[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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[run_barry]

"Dude, completely different types of situations," Barry argues against Cisco.

[makes_the_toys]

"Oh really?" Cisco counters, turning sights on Yamato. "Mr. I let people beat my face in for fun?

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Totally different," Yamato says, folding his arms. "Not even a little bit the same."

[makes_the_toys]

"Face it, of the three of us my sanity level is way above both of yours," Cisco declares.

[run_barry]

"It definitely isn't," Barry says, shaking his head and starting on up the trail again.

"Still, I guess if there's anyone who could troubleshoot tech from another world, it'd be you."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

Yamato grumbles, following Barry.

"My sanity level is so high," he mutters. "But yeah, it's -- you might be able to figure something out. And even if you can't, it'll be interesting on an engineering level."

Yamato is still an engineering nerd at heart, after all.

[makes_the_toys]

"High on drugs," Cisco agrees, falling in behind the other two.

"For real, though, it'll be cool. And totally fine." Cisco promises.

[run_barry]

Being in front means Barry can hide his eye-roll, but can't quite contain his chuckle.

Still, he makes no comment, just keeps walking along bemused.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"So sane."

The third ring is smaller than the other two, and levels out quickly (complete with the mountain suddenly zooming up again, putting them just high enough to see the top of Mount Infinity nearby, barren and rocky with what looks like a building straight out of Ancient Greece on top) onto a flat top with colourful, a few scattered telephone booths, and what appears to be a small lake with a stream leading down the mountain from it.

"All right, we're here," Yamato says. "Top of Mount Panorama."

The mountain offers pretty good views of the island, save for the parts blocked by the looming shape of Mount Infinity. Yamato nods down towards the west, chin aimed towards a sandy beach near a forest along the western coast, just next to the shadowy shape of the Bakemon village.

"That's where the new camp's going to be set up. Best place to build the raft, and the only place to launch it from, even if it does mean we have to circle around the island as soon as we set out."

[makes_the_toys]

The view is dizzying, and Cisco doesn't get too close to the edge, but he's still quick to bust out his phone again and start taking pictures.

"Going it all Tom Hanks and Wilson style, huh?" he asks, looking down at the beach Yamato points out.

[run_barry]

Barry takes a few pictures himself, but mostly he takes in the view.

"And you've done it before, right?" he asks, looking out at the open water and following the coastline that they'll be circling around.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Yeah, although we had help that time," Yamato says. "Monzaemon, Elecmon, Andromon, Centalmon, Leomon, and Meramon and Yukidarumon all came to help out. Their way of paying us back for killing Devimon. It'll take a little longer this time, since we're doing it on our own, but it's still doable."

He shrugs a shoulder. "Once that's done, it's a ten to twelve day journey to Server, making landfall at Tonami Town and resupplying there before we head northwards. It's straightforward, at least, even if none of us are exactly going to enjoy it."

[makes_the_toys]

"That sounds fun," he says in a way that expresses it really doesn't. "But I guess as long as you guys don't go all Gilligan it'll be fine."

[run_barry]

"Well, you've already got a plan and know what you're doing. I'm sure you guys got this," he says, giving Yamato a nod.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"But think of the fun we'll have when we get to Server, and we have to trek through this world's version of the Gobi Desert, Cisco," Yamato says, throwing a slightly wolfish grin at Cisco.

He gives Barry a quick glance, inclining his head. "Yeah, we'll be fine. Between the long working days, the voyage, and the march through the desert, I'm not sure any of the others are going to like me much when we're done," he says, more joking than anything, "but they all know how to follow orders, which is more important than whether I'm on their Christmas card lists this year."

[makes_the_toys]

"Yeah, no," Cisco says, shaking his head. "I'm just gonna be back in toy town, burning rubber on some Penmons."

Sea voyages and deserts and long days of hard work can all be Yamato's thing.

[run_barry]

Barry just shakes his head at Yamato, joking in return. "I'm sure they're used to it by now."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Where's the fun in that? It's not like the Penmons are going to give you much of a challenge."

Yamato is still very proud of Cisco's racing skills.

"True enough," he says to Barry, wryly. "They've had six years to get used to me being a tyrant, after all."

He pauses, then reaches into his pocket to pull out a napkin. "If you two are done taking pictures, I can probably use one of these telephone booths to get us back to the bar."

[makes_the_toys]

"Hey a victory, no matter how easy, is still me winning," Cisco replies sagely.

He takes a couple of last pictures of the scenery, then waves at Barry and Yamato.

"Wait, c'mon, bring it again. One more for the road," he says, indicating the camera and preparing for a selfie.

[run_barry]

"Snuggly tyrant," Barry laughs at Yamato, nudging him before moving over to stand behind Cisco, leaning down to get in the shot.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

Yamato flushes bright red at that, rubbing the back of his neck in a rapid, awkward movement.

"I'm not snuggly! Y-you're snuggly," he mutters, embarrassed (if, also, maybe, a little bit pleased -- 'snuggly' is not necessarily something people usually ascribe to him! But it feels nice!).

He shuffles over to stand behind Cisco as well, leaning down. He's still not looking at the camera, and he's still bright red, but he's in frame, at least.

[makes_the_toys]

"You're both a couple of dryer sheet bears," Cisco says right before he starts taking pictures.

[run_barry]

Barry just grins, and it holds as he gets in for the picture.

After Cisco has snapped off a few Barry straightens and turns to Yamato.

"Thanks for bringing us, man. It's been pretty cool." And a lot of fun.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"I will throw you off this mountain, Ramon," Yamato growls.

He holds still, scowling off to one side as Cisco takes his pictures, before straightening up and taking a step back, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Thanks for coming. I don't exactly get to show off this place to many people," he says.

[makes_the_toys]

"No you won't," Cisco grins cheekily, tucking his phone away.

"I dig this place," he says. "I don't know about the penguins, ghosts and that desert you'll be crossing, but everything else we saw today was pretty awesome."