A'huntin we will go~

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Characters: Luke fon Fabre and YOU
Setting: Floor Six (until he realizes how dangerous it is), and then Floor Thirty-Two.
Format: You decide.
Summary: Luke needs warmer clothes and something other than nutrition bars to eat. Naturally, this leads to so much fail.
Warnings: Luke. Failing. AT EVERYTHING.

[There was a soft rustle from the underbrush on floor six, and if you looked closely, you might see a head of red hair snooping around. He's being surprisingly quiet for one so loud, and if you stick around long enough, you'll get to see why.]

[There's a few deer lurking around, minding their own business, and Luke is heading straight for them. He keeps himself quiet, waiting... and then he leaps from his hiding place, sword brandished and eyes squeezed shut as he aims to behead one of the deer...!]

[...but the deer are having none of that. One with a medium size rack of antlers snapped its head toward Luke, baring its teeth and letting out a dangerous, not-very-deer-like growl. He somehow fumbled in mid-air, landing on his butt as the other deer turned on him, letting out similar noises. A startled, "Meep!" escaped from him as he scooted back on his behind, before finally flailing up to his feet.]

[This was the second batch that did that! This was so not a nice forest!]

[Later on, on floor thirty-six, you'll get to see him doing much of the same... with the same amount of success. Clearly, Luke fails at this whole "hunting" thing, and needs a mentor (or someone to mock him).]

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You sure?

[He... almost glanced back, but thought better of it when he heard bone hit plastic.]

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Well, I'm not using it.

[Houston, we have arrived at the ribcage. Asch sets the small skinning knife aside and instead picks up one that looks more like a saw. The flap of skin he's already cleaned is folded back and aside.

Luke you really do not want to look right now, unless you want to watch your original literally cutting out something's heart.]

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[Yeah, no; not going to look now, m'kay?]

O-okay...

[He'll just... shuffle over and try and find that coat...]

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[Can't be that hard to find, it's hanging right next to your coat.

And that noise? Yeah, that's cartilage being sawed through. And the wet plop is a lung into the bin.

Really, he should saw through the neck while he's got this here...]

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[...yeah, okay, just grabbing both coats, and wrapping his around his ears.]

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[But if you do that, then he'll have to give you a headache to get your attention. Is that what you want, Luke.

Ribs -> bin. The other lung -> bin. He's seriously considering making you look at the heart, though.]

It wouldn't hurt you to learn a bit of anatomy, you know.

[Deer aren't that different from people.]

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M-maybe some other time…

[Oh dear sweet Lorelei that sounds hideous why are you drawing this out so much Asch he doesn't have anything left to throw up.]

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[He's really not. Salvaging both the hide and the meat from two deer is quite a job. Whoops there go a couple more organs. And a sternum.

Ugh, but he's not looking forward to hands full of intestines. Intestines are not fun.]

I'm surprised you're still this upset by it.

[...Does he want to bother cleaning the hide from the skull. Signs point to no. Also the eye holes would probably bug Luke out forever.]

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...I don't know if I ever will.

[His voice was soft, almost like he was afraid to admit that.]

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Hmph.

[Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand that really loud noise? That was an entire head going into the bin. On the bright side, he's almost done with the torso of this thing.]

...I suppose I've got enough blood on my hands for both of us.

[Literally and figuratively. Good thing his gloves are designed to not take up bloodstains.]

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[Luke glanced behind him, managing to ignore the blood bath enough to give the back of Asch's head a sad look. He turned back around quickly though, curling up on himself.]

...does it ever get any easier?

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Only if you don't think about it.

[Don't think, just act; that's how he learned to deal with it, concentrating on the facts of his missions instead of the ethics. If he's putting all his thoughts into how to do it, then the why matters less.]

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...I don't think that's going to happen.

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[Ugh intestines here we go.]

Yes, well, as long as you're here, I doubt you'll have any need to kill another person.

[That is a very wet splat, but at least it's done. Just some leg bones and meat, now.]

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...don't be so sure about that.

[Luke narrowed his eyes, glaring at nothing in particular, though with all the venom he'd glare at someone like oh, Jason.]

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[If it wouldn't get blood all through your hair he'd flick your head right now.]

I said need, not desire.

[Because yeah, he can't really blame you for that one.]

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[Luke let out a faint groan, thumping his head against the table.]

...I hate feeling this way.

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[And there's the sound of a few more leg bones to the bin. He's almost got the skin free, now, and quite the growing pile of meat.

Maybe when he's done with this one, he'll take a break to cook some of that.]

Good. That means we don't have to worry about you going crazy and trying to kill everyone.

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Don't worry; it's not on my to do list.

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[Another bone to the bin, and now he just has this big butt muscle to clean off. And then the other deer ugh]

Hmph.

[That one's actually kind of a chuckle.

I don't think most of the people I've seen go crazy that way intended to do so, either.

[There's the quiet noise of the last of the meat being added to the pile, and then a bit of a rustle as Asch starts folding up the skin.]

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I guess so... staying sane in this place isn't exactly easy either.

[...please let that not be any kind of foreshadowing.]

...hey, Asch? If our worlds really are destroyed, what do you think you'd do if we managed to get out of here?

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[There's a long, long pause after Luke's question.]

I hadn't thought about it.

[He'd be... Well, he wouldn't know what to do. One way or another, he's always had Van giving him direction. He's having a hard enough time feeling useful as it is, but at least he's got something do to here.]

You can look if you want, by the way. I'm taking a break.

[Clear out the bin and find some way of cooking the meat for a meal.]

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[Luke hesitantly turned around, trying not to think about all the blood all over.]

I haven't either... I... think I'd want to travel with Yu-sensei... but, at the same time...

[He trailed off, looking down at the floor.]

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[Travelling... Yeah, he's probably travel too, if just because that's what he's used to.

Assuming it was even possible...]

Travel between worlds?

[It'd be interesting, at least. There's the sound of water running as Asch washes to worst of the blood off his gloves.]

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Well, yeah; there's all kinds of different worlds out there. It'd be awesome to be able to see some of them.