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armoredsoul) wrote2014-08-04 10:13 am
armoredsoul) wrote2014-08-04 10:13 am
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"Hi, this is Alphonse! Please leave a message and I'll get back to you when I can!"
"Hi, this is Alphonse! Please leave a message and I'll get back to you when I can!"
I don't know I just did!!
I think you mean the calm before the storm?
[And then about three seconds later:]
Oh wait I forgot to tell you, Brother is here!!!
I think you mean the calm before the storm?
[And then about three seconds later:]
Oh wait I forgot to tell you, Brother is here!!!
["I think you mean"-- SHUT UP AL]
yeah that
hey that's cool! whatre you texting me for go have fun with him!
yeah that
hey that's cool! whatre you texting me for go have fun with him!
Uh...rigging a bucket of ice water above you for when you wake up? He's not mean enough to do that, though...
Excuse me for making sure you didn't get your head bit off! :P And he wants to meet you guys, too!
Thankfully, that's not his style.
Could you do me a tiny favor? I'm almost out of soap so if you're out, do you mind getting more? I'll pay you back.
Could you do me a tiny favor? I'm almost out of soap so if you're out, do you mind getting more? I'll pay you back.
Sure! I'll swing by a store on my way back.
Brother is with me, by the way! He wants to meet you both.
Brother is with me, by the way! He wants to meet you both.
Thanks.
I'm glad to hear your brother's back. Is he going to be joining us from now on?
I'm glad to hear your brother's back. Is he going to be joining us from now on?
If he's able to stick around, yeah! You don't mind, do you?
Of course not.
I'd be happy to have him come along.
I'd be happy to have him come along.
[By the time Al responds, Lust has already come in and Envy doesn't even see the text for a while.]
[When he does glance back at his 'Gear, it's like a punch to the gut. He doesn't respond himself, because what can he say to that, besides the kneejerk "I don't want your help"? Because he doesn't, doesn't want Alphonse Elric's help or pity or anything at all. He tells himself that he doesn't send it because Lust is in the room and will see him typing and ask questions.]
[He also does his best to ignore the small, insistent voice in the back of his head saying 'no I don't'.]
[Until he can fall asleep, he's just trying not to think about it, to focus on other things. Maybe in the morning he can think of this interaction as nothing meaningful, or as a weird dream.]
[Wishful thinking. Those words are going to stick in his head for a long time.]
[When he does glance back at his 'Gear, it's like a punch to the gut. He doesn't respond himself, because what can he say to that, besides the kneejerk "I don't want your help"? Because he doesn't, doesn't want Alphonse Elric's help or pity or anything at all. He tells himself that he doesn't send it because Lust is in the room and will see him typing and ask questions.]
[He also does his best to ignore the small, insistent voice in the back of his head saying 'no I don't'.]
[Until he can fall asleep, he's just trying not to think about it, to focus on other things. Maybe in the morning he can think of this interaction as nothing meaningful, or as a weird dream.]
[Wishful thinking. Those words are going to stick in his head for a long time.]
[Even if Envy had sent a response, Alphonse wouldn't have seen it until morning. His book is forgotten at this point, as the conflicting guilt and worry twist his stomach around, tighten like a vice around his heart.]
[He should hate Envy, despise every fiber of his being, but he...he can't, anymore. He's seen too much of the hidden parts of the homunculus, the few bits and pieces of him that aren't a broken wreck. And now that he has, he wants to help; it's his nature, he can't help it. But every time he sees his half-brother he also sees Edward bleeding out on the ground, the light fading out of his eyes while Al could do nothing to stop it.]
[He falls asleep curled up tightly against his Luxray's side, tears staining the mane where it cushioned his head.]
[He should hate Envy, despise every fiber of his being, but he...he can't, anymore. He's seen too much of the hidden parts of the homunculus, the few bits and pieces of him that aren't a broken wreck. And now that he has, he wants to help; it's his nature, he can't help it. But every time he sees his half-brother he also sees Edward bleeding out on the ground, the light fading out of his eyes while Al could do nothing to stop it.]
[He falls asleep curled up tightly against his Luxray's side, tears staining the mane where it cushioned his head.]
[Envy is upstairs when he sees this post go up on the network.]
[Did he know that the resident circus strongman gave a single solitary damn about Wrath? NO. HE DID NOT.]
[...there's only one person in the house who might be enough of a goody-two-shoes to blow their cover. Envy leaps out of the bed and takes the stairs down three at a time. THERE MIGHT NOT BE MUCH TIME. He sees Al on the couch and SLAMS his hands down on the back of it right behind him, hissing out in case he's on the line with someone.]
Don't tell them anything!
[Did he know that the resident circus strongman gave a single solitary damn about Wrath? NO. HE DID NOT.]
[...there's only one person in the house who might be enough of a goody-two-shoes to blow their cover. Envy leaps out of the bed and takes the stairs down three at a time. THERE MIGHT NOT BE MUCH TIME. He sees Al on the couch and SLAMS his hands down on the back of it right behind him, hissing out in case he's on the line with someone.]
Don't tell them anything!
[Al had seen that post go up as well, and even had it open on the Gear. He does, however, has the goddamn sense of mind to not blurt about a crime in progress on the network just because someone asked about it, and so is just watching the replies start to roll in with a worried expression.]
[At least until Envy descends on the couch like some freakish monster and HISSES RIGHT IN HIS EAR WHAT THE FUCK. Al shrieks and the Gear goes flying across the room as he leaps up and swats at Envy blindly.} What the hell?!
[At least until Envy descends on the couch like some freakish monster and HISSES RIGHT IN HIS EAR WHAT THE FUCK. Al shrieks and the Gear goes flying across the room as he leaps up and swats at Envy blindly.} What the hell?!
[Normally, Envy would fall all over himself laughing at Al's reaction. But right now he has other concerns.]
[He swats right back at Al, though. Don't you smack him! Can't you hear the dramatic Fullmetal Alchemist background music? BWONGnehnehnehneeeeh. This is important!]
Don't respond to that thing that just went up!
[BWONGnehnehnehnehNEEEH]
[He swats right back at Al, though. Don't you smack him! Can't you hear the dramatic Fullmetal Alchemist background music? BWONGnehnehnehneeeeh. This is important!]
Don't respond to that thing that just went up!
[BWONGnehnehnehnehNEEEH]
Edited 2015-09-01 05:29 (UTC)
[Pretty sure it's the Ridiculous Shenanigans tune going on, Envy, but sure, you keep thinking that.]
[Also WOW RUDE, ENVY.] I wasn't going to! I'm not an idiot, you know!
[Also WOW RUDE, ENVY.] I wasn't going to! I'm not an idiot, you know!
[Envy looks so very, very disbelieving as he puts his hands on his hips for emphasis and rolls his eyes like Al's the unreasonable one and Envy didn't just panic and scramble down the stairs.]
You could've fooled me. You're some straight-laced...marshmallow fluff, for all I knew you would've felt bad and caved and told them everything!
You could've fooled me. You're some straight-laced...marshmallow fluff, for all I knew you would've felt bad and caved and told them everything!
--did you just call me a marshmallow?!
[envy are you even TRYING]
Of course I feel bad about this, but it's not going to do any good if Wrath is taken away now!
[envy are you even TRYING]
Of course I feel bad about this, but it's not going to do any good if Wrath is taken away now!
[There's a call, but it ends almost as soon as it starts]
[Then about thirty seconds later Roy tries again and gets it right but he's still looking at the thing claiming it's making a call skeptically and with a little annoyance.]
[...well, this is weird.]
...Henry? Did you hit the call button on accident again?
...Henry? Did you hit the call button on accident again?
[Well the call is working and the sound quality is great, just like everything else he's heard on this thing so far. Fuery would love this. But how the hell does someone 'accidentally' call a person on this thing?]
People accidentally make phone calls on these things?
People accidentally make phone calls on these things?
[Heny's PokeGear is drunk as hell, Roy. Don't feel too bad about it.]
Wh--Colonel?! Is that you?
Wh--Colonel?! Is that you?
[Oh good, his voice is recognized. That makes him feel better about this actually, but everything is still weird.]
Brigadier-General, but yes.
[The extra stars are still so shiny and new]
Brigadier-General, but yes.
[The extra stars are still so shiny and new]
Edited 2015-09-09 01:56 (UTC)
Right! Sorry, I keep forgetting--when did you get here?
A few days ago... I've met the local wildlife. They're not kidding about things hiding in the tall grass.
Edited 2015-09-09 02:09 (UTC)
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