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[leaderkun]

 [There's a gray haired young man on the screen! Yay for more newbies. He is sitting down outside the apartment building, an Elecmon curled in his lap. The rabbit-frog-bird thing is making  a dull buzzing noise like powerlines, his fan-tail sparkling. Almost like he's purring. Yu bows slightly at the camera]

It's nice to meet you all, thank you for having me. My name is Yu Narukami. Please take care of me while I adjust to all of this.

[HOW ARE YOU SO CALM YU. Well taking the time to read the letter and chat with his new partner has answered a lot of his questions- and if any of his friends are here they will see this, so no need to bellow about it. No reason to be rude, right? He sits back up, and as if feeling the shift Elecmon rolls over onto his back, showing his white belly, which Yu starts petting]

My new friend here said his name is Elecmon, but after looking around I think this might be a species name. I asked if he was alright with a nickname and he doesn't seem to really care either way. Is that a common thing here? I don't want to give him a name and make him uncomfortable with his own kind.

[Elecmon peeks an eye open, seeming to finally notice he's on camera. He rolls over, ears drooping as he slinks away.]

Ah, don't be shy...

Comments

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[renegadedriving]

[. . . That is officially the most animal-like digimon Shepard has ever seen. She's in the kitchen at the moment, and the way she has the d-terminal propped up on the table, she and Monodramon are equally visible, each with a plate of food and silverware.]

Yeah, about the nickname thing--

Nicknames are important to the bond between digimon and human!

What Cadet said.

[Slowly, we're moving from 'the Cadet' to just... 'Cadet'.]

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[leaderkun]

I see. Well, I don't want to hurt our bond, so I'll have to come up with a good one.

[He blinks. He hasn't seen Tapirmon or Ryudamon's partners yet, so-]

I think you might be the first adult I've seen here, Ma'am.

[Sorry Waver, he thinks you're his age or even younger]

[video]

[renegadedriving]

Plus, it gets confusing. Cadet's a Monodramon and I think there are about four of them.

[She laughs.]

Yeah, the average age seems to be about 16. I'm Commander Shepard.

[video]

[leaderkun]

Well, Chosen 'Child' I guess it makes sense.

Are you in the military, Commander?

[video]

[renegadedriving]

Yep. Got the scars and everything.

[A slight pause.]

What's it like where you're from? You're taking this pretty damn well.

[video]

[leaderkun]

Well, without context I can't say much, but this isn't the first time something... strange... has happened to me, if that's what you're asking.