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[umbra]

MUST HAVE LOST YOUR WITS

"Nu... me... mon..." the words were whispered, a slender finger trailing down the cheek of the blue slug. A wide grin, stretched all the way across the face of laughing virus, was an inch away from the petrified Numemon's face. It had been minding its own business, cleaning up the skulls that had been tossed in fear by previous visitors, when this rookie virus appeared to play. "Play... with me..." Keramon cooed into the slug's unseen ears. It didn't matter where they were, Keramon always just wanted to play. And no one ever wanted to play with him. How unfair.

"Kera," a human voice interrupted, emerging from down a pair of stairs, which creaked at each and everyone one of his steps. Umbra's Digimon had gotten away from him again. He never remained still and was exploring any time Umbra even stopped to tie his shoe. He needed a leash for that Digimon, before he decided to get too far.

The Digimon thankfully heard, hands leaving the squishy flesh of the Numemon as he stood tall and shuffled over toward his tamer using it's many tiny legs to keep itself standing. His head craned to the side, a curious twinkle in his eyes and that same, wide grin never leaving his face. "Falling behind... again. Umbra must continue looking. Treasure is... here. Time to hunt, Umbra," Keramon lectured, a giggle as he reached out with elongated fingers to grab his tamer's hand and hold it with gentle care, but tugging to lead the way through unknown territory. The Numemon was soon forgotten.

Keramon was right. It was the month of October and, for Halloween, a Scavenger Hunt was going on. Umbra had no idea what this business was about, but he wanted in on it. This was the holiday of pranks and scares. There was no way he could turn down this chance. His own smile- nowhere near half as wide as Kera's- tugged at his lips as he nodded in agreement.

"This is easily the spookiest area in all of the game, judging from the information I've gathered and what I have seen. It is the month of Halloween. Whatever we're looking for needs to be here. We have to continue searching," Umbra complied, dropping Kera's hand and wiping his own on his jeans. Why did he insist on continuously touching him? And everything he came in contact with.

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[wild digimon]

There's someone that I'm always near,
Yet in the dark I disappear.
To this one only I am loyal,
Though in his wake I'm doomed to toil.
He feels me not (we always touch);
If I were lost, he'd not lose much.
And now I come to my surprise,
For you are he - but who am I ?

[umbra]

MUST HAVE LOST YOUR WITS

What on earth...? Umbra had thought this shrine was filled primarily with Numemon. It was all he'd come across since he'd been there. So, what was this? The Keramon beside him cackled with laughter, his hands eagerly clapping together as he shouted, "Riddles! Oh, Umbra, how I love... riddles." Keramon's giggling continued as all his legs gave out underneath him and he sat on the floor, watching the snake-like dog eagerly to see if it had more.

Umbra assumed he had to figure this out. Was this the treasure he'd been searching for since his time entering here? As long as there was no time limit, he didn't see an issue. The boy brushed his hair back, readjusting the goggles on his head as he thought to himself. "Okay," Umbra mumbled under his breath, agreeing to figure this riddle out. He tried repeating it in his head, breaking it apart in hopes of making it easier for himself.

First off, who was it near? And what disappears in the dark? You could say that light disappears in the dark, but dark also disappears in the light. It couldn't be that one. The sun? But the sun isn't loyal to one person. It belongs to everyone. And you also couldn't touch the sun. If you did, you'd surely feel it. But then that last part. Umbra was the he. That should have made it easy, he hoped. What did he have that disappeared in the dark and was always touching him? The area they were in currently was rather dark. He looked down at himself and around him, wondering what should be on him that wasn't. In his wake meant behind him. He glanced behind him, at his shoes... and that's when it hit him. This was easy. There was only one thing it possibly could be, wasn't there? "You're my shadow."

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[wild digimon]

" tch. that was a simple riddle. "
a piece of candy have been dropped!

[umbra]

MUST HAVE LOST YOUR WITS

Keramon gleefully, with a squeal, scrambled across the floor on all his arms and legs, grabbing for the snatching for the piece of candy as soon as it hit the floor. Was he allowed to eat it? He eagerly looked up toward his tamer, but the serious look in his eyes made Keramon decide he'd have to ask later. He set the candy piece down beside him, giving it a soft pat. It would be safe with him, that was for sure. He would let no Digimon steal from him as long as he had a say in the matter.

A smirk pulled at the corner of Umbra's lips, his head nodding. Indeed, that had been easy. "Are you planning to give me a harder one then? Because I've got all day to answer these," he insisted, his shoulders shrugging as his hands dropped into the pockets of his jeans. If all of the riddles were going to be like this, he was about to breeze through this scavenger hunt and get his hands on more candy than anyone- even Keramon- could even fit into their mouths and bellies. But he assumed they were supposed to collect the candy, not eat them. Not yet, at least. If Keramon even made the motion of putting one in his mouth, he would have to slap it from the Digimon's hands. They didn't have time for fun and games- even if all of this was just a game.

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[wild digimon]

What is it which builds things up?
Lays mountains low?
Dries up lakes,
And makes things grow?
Cares not a whim about your passing?
And is like few other things,
Because it is everlasting?

[umbra]

MUST HAVE LOST YOUR WITS

A weak hum came from the boy's throat, a hand rubbing at his chin in thought. This one seemed a little harder. Umbra would have said mankind. They grow things, dry up lakes, build and, he supposed, broke down mountains. But the line about it not caring about someone passing away wiped that thought clean out of his mind. If he died, someone in the world would care, even if it wasn't everyone. What wouldn't care if someone died? It couldn't be anything living. Everything alive had a heart. But inanimate objects couldn't build, not without humans controlling them. It was something deeper than that.

The hand had left his chin and rested over the upper half of his face now, his eyes covered. The darkness blocked his surroundings, making sure there was nothing to see that would distract him. Think. He focused on the last part. What was everlasting? Death? Death didn't build anything. It's counterpart, life, didn't last forever either. What did all of these things have in common? They all... happened over time. "It's time. You need it for everything. It's the only thing that's going to last forever." This was Umbra's final decision. And if this Digimon had more riddles to offer, then the human's head could handle some more. It wasn't hurting yet.

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[wild digimon]

" here is the last riddle. "
he eyes the child with annoyance as another candy falls.

I am, in truth, a yellow fork
From tables in the sky
By inadvertent fingers dropped
The awful cutlery.
Of mansions never quite disclosed
And never quite concealed
The apparatus of the dark
To ignorance revealed.

[umbra]

MUST HAVE LOST YOUR WITS

"Lightning." The answer was quick and sudden. Out before the other even finished. He covered his mouth with an apology but smiled. As soon as he heard 'yellow fork' and 'sky,' he was pretty sure it had to be lightning. The rest of the riddle, all of the pieces, just made more sense as he thought about it. Lightning was yellow and fork-like, while it also came from the sky. Especially when he thought of the Roman myths he once read about, where the God of the Sky- Jupiter, he thought his name was- would throw lightning bolts from the sky. Maybe he dropped one, on accident, this time. "It is lightning, isn't it?"

Keramon snickered, "Umbra is so rude!" Talking, of course, about answering before he even heard the whole riddle. But, of course, Keramon was waiting awfully close to that dog, eyes wide and fixed on it as it waited quietly for more candy. The mouth of the Keramon was wider than ever, looking about ready to eat that dog whole if it didn't hand over the goods.

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[wild digimon]

" that is correct. "
the last candy is dropped, and fangmon growls before leaving.

[umbra]

MUST HAVE LOST YOUR WITS

"Success. Hand those over Keramon. I don't trust you with them. Maybe when we're doing with all of this, I'll reward you for being the good boy you are," Umbra suggested with a short, sudden laugh, a hand held out now to his Digimon. He assumed it was over as the Fangmon left. Would he have to find another Digimon to get more? The search would begin now. He wouldn't be sleeping tonight and any plans tomorrow were canceled now. He'd walk for days if that was as long as it took to find another event Digimon.

Keramon would have scowled if he could. But his face was turned into a permanent Cheshire Cat smile. But that didn't mean he didn't grumble under his breath as he dropped the candy into his tamer's hand. He wasn't going to get anything when the Scavenger Hunt was over. All Umbra ever wanted was to win. They didn't even know what the prize was, but he knew Umbra was going to keep it to himself. Maybe it was the ability to evolve! Or a new technique? That would teach Umbra to be so selfish. He couldn't have a technique for himself. Still, Umbra had started to leave as soon as he had those candies safe at his side and Keramon was the Digimon to hurry in front in hopes of taking the lead, thinking he might know just the place to check out next.

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