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Session 56

Glass Walls Pt 4: Human

Polly let out a deep breath.

While the voice from before had chosen to stay quiet, occasionally she would catch a whisper of it. They sounded familiar, but at the same time foreign to the monk magi.

'Are you ready to face the truth of this mess?'

'Human. What a funny word.'

Usually she just pushed that stuff to the back of her head and continued on, but now it was becoming harder and harder to block it all out. Each step she took seemed to bring it further and further up as a sense of unease seemed ready to engulf her. This definitely was not helped by the trapped gas that they had left behind.

"Are you alright?" Chacha inquired as Polly looked over towards her.

"No." Polly answered back, only for her gyroid companion to place a hand on her back.

"Now, now. It'll be alright, my child." the gyroid explained in her best patronizing voice. For that, she got a slap from Polly. "What was that for?"

"I'm fairly certain that we are the same age." Polly countered, getting a laugh from Chacha in return.

"Keep dreaming."

She let out a sigh, only for her gaze to focus in on the doorway. Just barely, she could make out a familiar harem mage. Her pace quickened as energy that had seemed to disappear when she was trapped in that tube.

"Aegiochusmon!" Polly shouted as her casual jog turned into a run. Voices or not, it had been far too long since she had seen him. Maybe this time, the two wouldn't be forced to part. As much as she sort of hoped for that to be the case, the monk magi doubted that would be the case.

The harem mage turned around, watching the trio enter the room. Polly and Chacha immediately made their way over to Aegiochusmon, quickly take note of their fallen comrades as Olrumon looked them over. Strangely, Chacha seemed focused on the body by the window, almost ready to break down into tears.

"Eva…" Chacha whispered and slammed her fist into the wall. "I hope you're happy, author."

The author did not answer. Not that he really could answer this sort of question. While it had technically been his fault for this mess, it had been Chacha's choice to look at the note. She had chosen to act the way she had in that moment. The same could be said about his own choice to 'depower' Usagi. Even if he did have the foresight to predict this, would it have really changed the outcome of this? He doubted the outcome would really change.

"Damn." Polly whispered and turned her attention to a far off wall, which had just a simple cork board hanging from it. On said board, a mess of research papers and results had been scattered about upon it. They made their way over to it, only to focus on a single sheet of paper.

Experiment Log 10798850-3

November 20th 2011, Cycle 15; Earth-A

Subject 1 ("Akira Okochi") has finally awoken from the operation. The subject has recovered quite quickly, even after having her whole body rebuilt. Sadly, we do not have enough body parts to construct a second body should the first fail.

She now knows herself as "Polly Gostelow", daughter to Lauren and Adrian.

So far, the subject has responded well to memory rewrite. Whether or not that will change in the future remains the question. I personally hope so, since it allows me to put my personal touch on this. Especially after the failure that was my own child.

-Julie Enoshima, Leader of the Order

"Wonderful." Aegiochusmon whispered and followed it up with a deep breath. "Truly fucking wonderful."

He slammed his fist into a nearby wall, knocking the board around a bit.

"Is that what we fucking are to you, Julie?! Just playthings to be torn about and rearranged however you see fit?!"

But before he could punch the wall again, Polly placed a hand on the harem mage's back.

"You're right." the monk magi whispered. "But right now, we need to deal with this."

Aegiochusmon gave a nod as the voices surfaced once more.

'Do you understand now, Polly Gostelow? It's all in your hands now.'

She cracked a smile and turned towards her first partner, looking him right in the eye.

"Yeah, never felt any better." Polly answered and took a deep breath. While yes, this sort of thing was kind a big, reacting in such a extreme way would not help any of them at the moment. For now, they would just have to keep going and put this on the back burner. Once that was out of the way, they could deal with the small stuff. And this was just another small thing on that list. She would just have to keep the flood of emotions back for now. "How about you?"

Aegiochusmon stared back towards her and flashed a grin.

"Same." the harem mage whispered and made a quick glance towards the bodies. "We won't let your sacrifices fall in vain. Right, Akira and Chachamaru?"

"Of course." the two girls answered and looked towards Aegiochusmon. This all culminated in them looking towards Olrumon. And while the "Ready for this?"

The rabbit idol only nodded, taking a second to look over the room before returning his attention to the group. In this case, that meant walking towards the 'final room' left unexplored.

Like the previous door Aegiochusmon had gone through, this one also had a crudely written sign. Unlike the previous one though, this one was labelled

'Cold Storage'.

Just the name alone was easily enough to put one on edge. And yet, the foursome didn't care. On the other side possibly stood Usagi and the Gostelows, both of which seemed more than ready to take them on. But they were ready for it. If that somehow this wasn't the case, they would pull a rabbit out of their hat and maybe leave the place.

Olrumon cautiously pushed the door open and they headed through, taking this new room in.

Unlike the room they had just left, everything looked frosted over. Rows of shelves filled with glass jars covered the walls, each section related to a different organ. On much closer inspection, a majority of the contents had some form of bite and/or scratch marks on it.

Of course, Usagi in all her grotesque indescribable 'beauty' stood between Polly's 'parents'. She didn't seem too happy about this, her gaze shifting between both parties with a sense of distrust and unease.

"They're watching." the former assistant whispered, attempted to hold back the tears. "They're waiting for me to fail. If I should, please be there to catch me."

Her gaze fell to the ground and she heard a mumble.

"Of course."

Both Adrian and Lauren stared towards her, strangely pulling Usagi's head up.

"I was kind of hoping that it wouldn't come to this." Adrian greeted as his gaze focused on Polly. "You were such a good child, even when you did go out and misbehave. But now, look at you! You fallen for that perverted mage and brought that unwanted sexbot with you…"

Polly didn't answer, instead deciding to just roll her eyes and turned her attention to her partners. The monk magi gave them a quick nod, blowing them a kiss as she walked over to her father.

'What are you doing? Don't tell me you're actually going through with this?'

The voice got not response, quickly realizing the coming outcome.

Mermaid's Droplet!

The monk magi grabbed hold of Adrian, throwing him into his wife with enough force to rip her own body apart. In its place though, now stood a similar body. The only difference between was a blue shimmer to her skin. Strangely, the screams and the voice were gone now, but the trio doubted that would be the last encounter with both.

"How dare you treat us that way! We are your parents!" Lauren announced. "What do you have to say for yourself?"

The monk magi only laughed and returned her attention to her digimon, giving them a slight nod.

"Sis Mea Pars!"

Chacha's book then floated off of her, deciding to just levitate in the middle of the air as Polly's pocketwatch did the same. Light then engulfed the three of them, with it quickly completing its work for Polly. Though, she was now dressed in a light blue sleeveless one piece that went slightly past her thighs with a pair of blue shoes and white socks. The only other change was to her, which was a tiny bit longer and now a mix of brown and black.

"I guess it'll work." Polly thought and turned her attention to her opponents.

Aegiochusmon infusion digivolve too… Fatemon!

Chacha infusion digivolve too… Revamon!

When the light finally disappeared from the harem mage, stood a similar digimon from before. Among the differences, appeared to be all the red skin now being a grayish pink color and the disappearance of the unicorn horn. His jacket was gone, having been replaced with matching cloak with pockets.

"Okay…" Fatemon whispered and laughed, only to turn his attention to Chacha.

Chacha on the other hand, had forgone her old outfit. Instead, she was adorned in a lacy black Victorian dress with matching high heels. A pair of skeletal robotic wings now came out of her back, seeming to go quite well with the lacy black parasol and matching short gloves. Her skin had a white chalk-like appearance, complementing her slightly faded lime green hair and dull blue eyes. Finishing off her look, was a pair of fangs against purple lips. Whether or not they wrere

Scanning…

Fatemon

Mega, Vaccine

Special Moves: Earth Magic & Arcane Wrath

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Fatemon: I'm unimpressed.

The author: It could be worse.

Fatemon: Do tell.

The author: You could've been a fairy.

Fatemon: Thanks, I guess?

Scanning…

Revamon

Ultimate, Virus

Special Moves: Parasol Blade, Vamptech, Astral Perception

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Chacha: This feels good! It's been far too long since I've taken this form.

Polly: Care to explain?

Fatemon: It's a long story. I'll tell you afterwards.

Polly: Uh... sure.

Scan Complete.

"This doesn't change anything, honey." Lauren whispered and switched to her labcoat. "Usagi, you know what to do."

Usagi only gave a nod, not even taking the time to glance over to the Gostelows as they teleported away. No, she muttered something under her breath,

"Ready to do this, everyone?" Polly announced and turned her attention to her teammates, watching them give her a nod. While it would be a long battle, they were willing to take it on with everything they got.

Notes:

Originally, Session 55 and 56 were one chapter. While the chapter probably would have been fine as one long chapter, I think it works better as two chapters.

Aegiochusmon and Polly were really hard to decide upon, design-wise. Overall, I'm fine with the way they turned out. Chacha on the other hand wasn't that bad.

Just a couple things tweaked and/or fixed post release.

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Next Time: Forgiveness to the corrupted one?