[FIN]Kimblee & Co. play Secret Squirrel

[masterwarlord]

((Anyone mind telling me how much we’re allowed to use dead characters? I figured Havoc was excused using Riza before Kimblee temped her due to being a mod, but now Kimblee just used Archer as well. . .Just short generic messages to move things along, or what? I doubt there’s any “official” rules on this, but it’d be nice if we came up with something of our own.))

((Seeing you assumed I’d already left the room, I’ll just move along then. I was waiting for a reply from Siran. ))

Envy came out to meet up with his group, not having stayed in much longer then he did, what with him having gone off to find supplies. He chuckled to himself as he heard Kimblee directing everybody to him and naming him the leader, coming up behind him slowly so he’d continue on with it. There was little else he loved more then having his ego stroked. ”Looking for me?” he said with a smirk on his face as he came up into Kimblee’s view. ”I’m more then willing to take command of this little group, but I thought you were still going on with getting Barry his body back or whatever. It’d be nice if we could just get him a new body to speed things along. . .Not only will it take forever to find his old one, I –really- doubt it would still be remotely usable at this point.”.

Envy paused slightly. ”But assuming we’re not worrying about that anymore, the first stop would be Greed’s place so we can go show him our new bargaining tool. Heh heh. . .After that, there’s really nothing else I have in mind. We’re pretty much all set to go after Pride, Dante, and the rest.”. Of course, even with all the power and allies he was gathering, he still questioned his ability to take Dante out, hence why he intended to go after Pride first so he wouldn’t interfere in the battle against her. His philosopher’s stones would also of course be welcome additions. While he couldn’t take anymore of the things without losing his sanity, he doubted Wrath, Greed, and Gluttony would mind them. . .

[Zolf J Kimblee]

"Yes Envy...I gladly pass the ego torch to you. You the man now." he said, jokingly, "but if lab 5 is on the way... I'd like to at least check the status of Barry's body. Sir." he added with a grin.

[syradarkangelle]

((I know Envy and others are already outside,so the responses are just from the earlier post or whatever,I am tired and grumpy not a good time for me))

Siran looked at Envy,as he answered,as she said,"Sorry,about the hair comment I was wondering,and anyways,I am ready to get out of here."

She followed the group out,as she said,"If we need a place to crash in Central,I have a cottage on the outskirts,that is just me living in."

Siran looked at the ragtag group,as Wrath landed on her back suprising her,she stumbled forward a little."Why in the hell did you do that,"she glared as Wrath as she removed him from her back. Her red eyes seemed to glow with whatever emotions had been trudged up.

Wrath smirked at her and said,"I felt like it,it is normal to be spontaneous and to introduce myself,I am Wrath."

She let out an annoyed breath,"i am Siran Shadowslayer,just recently licensed state alchemist, Crimson Princess. "

[masterwarlord]

Envy raised an eyebrow at getting an actual apology. It was nearly unheard of for somebody to do such a thing to him. . .Though it was probably just because he was in such high power. She did strike him as a whore. Still, it was far from something to complain about. . .It was more something to look forward getting used to. Things were finally changing. . .As he went to leave, he said”Yeah yeah, homunculi don’t need to sleep. Perhaps if we pass by, the others can make use of it.”.

Things were only getting all the better as Kimblee addressed him so formally. It seemed so unlike him to address him like that. . .Was he trying to feint loyalty to him so he could betray him? Nah. He was just being paranoid. Kimblee had already given Envy enough reason to trust him, as well as visa versa, so neither had much reason to think of such a thing. He chuckled slightly to himself as he realized he could finally get everything over with. ”Sorry to disappoint, but Central isn’t really on the way. We’ll be going to Central right after to meet up with Pride, though, so you can go check for Barry’s body then. Fair enough, no? Anyway. . .Seeing how many. . .Interesting people are here. . .”. He paused slightly and shifted his eyes about in the directions of Roze and Siran subtly. ”I’ll drive. You go enjoy yourself. You’ve earned it.”. He chuckled slightly again, then hopped up into the driver’s seat of the behemoth jeep Kimblee had scrounged up. ”Alright, you lot. Time to go. Get in.”. GOD it felt good to order people around like that, and for his actual own goals and interests rather then Dante’s, no less. This had been quite the day indeed. . .

[Dorochet [Bido]]

As everybody was moving into the larger jeep, Bido waited a moment as he hopped into the passenger seat to be able to talk to Envy for a moment. “What do you mean by new bargaining tool?” The chimera asked bluntly. He hadn't failed to notise the laugh that had accompaigned the comment.

[Zolf J Kimblee]

As the others took the seats on the sides, he collapsed on the flatbed and leaned against all the sleeping bags with a huge sigh. Roze was sitting next to him, but up in the seats. He didn't figure it would be too 'ladylike' to be sprawled on the floor next to him. Well, not with so many people around to witness it in any case.

"Barry, my bud," he said, "Looks like Envy has other more pressing priorities. Maybe I aught to not have passed the torch so quick."

It did irritate him how Envy has just swooped into the commanders seat and re-arrange all the priorities, but such was the way of his type. One track minded they were. "I hope you don't mind too much." he added, "You've been used to that body this long, I guess it wont matter if a bit more time passes. Give you more to think on and stuff."

Of course, more time to think might not be a good thing.

He glanced around at the rag tag group. "Jeez, we should just pitch a big tent and start a three ring circus. All us freaks are here."

Riza glanced at him, no emotion showing on her face, "Speak for yourself sir." she said quietly and folded her hands in her lap.

[aspiredeathe]

[If anyone wants to temp Archer then you have my blessing ^^ Just lemme know =) ]

Turning with a hint of relief in his eyes, Jean scratched behind his ear as he answered.
"I think babysitter duty. Make sure he behaves." A job not to be taken lightly.
After all, Kimblee, for the most part, seemed to lack a conscience. He just did want he pleased or could.
As long as the man kept his hands off people, more specifically, without the intent of making them explode, then the 2nd Lieutenant didn't really expect much to be done on his part.

Shoving the last of the supplies in the truck, he climbed in himself, settling down in the back.
Sure, it could be a bit more comfortable, but atleast they had room here.
And he'd rather his limbs go momentarily numb than have them aching for being so cramped any day.
The bi-colour haired man merely grinned at Kimblee's observation, wondering, after Hawkeye spoke, whether he should have given his opinion about it as well.
Besides it being too late to suddenly do something about it, he had other things he felt needed to being said.

Were they seriously just going to get the armoured friends body back? Or was this just some cover to join up with more fugitives and plot some devious actions?
If it was just Zolf, then he could honestly believe that the man had every intention of making this a vacation, enjoying the freedom. He was sure Barry would go for that too.
And restoring his body, the two men had bonded enough to both take on that quest, whether it be for the body or the quest part.
But with all these other people, Roze aside seeing as she no longer had a home to return to (How many times had that happened to the poor woman and her people, he wondered) would they all really be in it just to help them out?
And with all that talk of Lab 5 and Greed. It was safe to say that he didn't trust Envy. Who would?
"So we're going to get Barry's body back?" His tone held no give on his current string of thoughts, only letting on that he was interested in their travel plans.

[Zolf J Kimblee]

Kimblee chuckled about the 'babysitting' remark. But at the same time, he wondered why in the hell, Havoc and Riza were back in the truck. Did Frank send them back, and why?

It irritated him to no end that Frank would send two officers of lesser rank to 'babysit' him. But to answer his question, "Yup...that's on the itinerary." He folded his hands behind his head and closed his eyes.

Riza

Riza cast a meaningful sidewise glance at Havoc that said, 'We'll talk later..away from Kimblee.'

Being a lower ranking officer, she was used to being left out of the loop. Even Mustang had kept her in the dark about the full scope of his intentions. So this was just more of the same. However, she had trusted Mustang and his intent. Frank, or Kimblee for that matter... she feared being the cause of pain and suffering that might result from being left in the dark.

[amouri]

Barry's head shot up with a jolt at Kimblee's words, and sure enough, Hawkeye had returned, as always accompanied by Havoc.
He gave his best impression of a grin and quickly heaved the last sack of provisions onto the truck with ease.
This was proving to become a good trip.

As they loaded into the truck, he sighed slightly at Envy's words.
He glanced at Kimblee. "You're right. Whats a few days more when I've spent two years?" He chuckled.
Though of course, by the sounds of it, it might take longer than just a few days before the time was ripe.

[Zolf J Kimblee]

[Let's see... we got: Envy, Kimblee, Barry, Bido, Roze, Siran, Wrath, Havoc and Riza.. Holy crap! Have I left anyone out? Speak now or forever hold your piss! xD ]

[masterwarlord]

Considering Kimblee had acted so submissive, he didn’t think much of out-prioritizing his goals. Either way, Envy certainly wasn’t going to let his authority be questioned now that he was in charge. There was no reversing it. Why hadn’t he taken charge earlier without the invitation being flung in his face? He honestly didn’t have the slightest clue. No reason to overthink it, if they hadn’t of come here he wouldn’t of happened upon Greed’s skull. Everything had played out perfectly.

In response to Bido, Envy chuckled again. ”Oh, nothing much. We just found his skull, is all. Don’t worry, I don’t plan to actually do anything harmful to the guy. I’m just planning on using it to so he’ll have to work with me regardless of his despising of me. Nevermind that I saved his girl and his best-bud. That’s all chump change to him.”. Envy rolled his eyes slightly.

Upon hearing how clueless Havoc really was as to what was going on and noticing the existence of him and Riza, Envy decided he’d better clear things up before they did anything horribly stupid later down the road. He spoke loudly and to nobody in particular to ensure he got the attention of those he normally didn’t converse with. ”Alright. So for those of you uniformed, we’re off to kill the fuhrer, who is a homunculus, as well as the all powerful alchemist behind him who’s on the level of a god. Nothing much, really. Just the usual. If any of you find this anything but, get the hell off my jeep right now. If you’re going to be nothing but dead-weight, I’m certainly not gonna force you to come with me.”

Envy sighed as he looked at Kimblee briefly afterwards. He’d probably scare off Roze, who Kimblee might’ve had a chance with. Why did he care about getting rid of Havoc and Riza? It’s not like their safety was his problem, and Barry would probably hate him for similar reasons if he got rid of Riza, if not more-so. Perhaps he actually cared about their lives somewhat? He knew he always hated being kept out of the loop and sent into bleak situations himself by Dante, he could relate. If they were indeed going to come with him, there was no reason to keep them in the dark. Hell, at this point, it’d be good if as many people as possible knew about Dante. He had no reason to be so secretive anymore. . .Though it might prove troublesome once he became the new ruler in Dante’s place, so he’d rather not it get out to the whole world. . .

[syradarkangelle]

Siran and Wrath were already waiting for the others,she was glad when they finally started on there way. Siran then asked," If you need Greed's skull as a bargaining chip for him,does Pride have something we need to find to destroy,otherwise as i have read he can heal from any wounds we inflict,plus we need a certain circle. I have not read the book since I was 11." she said towards Envy.

She waited for the answer,as she was remembering the night her parents were killed. What had her parents known,or was it suspicion that they knew something. They did protect her,she was letting her anger guide her actions,but that might be the right idea.

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Wrath sat beside Siran as he watched the group,he had not muttered a word since Siran introduced herself. He was assessing them and what they actually could attribute. he wondered what Envy's weakness was,because after 400 years nothing would remain of his body would it,was Dante herself his weakness or was it Hoenheim.

(Sorry but I do not know how to spell Hoenhiem so i hope that is right)

[velinda]

(I believe its Hohenheim.)

Roze watched as they got on the jeep, and she sat next to Kimblee, when the two soldiers scooted in next to her, Riza on the outside, so she was inbetween two men. Before she had a chance to speak, she heard the man talk about waiting two years... but she didn't know what that meant, truly. Then she heard Envy. She said that he was going to take down the Fuhrer, but that really didn't mean anything to her- when had he done something other than destroy them, or anything at all? She shook her head and continued to listen. Taking out a god? Surely that was a figure of speech, but she didn't push it. She didn't want to be thrown out after all- how would she survive now she couldn't return to Lior? "I... I don't know what I can do, but I'll do what I can to help..." she told them. Did she mean it? Possibly- after all, she would have a reason to have a grudge against him, right? She turned to the two officers, wondering how'd they take the news, of going against their leader...

[Zolf J Kimblee]

Riza opened her mouth in shock, reflexively getting to her feet. Before she was half-way up, Kimblee snapped his hand out and grabbed her wrist. "Don't even think about it, Hawkeye." he warned. "Don't forget... I'm still your commanding officer and there's more to this than meets the eye...or ears."

She looked at him, mouth agape and snapped it shut again, taking her seat.

He gave her another warning look, "Dont' forget what I said on the train about what happens when a soldier decides to think."

He smiled at Roze's sincere desire to be helpful, patting her hand. He'd have to keep an extra sharp eye on her. She seemed such a sweet lamb and that could be a problem. Some lambs walked right to slaughter trusting in the goodness of others simply because they themselves were good.

"Where the hell did you read that Bradley heals fast as you can injure him?" he snorted at Sirans remark. "I'd like to get a peek at that book."

In an attempt to lighten the mood, Riza turned to Barry. "How long were you incarcerated before they put you in that armor?"

[masterwarlord]

((Yeah. Kimblee’s touching on something I find very iffy, Siran – your character knows far too much, and her sources don’t exactly seem believable. It’s not a big issue, but. . .))

Envy rolled his eyes at Siran. ”God knows how you figured that out, but your random shot in the dark was correct. Yes, he can regenerate, but so can all homunculi. It’s nothing unique, and we’ll have four homunculi before we go to attack him. Four on one, plus the lot of you people. Those odds sound pretty favorable to me, don’t you agree? Besides, I could take Pride solo, no problem. I’m the most powerful homunculus.”. Envy paused slightly. ”All homunculi can be killed without their shitty little weakness anyway. Just cut em open, then rip out their philosopher’s stones before they can regenerate the wound. It’s far from complicated.”. While he doubted it was a good idea to openly tell them his weakness, he didn’t particularly care. He trusted Kimblee, the only person here he deemed to be remotely close to a threat besides Wrath, and Wrath already knew of this
information anyway. . .

Envy watched the reactions of Riza and Roze, somewhat relieved that they didn’t intend to leave. . .Or at least too strongly, in Riza’s case. He was surprised how submissive Roze was acting. . .So sweet and innocent, despite all the chaos that was going on around her. It was. . .Intriguing, to say the least. “Intriguing” was probably the closest any woman could get to being attractive to him. He’d become pretty much entirely immune to it after having been so set against it at first due to his envy of humans, and then just didn’t care, it being far from a priority for him to get a sex drive. Of course, that’d help with his problem of appearing so fruity, but he never thought of that.

While he thought that over ever so briefly, everything seemed to go back to being relatively normal. He’d expected some more actual questions or objections, though the blonde male officer hadn’t yet spoken up. He thought he’d be the most troublesome person anyway, so he was probably still contemplating what to say. . .Envy waited to start up to leave, getting ready to counter any objections Havoc would nearly inevitably have.

[amouri]

Barry listened as the hard facts were explained to the two officers, and when Riza surged up in shock he quickly grabbed her other wrist, watching her in panic.
Though of course, she wasn't just going to jump of the car like that, and he quickly let go of her when she was seated once more.

Her question intrigued him a bit. Weird topic for small-talk...
But at least she was talking to him.
"Not that long...A few...months." He said uneasily.
"They had quite the time clearing up the mess I had left."
After he had been arrested, the government had had to search through their files, turning up every recent case of lost persons, and then had to deal with the fact that quite a few of them were hidden in quite a bad state on Barry's property.
The freezing room had been the perfect location.
Sifting through half-mangled deep-frozen bodies to match them to the case files hadn't been that enjoyable to the military staff, so it had prolonged he process considerably that they draggged it out.
When at last his wife had been found and identified, they wrapped up the entire thing and sent him before trial.
Needless to say, he had been deemed guilty.
Three days later, he had been 'executed'.
But Riza didn't have to know all the details.

[Zolf J Kimblee]

"Make that a few very long months," Kimblee chimed in with a chuckle. "Months of living just down the hall... trying to sleep with the sound of that...chittery laugh you had."

"Why, I'm surprised they didn't put us in a cell together.. we'd have probably killed one another off, pretty as you please. Ain't that right, Barry?"

He noticed Roze was pretty subdued. He'd seen it before during Ishbal. Shell shock. She had the whole air of 'this isn't really happening' about her. Bits of blankness.. being out of touch with reality. He just hoped she wouldn't have a nervous breakdown on the road.

It's a damn good thing, from a civilians point of view, that he'd been tossed in jail. He probably would have gone on a major killing spree after the nightmares. It seems he hadn't been entirely immune to the affects of war, not even the destruction he'd created. Sure, the sound of bombs in the morning was music to his waking ears, but at night when sleeping...yeah. Best not go there.

"Hey Envy! Where's my scaly tail bud? He up there with you?"

[amouri]

Barry laughed.
"I didn't sleep that often did I? It was much more entertaining just to keep everyone awake. Chittery eh? Sounds about right."
"Yeah, that would've wrapped things up quite nicely." he chuckled. "Though I can imagine I'd be the first one to go. I didn't really care about anything back then...I would've probably gladly accepted you blowing mah top off."

[syradarkangelle]

((Most of what Siran says is just to hear herself talk,though she did read about the Legends,she was merely guessing and making crap up..))


Siran just smirked at Envy," I just made it up,I did not think it was actually true I was waiting for you to spout,where did you hear such crap. I just got to thinking it would be cool if you could,even if there are going to be four homunculi helping to rid you or Pride,do I get to at least torture him in some way."


Siran's smirk faded,as her face showed great anger as she added,"He had my parent's killed,the war was over with,what about my parent's was such a threat he had them taken out.I still lie awake wondering why,then I thought I would take out Zolf and my anger would disappear. But,then I wanted to see anybody in a military suit bleed."


She thought to herself,now I have joined the organization that killed my parents. She was so very much,a child in some aspects,her actions were rash and unplanned she just did whatever she felt on a whim. She had survived so long doing that,until Lior. She was attacked before she could even formulate an action,then she went and got pissed off,and attacked with her alchemy. She leaned her head on her hands as they where on thier little way. Let me see how much more I can screw up,she thought to herself.

[masterwarlord]

((Guh. Sorry, then, but we can’t really know if you don’t give us any indication. I generally just use italics for when I use thoughts, but I mostly just sum them up in non dialogue anyway.))

Envy turned back to Kimblee, nodded in Bido’s direction, then turned back to Kimblee again. ”Yeah, he’s right here.”. He went back to address Bido, though he was much more subtle this time around, not broadcasting to the entire jeep. ”No reason for you to be up here with a crazed psycho like me. I imagine you’d feel much safer with that perfectly sane guy in the back, no?”. Envy always was a big fan of sarcasm, although it was rather unclear what he was trying to accomplish with this, considering he didn’t want to mock Kimblee, hence why he’d kept his voice low. Perhaps he just wanted Bido to himself for a bit? Even he didn’t know entirely. Social interactions were so awkward for him.

To Siran, Envy rolled his eyes. ”Yeah yeah, same tragic story I’ve heard a thousand times over. I’ve collected plenty of worse tales. . .Not to mention I’m writing a pretty damn good one of my own. Don’t expect any pity here.”. Envy still doubted his ability to turn his life entirely around – it’d make all too much sense for him to die to Dante, or worse have his ouroboros tattoo removed and become a mindless slave for another 400 years. It certainly went with the pattern established so far. . .Upon the mentioning of torturing Pride, Envy looked disgusted again. ”We don’t have time to indulge in such “pleasantries”. When we get him down, we’ll want him to stay down, less Dante just gives him more stones to bring him back to fighting condition. Besides, Dante will probably just rush whatever the hell she’s planning along after we kill Pride. Once we kill him, we’ll have to kill her nearly immediately after if we don’t wanna take any risks.”.