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ossifragant) wrote2014-11-28 12:31 am
ossifragant) wrote2014-11-28 12:31 am
011 Things Acquired - [action; FOURTH WALL]
[This time, when the shift happens, Greed is prepared. It's been six months, and it's finally hit him that given how long he spent locked away in a prison with no exit, it shouldn't feel like he's been here a long time-- what that really means is it's been seven months since he broke free of Dante's grasp, and that is a big deal no matter how he looks at it. And yet it does feel like a long time, precisely because it's been half a year without Dante.
He's too proud of himself, like he had been upon first finding himself in the region.
Yesterday, the snow had bothered him because of how cold it was. Today, now that he can't quite feel the coldness of the snow, it's more entertaining than anything else. Maybe in a few days there will be enough snow for him to cause problems with. It's a little unfortunate there isn't enough snow on the ground for him to do anything with it now, but he'll deal with it.
As it is, shifting his hand (his entire body, really) into its carbon-black form is something he's missed.
Terrorizing an entire city would be pretty damn easy to do at the moment, but Greed is going to restrain himself, poorly. Prowling around and generally looking like he's up to something makes him look like the least subtle cat possible isn't something Greed is going to get away with for long. Maybe he'll be able to find someone he recognizes before one of the locals who haven't been horribly glitched some to ask him what the hell he's doing.
Or, more likely, he'll get bored halfway through whatever he's currently doing in favor of paying a visit to his favorite cafe.]
He's too proud of himself, like he had been upon first finding himself in the region.
Yesterday, the snow had bothered him because of how cold it was. Today, now that he can't quite feel the coldness of the snow, it's more entertaining than anything else. Maybe in a few days there will be enough snow for him to cause problems with. It's a little unfortunate there isn't enough snow on the ground for him to do anything with it now, but he'll deal with it.
As it is, shifting his hand (his entire body, really) into its carbon-black form is something he's missed.
Terrorizing an entire city would be pretty damn easy to do at the moment, but Greed is going to restrain himself, poorly. Prowling around and generally looking like he's up to something makes him look like the least subtle cat possible isn't something Greed is going to get away with for long. Maybe he'll be able to find someone he recognizes before one of the locals who haven't been horribly glitched some to ask him what the hell he's doing.
Or, more likely, he'll get bored halfway through whatever he's currently doing in favor of paying a visit to his favorite cafe.]
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Hopefully you weren't planning on having the fun start without me.
[Kimbley doesn't seem wary, not like he did last time; he's pretty sure nothing's happened to change the status quo, though that may partially be due to the fact that it feels like he was last here, what, three minutes ago? Only now it's wicked cold and obviously time has passed...ehhh. Thankfully he's used to the concept of the timeskip, even if he doesn't account for it in practice.
He's actually got a Pokéball in his hand this time around; he's tossing it up idly and catching it out of the air again like a goddamn delinquent, just to give himself something to do with himself. It's the only one he's got on him, but at least it's something.]
It's been a while, right?
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Six months.
[He watches the other man for a long moment. At least it's stopped him from continuing to obviously be up to no good, but with Kimbley showing up all that really means is that they're about to find trouble. It's cold enough that they should head inside, but Greed doesn't have anywhere in particular to be right now.]
What do you have there?
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I caught one of those fire-shooting puppies in the grass earlier. Someone felt charitable enough to help me out with that, and I wasn't going to say no.
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That someone wouldn't happen to be Archer, would it?
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[Her name is Brittany because she fucking looks like a Brittany, and her first act as his new capture was to damn near set his face on fire when he took her out of the ball because apparently Growlithes are not quite as fond of just being unceremoniously hiked into the air as regular puppies might be.
Archer was pretty unimpressed with everybody, both Kimbley and puppy alike. It was great.]
Have you been talking about me behind my back or something?
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This sounds kind of hilarious, no offense, Kimbley. It's probably a good thing he wasn't around, though, because he would have burst out laughing and annoyed everyone.]
Not exactly. But half a year is plenty of time to get to know someone.
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Dare I ask how that's been working out for the both of you?
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Damn would this have annoyed the shit out of Archer, though.]
I think you can guess.
[Archer finding him annoying and confusing sure hasn't stopped Greed from being obnoxious as possible at every opportunity possible. He definitely likes Archer, but as far as he knows the feeling is far from mutual.]
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You've been having fun, in other words.
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I have to keep myself entertained somehow.
[Except for when Archer tells him deets and then Greed immediately regrets everything, um.]
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[...can we not with the deets]
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I've noticed. Are the neuroses why you stuck around him? It's a little entertaining being around him and wondering what he's going to do next.
[....oh, don't worry. You will never hear the deets from Greed ever.
It's as much respect for Archer as it is for Kimbley, honestly.]
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That'd be it! He's a wreck to be sure, but he's an interesting one, and those are the best sorts.
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I'd hate to see what kind of trouble he got into in Amestris.
[Greed... already kinda knows but you know what let's not get into it right now.]
You wanna get out of this cold?
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[KIMBLEY.
I mean to his credit he just sort of shrugs and laughs, though. Moving right along.]
Sure, why not.
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Missed me that much?
[Here's where Greed would normally make the astoundingly well thought out decision to lead Kimbley to a bar, but instead it's a small cafe.
...look he's spent nearly an entire year as a human so if there's one lesson he's learned here it's that hangovers suck so let's not get drunk right now.]