A Brief Interlude?

[taisky16]

"Damn it!" Tai swore as he burst out of Central Command. His crystal blue eyes were flashing angrily, his long, messy golden-brown hair flying about his head as a gust of wind came his way. "Nothing went according to plan! This wasn't supposed to happen!" He grabbed the metal railing going downwards with such force his auto-mail arm crunched it.

"Son of a..." he stopped himself and fixed it with some alchemy. The lightning frayed the ends of his forest green sleeves, which were stitched to his blue shirt. "Okay Tai, calm down. You've still got quite a few cards to play. At least Roy knows about Pride now."

Tai walked briskly down the stone-strewn street, the cobblestones making a tapping sound as his feet made contact with the,. His faded blue jeans were ruffled and his silver pocketwatch of the State was hooked to a beltloop, residing in his right pocket.

"What to do now..." he said aloud. "Greed's vanished, probably to check on Martel. I'll pay him a visit later. After all, he owes me one. And I AM part of his group, after all. But I can't help but wonder what happened to Pride? When I left, he had already vanished..."

The sun was starting to set, casting a grim glow about Tai's face. It was determined and friendly as always, but you tell by the look in his eyes he was trying to formulate a plan, and not having much luck. He needed somebody to talk to, somebody he could trust...

[silverviper2134]

A young soldier walked into Bradley's office, looking up at the Fuhrer before smirking. "Well, well" he said, speaking in the voice of the shape-shifting Homunculus. "What happened here?" he asked before shifting back to his normal form.

[aspiredeathe]

Jean walked down the street. Today had been way too hectic.
Yet, a lot of things had been made clearer and now they could come up with a plan or something.
After all, they now knew who their enemy was.

He took a drag from his cigarette, breathing the smoke out a few seconds later as he looked up from his feet. Some guy was walking towards him, quite fast.
He hoped to god the man wasn't about to round him up to fight some petty criminal that just robbed him.
Sure he loved his job, he just wasn't in the mood right now.

[taisky16]

"Ah, Envy," Pride mused, turning as he replaced his eyepatch. "Nice of you to finally show up. I could have used you an hour ago. We had a...a slight mishap." His tone was terrifying, yet calm at the same time. "What have you to report?"

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Tai nearly ran into Havoc as he was walking down the street. He caught a whiff of smoke, causing him to turn his head up. He screeched to a halt before coming to a complete stop.

"Hi Havoc," he muttered, not bothering to address by titles. He wasn't in the mood. "Sorry to bug you, but do you have ANY idea where Roy is? I need to speak with him, it's very urgent."

Wait a second, he thought. Havoc knows what happened!

"Havoc, I need your help. Would you be so kind as to accompany me to the town of Dublith? I have some business there, and it may require some outside help."

[silverviper2134]

"Not much. That bastard, Hohehheim of Light, got away. I was fighting him in the underground city and he used some alchemy to escape" Envy growled. He then looked at Pride. "And who made a new homunculus? I had sensed the creation of another of our damned race a few moments ago".

[aspiredeathe]

Jean swerved slightly, moving out the way as the guy almost walked into him.
He was going to complain till the man muttered a hi. This got his brain working.
Do I know him? I doubt it.But maybe.. The question about Roy made him blink back to reality.

" The boss? Uh, we recently.." And then it hit him, this guy was in the Führer's office earlier "Your..?" His hand slipped unconsciously to his gun and his eyes narrowed slightly as his cig hung loose in between his lips.

The request the man gave hi made his hand pause, confusion flickered briefly in his eyes.
This guy was in the office of a homunculus, thus could very easily be one himself.
He cautioned himself, yet removed his hand from his firearm. Mustang wouldn't save the wrong side.
"What kind of business? And how do you expect me to help?" His voice was steady as he already planned ahead. His first job would be to tell Roy.

[taisky16]

((You'll need to breif me on that bit, 'Envy'.))

"No need to worry, Havoc," Tai assured him. He pointed at his state pocketwatch. "I'm not a Homunculus. I was the one fighting the Fuhrer before things got out of hand. It was because of me that everybody escaped safely. I'm Lietenant Colonel Tai Sky, the Albus Alchemist. Don't believe me? Look me up."

Tai wasn't meaning to sound rude. In all honesty Havoc every right -and reason- to be suspicious. But he didn't have time for this tomfoolery. He needed to act, and fast. With Pride's identity exposed, he wouldn't hesitate to try and make things 'right'.

"I have a meeting with a...'client'." He had to choose his words carefully. He doubted Havoc would believe him if he said he was alligned with a Homunculus that wasn't pure evil. Roy would take the time to listen to him, Havoc might not. He didn't know the Second Lietenant well, but he couldn't take chances. In all reality taking down the cigarette smoking man wouldn't be hard, but he didn't want to injure someone on the same side as himself.

"The job entails watching my back. Think you're up to it?"

[aspiredeathe]

Jean's eyes followed the motion to the silver pocket watch, an eyebrow rising as he introduced himself.
"I've heard of you sir."He stood more to attention now. His eyes narrowed ever so slightly at the shifty word choice, but knew better than to indulge in deeper meanings.
"I'll have to inform the chief of my slight detour back to HQ, as he is responsible for my actions."He paused leaving a few seconds for the Alchemist to disagree with his choice of action, should he find it necessary.
"But I see no problem in assisting you, sir." He grinned to show his readiness, patting his firearm, concealed by his jacket before adding "I'm ready to leave any moment."