[ Now that everyone is settling down to use their communication tools once again without trying to kill each other, Mikasa figures this is as good of a time it'll be for a statement of this nature. ]

Welcome back, everyone. [ To the city? To being normal? Might be difficult to tell what she means since she doesn't intend to clarify on it. ] Now that Titamon has retreated elsewhere, we should use this time to bolster our strength. There are many offering training parties and first aid lessons--please, if you don't know how to do either, you should attend just to have a better idea of what your comrades around you will do.

[ It's always best to know how your teammates might react to something so that you don't get in the way. A simple explanation she could provide if asked, but for now it too remains unspoken. ]

Before this started, Velvet and I made a roster of individuals who were still here. This roster located in the first floor of the building near the doors. I personally ask that all Digimon who hear this message pass the message along to others that when your Chosen has taken their leave of this place, you mark their names off so that we know not to go looking for them in times like this.

[ Which leads her to her next point: ] Are there any missing individuals or casualties that should be made aware of? I have the time to go look for both Digimon and person if there is anyone who has gone missing.

Thank you.

Hey hey! What up Tokyo?!

It's me! The lean green good times machine, Beastboy's back and feeling like his old self again!

Everyone else is picking themselves up after having their heads and hearts messed with, so I figure I outta say I'm sorry too. You all know it wasn't my fault...I know it wasn't my fault. But I still said some awful things so I'm sorry. Anything I can do to make it up to you? Say the word and it's done. Your wish is my command! Your command is my desire! Your desire is-

They get it Beastboy.

Is he always like this?

More or less.

Ahem! That would be my new friend Chili the Gaomon. I named her that because she's got this cold cool attitude right? But when she gets fired up she's spicy and packs a punch!

I resent you naming me as if you own me.

Try not to take it badly. It's a sign of affection.

Hmpf.

...well as you can see we're getting along great. Finally because I feel like it's important to mention...

[He fishes it out of his pocket and flashes his Crest of Hope]

Crested! Aw yeah dudes I am leveled up! And as much as I love my room mates, it's getting a little crowded. So I'm gonna move over to the Hope district. But you guys are ALWAYS welcome alright? You swing by we'll have some of that Japanese mystery candy and soda!

Anyway, that's it for me. How are the rest of you holding up? I mean I was gone for like...weeks on that data stream field trip and then died and then came back and was like...a total jerk. So I dunno what I missed yet.

[Alex's voice sounds rather exhausted when the feed comes on, which is likely why there's no video this time.]

Okay, I've got a lot to say, as usual, and not a lot of energy to say it with, so kindly listen up without vomiting out every asinine thought that comes into your heads like you normally do.

First off, Lotusmon is finally dead. Permanently or not, I'm not certain, since for some reason it's bloody impossible to track these things, but she's out of our hair for now and for the foreseeable future. As she died, she mentioned some very important shit. More whining about her Master, saying she was supposed to be the strongest of his servants- which is good for us if it's true, frankly- and then some more stuff about her 'beloved' and her 'queen'. Last time she spoke about her 'master', she used masculine pronouns, meaning it and the queen are separate beings, though her 'beloved' may or may not be one of them. So there's two or three beings she was working for, possibly more. And, of course, more servants, we can assume a fair number of fully-evolved Digimon.

We've all found out about our other partners, but frankly, they're sort of useless. I asked mine where they've been hiding all this time. Apparently, they were living normally, then nothing. When they woke up, they were in stasis in some kind of castle. Don't know if it's the same one we've been to, because getting solid and useful information just doesn't happen around here.

... About the SCOPE virus, it seems like I was infected with that for a while myself. So humans can be infected, but the presence of the new partner seemed to purge it. So, at least there's that- We might be safe from it now. I don't know for certain, and I don't have the ability to test for that here. Keep your guard up, and if you think you might be infected, go to the hospital and stay there. Similarly, anyone who has been in close proximity to SCOPE-infected Digimon, have your friends or partners keep an eye on you for erratic behavior, and if they say you are acting off, get to the hospital yourselves. I hope these new partners will stop the outbreak, but I don't intend to take risks on it.

I've been out of commission for a while thanks to that virus, too, so if anyone else has pertinent information to share about all of this, tell me. I'm beginning work on a guide of sorts- since this world keeps bringing in people, a simple document kept up-to-date about everything we have done and discovered should be quite useful for bringing newbies up to speed quickly.

...There's something that's still bothering me about all of this. [The exhausted British-accented teenager sat at a small desk in his room, drinking a cup of tea as Palmon and Biyomon seemed to be doing the same behind him.]

Why? I don't understand what all this was supposed to accomplish on their part. If we were given 'false' partners- [with a heavy emphasis on 'false' suggesting he thought that was a load of nonsense] -what was the reasoning for it? It can't be just to try to spread that virus among all of us...the planning and effort seem too elaborate for just that outcome.

More than that, if they're replicas, so to speak, why do they have free will? [He waved a hand behind him, and Palmon shrugged at the camera as though to say 'hell if I know'.] If I didn't already know which of these two I'd met first, it'd be bloody hard to tell. I would assume most of you can say the same.

[Waver shook his head with a short but heavy sigh, setting aside his cup of tea and fiddling with the Crest of Tenacity around his neck.]

On top of all that, I realized I...m-maybe I should learn how to fight. I don't think I'll be any good at it and I'm definitely sure I'd rather not have to, but if anyone can help me I'd be grateful. If we get stuck in some kind of mess like that again, I don't want to slow anyone down.

 [Oh, it's a Neku. In his apartment. Behind him Terri, as a Gummimon, can be seen oozing all over his new Syakomon]

Erm.... Sorry. About... everything. Yeah.

...

Ah... I'm going to head to Primary Village soon-ish. Check something out. So no one freak if you don't see me for a few days.

That's all

[Private to Shiki]

Hey I... found these.

[He pulls a pair of slightly scuffed fashionable boots on screen]

I think they're yours? They look familiar anyways. I... got them mostly clean but they're still a little beat up, so...