#bastemon

Bastemon!

I just think she's neat! I love Bastemon's design and thought it would be fun to paint her in my own style~

Dinner was less focused on heavier topics like D-SAT, instead moreso on Sado's backstory. Bastemon and Aegiochusmon mostly asked about his previous life as a human and what sort of things he did and what his friends were like, if he had any. Aegi was still convinced he was some sort of isekai protagonist, though Baste was more curious about the "higher being" Sado called Homeostasis. As far as she knew, the only higher being was Homeros, the warden of Illiad, but Sado was a world apart from them right? So maybe it was a different god he was referring to?

Either way, the two gladly gave their guest the spare bedroom for the night, before retiring to their own quarters. The next morning, bright and early, they both emerged, bed headed and slightly groggy, to start making breakfast. Bastemon felt it necessary due to their company, though it was also partly because she wanted to practice cooking human food more.

Despite that, she still noticed something in Aegiochusmon's eyes while the faun sat at the table, drumming her fingers against the wood, her eyes focused on nothing. It was a familiar sight, and the feline Digimon never liked it.

"You had another nightmare?" she asked quietly. Aegi flinched, breaking out of her daydreaming to look at her friend.

"A-ahh...y-yeah. Wasn't as bad as the last few times, though. I was actually able to wake myself up before--" She stopped herself, trying to prevent the horrible memory from clawing its way back up from the dephs in her mind.

Baste's face softened and she walked over, leaving the eggs on the stove to sizzle while she encircled her friend in a hug from behind with her giant paws. Aegi leaned into it, squeezing her eyes shut as though trying to hold back tears.

After playing Digimon Survive, I started wondering if you could have a Digimon that’s considered evil as your Digimon partner. I noticed in Digimon Survive that not only does Kaito had Dracmon as his partner despite the fact that the Digimon Reference Book says that Dracmon isn’t really a nice Digimon. Despite this, Dracmon and all of his evolved forms (Sangloupmon, Myotismon, Beelzemon) seem to care about Kaito despite the fact that they’re all considered evil Digimon. (I know Beelzemon isn’t exactly evil, but he’s not exactly good either). I was wondering if it’s possible for a human to have a Digimon that’s considered evil or sinister as a partner that genuinely cares about them. I’m just curious is all. I just think it’s interesting to have Digimon that are generally considered evil as your partner, and have them genuinely care about you, no matter how dark or twisted their personalities are.

Some examples of these partnerships are:

Arata & Diaboramon (Digimon Cyber Sleuth)

Kaito & Dracmon (Digimon Survive)

Mirei & Ladydevimon (Digimon World)