And here's the first of two chapters for this story!
Now, I know this one is short... but it's because while originally the two chapters were written as one... we didn't want to put the reveals of the next one in here and have them drown out the events here.
So, yeah, a split.
Don't worry, the next one will come up in just a few minutes after this one.
So enjoy!
A Warm Wave! Ranamon of Water!
Weiss sighed as she watched the view go by. Shortly after they left the carnival, they'd for once managed to hitch a ride on a passing Trailmon. Too bad not having to walk through the less than hospitable wilderness for once did little to help her with her current issue. The fact it hit her that 9 times already Spirits had appeared...and they'd all passed her by. Literally in some cases.
Was she… was she really just not good enough? No, she had to be! She needed to be! Because if she wasn't good enough… would anybody even accept her?
But… who even could accept her? She was born from a loveless marriage, and her grandfather died from illness before she could even make any memories with him. Winter was growing more and more distant everyday, and Whitley was too much of a child to comprehend the truth. And now they were told the only way they could get home was if they gathered the Spirits...and so far she was the only one who'd failed to complete the task. Even knowing there was one more didn't do much to lighten her mood. She'd already been rejected 9 times. What if she was rejected again…?
However, before she could sink deeper into that train of thought, she was promptly fished out of it...via a whistle blowing, causing her to jump in shock. "What was that for?!" she gasped, glaring at the person who did that...which revealed to be Ruby.
"You looked sad." Ruby said, before she hugged Weiss "Don't be."
Weiss...didn't know what to say. Her first instinct was to push Ruby away...but she stopped herself before she even started. Ruby was just a child...and because she was just a child she was very honest about things...and she had to admit...it felt nice… "I'll try…" Weiss eventually said, being...honest more or less.
"Better than nothing," Ruby smiled...the kind of innocent sunny smile that could melt a glacier.
'Oh that is so unfair!' Weiss cried in her head at how impossible it was to get angry at that face, while Yang grinned knowingly as she watched them.
"You told Ruby to go comfort her on purpose didn't you?" Blake asked her in deadpan.
"Yep." Yang said, popping the P as she leaned back into her seat.
"I think it was a nice gesture," Pyrrha said with a small smile.
"After what we heard her father did to her? Yeah, I think she needs some cheering up," Jaune frowned. He still couldn't understand how anyone could do that to someone so uncaringly. And their own kids at that. Sure his own family life wasn't the easiest (comes with living with 7 sisters), but his parents loved all of them a lot.
However, before they could dwell on that thought further, they were met with a rather abrupt stop from the Trailmon.
"Sorry everyone, this is as far as I can go," the Trailmon they were in said, opening the doors.
"What do you mean this is as far as...oh…" Ren started but trailed off when he left the train and checked, Nora popping her head out after him.
"Wow...there's a BIG hole where the tracks should be. Looks like the someone ate the Fractal Code," Nora said.
"Yep, and without any tracks, I can't go any further," the Trailmon sighed. "If you kids want to keep going, there should be a village near here around the Archipelago Lakes."
"Archipelago lakes?" Yang asked as by now all of them had gotten out of the Trailmon.
"Yeah, it's a bunch of lakes that are close together, so they look kind of like a bunch of islands. There's a village that floats on top of one of them," the Trailmon nodded. "Anyway, I'm gonna have to double back. Take care," he said before he started reversing and was soon gone.
"There he goes…" Ruby said as they watched the Trailmon leave. "Guess we should look for that village?"
"It's our best bet." Bokomon said, flipping through his book "Maybe we'll finally get some proper directions to the Forest Terminal this way."
"Somehow I doubt it." Blake sighed even as they started walking.
"At least the scenery is nicer here," Jaune mused as the area they were in was more green, with trees and the like here and there, with a few grassy areas. Overall much more pleasant than several of the areas they'd passed before...especially the barren wastelands that they'd gone through not long ago.
"Compared to some of the places we've gone through? I'll take this type of place any day," Ren sighed as they walked through the area and soon came across a large collection of lakes, several bridges connecting one to the other, and on the largest lake appeared to be a village floating on the water. And by floating they didn't mean it was built on an island in the middle, but rather each section was LITERALLY built on some kind of raft that was connected to each other via bridges from what they could see.
"...we're all seeing this right?" Yang couldn't help but ask.
"Yep," Nora nodded simply.
"...this world is weird…" Blake sighed.
"But it's home," Neemon said cheerfully.
"Woah, it's so cool!" Ruby said happily at how unique the town was, never having seen anything like it.
"Well, I guess it is pretty unique," Pyrrha sweat dropped. "Either way it seems like we don't have a choice."
With that said, the group made their way across a few bridges and eventually got close to the village. However…
"Hm...this bridge doesn't look like it's in the best shape," Ren said.
"I think the part where it looks like it's been hastily patched up would confirm that," Blake frowned, as true enough, the bridge leading into the village looked like it had recently been repaired...and rather hastily at that.
"...we're still going to have to go in there, aren't we?" Jaune sighed. He was...starting to see where this was going.
"If some bad Digimon is causing problems we'll stop them just like we always have," Ruby said.
"Yeah, cause we're the Legendary Warriors," Yang agreed with a grin.
Weiss sighed at the back of the group, annoyed at the reminder that she still lacked a spirit, looking down at her Digivice with a frown.
Entering the village proper, the group could see various Digimon going about their daily lives… but they were all moving carefully, and sometimes would flinch at the slightest creak that came from the wood they walked on, as if they expected something to happen any second now.
"Well… that's certainly worrying." Ren frowned.
"And I doubt their going to easily tell us what's going on." Jaune added, looking around in worry.
"Well… I'm sure we could ask their leader." Weiss suggested with a sigh.
"Oh yeah! They probably have like a village elder or a mayor, or something like that." Yang said with a grin.
"Not like we have any other places to check," Blake shrugged.
Looking for the village leader was...mixed. For starters most of the residents were rather jumpy or cautious, so they weren't really much help as they'd often try to avoid them. Eventually though they DID find someone willing to give them directions, which lead them to a surprisingly simple looking home.
"You know, when we got directions, I was kind of expecting some place...bigger," Jaune blinked.
"I was thinking the same thing too honestly," Yang admitted with a slight sweat drop.
"Guess we all thought the guy running this place would have a bigger nicer home," Nora chuckled a little awkwardly. "Well, no point waiting," she said as she went up to the door and knocked. They waited for a few minutes, before the door opened.
"Yes? Is there something you need?" came a voice as the door was opened revealing...okay...it was a frog...that was standing upright, and with a tuba around its neck in a way that made it kind of look like a shoulder mounted weapon. He was also using a cane to walk around.
"That's a Geckomon." Bokomon whispered to everyone.
"Heya! We were just passing through, and we were wondering what was going on around here." Yang said, grin still on her place, before wincing as Weiss slapped the back of her head "What?"
"You lack tact, you bumbling oaf." she said, before turning village leader "What she meant to say is that we're wondering why everyone seems so jumpy in your town sir, and if there's anything we could do to help."
The village leader blinked at the exchange. "...you all clearly aren't from around here if you'd offer that so easily," he said. "But if you're willing to help we'd definitely appreciate it." With that he ushered them into his home.
Once they were all seated in a living room, the village head sighed a bit. "As you've no doubt seen, our village has seen better times. We used to be a simple but happy village...until Seadramon came along."
"Seadramon?" Pyrrha asked.
"Seadramon is a dangerous Digimon...though seeing one away from the ocean like this is strange," Bokomon said, opening his book and showing them the Digimon in question, revealing the image of a sea serpent looking Digimon.
Digimon Analyzer: Seadramon
Seadramon. Data Type. An Aquan Digimon. It uses its long serpentine body to wrap around its foes, and constrict them to death. It is, for the most part, simple minded, swimming away in the Net Ocean. It's special attack is Ice Arrow, firing an absolute zero breath from its mouth.
"Right… so he likes to torment you all then?" Blake asked.
"That's right." Geckomon nodded "Every few days, he demands tribute in the form of food, or else he destroys a part of town… he's already caused the bravest Digimon of our town to be returned to eggs. To top it all off, he actually swallowed the data for the train station in town, and took a section of the rails, just to reduce the chances of someone coming by to save us."
"Alright… so he's annoyingly cunning." Pyrrha said with a frown.
"Well, hey, I can probably just electrocute him." Nora grinned as she pulled out her Digivice, the symbol of thunder appearing on it.
"Ah, please don't use electricity in our village." the leader said hurriedly "Some Digimon actually have their houses built on the underside of the town due to being fully aquatic species. You might hurt them."
"So much for that idea…" Ren sighed. "So we'll probably have to fight him in his element…"
"What if we just pulled him out of the water?" Ruby asked.
"Not that simple unfortunately," Geckomon sighed. "The lakes are rather deep, that's why Seadramon can live here. Trying to pull him out of the water...you'd need something like a massively powerful cone of wind...even then I'd be afraid what that could do to the village…"
"He makes a good point. If we DO fight Seadramon we'll probably want to to get him away from the village," Blake frowned.
"So get him to another lake THEN fish him out. Tall order," Jaune sighed.
"This would be a lot easier if we had the Spirit of Water," Bokomon frowned.
"The Spirit of Water?" Geckomon blinked.
"Yes, the very same one that the Legendary Warriors left," Bokomon nodded. "Do you happen to know where we could find it by any chance?"
"...it's enshrined in this village," Geckomon said.
A pause came over the group at that before his words sank in. "What?" the group blinked. Yeah...they probably weren't FULLY done processing that.
"I'm still having a hard time believing we're about to get one of the Spirits on a silver platter," Jaune said as they were walking towards the shrine where the Spirit of Water was apparently located.
"I know what you mean. Normally we have to go searching for these things in weird places and half the time we only find them cause we got lucky," Yang sighed. "Glad for once it'll be easy."
"We're here," Geckomon said as the doors were opened, and true enough, sitting on a pedestal surrounded by water with only a single walkway to lead to it, was a Spirit. It looked somewhat like a small metallic fish with green fins jutting out the side.
"Finally." Weiss said as she pushed pass the others and crossed the walkway, reaching for the spirit…
Only for her hand to go right through it, like water.
At that, her confident face morphed into one of horror "W-what?" she said, before trying again and again to grab it.
But each time her hands just kept going through it.
The others all stared in shock as Weiss just kept on trying and trying to grab the spirit for minutes on end, and even Ruby was silent as she looked at her sadly.
Meanwhile, as Weiss just kept trying to grab the Spirit, her mind, already rattled by the fact she couldn't grab it, was left to wander through her memories, replaying the very MINIMAL good parts she had of her home life… and all the horrible pieces soon rushed in. Her father telling her mother he never loved her, on her 10th birthday no less. Her mother, wasting her days away in the cellar, drinking the wine. Her sister leaving for the Academy, leaving her behind. Her little brother, completely unaware of how bad their family life had actually gotten, trying to emulate their father. Her grandfather, one of the few people who cared about her… dying from illness.
Everything combined together was all too much for Weiss as everyone could see her crying… before she simply fell backwards and passed out. The last thing she faintly heard was Ruby's voice calling her name in alarm…
Weiss wasn't sure how long she'd been unconscious, but when she came to, she was lying on a makeshift, but decently comfortable, bed. "What…?" she groaned as she sat up, slowly looking around...until she noticed the weight she felt on her lap, looking down a bit to see Ruby who had fallen asleep next to the bed she was on, her head lying on her lap.
Weiss sighed, before she moved Ruby's hair out of her face a bit, not saying anything.
"It's been a few hours." a voice said, making her turn to see Blake standing in a doorway that looked to lead outside. "We brought you to the village healer's home, she wanted you to get some rest after you passed out the way you did… Ruby didn't want to leave your side though."
"I see." Weiss sighed, looking back down at Ruby "So… you all saw just how bad I can get."
Blake nodded silently, before sitting down on a chair "We all tried to grab the spirit after you fainted, but it didn't even let us touch it, as in, it moved away from our hands. So… there's probably a reason it at least let you get that close to it." she said, hoping that would help Weiss feel a bit better.
"Wasn't it just taunting me though?" Weiss asked sadly.
"I'm sure it's not that." Blake sighed.
Weiss was silent for a few moments, before she looked at the faunus girl "The other day, just before you got your Spirit… you said there were rumors about my father… what are they?"
Blake was silent at that, clearly she was thinking how to word this...but when she saw the look in Weiss's eyes...she knew trying to sugar coat it too much wouldn't help anyone. "If I were to sum it up...he's been basically treating Faunus who work for the SDC as little more than slaves. The rumors I heard also say that he's...stamping out...the competition by any means necessary. He doesn't care about anyone and will step on anyone if it means he wins." she said "He… he even branded some of them from what I heard."
Weiss looked down sadly at that "I see… he really is the worst man in existence, just like mother said."
Blake placed a hand on her shoulder, a sympathetic look on her face. "For all its worth, I know you're nothing like that," she said. "And if you ask me...I think you ARE the one who's supposed to use that Spirit. Why else would it still let you touch it?"
Weiss sighed "I can touch it… but what good is that if I can't use it?"
"This is also the first time we've ever just FOUND the Spirit sitting there on a silver platter," Blake pointed out. "All the other times they came to us for one reason or another. Maybe we need to find out what that reason is before you can use it. That or...not to sound like a Video Game, but maybe you're just not 'ready' for it?"
Weiss frowned at that. She wasn't fully sure what to think about the situation with the Spirit...but what Blake said DID make sense…and she honestly would rather believe that rather than think that she wasn't the intended user. "...what do we do about Seadramon now?"
"We've...come up with a few ideas," Blake sighed. "Our main plan is to try and circle Seadramon and then pull him out of the water. We'll have Ren freeze the water so the Village SHOULD be safe from any churning waters while we fight. Ruby and Jaune will be doing the pulling out, and everyone else will be support. Basically keeping Seadramon busy while they pull him out. Once he's out we'll just do the usual."
Weiss thought about the plan and nodded. "I think this plan could work," she nodded.
"Well, tell that to Ruby and Jaune, they actually thought most of it up just the two of them." Blake said in amusement.
Weiss blinked at that, before looking down at the still sleeping Ruby "... Huh."
Half an hour later, the group stood at various points in the village, having evacuated as many of the citizens as they could, and they were now waiting.
"So… at this exact time every week, he comes for his tribute." Weiss mused, replaying what the leader had told them "This is good, he won't be expecting us."
"Hopefully that means kicking his ass will be easier." Agneyamon said from next to her, all of them having transformed already.
"Just remember, we gotta move fast the moment he shows up," Arbormon reminded. "The faster we hit him the better."
"Understood," Chakmon nodded, hiding behind some rocks that were close to the small bundle of offerings the village had laid out. Not NEARLY enough for Seadramon's demands, but enough that there would be something visible for him to go after. Once in position he fused his weapons together, ready to fire the moment Seadramon emerged.
"Everyone into position," Kaleidmon said as everyone went into various hiding spots, though the ones who were intended to be the muscle were more back, as their roles simply required them to beat up Seadramon once he was locked in place.
The waiting that followed was tense as the lake seemed calm...until a ripple started to appear, something big was swimming through the water and before long something yellow was sticking out of the surface which soon erupted as Seadramon emerged. When he was out, he looked at the offerings laid out and growled. "This isn't even close to what I demanded!" he said with a growl. "Seems I'm going to have to teach them another lesson before they finally get it," he snarled. However, before he could even start to try anything like that…
"Snow Bazooka!" came Chakmon's voice as the area Seadramon was in was promptly bombarded with snowballs that soon froze the area he was in, making it hard to move.
"What?!" Seadramon gasped.
"Hit him now!" Gnomemon shouted as they ran out of their hiding spaces.
The group launched their individual attacks, but even while partially frozen, Seadramon wasn't going to just sit there and take it as he shifted his body to evade the attacks how he could, even if several hit, causing him to growl in pain. "I don't know who you are, but you're going to regret doing that! Ice Arrow!" Seadramon roared as he fired his ice breath at them.
"Scatter!" Fairymon shouted, to which they did so. Good thing too as the places that the attack hit were frozen solid.
Taking advantage of the momentary break in attacks, Seadramon thrashed and raged, loosening the ice and managing to break free, allowing him to slip back into the water.
"He's back in the water! We'll have to fish him out now!" Agneyamon groaned in annoyance.
"Jaune, fishing pole!" Blitzmon said, to which Arbormon sighed, but nodded and extended one of his arms at the ready. True enough, Seadramon soon emerged again, looking angrier than before, but was met with a punch from Arbormon's arm, which followed up by grabbing hold of him, followed by the other arm as well.
Seadramon started thrashing, trying to get the arms off and dove into the water again, but the others grabbed hold of Arbormon, making for a tug of war between Seadramon and the Warriors. "Ruby, funnel!" Gnomemon shouted, to which Fairymon flew over where Seadramon was under the water.
"Brezzo Petalo!" Fairymon called out, before spinning, using the move to create a makeshift funnel cloud and start to touch down in the water. The moment it hit the water, it started sucking up the water, and with it Seadramon, while over by the village...the village was stable as Chakmon had finished freezing it thoroughly enough that it had strong support against the water that was being sucked into the funnel cloud.
Seadramon thrashed in the water, but by now he'd been caught in the funnel's suction making escape hard, enough so that Arbormon could let go and retract his arms so HE wouldn't get sucked into the funnel too, something he'd only managed because everyone was helping him pull.
On the sidelines Bokomon and Neemon were cheering, while Weiss was watching with bated breath.
Though… she wished she could actually do something to help. As it was she was feeling useless, and wished she could change that. Little did she know, she was about to get her chance.
Seadramon roared in anger as he was being pulled out of the water, and despite how hard he tried, he couldn't escape the suction...before he fired his icy breath at the funnel walls...and actually started freezing the winds. "What?!" was the shocked gasps from everyone watching as the funnel started freezing, losing its speed, and before long getting cut off as Fairymon was having trouble maintaining it.
The moment she did, Seadramon fired his attack again, which she tried to block with her winds, and while that prevented the worst of the damage, when the shield broke, she was left dazed...and soon was met with a tail slap that tossed her into the water, knocking her out of her transformation along the way.
"Ruby!" Agneyamon gasped as she ran towards the water...only for Seadramon to fire his attack at the gathered warriors. "Out of our way!" Agneyamon growled as she used her flames to counter the icy breath, but it was still keeping them at bay somewhat...and Ruby was too dazed to properly swim evident by how she'd just sank into the water.
"Ruby!" Weiss shouted, and before she even realised, her body had moved on its own, diving into the water to grab her… friend. Yes, Ruby was her friend. And she'd be damned if she let anything happen to her.
Of course, 2 seconds later, reality reminded her of how...less than smart it is to dive into raging waters, namely by not only was she weighed down, but trying to swim was...hard. Despite that she refused to give up, even pushing Ruby up first, at least then she'd get air first, which was rewarded when a hand came through the water, pulling Ruby up and soon came for her, revealing to be Chakmon who'd returned from securing the village. "Looks like I made it just in time," Chakmon sighed in relief as he pulled them up onto an ice platform.
"Perfect timing, Ren," Weiss sighed, glad Ruby was okay...but at that moment, Seadramon who was still fighting the others lashed out with his tail, sending a wave which caused the ice platform to break apart...and Weiss to fall back into the water when the section she was on flipped over. She was soon struggling in the water again, but the sudden fall had plunged her rather deeply into the water. Despite that she couldn't say she felt too bad beyond the standard as despite not having a Spirit or being able to help the battle...she'd still helped. She'd done something meaningful to someone who'd been there for her.
At that moment though, to her surprise, she felt she could breathe again, and a blue glow illuminated the water. Turning to the source she saw the Spirit of Water moving towards her by itself, and soon settled in front of her, her Digivice now glowing.
She continued to stare at it in shock for a long moment, and when she blinked, in place of the Spirit was the Warrior of Water, who came forward and pulled her into a hug, before the light of her Digivice became blinding.
(Play 'With the Will')
Blue points of light appeared and started moving as they traced an outline which revealed to be the Spirit of Water, before the scene shifted to reveal that this was happening on the screen of Weiss's Digivice which she pulled away and held out her right hand, a ring of Fractal Code forming around it which she brought to her Digivice and scanned it. "Spirit...Evolution!" she called out as she finished scanning the code, the ring flying off of her hand and soon spiraled around her. Her clothes vanished as her body took on a darker hue, the grids appearing around her as armor formed around her arms, legs, and torso, while from her face a 'mask' appeared and armor formed around that, before the armor aligned properly with her body, the grids soon compressing as her eyes glowed brightly and in a flash of light her new form was revealed. Her body bore what could be best described as a light blue one piece swimsuit, though it seemed to have some kind of armoring on her shoulders, and the swimsuit had a skirt at the waist that hid the back, but was left open at the front, her legs were covered in the same material, going all the way down to some anklets, while her arms had actual armored gauntlets that looked vaguely like curved raindrops. She also had a helmet that had a similar shape to it, and a re-breather mask on her face, leaving only her icy blue eyes visible, her skin now a light green and with fins coming out the side of her head and her lower back, as she did a graceful pirouette before landing "Ranamon!"
The water surface rippled before a figure shot out of the water, spinning in the air for a moment before stopping as the water dispersed to reveal Ranamon who soon landed on the water, her feet not breaking the surface as if it was solid ground.
"That's the last Warrior! The bearer of the Spirit of Water, Ranamon!" Bokomon explained as he went to the appropriate page on his book.
Digimon Analyzer: Ranamon
Ranamon. Free Type. A Fairy Digimon. A Digimon possessing power over water, inherited from an ancient warrior. A graceful Digimon that tries her best to act as lady-like as she can in everything she does, even when defeating her opponents, she does so with style, with her mask also acting as a megaphone to amplify her voice. Her special attacks are Aqua Needle, controlling the water around her with a wave of her hand to turn it into weapons, and Aqua Oratorio, manipulating the water with her singing voice to trap the enemy and defeat them.
"Another one? Doesn't matter, I'll take you all on!" Seadramon growled as he charged up another breath attack...only for a rope of water to suddenly rise and snap his mouth shut, causing him to fire his attack...while his mouth was firmly shut, causing frost to form...and a tear to fall from Seadramon's eye, because...ouch…
"I think that's quite enough out of you," Ranamon said curtly, but Seadramon glared angrily and lashed out with his tail, but she easily evaded...and was soon basically dancing around her opponent.
"Damn...Bokomon wasn't kidding when he said the Spirit of Water would REALLY help here," Agneyamon whistled slightly as the opponent that had been giving them trouble thanks to the field advantage...was basically nothing for Ranamon.
Ranamon shifted and weaved through all of Seadramon's attacks, the sea serpent relentlessly chasing after her...and wasn't even remotely aware she was leading him in a circle until...too late. "This ends here," Ranamon said simply as the waters began to rise, and she evaded another strike, kicking off of Seadramon, and soon began to carry a high note, the waters responding to her initiation of Aqua Oratorio. Seadramon tried to go after her again, but soon found himself trapped in a sphere of water, and try as he might, he couldn't escape, and even then, the sphere grew smaller, stopping his movements.
Ranamon stepped closer, water gathering to her left hand and formed what appeared to be a rapier made of water. "It's over. Aqua Needle!" she called out, thrusting forward, causing the weapon to extend and pierce through the sphere which exploded, leaving Seadramon suspended in the air as his body turned dark and his Fractal Codes were exposed. "Tainted soul that poisons the land," Ranamon intoned as she pulled out her Digivice. "Let your evils be washed away by the waves!" she said as she pressed the button on the side, as the symbol of Water appeared on the screen. "Fractal Code...Scan!"
Seadramon's body soon vanished as his Fractal Code was taken away, leaving a wireframe egg which soon floated away. Following that, the code flowed out of her Digivice, before it restored what Seadramon had taken away, putting a station at the edge of the lake back in, along with the tracks themselves being restored.
"We can't thank you all enough for what you've done," Geckomon said, shaking Jaune's hand (he'd been the closest at the time) rather vigorously...enough so Jaune was starting to lose the feel in his arm.
"I-it's no problem! We were happy to help!" Jaune gasped, Geckomon thankfully stopping shortly after.
"But still even so you helped us in our time of need without even us asking," Geckomon said. "I've talked to the villagers and we all agree that this deserves a reward," he said as several of the villagers, tadpole-like Digimon called Otamamon, came forward with a few bags for the group. "These are, or at least a portion of, the Tribute we'd originally been intending to give Seadramon. Seeing as you're all on a journey and he's not a problem anymore, we felt it would serve you all better."
"That's very generous of you." Weiss said with a smile "Thank you for this. We've been having trouble rationing whatever food we come across." she said gratefully as they each accepted a bag, and with 10 of them, because Bokomon and Neemon were carrying bags too, they were all able to carry everything they were given.
And with that, the group continued on, hoping to find the Forest Terminal soon.
And there's the first chapter!
Yes, I know, I'm a bastard to Weiss.
But she's on her path to recovery now.
She's had her past exposed, and she's already getting support from friends.
So, yeah, she'll become the Nice Weiss of later volumes soon enough.
But, this isn't the end of what we have today, because...
The Legend Evolves
