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[sacred_flamer]

Characters: Luke (and his cheagle) and open to all!
Setting: Meadow floor, Saturday afternoon
Format: [Action] spam
Summary: Luke left his broken sword in the Meadow because he was more worried about Yu than he was about it. Now he needs to find it and see if it's worth saving, in addition to the feels that come with it.
Warnings: Feels, man. Just FEELS.

[Luke frowned as he shuffled around the meadow, keeping his eyes on the grass as his booted feet brushed back and forth through it. He hadn't gone back to collect his sword right away, more concerned over Yu's safety and what the fog could be doing to everyone than his weapon. Now that the fog was gone and everything seemed to be back to normal, he had the time to spare to look for it. Only problem was trying to find it; he couldn't remember the exact location he had dropped it, if it was even still there. For all he knew someone picked it up to get it out of the way.]

[Amnon, his little pink cheagle, was curled up on his shoulder, ears wiggling as he sniffed the air. He suddenly let out a surprised, "Mieu!" arcing up, before jumping off of Luke's shoulder and darting through the grass. He paused at a spot, before jumping up and down, shouting excitedly. Luke ran over, spotting the glint of metal from a few feet away, and dropping to the ground to pick up his damaged weapon.]

Hey, see if you can find the tip.

[Amnon let out an excited, "Mieuuu!", shooting off into the grass as Luke stayed where he was, leaning back to sit on his feet as he examined the blade. It was pretty well toast; a good portion of the tip had snapped off, and cracks and stresses in the metal were littered all along the break, extending down into the sword. Even if he tried to use it again, it would only be a matter of time before more pieces broke off.]

[He sighed softly, letting his hand run along the flat of the blade. Would it even be worth keeping anyway? Master Van had given this sword to him... and...]

[I didn't lose my childhood. I didn't have a childhood to lose!]

[Luke shuddered at the memory of his shadow's words, feeling tears starting to well up in his eyes. He raised his hand, rubbing at them furiously; dammit, he had cried enough after he recovered from the attack. He wasn't going to do this anymore, no matter how much the thought of Master Van lying to him hur--]

[...dammit, there went the tears again. He let out an aggravated noise, flailing before fighting furiously against his face.]

[Clearly, he needs a distraction.]

Comments

[littlesound]

[Have yourself a distraction! It's a young girl who has taken far more notice of the cute little cheagle than the fellow trying not to cry.]

Aaaaaah! It's so cute! It's SO CUTE!

[And she starts through the grass at a quick but light pace, hoping to catch up with it and not startle it and maybe even snuggle it, if her luck holds...

Oh. Hey. Is that a guy over there? That's totally a guy over there. And he looks really upset.]

Heeeeeey.....

[sacred_flamer]

[Poor Amnon; he didn't hear the girl at first, until she let out that "CUTE" squeal. He turned then, eyes widening, before letting out a panicked mieu, flailing and trying to hide in the grass.]

[Luke let out an annoyed noise, rubbing his face.]

N-not so loud, geeze...

[littlesound]

[Oh no! The cute thing is running away! She follows a few steps after it, although she's immediately not sure where it went. That grass is fairly high.]

Aah, Sonata's sorry! Sonata's sorr~~~~y!

[She's never going to find it, is she? With a sigh and an overdone slump, she relents. And then shuffle-steps herself around so she's facing the was-sad, now-annoyed guy.]

Sonata didn't mean to scare it!

...hey, are you okay?

[sacred_flamer]

Well, you shouldn't've gone chasing after him like that.

[...says the guy that used to beat on the poor cheagle. Luke let out a sigh, resting back a bit as he took an absent wipe at a tear that didn't want to go away.]

M'fine, just a lot on my mind...

[littlesound]

Maybe.... but he's so cute!

[So much for getting to snuggle something. Sonata sighs loudly once again, then tromps through the grass so that she's right alongside Luke.]

You should do something to take your mind off of it, then! Frowny faces are no good.

[goldendays]

[Hibiki's exploration of this new place has landed him in a..meadow? Huh, this looks a lot like pretty much everywhere in Johto. He wonders how he even got here, but whatever, meadows are nice. Even Typhlosion's having fun prancing..through the..flowers...uhm yea, it can go do that while Hibiki wanders around for a while.

Suddenly a pink blur zooms past him, almost making him fall over onto his butt. What in the..? Hibiki looks around for it, curious, but his eyes land on a figure not so far away. He couldn't make out what they were doing, but it wouldn't hurt to approach them so off he goes!

Waving his arm, he shouts:]

Hey!

[sacred_flamer]

[Luke was caught up in what he was doing, and didn't noticing Amnon practically knock someone over. Good job, cheagle. Good job.]

[He does look up when he hears a show, offering a wave in return. He didn't know the kid... but it was kinda freaky how many kids were in this place.]

Hey!

[goldendays]

[Ah! The guy waved back, keke, seems friendly. Hibiki jogs over to stand a good decent I'm-not-in-your-personal-bubble distance in front of this new person.

Oooh, red hair just like Silver.]

Hello! I'm Hibiki! [Eventually someone's gonna think he's a weirdo for introducing himself to people just like that.]

[sacred_flamer]

[...wow, kid had energy to spare. Luke reached up, rubbing the back of his neck.]

Luke.

[He paused, looking around. Hunh... those big things weren't there before, but they didn't seem threatening.]

Are those yours?

[goldendays]

Huh? You mean Typhlosion? [He points over to the giant beast playing with a bunch of flowers--what are you even doing Typhlosion why.]

And it's nice to meet you, Luke! [smilesmilesmile]

[scorchedchivalry]

[A bit of a distance away, far enough that it's possible Luke wasn't even noticeable, is a black-armored knight. The knight is going through what clearly is a sword form, but it looks like the knight is unarmed.

That is unless one squints as they watch. A moment here and there, an observer can see a distortion in the air where one would expect a sword to be. Regardless, the harshness of the knight's blackened armor makes its presence stand out clearly in the peaceful meadows.]

[sacred_flamer]

[Luke didn't notice her, but there was a little pink cheagle sniffing through the grass like a bloodhound, trying to find the rest of his master's sword. Amnon was so caught up in what he was doing that he didn't notice the armored woman until he bounced into an armored boot.]

[The cheagle let out a squeak, bouncing back and landing in the grass. He reached up to rub his head, before staring up at the dark clad knight...]

M-mieeeuuu...

[ohgodsomeonehelphim]

[scorchedchivalry]

[Saber looked down at the little pink beast when it ran into her foot. Her eyes were obscured by her visor, but what could be seen of her expression was emotionless.

She'd never seen such a thing before, so she shifted her unseen sword into one hand and reached down to grab the thing by the scruff of its neck to pick up and get a better look at it.]

[sacred_flamer]

[Amnon, naturally, panicked. The little cheagle flailing in her grasp, little puffs of smoke and fire escaping from his mouth as he cried.]

MIEEEEEEEEEEUUUUUUUUUU!!!

[That definitely caught Luke's attention. He called for the Cheagle, before running in the direction his screams were coming from, broken sword in hand. He stopped just before, gritting his teeth; d-damn, she looked scary...]

Oy! Let go of my cheagle!

[scorchedchivalry]

[Saber had tilted her head when the pink thing went nuts, finding it's fire breath interesting. Where the licks of flame touched her, they seemed to have no effect. Then again, he armor was already blackened, so if there was damage, it wouldn't have shown.

Her attention shifted to the red-haired man at his yell and she saw the broken sword. If it wasn't for the fear she could feel off him, she may have taken his words aggressively.

Instead, she looked the pink thing over once more before lowering it back to the ground.]

I have never seen nor heard of a cheagle before. Is it a pet of yours?

[carrythesin]

[Luke wasn't the only one. Kirika came back to the meadow after Hei's fight to see if anything else was there. Instead, she found a pink plush flying around. Kirika watches the cheagle curiously.]

[sacred_flamer]

[The cheagle let out little, "Mieu, mieu, mieu!" sounds, sniffing around like a bloodhound, focused on finding the rest of his master's sword.]

[carrythesin]

[This makes her kneel down to the cheagle's level. It did look like she was looking for something. Guess she'll try to get the cheagle's attention.]

Umm...

[sacred_flamer]

[Amnon paused, realizing there was someone there. He turned up to her, a curious look on his face.]

Mieumieu?

[carrythesin]

[There is a smile.]

Is that your name?

I am so sorry this took so long orz

[attheclocktower]

[Floor 25 is Xion's usual training destination, even if her ribs still make it a bit difficult at times to do too strenuous of activities.

Also given how relatively quiet the floor tends to be, it's not all that unusual to find someone else there. But when that someone else is clearly upset, for some reason... For a moment, Xion is torn about approaching them or leaving them alone, before finally opting for the former. Especially since she remembers this person, from shortly after they got here.]

A-are you okay?

[sacred_flamer]

[Luke jumped in slight surprise, looking up to Xion. He... sort of remembered her, but he didn't think they had the best first meeting. That... was the case with a lot of people he knew here, hunh?]

I-I'm all right.

[attheclocktower]

[Xion bites her lip. She's not convinced, given how... upset he'd looked, before she'd spoken up.]

A-are you sure? Because... this Tower's a really awful place.

[She knows how awful it can be.]

[sacred_flamer]

[Luke let out a breath at that, shaking his head.]

Yeah, it is a really awful place. But... I guess sometimes it can be helpful.

[attheclocktower]

[Xion's shoulders slump a little at that. She thinks of the people she's met here, of being able to meet and talk to Sora.]

I guess that's true.

[After a moment she sits down in the grass next to him.]

And there's friends we make here that we never would've met back home...

[Man, she still has so many mixed feelings about this place...]