| Down the rabbit hole. |
[Jan. 18th, 2012|08:53 pm] |
A small white dwarf rabbit hops up to the landlord's office door, banging his head on it to make some noise. Luckily rabbits don't get very cold, being out in the snow.
Who wants to find out why there's a rabbit at the door? |
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| Gumbo. ((open)) |
[Jan. 17th, 2012|10:08 pm] |
Envy flew down, still in sparrow form, to the apple orchard and waited for Nazrin. He transformed back and sat down on the ground, slightly surprised at himself for this, but then again, it would be worth it to surprise the Eds and Als. |
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| Excuses. |
[Jan. 10th, 2012|08:39 pm] |
Envy had been thinking very hard about what the landlord had told him- he still thought of Ed as the landlord, and not a brother, it was very hard to think of him as family. Ed wasn't high on Envy's "consider as family" list.
He didn't like this "wait" business. He could be impatient when he wanted something. That was part of the jealousy that Dante had created in him. He knew somewhere he was still pretty far gone from Dante, but damnit, he was lonely, and he wanted his family back. And frankly, he still thought, screw Ed!
He had to make up some sort of an excuse to go see Hohenheim, and there were a few things he needed to talk out like the mature adult he was trying to be. He still felt sick looking at Hohenheim, but he would bring that up, too.
So he went outside. And marveled it was finally snowing. He shapeshifted a black jacket and skintight black pants on, before picking up some of the accumulation and watching it sit there in his hand. He put it down, and drew a small Xerxian alchemy circle in the snow. He couldn't do anything with it, and it would be covered up in a second, but it felt good.
Then with some dusting of snow on his head and shoulders he went to the first building and knocked on Hohenheim's door. |
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| The New Guard |
[Dec. 11th, 2011|06:11 pm] |
Momiji Inubashiri stepped out of the portal to Gensoukyou. Nazrin had conveyed the message that Shou had wanted her to act as security while she was out of commission. Nazrin had more to take care of before coming back to the apartments, which left Momiji, (who was quickly released from her duties on the mountain) to meet the landlord on her own. Giving a sigh and making sure she was ready, started walking towards the apartments. Quickly spotting the office before even reaching the grounds, she walks straight towards it and knocks. |
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| Back from a trip. |
[Dec. 6th, 2011|06:46 pm] |
Envy climbed up the stairs to his apartment, carrying a few notebooks. He'd been away to Amestris, the library in Central, looking up his past, and his children. Although he could barely remember anything about his own Delilah, or Emily, or Annamarie, he'd found a family portrait painting in an old book about Amestris nobility. He knew enough now, and had it all in notebooks. He was calmer now and less aggressive after the research, or so he'd like to think.
He let himself in. Being sort of antisocial, he didn't mind stashing the notebooks away and getting out some cereal and milk for dinner, and not seeing anybody. Afterwards he turned on the dishwasher; and it wouldn't start, so he kicked it a few times, and it started. Then it abruptly shut off, and wouldn't start again.
Oh, shit, he thought. He made a face. He had to go see Pipsqueak now. He wasn't relishing that prospect. But he went down to the office and knocked firmly on the door. "Pipsqueak! Problem here, Shorty..." he called. |
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| This is bound to be a disaster. |
[Oct. 2nd, 2011|06:33 pm] |
Envy put away the notes he was writing, and left the apartment, locking it behind him. He left the second building and entered the first, knocking on Hohenheim's door and shuffling his feet nervously.
In his hand is a book, and it seems to be very old. He'd found it somewhere on a shelf in the Central Library. In it is birth records. |
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| ((Open.)) |
[Sep. 9th, 2011|03:07 am] |
It had been a while since Ed had worked out, so he figured today was as good a day to do so as any.
He started off wearing a shirt but at some point discarded it so it wouldn't get too sweaty. He's been sparring against an imaginary opponent for at least an hour and he's starting to look like he's in need of a breather. |
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| Visiting Hohenheim. |
[Aug. 25th, 2011|09:30 pm] |
Envy had laid low for a few days after talking with the landlord and almost getting his skull smashed in by Alphonse. Being the type to be in denial, he really had not come to terms with his own guilt yet. He'd spent the rest of the night nursing a hangover and vowing to give Greed what for, and then spent the next few days hanging out in Amestris trying to get some affairs in order regarding Dante's hidden assets.
He'd been thinking about what form to show up in when he went to visit Hohenheim and after viewing himself in the mirror as young William, he nearly punched the mirror and changed back into Envy. No form was going to get those memories out of his mind. And Envy was more recognizable, even if his reputation came prepackaged.
He put his rent in a sealed envelope and dropped it in the office's mailbox before going to Hohenheim and Trisha's apartment.
He knocked on Hohenheim's door, wondering how he was going to be received. |
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| In the garden, Colin... |
[Aug. 1st, 2011|08:46 pm] |
Envy tosses and turns in his bed, napping underneath too-heavy-for-the-heat blankets. He is dreaming. He sees the Gate in the dream, and it stares at him, warning him for all he could tell.
The past week was weighing on his mind before he went to bed, tired of thinking. He'd spent the past few hours absorbed in books that could tell him about such strange sciences as time travel and portals through the universes. It had hit him that the Gate was one such portal. When faced with Shou's question about how he'd get his life back, he had no idea how Ed had done it. So he ran to his books, trying to tap into the reserve of his brain that still held out for daredevil experiments, the Nexus and possibly the Gate. If he could find the Gate, maybe what he had heard at the Sign about the Gate could help him. If he could just face it, maybe... but he had no way of summoning it.
He woke after the Gate in his dream slammed shut, almost falling out of bed at the dream-boom of its doors. He got up silently and went outside after making coffee. It was still three in the afternoon, and he lit up a cigarette and sipped the too-strong espresso outside the door of the second building, bleary-eyed in the sunlight. He scanned the grounds, chain-smoking, then let out an audible hiss of frustration. Couldn't he ask somebody about the Gate? Was that allowed?
He was toying with the idea of bothering the landlord, but decided against it. Instead, he leaned against the doorframe, every so often taking out another cigarette, chain-smoking out of stress. |
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| Some exploring, then back home. |
[Jul. 29th, 2011|08:28 pm] |
Envy's taken in all he can of Nexus downtown, stopping in a bookstore for some how-to manuals for the modern appliances in his apartment. He also has picked up some books on modern science, starting from the 1930's. He walks back onto the grounds, carrying a bag full of books. He looks at the apartment buildings glowing in the dusk, and begins to feel a little empty. He sighs and looks down. His life as he knew it was over. Whether that was a good thing or a bad thing remained to be seen.
He hasn't been happy in decades. Not truly happy. Not like the people he saw around him. He sits down on a bench and looks up at the half-cloudy sky. It was still hot but as a homunculus, he couldn't feel it. He takes out a book, entitled Chaos by James Gleick. He starts reading in the admittedly low light, occasionally looking up to see if there are any passerby. He's supposed to leave everybody alone, but maybe Hohenheim would come by. |
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| A new resident and a new heart attack |
[Jul. 18th, 2011|04:38 pm] |
William is thinking the whole way back that this is a bad idea, and that his brother is going to have another case of heart failure for this. But, he's committed, for better or for worse.
They reach the office and William turns to Envy. "Stay here. I'll let you in when I've talked him into it." Without waiting for an answer, he steps into the office and closes the door behind him. "Edward?" |
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| Stranger in the Mirror. |
[Jul. 15th, 2011|08:59 am] |
'Ed' had somehow gotten lost, and ended up near the Elric Apartments anyway. He's been thinking way too much by now. William's on his good side, after he thought about it. William was at least sympathetic. He wishes he could talk to William again, but he's thinking he'll probably run across another Ed. There seemed to be way too many of Pipsqueak around for his liking.
He sits down underneath a tree and plays with a few vials he had in his pocket. He'd forgotten he had those. |
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