Accidental Meeting

Finally. Silence. Luke had been wandering through the forest since the early hours of the morning trying to seclude himself from others. He found the silence calming, as he could finally think and not be bombarded by the emotions of everyone else. He pulled his hoodie tighter around himself as he trudged through the underbrush humming tunelessly to himself.

While still being homesick, Luke found that the friends he'd made so far made things better. Even if he wasn't ready to completely open up and connect with them.

As Luke was deep in thought, he failed to notice the other person in the midst of training, and as such, nearly ran into him. With a soft cry of shock and a soft string of expletives muttered in Norwegian, he fell backward. With a soft huff the air left his lungs and he groaned in discomfort. "I-I'm sorry..Wasn't watching where I was going.." Luke stuttered, thoroughly embarrassed that he'd managed to make the most ungraceful entrance in the history of mankind.

"Y-yeah..I think so.." Luke muttered as he took the other boys hand. He stood up and brushed himself off before getting a good look at the person in front of him. "Damn..he's actually kind of cute.." Luke thought to himself before clearing his head. However, he then noticed he was still holding onto the the other boys' hand, and quickly released his hold. Desperately trying to hide the wonderful shade of scarlet his face had become.

Although during all of this, Luke felt something, it was faint, however it was as if there were two emotional signatures coming from the boy. "Must just be my head messing with me.." He thought as he tuned back in just in time to hear the boy introduce himself.

"My name's Leucos..but most people just call me Luke.." He mumbled, his gaze fixated on the floor. "I-I'm really sorry for running into you..I'm still kind of new here.." Luke muttered once again, puzzled by the lack of anger the boy was showing. "I'm surprised he didn't just flatten me.." He thought to himself.

Luke looked up as a puzzled expression crossed his face. Two emotional readouts, one friendly and relatively happy. The other curious. However the second was muted in a way, even though it seemed to be coming from the boy himself. "Asking right now would be rude.." Luke thought to himself as he zoned back into the conversation at hand.

"Yeah..it's nice out here..peaceful." He said as he tapped his foot for a few moment. "I'm relatively new here..I got to the Island around a week ago..It's kind of different from Norway.." Luke said as he trailed off into thought. His mind already turning towards home and the myriad of events that lead to his arrival here.

As he shrugged the thoughts away, he looked up and pushed his hair out of his eyes. Both amber orbs quickly scanned James before returning to the ground. "I-..I should let you get back to practicing..Sorry for interrupting." He said quickly, his accent bled through as he became embarrassed once again.

"Th-Thank you" Luke said quietly blushing as he took the can from James. He winced slightly as the cold metal touched his bare skin, although he suppressed the desire to hiss in shock. "Odd..the other emotional signature disappeared.." Luke thought to himself before he popped the tab on the can and took a small sip.

"I haven't seen many of the animals..I've kinda been hiding out in the library lately.." Luke said as he sheepishly scratched the back of his head. "Then again..I haven't talked to many people either." Luke sighed as he leaned back against a nearby tree. It was slight, however Luke began to get a feel for James' emotional state.

Outwardly he seemed happy and content enough, however the amount of repressed negative emotions seemed to have a weight of their own. Luke tilted his head, as he zoned out and began to puzzle out his findings. "I shouldn't pry..It's not my business..but..maybe I could help? No. We just met. It would be weird, not to mention I'd need to explain my cursed family..Ugh, why is life so hard.." Luke bit his lower lip and absentmindedly began tapping his foot against the ground, deep in thought.

@Saber

Luke stared at Jame's shoulder as the tentacle appeared. He then shook his head as if to bring himself back to reality. "Okay..I need to sleep more..I'm hallucinating now.." He looked about the clearing in an attempt to see if any such "odd creatures" were out and about. "Weird..so far I haven't seen anything out of the ordinary aside from you out here." He chuckled slightly and scratched the back of his neck.

The boy in front of him was certainly interesting. For one he had two emotional signatures, not to mention the vast disparity between the two. It was almost as if there were two different people contained inside him. Mentally shrugging his musing away, Luke took another sip from his can of soda before he spoke.

"So..what are you training for? Erm..sorry if I'm prying..I shouldn't have asked.." Luke stuttered in an attempt to back track in order to avoid offense.