He'd been walking for around 20 minutes now, and he could begin to hear small noises from inside his scarf, as if Zander was trying to communicate with him, but unfortunately, Luke is inable to translate what 'Eek eek eek sniffle eek eek eek. EEKKKK😡' means at this moment in time.
"Zander, once again, I don't speak dra- OW DONT SCRATCH ME!" Luke whined as he felt the creatures unforgivably sharp nails against his neck. He heard a small huff and felt Zander slump down.
"We're almost at my car, okay?"
Once again, he doesn't understand dragon, however he could decide that this particular 'eek' was basically 'what the ever loving fuck is a car' so he responded.
"A car is how humans transport more efficiently than walking. Now stay quiet, and stay still, we're approaching the walls." Luke whispered as they left the forest.
Luke was immediately greeted by a few knights who were patrolling the gate of the city, he could feel Zander stiffen.
"Oh! Luke! Welcome back!" One of the men grinned. "Hey, how's work doing?" "Boring as ever... i wish we got the cool jobs like you! I wanna slay dragons too.." Luke smiled nervously as he placed his hand atop his scarf, specifically so he was touching Zanders head. "Yeah.. gate duty seems uneventful.." "It is! I swear! If I went out in those forests for one day I'd have a dragons head on my wall!" God fucking damnit. Don't these guys know how to shut up? He's trying to smuggle in a dragon, they're not making his job easy.
"..Yeahhhhhh- Oh! I gotta make it home- like- right here right now- bye bye!"
"Oh? Whats the ru-" before they could finish their sentence, Luke sped walk to his car, getting in and slamming the door behind him, feeling Zander jolt in his scarf. He bent down, so he was out view of the windshield, and gently he lifted Zander out of his Scarf. He held him from under his arms as he gently set him down on the passenger seat. Realising Zander may be a bit too small in this form to actually buckle in-... never mind, he had an idea.
Luke sat him upright. Immediately earning a squeak in complaint, was it uncomfortable? Probably, once again he can't speak dragon. But with him sitting upright he was able to put the seatbelt over him.
"Don't move Zander. Warning you."
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Luke sighed upon seeing a look of sheer fury in Zanders eyes. Oh well. It's either that or the poor thing gets tossed around the car like a ping pong ball.
On the drive, Luke began to get a headache, CONSTANT COMPLAINING IN THE FORM OF EEKS! Though now that he's parked, he kinda understands it... Right now he's standing at the door of the passenger seat, and Zanders swaying, he's dizzy, very dizzy.
"...You okay there..?"
"...eeeeeeeeeekkkk.."
"Ok Great! Let's go!" He unbuckled Zanders seat belt and hoisted him into his scarf once again. "Stop eeking please, just until I manage to get you to my apartment." He felt a head land on his shoulder, so he took that as his chance to walk into the building.
He smiled and waved at the receptionist, but rather than sticking around to talk as he usually did, he just quickly made his way to the elevator.
"Alright, you can turn back now. I'm the only person who lives on my floor. Luke flinched as he saw the bright light again, he covered his eyes. But when he looked back, Zander was sitting on the floor with a hand on his head. "What. The. Fuck." Zander started.
"Hiya! ...did you like the car..?"
"I felt like my head was spinning faster than a whirlpool."
"...Okkkkkayyy! That's nice!"
"No! I hate it here! I thought the city would be nicer but it's all-.. It all seems so fake!"
"Oh-? Why do you say that-?"
"Where's the trees!? The grass!? The flowers! It fucking sucks here!"
"Do you not like the architecture..?" Luke asked, Zander shook his head. "When can I go back to the forest? I don't like it here. It's so crowded and there's weird zoomy things everywhere!" "Cars." Luke corrected. "Zoomy things." "I thought you liked people?" "I do! But this is just over the top, don't you think?" "Ehhh.. probably, it is New York though." "Where's the old one?" "Uhhh, I don't know actually. Check out York in England I don't have a clue."
The elevator dinged as they reached their floor, Luke grabbed ahold of Zanders wrist and pulled him to his feet. The elevator doors opened and Luke stepped through, but Zander didn't so Luke put his arm inbetween the door so it wouldn't shut. "What's up? Are you coming?"
"...What if the weird chomp mabbober closes on me."
"...Elevator, Zander. And it won't, if it senses a person it won't close."
"I am not a person."
"If it senses a mystical being it also won't close."
Zander looked hesitant but eventually after being coerced he stepped over, relieved to see he didn't get murdered by an elevator door.
"Ew." Zander said bluntly as he looked around the apartment. Which Luke just didn't get, Luke had fancy furniture, a nice view, his apartment was undeniably clean, what was there not to like?
"What's up?"
"It's Uhm... uh.. you live here..?" Luke nodded. "Oh.." "What's up? Why don't you like it?" "It's just... not very... homelike."
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"You don't think so-?" Zander shook his head. "There's no trees or anything..." Luke took note of Zanders slumped shoulders and his stiff tail, he was upset. "Well hey-! It's something new, right?" "New doesn't always mean good. How long is it until that guy finishes up? I don't like it here." "Uh...I'm not sure..!" "What-!? You don't even know!?"
"...Nope.." "but I can't even go outside anymore-! Am I Just going to be cooped up in here-!?" "Well I have a few ideas to try, but if they fall through then uh-... Hey, you must be tired, do you want some rest?" Zander just groaned as he sat himself down in a corner. "I meant like-.. in a bed.." "A river bed!?" "No, a human adaptation of a bed though!" Zanders shoulders slumped again.
"Okay, I know you're upset, but I promise you it's not all that bad! Oh! I have new clothes for you too! ...I hope you don't mind that I had to cut holes in them for your wings and tail." Zander stayed silent. "Okaayyyy! I'll go get them for you then!"
