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equivalences) wrote2014-12-03 03:26 pm
equivalences) wrote2014-12-03 03:26 pm
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Ah, manners, really...
[ He takes the seat with a small laugh, and he takes his time to explain that first, since the latter topic is an area he can't predict Ed's reaction to, and so he's at least allowing him to enjoy the cake before moving onto a heavier topic. ]
I am a servant, and so these sorts of manners are very difficult habits to break. It is a butler's aesthetic to always be mindful and considerate of those he serves, even when rank does not matter as it does at my home, admittedly.
[ He folds his hands neatly in front of him, and then with another overly polite nod, he gets to the topic that he had really wanted to get to. ]
But for the matter at hand, I noticed something that should not be possible, and so I am doing my best to investigate the matter. I have heard of people returning from the dead.
[ He takes the seat with a small laugh, and he takes his time to explain that first, since the latter topic is an area he can't predict Ed's reaction to, and so he's at least allowing him to enjoy the cake before moving onto a heavier topic. ]
I am a servant, and so these sorts of manners are very difficult habits to break. It is a butler's aesthetic to always be mindful and considerate of those he serves, even when rank does not matter as it does at my home, admittedly.
[ He folds his hands neatly in front of him, and then with another overly polite nod, he gets to the topic that he had really wanted to get to. ]
But for the matter at hand, I noticed something that should not be possible, and so I am doing my best to investigate the matter. I have heard of people returning from the dead.
[ So basically a butler-nerd.
But Sebastian's passion earned him some delicious cake and tea, so Ed isn't ungrateful enough to insult him. He only stares at Sebastian as he prattles on, fork hanging out of his mouth and looking more ... incredulous than impressed.
And now they're getting to the meat of his meeting. ] You heard correct. I know a few people who came back. What did you want to ask?
But Sebastian's passion earned him some delicious cake and tea, so Ed isn't ungrateful enough to insult him. He only stares at Sebastian as he prattles on, fork hanging out of his mouth and looking more ... incredulous than impressed.
And now they're getting to the meat of his meeting. ] You heard correct. I know a few people who came back. What did you want to ask?
Simply if you knew anything of it. I thought that asking those recruits who have been here longer than I would be better to ask.
[ Though there's still politeness in every word in gesture, there's a subtle shift as they get into this topic. There's an ease and eloquence with which he speaks that shows intelligence, but it's something about the way he smiles as he speaks that serves as a reminder of what Sebastian is. This is no longer the conversation suited to the butler, but rather to the demon. ]
The process is what I am especially interested in, for that is something that should not be possible.
[ Though there's still politeness in every word in gesture, there's a subtle shift as they get into this topic. There's an ease and eloquence with which he speaks that shows intelligence, but it's something about the way he smiles as he speaks that serves as a reminder of what Sebastian is. This is no longer the conversation suited to the butler, but rather to the demon. ]
The process is what I am especially interested in, for that is something that should not be possible.
[ Hey, who built a tree house in the first place? She also goes to where Ed stood when he talked to her on the ground, wanting to see the view from where he was then. ]
Why? Because it shows that you're capable of hunting horned animals?
[ Her words are challenging, maybe, but her tone is only curious. ]
Why? Because it shows that you're capable of hunting horned animals?
[ Her words are challenging, maybe, but her tone is only curious. ]
[So many of these kids have the MO of "outwardly abrasive, but will save your ass (while giving you shit about it the whole time)"...]
I texted you. That's different. Anyone who can't sleep through a text [or a series of them, apparently] deserves to be woken up. Anyway, are you gonna dispense your tent-building secrets to me or not, o wise and mighty virtuoso of wigwams.
[Dave holds out one end of the tarp to him.]
I texted you. That's different. Anyone who can't sleep through a text [or a series of them, apparently] deserves to be woken up. Anyway, are you gonna dispense your tent-building secrets to me or not, o wise and mighty virtuoso of wigwams.
[Dave holds out one end of the tarp to him.]
FROM: serket.vriska@cdc.org
Ed, have you actually ever read my file?
FROM: serket.vriska@cdc.org
Do me a favor and answer that question 8efore you read it if you haven't.
Ed, have you actually ever read my file?
FROM: serket.vriska@cdc.org
Do me a favor and answer that question 8efore you read it if you haven't.
[ After reading back his previous text, he's starting to realise how it could be taken the wrong way. She's a hot chick after all ....... ]
FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org
There is!! There's privacy! You might have to bunk with Ino for now, but you don't have to worry about Greed and I being there while you sleep. I put a wall in-between.
FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org
There is!! There's privacy! You might have to bunk with Ino for now, but you don't have to worry about Greed and I being there while you sleep. I put a wall in-between.
[ Whenever Niko decides to visit, Ed will be in his treehouse. Below the tree is the sinister-looking mechanical dog Pop, who's guarding their small settlement. Should anyone approach, she'll get up and start barking. ]
No. [ He wonders how much of this relates to his embarrassing failure with the harpies... That was a special case. Ed is capable of hunting animals, but he doesn't believe in bringing their remains back like some of trophy. ]
I was planning to sculpt them out of metal.
I was planning to sculpt them out of metal.
[ Ed does notice the shift. It certainly sounds like this topic is something Sebastian has a personal stake in, and being a soul-eating demon, Ed can kind of make out why. ]
The biggest thing that I've learned during my time here is that nothing works the way you used to think it did. [ Ed had only just proven that bringing a person was impossible back home. It's almost a joke at his expense that people were coming back with little to no consequences. But he's also thankful, because he has friends among the revived. ]
This isn't the first time the CDC has defied the natural laws. They sometimes employ recruits who have long passed away. [ He takes another bite of that cake. ] But it is the first time I've seen them do it at such a scale.
The biggest thing that I've learned during my time here is that nothing works the way you used to think it did. [ Ed had only just proven that bringing a person was impossible back home. It's almost a joke at his expense that people were coming back with little to no consequences. But he's also thankful, because he has friends among the revived. ]
This isn't the first time the CDC has defied the natural laws. They sometimes employ recruits who have long passed away. [ He takes another bite of that cake. ] But it is the first time I've seen them do it at such a scale.
[You are projecting so hard, Ed. She did not actually take that the wrong way at all, but now she's starting to.]
FROM: aran.samus@cdc.org
No need to sound frantic. That sounds fine, for now.
FROM: aran.samus@cdc.org
About as much privacy as I expected, either way.
FROM: aran.samus@cdc.org
No need to sound frantic. That sounds fine, for now.
FROM: aran.samus@cdc.org
About as much privacy as I expected, either way.
'[ Sebastian's gaze turns down thoughtfully as he brings a hand to his chin, and for a few moments, he's deep in thought on the subject, though it's mostly to collect his thoughts on how to speak about this. It's a subject he can't speak freely about, since it's the sort of thing that comes with the price to be expected of a Faustian demon.
It gives Ed a few moments to enjoy his delicious cake, at least, but once Sebastian looks up, the smile is gone, since it's something he does take seriously. ]
It is something I do not understand, for even practically, it makes no sense. To revive recruits at all should come at a great cost, and as such, it would be logical to pick new recruits instead. And by the same token, not all are revived...
[ He trails off with a shake of his head, since that topic isn't one he cares about as much. ]
Had you heard of the mission that the Blue team had undergone quite a while ago?
It gives Ed a few moments to enjoy his delicious cake, at least, but once Sebastian looks up, the smile is gone, since it's something he does take seriously. ]
It is something I do not understand, for even practically, it makes no sense. To revive recruits at all should come at a great cost, and as such, it would be logical to pick new recruits instead. And by the same token, not all are revived...
[ He trails off with a shake of his head, since that topic isn't one he cares about as much. ]
Had you heard of the mission that the Blue team had undergone quite a while ago?
FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org
THAT'S JUST WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE!!!
THAT'S JUST WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE!!!
It wasn't just one text. [ More like 8. Probably. He doesn't care to remember. There's another confused look at that last thing about the 'wigwams', but he's come to realise that Dave rarely ever makes much sense. ]
Wait, we should finish the frame first. [ Ed picks up the poles and starts joining them together. He hands Dave some poles too. ]
Wait, we should finish the frame first. [ Ed picks up the poles and starts joining them together. He hands Dave some poles too. ]
[ Ah, yes, his little breakdown. That time when he almost threw up all over their shoes even after that terrifying display of power with the spikes. Fortunately, that episode is far from her mind now. She really only wants to play in a treehouse. ]
But what does that prove?
But what does that prove?
Hellooo.
[He calls out in warning, questioningly, long before he's at the dog. But it's followed by a grunt, as he's dragging several pieces of metal with him, and other materials from the crates. Things like plastic, hoping it can be recycled in some way.]
[He drops it not too far from Ed's tent, and just sits down with a grunt. He's generally been working his ass off. He's pretty tired.]
[He calls out in warning, questioningly, long before he's at the dog. But it's followed by a grunt, as he's dragging several pieces of metal with him, and other materials from the crates. Things like plastic, hoping it can be recycled in some way.]
[He drops it not too far from Ed's tent, and just sits down with a grunt. He's generally been working his ass off. He's pretty tired.]
[Surprisingly(???), Dave doesn't argue with Ed about the poles. He just takes them and more or less does what Ed is doing, kicking the tarp to one side.]
I could have sent you more. [He would have sent more if he didn't get a response before that, tbh.] But I was rudely interrupted.
I could have sent you more. [He would have sent more if he didn't get a response before that, tbh.] But I was rudely interrupted.
[ OKAY READING BACK IT DOES LOOK LIKE HE JUMPED TO CONCLUSIONS
WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING ]
FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org
Nevermind, forget what I said!!
FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org
Okay. How do you talk to girls, then?
WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING ]
FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org
Nevermind, forget what I said!!
FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org
Okay. How do you talk to girls, then?
[Texting this at a decent hour in the morning.]
FROM: elric.alphonse@cdc.org
How did you lose your eyebrows?
FROM: elric.alphonse@cdc.org
How did you lose your eyebrows?
[ ah things are awkward now ]
FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org
Okay. I'll ... see you there,
FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org
Okay. I'll ... see you there,
It is more convenient.
[There's a few moments pause, awkward, before she speaks again.]
How are your supplies?
[There's a few moments pause, awkward, before she speaks again.]
How are your supplies?
It's like you're trying to say that new recruits are worth more ... [ Squinting so hard with a fork hanging off his mouth. If not for the chat he had with Mom, Ed would be agreeing on the part about it coming at a great cost, however. It's a cost he paid himself. But being in the CDC has opened his mind a bit. It's much more naive to cling onto your own skepticism here than it is to simply accept what's going on. He's learned that in some other worlds, Equivalent Exchange simply didn't apply. There were people who could raise the dead at little cost at all.
Ed lets the topic change. He knows the person behind the revivals, but he's pondering over whether it's knowledge he wants to share.
and oh yeah ... the blue team mission. ]
Yeah, I heard of it. [ It slipped his mind there for a moment. This definitely isn't the first time they've revived a ton of people at a time then. ] They were just messing with Blue team, with that shitty mission.
Ed lets the topic change. He knows the person behind the revivals, but he's pondering over whether it's knowledge he wants to share.
and oh yeah ... the blue team mission. ]
Yeah, I heard of it. [ It slipped his mind there for a moment. This definitely isn't the first time they've revived a ton of people at a time then. ] They were just messing with Blue team, with that shitty mission.
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