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[dissonates]

[After rescuing Nephry from a sudden splashdown at the lake, Asch is understandably soaked. The return to the village had dried him off somewhat, but nothing felt better than a fresh change of clothes, so he was about to head in to do just that when the bushes by the door suddenly threw up a campfire.

...Wait, what?

A bit of frenzied digging around and a well-placed Icicle Rain later, Asch heads into the house with a little orange cheagle clinging to his head, one looking rather irritated while the other cheerily "mieu mieu"'s every other step. Someone should probably get it away from him before he explodes. Or gets set on fire. Whatever comes first.]

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[Action]

[fabrecation]

[Gdit Asch, the way to a good conversation is to actually communicate. D|

Luke gives an irritated little grumble as he opens the refrigerator to get some cabbage leaves. Cheagles eat some disgusting things.]

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[dissonates]

[And when have they ever had a good conversation D|

After a quick change and a hair-braiding to keep it from dripping on everything, he does come back, if only to make sure Luke doesn't poison the poor thing with his cooking. ...Also because he's hungry; swimming around and rescuing drowning damsels is tiresome work.]

[Action]

[fabrecation]

[Almost never but that doesn't mean they shouldn't start D|

Star's sitting on the table, happily munching on a cabbage leaf. Luke did own Mieu, you know, he knows how to take care of cheagles. He's sitting at the table, too, chin resting on his hand as he watches the cheagle.

Now, let's try this again.]

Why're you wet?

[Action]

[dissonates]

/GRUNT

Well, alright. Now that he's not soggy and getting set on fire his mood has marginally improved. Fishing out some ingredients, he starts to toss together a pot of chicken soup. No sense in making himself sick.]

The Necromancer's sister ended up in the lake. Apparently she can't swim.

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[fabrecation]

[Whoa. That makes Luke lift his head and look back at Asch.]

So you saved her?

[Action]

[dissonates]

[.....]

No, I let her drown and went for an afternoon swim.

[Action]

[fabrecation]

[Nrrrgh, you are so annoying. D| He gives another irritated grumble and turns to look at the cheagle instead.

... Still. That's good to hear.]

I guess she already told you this, but... thanks. I mean, if you hadn't been there, she would've...

[Action]

[dissonates]

[Asch shrugs, stirring some spices into a broth.] She just got lucky. She'd better learn how to swim before something like that happens again.

[Action]

[fabrecation]

It's a lot harder than it sounds, you know. Swimming. I never got the hang of it...

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[dissonates]

It's not that hard. [....Wait a minute.] ...I mean you can't swim?

[Action]

[fabrecation]

[Erk.]

O-Of course I can! ... Kind of.

[Action]

[dissonates]

[This face, dreck.] What's that supposed to mean?

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[fabrecation]

[This face, then.] ... I'm just not very good at it.

[Action]

[dissonates]

[GOD YOU'RE SO DUMB] Then learn to get better. It's not complicated.

[Action]

[fabrecation]

[YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND MEEEE] It is when you barely know how to float!

[o hay, Star smells a bitchfest about to happen. He'll just hold some cabbage in his mouth while he breaks the tension by attaching himself to Luke's face.]

H-Hey!

[Action] 1/2

[dissonates]

[Hey what? He was just putting the chicken i-]

[Action]

[dissonates]

[.....

Pfffffft.]

[Action]

[fabrecation]

[Oh, he heard that, Asch. He makes a few muffled protests, then grabs Star with both hands and pries him away.]

-pid thing!

[But he made Asch laugh, which is something Luke could probably never do by himself. So, instead of throwing Star across the room, he just sets him back down on the table to resume eating. Heck, he'll even sprinkle a little bit of sugar on the leaves - Mieu seemed to like that when he'd do it. He'll then glance over his shoulder to give Asch a look.]

You think this is so hilarious, huh?

[Action]

[dissonates]

I didn't say a damn thing. [But yes, he did. History will forever show that nothing entertains him more than replica abuse.]

[Action]

[fabrecation]

I heard you. Don't even try to deny it!

[He turns to look forward again, but only to hide a little smile starting to show. Okay, okay; It was funny. Annoying, but funny.]

[Action]

[dissonates]

[Okay, Luke rubbing it in his face is taking the charm out of it somewhat.] So what? You act like it's some kind of event.

[Action]

[fabrecation]

[That's because Luke's never heard him actually laugh before, so it kind of is. 8| But now we're taking a step back into awkward territory.]

... It was just nice to hear you laugh, I guess.

[Action]

[dissonates]

[Well it's not like anyone else gets to hear it, either; typically all people get is a stifled noise or a particularly twisty smirk. The cheagle just surprised him before he could cover it up.

So now he's stuck in a room with a replica showing some enthusiasm for this turn of events. How to react?

...

By pretending it never happened, of course! Back to the soup he goes.]

What are you going to do with it?

[Action]

[fabrecation]

[That's fine with Luke, as he's sure Asch would just get annoyed if he pushed it.]

The cheagle? [He holds up a leaf, making Star jump for it to eat it.] Keep it, maybe. He wants to stay, so why not?

[Action]

[dissonates]

[So the house can be a home to yet another annoying result of replication technology? Lovely.]

If you want to keep it, then it's your responsibility.