[FIN]Kimblee & Co. play Secret Squirrel

[syradarkangelle]

Wrath had ran ahead of Riza and jean as he continued to rant about the Waffle song singing parts and then humming,he gave every apperance of a young boy. Envy had wanted him away,so he distanced himself from the village. The fireworks would be grand,he then wondered,did they have anything to contain the philosper's stone.

He shurgged his shoulder,as if he was thinking on whether he wanted waffles or pudding,he inwardly thought, ' i hope you know what you are doing because if you fail,the others will come for us.'

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Siran looked at Clive as she said," I am sorry to hear that,and she would not know who donated the books. Of course they would have to be deciphered first,since the look like cookbooks.But anyways,since you think it a no go,nevermind."

She scratched her neck,as she jumped up so she could sit on Archer's desk. Being bored made her come up with games in her head,and she came up with mess with Grand. She hopped off the desk,as she walked over to the briggadar general,as she said,"With your skills,i bet you could teach me what sex should really feel like. You can not tell me the thought of spanking me has not entered your mind.Since i have clearly been a very naughty girl." her voice came out seductively,she wanted to she how far the man could be pushed,she turned to Archer,as she gave a hidden smirk about what she was doing.

[Dorochet [Bido]]

Bido looked up at the alchemist and the armour. After a moment he decided that maybe this discussion was going to get a bit too private. Instead Bido looked around the area for a moment, scanning the environment uninterested until he spotted something. A phone cell with a trashcan, which immediately gave him a perfect excuse as well, and the phone was aroundthe corner and just out of side which could help to avoid annoying questions as well.

The little chimera silently slipped away, figuring he could make a quick call before tagging along with Kimblee and Barry.

Once there the little chimera slipped in the phone cell, tossing in a coin and dialing a familiar number as he threw the carton of the juice in the nearby trashcan while waiting for an answer on the phone.

((Bido phone conversation in DN))

After the quick conversation Bido hung up the phone and hurried back to Zolf and Barry.

Maybe his sudden brief disappearing could be suspicious but usually people didn’t paid much attention to him anyway. Beside he had a perfect excuse, he went to find a trashcan, it sounded believable enough and it was after all not entirely a lie. He enjoyed tagging along with Crimson once more but he had to keep in mind that after all Greed had send him with a job to do.

Bido came back to stand beside the two just as silent as he had left, listening carefully if he had missed anything.

[Zolf J Kimblee]

He didn't answer Barry for a couple minutes. He was staring off into the distance, pondering all possible methods for making the stone. That and what to do if everything went FUBAR.

He tossed the fruit core on the ground and turned to Barry, "You know, I really hadn't thought of any 'equivalent exhange' for this yet. How do you make an equivalent exchange for a transmutation like that?"

He really hadn't given it much thought. But there was one thing he wanted: out of the military. How could Barry possibly help him with that? Not at all. Archer would be unthrilled if he went awol, and there was certainly no going back to the Devil's Nest. Not like he wanted back in with that group anyhow. What would he do? Toss more exploding pebbles to divert the short guy? Drag kegs of beer from the stock room? Pfft!

"I'll think of something Barry. I mean, equivalent exchange frames the entire structure of how this country is run."

If he went awol, what the hell would he do? Seemed like there was no such thing as real freedom anywhere on this burned out rock. He could always use the stone, once completed, to commandeer another body and start a new life, but he was already fond of the one he had.

And then there was Bido. "Hey Bido..." he began casually, "How's stuff at the Devil's Nest? Is Greed being his usual greedy self?" Dumb question. Of course he was.

[Dorochet [Bido]]

Bido looked at up at the alchemist as he staid quite for such a long while. He was obviously arguing something over with himself, but it seemed to be more then only about Barry’s question. As the alchemist started wondering about the exchange out loud, Bido thought back to the Elric brothers. The little one had given his arm for his transmutation, or at least that is what he had told them. But then again that was to keep someone who was as good as dead alive and not to change a soul of place so who knew. And then there was always the question if Zolf would want something in return for the favour.

When Bido heard his name he looked up again, not answering the question immediately and he wasn’t sure how much he was actually allowed to say. He might trust the insane alchemist but he knew that none of the other chimera’s did and Greed, well he wasn’t too fond of the man either.

The chimera scratched his head thoughtful looking for the good words. “Well a lot changed since you last where there.” That was sure true. “We have some…additions to the group.” He chuckled, for as far as two infants counted. “Quite unlike ones too.” He said enthusiastically on the subject. “And some unwanted action too.” He added less happy about that part as he once more wondered in what state he would find the Nest when he came back. “Actually quite some things changed. Mister Greed is…a little lazy lately, well more or less…and some left and some new blood came and Dorochette is getting annoyed with the Gluttony guy sometimes so we have the needed amount of bar fight going on.” He went on babbling. “But Dulpith is pretty much the same as usual, not much changed in the town. Actually without you around blowing things up Vulch is the only one cause a little trouble in town once in a while.” He added amused.
"But you'd be surprised by the changes if you saw them." The little chimera chuckled as he was wondering how the alchemist would react if he saw the two babies and the Nest having baby bottles on the bar and diapers which had the chimera's with a more sensetive smell groaning in disspear.

((lol 'and then there was Bido', I dunno why but the sentence cracks me up XD ))

[amouri]

Barry slowly relaxed, though he was surprised to feel the bitternes.
Yeah, Zolf had openly confessed te troubles it might take to do such a thing, not that Barry didn't know about such things anyway.
Whatever happened, he wasn't going to expect Kimblee to do anything. That would just be stupid.
As Zolf had said, how do you balance the equivalence?
There IS no equivalent exchange. Its a lie destined to work only for us, the big fat hypocrite up there never paid it no mind. He thought bitterly and gazed up at the sky.
He had stopped thinking he would get his body back years ago. That wasn't an opinion easily changed.

[Zolf J Kimblee]

"You know somethin' Barry? I just don't get it. What's the big crime in just doin' something for nothing? It's not like it'd be the end of the world." he said to him. "I mean... what if I don't want nothin'? Or need anything? What am I supposed to say: 'Sorry Barry, but you got nothin' I need so I guess you're fucked?' "

He lit a cigarette and let out a frustrated exhalation. "Lemme tell you something Barry. You start doin stuff free-for-nothin and people think you're weak. You're likely to get a nice round house kick for your troubles. Not like I've had that happen to me much, but it's going on all the time." he threw the cigarette down in disgust.

"Wow...sounds like the joint is really hoppin' lately." he finally said to Bido. So, who's the new additions?" That's it, he thought quietly, weave a spell of comfort and he'll relax and drop his guard.

He honestly doubted Bido would be sent on any big or dangerous missions, but then again, all it took was pushing one domino to set off the whole chain reaction. And Lior was a pretty long distance from the nest to send a 'go-fer' like Bido. That, and Greed knew damn well that Kimblee had hung around with Bido the most. What did he have up his sleeve? And naturally, since Bido hang hung out with him at the nest, it never really occurred to him that Bido was here spying out Barry.

[Dorochet [Bido]]

Bido stayed quiet, deciding not to get mixed in the discussion with Barry.
“Ow you’d never guess.” The chimera giggled at the thought. “Well maybe it’s not so new after all, it depends on how you look at it.” He kept avoiding direct answers. He didn’t knew how much he was allowed to say after all, and it was just much more fun doing it like this as well. Even if Bido trusted Kimblee he knew Greed didn't really (if not not at all that is) so the gecko chimera wasn't quite sure what he could say and what not.

[Zolf J Kimblee]

So, he thought, the sneaky little footpad wanted to play games did he? Well, that was just fine and dandy. He sat and leaned back against the bench he was sitting on, hands clasped behind his head. He gazed off in the distance, a funny little smirk on his face. Two could play that game.

"Well fellas, looks like Envy's not showing up any time soon. Best we get busy."

He stood and stretched. "I'll be glad when this business is done. Then I can move on." Yeah, preferably without being under anyones' thumb.

[Dorochet [Bido]]

Bido silently wondered if his entire avoiding questions was annoying or maybe amusing the alchemist, or most likely he didn't cared at all. However he rather played safe than sorry if Greed would scold him afterwards for saying things he shouldn't, but than again it was just a friendly chat no?

"Move on from what?" Bido asked a little curious. 'Or to what for that matter.' He wondered.

[amouri]

Barry was still watching Zolf in silence.
He didn't really know how to react, he trusted Zolf, that was for sure. He was a loyal person-wasn't he?-well, most of the time anyway.
But even a dog might become wary of its owner.
Truth was, you could never trust someone 100%.

"I..." He paused. "Awright, of course that would be great if ya were really that willing to sacrifice so much for a piece of old scrap like me." He snorted.
"The only problem is Zolf, I'm used to people taking the piss. Yeah, I'm actually used to people telling me I'm fucked. And personally, I wouldn't be surprised if you said the same thing. And that ain't your fault." He snapped crankily.
"I'm not a very optimistic person."

[masterwarlord]

Envy had been becoming more and more paranoid as he waited for Kimblee to come back. He felt helpless when there was absolutely nothing he could do but wait. . .And the more he thought about how the enemy homunculi could arrive at any time, the more paranoid he became. Of course, he wasn’t one to show this side of himself to others openly, but in his mind Dante was like a god. Completely unstoppable and something to be feared. At this point, he just wanted to get this incident over as quickly as possible. Screw the sermon he’d preach as Cornello. The hell with that. He’d just escort Kimblee to the ideal spot to perform the transmutation and pick up the philosopher’s stone on the way out of the damn place. While he was over estimating Dante and the homunculi, as it’d be doubtful they’d show up any time soon, Envy’s paranoia had gotten the better of him. He wasn’t thinking straight anymore. He was frantic. Panicked.

As he was contemplating how “utterly screwed over” he was as he paced about, he heard Kimblee’s voice. ” Well fellas, looks like Envy's not showing up any time soon. Best we get busy”. Was it his imagination? He shouldn’t be back so soon. In either case, he hastily went off towards the sound of the voice. He almost made a bolt for it, though he didn’t wanna stand out more then he already did what with his ridiculous hair-do.

”I always do have the best of timing, don’t I? Sorry about coming so late, but considering you dropped out on me earlier, I wouldn’t be complaining.”. Envy squinted slightly in annoyance, but quickly let it go. His paranoia made him even question if Kimblee intended on betraying him. He’d have to be nice to the guy. He needed him. ”So whadda say you get around one third of the stone, and I get the other two thirds? Eh? That’s more then you’d think. This city is more then enough to make the thing goddamn enormous.”. He was trying to gain Kimblee’s trust by actually offering him a peace of the pie. He just hoped he didn’t want even more then that, as he really wasn’t in a position to deny it to him. He needed Kimblee. Not visa versa. Of course, if this –did- turn out well, he might be able to even get Kimblee to help him in the inevitable battle against Dante. Who knows. This could be the start of a beautiful relationship.

Or Kimblee could just give him the finger and screw him over, and he’d be forced into hiding from Dante for the next couple hundred years until Dante’s body finally decayed from all the body-swapping. Of course, she’d found a way around the problem, but Envy didn’t know that. ”So anyway, there’s been a change of plans. I’m just gonna direct you straight to that transmutation circle. Nice and simple. If one or two stragglers get out, they’ll just be labeled as loonies anyway. I’m ready to take you to the spot whenever you’re ready to go.”. He BETTER be ready, after all this time.

[aspiredeathe]

Jean rubbed the back of his neck with one hand, while the other shielded his eyes as he glanced at the sky.
The sun was bearing down on them like hell, just another notch on his list of why today was not such a grand day.
He was probably just a bit irritated, what with all the sand in his boots and having to walk all the way back to HQ.
"Why didn't we check the damn jeep before we left?" He mumbled to no one in particular, watching the kid run off before yelling out to him "Hey! Don't run off too far!"
The blonde actually wanted to say 'Don't run' what with the way he was wasting his energy, he would only dehydrate sooner. Plus, he was in no mood to carry the kid.

Untieing the jacket around his waist, he placed it loosely over his head, glanicng to his collegaue and Roze "You have something to cover your head with?" It was pretty obvious that Roze knew about heatstroke and how to prevent it, Hawkeye would too, having fought in Ishbal before.
But he still felt the need to make sure, as the day's happenings could easily be preoccuping their minds. Hell, Riza had been spacing out all day.

[Zolf J Kimblee]

"My my... look who decided to show up." he chuckled. "Bido, I'd absolutely love to keep chatting, but there's work to be done. I'll take a rain check though."

This turn of events kind of irritated him. Once he'd gotten used to the idea of doing the whole thing himself, he kind of liked the idea. No need to worry about being screwed over. Well, there was always the chance that Bido might have scrambled for it to score brownie points with the boss, but he would have turned him into a nice crispy desert meal if he tried making off with it.

"Great! I'm good to go." he answered Envy, "I'm sick of the desert. I'm gonna be headed for cooler climes when this is done."

As they walked along with Envy, he struck up conversation, "So Envy... if this works out, what might a fellow like me do in the way of freelance work? I'm ready to ditch the military."

Of course, he had a couple obligations to fulfill, but at least one was quick and easy. Give the ding bat Crimson Princess back her toys, and then off to take care of his buddy Barry.

[velinda]

(I don't think I can go back to Lior now. XD)

Roze found herself walking in the desert after the jeep broke down, and when that happened, she took a little off of her skirt to cover her head with. She knew the desert could be quite deadly if it was attempted to be subdued by the unprepared. She watched the others, especially the young boy, act all childish, and she wanted to call after him, but she decided against it, mainly because the man next to her already called out to him. As he asked her about covering her head, she smiled and pointed at her makeshift hoodie. "Yeah, I got it. And I've been meaning to ask you... why is the military in Lior... And why was Zolf there...? Seeing as I live in Lior... I want to know..." Her voice wasn't edgy, nor was it really pushy. It was merely... curious. And somehow sounded somewhat... apologetic...

[masterwarlord]

Envy lead them on towards the temple he’d had his “religious followers” make for him. It felt awkward to have a cult that essentially bowed down before him. . .Though it wasn’t necessairily awkward in a bad way. He raised his brow as Kimblee seemed to want more work and didn’t even try to haggle up his slice of the pie. Perhaps he wasn’t gonna double cross him after all. May as well tell him now then, eh? Besides, while Kimblee was starting to give reason to be trusted, he still hadn’t really done all that much from his end.

”Well. . .If you actually do pull this off, I could have plenty more use of you, if you were willing. You see. . .Well. . .I’ll cut the crap. To be blunt, I left my old master a decent while back. Never was terribly fond of the bitch. I intend on using this philosopher’s stone to finish her off, along with the other homunculi who’ve defected from the old hag. Care to join us? We could use an actual alchemist on our side. . .While I –do- have a loose alliance with Greed, the guy still hates my guts anyway, so I wouldn’t mind removing him from the picture to let you in, seeing he obviously wouldn’t tolerate ya.”.

Envy smirked slightly. There was no need to be all secretive all the time anymore. He wasn’t under anybody’s orders. The more people who found out about the situation the better. ”After we take her out, the few homunculi still loyal to her will be easy pickings. And yes. . .That includes the fuhrer. He’s a homunculus. I trust you already know that? Everybody knows common information like that nowadays.”. Envy chuckled. ”So anyway, once we take out my “master”, we can do as we please. I’m the first homunculus. I’m already the most powerful, much less with this huge stone we’re making. That bitch is the only thing standing in my way. . .”. Of course, Envy hadn’t the faintest idea what he wanted to do once he took her out. He just didn’t want to spend his life running from her. Honestly, though, he couldn’t be half as bad for the world as she was. He had no need to kill entirely humans en mass – he’d already be the most powerful being on the planet and essentially immortal.

[Dorochet [Bido]]

Bido silently followed the events. Once Kimblee walked off with Envy the smaller chimera looked at Barry. “I think we should get out of here, or you’ll be in the stone instead of having advantage of it.” He said.

[syradarkangelle]

Wrath turned around and walked backwards and looked at Havok as he talked," Ok,but considering how far out i was,the HQ should be close by,right."

He had a smirk on his face, he would of stayed with Envy,but this was away to get out of town before he had Kimblee make the stone. After that was done he would rejoin with Envy.

[raze]

Grand glared at the Ishballan girl with pure contempt as she playfully came onto him. The Brigadier General was really close to putting his oversized fist in her little red eyed face. He towered over her and flexed his fists.
“I’ve thought about shooting you more than once, but the vulgar crap you’re talking about…never. If it wasn’t for the few useful Ishballans like Reynard here, we would’ve wiped your worthless race off the planet the first time.”He growled, his words dripped with pure loathing of the girl.
Clive intervened before the two alchemists decided to go at it.
“Sir…please. This isn’t the time nor the place. I’m sure the Colonel wouldn’t like his office annihilated.” He said cleaning his glasses aloofly.
Grand was pissed off but he cast the girl a searing glare and backed away from her little frame.
“Don’t mess with a loaded gun child, or it might blow your face off.” He rasped as he turned his attention elsewhere.
Clive saw Siran’s cute little smirk and shook his head.
“Miss Siran I’m only going to ask you once…don’t piss him off too much. If you make this a habit I’ll start shocking you into submission. And however much you THINK you’ll enjoy it, I promise you...you won’t.”He said to her, his smile still hiding his true thoughts on the situation.

[Zolf J Kimblee]

He stopped in his tracks and stared at Bido, shaking his head slowly. "Numb nuts...don't you think I have a plan to keep us from getting absorbed into the stone?" he snapped, "Give me some credit. I wasn't born yesterday in a closet you know."

He turned his attention back to Envy, still shaking his head, "Well that sounds like the ideal situation," he answered, "providing that once you were 'King of Everything,' I'd be free to come and go as I please. You know what I mean: None of the typical 'meet the new boss, same as the old boss' thing, ya know?"

They came out at the end of an alleyway, the temple towering above everything like a giant zit on an otherwise pretty face. He hated religion-and government for that matter-it was all so pretentious and full of it's own undeserved sense of importance.

"Well, this is it, Envy. You gotta lead the way from here."

He turned to Bido and Barry, "And don't worry. I can activate a time sensitive transmutation. Like a time bomb, you know?" he grinned. "I'll give us a thirty minute head start. Or hey! Maybe fifteen minutes...you know, keep it interesting." He chuckled wickedly, grinning from ear to ear.

[syradarkangelle]

Siran backed away from Grand as she said," I am only Half Ishballan,plus Ishballan deem Alchemy blasphemous and do not use it. Since I openly admit to using Alchemy I do not fall into the line of ishballan beliefs."


Siran leaned away from Grand as she said," Shocking isn't my thing,I like getting spanked more. As soon as I am able to use Alchemy again,you will see how useful I am. Any material I draw my circle on turn into Liguid and then a solid again,imagine if I seduced a enemy and had him believe I was playing a kinky game with him,I could turn his organs into a liquid and then they would turn silid again no one would be able to determine a way he died. I wish to explain and strengthen my alchemy and find out what lengths I can really acheive."