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Session 76

Return to Despair Academy

Despair High looked no different from the last time we were here.

The grey walls were as bland as ever, having recently gotten a fresh coat of paint in some places. The floor looked to have been vacuumed at least once, possibly even twice at least.

"It's too clean." Aaron remarked and sniffed the air. "While I have no clue what the people of this place were doing, but it would seem that arrival was expected for some time."

His gaze focused on Fatemon who was currently staring down the hall with Victoria and Chacha.

"Care to tell us what purpose this place served you guys?"

Fatemon and Chacha took a deep breath and turned their gazes to the group.

"We're not quite sure." Fatemon whispered, his gaze slipping towards the floor. "While I know that Julie specialized in psychology, the stupid cloud of darkness was put in charge of all the supplies along with the mail for some reason."

Everyone except Chacha and Victoria's group gave the harem mage a confused glance, unsure of how to process this piece of information.

"Why?" Polly remarked and got a sigh from Chacha.

"It was part of some experiment that Julie was doing." Chacha continued. "When anyone asked what the experiment was, she would just laugh and tell the person to fuck off."

"She was truly a wonderful person." Victoria muttered and took a deep breath. "Left me with that fucking clown as his personal play toy."

The black cat then broke out into a full-on sprint, with the rest of her team following right behind.

"Well that didn't last long." Elena whispered and pulled her kris out. "Though, I guess that was to be expected."

The rest of her teammates followed suit and took a step forward.

Warrior's Arrow!

Farther down the hall, some sort of archer fired an arrow off. Sadly, their aim left a lot to be desired and only managed to pierce a nearby wall.

"Crap." a voice announced as the members of Delta slowly approached, making sure to stay out of the line of fire.

Incense Burn!

Warm dark blue smoke filled the air, which seemed to help their bodies fight back against any incoming damage for their journey for this mess.

"Who goes there?" Elena called out and got no response from the opponent. "Okay…"

Flattering Attract!

Pink light filled the hallway, which was accompanied by cartoony heart and a thick scent of perfume. Strangely, the only one actually affected by the gas was Joey. Or would have, if Gentleman hadn't slapped him.

"Thanks." the shadow scientist whispered as they were finally able to focus in on their opponent. They looked sort of like one of those angels, except they were dressed in green and had on one of their army berets on top of their usual metal helmet.

Scanning...

WarAngewomon

Mega, Vaccine

Special Moves: Warrior's Arrow, Flattering Attract

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Issacmon: But can she make tea?

Gentleman: A better question is she a robot?

Joey: How did I end with so underwhelming partners?

Scan Complete.

Their opponent then gave the trio a confused glance and got a round of Holy Bubbles from Issacmon in return.

"I'll get you for that!" WarAngewomon responded and swung her flatbow at the group.

Warrior's Arrow!

Somehow, she managed to fired off an arrow while swinging her weapon around. Only to hit the wall in the process with the arrow.

Shadow Neko Scratch!

Joey responded by a muttering something under his breath, which somehow called forth a pair of cat paws to do his bidding. That meant watching the appendage bat the mega digimon around until they admitted defeat.

"Okay…" Aaron whispered as they headed onwards, making a left no less than a couple steps later.

"Did the layout change?" Alice inquired and Suiko poked her head out.

*It's entirely possible.* the schoolgirl answered, quickly returning to Alice's body as a bolt of magic arced through the air.

Spiritflare!

Alice carefully aimed her left pistol down the hall and pulled the trigger, watching the sole bullet shoot out. The projectile made the journey down hall and delivered a sweet-sounding 'ring' of a shotgun blast.

*Whoo!* Suiko shouted as she swiftly returned to the gambler's body.

They continued onwards, coming upon an octopus alien creature carrying a blaster. The only other thing of note, was a large hole in the head of the creature as a result of getting blasted with a shotgun.

"Sorry about that." Alice whispered and watched her opponent fire back. She gave the digimon a slight kick to the side, making sure to not cause any further damage to him.

"I wish you the best of luck." their opponent remarked and resigned himself to the side of the hallway. "Though, some medical attention would be nice."

Cleansing Melody!

A calming song filled the air, which had the added effect of somehow sealing up the octopus's head wound.

"Thank you." the opponent whispered and gave them a wave as they headed off. While they could have asked for the name of this mysterious creature, it was best to leave him to mend what remained of his wounds.

They continued onwards, finding the hallway they were in had decided that it would just twist all around for no particular reason.

Pylóna tou Ádi (Pillar of Hades)!

Fatemon slammed his foot against the ground and watched a pillar form in front of him. Of course, the harem mage failed to account for the ceiling and managed to create a pillar-shaped hole in the process.

"Much better." Fatemon whispered and took a deep breath, only to make a quick glance towards Polly. "How are you?"

Polly didn't respond, choosing instead to flash a 'thumbs up' towards her partner.

Very carefully, the group got up onto the pillar and carefully made their way to the end of it. Which was easier said than done for some of them.

"Could you have made the pillar any thinner?" Yokozamon shouted as he attempted to keep his balance on the pillar. "Contrary to popular belief, Mr Fatemon, some of need a bit more!"

The harem mage took a deep breath, and carefully waded his way through the line, saying a prayer to himself along the way.

"Sorry about that, Yokozamon." he whispered and lifted the yakuza digimon over his shoulders. "Let me give you a ride."

Very carefully, the two made their across the 'bridge', slowly following the others. Once there, they found themselves in a large square room. Outside of a blackish blue carpet thought to have been left behind Drogaciji Academy and the the various cabinets and storage containers lining the left wall.

"Stupid cloud of darkness." Fatemon whispered as he set Yokozamon down. "Why do you have to be all wishy-washy?"

Yokozamon gave the harem mage a confused glance, only to watch him take a deep breath.

"So is this an order property, or does it belong to this Despair?" Yokozamon inquired as Fatemon made his way over to the back wall, strangely perking up afterwards.

"Technically, this place belongs to the Tanaka's, since 'their' money went into it and most of the other order bases." the harem mage explained as he motioned for the rest of the group to come over. "But if my memory serves me correctly, Julie currently holds the deed."

After saying that, he made a glance towards Polly. While she didn't seem as distraught from hearing that name, a blank expression hung on her face and her gaze had been focused on the floor for a majority of their time in here.

Arcane Wrath!

Fatemon then slammed his fist into the monk magi and sighed. While he understood what she was feeling at the moment, moping would do nothing in this situation.

"I'm sorry." he whispered and pulled his partner back up. "I realize what happened yesterday still weighs heavily on you, but we're here for you."

The monk magi didn't answer, choosing instead to take a deep breath and to deliver a left jab to Fatemon.

"It's alright." Polly whispered as her gaze focused on her partner. "I needed that."

Polly then cracked a smile, even if it seemed kind of fake and was ready to betray her feeling about this. But for the moment, she would set that to the back burner.

After giving both Polly and Fatemon a chance to cool down, the group turned their attention back to the containers. There were six in total, each one marked with the name of an order member or group of members. Each human chose a drawer and took a deep breath…

Notes:

Their are a lot of digimon related to Despair Academy that you haven't seen yet. I wonder if they'll make their appearance?

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Next time: What's in the box?