Greed (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ossifragant) wrote2010-04-07 07:28 pm
ossifragant) wrote2010-04-07 07:28 pm
IC Contact
It's Greed.
Say whatever you need to say. If I feel like it, I'll answer.
Say whatever you need to say. If I feel like it, I'll answer.
[Lust debated a long time before sending this text message.]
Greed? Do you have a minute?
Greed? Do you have a minute?
[He blinks at the message.
He certainly hadn't been expecting Lust to contact him, but he also isn't about to not reply.]
Course. What's up?
He certainly hadn't been expecting Lust to contact him, but he also isn't about to not reply.]
Course. What's up?
How much have you spoken with Envy, since coming here?
Not much.
To be honest I haven't spoken to him since April. We had a pretty big argument and I haven't heard from him since.
[Because they're both too stubborn to be the first to apologize.]
To be honest I haven't spoken to him since April. We had a pretty big argument and I haven't heard from him since.
[Because they're both too stubborn to be the first to apologize.]
Did you? He didn't mention it.
Do you know anything about France?
Do you know anything about France?
[Well... that's something, at least. He'll return the favor and not get into it.]
Name doesn't ring a bell. I don't think it's anyone I've met.
Name doesn't ring a bell. I don't think it's anyone I've met.
I think you'd know if you had.
He's Envy's [Lust pauses, searching for the right word.] young man.
He's Envy's [Lust pauses, searching for the right word.] young man.
[There's a full thirty seconds before the next reply comes.]
Are you serious?
Are you serious?
Entirely. His name is France, he's handsome and pleasant and he thinks Envy's the most wonderful and perfect thing in the world.
He's also rich.
[This is why she messages him. Only Greed can understand why this is so strange.]
He's also rich.
[This is why she messages him. Only Greed can understand why this is so strange.]
That doesn't sound anything like Envy.
[Okay hold up here. Envy is dating somebody. Envy. He's not sure how to even begin to process that information.]
He's been here for three years. That's a long time away from her. But that still doesn't make any sense.
[Okay hold up here. Envy is dating somebody. Envy. He's not sure how to even begin to process that information.]
He's been here for three years. That's a long time away from her. But that still doesn't make any sense.
I've never seen Envy like this before.
You can't even imagine it. Seeing them together. It's like a sappy poem. And he's NICE. Well mannered and cheerful and pleasant.
You can't even imagine it. Seeing them together. It's like a sappy poem. And he's NICE. Well mannered and cheerful and pleasant.
That's
Rather disturbing.
[This is Envy they're talking about. Greed's watched him happily slaughter entire families. He's watched him transform his arm into something sharp enough to impale a person before and then laugh when he's done it.]
Rather disturbing.
[This is Envy they're talking about. Greed's watched him happily slaughter entire families. He's watched him transform his arm into something sharp enough to impale a person before and then laugh when he's done it.]
It's almost unnatural.
And he looks like an Elric.
And he looks like an Elric.
WHAT!?
There's no way he'd date someone who looks like an Elric. There's no way. He mustn't have a clue.
There's no way he'd date someone who looks like an Elric. There's no way. He mustn't have a clue.
I admit it's strange, but Envy said he was very happy.
He does! Long blond hair, light toned, clear cut features.
He does! Long blond hair, light toned, clear cut features.
What the hell.
[No, seriously. What the hell.
Lust, do you have any idea what you're saying because Greed isn't sure he should explain that.]
[No, seriously. What the hell.
Lust, do you have any idea what you're saying because Greed isn't sure he should explain that.]
It's not THAT odd. A bit eyebrow raising, but really. It isn't as though I said he's dating AN Elric.
No, it's very odd.
Look, I
I'm not sure how much I should actually say.
Look, I
I'm not sure how much I should actually say.
I know Envy doesn't LIKE Elrics on some sort of principle, if that's what you mean.
Yeah.
There's a reason for that. I know the reason because at one point, Envy and I were extremely close.
But it's also not really my place to go around telling other people. Maybe it's a little different, since you were so close to him, too, but if he never let on that complicates things a bit.
There's a reason for that. I know the reason because at one point, Envy and I were extremely close.
But it's also not really my place to go around telling other people. Maybe it's a little different, since you were so close to him, too, but if he never let on that complicates things a bit.
I know it has something to do with Hohenheim, or something the man did. But no, Envy's never said specifically what it was. And I've never asked.
I know Hohenheim was around from time to time. I only ever saw him once and I got the feeling he didn't like me very much, and he completely avoided Envy the one time he did show up that I'm aware of because I was in the room for the entire conversation.
This must have been... I'm not sure. I think it was two hundred years ago but honestly it could have been before that. Spending over a century locked away wrecks your perception of time.
He urged her to stop what she was doing and she refused. It's been too long so I don't really remember the specifics, but I remember wanting to hurt him. I would have done it in an instant had she ordered it.
She told him he should accept responsibility and he told her he didn't know what she was talking about. And then he looked at me, and I still don't understand the look he gave me. Pity? Hatred? Hell if I know.
I hated being the thing on the side. He was clearly the one she wanted, not me. I was just a convenience to her. Just something to pass the time with while she longed for that man once again.
I never told Envy that he showed up. It would only have angered him to know that I had the chance to attack the man but didn't because I was a loyal servant of our master.
This must have been... I'm not sure. I think it was two hundred years ago but honestly it could have been before that. Spending over a century locked away wrecks your perception of time.
He urged her to stop what she was doing and she refused. It's been too long so I don't really remember the specifics, but I remember wanting to hurt him. I would have done it in an instant had she ordered it.
She told him he should accept responsibility and he told her he didn't know what she was talking about. And then he looked at me, and I still don't understand the look he gave me. Pity? Hatred? Hell if I know.
I hated being the thing on the side. He was clearly the one she wanted, not me. I was just a convenience to her. Just something to pass the time with while she longed for that man once again.
I never told Envy that he showed up. It would only have angered him to know that I had the chance to attack the man but didn't because I was a loyal servant of our master.
[Wow that's a lot of words, and Lust understands that the story has two meanings to be taken from it.]
I was aware of our master's obsession with the man. It fostered some strange fixation on his son.
You're alluding heavily to matters of jealousy.
I was aware of our master's obsession with the man. It fostered some strange fixation on his son.
You're alluding heavily to matters of jealousy.
That's creepy. but not surprising, I suppose. But this story doesn't have much to do with Edward Elric. He's more of an unwitting player in all of it.
Hohenheim left the first time long before I was born, but I was also not the first one born. I was the third. The second being Gluttony.
Hohenheim left the first time long before I was born, but I was also not the first one born. I was the third. The second being Gluttony.
[That was where Envy had come from. It made sense, suddenly, or sense enough for Lust to seize on the idea and label it fact.]
I see.
I always assumed.
Nevermind.
It doesn't matter.
I see.
I always assumed.
Nevermind.
It doesn't matter.
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