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cobbledtogetherenvy) wrote2022-01-04 04:28 pm
cobbledtogetherenvy) wrote2022-01-04 04:28 pm
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[No recording. Envy doesn't want to talk to any stupid humans.]
[He'd be more dismissive if he hadn't just had to talk to Trixie. Instead he's touchy.]
Know how long it takes even the Flame Alchemist to burn a homunculus out of existence?
Know how long it takes even the Flame Alchemist to burn a homunculus out of existence?
No, but I have a feeling you're going to tell me.
Neither of those things is rare or useful.
[Envy doesn't really have possessions. He's not even really wearing clothes.]
[Envy doesn't really have possessions. He's not even really wearing clothes.]
Thank you, Envy. I would do something myself [Which speaks to how desperately angry and afraid he is...] but she uses fire.
Envy's snide remove is abruptly replaced with something entirely else. The black of his eyes shifts red before he can do anything about it. He doesn't show any other sign of agitation, which is itself quite foreign to his demonstrative (if repetitive) habits. "Where'd you hear that?"
He is completely taken aback by that, sitting up a bit straighter and holding his own cup close.
"Greed said it."
"Greed said it."
No, I don't know either, because I wasn't there when he did it to my sister, and before he finished with me I ripped my stone out and smashed it. It's a long time.
Is there a reason you're telling me this now?
Oh, good, one of the things that does hurt me.
Oh.
Then don't risk it. I can - figure something else out.
Then don't risk it. I can - figure something else out.
Of course he did. Envy's unnatural calm persists, less out of any concern for Daniel than because he doesn't really know what to do with his current state. Shrieking and lashing out have relieved his feelings historically, as has tearing out his stone in what was supposed to be a final refusal of the whole situation. But he doesn't really want to do either to Daniel. "Gluttony is what's left of an attempt to create an artificial Door of Truth. If he ever turns up, don't let him eat you. It's unpleasant. Well. The mouth that's in the human spot is only as unpleasant as it would be in any event. Father used humans as the framework for the rest."
Daniel's starting to realize that Greed might have mentioned more important information than Daniel originally thought. But there's no way to tiptoe around it now.
"And what - what about you?"
"And what - what about you?"
Because the admiral doesn't care, but you're the kind of human who does garbage like that. And it's my death. We don't have beginnings and endings. I'm a tool. I was done being useful. I broke myself.
I don't care, Daniel. And it probably doesn't matter. It takes a lot of fire.
He doesn't actually know. But now that the initial shock is wearing away, he's pretty sure he can weather this. Daniel knows experiment. If he had more specific information, wouldn't he have led with that?
"My stone's put together differently. It stores more energy than anybody's but maybe Pride." Energy here meaning screaming ghosts. "I don't know if it was so I could shapeshift or if I can shapeshift because Father needed to store some excess." All true. All mostly meaningless.
"My stone's put together differently. It stores more energy than anybody's but maybe Pride." Energy here meaning screaming ghosts. "I don't know if it was so I could shapeshift or if I can shapeshift because Father needed to store some excess." All true. All mostly meaningless.
You're right.
Just wanted to make sure you really wanted to die.
Just wanted to make sure you really wanted to die.
"Is - that why he said you were more Father's mess than the others?" he wonders. If Envy is going to be calmer about it, then Daniel isn't going to worry about how his questions come across.
Rare or useful. That's actually helpful.
Alright then, I'll get you something.
Alright then, I'll get you something.
I want to be dead. Dying doesn't help right now.
"That just sounds like Greed." Also true. Also meaningless. The hollow flatness remains in the words, but he's starting to put things together in a way that suits him.
Don't worry. You're probably going to get your chance. Asshole.
Yeah? Then maybe you'll make an exception this time.
Daniel watches him a moment. "Was I - not supposed to know that?" Envy so rarely gives him information that he's suspicious now.
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