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[angry_friendship_wolf]

[01 OOM: The musical episode nobody required or wanted.]

Now that they're away from Etemon (for the moment, at least), it's time to resupply at the nearest village, and Yamato drew the short straw, which is why the door opens on the sound of a bustling marketplace, and Yamato (the eleven year old version, on this particular day) wanders in with a notepad, with Gabumon following behind him.

Most of the group wants food. The Koromon need materials to build a new village. Jyou wants medical supplies, and Mimi wants a truly dizzying array of name-brand beauty products, none of which Yamato expects to find at the market. Koushiro very politely asked for maps of the area.

Yamato glances up at the bar as he enters, brow furrowing slightly, before flicking through the notepad again.

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[auxin]

"Hey." Auxin waves at him from down the bar, where he is carefully whittling a small wooden ring.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Hey," Yamato says, as Gabumon grabs his arm and tugs him over to Auxin. Yamato quickly glances at the ring, raising an eyebrow. "Planning on proposing to someone or something?"

[auxin]

"Oh, not yet, this is for a teething ring for my little brother." Auxin says. "What are you up to?"

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Trading. We need food, building materials, Koushiro wants topographical maps, Jyou wants bandages, alcohol, antibiotics -- which obviously nobody's going to sell -- and, er, Mimi wants ..." He flips a few pages. "A haircare collection whose name I can't pronounce. Accept no substitutes."

That's actually written down. In large, angry letters.

"Nobody's going to be selling those, either."

[auxin]

"Aunty Biotics?" Auxin asks. "And what's a haircare collection, some sort of wig?"

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Antibiotics are tablets you use to treat disease. Haircare products are used to wash your hair and keep the -- texture, I guess, nice," Yamato says. "To be honest, apart from the food, I'll be pretty surprised if I can find any of this stuff."

[auxin]

"You can use lavender in your hair if you're short of soap." Auxin says.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"That's not a bad idea. If I can find any lavender, that is," Yamato says. "I'm not sure it even grows in the Digital World."

[auxin]

"There's one growing outside." Auxin says. "They need pruning this time of year, so I bet nobody would mind you trying a bit."

[heatherandsteel]

Since talking with Jim, Quentin's been on edge and when he spots Yamato, little Yamato, he frowns as he walks over, "Yamato, how are you doing?"

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Trade," Yamato says, without looking up.

"The group needs food," Gabumon adds. "And a village of Koromon need building supplies."

"And Jyou wants medical supplies, Mimi wants beauty products, Koushiro wants decent topographical maps," Yamato says, flipping a few pages. "They're all going to be pretty disappointed."

[heatherandsteel]

"You could get all of the at Bar. That would probably be simpler than trying to trade. What are Koromon?"

That's a lot of stuff for a group of kids.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"I could, but one of them would realise. Sora definitely would."

Sora seems to have a sixth sense for when Yamato's lying.

"Especially if I came back with antibiotics or something. I'm not sure anywhere in the Digital World would have those."

[heatherandsteel]

"True, and now is not the time that you want to have a conversation explaining Milliways."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"So, disappointment it'll have to be," Yamato says. "Mimi can live without haircare products. We've been here nearly two weeks and none of us seem to be getting any dirtier."

[heatherandsteel]

"That's weird," They're kids, they should be really dirty.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Nothing seems to really stick, you know?" Yamato says, and shrugs. "It might be something to do with how the world works."

Gabumon pauses, then bounces slightly. "Oh! Oh, you should come and help us!" He says, grabbing Quentin's arm with one paw. "I bet you know loads about trading."

[feminine_menace]

"Hey. 'Sup, Gabumon?"

Young Yamato may be a little confused by the young woman in orange and blue addressing his companion. Then again, maybe this kind of thing has happened to him before.

YT turns to the human member of the pair. "Hey. Are you, um, Yamato's little brother or something?"

Hahahaha.

It's not that YT doesn't like kids, okay? She's just uncomfortable around them, and only in a certain age range. When they're babies, they may be a lot of work but they're a no-brainer to deal with. Toddlers are kind of like puppies, which YT can totally grok.

But once they hit four or five or so kids get really unpredictable. They veer between not understanding basic concepts on the one hand and understanding a lot more than you want them to on the other hand. Or they fall in the most inconvenient possible spot in the middle. Once they hit thirteen or so YT can deal with them, even if they're total brats.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

Luckily, the first or second time he came in, Ysalwen warned him that he comes in from the future. So he's not entirely confused.

That said, the mention of his brother puts him somewhat into defensive-older-brother mode.

"Who's asking?" He asks, voice low, tipping his chin up a little.

Gabumon draws up alongside him, peering up at YT.

[feminine_menace]

See? See? Kids. Weird and unpredictable.

"Name's YT," she says. "I know Yamato." She turns to Gabumon. "C'mon, dude, back me up here."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Ah, sorry, sorry," Gabumon says, flapping a paw in a conciliatory gesture. "This has happened before."

Well, not quite this, but.

"The Yamato you know is -- larger, right?" Gabumon ventures, since he doesn't really have a concept of 'older.'

[feminine_menace]

YT has no idea what the fuck is going on here. "Um, well, yeah." She holds up one hand to indicate Yamato's approximate height. "What's that got to do with...well, anything?"

[angry_friendship_wolf]

Gabumon makes a delighted noise, and reaches over to shake Yamato a little, rambling about how it's great news that he's going to end up tall.

Yamato remains stony-faced throughout. "Timelines being weird. Don't worry about it. I'm Yamato."

[feminine_menace]

Unlike Yamato, YT was not forewarned about this phenomenon, so she has a full-on what the fuck moment.

"Seriously? Am I being swerved or something?"

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Isn't it a thing with this place?" Yamato asks, raising an eyebrow as Gabumon shakes him harder. "We're all time-traveling to get here, so your visits here don't all have to happen in order."