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The apocalypse is nigh!

Asch agreeing to a drink with Emperor Peony? Luke studying ~~more or less~~ willingly? Asch chuckling? Uncle Jade?

It would appear Abyss Dressing Room has inexplicably stumbled upon the four signs of the apocalypse. This must explain why there is suddenly a horde of monsters poised to attack. ~~Redheads!~~ Denizens! Defend your nexus!

...Just be careful with those artes. Looks like the apocalypse is a lot fuzzier and noisier than anticipated. As such, every arte used spawns at least two dozen cheagles. And Mystic Artes spawn about fifty.

Good luck. And welcome to ~~Luke's~~ ~~Asch's~~ anyone who isn't Tear or Ion's hell.

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Well, it might not be if you really like cheagles. [Guy grins as he stands, brushing himself off, wincing a little as another cheagle rushes past, almost knocking him over.

The reason they're all hurrying away, shouting their little cries of "mieeeeuuuuu" becomes clear a few minutes later: a couple of ligers, chasing them down the hall!]

Incoming!

So Tear would like it, but exactly who else would? [ Cheagle shouts were enough to give a headache when there was just one or two around; this huge chorus of panicked "mieuuuu" while they run away is grating. And yet Luke somehow can't bring himself to be annoyed or anything because they're scared and, honestly, need some kind of protection. ]

Man, and here I thought this place wasn't dangerous. [ What to do, what to do? He's not really sure he wants to give Guy any reasons to start questioning him or anything - and he knows if he were to rely on the methods he's used to using in fighting now, Guy would definitely have questions - but a good, strong fonic arte would useful right about now. Although, at the same time, with all of those cheagles, would he really be able to mark all of them? The possibility that he might mess up and hurt the little things stops him from trying it.

So as he rushes in to kick a liger back, he finds himself almost cursing the fact that he stopped using a sword. He smiles at Guy as he does this. ] Well, if we're going to have to tear this up, at least I've got you here. [ Even if he hadn't seen Guy in years, he was still just about the most reliable person in Luke's mind. ]

[Guy grins at him and slices through an approaching liger as the cheagles rush behind him and Luke, clearly looking for some kind of protection. He shifts his stance, ready to keep the monsters off Luke's back when he notices...]

...Why don't you have a sword?

Huh? Oh, that. [ ...Of course, he'd forgotten Guy actually notices things. ~~Unlike, say, himself or Asch.~~

He punches one of the ligers before giving a real answer, though. ] Let's... just say I decided to go with something different when I fight and I'll explain more later?

[That sounds...suspicious. Guy's eyes narrow a little but he gives a mental shrug - a smaller physical one - and makes a note to follow up on that later. For now, he finishes off the liger coming his way with an easy tslash of his sword, jumps over the next one to land behind it and slice right through its body.]

Yeah, you'd better. And you can tell me more about this damn place too.

Well... I'm not sure how much I can say about this place, I don't really get it myself. [ But he'll try; he's not very good at keeping things from Guy no matter how much time has passed for him.

And now it's time for Luke to make a very stupid move. He connects one of his punches right into Raging Blast. ]

[ Unfortunately, that means he just spawns whole bunch of red cheagles. ]

Wh-what the hell?!

[MORE CHEAGLES?! Which, of course, all start screeching and running away from the confused liger - who hasn't been injured as much as he should have been.

Guy has to avoid the cheagle stampede first before he can take a stab at the other monster.]

LUKE! What did you just DO?!

H-hey, it's not like I meant to do tha-... how the hell did they even- I was just using one of my artes, damnit!

[ Come on, it's not like Luke would willingly summon cheagles. He's about as confused as Guy is - and maybe really concerned because, despite how annoying cheagles can be, it's not like he'd want to hurt them. He's pretty careful about how he moves as he goes to take down one of the remaining ligers. ]

[Guy's being as careful as he can as well. It helps that most of them are smart enough to run from the ligers. Another few, calculated slashes and then there are just a bunch of dead ligers.

And a whole lot of cheagles.]

Summoning cheagles is an arte now?

Ugh. Like I said, It's not like I meant to summon them or anything. [ Although now that the ligers are dead, Luke drops down to check on the cheagles nearest to him, smiling when one of them nuzzles against his hand.

He's a little unsure now that the fight is over; how should he say this? Maybe the best way is to just act like it's perfectly normal. Luke looks up at Guy with a slight smile. ] It's been a while, Guy.

Yeah. Looks like a lot's changed. [He looks from the cheagle to Luke and then puts his hand on his hip, clearly waiting. ] So?

[ Man, this is one of those things he's really unsure how to explain; he's almost positive Guy will punch him, like he did back in Daath when he decided to sacrifice himself in Asch's place at the Tower of Rem. But it's not like he can get out of it, either.

...

So he'll start with the part that doesn't relate to himself first so he can put that off for a bit! ] Hm, well... I don't really get how this place works, either. I mean, one minute I was crossing Rotelro Bridge to get to Chesedonia and the next, I was here. ...And then I met more than one of myself, and that was kind of weird. Someone said something about it being a... [ ...what was the word? Oh right... ] ...nexus or something, and it connects to different versions of Auldrant.

[ Luke shrugs. ] I don't really get it, though.

Mmhmm. One of those. [Nods. Nodnod. A nexus, right. Lots of different places. That sounds fair enough. Though he's never been in one himself, it explains how he found himself here.]

And what's this about changing the way you fight? [He's your babysitter, okay. He worries.]

Oh right, that...

[ Luke would frown mightily at Guy being called his babysitter; he insists Guy is his best friend, not his babysitter, okay? Although maybe he doesn't really get to say that anymore if he hasn't actually seen Guy in years... ] I, uh... well, I decided to try something different? It's much harder to kill someone by accident like this...

[He can be both!]

...Harder to...kill...[He's about to punch you for being an idiot. He is SO NOT HAPPY WITH YOU right now.]

Well, I mean... Asch and I kind of... we're kind of facing off against people a lot, and I don't want to actually- I still don't want to... [ Luke pauses; he seems a little at a loss on how to really explain this. ] So I decided to learn how to fight in a way that could, you know, knock my enemies out of action rather than actually...

[Punches you.]

You IDIOT. What if I wasn't here?

[ Guy has earned one flattened Luke. Luke just kind of lays there for a few moments before bringing one hand to his face. ] I would've been fine, Guy... I'm not helpless, you know, and I can kill monsters like this.

...Well, okay, maybe it's a little harder when my artes apparently spawn cheagles, but they don't usually do that...

[STARE]

CHEAGLES. What were you going to do? SWARM the ligers to death?

This doesn't usually happen, Guy! Usually my artes work just fine!

[He kind of wants to punch you again for good measure.]

I - argh. You. [Sigh.] Damn it, Luke. Take care of yourself more.

[ That makes Luke want to cry or something. Seriously. ] I do take care of myself... I've been taking care of myself for years now, anywa-

[ ...He really hadn't meant to say that. ]

...What?

...

[ Now Luke looks super uncomfortable and he kind of turns his attention to the cheagles, petting one of them as a small group gathers around him. He's really quiet and doesn't look like he wants to actually talk. But he does know he owes Guy an explanation after saying something like that. ] I guess... I guess that's really a weird thing for you to hear me say when I look like this. But I... I'm not...

...

[ No, wait; Luke stops himself because that would be even worse to say if Guy's not from that time, wouldn't it... Luke would probably want to beat himself up forever if he tells his best friend, "Hey, I died, but I got better" if Guy doesn't know he'd been dying. ] Um... hey, Guy, what were you doing before you got here, anyway?

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