, LadyDevimon!" Saial demanded. "Stop addressing me as though I am your lover! We are not involved!"
LadyDevimon's expression remained soft, only changing to display visible pain. "Saial, I'm sorry, I... Look, if you can tell me, with absolute certainty, that you don't love me, then..." She paused, unable to bring herself to complete her sentence.
Angewomon froze once more. She... Had actually apologized? Saial felt a stronge twinge of regret, as the demoness actually seemed hurt by her statement. "... I loved who you used to be. Perhaps, I even still love you. But it is not something I can embrace."
"Why not?" Raya softly asked. The angel stared at her incredulously.
"Because I cannot in good conscience join you in the Dark Area, nor can I be as selfish as to ask you to join me, simply because I may or may not desire you," Saial answered.
"Then, why choose either option?" Raya asked, smirking.
Saial blinked in confusion at this. A few seconds later, her eyes widened while Raya smiled; was she suggesting what the angel suspected?! "Are you really suggesting that we become romantically involved once more, while remaining on different sides of this feud?!"
"Would that really be such a bad thing?" The demoness smiled softly.
Angewomon paused. While the prospect was tempting, would it really be worth it? What would happen if they were to meet on the battle-field once more? She had failed to carry out her solemn vow back then, and this would not fortify her conviction in that regard.
"I'll consider it..." The angel hesitantly said.
Saial was caught off-guard when Raya wrapped her arms firmly around her. "Thank you so much..." The demoness whispered contentedly, her eyes closed. "Take as much as time as you need; we've still got seventy-eight days to spend before this bet is over, after all..."
"Thank you," Saial responded, sweatdropping. Somehow, the bet had entirely slipped her mind...
LadyDevimon felt the other tremble almost imperceptibly with something she decided to akin to mild discomfort, and slowly pulled her arms away, taking a few steps backwards, and smiled brightly. "I'm going back to sleep. See you tomorrow." She told her, and walked back to her bed, crawling underneath.
The angel blinked. What had she just said? Then, she did something she never believed she would in the demoness' company, and gave a mild chuckle. She hadn't meant to, but it was barely noon.
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About an hour after the debates in the bedroom, Saial was downstairs, occupied examining the books in the left miniature library. She wasn't sure what to make of the majority of them, as they detailed the Digidestined, Tamers, Legendary Warriors, DATS Agents, and Generals living countless possible lives.
Most of the time, those tales contradicted one another, such as Kari Kamiya and Gatomon Bio-Merging together into Ophanimon in some, and in others, Hikari Yagami and Tailmon Matrix Digivolved into Magnadramon, as well as Gatomon reaching those forms by standard Digivolution in yet others.
Just what were all these books, Saial wondered. Were they mere fiction, thought up and written by someone employed by the Demon Lords, or were they actual factual tales of the Digidestined and Tamers, employed to keep track of what they were capable of? More importantly, why had they appeared in this building that LadyDevimon had conjured? Were they a standard fixture? She doubted that all this were things the demoness concretely knew, as there was simply too staggeringly much, but if they were not a fixture, how could they exist without Raya pouring her own knowledge into them?
Deciding that to be questions she might never get answered, and finished with reading a book holding the unusual title of 'Kari Kamiya/Hikari Yagami: Earth-eight, Timelines one-through-fifty', she placed it back on the third shelf of the sixth bookcase, and went over to the second bookcase, taking another book, this one titled, 'Takato Matsuki/Takato Matsuda: Earth-forty-six, Timelines three-hundred-through-three-hundred-and-fifty'.
It was certainly a fascinating read, albeit in occasionally morbid ways, Saial mused, flipping through the book, absently scanning it's pages, reading of timelines where Takato Matsuda had fully accepted the great evil beast Megidramon, of timelines where it had been Guilmon rather than Leomon to die, of timelines where Takato Matsuki's partner had been Impmon, of timelines where he had never become a Tamer, of timelines where he'd met the Digidestined, and of timelines where the D-Reaper had won, as well as of timelines where the D-Reaper had never invaded the human world.
Suddenly, something caught her attention, namely a small, red leather-bound book, standing at the other end of that shelf. Walking over to it, she reached for it, briefly scanning the title on the front.
'The Singular Timeline of Earth-Zero: from Adventure to Revelation'.
"Odd..." She briefly thought. Most of the other books had only been detailing notable events in the various possible lives of a single Digidestined or Tamer, yet judging by the title of this one, it almost seemed like a book documenting every event in that single universe, but how could a single book hold all that?
Opening the book, she didn't see anything particularly unusual about it. The table of contents were largely the same as the others. Whatever had happened in the 'Earth-Zero' dimension, it wasn't noteworthy enough to merit a mention.
The story of this reality's Digidestined began January 1 in the year 2000. Their struggles and adventures lasted for twenty-five years if the book was accurate, though Saial blinked, alarmed when she read the name of the twenty-fifth chapter.
The death of Earth-Zero.
She re-read the name a few times, trying to wrap her mind around the concept. The Digidestined of that world... Had failed to save their universe? It seemed impossible to imagine, considering the legendary accomplishments of the Digidestined of other worlds and timelines. Strangely, only a single page, 267, was dedicated to detail the death of that universe.
Reading the other page, she was shocked to learn exactly which set of Digidestined had failed the task, and seemingly with ease at that.
To her astonishment, it was several sets of them.
Tai Yagami, Yamato Ishida, Sora Takenouchi, Mimi Tachikawa, Izzy Izumi, Jyou Kido, TK Takaishi, Hikari Yagami, Davis Motomiya, Ken Ichijouji, Cody Hida and Yolei Miyako Inoue of Earth-eight...
Takato Matsuda, Rika Nonaka, Henry Wong, Suzie Wong, Ryo Akiyama, Hirokazu Shioda, Kenta Kitagawa, Ai Terada, Mako Terada, and Jeri Katou of Earth-forty-six...
Takuya Kanbara, Kouji Minamoto, Zoe Orimoto, Tommy Himi, JP Shibayama and Kouichi Kimura of Earth-twenty...
Marcus Damon, Thomas H. Norstein, Yoshino Fujieda, Keenan Crier, Relena H. Norstein, and Kristy Damon of Earth-fifty...
Taiki Kudo, Akari Hinomoto, Zenjirou Tsurugi, Kiriha Aonume, Nene Amano, Tagiru Akashi, Ryouma Mogami, Airu Suzaki, and Ren Tobari of Earth-two-thousand-and-twenty...
All these brave souls, struggling for survival... had been overpowered?
Her shock only grew when she turned around to page 268, reading the chapter detailing Tai and his Digimon partner.
Like most other worlds and times, his partner was Agumon, but there were significant differences in this reality, namely that there were several other Jogress Digivolutions accessible with the other ten Digidestined's partners, beyond Omnimon, as well as VictoryGreymon as a Bio-Merge with Tai.
Turning her eyes to page 269, she noted Gabumon having the same number of Jogresses as Agumon, and Bio-Merging into ZeedGarurumon.
The next several pages offered little new information.
270: Sora's Biyomon had Hououmon listed as her Mega-form, and Valdurmon as her Bio-Merge Mega, in addition to largely the same set of Jogress Megas that the previous pair of pages had listed.
271: On the other page was Mimi and Palmon. Her Mega-form was listed as Rosemon, with no mention of the Burst Mode. Strangely, Ceresmon of the Olympos Twelve was listed as her Bio-Merge Mega.
272: Flipping the page again, Izzy and Tentomon revealed no further surprises. HerculesKabuterimon was listed as the ladybug's natural Mega-form, and TyrantKabuterimon as the Bio-Merge Mega. She wondered briefly if not the book had it wrong; the reverse seemed more logical.
273: Joe's and Gomamon's entry had Vikemon as the natural Mega and Plesiomon as the Bio-Merge, though Saial mused once more if not the opposite would make more sense.
274: Another page-flip and no real surprises from TK and Kari's entries. That Patamon's Mega-form was Seraphimon was known to the angel, and Gatomon's Mega-level being Ophanimon was no surprise either. What did surprise her was that their respective Bio-Merges were Goldramon and Magnadramon. The angel noted that they would have access to three of the Four Great Dragons this way, with Azulongmon being the only one not to be thus.
276: Davis and Veemon's listings surprised her however, as with their Bio-Merge into UlforceVeedramon, Veemon had access to three of the Royal Knights. Even more curiously, there were a grand total of fifteen Armor-Digivolutions listed, and not just Flamedramon, Raidramon and Magnamon.
277: Ken and Wormmon's entry held nothing she wasn't expecting; Stingmon as a Champion-level, DinoBeemon as Ultimate, GranKuwagamon as Mega, GrandisKuwagamon as a Bio-Merge, eleven Jogresses, fifteen Armor Digivolutions...
278: Cody and Armadillomon's page were no different than the previous ones; Ankylomon, Brachiomon, Cannondramon, ElDradimon as a Bio-Merge, eleven Jogresses, fifteen Armor-forms.
279: Yolei and Hawkmon were no surprise either; Aquilamon, Garudamon, Valkyrimon... Saial paused, as apparently, Valkyrimon was the Bio-Merge form, in addition to being both the Mega-form of Silphymon, and Hawkmon's natural Mega-level.
She was greatly surprised at reading all this, as across the infinitude of alternate timelines in the multiverse, these Digivolutions and Bio-Merges had taken place in several, though only some displayed more than a few of these, and some even showcased alternate forms for the partners of the Digidestined.
Deciding to shelve that enigma for later, the angel flipped a page to Takato Matsuki's entry. There were no immediately no visible discrepancies, compared to his earth-forty-six iteration; Guilmon, Growlmon, WarGrowlmon, Megidramon, Gallantmon, and Gallantmon Crimson Mode were all present.
At least, she thought that there weren't any, until she noticed an entry below Crimson Mode, called 'Hybrid-form', listing Chronomon Destruction Mode, apparently formed by...
Angewomon blinked, skeptical of what the book read. Apparently, Chronomon Destroyer Mode was formed by the Jogress of Gallantmon and Sakuyamon. Was that even possible? Gallantmon and Sakuyamon were formed through Guilmon and Renamon Bio-Merging with their partners; was it actually possible for Bio-Merged Digimon to Jogress together? And even if they could, how could any of the four possibly maintain any sense of individuality when merged with three other minds?
Rika's and Renamon's entry listed the same as Takato's and Guilmon's did, with Sakuyamon and Gallantmon being required for the Jogress into Chronomon Destroyer Mode.
The next pair of pages held Henry's, Terriermon's, Suzie's and Lopmon's entries. Henry and Terriermon's page contained no surprises, save another Hybrid-form. Somehow, she wasn't greatly at finding Chronomon Holy Mode as the Jogress of those two Bio-Merged Digimon, as it made marginally more sense for the angelic Cherubimon to reach that form, with the power of MegaGargomon added to her own. Oddly, the book claimed that Lopmon, in her natural Mega form, was able to Slide-Digivolve between both varieties of Cherubimon.
Turning to pages 284 and 285, she arrived at Jeri Katou and, surprisingly, Ryo Akiyama's entries. How could Ryo Akiyama be there? He was unique in the multiverse; there was only the earth-eight version of him.
Jeri Katou of Earth-Zero seemed largely similar to her earth-forty-six counterpart, in that her partner had been Leomon before dying at Beelzemon's hands, though unlike her counterpart, Calumon had become something akin to her new partner, and had gained the ability to Digivolve... Into Lucemon, of all things.
Saial wasn't certain whether to be more surprised by that Calumon could Digivolve, that his Rookie-form was Lucemon, or the even more shocking revelation that Calumon's Champion form was apparently Petermon. After that, it was Lucemon Chaos Mode, as she knew, and subsequently Shadowlord Mode.
Ryo's entry was the same as the earth-eight version. Monodramon, Strikedramon, Cyberdramon, Millenniumon, Moon=Millenniumon, ZeedMillenniumon, and Justimon as their Bio-Merge.
She flipped to pages 286 and 287. Kenta Kitawaga and MarineAngemon were the same there as on earth-eight, as was Hirokazu Shioda, only Guardromon had Hagurumon listed as his Rookie-form, and HiAndromon as his Mega, with no sign of a Bio-Merge, a Jogress, or anything else beyond his natural, six-seven stage Digivolution line.
As these two held no real interest to Saial amidst the flood of information, she flipped to pages 288 and 289; Takuya's and Koiji's entries.
Neither of the two's listings showcased any differences from the events of earth-twenty. Their Human-Spirit forms were Agunimon and Lobomon, their Beast-Spirit forms BurningGreymon and KendoGarurumon... Aldamon and BeoWolfmon... EmperorGreymon and MagnaGarurumon... And lastly, Susanoomon.
However, Zoe's and Tommy's entries surprised the angel.
Zoe's page listed an entry for a Fusion-form, JetSilphymon, despite her not having assumed one in the timeline that the angel remembered best. Even more surprisingly, there was a mention of a Transcendant form, TycoonSilphymon, supposedly accessible by combining the Wind Spirits with the Light, Darkness, Flame and Water Spirits.
Though, Angewomon doubted that the description of this form was entirely accurate, as it claimed TycoonSilphymon to possess enough physical strength, speed, durability and stamina to fight all thirteen of the Royal Knights to a standstill, in addition to supposedly be able to lift any amount of weight, and that no amount of weight could slow her down.
The appearance wasn't much of a surprise, as this form was described to have a very lithe, almost malnourished build, yet standing at almost 180 cm in height, in addition to largely resembling AncientKazemon, trading the shoulder-guards and rapier for additional body armor, coating every part of her body.
Tommy likewise had a listing for a Fusion-form, Daipenmon, and a Transcendant form achieved by combining the Ice Spirits with the Thunder, Steel, Earth and Wind Spirits, ZeedKorikakumon, which the book described as a twelve-meters tall version of the Beast Spirit form, made entirely of ice.
The next two pages concerned JP and Kouichi.
As she expected, JP had an entry for both his Human Spirit and Beast Spirit forms, with RhinoKabuterimon as his Fusion-form, and something called, 'PotentateBeetlemon', as his Transcendant form, created by unifying the Spirits of Thunder, Earth, Wind, Ice and Wood.
That version of Kouichi had a Fusion-form, Rhihimon, and was able to unify the Spirits of Flame, Water, Earth and Wind into the Spirits of Darkness, to become MagnaLoweemon, which was described as largely resembling MagnaGarurumon, only colored night-black, and having a shield instead of the 'Sniper Phantom', and a sword instead of the 'Strike Phantom'.
Reading further, she didn't see anything out of the ordinary on either Marcus', Thomas', Yoshino's, or Keenan's pages. However, Relena, surprisingly enough, had her own entry. How, the angel didn't quite understand; the girl had no Digimon of her own in most earth-fifty timelines Saial had visited.
Her confusion was only exacerbated by actually reading the entry of her so-called partner; Gumdramon, with Arresterdramon as a Champion-level, followed by either Cyberdramon or his Superior Mode as his Ultimate-level, and unbelievably, Fanglongmon, the Jogressed form of the Sovereign as his Mega.
Kristy was much less of a surprise, as the only difference between her and the earth-fifty version was that Biyomon had reached her Mega form, Hououmon.
Taiki, Akari, Zenjirou, Kiriha, Nene, Tagiru, Ryouma, Airu, and Ren's pages likewise matched what little the angel knew of them.
The exploits of the Digidestined and Tamers studied, Saial flipped to the page before Tai's, and was greatly surprised once more at what was there.
She had expected some grand riveting tale, something equally as grandiose as the death of a universe, something to shed light on the mystery, yet nothing of the sort was present. There was only a brief note on the entirety of the page, answering very few of her questions.
'What exactly led to the demise of Earth-Zero remains unknown. Some have termed the events directly preceding it, 'The Last Great Time War', 'The Second War in Heaven', 'The Crisis on Infinite Earths' and 'Flashpoint', among other names, though when asked, no-one can explain exactly what took place. Indeed, some have reported their already-vague memories of the event changing. What is known is that whatever took place on Earth-Zero caused space and time across the infinitude of parallel universes to completely re-arrange itself.'
Saial decided the entirety of the tale to be fictional. After all, what sort of force could conceivably defeat all of them together? It was a task that exceeded the combined might of the Seven Great Demon Lords, the Sovereign, the Deva, the Three Great Angels and the Royal Knights; with the levels of power the book claimed them to have, any of these groups of Digidestined or Tamers could fend off them all.
But if such a world did exist, the angel was just glad that it was in good hands.
Suddenly, she caught a glimpse outside. To her surprise, it was pitch-dark. She sighed in mixed amusement and embarassment. Had she really spent most of the day standing up, reading?
Okay, so day 01 explored the relativity of morality, day 02 explored the infinitudes of humanity, Digimon and the multiverse...
Let's see what else I can find.
Day 02/80 notes.
1: Saial and Raya refers to the Digital and Human World in the plural. This stems from my theory/HeadCanon that well, across the worlds of the multiverse, there are only the same, eternal and recurring, set of Sovereigns, Demon Lords, Great Angels, Ryo Akiyama, and so on.
2: They consistently refer to Earth as the 'Human World', rather than the 'Real World' because within the franchise, the Digital World is as real as the Human World, and to refer to it as otherwise is demeaning to the Digimon and elitist by the humans, in addition to just being plain nonsensical. Certainly, it lacks physical substance, but so too does the emotion of love, the bond of family, and a lightning-bolt. Are you going to tell me that those aren't empirically real?
3: The things Saial make mentions of in the book-room metaphorically encompasses every Digimon fanfic ever written or thought of and/or the infinitudes yet to be made or thought up.