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Hey hey, party people! For all you new cats and kittens, the name's Della Duck! And... someday I will think of a less embarrassing way to introduce myself. Not today.

Anyway! I know time's on a big pause button or whatever back home, but if it wasn't, you know what my world would be celebrating later this month? Only the best holiday ever made - Halloween! Dressing up in costumes, free candy, and scaring the pants off everyone! If you wear pants, anyway.

I know world-hopping and all those kinda shenanigans make celebrating holidays harder, but... it's Halloween. We gotta at least try. It'll be on the last day of the month, so, plenty of time to prepare if you wanna chip in! We need to use one of the big carriage, gotta make a lot of sweets, and go to town on stitching up costumes.

Now, for those of you who have no idea what Halloween is... you've got my sympathies, I'm so sorry. But here are some highlights!

One - Haunted Houses. Again, can't go the extra mile 'cause... train. BUT I'm sure we can come pretty close! Things popping out at you, spooky noises, fear pumping through your veins!

Two - Trick or Treating. Usually this is for the little kids. They go from house to house, knock and say "Trick or Treat!" and then get candy. Still no houses, but I say who needs 'em! If a kid says it on that special day, we should have plenty of candy to go around for the tykes... or for the tykes at heart.

Three - COSTUMES! Be someone or something you're not! The sky's the limit! This year I had planned to go on "matching opposites" costumes with my twin brother, like we did when we were younger - I'd be a devil, he'd be an angel - but since he's not around, what will I be? That's a surprise. Cause I haven't thought of it yet.

If you've got any questions, or suggestions, lemme know! Let's make this the best Halloween the train's ever had!

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Well, again, it's only a theory...

... A theory that is so hard to think about when you have a super adorable bug on your head - DUDE TELL ME ABOUT THE BUG.

[ Look there's only so much curiosity she can contain. ]

A-ah...

[ Sorry, stuck being sheepish at getting ahead of himself - he's usually the one weighing probabilities so this is rather embarrassing - having trouble switching trains of thought...

The bug in question, however, has just been called "super adorable" and therefore has no issues whatsoever. He beams. ]

I'm Wormmon! Ken-chan's partner Digimon!

[ What else have people wanted to know about him, uh.

....Oh, he can't resist. ] Hey, am I really adorable? Really??

I'm no liar, Wormmon! It's so nice to meet you! And Ken too, of course.

Trust me, if I was there in person with you? It'd be super hard to stop me from smushing those widdle cheeks of yours.

Ehehehehehuheeee.

[ Wormmon giggles like an absolute loser. A giddy, awkward loser.

And from the look on Ken's face, he adores it. ]

If you wanted to see him in person, I could meet you somewhere. Which car is that?

[ He has to learn the train's layout anyway. Doing so as part of Wormmon making a new friend appeals. ]

I was about to head to the dining car for lunch. You two hungry?

Dining car?

[ This is quite possibly one of the only things that could have stopped Wormmon's giggle fit in its tracks. His eyes are wide with anticipation.

...Which is Ken's cue. This is as good a time as any to familiarize himself with the most common locations he'll need on the train, and Wormmon's new friend is, ah, speaking Wormmon's language. ]

We'll see you soon.

[ Hard to miss the only Duck Woman in the train, so at the Dining Car, she sticks out like a sore thumb.

... Plus her dining manners are atrocious.]

Heyyyy, buddy and little buddy!

Heeeeeyyyy!!!

[ It's whinier when Wormmon returns the call, but he's incredibly nasal for someone without a nose, so perhaps that's to be expected.

Still on Ken's head, he looks down to inform his partner: ] Ken-chan, we're "buddies".

We are. [ Ken looks for a good open seat near Della, preferably with a spot he can place Wormmon so the two can visit. Across from her...? ]

Sorry we're late.

[ It doesn't matter what would, or wouldn't, constitute "late". There was lots to see, or be distracted by, and thus Ichijouji Ken kept someone waiting.

Therefore, Ichijouji Ken is "late". ]

No biggie! Take a seat, take a plate, we'll get to know each other.

[ There are three chairs, and three plates already full of whatever food Della could grab. She... didn't seem to care what it was, long as it was edible, so there may be all kinds of mish-mash stuff in there. ]

You even prepared servings...

[ This is an - unusual assortment of food, yes. Ken is perhaps more used to this than many people would be, as he regularly attends group functions where Digimon are fed, and when feeding Digimon, anything goes.

Still, far be it from him to make this important a decision himself: ]

Which would you like, Wormmon?

Um....That one.

[ If there is a plate with even slightly more food than the other, that's the one Wormmon has chosen!

Boy and bug seat themselves appropriately. ]

Thank you for the meal.

[ Boy is hella Japanese! ]

You're welcome!

Now, first question on the table...

[ She links her fingers together, asking with all dead seriousness ... ]

... Can I pet Wormmon?

Yes.

[ The answer is firm and immediate. Wormmon even leeeeeans as far as his little body can leeeean, to facilitate this.

....Nothing really for Ken to say or do here, is there? ]

[ Yay! Della leans over to give the good boy some pettings. ]

Awww, whose the cutest little buggie ever? You are!

[ But thankfully she doesn't intend to leave Ken out, asking a question to him. ]

So, what's a "digimon"?

[ Wormmon beams at the pets, then checks to make sure Ken-chan heard. Ken-chan, Ken-chan, did you catch that? He's the CUTEST LITTLE BUGGIE EVER!

There will be no contradicting this fact from the Ichijouji side. Instead, he grins and explains. Everyone's been so willing to learn about Digimon...more so than even in his own world, sometimes. ]

They're creatures made of data. Human belief and emotions interacted with our digital network, giving rise to life.

[ Oh, but he has to qualify: ] That's the current theory.

Lots of children have partner Digimon! Ken-chan's partner is ME!

[ Wormmon is even prouder of this fact than he is of being the cutest little buggie ever. ]

[ She continues petting as she talks, very intrigued. ]

A living creature made out of data... that's so cool! So do you chose your partner, or was this some big destiny-filled chosen one deal?

Ken-chan is a Chosen Child!

It varies by partnership. [ Ken picks up his utensils to be polite, despite not being...wholly certain where to begin with this, ah, meal. ] Exposure to Digimon increases your chances of meeting a partner of your own. At first, children were summoned to handle crises, but now there's over thirty thousand pairs of partners.

We're "chosen", but we're also unexceptional.

[ A sidelong grin at Wormmon, though. Being comfortable with his own normalcy is a good feeling, but he happens to think he couldn't have a better partner. Wormmon is the right, and only, partner for him. ]

Thirty-thousand! That's so amazing! Your world must be absolutely fascinating!

[ Boy, she'd love to come see - and to see if her boys could be chosen kids. Maybe the family wasn't really ready for pets, but still. ]

But don't go selling yourself short. I bet if you asked your buddy here, he'd say you're super-exceptional.

[ Ken smiles - true that - and clarifies. ] I mean I don't have particular talents.

But you do. You're not a genius anymore or as good at sports, but you're so, so kind!

[ Wormmon turns to Della to hammer home this point. ]

Before I could go to school with Ken-chan, he would call me. Every break. It made me happy!

[ She winces at the "not a genius or as good as sports anymore" bit - that can't have been nice for Ken to hear. But it's obvious Wormmon means well, and she tries to follow suit. ]

That's really great. There are plenty of people who go out in the world and be a jerk on purpose. So we gotta acknowledge all the kind folks who chose to be kind!

[ Ken doesn't seem to mind Wormmon's dig; if anything, it makes him chuckle. He's had a weird life. ]

I suppose.

[ In any case, he's made Wormmon wait for food long enough. Here's a bite of....something, Wormmon.

--Ken is not entirely sure he should be feeding his partner this. But Wormmon's eyes at the thought of food had lit up so much. Leaving food uneaten in front of him would be crueler. ]

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