[tri OOM] Barry, Cisco, and File Island

[angry_friendship_wolf]

Yamato brings Barry and Cisco out through the same hilltop telephone booth he used to bring Autor through a few weeks back, out onto a cliff with a pretty good view of the island.

The island's central point is a mountain that looks more like a sheer spike of rock, and radiating outwards from it are a lot of very different places: Closest to the mountain, there's a pastel-coloured village of some kind that looks like it might be made of cushions; a tropical jungle with a ruined temple of black and brown stone jutting out of it; and a desert with gear markings carved into the ground and a single, leafy mountain in the centre.

Spreading out further than that, there are forests; some kind of icy tundra; a large town with a glittering white castle; a small village covered by a dark cloud; some kind of factory belching smoke into the air; and a plain covered in railroad tracks and ruined trains. Just down from the cliff, there's a lake with a camp set up next to it.

"All right, File Island," Yamato says, shutting the door. "Oldest part of the Digital World."

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[makes_the_toys]

"Oh, you guys... " Cisco tightens his grip on the wheel, zipping through the crowd, running almost parallel to Yamato until a swerving Penmon causes Cisco to brake and duck in behind another car.

"You little-- " Cisco bears down on the gas once again, pulling around the one car so he can cut off the other one, clipping bumpers as he forces his way in front of the birds.

"HA-HA!"

Then he guns for Yamato.

[run_barry]

"Yet," Barry repeats, shaking his head as things turn into bumper cars down there.

The vehicles seem pretty sturdy, though, and they all seem to be having fun. Assuming, of course, that the Penmon express fun by screaming threats and insults.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"CURSE YOU," a Penmon yells, shaking a curled up wing.

Yamato sees Cisco coming up behind him and gives a quick, irritable 'tch' noise, before flooring it.

He's not against a little bit of foul play, though, which is why as he turns the next corner, keeping his speed up as much as possible, he makes sure to scrape his wheels across the road enough to throw a cloud of dust and debris up towards Cisco.


"Yet," Monzaemon agrees.

He pauses, stretching out a paw in front of himself, moving it back and forth.

"I'm fairly sure I could bubble them at this distance."

[makes_the_toys]

Cisco swerves through the dust cloud, bumping into a Penmon's car, then bouncing across the road before jerking straight again.

"INCONCEIVABLE!"

In an effort to catch up to Yamato Cisco mounts the sidewalk and cuts between a pair of buildings, popping out onto the street on the other side.

[run_barry]

"It'd be nice if you could bubble them before they finish," he notes with a chuckle. Whoever wins is going to be insufferable after.

And so will the loser.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

Yamato lets out a frustrated growl as he sees Cisco pop out a fair ways ahead of him. His car's already going as fast as it can, so all he can do for now is keep Cisco in his sights and wait for an opportunity.


Monzaemon gives a low chuckle, shaking his head. "Now, that wouldn't be very sporting."

[makes_the_toys]

This race is in the bag. At least that's what Cisco thinks until he realizes that hopping the curb he picked up a loose Lego brick and now it's caught up under his car and dragging.

"Dang it!"

Swerving, he tries to shake the piece that's slowing him down loose.

[run_barry]

"Probably not," he admits, "but it'd save a lot of 'I told you so'ing between them."

Of course it would probably just shift into some other type of argument instead.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

Yamato laughs a little as he speeds past Cisco, speeding around the next corner and rebounding off a building before rocketing towards the end of the first lap. A few of the Penmon also start to come up behind Cisco, squawking loudly.


"It is okay," Monzaemon says, comfortingly. "After all, if they are too noisy, I can always bubble them until they calm down. My bubbles are soundproof. And full of love."

[makes_the_toys]

Cisco jerks in his seat, like he could somehow scootch the car into a higher gear.

The Penmon starting to pass him is the last straw, and Cisco goes for broke. Waiting for his moment, Cisco jerks the wheel hard as another Penmon passes. He slams into the other car hard enough to knock his onto two wheels for a moment. The Lego brick drops free and Cisco floors it, leaving behind the shrieking bird.

[run_barry]

"Full of love, huh? That sounds like just what those two need."

Surely both Cisco and Yamato could use love bubbles in their lives, right?

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"I WILL WREAK THE MOST EXQUISITE VENGEANCE ON YOUR TEETH, HUMAN!" is the scream that follows him as he speeds away.

Yamato sees Cisco in his mirror and just focuses on continuing to drive, swinging around another corner as he tries to keep up his lead.


Monzaemon tilts his head, thinking. "Well, I don't know. This is the first time I'm meeting one, and the second time meeting the other -- since the Reboot, at least."

After a moment's thought, he flicks a paw, and across the town appear rings just large enough for a car to fit through, formed of light. There are rainbow ones with little electricity signs hovering around them, and red ones with 'x' marks hovering about them.

It's probably not difficult to figure out which ones give a speed boost, and which ones cause a momentary deceleration.

[makes_the_toys]

Oh, Cisco totally knows a boost when he sees one.

Just as he's starting to lament the ground he's lost on Yamato the rings appear. Without hesitation Cisco steers into one with the rainbow and lightning bolts.

[run_barry]

Barry sips his tea, watching the action and listening to Monzaemon.

"I'm glad this place came back after the reboot. I know it's not all the same, but still, it's good that it's here."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

The boost seems to nearly double his speed, if only for a second. Yamato gives Cisco a quick grin, the two of them now side by side, before moving to try and ram the side of his car against Cisco's.

It looks very much like he's attempting to shove Cisco into a rapidly approaching black ring.


"It's strange, not really remembering anything before it happened," Monzaemon says. "If it weren't for Elecmon and Centalmon, we might not know there even was a Reboot."

[makes_the_toys]

"OH!" Cisco grins, and punches back, butting into Yamato's car as the ring nears.

When they're right up on it Cisco jerks away, trying to force Yamato into the ring instead.

[run_barry]

"What do you mean?" Barry asks, turning his attention away from the race. "Do Elecmon and Centalmon remember the reboot?"

[angry_friendship_wolf]

Yamato sees that that's what Cisco's trying to do, but he's just a shade too slow in reacting, and goes careening through the ring, with a somewhat surprised, somewhat delighted laugh.

His speed drops sharply for a few seconds before he starts accelerating again, chasing Cisco.


Monzaemon hums lightly, rubbing one ear with a paw. "No. But they're given certain privileges. In-built knowledge of how the world works. Enough that they figured out it had happened."

[makes_the_toys]

Cisco crows triumphantly and keeps driving. Aiming for another booster ring, he's knocked off target just before reaching it by a Penmon.

"Ya jerk!"

[run_barry]

"Huh. Well that's interesting. Why only them?" he asks.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Good job, Penmon!" Yamato calls, as he drives through the booster ring Cisco missed, and immediately uses the burst of speed to draw up alongside Cisco and aim for another booster.


"Elecmon receives the privileges he needs to be the caretaker for the Village of Beginnings," Monzaemon says, "and Centalmon the same to be the caretaker for the Temple. They occupy what could be called essential roles."

[makes_the_toys]

"It's mine!" Cisco shouts, butting his car against Yamato's, prepared to fight for the booster.

[run_barry]

"Ah, gotcha. That makes sense, then," he says with a nod, sipping his tea.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Screw you," Yamato snaps back, butting his car right back against Cisco's, trying to shove him out of the way.

A moment later, they both clip the booster at the same time, which is apparently enough to give them both a burst of speed towards the next corner.


Monzaemon very delicately takes a sip of his tea, watching. "... I wonder if I should add anything else for the last lap."

He's not necessarily thinking blue shells. That seems like it could end poorly.

[makes_the_toys]

Cisco continues to battle Yamato as they burst forward, trying to keep the inside lane through the turn.

"Get off my track, grandpa!"