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exeggutorhead) wrote2011-10-10 08:50 pm
exeggutorhead) wrote2011-10-10 08:50 pm
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24th Transformation [video/text]
[When the video feed first comes on, the only thing visible is the face of a Lucario and the ceiling fan right behind her head. Not for long, though, as the Pokemon makes a satisfied sound at having gotten the Gear on and turns it around towards the window. Envy's sitting in a chair next to it--a loose definition of 'sitting', with one knee up and the other leg loosely crossed behind it-- and leaning his elbow on the sill. One cheek is resting against his fist, giving viewers a good view of the other side of his face, which is sporting a fair sized bruise. There are other bruises visible on his arms, souveniers from the fighting tournament. It looks like he's dragged a blanket off of one of the room's beds and draped it over his back and hanging off one shoulder. Outside is nothing but gray drizzle and buildings, but anyone familiar with Olivine might notice that he's back there and no longer in Goldenrod. Envy doesn't seem to notice he's being filmed, because his focus is shifting between the tower of coins he's building on the sill and the nasty weather outside. He's looking bored and restless as hell, wearing a petulant frown more suited to a little kid than a centuries old homunculus.]
[He places the last available coin on top of the wobbly tower, looks it over for a few moments, and then flicks it over, the coins rolling and bouncing onto the floor with a clatter. He looks mildly pleased at the small act of destruction, continuing to knock over what remains of the base until there aren't two coins left on top of each other. But it's a short lived distraction, and then he's left with frowning out the window with the universal expression of 'screw this weather' on his face. But there's something a little thoughtful about it, too.]
A year isn't that long, not even one in this place. It's not that big a surprise. Keep me here ten, Johto, then maybe I'll be impressed.
Heh. [He rubs his temples, looking some combination of frustrated and amused.] Long enough to make everything really damn complicated, though.
[What he says next is mumbled, quietly enough that it would be difficult to catch all of what he's saying.] I really hate being human.
[His restlessness finally getting the better of him (he can only look out a window for so long before he completely loses interest), he gets to his feet and starts to turn, and that's when the Lucario decides that maybe she ought to turn it off before she gets caught messing around with the 'Gear again, and the feed ends.]
[TEXT locked to Lust, Tulio, France, and Miguel, sent a few minutes later]
Hey, where are you?
[He places the last available coin on top of the wobbly tower, looks it over for a few moments, and then flicks it over, the coins rolling and bouncing onto the floor with a clatter. He looks mildly pleased at the small act of destruction, continuing to knock over what remains of the base until there aren't two coins left on top of each other. But it's a short lived distraction, and then he's left with frowning out the window with the universal expression of 'screw this weather' on his face. But there's something a little thoughtful about it, too.]
A year isn't that long, not even one in this place. It's not that big a surprise. Keep me here ten, Johto, then maybe I'll be impressed.
Heh. [He rubs his temples, looking some combination of frustrated and amused.] Long enough to make everything really damn complicated, though.
[What he says next is mumbled, quietly enough that it would be difficult to catch all of what he's saying.] I really hate being human.
[His restlessness finally getting the better of him (he can only look out a window for so long before he completely loses interest), he gets to his feet and starts to turn, and that's when the Lucario decides that maybe she ought to turn it off before she gets caught messing around with the 'Gear again, and the feed ends.]
[TEXT locked to Lust, Tulio, France, and Miguel, sent a few minutes later]
Hey, where are you?
[Video]
[When she does, it's with a small smile.]
Happy Anniversary.
[Video]
[But he guesses it wasn't anything particularly embarrassing, aside from being caught talking to thin air. He's just...not going to draw attention to that. So he'll return her smile with a half grin.]
It's been an interesting year.
[Video]
[Don't worry, she doesn't care that you were talking to yourself. IT HAPPENS.]
[Video]
You know, that makes it a year since we met, too.
[It's an interesting thing for him, to know people that long when they aren't other homunculi or long term targets.]
[Video]
MAN. ... Doesn't seem like that long, does it?
[Video]
Although, come to think of it I'm surprised you still wanted to talk to me after how I was acting when I first showed up.
[Video]
Whatever you were acting like, I've probably met people who were worse.
[Video]
[Not to mention the people from her world. But how Envy acts in Johto really is considerably better than how he does back home. There's no killing here, no large scale political machinations or manipulating alchemists to be done. He was just laying low at first, then it turned into not wanting to piss off the people he was coming to care about or drive them away...but it had affected how he acted even when he was back in Amestris too. He's not sure what he thinks of it anymore. Heather might notice him making an oddly thoughtful face before it's back to the humored, easygoing expression from before.]
[Video]
Yeah, there've been some pretty nasty pieces of work showing up here over the months...
[Video]
There have, I've talked to a couple of them. They haven't seemed to cause much trouble, though.
A lot of people turning up from Amestris all of a sudden, too. [And all but one of them from some weird, headache-inducing alternate dimension where different things happened.]
[Video]
[She's sort of interested-- she's never actually talked to anybody from Envy's world before. ... Well, that she KNOWS of, anyway. She doesn't know that the little blond guy with the metal arm is from there too.]
[Video]
Just about everyone that's here is a soldier or an alchemist, or both. [And then there's Lust but she's laying low right now so he's not going to give her away, even if he does trust Heather.] Greed used to be here, but after he left it was just me for a while. Seeing so many others appear has been...interesting. I'd half expect my master to turn up one day. [That's said with a shrug, completely casual and offhand.]
[Video]
Yeah?
Would that be a good or bad thing?
[She doesn't like the sound of 'Master'... She'd been treated in such a way by somebody once, and the very thought of that particular kind of bond leaves a sour taste in her mouth. For all she knows though, Envy might be fine with it.]
[Video]
[The question, though, does give him pause. He frowns, looking a little uneasy at the thought of Dante appearing here. It's a possibility he's considered before and always quickly stopped considering, just because of how truly conflicting it is.]
...I'm not sure.
[Video]
[She obviously doesn't know what's going through his head... but given the people who've shown up from HER world recently... she figures it might be nice to make the offer.]
[Video]
[But he's quick to hide his general unease under a confident look.] I'd be fine, it's nothing that bothers me. It's other people that might be in trouble if she showed up. And she might not in the first place.
[Envy is grateful for the offer, though, and gives her a small but genuine smile.] But if I ever do need my back watched, I'll know who to ask.
[Video]
[She nods a little bit. She won't push.]
Well, don't worry. We don't take shit from people who come here looking to hurt others.
[Video]
...Yeah. Didn't think you guys would. [He nods too, and gives a hint of a grin before he lets his expression fall back into a more thoughtful one.]
If she ever does show up though, just...be careful.
[Video]