[FIN]Kimblee & Co. play Secret Squirrel

[masterwarlord]

((Keep in mind I’m RPing at different instances at the same time. And Barry, yes, you, I, and Barry know that, but Envy has no way of knowing that. He was just making baseless assumptions to try to speed things along.))

Envy looked at Barry with an uncaring expression in response to him. ”If you’re so sure, go ahead, don’t trust me, although I find instinct a pretty iffy thing to go on. Still, it’s your body, so whatever. It’s possible that it was experimented on then moved or something. It’s not like I oversaw the process that carefully. . .The only situation where your body might still be remotely usable is if they put some beast in it for an experiment and kept it like a pet. I saw a few of those. Hell, I might’ve saw your body among them, but it’s not like I know what you looked like.”

Envy shrugged slightly at Kimblee. ”Honestly, there’s not much to talk about when it comes down to it. Considering how carefree ya were back there, I was beginning to wonder just how much you knew, but those fears have been dispelled now.”. The pair reached Kimblee’s office for Envy to swing his arms to invite Kimblee to go in with a mocking fashion. ”You first.” he chuckled. It was pretty typical of Envy. He whined about how lonely he was (Or at least to himself somewhat), then he acted like an ass to scare away his very limited potential for friendship. He was a gigantic hypocrite.

((Oh, and thanks for the PMs by the way, Barry, Bido. .))

[velinda]

((Yeah, I don't know what to post yet... so unless something major happens to Roze, or around her, I won't post. >.< Or if it gets to be a lot of stuff that you guys did. ))

[syradarkangelle]

Siran had finished her tea ages ago,she was beyond bored. She let out a yawn,"So when are we gonna get started on this plan of yours,you have me as a state alchemist now. Are we just waiting for Kimblee to reverse his time bomb thing."


Siran looked at her tattoo,as she pondered something,she traced the ourobus with her finger. She wondered if she could get in to see Bradley by pretending to be a homunculi. She had read about them,but she had just read about them and had never actually ran into one.

She heard voices as she perked up," Finally someone to save me from my boredom,"her red eyes lifted to the door.

[masterwarlord]

((Even though Envy has already moved on, Wrath, I'm already RPing in multiple instances at the same time. Feel free to reply to my part directed specifically at you and ignore the rest.))

[Zolf J Kimblee]

"Well.. actually I don't merit enough status for my own office," he chuckled, "the mens room is as close as I get to an office."

He pushed open the door with his foot, since it was slightly ajar. Brigadier General Gran was there, along with someone he didn't know. And of course, the Crimson Princess, newly appointed state alchemist. He was sure the nice rack didn't hurt her any. Damn Frank.

Frank was napping with his head on the desk. Well that was odd. The tension was thick enough to cut with a knife, so there must have been a heated argument.

He walked up to Franks desk, rolled up a bundle of paperwork and whacked him on the head with it. "Wake up sleeping boy! You got company!"

He tossed the papers back on the desk and introduced Envy to the busty Ishballan. "Ms. Siran? This is... Envy. Envy? The Crimson Princess... the gal that thought she was clever enough to pull one over on yours truly."

He reached out for her wrist and activated his arrays. "Now...there ya go. You're good to go." he said, "But don't let me catch you sneakin around me again or I'll make it permanent next time. You can take that to the goddamn bank!"

[Envy, I don't think Frank is gonna be around to post, so let's just drag him along. I don't think Grans been here in awhile either.]

[amouri]

Barry sent Envy a last irritated look as the humunculus continued to flatten over what he had said.
At least he came out with SOME useful information, that was good.
"I personally trust my instincts much better than I'd trust you." He hissed.

As they walked on in the HQ Barry's thoughts were still complicated and confused.
He was trying to figure out what it would take for him and Kimblee to get his body back, and what part he would have to play in it.
He still hoped they didn't have to return to the lab, but it seemed a futile hope.

As they entered Kimblee's office he sank back, making sure that all the others were in front of him.
He wasn't in the mood to be stared at, even by Kimblee's boss.

[Dorochet [Bido]]

((No offence Barry but didn't Kimblee told the others to wait? Envy and Kimblee are the only ones inside the others are still all by the car outside.))

[Zolf J Kimblee]

[actually it was more of a suggestion. all this time i thought barry was finishing up conversation with envy before he walked into HQ. No wonder i was so confused! xD i is a knucklehead! ]

[masterwarlord]

((Well, I could simply avoid them as much as possible and go on with just forcing him to hand over Greed's skull so we wouldn't move their characters around so much, but that'd be less in character. Should I give an entire drawn out proposition to Archer and assume he agrees and Grand wants in on it as well, or what? I have too many characters resting in my palms here to comfortably do much of anything.))

[syradarkangelle]

(( I do not know about the guy doing archer,but the guy who was Clive or clint and the brigader general I think asked to just be messaged so he would now to respond. Right now it is hard to remember,my head is busting,my lungs feel like they are in my throat and on top of that I can hardly swallow. If all else fails I can entertain you with Siran's comments,after all the woman worships Homunculi,though she beleives them just legends.))

[Zolf J Kimblee]

[Well, there's a jeepload of people waiting down below with nothing to do either, so how about just a brief proprosal to Frank to agree with (if he snoozes, he loses! xD), and he opens the safe?]

[And Siran, in case you didn't notice, zolf gave her alchemy back. And Gran is higher rank than Archer, so if he posts all the better.]

[masterwarlord]

Envy went up to Archer casually, deciding to make things fast, he randomly turned his head into Archer’s, then turned it back, not wanting to spend much time dealing with what was by now common information. ”Oh, hi. I’m a homunculus. Name’s Envy. The fuhrer whom I know you all loathe so much is also a homunculus, Pride. Now then. . .I’m one of many who have defected from the main group, and we’re trying to take out our old leader, as well as Pride. We have a common goal, no? You help me take out our leader, and we’ll help you kill Pride. It’s an offer you can’t refuse, seeing we’ll even go after your precious fuhrer first.”. Envy chuckled slightly. ”But if for whatever reason you do. . .”. Envy turned his head back into Frank’s. ”I can always speak on your behalf to order your men to do my bidding.”. Envy turned his head back to normal once more. ”Oh, and one more thing. We’re gonna be needing Greed’s skull, if you’d be so kind. That’s the main reason we’re here. You’re just a extra bonus.”.

Envy chuckled slightly at Archer again, trying to sound all high and mighty to try to intimidate him enough to ensure he went through with it. After getting the key, Envy casually went over to crack open the safe, then retrieved Greed’s skull. ”Heh heh. . .I’ve had more then enough of our petty differences, Greed. You –are- going to help me, whether the hell you want to or not.”. It was such a sensation to be holding the ability to crush somebody right in your hands. . .His bloodlust from the stone wanted to just crush it in vengeance and his general envy of how’d he gotten away with such an easy life for so long, but he still had more sense in him then that. Forcing himself to stop thinking about it, he handed the skull over to Kimblee. ”You keep it, eheh. . .I don’t trust myself with the thing.”. After an awkward pause, he asked ”Shall we take our leave?”. He probably should’ve just kept it himself. . .He was getting worried as to what Kimblee might be thinking of him right now.

((Assuming we actually do go out and raid something or other and Archer is still dead, we can just control random soldiers fighting in his name.))

[syradarkangelle]

Siran looked oddly at Kimblee,as he gave her alchemy back to her,"Thank You,this makes what Archer wants easier to accomplish which is destroy the Fuher."

She looked at Envy as he was talking to Archer,she asked him innocently,"The Fuher is a Homunculi,and your one too,this puts a twist on things.I was wondering why he was wanting anyone arrested and brought to him,that had the Ourobus Tattoo"

She smirked,"i am still awaiting my orders from Archer,the brigader actually wants in,I just want in because Pride as I have found out had my mother killed just for the fact she was Ishballan,so Envy,if you can take on any apperance,why the palm tree hairdo?"

(( I went back to Clive's out of character post and it said to Drag him a bit.Sorry if my thought process is backwards with my post I am still feeling light headed))

[Zolf J Kimblee]

"Envy... I trust you can find your way out of HQ, right?" he said, having finished his business in this room. "I'm gonna go grab some gear and get a bigger jeep so I'll meet you back there."

With that, he took his leave from the office carrying the bag with the skull inside. He went to gather supplies like tents, sleeping bags, canteens at various survival gear. No way of telling when that stuff would come in handy.

He managed to secure a larger longbed truck with canvas top. There were seats on the sides and plenty of room to store supplies. Much better than the small one they had everyone crammed into. He pulled up to his group and blared his horn, waving his hand outside the window.

He hopped out and approached them. "Okay people, we got a bigger vehicle with more room." He said, "I got some supplies, water, food rations and all that good stuff. Envy will be here shortly and we'll be on our way. If anyone needs to piss or wash up, better do it now, or else it's behind the rocks and desert weeds."

He turned to Havoc and Hawkeye who were the first to climb out. "Havoc? Hawkey? I guess we part ways here. You're good soldiers. I'm actually gonna miss you guys." He saluted and they both head into HQ.

[If I get to temp Riza, she'll bump into them soon. Barry, I'm still not sure if you followed Kimblee and Envy or what's going on with that, so I'm assuming you either followed Kimblee to get supplies, etc. or are with Envy.]

[masterwarlord]

Envy nodded to Kimblee as he went to leave. ”Thanks for the offer, but I don’t need to be babysat. Do as you please.”. Envy listened to Siran briefly, rather unimpressed by her. He’d seen her pathetic little attack on Kimblee in eagle form while he was watching over him earlier that day, and needless to say he was far from eager to have her on his side. Still, it couldn’t hurt. She seemed easy enough to manipulate. . .Until she brought up his appearance. God, how he hated that. He let out a deep sigh and gave her a very annoyed look. He considered just impaling her on the spot, his stone helping, but he managed to restrain himself.

”If you simply –MUST- know, it’s really more just that I’m used to it at this point then anything. It’s been 400 long years. I feel very comfortable with it. That said, if I’d known there’d been idiots like you who’d be so opposed to it, I wouldn’t of made it like this in the first place. . .”. Envy paused and let out a slight sigh. ”It’s been a long time, but I think my logic in “making my body” was to avoid attention from either gender by going with a fairly genderless look. I’ve never seen anything in humans, no need for them to see anything in me, no?”. Of course, that logic didn’t account for homosexuals, which he didn’t know existed at the time. Plenty of them found his main form rather attractive, which utterly disturbed him and usually resulted in the sexual offender getting impaled. Of course, he’d already said a good deal more then necessary (More then he would’ve cared to), and he certainly didn’t want to reveal something so humiliating. . .

Envy paused awkwardly as he remembered back to this instance, shaking his head. He badly wanted to leave to escape this damned conversation, but he found himself unable to as it’d just make the situation all the more awkward. Envy decided to change the topic to try to cover up any chance of the others figuring out what he was hiding, turning back to Archer. ”Aaaaaaaaanyway. . .Move to Central ASAP. I’ll come in as one of your soldiers to tell you when we’ll go after Pride, so don’t leave anybody you’re willing to lose on the outside.”. With that, Envy left, feeling he’d covered it up well enough, not even being that worried about it anymore. Back to business as usual.

[Dorochet [Bido]]

Bido hopped out of the little jeep and looked at the much bigger car Zolf got them now. “Well guess the military must have its ups.” He commented as he looked in the back of the vehicle. “So what’s our first stop? Central? Dulpith?” He asked as he looked at Kimblee once he had walked back around to the front.

[velinda]

Roze watched the man, Envy, and the armour all leave to go inside the HQ, leaving her, the two soldiers, and the rather odd-looking man, Bido, out to wait. She leaned back and closed her eyes, and soon enough, she heard the sound of another motor. She opened her eyes and saw Kimblee outside, and got out after the two soldiers. "You sure about this, Kimblee-aniki?" she asked. She didn't want to get in the way, but if he wanted to bring her along, she'd go with...

[amouri]

Barry had followed Kimblee while he gathered the supplies, helping to carry some of the bulk at the same time.

As Kimblee saluted to the two soldiers he avoided his gaze.
He wasn't quite sure what to say...Or do for that matter. It was probably just much easier not to say anything.
Still, it gave him a sinking feeling as he saw Hawkeye retreat to HQ with the fuzztop.

[aspiredeathe]

((Ah god my bad for not being on..well my internet's really... I actually had to throw my modem out the window before they decided to sort it out ><))

Jean saluted back, giving the others a nod as he turned on his heel and headed inside.
It hadn't really been a grand mission, no real exciting moments, save the chilling moment the town went up in red.
But still, he'd always thought Kimblee to being a jackass, self-centred and a jerk. Turned out he was, but he was a decent guy too.
For that he was glad, somewhat.

Either way, he and Riza still had work to do.
"I think we should contact the chief as soon as possible." Hawkeye had apparently been thinking the same, nodding before he'd even finished.
"One of us should go with him. There's not much to do here now that the stone has been made." The male had actually stopped in his tracks and having a good knowledge of his ways and actions, she continued with a elaboration.
"We don't know what he's going to do with it."
"Or if he even has it." He countered to her still walking back.
"They were covered in blood." She stated simply, turning around to face him.
"From what I saw there was a lot of it in that town." It was a dumb retort and thankfully she ignored it.
"Doesn't matter, he's our only lead. He came here for a reason and was rather adept at keeping us from finding out what."

They stood in the middle of the hall, staring at each other, Riza's face was calm yet determined as always, while Jean's eyebrows were furrowed with thought. She was right, he knew that, but there just had to be something else.
"What about Archer?" His eyebrows rose with his face, some hope seeping into his eyes.
It wasn't that he was against following Kimblee just to find another reason to lock to sod up. It was that he'd rather it not be people he knew that had mass genocide on their conscience.

The first Lieutenant looked to the right a moment, thinking for a moment. It was rather plausible. Archer had called Kimblee over here, so there was a good chance the mission and the Lior incident were related.
"Okay, I'll talk to him." She left no more room for discussion. It was pointless anyway, the woman had more tact when it came to dealing with other officers.
"I guess this means I gotta hightail it back out there before Kimblee leaves?" He rubbed his chin with a mild smile "What am I supposed to say if he asks?"
"Does it matter? He'll probably know why. He's not an idiot." That much she'd give him.
Allowing himself a small chuckle, Jean raised a hand to wave, then thought better of it and gave her a salute.
"Give the chief my best ma'am."
"Will do, 2nd Lieutenant. Good luck." She dropped her hand as he turned and then followed suit heading to where she supposed was Archer's office.

With a quick pace, he was out of the building and bounding towards to truck where Kimblee and his little band swarmed.
"Looks like you'll be enjoying my company just a bit longer." He grinned, helping with carrying supplies.

[Zolf J Kimblee]

[I've been given the green light to temp Riza. So she'll be coming along too.]

When she found Archer's office, he briefed her on her mission. "I want you to keep an eye on our esteemed Crimson Alchemist... and the homunculus with him."

"I want you to make sure he doesn't get too greedy and...ah...shall we say...'enterprising.' I can't have him acting on his own behalf, you see."

He introduced her and Siran, the newly appointed State Alchemist then spoke to them both. "Riza, I want you watching and reporting in. Ms. Siran? I'd like you to be in charge of..damage control. Kimblee gets a bit enthusiastic about his work and may need cleaning up after. Can you reconstruct things he might destroy, human lives aside, of course."

After finishing the briefing, he saluted and returned to his paperwork. "Dismissed." he said, waving his hand dismissively and not looking up.

Riza returned to the jeep, relieved to see there was now a larger vehicle. She approached Havoc quietly, "Jean, I've been sent along as well. Did he give you any specifics? He just told me to observe any 'dissident' activities he might engage in."

Kimblee

He hummed cheerfully as he tossed gear into the back of the large truck, taking bags as Barry handed them over. He leaned down and whispered, "Well lookie there Barry! Seems Ms. Hawkeye can't stay away from you." he winked.

Bido and Roze both approached him with their concerns which he answered in turn. "I don't know Bido, we'll have to see what Envy says. He's the boss man now, thank God."

He turned to Roze as she appeard to climb in back of the truck. "Of course I'm sure. I can't very well leave you to rot in the desert and be buzzard food can I?" he said. "Um..would you like to...um...sit up front with me? Or hey! Maybe Envy can drive this thing and I can sit in back with you."

He'd just wait till Envy returned to find out how exactly the pecking order was gonna go. He, for one, would be glad to hand the torch of leadership to someone else for a change.

As Riza listened to Havoc, she watched Kimblee carefully, trying to listen to their conversations as well as Jean. She observed Barry, being helpful and accomodating. His attentions and open affection disturbed her a bit. But it was also interesting. She'd only had experience with Alphonse, and from that, learned that human feelings didn't seem to become dulled by a strange and non-human body. It made her wonder a bit about the nature of a soul and life in general. She'd watch Barry as well. Maybe she'd learn something useful to Ed and Al.