[FIN]Kimblee & Co. play Secret Squirrel

[velinda]

Roze nodded... and then started to shiver once more. She layed against his chest, and beat on his shoulder area with all of her strength, which wouldn't really hurt, unless he was weaker than he looked. She started to cry, and her tears would run into Kimblee's chest. She didn't speak- she couldn't, but after a moment, she slumped down and said, "Kimblee.. I'm... I'm... I'm sorry..." He might be suprised that she said that, but she was apologizing for hitting him with vengeance on her mind. She still shivered on the warm desert sand- she couldn't believe that her town was now... gone... She looked up at him and gave him a weak smile. "Thank you... for at least being honest... And for... at least saving me..." Even if he did do this... at least he didn't make excuses- and he owned up to it. And he made sure she was out of there. "I can't be too angry to you.. because I almost killed the Elric brothers by leading them to Cornero... because he promised to bring Kain back to life..."

[Zolf J Kimblee]

He stood quietly, letting her pound on him to get it all out. It was no less than he deserved, he supposed. Well, that was that... he could just flush this one down the toilet too. But he was surprised at her apology.

"The Elrics were only two people, Roze... I just decimated an entire town. And I don't even have religious zeal as an excuse." he said.

Then there was the problem of leaving her homeless. Sure, he'd spared her life, but he pretty much destroyed all reason she'd had for living in the process. Death may have been a more merciful option. But he just couldn't bring himself to destroy such a pretty desert flower.

He gently lifted her chin, "Say... why don't you come along with me and my comrades?" he invited, "I'm gonna hit the dusty trail here, and just kinda... do what I want now. Why don't you come along and get a taste of real freedom?"

[velinda]

She heard what the man said, and shook her head. "I still tried to take the life of human beings..." She felt his hand on her chin, and looked into his eyes. He was inviting her to come with them... since she didn't have a home anymore, he was inviting her to join them, and to taste what he called real freedom. "As I see it... I don't have a choice... Live in a military-infested land... or travel the world... I guess... I'll travel the world..." she said to him. She wondered if any of the others heard their conversation...

[syradarkangelle]

Wrath watched as the Jeep stopped,as Wrath walked closer as it stopped,he looked straight at Envy," Let me guess,you forgot to save me some."

he then turned somewhat to Kimblee," i kinda told you who I was when we met,have you ever heard of that game where you take the first letter of each word, when i came you that Worthless reject line each letter at the beginning spelled out Wrath.I am tired of the fake kid act it was fun for a little bit, with a new audience."[/color]

[Zolf J Kimblee]

The little urchin approached them and launched into his explanation. Zolf laughed and ruffled his hair, "Damn...got got me there kiddo."

"Why don't you come along too, Wrath? We're gonna tie up a couple loose ends here and at t he laboratory 5, then we're gonna live the wild free life...well, with some occasional work for Envy of course."

He picked up the rug rat by an arm and leg and spun him like an 'airplane'. All kids liked that, right? "An I'll let you have chocolate pudding till you puke!" he laughed.

[amouri]

Barry averted his eyes from Hawkeye as she climbed into the car.
He didn't really feel like making a conversation...one that he knew wouldn't be appreciated.

His ears immediately perked up at what Kimblee had just said though.
"Hang on-" He choked in shock. "Lab five? You gotta be fucking kidding me right Zolf?"
He sank into his seat again, covering his face with his hands.
"Aw man." He groaned weakly.
Here we go again.

[velinda]

((Zolf, you forgot me. O.o))

Roze looked on as the kid took Kimblee's attention with his explanation of his name... Wrath? Wasn't that a biblical sin? What kind of name was that? Being just your average Liorian, she didn't really know about the homunculi. In any case, she stood up and put a hand on Kimblee's right shoulder after he was done spinning the kid around. She didn't want to get hit, after all. She then spoke in a quiet voice, "So... are we going or not...?"

[masterwarlord]

Envy was somewhat frustrated about having to sit through all of this, and was beginning to wonder if Kimblee fully comprehended just what they were going to have to deal with. He seemed to brush it off so casually. . .Bah. He’d just have to talk it over with him later when there weren’t all these obligatory extra wheels attached to the group that he didn’t really want to talk in front of. He didn’t actually say anything to him at this point, other then giving him a couple impatient glares when he was with the Lior chick. He assumed he saved her based off her sex appeal or some nonsense like that. Not like he would know.

To Wrath, Envy scratched the back of his head in a awkward fashion. ”Well. . .Eheh. . .Yeah. You pretty much hit the nail on the head. Maybe you could take some of Kimblee’s share. . .?”. Of course, he could just puke some up for Wrath if he wanted to, but the addiction was much too strong for him to consider that. If prodded to, he’d just hide behind the excuse of saying that he couldn’t do it even if he wanted to. It wasn’t like Wrath knew homunculi could do that casually anyway, seeing how young he was.

[Dorochet [Bido]]

"This is starting to sound like a field trip." Bido commented as Zolf tried inviting the girl. Did Kimblee realise what he was doing at this point? To ask a comon civilian along on a trip with a homonculus calling the shots? The poor girl had no clue of what she was getting herself into.

"You know we don't have to stop at the lab." The chimera agreed with Barry. He felt nothing at all for going back there eiher. He'd just give the info to Greed and Greed would find some random tug to do the job for him, as Bido was convinced none of those who had once been stuck there wanted to ever go back.

[Zolf J Kimblee]

Envy was mistaken if he thought he didn't notice his impatience. He pretended to not notice. After all, this whole affair had ended satisfactorily, so Envy would just have to indulge him a bit. He'd discuss details in private later.

"Okay Roze..hop in." he said, "You too rug rat."

Approaching Barry and Bido, he explained, "Barry, aint your body there at lab 5? That's the whole idea here. Get you back in your body, right? At least that's the last place you saw it if I guess right."

He hopped into the jeep and started it up and closed the distance between the desert sand and HQ. When they arrived, he turned around in his seat, "Okay guys...me, Hawkeye and Havoc are the only ones who need to go in here. You guys can stay out here if you prefer. In fact, it would probably be better that way. I just got one tiny job to do and then I'm back."

[amouri]

Barry sent Zolf a cold look.
"I never said it was at lab five. Alright, it must have been there to begin with but..." He sighed.
"Apparently it was moved right after the transmutation."
He cast an angry look at the alchemist again.
"And I DIDN'T see it, the last glimpse I got of that thing was before they dragged me off. And when I had finally regained my movement it was too late. Gone."
He sighed. "I just know...That it was...There." He said hesitantly.
"And then suddenly it wasn't...There."
How could he even begin to explain?
The strange, tingling feeling of awareness...Maybe even fear? It had had its hold on him for two days after the transmutation, and then suddenly, it became weaker by the second, and then it had dissapeared completely.
"I dunno. Ack, your probably right anyway. There might be some information about it, but as I said, I doubt its there. I would've known if it was." He added darkly.

[Zolf J Kimblee]

He held his hands up in defense, "Okay, okay! No need to bite my head off." he retorted, "Just thought we had to start somewhere."

Maybe he'd been a bit insensitive, but what the hell? It's not like he could relate to what happened to the guy. Well, that and Barry was a tad paranoid, to say the least. And that he could relate to.

Did Barry mistrust him still? Did he think he was going to fuck him over somehow? Well... if that's what he thought, he was just gonna have to bear with him till he saw for himself that he intended on carrying out the promised job.

Plus, he had to admit secretly, that part of the reason he'd told Barry was to keep him around. If he'd kept the idea to himself, Barry might have taken off some other direction. It made him feel a tad guilty now. That Barry was full of tension and doubt just so he, himself, didn't have to be left friendless. It never occured to him that he had anything to offer of himself that anyone would want. It was just his way to 'buy' friendships with random acts of apparent generosity and doing favors. He really was a weasel. Eventually, everyone around him would figure that out and he'd be left alone anyways. Except maybe for Envy, but he lacked human indignace. What you saw was what you got...unless he morphed, but yeah...

[amouri]

Barry sighed.
"I'm sorry. I just..." He shivered involuntarily. "Hate that place."
He looked up, noticing the irritated look in Zolf's eyes.
He understood he was probably hard to be around...Hell, he acted like a spoilt child most of the time.
Zolf really wasn't that bad after all.
"You know Zolf...That day you freed me, that was the happiest bloody day in my entire life. It was fucking incredible. I never thought I was going to see the sun again, and even though I still can't feel it, I think..." He hesitated again.
"I think I'm ready to trust that some people turn out better than you shoulda thought."
He sighed.
"What I'm trying to say is...Thanks Zolf. Thank you one thousand fucking times."

[masterwarlord]

Envy had no way of telling what Kimblee was thinking, but he eventually decided to stop constantly looming over his shoulder, as if screaming at him to finish things up. After all, there was no need to be in such a rush anymore. He already had his stone, and he was far from in a rush to meet up with Dante simply due to fear. . .So may as well just kick back and relax a bit. Still, it bothered Envy a bit that Kimblee was acting like such a saint, what with trying to get Barry’s body back and being all nice to that Liorian girl. . .Despite having just blown up an entire city.

”You know, Bido’s got a point. Just how many people do you insist on taking with us, Kimblee? You’re only putting her in more danger by bringing her along. If you care so much about her, just leave her.”. While what Envy said was somewhat true, the girl’s safety was far from a concern of his. He simply just wanted to ensure she wouldn’t get in the way and that there’d be no time wasting cheesy romantic shenanigans along the way. Why else would he bring along a girl as weak and unlike himself as that? Kimblee’s intentions seemed obvious to Envy.

When Barry went on with having no idea about where his body was located, Envy rolled his eyes. ”You do know I’m right here, don’t you? The guy who orchestrated the entire thing? Ever considered askin’ me?” Envy asked in a rather annoyed fashion. Barry hadn’t seemed to acknowledged his existence for a good bit. He was beginning to get the idea that he was intentionally avoiding him, not that he blamed him, but it’d make it ever so slightly difficult to travel with him. ”The bodies are still there. What makes you think we’d transfer them? I imagine they all just rotted there in a giant heap or were used for tests. Either way, it’s pretty damn unlikely that it’s still in usable condition, sorry to break it to ya. If you wanna be human so badly for whatever goddamn reason, you’d be better off taking somebody else’s body.”

Upon arriving at the military base, Envy disagreed. ”Come now, Kimblee. No need for me to wait out here. . .That Frank Archer of yours is here, right? I’ve heard plenty of. . .great things about the guy. We might be able to pick up a few more members for our little rebellion here. . .”.

[syradarkangelle]

Wrath looked at Envy and then smirked as Zolf talked to him,he did not like the touching part as much," I will go but please do not pick me up like that again,The chocolate pudding sounds inviting,and Envy,I will deal with what I have now,and anyways I have ways of making you cough some back up if I wanted to."

He let an sinister smirk cross his face. "i see why you choose Zolf,it was a good choice since my Alchemy is a little weird,I mean it is merely absorbing then reconstructing them I guess."

((OOC: sorry if this sucks not feeling too good right now)

[Zolf J Kimblee]

[no problem wrath. i can't imagine any youngster not liking the 'airplane' ride though. i loved them. but then again, wraths a homunculus, who can say what they like? ;D ]

"Thanks Tin Man.." he said to Barry, rapping his knuckles on his metal shoulder.

He could almost feel Envy seething and thought he knew why. He wasn't behaving the way Envy was used to seeing him. He held out his hand to help Roze up into the jeep, all gentleman like. But manners were only half the reason. The other half was just to chap Envy's hide. He bit back a wicked grin and glanced to see if Envy was watching.

"Alright palm tree, let's go," he said, leaving the others' behind. It would be a good time to talk in private. When they walked inside, after Envy morphed, he answered his questions on the way up to Franks office, "Are you forgetting Envy? I don't plan on staying in the military. If I stay connected in any way to that Frank Archer of mine," he said with a glare to Envy, "I'll be on a shorter leash than you think. All I care about is getting Greed's skull from the guy...somehow. Maybe I could ingratiate myself to Greed if I have something he wants. Couldn't hurt, right? The more homunculi the better...including Wrath."

He continued, a bit testy in mood, "As for Roze and the others? Well, you'll just have to get used to company, I'm afraid. I rather like having people around that actually seem to like me. And Roze... well look at her!" he exclaimed, "...'course I wouldn't expect a creature like yourself to understand a mans needs or anything, but hell."

He stopped in mid-walk, facing Envy, "Look," he said evenly, "I aint getting any younger, okay? I never planned on living forever..don't want to. But what if I want things other people want? Like kids and stuff?" He resumed his walk down the hall, "I've never had a nice girl before...just the typical 'whip me, beat me, make me write bad checks type'...I'm sick of it!" he finished, with some disgust, stuffing his hands in his pockets.

[seriously! No one's happy unless they see the typical two-dimensional kimblee blowing shit up! geez, it gets old!

Kimblee: Want blood and guts? *grabs a random soldier by the head and blows his head off his shoulders. then makes sure everyone is looking as he licks the blood off his hands* There! Wait! More? *grabs a random Ishballan woman walking by, beats and rapes her viciously, then blows her up afterward* Happy now? That enough blood and gore to get your nut? *seethes*]

[masterwarlord]

Envy honestly was having trouble grasping just what the hell Wrath was talking about. It seemed he was doing his utterly retarded ignorant child routine. . .Though it was getting to the point where he was beginning to wonder if it was an act or not. Of course, there were a couple sly comments mixed in that were actually remotely relevant to what was happening.

”You couldn’t if you tried. Do you realize just how powerful I am? Besides Dante dearest, I’m the strongest being to of ever walked this goddamn planet, much less with all these stones. . .Tell you what. If you can pry any stones from me, you can keep them. That sound fair?”. Envy was really letting the stones get to his head, stomping his foot down. He wasn’t going to let his newfound power be questioned. . .Wrath able to steal his stones? That was an insult. An absolute mockery. ”I already had Kimblee in store before I knew I could use you, but even if you joined up with me sooner, your alchemy is far from fine-tuned. It still needs a lot of polish before I could trust you to do something like that and, y’know, not kill us in the process.”.

Envy went along with Kimblee into the HQ, glad to finally be free from all the other people. He was extremely intrigued at the knowledge that Archer had Greed’s skull. . .That was certainly news to him. With it, they could force the bastard to assist them despite their past dealings with him. ”Heh. . .Very interesting. If we get that, we can finally get him on our side. I could probably retrieve it for you pretty easy without you having to deal with that guy if you just told me where it was. . .But eh. Yeah yeah, I don’t blame you for not wanting to be in the military, but if we actually do go through with this, you do realize I’ll have complete control over the military once the bitch is dead, right? I can just turn into good old Pride and get you out of the system with little to no problem. So how bout it? You wanna get Archer in on the act? If you don’t wanna I won’t force you, seeing I doubt he’d be –that- useful, but. . .”.

Envy felt rather awkward when Kimblee acted as if he was so horribly opposed to company. On one hand, he found it unnecessary to bring so many people with him, and the only other person he had anything in common with (Barry) hated his guts, but that didn’t change the fact that he was constantly. . .Lonely. Few people got to know of his existence, and those that did either instantly got killed or were too much of scumbags to have much a relationship with. Envy just sighed. ”Forget about it. It’s fine. I honestly don’t care. . .If you wanna keep your friends around, so be it. Not like I’d know. Can’t say I’ve ever had somebody that came close to resembling that description. . .Not that I blame em. Anyway, seeing you’re somehow lucky enough to have some of your own, I’m not gonna hold that against ya. Do as you please.”. Envy wasn’t going to outright admit that he was. . .Well. . .Lonely, because he wouldn’t even entirely admit that to himself, really. His egotistical side (Which was more his bane then anything, outside Dante) simply wouldn’t stand for degrading himself that much.

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[Dorochet [Bido]]

Bido had been listening in silence at the events as he shifted in his seat. This new company made him slightly uncomfortable and happy at the same time. Partly he was nervous that any of the ‘normal’s of the group would freak out when really seeing how he looked. But then again it was nice to actually be between normal people for a change. He cared deeply for his comrades but unlike most of them he liked to meet new people.

It was hard to admit but inside he did feel a tingle of jalousie for Zolf and Barry. Kimblee was ranting on about travelling, seeing the world, see new places, discover new things, new people. And best of all without having to fear anything, without having to fear to get witch hunted. Not to mention Kimblee’s obvious search after a girlfriend (seriously try finding anyone interested if you're grey and have a tail).
And Barry would get his old body back. He’d be able to look normal again, to live a normal life, without people starring at him.

It wasn’t as if Bido disliked how he-what he was now. But it didn’t mean he couldn’t be a little regretful for it. He loved being a chimera, but it had never been a choice. It had been forced upon them so they might as well make the best of it. The wall climbing, the tail, the scales...Bido didn’t mind them. What bothered him was the limitations of freedom it brought with it. He had gone from being locked up in a small cage in a lab to being locked in a cage to hide under a coat and stay out of sight. It was a bigger cage for sure, but in the end it was still as much a prison. If he came in the open just like every normal person there was always someone who’d freak out by him, and ending up in a tiny cage again as a circus act was the last thing he wanted to do.
He liked the Nest, but sometimes, when hearing other talk about absolute freedom like that he’d feel a little jalousie. At least most of the other chimera’s could go if they wanted but you didn’t find much opportunity to a normal life when you were a scaled chimera.

[Zolf J Kimblee]

[Aww...poor sweet little Bido I loves you Bidooo!! *huggles his tail and pats his head*]

He stopped dead in his tracks and smacked himself in the forehead. "Dammit! I hate not being right!" he grumbled, "Christ!...Looks like I'm stuck with the military for a bit longer." His shoulders slumped a bit at the thought of having Archer giving him orders to carry out on this mission. With a pleading look, he turns to Envy, "Can't we just threaten to blow up his office if he don't give us the thing?"

He sighed and waved his hand, "Dang...as usual, you've once again shown that you're thinking more clearly than me."

"Well, Franks office is just a few doors up here. Unless you have anything else private to talk about, let's go give that loopy gal her alchemy back and romance ol' Frankie with promises of power."

[amouri]

((Duuh Envy, if the body had been with Barry in the lab, don't you think it would've broken out and destroyed him ages ago? o.o Barry gets 'tingly' whenever he's near his body. He's drawn to it. Even if its in lab five, it must be very deep down, seeing as Barry in the manga could easily find his body in lab three when he was chasing it through that hellhole. I seriously think he would've known if it was in lab five.))

Barry tilted his head with a creak, unable to smile but still doing his best.

At Envy's words he narrowed his eyes again.
"Well I wouldn't have expected you to have a say in this conversation." He barked angrily.
"As though you give a damn. I told you, its not there. I'm positive, I would've known."