bottlecaplogs | mayaka's april catch-all !

"Huh? Sure, same thing. Diggin' is diggin.' Less you gotta deal with rock or somethin'"

He gestures to follow as he leads her over to the first site that was marked off for them.

"An' you can call me Impmon. Nice to meet ya, toots."

The point she was making, it seems, has evaded him.

Before Mayaka can take issue with his manner of speaking, she realises she's heard of him before.

"So you're Impmon! Guil-chan's friend, right?" she asks, sounding a bit friendlier. The other day, she'd vaguely learned about the concept of Digimon and Guilmon had mentioned him among the ones who wound up in the bay.

Edited (belated typo correction) 2026-04-15 09:57 (UTC)

"You know the pineapple-head?"

Seemed like everybody knew Guilmon around here. Big friendly dope like that, Impmon probably shouldn't be surprised.

"Yeah, me an' him saved the world once, back at home."

...Okay, it was mostly Guilmon and his other friends, really, but Impmon helped a little at least.

Mayaka, while struggling to remove a big rock that's she's unearthed from digging, does a double-take in Impmon's direction.

"Saved the world? From what?"

Edited 2026-04-17 12:45 (UTC)

"Overgrown program called the D-Reaper. Decided the human world and the digital world were trash an' it wanted to delete 'em both."

A long story- and he wasn't gonna get into how much of it was his fault for creating weaknesses the D-Reaper could exploit in the first place.

...and without asking, Impmon pops up on the other side of the big rock to help lift it. Think fast, Mayaka, this rock's moving now.

"Uwah!"

With the help of the Sableye, the rock is dislodged from its spot fairly easily.

"Thanks. Huh. We're the same size, but you're much stronger," she says with a furrowed brow. Is it because she's been neglecting training with Umemiya? But it's not like she's been spending all this time bumming around, she'd like to believe that she's gotten good at digging.

To reassure herself, she gets back to work clearing the site at a brisk pace.

Oh, compliments. Uh-oh. His kryptonite. He scratches the back of his head awkwardly and resists the impulse to start bragging.

"Don't worry 'bout it, I'm built for diggin' rocks. Sableye eat 'em, see?"

...Oh, right, and he's slacking in all his fluster. He's just gonna scurry back to work clearing the area.

"So how'd you get to know Pine- eh, Guilmon, anyway?"

"You eat rocks??" That doesn't sound pleasant at all.

"We met while doing a quest for B-chan -- uh, Bigby -- awhile ago." Guilmon's a good kid, and it's easy to talk to him even with his little quirks.

"Crystals, really. Rocks kinda taste like nothin', but the crystals in the rocks are kinda... I dunno, they just taste good."

He doesn't seem to make anything of the B-chan thing, far too focused on keeping the rocks and debris neatly piled to the side and out of their way so they can get to digging.

"Never worked with Bigby much. Seems kinda grumpy all the time. Not much for people, I guess."

Impmon apparently feels comfortable uttering that sentence with a straight face.

"...but Pineapple-head can make friends with anybody, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised."

Being a straight-talker herself, Mayaka doesn't mind Impmon's candour even if she might not fully agree with his assessment of Bigby.

"Yeah, B-chan was a bit of a grump at first. Unlike you, who's the life of the party, am I right?" she asks teasingly.

That being said, she's managed to catch Bigby hanging around others more often than she's seen Impmon.

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?"

He knows exactly what it means, which is why he's so irritated about it. Particularly because she's obviously right.

"I happen to be a very fun person!"

Mayaka meets his assertion with an amused grin.

"Alright, Im-kun," she begins, deciding on a nickname for the Sableye, "if that's the case, do you want to see who can finish digging faster?"

She's still lingering on the fact that he seems to stronger, even though they have similar builds. He's got a pair of gloves for his claws too! Digging isn't just about strength, and Mayaka believes she's more dexterous than him. Time to prove her hunch.

Im-kun? The nickname initially gets a baffled and distinctly disapproving reaction- but it's immediately lost in the thrill of a challenge.

"Oh, you're so on, toots!"

Yeah, it seems that's not gone anywhere. He yanks off his little gloves and sets them aside, flexing his claws to stretch them out, grinning broadly.

"Just say when and we'll get started."

Mayaka stands next to Impmon, not so discreetly sneaking glances at his stance so she can copy it. She's not exactly sure what's the best approach here, but she doesn't want to lose so easily!

"I'll count down from 3, and we start on go."

She lays down the rules clearly, intending to stick to them.

"3... 2... 1 --"

"GO!!!!"

And he's off with an arrogant little chuckle. ~~Impmon uses Dig! It's super effective!~~

There's good news and bad news for Mayaka. The bad news is, he's a very fast digger- he's had a lot of practice with speed burrowing and he's definitely putting it to use tearing down those holes for the construction.

The good news, however, is that his speed seems to come at the expense of precision. He's probably gonna have to go back and fix a lot of mistakes after the fact, mostly digging too deep or not deep enough before moving on, which will definitely cost him some time later.

Pretty soon, Mayaka falls behind the speedy Impmon. This also means some of the dirt that he's tossing back ends up scattering all over her.

"H-hey!" she coughs out, wiping her arms and face.

While she's only dug up a fraction of what Impmon has managed in the same time, she's put in effort to stick to Spinarak's instructions. Impmon's various holes are either far too shallow or too deep for the support beams.

Still, the aim had been to see who could dig faster. Mayaka has reluctantly to concede.

"Fine, you win!"

She's not sure if Impmon can hear her. He looks completely absorbed in the challenge.

He doesn't, indeed, hear Mayaka's concession at first, and he instead continues to dig and dig until he's totally finished with one of the indicated rows of holes before popping out and turning back toward Mayaka.

"Hey, aren't you helpin'-

He stops in mid-taunt, zips back over, and peers at her.

"Oh, wow, you sure got a lotta dirt on ya, huh? You gotta dig it away from ya, toots, you'll get it all over otherwise."

Mayaka seethes for a moment before she snaps.

"... I'm this way because you were digging all over the place!!"

Pointing a dirt-covered claw at Impmon's messy work, she says, in a more reasonable volume: "Every hole is a different size, Spinarak's not going to be happy about that."

Oh.

Oh, uh...

Oh.

He glances at the dirt all over her, then at his sloppy and imprecise holes, then at the dirt he's tossed pretty well everywhere. And then he turns slowly back to her, an awkward smile plastered on his face through sheer force of will.

"I-it's fine, I can fix it! Ehehe... ehehehe..."

He indelicately yanks the little red bandana off his neck and starts smearing dirt off her face, in what is almost certainly an ineffectual attempt at cleaning her off.

"S-see? No problem!"

Mayaka hadn't expected him try to solve the problem so immediately -- or to get her face covered by a bandana (which itself is dusty since Impmon was wearing it while he was digging). The crackle of her temper is quickly put out by a wave of panic.

"Hey! Don't get too close. My claws are poisonous!"

She raises her arms up and out of the way. She doesn't want to poison another Pokémon, especially when she's been keeping her slate clean after the very first accident.

"It's fine. I'll take a bath later." Her initial anger has fizzled out now that she can see he didn't mean it.

"Oh- oh, uh, sure thing."

He takes a step back, shoulders slumping as he restores the dirty bandana to his neck. He doesn't seem nearly as alarmed about the prospect of potential poisoning as he probably should be, instead clearly more focused on his rising embarrassment.

"...guess I better start, uh, fixin' the holes, huh?"

He gives another awkward laugh, then hastily turns and starts inspecting the results of his work for things that need to be fixed.

Mayaka watches the Sableye as he frets. Then, she sighs to herself and joins his side.

"I'll help too. It'll be faster if we do it together."

Looks like it will take them awhile to fix everything up, but technically most of the digging is done now thanks to Impmon.

"You weren't kidding when you said you were built for this stuff."

mayaka's april catch-all !

He's the worst [affectionate]

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CRUSTY TAGS AHOY

!!

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Hypocrisy, thy name is Impmon.

1/2 (lollll this is great)

2/2

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I hate him so much [Affectionate]

i love himp

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he's so cute this shouldn't be allowed

He's a dork. He's a dork, a goober, and a dingus. All these things.

good to wrap !