The Circus Comes to Town

[Zolf J Kimblee]

[OOC

Zolf: *whispers to Bido* Pssst! Hey...I got a secret to tell ya.........................................................................................................................Did you know you could save hundreds on auto insurance by switching to Geico?

>.<

Sorry, I got possessed by the image and had to xD ]

[Dorochet [Bido]]

Dorochette arched his head confused as he saw all the strangers and a military truck. The chimera couldn't stop his curiousity and walked to the door of the Nest.

"Well that is sadism ya better not say too loud around here." The dog chimera commented as he passed Barry and company. He hadn't been able to stop himself from hearing the furr comment before he walked down the stairs to the bar.
Once downstairs the ninja walked to Greed and Envy.

((Bido: *whispers back* I'm there part time mascot, gives me a nice bit of pocketmoney.))

[velinda]

Roze glanced to Riza and smiled. "Well... may I ask you something... a little personal... to both of you...?" she asked, signifying Kimblee, too. "Did you... feel any regret with what you were doing in Ishval or Lior? That the military was wrong about it?" She didn't know how they'd respond to this- Kimblee most likely wouldn't care, but Riza might have some problems with it, seeing how attached to the military she was. But Roze had to know, since it dealt with her and her ancestors. "Because it seems that the military can't leave anything alone... That alone makes me wary of the military... no offense, Riza." she smiled apologetically to the female. Then her tone changed completely, after Riza would answer. "In a lighter note... who do you like the most in the military, boy-wise?" She knew that was probably unbefitting what Kimblee saw in her, but they would notice the words seemed somewhat... clunky, as if she wasn't sure what to say. She glanced helplessly at Kimblee, at it might be then that he noticed that she put his flower in her hair... and it really looked like it belonged on a Roze. (Sorry for bad pun. Couldn't resist XD)

[Zolf J Kimblee]

Zolf shifted uneasily as he leaned against the jeep. "Well.." he said, scratching his head in thought, "That's a sort of hard question to answer. I mean, I had a philosopher's stone."

He shrugged and added, "Those things can do stuff to a person. But I can't honestly say I have regrets. It's over now... how is regret going to serve me or anyone who died during that war?"

He knew that was lame, but what could he really say about a thing like that?

Riza

The present line of questioning made her uncomfortable and she buffed away at Barry's armor, trying to look busier and more occupied than she was. "It was war...I obeyed my orders. That's what a soldier does, whether the orders make sense or not."

She paused her buffing and considered the other question, "Men in the military?" she mused, "Well...Colonel Mustang is an honorable and man who takes his job seriously." "At least in the field," she added, "Desk work is not his forte. He's a lazy procrastinator and requires constant nagging."

"Then there's Havoc. He obeys his orders and doesn't question them. Denny Bloch falls asleep if his ass touches a chair and Breda...well, he's Breda."

They were all good men, but she had no interest in dating any of them. Perhaps Roy, whos back she always had, but the man kept himself to himself and kept a string of women at his beck and call.

[masterwarlord]

Envy shrugged slightly to Saren. He was honestly surprised she intended on sticking around. ”Eh, I’ve gotten pretty resistant to the stuff over the years. Course, that only makes it all the better. Can have as much as I want. Imagine that’s probably how I’m gonna kill most of my time here. . .”. With that, Envy casually took up a bottle of alcohol and started drinking. Greed probably wouldn’t be too fond of him leeching off a few too many beers during his extended stay, but then again, he had to deal with Gluttony, didn’t he? Speaking of which, where was the fat bastard? He was half the reason he’d come. He honestly considered Gluttony to be more worth coming for then Greed, considering his low intelligence more an advantage then a setback, as it made him all too easy to bend to his will.

Gluttony had gained some more self control recently in not eating absolutely everything in sight and not having his rather stupid outbursts. While he’d had to tone them down under Dante out of fear, he was beginning to do it of his own free will now out of respect for Greed. Upon coming out into the main section of the bar, Gluttony was very surprised to see Envy again. . .He’d tricked him time and time again. Played him. He’d promised himself that he’d get his vengeance when he saw him next and he doubted Greed would stop him due to seeming to also have distaste for him, but. . .Greed was in the same room with him. And neither of the homunculi were acting hostile to each other. They couldn’t of made up, could they? He hoped not. He hadn’t eaten any living flesh in a good week or so. It was quite ironic that Gluttony didn’t actually need to eat at all, it simply gave him pleasure. Eating only increased the burden of hunger he was eternally bearing.

Gluttony went over to approach Greed. He motioned to Envy, then questioned Greed rather frantically. ”What’s he doing here?!? Don’t you remember how he tricked us? Let me eat him before he betrays us! How can we trust him?!?”. Envy just laughed as he put his beer to the side and gave Gluttony a noogie on his big bald head. He’d already gotten Greed to trust him, at least somewhat. What’s the worst an idiot like Gluttony could do? ”Relax, Gluttony. We’re going off to kill Dante. Surely you can relate to that? After that, you won’t ever have to see my face again.”. Envy smirked at Gluttony for him to angrily shake his hand off his head and turn to Greed again. ”He’s lying! He’ll just lead us right to her! I don’t believe him I don’t believe him I don’t believe him!” he whined childishly. Envy just rolled his eyes. He’d let Greed play babysitter for the big lard. . .

It was at this time that he noticed Dorochet come in, remembering him as one of Greed’s more skilled swordsmen. He turned to Greed and asked ”. . .He’s one of the chimeras you sent out right? Does that mean we’re already ready to go?”. Envy panicked slightly as he realized that he’d already let Barry and Kimblee off the leash. He doubted they’d take too kindly to having freedom dangled in front of their faces only to be swiped away from them a moment later. . .

[velinda]

Roze noticed their uneasiness, and their words seemed to be true to what they were saying. She nodded, and accepted their stories. After all, they seemed sorry, except for Kimblee, but then again, he never really seemed sorry for much of his past, although his statement made sense. She smiled at Riza, and nodded. "You know... I think you need a boyfriend. You seem to be quite tense. You should find someone to believe in, or something that you believe in. Something other than dutifully serving your country." She gave Riza a bright smile. "I had something to cilng to... and that made me happy..." She didn't say any more. She didn't know if she needed to...

[Dorochet [Bido]]

When Dorochette noticed the 3 homonculus he rose his eyebrow and walked over. "What are you doing here again?" He couldn't help but ask Envy. It was rather surprising that Greed would let Envy, Kimblee and military hang around his bar.

[silverviper2134]

Martel took the baby girl from Loa and went to the second level of the Nest. She heard Envy talking about going somewhere, but she didn't care. It was getting late, and she wanted to sleep.

"Nice to see the three of you made it back in one piece" Greed said to Dorochet and Loa once Martel had left with the two infants. "And, don't worry about Envy....at least not for the moment".

He finally turned to Gluttony, deciding to take care of the man-child last. Trying to look reassuring, he waved his hand in a sort of "don't worry" motion. He didn't even bother speaking; he knew Gluttony would just try to argue with him.

[Zolf J Kimblee]

Riza

She stopped polishing Barry for a moment to think on Roze's words. Then she began buffing again with renewed vigor, frowning slightly. "I don't have time for a relationship." she said, hoping that would end this line of inquiry. "Besides that," she added, giving Barry a gently knock on the armor, "I already have a 'knight in shining armor', right Barry?"

Kimblee

He laughed at Riza's remark. She sure seemed relaxed around the big tin lug. He wondered where Havoc had gotten off to, and what Envy was doing. As squeamish as the idea made him, he decided he'd better go in and check out the situation. "I don't know if you wanna go in here, darlin." he said to Roze, "This aint the most pleasant place in Dublith. No place for a lady at any rate."

He wasn't about to boss her and order her around, as timid a lamb as she seemed, but he didn't really like the idea of her around other people as seedy as himself. He knew she could trust him, but he couldn't speak for the rest of them.

He walked inside and found his way to the familiar bar where Envy was sitting. He strolled nonchalantly past Greed and Dorochet and took a seat next to Envy and Siran at the bar.

"So...what's the down-low, Envy?" he asked.

[syradarkangelle]

Wrath reappeared,seeming to slink out of the shadows. basically he stayed back until he decided to let his presence known,"Gluttony,he speaks the truth we are going after Dante,I have never lied to you."

Truth was Wrath,hardly spoke to Gluttony. He just usually left Gluttony to the others. he leaned against the wall behind him,as he scratched his head.

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Siran looked at Envy,as she then said back,"Archer is gonna want to cash in when this deed is done,I mean with Bradley, and since Kimblee had the time bomb thing,i have my alchemy trick still in the bag,maybe I will bring down Archer,I am too young to be making advanced decisions."

She stopped talking when Kimblee joined them as she said," I want to start over with you if we are going to be working together there should be no hostilities,so can we be friendly rivals."

((OOC: I hate headaches,sorry if the dialogue seemed jumbled,that is how my thoughts are.))

[velinda]

Roze nodded to the female shining the armour. She didn't press further, since she didn't really think she wanted to continue the statement. However, she got the feeling that she actually did like someone, but she wasn't about to pursue that. She then nodded to Kimblee, respecting his wishes for him. "S-so what do you want to talk about...?" she asked, wondering if she had hurt the woman's feelings somehow. She really wanted to get along, but she didn't know what a military woman would want to talk about...

[masterwarlord]

-Envy-

Envy hesitated slightly as Kimblee approached him and asked what’d happened. Looks like he’d already have to break the news to him, it seemed. . .Well, better to tell it to him then Barry himself, he supposed. ”Well. . .Good news and bad news for you. Good news is Greed’s agreed to come with us and bring his little group peacefully, so this turned out better then I expected to say the least. Bad news is we’re leaving sooner then I predicted, so you won’t have time to go on ahead of us and get Barry’s body back. Eheh. . .Maybe you can beat us there? Hitch a ride? I dunno. You won’t need –that- much time there, will you?”. Envy honestly didn’t know why he was practically bordering on being afraid of Kimblee, but he –was- a valuable ally that he didn’t want to lose. He was the only alchemist he had, after all.

-Gluttony-

Gluttony sighed as Greed gave him a dismissive motion but just nodded back to him. He didn’t seem to want to put up with him right now, but he’d gotten used to being ignored a lot. Still, he craved some sort of attention due to his child-like tendencies. He went to pester him again, but then Wrath spoke up. Someone actually talking to him specifically? Truly a noteworthy event! He thought over Wrath’s words briefly. . .Technically, he had never lied to him. . .While he hadn’t much chance to due to being created so recently, Gluttony’s limited train of thought didn’t get that far to account for that, so he just took his word for it. He shrugged to Wrath. ”If you say so, I guess. . .Sooooo. . .Why do YOU trust him?”.

[Dorochet [Bido]]

Dorochette looked from Envy to Greed and back again as he caught bits and pieces of the conversations. "Going where exacly?" He asked as he rose an eyebrow. They hadn't even been gone for long and they came to find chaos and Envy and Kimblee (where the hell that guy came up from again was a total mystery) and some others. Well either way it seemed like they wouldn't get much chance to catch up again or take a long nice nap and a peaceful day of doing nothing.

[amouri]

Barry listened quietly to the two women talking, relaxed as the lieutenant shined up the armour as best she could.

He chuckled, as he heard the tight-lipped answer to the relationship inquiry.
"Missy, there's no such thing as not having time. Sure, our lives might not go on forever, but the whole reason of living is to live, ain't it? What harm could be done in slacking off a bit?"

At the Knight comment, he cackled with glee.
"Well, what's a maybe-not-so-shiny knight without a beautiful damsel?"
Twisting slightly, scooping up the lieutenant in a fluid motion, and perching her on his shoulder, one arm gently resting on her ankles, supporting her so she wouldn't lose her balance.
He gazed up at her, though also slightly warily.
He had a feeling he might've been a bit too rash with his actions, but what did he care?

[syradarkangelle]

Wrath looked at Gluttony,as he answered,"I trust Envy because I choose too. Sometimes you do things because you feel like you should and that is what I am doing."

He scratched his head and then said," Plus he wants to be free as i do."

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Siran was looking into space it seemed,she was still a child in many rights,but sometimes children had to grow up too damn fast. She made sure no one was paying attention to her,as she pulled out an old picture she had hidden in her clothes.

It was splattered with blood,and it happened to be the blood of the people in the picture,except for the smiling five year old. She looked at it briefly before folding it back up and hiding it again.

[Zolf J Kimblee]

She smiled warmly at Roze. The girl was just trying to make friends amongst a strange group of mismatched personalities. "Well Roze...why don't you tell me about you?" she asked, "How did you end up part of this strange little caravan?"

The cloth flew out of her hand when Barry scooped her up onto his shoulder. Her arms flailed as she almost lost her balance. She grabbed his helmet to keep her balance, almost pulling it off completely.

"Honestly Barry," she chided lightly, "You give a whole new meaning to sweeping a lady off her feet!"

What if Havoc came out and saw her like this? Would he draw his weapon, thinking the armored man was trying to make off with her like he had on the train?

Kimblee

"Sure, why not?" he answered Siran with a shrug. "But be warned..if you say something silly, you're fair game for my merciless bullying." He leaned back, hands folded behind his head and chuckled.

He wasn't surprised that Envy changed his mind. As soon as the Nest troops came marching in, he had a feeling the fiddler would change his tune. He gave a sigh and answered, "It's not a problem, Envy. I think Barry would rather put the whole thing off as long as possible to tell the truth. He hates that place."

"I don't exactly get the warm fuzzies when I'm there either." he added.

[silverviper2134]

The snake-chimera returned to the bar, and quickly turned her attention to Kimblee. "What are you doing here?" she hissed, grabbing the handle of her knife. She was almost hoping he would try something.

"Calm down, Martel. As much I know you want to, you can't do anything to Crimson right now" Greed told the woman. He smirked slightly as Martel responded to his order. The snake let out what sounded like an annoyed hiss, then lowered her hand from the blade's handle.

[Zolf J Kimblee]

He chuckled in amusement at her, grinning in self satisfaction. He rested back on the bar, elbows propped behind him. "Don't blow a head gasket, Martel. I'm here to help."

He looked over at Envy with a smirk, "Can't you just feel the love?"

"So Greed, you still waterin down your drinks these days?"

[syradarkangelle]

Siran smiled at Kimblee,and was about to say something back when Martel uttered the word Crimson ,she looked in the direction also. her red eyes looked at the chimeras as they came in.

"I agree with you Kimblee, and I am a person that opens their mouth first without thinking the words through,so I will give you ample supply for making me the butt of your jokes."she said.

She was a female,and she decided to let her hair down. Actually it wasn't a method of flirting,it was part of her schedule it was an obsession of changing her hairstyle. She undid the twin braided buns,as her hair fell wavy to her knees,had she been standing up. She placed the daggers,in the top of her outfit. She decided to let her hair breathe for a little bit.

[velinda]

Roze watched the two, happy for them. If it wasn't for his armour body, and maybe even with it, he could see them getting married. She didn't know if it was the best notion, but they seemed happy. However, when Riza asked her question, she blushed slightly and shrugged. "Where else can I go...? I mean... nothing's back in Lior... but death..." With that, her mood fell considerably, and she hung her head, tears on the edge of her eyes, threatening to spill out...