Pucchimon. Typically a digimon whose powers are used for good, to ease fighting amongst her fellow digimon, but there's something off with this one. Shinsuke can't put his finger on it, but he can barely move, so it's not much of a surprise. The other Digidestined are all struggling in similar fashions, their partners unconscious at their sides. "Please," Carmella breathes out, trying to reach Floramon. "Please..."
He feels heavy, weighed down by hopelessness and despondency. Coronamon is lifeless, unresponsive. He can't see a way out of this. Mumbles helplessly as time ticks by and Pucchimon comes closer, her powers stronger, brutalizing all of them with waves of depression and worthlessness.
Aiden struggles to his feet just for Pucchimon to turn and blast him back down with a wave of dark energy, sending him back down to his knees. "AIDEN!" Rusev cries out for his old friend, just for Pucchimon to turn her attention onto him. He bites down a groan as she twists her fingers and the intensity of it all weighs them down more and more.
Nakamura grits his teeth, grips his digivice and forces himself up right, his head pounding with even just that effort. Pucchimon's smirk is twisted, sharp, as she turns to stare at him. "You will not win," he tells her and she laughs, stepping forward- just for doubt to cross her face when he doesn't falter, aiming his digivice right at her.
"No!" she cries out as energy pours from it, washing over her, leaving her frozen in agony as she's purified, all of the darkness held within her fading away. As soon as she looks normal again, he drops his arm and staggers away, the other digidestined slowly getting to their feet as their partners regain consciousness, some of the trauma fading as they try to regroup, regain control of themselves. "My village," she weeps. "My poor, dear village. All of the children..."
"What happened?" Asuka asks, approaching her and resting a gentle hand on her arm as she sobs.
"I had left, gone to get some berries for breakfast from trees along those hills in the distance. When I returned... everything was destroyed. They were all gone- the children, my friends. So many good digimon."
Nakamura had heard from the Raw group of some digimon going around, destroying whole villages in what has to be a short period of time. He senses it must be the same creature. He walks back towards them and stares at Pucchimon. "Do you know who did it?"
She nods, swallows hard. "Omega Shoutmon (Dorulumon)," she says weakly. "I saw him leaving and hid... It all happened so quickly..."
"We're sorry we were unable to help your village," Aiden tells her solemnly. "But now that we know this, perhaps it will help us save other villages. Thank you."
She continues weeping, but nods. "I hope so."
Shinsuke turns to look off into the distance. Even from here, numerous villages are visible, smudges of smoke on the horizon here and there showing off where Omega Shoutmon has been. He feels disgusted, and desperate to move. Now. "Let's go," he tells the others, already heading to the digiport to go back to Luke, figure out how best to handle this.
