004 Things Aquired - [action; FOURTH WALL]

[ossifragant]

[He's suddenly, horrifyingly aware that something is terribly wrong with his body.

What... what's going on? He breathes in through his nose, and he can tell immediately that he doesn't need to breathe in air by the way his chest doesn't quite give in a natural way.

Has he... has he gone back to being a Homunculus proper?

Dammit, he had been so close to being happy here. So close to finding humanity normal, and now he's back to square one.

Greed rushes to the peer, watching the ocean with a mix of forlornness and anger. And then he jumps off the edge, like any psychology unstable normal person might do when they want to test something out.

He doesn't let himself sink far. He's aware almost immediately that he still doesn't need to breathe, even under the waves. There's only the stillness of the water and his own anxiety for maybe two minutes before instinct that he must have learned from newfound (newly lost?) humanity kicks in and he quickly resurfaces, climbing back onto the flooring, his legs dangling off the edge of the pier.

Greed doesn't try to test his Ultimate Shield. He's not sure he wants to.

Maybe he should get inside before someone notices him dripping wet (and the fact that his hair is far too perfect for someone who just jumped into the ocean) but he's too morbidly fascinated with his own lack of a heartbeat.]

((ooc: general catch-all fourth wall post. Feel free to set your thread after Greed stops being an idiot if you'd like.))

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[ossifragant]

[It's...

Now that he's got a good look at the man, he really does look like an Elric. And Greed had apparently been okay with that before. Well. Hmm. He is an attractive man, but Greed's also very much not interested in luring away Envy's boyfriend.

Besides, Greed has someone here himself. Sort of.]

Of course not. There's no need for things to be awkward. It's not like I remember any of it.

[francia]

[It's not entirely certain if the previous Greed had drawn the Elric visual connection nearly four years ago. France had also been a hell of a lot more forward about wanting a relationship back then. Going steady with Envy for three years has let him settle down quite a lot.]

[France laughs merrily.]

It's probably for the better. Everything back then was quite a whirlwind.

Is there anything you would like to know? I'm not sure if you've run into anyone else who was around back then and knew you, but you and I weren't too obvious an item, if you were worried about that.

[ossifragant]

[He does have a number of questions, it's true. Whatever happened before he got here is long in the past and he's not that interested in it, truthfully. He doesn't remember what he did here before and he's not even sure what he can do about that sort of thing anyway.]

Envy's changed a lot since you first met him, hasn't he?

[Envy actually seems happy.]

[francia]

[That's actually not something France has thought too much about. France's head tilts slightly, his fingers going to his hair as he thinks.]

I suppose we both have.

[He smiles, the sort of expression people in love get when they're reminiscing over something that belong to them and the one they love and no one else.]

We went about the romance rather backward: physical before we built anything worth changing ourselves to keep. We've grown to love each other sincerely; I do believe that completely. With the way this place works, it's extremely important to hold onto someone else just to maintain sanity. He's become my brightest point, my most precious thing here. I like to think he feels the same for me.

[ossifragant]

[He really doesn't get it, but this is one of those things that in general, Greed just doesn't understand. He understands the concept of love but he's also genuinely never had it returned.]

I'm happy for you both.

[Though he's entirely struggling to understand what it actually means. But Envy's happiness does mean something to Greed.]