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## *Book One - The Perennial Child*

### "The Engine"

Simon makes a cameo appearance along with Grace when Amelia is combing through a record of all current passengers on a device, his number only being below Grace's.

## *Book Two - Cracked Reflection*

### "The Mall Car"

He greets Jesse Cosay, Lake, and Alan Dracula when Grace brings them aboard. As Grace takes Jesse to a new car, she leaves Simon in charge of Jesse's denizen friends.

When M.T. berates the actions of other members of the Apex for saddling Alan Dracula, Simon tells MT that she and Alan Dracula are numberless nulls distinct from different from the 'real' Passengers. Simon goes on to state that he thought the two could still be of use as servants of the Apex, but now he has changed his mind, telling them to leave the Mall car before Jesse returns as they cannot help Jesse like the Apex can.

When MT and Alan Dracula refuse to leave, Simon is surprised by their loyalty but attempts to restrain them with the Apex. When Grace returns with Jesse, she gives Simon an angry glance for not getting rid of the denizens before they returned.

Later he watches when Grace sends Sieve and Mace after the two with her mirror and Jesse's exit from the train.

### "The Wasteland"

After Jesse unwillingly leaves the train, leaving Lake behind, Grace expresses disappointment at Jesse's choice. Simon calls Jesse weak for leaving, but Grace corrects Simon, stating that Jesse was only misled. The Apex then leave Lake to her fate.

## *Book Three - Cult of the Conductor*

### "The Musical Car"

In this episode, Simon and Grace raid the Musical Car and ruin it. Shortly after, The Apex visits the Unfinished Car and also ruin it by tormenting the residents. However, the car suddenly starts moving with them inside it, leading Simon and Grace to get separated from the rest of The Apex and end up in the Jungle Car.

### "The Jungle Car"

Simon anxiously panders with ideas to get back to The Apex. Grace calms him down and advises Simon to have fun while they try to get back to The Apex. His death is foreshadowed in a clip where the two are sleeping and a dark butterfly flies in a few loops over them before landing on his nose. They eventually meet Hazel and Tuba, and Simon develops a distaste for Tuba stemming from his deep mistrust with denizens. Hazel and Tuba eventually agree to go with Simon and Grace back to The Apex.

### "The Debutante Ball Car"

Simon, along with the rest of the group, end up in the Debutante Ball Car. He refuses to partake in the car's dancing puzzle, and finds a secret exit out. However, it leads to nothing but a dark void. He comes back defeated and dances with Grace. He is notably blushing while dancing with Grace, implying romantic interest in her.

### "Le Chat Chalet Car"

The gang end up in the Chat Chalet Car, where they meet The Cat (also known as "Samantha"), who is in a cabin. This highly distresses Simon due to her being his original partner, whom left her for dead. Eventually, Simon opens up about his background with The Cat, and how she abandoned him with a dangerous Ghom, before storming off. The snowstorm that was outside eventually stops and the group leaves while Simon and the Cat share a solemn goodbye.

### "The Color Clock Car"

The gang end up in the Color Clock Car, where they have to find a key to unlock the door to the next car, but every few minutes the car rearranges its map and color. Hazel decides to make Simon and Tuba work together to better their relationship and make the two be friends. Simon and tuba begin with hateful attitudes towards each other, but after being trapped, Simon trusts Tuba to use her tubas to open the cage while he covers his ears. After escaping, Tuba makes a joke about Roy and the two laugh, seemingly now feeling understanding for each other. Tuba explains her love for Hazel and her daughter, who was killed and therefore made Tuba alone, with Simon apparently being touched over Tuba's story.

He finds out that Tuba is color blind and can use the green key to open the red lock on the door, but before they do, they have to get up to the door before time runs out. Simon uses his pack to allow Tuba to climb up to the door, but Tuba nearly makes it and hangs onto the edge. Simon helps Tuba, opening the door only for the train car to suddenly start moving. Tuba and Hazel are left on the moving train car, so Tuba throws Hazel to the other side. Simon states that he will "go back for Tuba", however when Simon reaches Tuba, he states that as a null she isn't real and kicks the gorilla to her death on the train wheel.

Simon returns to Grace and Hazel, proudly informing he has wheeled Tuba and Hazel is safe from her now, with the intent that he has done something of good nature. Hazel is horrified by her caretaker's murder and Grace scoffs at him for hurting Hazel, running after an anguished Hazel, leaving Simon confused.

### "The Campfire Car"

Grace calms down Hazel after she panics from her sudden transformation into a turtle person. Realizing Simon will not react well to learning of Hazel's identity, Grace convinces Hazel to remain calm to prevent her from transforming again and that they will keep it a secret from Simon. Reentering the car, Grace takes a moment to pull rank on Simon for disobeying her orders before they continue. They soon make it to the next door, but Hazel requests a moment to hold a funeral for Tuba. Simon refuses with the excuse of no body to be buried, yet probably unwilling to oblige feeling emotion for a "null". Yet, Grace convinces him to let it happen by claiming it would not be good to have Hazel meet the Apex while still mourning a denizen. After the funeral, Hazel and Grace rejoin Simon at the door and cross between cars to where they can meet the Apex. They pass a lady when walking over to the next car. When they enter, they are shocked to see the Apex isn't there, and what they were tracking is now behind them. They realize what they were tracking was not the Apex, but the lady they had just passed, who appears behind them in the doorway and demands to know what the group has done to the cars.

### "The Canyon of the Golden Winged Snakes Car"

Simon and the gang are interrogated by the lady about how they are the cause of cars "moving" due to a glitch. Simon is shocked when he sees that she is the high number cluster they have been tracking and hears she's working for One-One. Simon suggests talking with Amelia on how to "fix" Grace's lowering number, only to be reminded by Grace about the Apex rule not to trust adults. He and the gang run away from her and hide in a nearby cave. Seeing the lady's number makes Simon wonder about his and Grace's. He physically tries to take off Grace's glove to see her wrist only for her to push him back and blow up at him, making him depressed and leaving the cave to keep watch.

Wondering about Grace's sudden personality change, distance from him and lack of concern over her number, he leaves the car and travels back to the Chat Chalet car and demands from his ex-caretaker, The Cat (Samantha), the truth about Grace's change of behavior, while also reprimanding her for abandoning him years ago.

The Cat initially tries to play off leaving Simon behind to a Gohm, but is forced to concede that she never came back for him and can only say she is who she is. She suggests to Simon he may be trying to 'control' Grace, which he denies. When asked by Simon if Grace making them run away from Amelia was the right choice, the Cat tells him that Amelia is dangerous, attempted to kill her more than once and is not to be trusted which Simon takes to heart.

The Cat agrees to help him understand Grace,, unlocking a hidden safe within the cabin and handing him a device that shows Grace's memories, also telling him that it can be used to trap people within their memories. As Simon exits the cabin, The Cat warns that it is not always necessary to see what's in the memories of the people we love, but Simon rejects this, claiming he's not a child anymore and knows what he's doing. Once he is out of earshot, the Cat remarks he has no idea, as he walks off into the blizzard.

### "The Hey Ho Whoa Car"

Simon returns to Grace and Hazel leaving the Golden Winged Snakes car with the lady, who introduced herself as Amelia, only to be attacked by Simon, who yells Grace was right about Amelia. However, Amelia wears a belt that projects a forcefield and throws Simon backwards. After Simon confronts her about how the belt she is wearing is identical to their Apex Symbol, the symbol conductor, she realizes their mistake and reveals she, herself, is the conductor, but a false one that usurped One-One. They enter the next car to wait for the pulse. Amelia explains the truth of the train, and how they are misguided on how it works, before Simon berates her for lying and says if she is the conductor she has lost her way. Amelia responds by calling Simon an immature child, which sends him into an angry freak out. He attempts to attack her, only to be thrown back again by her forcefield. Nevertheless, he continues attempting to attack her, much to Grace and Hazel's dismay. Amelia demands him to stop or she will put him down, to the count of 3.

Simon doesn't stop attacking and she counts to 3, but before she can do anything, Hazel screams in fear, only for them all to realize she transformed into a Turtle and is a Denizen. Simon quickly suggests he and Grace go and leave the 'null' with the 'old woman', but Grace denies this and demands they stay for the time being, much to Simon's shock. He agrees to stay however, maintaining his spite. When the group falls asleep, Simon secretly stays awake and he uses the device that Samantha gave him on Grace. He then sees her memories of her promising Hazel they won't tell Simon she is a denizen, revealing she knew all along. Simon begins to cry, realizing he had been betrayed all along.

### "The Origami Car"

Simon sits around in a circle, welcoming the now-awake Grace. Grace tries to negotiate with Amelia on who Hazel shall go with, proclaiming that she is a part of the Apex, whom she doesn't leave behind. Simon scoffs at this remark. Hazel breaks the negotiation by saying she wants to go with Amelia, finally realizing how unhealthy and irresponsible Simon and Grace are, and that she is better off with Amelia. Simon throws a brief smirk at Grace when Amelia says Hazel is "worth studying" and she'll take her along.

Hazel leaves with Amelia, leaving Grace in tears, but Simon is nonchalant about Hazel leaving and looks the other way as she leaves with Amelia. Simon mockingly remarks about how things are back to normal now and how relieved he is to be rid of Hazel, as she was 'annoying'. Grace responds angrily, proclaiming Hazel to be their friend, with Simon responding that he was Grace's friend first, and traps her in her own tape using the device The Cat gave him.

He proclaims the train was a 'privilege' and a 'gift' to Grace, since her original life was unfulfilling and depressing. He further claims that Grace's altered memory of the Conductor being a mystical shadow being was real, only for Grace to recall to what it really was, a person in a robotic suit which Simon claims is false (implying he was in denial about Amelia's true identity as the person they met earlier). Simon then begins using the tape to taunt Grace about her lies and manipulation, and proclaims that she 'betrayed' the Apex and himself. He leaves the tape without her and, outside the tape, shoves her comatose body to the ground while she is still in the tape, leaving her to die.

### "The New Apex"

Sometime later, Grace reenters the Mall Car under the control of a deranged Simon, who now wears his hair down and wears a fancy coat. With the Apex children under his leadership (many of whom like Lucy are confused and conflicted), he declares Grace a "Void," a leader without purpose, and thus using his authority over her due to his higher number, he orders the Apex to wheel her. Grace manages to break free from the children to reveal the truth of the train to them, but Simon once again accuses her of lying.

As the kids disperse, the former friends engage in a vicious fight on the walkway between train cars where Grace tries to get through to him, but Simon refuses to accept the possibility he is wrong about the train.

The fight is interrupted by a Ghom, who forces them off the walkway, Grace left hanging from a railing and Simon using his boots to hold on to the underside. Simon tries to knock Grace off, but Grace manages to steal one of his boots and uses it to knock the Ghom away. When Simon's other boot starts to fail, Grace chooses to grab him before he falls and pull him back onto the train.

Stunned, Simon asks why she saved him, to which she admits she does not know why. After these words, however, Simon's expression immediately changes to one of anger and he seizes the momentary distraction to kick Grace off the train and into the wheels, to the horror of the Apex kids. Driven completely insane, he begins to cackle as his number climbs so high it covers his face. He briefly begins to cry at the realization he killed his best friend, but completely covers it with even more laughter before laughing and crying at the same time.

To his shock, however, Grace is carried back onto the train with the help of the Origami Birds. Before he can do anything, the Ghom recovers and pounces on him, sucking out his life force. Rendered completely helpless and with Grace too far away to help, Simon could only scream in agony as the very thing that he was most afraid of disintegrated him into a pile of dust to the horror of Grace and the Apex kids.

Later Simon's death along with Tuba's murder and Hazel's trauma, led to Grace permanently disbanding the Apex along with all of its ideology.