Meet Odysseus
"So," Purpled says as he comes into the apartment, "you have to promise not to be mad."
Penelope looks up from her latest project and frowns. "That's never a good sign. What did you do?"
"Nothing! Well. Nothing bad. Um. So you know how one of my classmates left and we threw her a massive goodbye party?" He glances behind him, then back at Penny. "Well, uh. Her roommate had already left a few days ago and left something behind. No one can get in contact with them. And since I'm the only one who lives off-campus..."
Penelope sighs and stands. "What did you bring home?"
Purpled makes a motion and a large tank floats in, his magic glowing around it. Several bags of supplies follow after it. Inside the tank, staring up at them both, is an adorable leopard gecko. It blinks, then scuttles into a little hidey hole. "He's a year old. A bunch of my classmates all chipped in to get him stuff that he'll need like food or whatever. Can we keep him? Please?"
The tank is set on the kitchen table. Penny walks over and leans close to examine the setup. She sighs. "You'll have to find him a vet. And help pay for anything he needs. Does he have a name?"
"Nah. I was gonna let you name him. If that helped my case at all vis-a-vis you not being mad at me." Purpled rocks on his heels and despite his usually flat affect, his excitement is obvious.
"Fine. His name will be...Odysseus. Oddy for short."
"Sick." Purpled grabbed one of the floating bags to start setting up a stand for the tank. "If I do a good job taking care of him, can we talk about getting a dog?"
"We'll see."