4/16/08 + + IC!Envy, IC!Sheska, IC!Ed

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Who: IC!Envy, IC!Sheska, IC!Ed
When: 4/16/08
Rating: PG-13
Category: Side Plots
Summary: Envy seeks revenge for Sheska-munculus killing him a month ago, disconcerting laughter is had, people are kicked, tears are shed, Ed saves the day and there are awkward hugs.

IC!Envy: *has successfully infiltrated the military and obtained her address, comes to the door in the guise of some old ugly general or other*

IC!Sheska: *comes to the door, totally surprised and like WTF? to see a general there, salutes hastily* Lieutenant General Raven! Uh, hello, what brings you by here?

IC!Envy: Private Sheska. May I step inside?

IC!Sheska: Yes! Yes please come inside *steps away from the door and shows him in. always very uncomfortable with this sort of thing, not sure how to act*

IC!Envy: *struts inside with the most martial air he can manage, hands tucked behind his back, chin tilted into the air*

IC!Sheska: *eyes darting around the room, thinking of things to clean up-- there isn't anything besides the books* Would you like a chair? I have a chair. *goes to bring out the chair*

IC!Envy: *sneering internally at the books- silly humans- examines his nails while he's waiting for her to bring the chair, wondering how best he should kill her, bubbling with poisonous hatred*

IC!Sheska: *returns with the chair, offering it to him* Sorry it's a bit cluttered in here, I'm not used to having guests. *brief smile before asking the nervous question* So what brings you by?

IC!Envy: *sits stiffly in the chair, acting as though he did not hear her excuses and apologies, crossing his legs and folding his hands on his knee* Private, I am going to ask you some questions, now. It goes without saying that I expect you will answer them with full disclosure and honesty, remembering the dignity of the Amestrian military and your loyalty to the Fuhrer. *ominous ominous*

IC!Sheska: *eyes widening, threatening to envelope her entire face. sitting on a book chair. nod nod, serious business* I understand.

IC!Envy: *eyes narrowing, leans forward in the chair* Private Sheska, can you describe to me where you were the afternoon of March 16th? *suppresses a bloodthirsty smile, barely*

IC!Sheska: *brain wanting to climb out the back of her head, knew this was going to happen at some point. can't tell a lie* Uh, well, you remember the dimensional uh, event that was going on then right? Due to that, I- don't have clear memories from that time.

IC!Envy: *wow, she really is a terrible liar; allows a very natural sneer of disbelief to creep onto his disguised face; stingingly* Is that the truth, Private Sheska? You seem... nervous. Very nervous. You will want to think twice before you claim you have no memory. Consider the possible consequences, and I think you'll find you remember more than you'd imagine.

IC!Sheska: *shaking slightly* I'm sorry. I'm really nervous around superiors. But I really don't remember much from that day. I wasn't under my own control. It was like I was a different person. I had been turned into one of those horrible homunculi.

IC!Envy: *inclines his head in acknowledgment of her growing honesty* Control or not, I'd like to tell me what it is you do remember? *asking very pointedly, making it obvious that there is a certain answer he is fishing for*

IC!Sheska: *making a big, Arakawa-style frowny face* There was a public fighting competition and I... *eyes watering as she knows these will be her last words as a free woman* I organized alchemists to make the philosopher's stone out of the spectators and I killed someone with my bare hands! *sob, pushing her palms to her eyes* I'm so sorry. It wasn't me! I'm so sorry!!!

IC!Envy: *couldn't give a shit about the earlier bit but shoots to his feet at the end, grabbing Sheska tightly the hair and tilting her head back, a most uncharacteristic look of wrath on his face* How, with your bare hands?

IC!Sheska: *in pain but feeling that she deserves it* B-by stabbing him- in the neck- with *shutting her eyes to close out the realness of the world* with my fingernails. *opening her eyes again* I didn't mean to, I couldn't control myself!

IC!Envy: *giving up on the pretense entirely now, awash with humiliation and rage over the fact that this weak little human killed him the one time he could not defend himself; though it is HIGHLY unusual for him, shifts back into his true form, since Sheska has already seen it anyway* You think I give a fuck about that, you little BITCH? *tightens his hold on her hair, yanking her to her feet*

IC!Sheska: *giving the obligatory wide-eyed shock* Envy! *hair feeling like it's ripping out, manages to get her feet beneath her but still helpless*

IC!Envy: *getting uncomfortably close to her face, his eyes dark with hatred* That's right~. It's me again. Guess the tables are turned this time, though, aren't they?

IC!Sheska: *not getting it, the terror isn't helping either* Why are you here? What did I do? *trying but failing to move a bit further away from him*

IC!Envy: *only further infuriated by her fear and weakness* What did you- you insolent little-! *can't even seem to get the sentence out properly* You fucking KILLED me! *breathing hard, several very unacceptable emotions stirring around behind the hard mask of fury* With your fingernails, remember?

IC!Sheska: *huge gasp* That was you!?!?! *mouth hanging loose. not even afraid at the moment, just surprised*

IC!Envy: *hate hate hate* Yes, it was me! *drops her back to the ground, but remains menacingly close* This is my human face. *doesn't hesitate to tell her because he's gonna kill her, after all; rolling up a sleeve ominously*

IC!Sheska: *ouch, on the ground, but looking up at his face. Suddenly overcome with giggles. holds a hand to her mouth to stop herself but she can't, they just keep coming*

IC!Envy: *eyes widen in complete horror - lets go of the sleeve and actually reels back in shock* Are you- *can't find the words* ARE YOU LAUGHING AT ME? *if there are two things he cannot tolerate, they are Hohenheim and being laughed at; shifts back into his green-haired form with a stab of something that is under no circumstances bitter, hurt confusion in his chest* HOW DARE YOU!

IC!Sheska: *although part of her knows how close she might be to death, she can't help but laugh with all the weight taken off her chest- the person she killed isn't dead! On her hands and knees, having trouble keeping herself up due to her explosive laughter. Grabs onto Envy's legs, just so happy* It was you- and you are alive! Hahah! This is so wonderful!

IC!Envy: *even MORE confused now - the human is HUGGING his legs, what the hell?; at least she wasn't laughing at him* No thanks to you, you, you- *spluttering* You think it's wonderful you killed me? You think it's funny?

IC!Sheska: *finally calming down, smiling and taking off her glasses to clean them with her sweater* No, no it's... I'm just glad you aren't dead.

IC!Envy: *ohh, that's the last straw; pulls back his leg and aims a kick at Sheska's shoulder* Glad? GLAD?! Do you have any idea what it feels like to die? DO YOU?!

IC!Sheska: *is knocked against a wall of books, her glasses falling to the floor. holding her shoulder wincing at the pain. some sense returning to her* N-no, I don't...

IC!Envy: *lets out a mirthless laugh, looking rather manic* No, you don't... Yet. *griiiiiin*

IC!Sheska: *terror jumping back into her body like electric spiders crawling through her veins. stumbling to her feet, she backs against the books* I'm sorry. It wasn't me that did it. If you were still a homunculus then you would have beaten me and I didn't mean to kill you!

IC!Envy: I'm sorry. It wasn't me that did it. If you were still a homunculus then you would have beaten me and I didn't mean to kill you!
IC!Envy: *lifts one hand, looking her right in the eyes as he copies Lust's technique, making his fingernails about six inches long and razor sharp* Boo hoo. You think I give a fuck whether you meant to?

IC!Sheska: *edging her way around the book block* Please, it was a mistake, I'll do anything for you. What do you want?

IC!Ed: *going back to his dorm room with a bag of food and a load of books tucked under one arm, raises an eyebrow when he hears some loud noises. starts walking in that direction, concerned*

IC!Envy: *purples eyes narrowing, scraping the edges of the nails together menacingly* Ah yes, humans always start to plead, about now. *takes a step closer* There is NOTHING I want from you! Sorry. Too bad~

IC!Sheska: B-but, I know things. I'm sure there is some information I can help you with. *hiding around the corner of a stack*

IC!Ed: *approaching the door, brow furrowed, able to make out Sheska's voice now and getting even more concerned about it*

IC!Envy: *giggles evilly* You think I can't get information on my own, human? With a technique like mine? *sneering, shifts form without a blink so that he exactly resembles Sheska herself, but EVIL*

IC!Sheska: *shifting around the book stack so she doesn't have to look death in the face* But you see all these books? I've read all of them. Just tell me what you want to know and I might know it. *cheeks tear-streaked again, can only see a blur without her glasses and the tears aren't helping either*

IC!Ed: *nudges the door open and peers inside cautiously, on high alert*

IC!Envy: *shoves his shoulder into the stack of books without warning, toppling them over towards Sheska* I'm FUCKING IMMORTAL. I have all the time I want to read!

IC!Ed: *eyes widen, automatically claps his hands and hits the ground, alchemizing the ground to shoot up and shield Sheska*

IC!Sheska: *is, as usual, caught under the stack of falling books. -but surprisingly not crushed. looks up at the wood shield, wtf?*

IC!Envy: *whirls around at that familiar sound of alchemy, hissing when he catches sight of Fullmetal and shifting back into his default form* Oh, decided to join us~

IC!Ed: *runs into the space between Sheska and Envy, all his stuff discarded to the floor at the door, glaring at him* What the fuck do you think you're doing in here?!

IC!Sheska: *crawls out from under the shield, blinking at the red and blond blob of alchemist. notices his height* Edward!

IC!Envy: *grinning broadly, bare feet padding over the tumbled books, circling* Getting revenge~

IC!Ed: *eyes trained on Envy, keeping close to Sheska to defend her* Revenge for what? You leave her the fuck alone.

IC!Envy: *bristling, doesn't really want to discuss this with Fullmetal* It's no matter. Killing you will do just as well. *lunges at him with the sharpened fingers*

IC!Sheska: *no agency. scrambles around looking for her glasses so she can stay out of the way*

IC!Ed: *quickly raises his automail to block the attack, letting himself fall back and kicking out, trying to throw him off*

IC!Envy: *leaps over Ed's leg and does a back flip onto the pile of books, barely keeping his balance as it slides and shifts under him*

IC!Ed: *claps and hits the floor, making it reach up through the pile of books to grab a hold of him*

IC!Envy: *clumsier than usual, just barely avoids most of the grabbing floor-hand, only his leg getting caught; tries to tug it free and hisses in irritation, ripping it free with a sickening crack*

IC!Ed: Crazy fucking- *looks around quickly for Sheska, hoping she was able to get the hell out or something*

IC!Sheska: *has located her glasses and stands back against the wall on Envy's side of the room, giving out a shriek every time a book is hurt*

IC!Envy: *notices that it takes his leg a disturbingly long amount of time for the broken leg to heal and thinks that it realy might be best if he gets out of here and take his revenge once he's procured some red stone; bolts for the door*

IC!Ed: *grits his teeth as Envy bolts, half-wanting to chase after him and half-wanting to stay with Sheska*

IC!Sheska: *somewhat paralyzed. just watching Envy*

IC!Envy: *flee!*

IC!Ed: *turns back to Sheska once Envy's definitely gone* ...You okay?

IC!Sheska: *shaking a bit and slumping down against the back wall* ... yeah.

IC!Ed: *brow furrows slightly* ...What- was he getting revenge on you for?

IC!Sheska: nothing. *she says before even thinking the word. then she shakes her head, standing up slowly* The week when we were homunculi. It was that. I killed him when he was human. I'm just glad it wasn't a real human. *looking away, really not wanting to see her reflection in his eyes*

IC!Ed: *eyes widen, oshit that was him?! frowns, looking around at the mess of books everywhere* ...Let's get you back to your room. We can deal with fixing all this up later.

IC!Sheska: *stubborn* No, I'm fine. *bends down and starts picking up books. would rather her hands be working than her brain*

IC!Ed: *turns to just look at her for a little while, and then wordlessly starts helping*

IC!Sheska: *makes a stack and puts it in the right place, then takes a stack from Ed cause he'll just put it some place random. meets his eyes and freezes for a moment*

IC!Ed: *looks more than a little concerned about the freezing mid-handoff of books* ...What?

IC!Sheska: *turns and puts the books down before spinning around and hugging Ed* Thanks.

IC!Ed: *blinks in shock, tensing up at the hug. totally was not expecting that* Ah... You're- You're welcome...?

IC!Sheska: Oh, sorry. *lets off a bit, the hug awkward anyway due to the height difference* I thought I was really going to die there. But it's good to finally have something resolved. Now I just need some way to hold him off if he comes again. Homunculi hold grudges right?

IC!Ed: I-It's- fine. I'm just glad you're okay and in one piece. *clears throat, quickly getting over that bit of awkward* I dunno about the others, but Envy certainly does. *pauses* That was... getting it resolved?

IC!Sheska: *looking away* Well at least I didn't kill a human. *smiling at Ed, realizes she should be happy he was there to save her* You know, you are so young and yet so many people rely on you.

IC!Ed: Oh, right. Yeah. *smiles just slightly, giving a short, awkward chuckle* That's definitely a good thing. *blinks at her at that comment, then shrugs* I dunno... I'm the one that causes most of the problems in the first place...

IC!Sheska: *laughs* That is not true and you know it. You've saved me twice since December and neither time was your fault. So there's some anecdotal evidence as least. Let's get back to cleaning up.

IC!Ed: *lets that sink in for a second, still not buying it completely, but says nothing. finally just nods and resumes cleanup*

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