Puttimon & Pagumon

In Erica’s lap was a white ball of fluff with tiny yellow wings on its back, along with a kind of small horn on the top of its “head”. It had wide and sparkling eyes and an open mouth, no nose. “Puttimon, at your service!” it chirped.

Meanwhile Jenny now had a light purple furball with floppy ears and curved red eyes full of mischief. Its mouth was similar to a cat’s, at least the kind represented by the number 3 in texts. “Name’s Pagumon, what’s it to ya?” it snickered.

“Oh, wow! You’re so adorable!” Erica cooed, in awe at the little thing she seemed to have helped hatch. “I bet Digimon don’t get much cuter than you, huh?”

“Well, I am still at my In-Training stage, many of my tier look similarly cute. But I appreciate the compliment nonetheless, so thank you.” the vaguely angelic creature replied, modestly.

“You know what, this is fine. You look like you know how to party, you can stay.” Jenny sighed, setting the tiny baby-thing she arguably sort of “birthed” on the couch. “Sit here and don’t drool on my cushions, I got a photoset to shoot.”

The limbless purple gremlin hopped after her, saying “You’re gonna need someone to hold the camera, toots…! Lucky I got nothin’ better to do…!” as it giggled to itself.

Lenny had started researching as soon as the two Digimon said their names, and once he found what he needed he chimed in with “Turns out Puttimon eventually digivolves into Angewomon and Pagumon eventually digivolves into LadyDevimon. Guess my hunch was right.” as he switched off his Digivice’s screen.

Puttimon hopped off of Erica, puttering over as it said “It’s nice to meet you, Mister Lenny! Thanks for getting us all out of that video game, do you know where Dennis is?” with an inquisitive lean.

“Dennis?”

“The person who first raised me and my Digimon sisters, the original owner of the game. Do you know where he is? We’ve been awfully worried, it’s been centuries since the last time we saw him.” the digital creature explained gently. “Probably a decade and change in the real world, our Digital World runs faster with the power of computer processing. He was about 9 the last time I saw him, if that helps.”

Lenny was shocked. That implied a more expansive kind of sentience than a handheld video game would normally capable of. “Uh… y-you’re sure his name’s just ‘Dennis’? Or, do you know his last name? Humans have m-more than one.” he asked, returning to his phone’s browser.

“Of course, how silly of me, his full name was ‘Dennis Archibald Cooper’, though he only entered the first word of that as his Avatar’s name. And we only ever heard the full name when his mom got particularly upset with him.” Puttimon replied. “He was quite the devoted Master, playing with and training us at all hours of the day, even when he should have been working on his studies. I’d be grateful for the attention, if I weren’t concerned about his sense of priorities. Pagumon liked the attention, though that girl has an off-kilter idea of what’s prudent too.”

While Lenny scoured the web using the information Puttimon gave him, Erica came over and asked “You said Pagumon was a ‘girl’ and that the other Digimon were your ‘sisters’, are you all females? I thought Digimon didn’t have genders, that’s what Lenny told me when we watched some of the show before.” as she plopped next to her boyfriend, placing the cute Digimon back on her lap and resuming her petting/snuggling.

“Well, it’s like with you humans. Mostly our form colors our identity, but there can be inclinations towards one place on the spectrum or another.” Puttimon continued, her face stretching and squishing with each caress of the large woman’s hands. “Dennis thought of us as his ‘girlfriends’, so that kind of colored our perspective on ourselves even back when Pagumon was an Impmon or a Vilemon. Den-Den was working on Digivolving me from Angewomon to Ophanimon and my hatch-mate from LadyDevimon to Lilithmon the last time he played. I’m a… I’m a little worried, actually.” she admitted, her voice drooping towards the end. Erica pulled her into an embrace.

Leonard gulped audibly. “I… I think I found something about him.” he said, before showing the other two his screen with shaky hands.