paixaorpg | We're what? [Completed]

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We're what? [Completed]

Character(s): Luke and Guy
Content: Guy drags moping Luke to go scout for unusual/mythical animals, whut.
Setting: First at their apartment, then uh.. yes.
Time: Afternoon...?
Warnings: lol none

Luke just wasn't sure what to do with himself now. He'd searched and searched for Tear, but in the end he had to face the facts and give up. She was gone, just like the others, but this time the loss weighed far heavier on him. He was going to see her again, that he was certain of, but still... Part of him wished he'd told her. Told her what he felt for her, but then again, maybe it had been better to have still kept quiet.

At least she was safe now. At least, he sure hoped that was the case...

After a long, rather pointless walk, Luke headed back to the apartment.

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Work suited Guy just fine. He felt better having something to do -- to spend his time on instead of just frustrating himself with the lack of an exit Paixaio seemed to have. He hadn't really seen Luke for a few days, which was starting to be a bit of a concern. True, the redhead seemed like he had matured radically, but... well, old habits die hard.

As he was leaving the apartment, he was in good spirits, ready to go out and get some exercise -- collecting information for the boss. While Auldrant had creatures that probably were out of the ordinary for most -- he was curious himself to see what sort of population lived in Paixao.

Just as he pulled on the door to exit the building, he looked up -- "Luke!"

Luke wasn't exactly sure where Guy had been going off to lately. He really only knew that he'd gotten some kind of job. It must have been keeping him pretty busy, since he hadn't seen much of him recently. Well, until now.

He jerked up his head at hearing his name.

"Guy! Uh, hey!"

Coming to a stop at the buildings doorway, Luke gave his friend a cheerful smile. Or, well, he attempted to anyways. "What's up?"

"Just about to head out on a job!" the blond exclaimed, cheerful as usual. He liked having something to do. It just -- seemed right.

Coming to a halt, he looked the redhead over, and paused. "Haven't seen you in a few days, are you keeping yourself busy too? This place sure isn't what I originally expected..."

"Well, something like that..." Luke responded, rubbing the back of his head. Busy was really probably the furthest of what he was doing, but, well, he didn't want to worry Guy.

He really did need to find something to do though. That would probably be trying to find out how to leave again. How to get back to Auldrant...

"Yeah, it's really nothing like anywhere on Auldrant, is it?" They'd seen a lot of places in their travels across their world, but no where had been quite like this place.

Well -- there was something slightly off about the way that Luke was acting. Was it chalked up to the fact of being torn away from home? Or... wait, hadn't he heard somewhere on the network that Tear was missing? Maybe... naybe that was it. Though he wasn't the type to pry exactly -- perhaps there was something he could do to get Luke to talk about it on his own.

"You said it. Even the guy that hired me -- he's some kind of weird spider-lizard or something. A monster I've never seen before! He's really smart though too, somehow he built a whole laboratory underground on his own." Guy, of course, was blisfully unaware that Yzma was in fact, a female -- whatever she was.

"Hey. Maybe you'd like to come with me. What are you up to? Feel like going on a scouting mission?"

He didn't even know what to think of the description Guy offered of his boss, other than wondering why Guy could be so excited to work for anyone he could attach the word 'monster' to. That sounded like a bad idea to Luke, but he didn't say anything.

"A scouting mission? Scouting for what?" Luke asked, wondering what there was here to even scout for. Whatever it was, Luke likely would say yes at this point. Anything was better than just hanging around the apartment.

"These monsters called Lumens and Heartless," he explained, waving a hand forwad in a motion, indicating he should follow along. "You should see the lab he's got underground," he shifted the topic around, "all sorts of inventions and potions. I bet there's some great fontechnology running in that place, too. I can't wait to get a better look at some of them," he explained in an upbeat tone.

Oh, those. Luke had certainly heard of them spoken on the journals by now, but what they were exactly, he still wasn't sure. Well, except Heartless and darkness seemed to have a connection, although with a name like that, it wasn't so surprising, but did that mean they didn't even have a heart? Literally? Or? He guessed he'd be finding out, if Guy and him could some.

Following along beside Guy, Luke listened, faintly amused how excited Guy was. It wasn't any surprise, of course. "I didn't know there was anything underground..."

Again, not exactly surprising though. This place was so strangely built. It made sense, somehow, that there'd be stuff below as well as above.

"I think he built it all himself!" he explained, obviously excited about it. "Guess he runs experiments and things down there... even transfigurations," he added, a finger in the air to accentuate the point. "That's why he asked for some samples. He wants to try and replicate their DNA I g -- " and that's when he noticed he had used the word. Replica.

He paused for a moment of awkward silence, then cleared his throat. "I mean. You know... Not really replicas or anything like that, I... uh..." unconsciously, he brought up a hand to the back of his neck, rubbing there for a moment as he thought of how to dig himself out of this hole.

How was Guy so excited about all this? Somehow it all sounded pretty creepy to Luke.

Of course, that word did catch Luke's attention. There probably would never come a time that it wouldn't grab his attention, but he didn't seem to be as bothered by it as Guy seemed to think he would be. And he trusted that Guy would never allow any actual fomicry to take place.

"Geez, I hope not," Luke responded, with an awkward laugh. "That's the last thing this place needs."

His smile turned a little more sober, as he clasped his friend's shoulder for a moment. He kept forgetting Guy didn't know about, well, everything. It had to be pretty confusing for him. Luke knew he would be.

"It's fine, Guy."

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That... certainly took him by surprise. Was this really the Luke that he knew? He seemed so... mature. And accepting. Not that it wasn't a good change to the way things had been it just seemed like a complete 180. And it would definitely take some getting used to.

Guy appreciated the small gesture of reassurance and flashed a small grin in the red head's direction. "Sorry, Luke," he apologized, "guess I should be more careful when I open up my big mouth."

The swordsman continued forward, having to remind himself that Luke was from an entirely different period of time than he was. "So how are your skills with a sword these days, Luke? I bet you're getting a lot better!" once more, he attempted to switch the topic of conversation, if only to lighten the mood.

Luke shook his head at the apology. "You don't have to apologize." The subject really didn't bother him as it once had, but obviously it was going to take time for Guy to understand that. He didn't really mind the subject being changed however.

He couldn't help but grin. "Well, I've learned a thing or two," he said, hand resting for a moment on the hilt of his sword - the key of Lorelei. That was likely to take some explaining, along with a lot of other things. He had certainly made a lot of progress - he'd beaten Asch and even fought Van. Yet another surprise for Guy.

Especially since, as far as he knew, Van was still an ally of sorts... A blisfully unaware Guy continued forward with a grin, genuinely happy to be back with his friend again. "I -- huh?" suddenly, a crack of a branch caught his attention as he instincivly put his hand up as though to halt the other sounds, and focused on the creature in the distance, still somewhat hidden by the flora.

He cast a knowing glace over to Luke, and nodded forward, trying to tell the redhead to circle around while he took to the front. They'd probably have to tire it out first. Guy had luckily come equipped with a burlap sack and some rope for the purpose of bringing it back with the least amount of force exterted as they could manage...

When Guy lifted his hand, Luke came to a stop, listening also. Which one of the creatures was it?

Casting a glance to Guy, he caught his friend looking at him and quickly caught on to what he was asking Luke to do. Giving a nod, Luke quietly took off to find a way around that wouldn't catch the creature's attention. Soon enough, Luke could be seen the other side, waiting and ready for Guy to give a signal.

Well! Luke was really catching on quickly, wasn't he? Guy found it hard to conceal his approval, and grinned widely, crouching behind the synthetic brush. He readied himself as quietly as possible, opening the sack and getting it ready. He didn't really... have any experience with this sort of thing, but hey, it was an experience!

His movements must have startled the blindingly white creature (that was about the size of a house cat) as its ears perked back and it stood at attention. Realizing that it was now or never, lest they lose their target, Guy shouted a "Now!" as he jumped out of the shrubbery.

As he landed, he quickly took note that the lumen was no slowpoke! He had managed to get the sack over the thing's head, but missed capturing it completely. He rose to his feet, hoping that Luke could somehow get a grip on it before it was too late!

Hiding the best he could also behind some of the faux flora, Luke waited for a signal. When Guy shouted 'Now', Luke also dove from his hiding place, attempting to block the creature's route of escape.

Unfortunately, it didn't go to plan. (Not that they'd had much of a plan to begin with.) Luke had reached down to attempt to grab it as it bolted his way, but the creature had easily slipped past his fingers, dashing between his legs.

"H-hey!"

And there went running the half-bagged lumen. "After it!" Guy shouted, already breaking into a sprint. He was fast, but the lumen was faster... Instinctively his hand went to his sword as he pulled it out. He didn't want to hurt the thing just... knock it out a little, or at least throw it on its feet so that he could gain some ground on it.

"Beast!" was the best idea he could come up with, the attack surging forward that extra few inches he needed, as it contacted with the creature sending it reeling to the ground. Finally, a break!

The red head turned and quickly followed after Guy, keeping right on his tail. When Guy's attack sent the creature reeling, Luke leapt forward, grabbing the bag on the creature's head, and shoving it entirely over it, pinning the opening of the sack down to the ground.

"Gotcha!"

Upon seeing the thing get trapped in the bag finally... Guy heaved a sigh of relief. "Wow. I really didn't think it was going to be that fast..." and with the way it seemed to be reacting to the inside of the burlap... "Or that mean. Heh..."

Sheathing his sword again, he walked over to his friend and leaned down, taking hold of the bag from the opening. "Thanks Luke! I'll take it from here."

"No kidding," Luke said, also surprised by just how fast it was. They'd been lucky to catch it, it seemed.

Once Guy had a hold on the sack, Luke gladly released it. "It's all yours," he replied, with a grin. He was already happy to be done with it. "...You don't need more, do you?"

"Well..." Guy thought about it for a moment, "He did say that he wanted a sample of both this species and the other one -- the heartless. But to tell you the truth... I think he'll be happy with just the one for today," he nodded. "But, hey, if you're up for it next time, I'm sure I could use the help trying to catch the next one!"

The lumen had been tricky enough to catch. Luke wasn't sure he wanted to mess with Heartless though. From what he'd seen mentioned on the journals they sounded like they'd be a lot worse to catch. But it wasn't like he'd ever not help out his friend either.

"Heh, sure!"

"Great!" he lit up at his comrade's response. At least Luke seemed to be in better spirits now compared to when they first set out. And really, that had been the whole point to dragging the redhead with him. He considered it mission accomplished, twice over for now!

"Well..." he looked at the sack again. "I better get this over to Yzma. I'll see you back at the apartment, Luke!" and with that, he turned, and waved, heading for the direction of the mansion.

It was true. Luke's mood had certainly lightened, for now, at any rate. "Heh, okay. Later, Guy!" he replied, watching his friend walk out of sight, before turning himself around to head back to the apartment.

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