59th Transformation [FOURTH WALL]

[exeggutorhead]

[When the flash of light fades and Envy is once again fully a homunculus, he's…actually kind of surprised, because he's still sitting on the couch in the house, in exactly the same spot he was before. He was prepared to suddenly be anywhere, but not really to be in the same spot. Weird.]

[He gets up, idly changing his form in a few small ways as he does, just for the fun of it, and as he looks out the window he notices flickering blue candleflames all clustered around one spot in the yard. And hey, he's not doing anything else, he might as well go look. What he finds is about fifteen Litwick sitting on top of a knee-high pile of eerily glowing red rocks, very happily nibbling on them as though they were the best hard candy in the whole world.]

[Envy blinks. Turns. Goes back inside.]

[And comes back out to the pile carrying a pillowcase.]

[For the rest of the weekend, Envy can be found pretty much anywhere, but he's very likely to have that pillowcase on him, partway filled with red stones. And he just keeps reaching back in to pull one or two out and pop them in his mouth like popcorn.]

[MMM, DELICIOUS SOUL ROCKS.]

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[armoredsoul]

[And here, Al comes to a quandary. Envy isn't the only one that wants blood, wants it badly, but Al knows that a fight will only make things worse. There's no true death for anyone here, and anything short of that won't make Al feel any safer, nor give Envy any of the satisfaction he thinks it'll bring. But the satisfaction of punching the teeth out of that smug, sneering face, those painful memories that rise up every time he even thinks about Envy...]

[Al shifts sideways, moving so his back isn't to a wall without taking his eyes off of Envy. Each step is careful, his whole body tense and ready to spring into action.] Yeah, I noticed that. Pretty lucky for you.

[exeggutorhead]

[It's similar for Envy. He knows that killing Al today isn't going to happen, and that even if he did it wouldn't be permanent. But beating him up? That's something he'd really enjoy doing.]

[He lets out another mocking bark of a laugh.]

You'd like to think so, wouldn't you? But its you who's going to need all the luck today.

[Envy has gotten better at fighting since he arrived in Johto, just out of necessity. The first time he'd gotten the shit kicked out of him in human form had been enough of a motivation. So he falls into something of a fighting stance himself, and that's about all the warning Al gets before Envy rushes him, aiming a punch at his chest.]

[armoredsoul]

[Al's eyes widen for a moment as he notes that stance, but his shock only lasts a moment. He twists to dodge just out of the way of Envy's punch and grabs onto him, using his momentum against him and throwing him out into the street. As soon as Envy is clear he claps his hands and slams them to the ground, a transmutation racing to form spikes of stone where Al expects Envy to land.]

[exeggutorhead]

[Al is right about where Envy's going to land. Envy manages to twist so that the spikes don't impale the nodes on his back, but gets impaled in the leg and his side instead and shouts loudly.]

[Damn it, that hurt.]

[But that phrase "shooting it only makes it mad" sure does apply here. Envy's face twists into practically a snarl, and he uses his arms to shove himself off the spikes quickly before Al can transmute this worse. The wounds are already healing as he stands up, and he smirks viciously.]

If you manage that again, maybe next time I'll scream with your brother's voice.

[He goes in for another attack, as though he's going to do something very similar. Except this time, he feints at the last moment, pulling his arm away and spinning one leg up. If Al twists to dodge away from the feinted punch, there will be a knee waiting for his stomach.]

[armoredsoul]

[Oh Envy. That was a baaaaaad thing to say.]

[Al's eyes go cold as steel and he slams his hand together as Envy charges, but as he moves to dodge he's caught by Envy's trick and the wind is knocked out of him. Gasping, he grabs Envy's leg and lets a familiar sort of transmutation rip right through the homunculus' flesh--Edward isn't the only one to take inspiration from a certain Ishballan.]

[exeggutorhead]

[Envy wasn't expecting the transmutation, and he shouts out in pain again as it destroys his leg...but this time, he does what he said he would. Halfway through the scream, he changes his face to look like Edward's, yelling in his voice before he launches himself backwards with his good leg.]

[It's not a balanced landing, but he laughs as he lands a good distance away, ready to jump again if Al tries to transmute more spikes. He changes his face back to his regular form's.]

I did warn you.