A Man and His Dog (Open)

    "Do mew think they'll come?" Whiskers asked, looking up at the sky. Her tone implied, heavily, that she hoped that they would not.

    To this, the spirit user gave a shrug and a smile. "I think so." Way to ruin the cat's evening! Ah well. If they never showed up, Asher would surely board the train anyway. And, sometimes he was hard for the feline to keep a proper eye on! At least with a second human (and 'mangy' mutt), the Meicoomon should have little problems with the redhead running off!

    At least they didn't have to wait very long. Giving a small wave, Asher's smile grew. He was always good at being friendly, at the least! "Hey," he greeted, probably a little too casually. Sure, Asher had been brought up to be capable of being more than formal, but it didn't feel like a moment where he really needed to be! For the most part, his experiences with people around here were either tense, or extremely laid back. Neither of which warranted Formal Mode.

    "Did mew eat a lot of food?" Whiskers immediately asked Ioana, ignoring the part about being pet too much. Or, too hard? Either way, it looked like Whiskers was far more tolerant of human attention forms than the canine was! And, then another realization clicked. "Mew got bigger." Lovely. Bigger dogs meant bigger mouths to eat cats with!

    Not wanting Whiskers to have too much time to get huffy over the change in dog-shape, Asher patted her on the head. "Hopefully we'll get a quiet train ride this time," the teen remarked, turning to walk into the station. "You're both ready, right?" Well. Ioana was ready. She wanted to go home! Mihai, Asher could only assume was. Especially since it wasn't like he was really waiting for the answer before moving along.

    Leading into the station, with the holosuited feline close to his side, they made their way to a gate with a scanner. "If you have your digivice on you," he hummed, casually pulling the item from his pocket, and bringing it near the scanner. A happy beep emitted, along with the sound of the gate unlocking, "you can just scan it like that, and you're in." Just as quickly as the device had been brought out, it was already back in the teen's pocket, to avoid drawing too much attention in public.

    Surely, security had to know about this area. Right? It wouldn't make sense otherwise! Wouldn't they be yelling at kids for going to a restricted area? Asher and Mihai were on the older side of the Digital spectrum, from what the spirit user had seen so far! Heck, Elliot and Isaac came through here all the time! And one of them was only, like, thirteen or something!

    Stepping through the gate, the redhead would wait for Mihai and Ioanna, while looking at the train that had pulled up. So far, it hadn't even made an announcement for where it was going. Or to board. But, the doors were open! So, Asher could only assume this was one of the less chatty vehicles! Thank goodness. "And, these are Trailmon," he gestured toward the literal face of the train. The creature's eye shifted, to stare back at Asher, providing an almost unsettling feeling in the man's chest. "Hi," he stated, awkwardly, to the train monster. Wouldn't it be rude not to say something now that they were making eye contact?

    The creature responded with a snippy, "get on. You're wasting my time."

    Well, then. He supposed trains had tight schedules, too.

    "Mew heard the 'mon! Let's go!" Pulling on Asher's hand, Whiskers scurried onto the Trailmon, while it would wait to see if Mihai and his partner would be joining the duo.

    "Yup." The Trailmon grunted. That was not a polite way to accept a thank you! Though, the monster probably received enough guests on a daily basis that it had long outgrown the desire to be friendly! Especially when it had to deal with far more annoying trains, too! Asher would not be able to handle sharing a job with some of the Trailmon that visited the terminal! Now that the group had boarded, it grumbled, "doors closing. Keep your arms inside." Nobody needed to think about what the Trailmon would do if someone tried to stick their arm in front of the closing door. For some reason, it was hard to imagine that this train would care enough to stop the door from at least bruising someone!

    Once the door was closed, Whiskers let out a small sigh of relief. A flicker passed over the holosuit, before it shorted out entirely. In the girl's place was an orange feline, who puffed up her cheeks at the Labramon. "I'm a Meicoomon, thank mew furry much! I gave mew two names mew can call me. Pussy Cat isn't one of them!" Even with such stern words, the rookie kept herself tightly tucked against Asher's side.

    At least Mihai seemed to enjoy his new companion. It would definitely be a bad time, if he took offense to all those nips that she threatened! The redhead had to admit, if he had a partner, that was likely how the dynamic would have gone, too! Though, Whiskers was pretty close to such a thing. Aside from the part where either of them could safely abandon the other in the Digital World without any particular repercussion!

    "Good question," the teen shrugged, trying to think about how many people probably knew about the digital beings. "I know about ten people, personally." No, Asher totally didn't just count them in his head! "Seems like a lot, really." How weren't Digimon making the news yet? Asher swore they weren't as secret as he would have thought! They literally could be under someone's nose without going noticed! "And, the number's climbing, from what I can tell. Don't think you can get an exact amount." A new tamer or spirit user was probably 'born' every day! If not several times per day!

    The train had given a small jolt, as it accelerated. At this rate, it wouldn't take long to reach the Digital World. "Mostly between the ages of, like, thirteen and early twenties" Pause. "How old are you?" Totally not adding to that census! Nope!

    Giving a small, but friendly laugh, the redhead couldn't deny anything there! "Kind of!" Hopefully, Mihai could take a joke in regards to his age! "I'm eighteen, and sometimes I feel old around here!" Though, there was a pause at the canine's words. Thousands of years? Eyes shifted to Whiskers, who made no claim either way. Weird. But, he supposed it made sense, considering how time worked. "Are you talking about years in your world, though? Because that makes him over one hundred, in those." Asher wasn't going to get into exact math right now, though! That was just too much effort, considering it was already this late into the day!

    "They're all idiots. You'll hopefurly get used to it." Or not. Whiskers didn't actually care either way! But, she wasn't going to deny what an idiot Asher could be at times! Such as, all times! Ever! Asher was just dumb, in her opinion! Like a kitten that needed a constant watch on them!

    Feeling it was a good time to add in some information, the spirit user clicked his tongue to the roof of his mouth. "Most of them look cute at this stage. But, they evolve into bigger things." Sometimes, much bigger. "Ioana could get pretty big, if you let her." Or, if she wanted to!

    As far as how dangerous they were? Eyes shifted around the train, waiting to see if the Labramon would answer first. When it wasn't immediate, he decided to respond. "Depends on where you are," was the lazy person's answer. But, despite seeming lethargic, it was unlike Asher to just leave things at that! "You're usually pretty safe in the cities. But, anywhere else is fair game. I don't want you to think the worst about this place. But, you can get killed here." Way to not want to worry someone! "I look at it like, you can get killed in our world, anyway. It's just a matter of common sense and knowing when to back away."

    "Mew? Common sense? When?" Whiskers scoffed, receiving a tiny nudge from the human.

    "When I don't have to worry about you yelling at me. I can take care of myself," he taunted, leaning a little against the feline. Of course, she was small, and made a progressive squealing sound as he applied weight, until the teen moved to sit upright again. It seemed they had quite the interesting relationship! But, realizing the interaction could be taken wrong, he was quick to follow up with a wide-eyed stare at Mihai. "Do not wander off without your Digimon, or someone that can defend you. That is part of the 'common sense or you'll die' thing." Way to be blunt!

    At least Mihai didn't seem irrational about the Digital World thing. Really, Asher had only dealt with one newbie that had been a particular pain in regards to the Digital World. But, that's what happens when someone resorts to stalking as a means to talk to him, apparently. The redhead really needed to watch out for that, in the future. Ah well.

    A soldier, though? Huh. That was unique to hear around here! "That's probably pretty useful, but," he paused, giving an awkward chuckle, "I don't know if it matters, once they start getting big enough to step on you." The Greymon family was no joke! Antylamon really wasn't, either, though. She was probably more than willing to step on a person. If she ever stopped hovering above the ground. "Could always just meet back at the train station." That seemed like a smart place! Unless, of course, they were lost. But, getting lost made it pretty hard to find any designated meet-up location, anyway. So, Asher figured that didn't really matter.

    Ioana wasn't afraid to point that out, though! It was probably best that Mihai had found a Digimon like her! It was hard to imagine how tamers with unruly rookies could manage!

    Giving a small snicker at the two, Asher shrugged. "We kind of just like to wander around. I guess the Southern Tropics are pretty nice." Who didn't like beaches and warm weather, after all?

    "I like Termeownus City," the feline piped up, entirely butchering the location name with her cat puns. "But, I have a house there." Which, Asher still had yet to see!

    Rather than teasing the cat about not allowing guests over, Asher redirected the question to the Labramon. "What about you? Do you have a favorite place?"

"Hey" Jon says while carrying Gigimon around, "Does anyone here know what a Digimon is? And if so, why it came out of my computer!?"