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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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...video.... game?

[You think you have it bad, Winry? He's still more familiar with how things worked in the 1700s.]

What's a video game?

[And he prods at the 'Gear's camera.]

You mean like... how this thing is a talking picture?

[And he smiles cheerfully, not able to hide the razor-sharp teeth in his mouth.]

Rush Valley, huh? I remember being told about that city, yeah. Big place where you can get anything.

[And he sounds a bit too pleased at the idea.]

It's like a... [ does this man even know what movies are? ] ... movie, but you get to move the characters in it instead of just watching how they act.

[ But then she has also heard that movies in other worlds are much different than they're in the year where she's from...]

This device thing has a few, that you can try, but they're really different than this place is.

[Honestly, if she hadn't heard the video game thing from people she trusts, she wouldn't even believe it.]

A little like that, yeah. It's a video call, this thing works like a phone. But it can also work like a normal phone, or send text messages and other things.

[...She looks dazed as soon as she sees those teeth. Scary. ...Still very surprised to see someone new from Amestris here.]

Huh. I haven't seen anyone new from Amestris here for a while.

[ This is where she'd usually tell her name, but you look kind of suspicious, mister. ]

...a movie, huh?

[What's a movie?

At least he knows what a phone is. Phones are extremely useful things]

Anyone "new." You mean there's already a few of us here?

[Now that's interesting. So there's at least the three, then. Maybe more.]

The name's Greed.

[Said like this is the most reasonable name for a person ever.]

[ ...or then he doesn't know what a movie is. ]

It's like -- if you record a video with this, then people can watch it like it's a movie. Moving pictures, usually with some actors and actresses playing some fictional roles. And weird events like there's one in alchemy where an alchemist accidentally turns himself into a flying man -- or a fly, I don't remember the details.

[... uh huh, yes she did mention that 'new' word.]

Well, yes. You're probably going to meet them all sooner or later. Not that there's so many left anymore.

[Nevermind that, his name gets her full attention.

GREED?

Yes, Winry knows that name. She met one Greed a little before she woke up here (again).]

[Wait, why does he look different this time?

No, shouldn't the real question be why Ling looked different that time?

... No, the real question is...]

...What happened to Ling, if you're here and not -- him?

[Why is everything from Amestris always so confusing? ~~Winry, honey, you have no idea~~]

[Wait, maybe he's from time before Ling. That's not unusual, in fact she's kind of used to that.

Oooops, maybe she should have thought of that before she asked that thing about Ling.]

Umm, my name is Winry Rockbell.

[ WHAT ELSE IS SHE SUPPOSED TO SAY?! 'Never mind the Ling part.' 'Nice to meet you!' Is it?? 'We've kind of met' well what if they haven't?]

[What.

Just... what?

That look makes it clear she knows who he is by name. Which doesn't make any sense at all because he doesn't hang around teenagers.

And Ling... well, that name means absolutely nothing to him. Greed doesn't remember his name as a human, but he doesn't think it was "Ling."

And that's not right, anyway, because he knows Rush Valley wasn't around when he had been younger.]

I'll be honest, kid, I have no idea what you're talking about.

[The name Rockbell certainly doesn't mean anything to him, either. Oh, well. This is what he gets for being locked in a cell for 130 years.]

You know the names of the others here, Winry?

[Yeah, he is definitely from either earlier -- ooooor from that other Amestris, not that Winry is sure if people from Xing even ever existed there.]

It's cool, it happens around here a lot since time works weirdly here. [and other things too, in the case of Amestris at least!]

[But since this is Greed? Well, Ed hangs around with the Greed, who is in Ling's body, so ... that's a bit reassuring, maybe. Look, last time she met one of you, it was Envy telling her a fake name and being friendly and helpful when she first woke up here. Ed was furious about it.]

And it's Winry, not kid. The others are Solf J. Kimblee, Frank Archer and Envy.

[He already knows about Envy. The name Frank Archer means nothing to him, but that other one...

He must have misheard her about the first name, but...]

Did you say Kimbley?

[Because it's not like he can pick up on spelling differences when talking!]

[And now she looks alarmed. Uh...

Also what is noticing the spelling difference? Not something to do here, at least not right now.]

Yeah, I said Kimblee. ...You know him?

[She's ...not sure if she wants to know his answer to that question.]

We've met.

[And that is poorly concealed murderous rage if there ever was.]

[Well, that tone sure is a very nice one... Not.

Not that she cares whatever happens to Kimblee, but oh, this one might be one of those murderous people too then. Guess that isn't surprising at all, considering how much she knows about the plans of Homunculi and military, but...]

I take it you're not friends, then.

No. We're not friends.

[They had been, from Greed's perspective. Until he'd been sold out to the military.]

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!]

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