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Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters. Emoji Edition
Episode 4
It's All In The Cards
Everyone in the city are suddenly having trouble with their card game Apps, first the messages incident now the card games and everybody seemed unhappy
Afro-Guy: NOOOOOOO!
Meanwhile back to Edy's house, Edy was shocked to see floating chips that contained lively holograms
Edy: Who are you?
Gene (quietly): I guess, we made a strong reaction from our part, anyways don't worry, we are not dangerous, we are your friends
Edy: Friends?
Gene: That's right, my name is Gene and those are my friends
Hi-Five: Hi, My name is Hi-Five
Jailbreak: And I am Linda but everyone calls me Jailbreak.
(After they presented themselves to Edy, he actually was happy to meet them.)
Edy: Wow, I can't believe it, you are fairies, or genies that will concede my wishes? But otherwise I have to be unhappy that I am usually, well usually on TV happens but...
Hi-Five: Well, I guess, you both have in common that you think aloud.
Jailbreak: Says the guy who actually kisses himself when we aren't here.
Edy: And you are also pretty sharp and very sparkly, I feel that I am going to faint of emotion.
Gene: Calm down, first we are not magic beings, even if we look like them, we are now Appli Monsters or by short Appmons.
Edy: Appmons?
Hi-Five: Yes, but we aren't by origin.
Jailbreak: There was an incident that transformed us into Appmons.
Edy: What happened?
Gene: We don't remember but the only thing we remember is a weird vortex sucking us all and apparently transforming us in Appmons, when we arrived, we didn't knew where we were and some mysterious guys appeared and attacked us all, however we three managed to escape, but all our families and friends, we don't know and we are worried and we found out that there is no data of our user Alex.
Edy: That's horrible, but what does it have to do with me?
Jailbreak: We need a buddy to help us and you were the best option.
Edy: And why decided to choose a buddy for your cause?
Hi-Five: Because we met another Appmon during our way named Gatchmon, great guy but somewhat noisy.
Gene: And he found a human more or less your age named Haru, who I guess is nearby.
Edy: And how did you find him?
Gene: We just found him out of chance when we tried to-
Edy (hearing something): Wait what are those screams?
Bystander (crying over his phone): I can't believe I lost by a mistake
Edy: Wait, what was that (notices something emerging from that person's phone)
News Reporter: There seems to be many incidents with card games around all the town and people are confused, there seems to be many cards for everything and it seems everyone seems confused.
Edy: What was the thing that came from that phone?
Gene: Well you are a monster tamer, don't you know?
Edy: Monster Tamer? Me?
Gene: Yes, there is trouble?
Edy: I think you mistook me, this only happens with games and some TV shows I watch, there are no real monsters, or that was I thought, apparently.
Hi-Five: Don't worry, it will be like a game
Edy: A game?
(Jailbreak glares to Hi-Five for saying is going to be a game)
Gene: A game you could win easily
Edy: That is going to be a weird game, well…
(Edy crashes with someone)
Edy (ashamed): I'm sorry, it wasn't my intention, please forgive me!
Haru: Don't worry, I'm fine.
Edy: I didn't have a normal day so far, but (notices the band in Haru's hand, and also the Applidrive that Haru was going to use.) Do you have this object as well?
Haru: Huh? What are you talking about?
(Edy shows his Applidrive and Haru and Gatchmon get shocked.)
Haru: That's another Applidrive?!
Gatchmon: I don't get it, I thought there was just one Applidrive, Not two!
Edy: Wait, so this is a very rare object?! I had no idea, (Notices Gatchmon and gets very excited) You also have an Appmon at your side, that is cool, who are you?
Gatchmon (pridefully smiling): Glad you're asking, I am Haru's buddy, I am a search engine Appmon, My name is Gatchmon and I can find your future within my search.
Edy: Gatchmon?
Gatchmon: That's right.
Edy: Your name lacks creativity to be honest.
Gatchmon (Angry): What do you mean with that?!
Edy: Because I met an Emojimon named Gene and his friends who are named Hi-Five and Jailbreak and it looks more creative in that way.
Gatchmon: Those seem to be just nicknames and just because our names end with -mon and to be honest is kind of weird but still it was not our choice but we like it.
Edy: Oh, so I'm sorry then.
Gatchmon: Ok, I forgive you, but don't dare on suggesting names and-
Haru: Wait, you said you met them?
Edy: Yes, do you know them?
Haru: We just met them yesterday, and they were very different and I just knew what Appmons are exactly.
Gatchmon: Well, they seem like total new- Wait a minute, Don't tell me that…
Gene: That's right we found ourselves a buddy just like you.
Hi-Five: You like him?
Gatchmon: Actually is going to be paired with one of you, and it should be the one who is closer to him.
Edy: What? Just one? That doesn't matter this is going to be a very easy feat, I hope, and if I do it, it will be a very good because just like in games or stories I heard about, that some people get chosen for a reason, and if I do that, my life will have a purpose for sure, and I will help new friends in the process
Haru (a little weirded): That is okay, I guess. (thinking) he wants to be a main character too?
Gatchmon: Why did you choose him?! Apparently is going to think it is going to be a game or a fantasy for him!
Gene: Because I feel value in this human over everyone else.
Gatchmon: But what about the "game" thing?
Gene: It's just a little lie to help him, according to his past, he feels he needs to remember to know what is his strongest value.
Gatchmon (confused) : Wait, how did you, And what is that value?
Gene: Well, he 's…
Gatchmon (thinking): That is weird, how did he find out about his past?
(Gene is interrupted)
Edy: Who's that? Another friend of yours? Because it seems a little scary
Gatchmon: What?! We don't know him! Don't suppose that Appmons know each other by just being Appmons.
Edy (A little scared and confused): But… you can still find who is him?
Gatchmon: It's an infected Appmon by the L-Virus, The infected this time is the card game Appmon, Cardmon.
Name: Cardmon
Grade: Standard
Type: Game
Appli: Cardgame
Edy: Cardmon? L-Virus? Can anyone tell me what's happening here?!
Haru: Apparently, there are innocent Appmons infected by someone known as Leviathan to cause havoc and create trouble for many people.
Edy: Wait, Leviathan?! Isn't it responsible for bringing them here?
Gene: Yes, Leviathan is responsible for bringing us here, changing us into Appmons, invading our home and infecting our friends and family, and we still don't know who is.
Gatchmon: It's a mystery, after all. Anyways, we have to follow him.
(Cardmon goes to an AR field, the others follow him, Haru uses his Applidrive to open the AR field, and all the buildings have many cards from all games, specially the ones from Poker)
Edy: Wow, where are we?
Gatchmon: In an AR field, where internet and real life collide with each other? Cool, right?
Edy: Amazing, I always wanted to go to another dimension, that is great.
Haru: He's pretty excited.
Gene: Indeed, but…
(Cardmon appears)
Cardmon: Well, Well, well, Some players, huh?
Edy: Players, What are you talking about?
Cardmon: It looks like you don't understand the joke, it's just going to be your final game so prepare your enslaved Appmons, because if you don't play, you will not escape and this will be your final life game and even your cemetery.
Gatchmon (Angry by that comment): Hey, I am not an enslaved Appmon! We are buddies, and you don't intimidate us! Haru, now Appliarise me.
Haru (Determined): Yes.
Edy: Appliarise?
Gatchmon (pridefully): You will be surprised, and believe me, you will like it. Well, I am ready (Gatchmon enters the chip).
Haru: Appmon Chip, ready (opening the Applidrive, inserts Gatchmon's chip in the Applidrive and closes it.)
Haru's Applidrive (Flashing its cover): "Appliarise."
(Gatchmon emerges from the Applidrive and regains his physical form.)
Name: Gatchmon
Grade: Standard
Type: Social
Appli: Search
Current Power Level: 1000
"Gatchmon, Attention please, Gatchmon is a Search Engine Appmon."
Gatchmon: Your future is already within my search! (Strikes a cool pose)
Edy (amazed and excited): That's an Appliarise? Cool!
Gatchmon (proudly agreeing): Of course, I told you that us Appmons are very exciting too.
Haru (agreeing with them): But that is still the beginning.
Gatchmon: Right, Now let's play!
Cardmon: Not bad, but you are still doomed!
Gatchmon: Let's see about this! (Goes towards Cardmon) Gatch Cla-
Cardmon: Fool. (He changes his card picture into Gatchmon)
Gatchmon: Huh?! He looks like me?!
Cardmon: Gatch Claw (Attacks Gatchmon and strikes)
Gatchmon (A little hurt from that slash): He copied my technique?!
Cardmon: Yeah, because your future is already within my search! (Strikes a cool pose, just like Gatchmon)
Gatchmon (Angrily): Hey, don't copy me!
Cardmon (Mocking Gatchmon): Hey, don't copy me! Well, guess what, I do whatever I want so don't ever cry at me.
Gatchmon (Very Livid RIght Now): Why you…
Haru: Wait, Gatchmon why don't we better search for any weakness to find out better. (Summons the keyboard and sends the result to Gatchmon.
Gatchmon: Very good idea. Deep Search!
Cardmon: Deep Search!
Both literally have the same answer and is "Play the game"
(Haru is confused by that meaning, but doesnt means to play a card game, because Cardmon has all cards)
(Cardmon and gatchmon are fighting against each other but Cardmon is having advantage over Gatchmon because he can copy and act as another Gatchmon could do)
(Edy is nervous, thinking this is going to be a harder game than the thought)
Edy: No, this is not what I thought, I thought it means, defeating him, easily, i thought this is not going to be a real battle.
Gatchmon: It is a real battle! What other things did you expect?
Edy: But I thought that in another dimension, it doesn't have the same aspects as real life.
Gatchmon: Wait, you hate your reality? (Gets hit by Cardmon very hard, knocking him out)
Edy: It's not that, it's that there are many responsibilities, like falling in love with a friend of mine, helping new friends to get back home, but there are no clues.
Haru: It's true, Gene and his friends don't have a clue where their home is because it disappeared, but they must have chosen you for a reason.
Edy: But what is that reason?
Gene: It's something you have, you maybe don't know but I am also nervous with reality, I had to think a lot about the past, and I still do, but please help us to save everyone. Please just answer the question you have.
Edy: What is the question I have?
Gene: Just look over there.
Then Edy is seeing something in his Applidrive is currently showing, just like Haru, his Applidrive is asking him "Do you want to keep the promise of helping new friends?" and the options Yes and No appear at the bottom.
Edy: If I want to keep the promise of helping new friends?
He starts to think because, even if he literally just met them today, he has the feeling that he can trust them even if they lied to him about the game and they share the same bond between them, it seems for him that this is the gateway to meet new friends and a new adventure.
Edy: I decided it, Gene, I promise you that you are going to go back home if we defeat Leviathan, because friends help each other!
He presses the "Yes" option. and the Applidrive is unlocked, the lock is shown to be unlocked and it changes showing Gene's designated app logo, the three windows are becoming green, the rest of the device starts to activate, the cover is now yellow and it says also "PAIRING EMOJIMON" and creates a magical yellow ring that goes to his right hand and transforms into a mechanical band that looks like a white wristwatch with a yellow circuit line.
Edy: Pairing Emojimon?
Gene: That means we are buddies from now on, now let me show him my power, and I want to know as well.
Edy: Yes, I am now sure that we figure all this together. Appmon Chip, Ready (Opening the Applidrive, inserts Gene's chip in the Applidrive and closes it.)
Applidrive (Flashing its cover): "Appliarise."
(Gene emerges from the Applidrive and regains his physical form.)
Name: Emojimon
Grade: Standard
Type: Social
Appli: Multimoji
Current Power Level: 1050
"Emojimon, Attention please, Emojimon is a Multimoji Emoji Appmon."
Gene: If we want a better future, we must be ourselves first! (Strikes a cool pose)
Name: HiFivemon
Grade: Standard
Type: Life
Appli: Hand Training
Current Power Level: 970
"HiFivemon, Sorry for the wait, HiFivemon is a Hand Training Emoji Appmon."
Hi-Five: When you need a hand, you can depend on this man! (Strikes a cool pose then he suddenly gets angry for something) Wait, My power level says that is 970?! What does that even mean?!
Gatchmon: You better not complain, because to be honest I don't even know.
Name: Codebreakmon
Grade: Standard
Type: System
Appli: Codebreaking
Current Power Level: 1100
"Codebreakmon, Let's continue with this, Codebreakmon is a Codebreaking Emoji Appmon."
Jailbreak: Don't dare to underestimate the ability that I was given. (Strikes a cool pose)
Hi-Five: Wow, This is amazing
Jailbreak: Yeah, it's true
Gene: Now we can be fair, Messemon Multimoji Adapt, Messe Stream Attack! (Fires three text bubbles against Cardmon, and the bubbles strike against him)
Cardmon: What the heck?! How can this be possible?! You are not supposed to have those techniques!
Gene: It's because I copied those before so I am now having this technique as a result, because that is my technique. That's something you can't copy because, unlike you I just learned it, because just like Edy, I am a fast learner.
Cardmon: That is not a technique, that seems to be a curse, wait, so that explains that I can't use your technique, because yours is unlocked.
Gene: I don't care about that, I am still going to save you from yourself and if you don't let me down with your critics, I am going to save you the hard way! (Creates a claw similar to Gatchmon's and is shining) Now it's my turn, Gatchmon Multimoji Adapt, Gatch Claw! (He slashes Cardmon returning to his original drawing, Everyone is shocked that Gene managed to control that ability, Hi-Five was smiling, Haru and Edy were amazed; However, Gatchmon and Jailbreak looked worried.)
(Cardmon was barfing the virus that infected him, leaving him. In 3, 2, 1 the virus exploded and he was purified.)
Edy (amazed, relieved and happy): Wow, This was amazing! Excellent job, all of you, you saved him.
Gene: You also helped.
Edy: I didn't feel I was being helpful.
Gene: Believe me, you were.
Cardmon (Back to normal with normal red eyes and relaxed peacefully.): I feel better, it's like when I am in the deck relaxing during a game and waiting my turn, I want to start a new deck and a new game but let me fix the troubles I made first as an apology. (goes into Edy's Applidrive, now back as a chip showing Cardmon's picture.)
Edy (With Cardmon's chip in his hand): Wow, Appmons are actually awesome after all. I am going to like to be an Applidriver after all.
Haru: Me too.
(Everyone was celebrating but Gene was still confused about something he heard earlier.)
Gene: I don't get it, you think Cardmon was right? He was infected.
Gatchmon: Even infected, Cardmon was right those were not techniques, it was something else, it's weird, when I searched more information about you, it was ominous that I couldn't be able to explain, that information you have is hard to decipher, but don't worry you can use your real ability soon, because when a new Appmon appears is hard to use it initially but eventually you can do it, I assure it.
Gene: But Hi-Five and Jailbreak managed to use their techniques perfectly.
Gatchmon: Maybe it's because they don't have a hard composition. Yours is one of the hardest I've seen in my life, that is a risk but that is also good, because your composition and techniques can be balanced with your abilities, whoever gave you this, must have a good reason. (smiles to Gene who is also smiling)
Gene: Thanks Gatchmon, I hope to know who is actually Leviathan to beat it because they are kidnapping us for whatever reason and infecting innocent Appmons to bring chaos that is not cool or nice.
Edy: Don't worry, I am going to help you to solve that mystery, actually I am going to help all of you.
(Haru and Gatchmon exchanged happiness knowing that they knew a new Applidriver is on their side.)
Haru: You will?
Edy: Of course, to be honest I don't know what the heck is happening here or who is Leviathan and I still have to learn more about the Appmons but I promise that I will be focused on this situation, now that I know is a serious responsibility instead of a game, I am ready to help.
Gatchmon: That is good, as we have more allies, better for us.
Gene: I guess friends sound better, don't you agree, buddy? (Gestures to Edy)
Edy: Yes.
(Unaware to them, Cameramon was watching them once again. And took a new photo of them, now including Edy as another Applidriver.)
Cameramon: Got you, I think it is now time to break the seal, if you thought you won for today, you are wrong, considering you can't unlock your ability yet. (chuckles evilly and then he stops chuckling and notices something and then disappears.)
(Two hooded figures appear, one is tall and the other one is shorter, the tall one is a teenager that pale skin, gray-green hair, red eyes, wears a black hooded jacket, dark blue pants and white sneakers, has a serious, disgusted and bored expression and is not smiling and has an Applidrive in his right hand and the shorter one is a reptilian Appmon with black armored skin, red claws, red eyes, horns and wears a dark purple hoodie).
Mysteious Applidriver (Serious): What a coward, knowing that we are here, that is pathetic; But not pathetic enough compared to them. (Referring to Haru, Edy and their buddies, As they happily celebrate their victory.)
Mysterious Appmon: You should not underestimate them, Rei, They are stronger than we think, those guys have something special just like you and those buddies they have contain an amazing power only that they are still learning to use it, unlike me, but for now we should let them to continue forward just like you.
Rei (Serious): You should not compare me to them, we better get out of here, we still have things to do, let's go, Hackmon.
Hackmon: Yeah.
(They are leaving the place.)
Name: Hackmon
Grade: Standard
Type: System
Appli: Hacking
Edy: Wait, that means the humiliating messages were also because the responsible Appmons were also infected by Leviathan?!
Haru: Yeah, it seems more dangerous than we thought, it seems we are going to need help.
Edy: Wait, that means... that many Appmons are actually in danger and it seems that is going to cause us trouble as well. Unless we do something about it, is there something we should do right now?
Gatchmon: Actually, I have to find some special Appmon Chips that may help us, according to a rumor I heard recently.
Jailbreak: And how are you sure it's actually just a rumor?
Gatchmon: I am not sure, but if we have to defeat someone like Leviathan, we need to have all the resources that can help us.
Gene: Sounds like a plan.
Hi-Five: Count me in.
Jailbreak: Me too.
Haru (A little worried): But what about your home?
Jailbreak: I am not sure if we can... (uses her bracelet to check) Wait; the seal seems to be broken.
Gene: Wait, are you saying?
Jailbreak: That means we can go back to Textopolis.(The three Emojimons are happy to hear that.)
Gatchmon: Yeah, The access is free now.
Edy: Now we can save all your friends.
Haru: Okay, let's go now.
Everyone else: Yes.
(Meanwhile someone approaches Textopolis.)
"Time for a checkup...Hee, Hee, Hee…"
"Who said that?"
"No idea."
To be continued...
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