mylittlejamjar | [Visual] -5th Shadow-

Hey Equestria...I got a question for you, mostly this is for the other outlanders like myself, but...anyone is free to weigh in here. I'd like the input.

How many of you use friendship, or similar bonds, as a source of strength for yourselves back home?

Some pretense to that...where I come from there are creatures called Digimon. I myself am half-digimon. Long story to that, but I won't bore you with the details right now. A digimon is a creature born of digital data, they are however highly receptive to emotions and can grow stronger as they grow closer to others, becoming stronger and stronger as those bonds mature and grow.

Emotions from those that we make friend with rub off on us, we can become stronger, or weaker because of it, or we can become too strong that we can't control ourselves.

[He rubs at his cheek with a hoof and sighs deeply.]

Not only digimon have exhibited this trait, though. There is another being called a Net Navi where I'm from, another digital life-form, this one artificially created by humans. There's an entire battle tournament surrounding them even. A Navi and their NetOp, when they have a strong enough bond, can create powerful combinations with battle chips. They can even fuse together, share the core of their beings with another, the NetNavi’s can even form friendships of their own that unlock hidden potentials...

[ He holds a hoof over his chest reflexively, almost like he was reassuring himself about something...]

The core of my question is how many of you have something similar back home? An undertone to that is how many of us have forgotten about that? That we've taken it for granted or just forgotten our own basics? This place works on its own rules. Just like those of NetNavis, or Digimon...working together, believing in one another...we’ve heard it a lot lately, and seen that here, it’s its own force to be reckoned with. Friendship. We’re all in this together, and if we're going to-

[He stops short and scoffs softly to himself.]

Sorry. Getting off track...Anyways...just something I’ve been thinking about lately. If anyone would rather speak with me in person or private, you’re always welcome to call on me at the commune or approach me while I’m on duty in the Night Market.

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[A switch in the pony's demeanor, show's he looks far more tired than he may have been letting on.]

Hey, Dante...Vergil...I may I need your guys help with something. I dunno if you can, but I'd rather it be the two of you than others. I'd uh...rather speak somewhere off scroll, about it though. If you can, meet me at the Decanter.

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I see someone is as sociable as ever.

[Good morning to you too Arcee.]

My day never starts properly without a morning cup of your disposition Arcee.

[He means that sincerely.]

What can I say? Getting kind of tired of every other scroll message being someone who feels the need to scold us over the same scrap we've learned weeks ago.

Didn't think I'd be hearing it from you.

[She sighs, okay maybe she can tone it down. ...Just a little.]

Guess everyone has something to get off their chests...

Not really here to scold, actually, there's been more than enough of that, not a call to arms either...It's more of a...whotcha callit...

[He waves a hoof around thoughtfully.]

Mutual trade of information. I'm genuinely curious how many others work with something similar. Heck, I know I forgot my own basics for a while there...

I was ignoring the information trade because it [sounds stupid] doesn't apply to me.

It's the constant losing or forgetting "your way" scrap that gets under my skin.

[She shouldn't even have skin.]

I can understand how that'd bother you. We're all feeling a little introspective right now. Especially after getting under the skin of our "gracious host" finally.

Closing off from everyone around us isn't going to do us much good, so a lot of us are feeling, or thinking, the same thing right now, which is why there's this "where did we go wrong" mentality all over the place. As a psyche evaluation, I'd put it up to the five stages of loss. We've all been tramping through it, it sucks. Just that a couple of us are getting through finally to the acceptance stage and moving on.