[OPEN] Luke and Small Cuddly Things Don't Mix

[sacred_flamer]

Characters: Luke, his new pet, AND YOU.
Setting: His dorm room, the hallway just beyond, and where ever you want to go after that.
Format: Whichever you want.
Summary: Luke has serious thoughts after what he went through last month. Of course something small and fuzzy had to interrupt him.
Warnings: ...Luke is probably going to stomp on it a few times; good thing cheagles are pretty resilient?

Luke had had way too much on his mind since he arrived back in the Tower. He wasn't used to being like this, so deep in thought that sometimes he stumbled over people. Heck, he was so out of it, he even muttered an apology to someone once! With that, and thanking Yu for the little paper crane, he really didn't feel like himself anymore.

He sighed as he flopped in front of his little trunk. Maybe that was a good thing? Going through all that had at least made him realize what an ass he was... still is, a little... kinda. Ugh; he flopped forward, banging his head on the trunk. He hated to say it, but things were a lot easier when he was confined to the man--

Luke stopped that thought cold; something inside the trunk thumped back when he hit his head. His eyes went wide; had a monster snuck inside while he was away? Curious, and wondering if he was just hearing things, he knocked a fist against the top of the trunk... only to receive a knock back. Okay, something was definitely in there!

On edge, Luke reached back, wrapping a hand around the hilt of his sword, before slowly opening the lid...

He caught sight of something pink before it was suddenly on his face, sending him tumbling away from his trunk and half out into the hallway beyond his room. Just because he was prepared for an attack, didn't mean he wasn't caught off guard...

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! GET IT OFF! GET IT OOOOOOOOOOOOFF!!!"

...and it didn't mean he wasn't going to make sure the whole Tower heard him.

Comments

[keybearer]

[Well, that wasn't so hard. Riku takes a brief moment to look over the cheagle before he carefully sets it down on the ground.]

Sheesh. You made it seem like it was gonna eat your face off.

[sacred_flamer]

Mieu?

[The cheagle looked up at Riku, wagging it's little stub of a tail which, considering how small it was, meant it was wiggling its butt instead. Luke stared at it, before making a face.]

It was acting like it was going to!

[keybearer]

[...Hah. The little guy's actually pretty cute, and Riku has to stifle a laugh once it starts wagging its little tail. Really, this little thing? Eating faces?]

I don't know. I don't see any sharp teeth.

[sacred_flamer]

[Luke stared at him... before his expression turned a little sly.]

It's not the teeth...

[Let's see if this thing works like the first Thing... Luke reached over, dropping his fist on the cheagle's head. It let out a surprised noise... before belching a plume of fire at Riku's feet.]

[keybearer]

[Okay, that was unexpected.

Once the fire whizzes towards him, Riku hops out of its path, narrowly avoiding his shoes getting scorched. Once that's out of the way, he rolls his eyes and puts his hands on his hips.]

So it shoots fire. Fine, but it sure didn't look like it was going to fry your face, either.

[sacred_flamer]

Well, yeah, true; but these things tend to get too excited.

[He reached over, picking up the little cheagle.]

[keybearer]

Yeah, I can already tell that.

[After all, it already hugged his face and started wagging its tail once it hit the ground.]

Maybe you just need to keep it busy somehow. You could always... I don't know, find something to distract it.

[Like a toy. ...if they even have toys around here.]

[sacred_flamer]

Like... what? Find some cat toys?

[He's trying to picture distracting a cheagle with a cat teaser and failing.]

[keybearer]

Cat toys, yarn, maybe a crumpled up piece of paper in a sock.

[He shrugs.]

There has to be something you can use.