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[When the feed clicks on, it's shaking slightly, and a man with strange eyes is staring at it from under his sunglasses like he's half-expecting it to explode.]

So this thing is visible to anyone who is connected, huh?

[Someone says something just off camera and he smirks.]

In that case, I just have one question.

Are there any bars in New Bark Town?

[Priorities.]

Action- New Bark Town

[And get an immediate answer or not, Geed is going to wander the town with the strange cat thing following close by. This feels much closer to the freedom he had been searching for in the first place, even if there is a nagging sensation in the back of his mind that something is extremely off.

Really, he can't be worried. He's escaped the bitch as far as he's concerned so he's going to be stopping every single person he runs into to ask about the town hoping he can learn something useful because he sure as hell can't blend in. He might as well stick out in the most obnoxious way possible.

At least it'll get him noticed.]

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I guess that's good. [...Though it makes her curious, even if the next might be bit of too personal question.] ...So, who are you friends then?

That doesn't matter.

[That's a bit too personal of a thing to reveal.

Kimbley is the reason they're all dead.]

[... yeah, she figured it might be considering this isn't... oh wait, that Greed would probably not answer it either. Men.]

... Sorry...

[He's not even sure what he can do about this. He doesn't have his Ultimate Shield. It's not like he can bash in Kimbley's skull and even if he could, it's not like that would bring back Law, Dorochet, Bido, and the others.]

Don't worry about it. It's my problem.

[Greed, are you seriously telling a worrier to not worry about something? Because that?? Never works!

Problem? Still talking about Kimblee?]</small You probably should know that you or anyone else can't kill anyone in this place, and that all dead people can come here even after their death.

[Well, that's disappointing but it doesn't bother him as much as maybe it should.]

That wasn't really what I was talking about.

Violent revenge isn't really my style.

[That and Kimbley is a dumbass who will probably get himself killed without Greed's protection.]

Oh, good to know... I guess... [There are more than enough violent revengers.]

Then take it as a heads up if someone ever happens to threat you about it.

[Or something. What is logic in this place?]

I take it fistfights are frowned upon here.

[Pokemon battles sound so boring, though.]

[Oh, you're fistfight type.]

Yeah, there are these pretty police ladies, who have zero tolerance for violence. I've heard people got into jail after a barfight or something... So they won't just frown upon the fight, you might want to run away if they see you having a serious fight with someone. And I definitely have to avoid throwing a wrench at a stupid alchemist whenever they can see.

[Hey, he'll have you know he's a very gentlemanly type of brawler. No dirty tricks, and he didn't even fight that beautiful married woman, especially after she spit up blood all over herself.]

That so? Can't say I've run into many stupid alchemists.

[Except Kimbley.]

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[It's not like she'd know that! ...Oh wait, she probably did hear a thing or two from that Greeling person and Ed and everyone else. Anyway, you're not exactly him even if you're Greed.]

Well... he's not... exactly stupid, I mean he's very smart but he doesn't need to hear that too often, for now. [genius, actually, but let's leave that part out.] ...but I just call him stupid, because he is a dummy sometimes.

[Never underestimate the complicated mind of a girl in love!]

[Oh. Sounds like it's someone her age, then. That's actually rather cute.]

I take it he gets in trouble often. Or puts himself in danger. Or both.

[If there's one thing Greed understands, it's relationships with people. It's a much better topic than picking fights.]

I'm sure he means well.

[It's not cute at all! ... ...At least not... You know... All the time if you ask Winry.]

Both, and he also breaks things often. ...But I guess Ed means well.

[There. Let's test if you know that short name and let's also ignore the little red on her cheeks.]

[Dots connecting.]

You... you mean Edward Elric?

[Bingo! Probably everyone in Amestris have heard of that short, hotheaded alchemist, but...]

Yeah. ...Does that mean you know Ed?

Our paths have crossed before.

[And compared to his reaction to Kimblee's name, he sounds surprisingly respectful.]

[Yeah, that sounds a lot better than his reaction to Kimblee's name. Surprising, sure, but then again not really since she threw another Greed among those other men out of her room and so on... So it's not like Ed doesn't get along with at least one Greed. This just happens to be/look different.]

I take that as a good thing, then.

[Well, they didn't meet in the greatest of ways, but Ed did earn Greed's respect, so that's something, right?]

You could say that. He's a good kid.

[That's definitely something!]

Of course he is. [Usually. Mostly, maybe.] Anyway, I guess I'd call you friends where I'm from, and your reaction seems really different from Envy's on hearing the name, so -- so it's all good.

[More like 'so it's not like he has more reasons to yell at me for talking with another homunculus' ~~who he himself dragged to her home, mind you~~, but she's going to leave that part out.]

[He smirks.]

I could tell you why Envy's reaction was different, but then he'd be even more unhappy with me than he already is.

[Now that's interesting, hearing that he and Elric had been friends. This other Greed certainly sounds like an interesting guy.]

But Ed's not here, right? So thankfully we can avoid the ugly details.

[Nnnnnnnnope.]

You can save me from the details, things might get less complicated that way.

[The less details on some things, the better. It's not like good guys from the military like Envy at all either, so uh... Or most people who she has met.]

Nope, He's not here. He comes and goes, and then he appears again and then he goea away again. [Shrug, it's like back in Amestris.] Then he also usually forgets that he's ever been here before -- it happens with everyone, though sometimes people remember being here before. I did, when I came back, but that's pretty rare.

[and shrug again. yes, let's save everyone from details and uh, you might be from that other Amestris anyway. Details? A lot more complicated than they'd be with just one Amestris around.

...oookay, enough about Ed. Too much about him maybe.]

So anyway! If you want to get to bigger cities faster, I could send you some help.

[He's already not sure about anything at the moment because she asked him about Ling like that was his name or-- something like that anyway. Honestly, he's not sure he wants to know because he's always been Greed.

Well, except once upon a time when he had been a man who was about to be married, and who nearly had a son, and...

No. He's not thinking about that. Not here, not now. He's not letting that bitterness show up on his face.]

Let me know when he shows up, right? And I'll give him hell for making his girl worry.

[He's a homunculus so that could actually be something of a very credible threat if it weren't for the fact that he's consciously trying to look non-threatening as he speaks.]

Thanks for the offer, but I think I'll be fine.

I've been idle long enough as it is; I don't mind walking. That, and the book says that there are Pokemon you can ride. I'll find one that can and then train it up so I can.

Seems reasonable enough to me.

[And he talks like this is the easiest thing in the world to him even though he's completely out of his comfort zone.]

Sure, except you probably hear hi--

['...s arrival anyway.' because it's Ed and he is usually not quiet. Except when he is, and secretly just shows up if he's mature enough to not yell about alchemy not working and stuff to the network right after his arrival.

But forget that, she's going all red and flailing a bit. ...Goddammit, Winry, will you ever get used to that?]

HE'S NOT ... We're not ... I ---- uh... [Winry, please.]

[...Whatever.

She's going to just sigh, act like nothing like that red face and other stuff ever happened.]

Walking is not so bad either, at least at first. But yes, there are quite many of those, that you can ride on. Like this -- [and she turns her gear to show her Arcanine, who is just chilling there in the background mostly.] -- Arcanine. They are little puppies called Growlithe at first, need a lot of training but then they can become a fast giant like him. But that's just one, fiercely loyal, option.

The offer is always open though, if you ever need to get anywhere fast.

[That is a big dog.

He wants one.]

I was thinking of getting one of those.... what are they called again?

Rapid Dash? Something like that? The horse that's on fire. I mean, I'd be getting the baby form first so I couldn't ride it, but that's what I was thinking of.

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