It's a lot of the Digidestined's first time back in the Digiworld since rescuing Ziggler from the Dark Ocean and finding their way back home. It explains the trepidation on their faces when they catch sight of the woman waiting for them instead of the expected Luke. "Hello," she greets them kindly, lifting a hand to wave gently at them. "It is lovely to meet you, my name is Louise."
Seth, having had regained most of his strength since returning to Earth, steps in front of his group of digidestined, eyeing her. "Who are you? Where is Luke?"
She merely smiles at him. "I assume Luke is with the other digidestined at the moment. We have decided to divide our responsibilities. From here on out, I am the one in charge of you all."
"Didn't really answer my question," Seth huffs.
Louise inclines her head. "Forgive me. I am Louise. I have been created from excess data clogging our oceans to help Luke keep things running smoothly with you all, and other issues around our world. I promise to help make this transition as smooth and as quick as possible."
The Raw Digidestined pause, digesting this, glancing back and forth among themselves. "When did this happen?" Seth asks.
"Recently," Louise says. "Dolph Ziggler suggested it and Luke decided it was viable, especially after what happened in the Dark Ocean."
Seth scrubs at his face, suddenly looking tired. "What did happen in the Dark Ocean?" he mumbles, and Betamon shifts by his side, a sad look on his face. He shrugs, squares his shoulders and looks at her. "Alright," he says slowly. "I do want to see Luke though. To confirm this."
"Of course," she says, inclining her head and focusing. A minute later, there's a ripple in the air next to her and Luke appears. "They want confirmation."
"Understandable," Luke says, unsurprised. "Hello, everyone, it's nice to see you. I apologize for not being here, I've been quite busy trying to get things settled once more." He turns to Seth. "A week ago, Dolph Ziggler came to me and suggested that I use the overflow of data in the digital ocean to create Louise here. That way the Digital World will have even more protection, and I won't be as 'stretched thin', in his words, making sure everything with the various groups of digidestined go well."
Seth nods, scraping his teeth over his lip. "Ok," he says slowly. "But why is she working with us, and not you?"
"My thought process was the Raw and Smackdown digidestined might be easier for her to manage, because there are experienced people in both groups who know what they're doing and can help out with the newer people. The NXT Digidestined are all young and need a more guiding hand, and the Forbidden Door Digidestined are also less experienced, for various reasons. I feel more confident taking them over, but adjustments can be made in the future, if warranted." Luke watches Seth for a few moments. "I promise, Seth, this is not me abandoning you. I will still be around, any time I'm needed."
"Ok," he says, exhaling slowly. "Good. You'd better be."
Luke smiles at him. "For now, however, I'm leaving you in Louise's more than capable hands."
Seth exhales, and nods, watching as Luke disappears as quickly as he'd appeared. "Alright," he mumbles, briskly clapping his hands before turning to Louise. "So, what's on the agenda today?"
She beams at him.