exeggutorhead | Sixteenth Transformation [Fourth wall/video/action for Goldenrod]

[Envy hasn't been sleeping well lately, and he never really developed very good sleeping habits in the first place. So it's no surprise really that he's up and about in the middle of the night, hands in his pockets ~~when did he start wearing pants so often anyway~~. And then, suddenly, there's the BRIGHT FLASH and Envy just freezes because even though it's been a while he remembers the three day memory lapse and insane dreams that happened the last time there was a flash like that. He glances around briefly, just in case there's three of the same woman pointing a gun at him again.]

[Wait. He feels different. Or no, rather, he feels like he's supposed to. Without really thinking about it, he brings one arm up in front of him, and with a small amount of concentration, a bright light travels up it and leaves a stone spike in its wake. He stares for a minute.]

[And then he grins, and transforms. Not into anybody in particular, just one of the people he and Miguel and Tulio have conned before, a particularly gullible man that he remembers laughing at. The sparks and light have barely faded before he's changing again and again and again, laughing with half-manic relief. He wears remembered faces from both Amestris and Johto, and the only ones he doesn't take are from the people he knows well.]

[Eventually, he settles back into his regular form, complete with his old outfit, still wearing a wide, cheshire grin even though he's stopped laughing.]

Heh, looks like Johto's done something right for once.

[Video sent a short time after this:]

[When the feed comes on, Envy still looks to be in an extremely good mood, judging by the smirk on his face. He's got his powers back, how can this turn out badly? Viewers might notice his dead-person-pale skin and weird purple cat eyes.]

So, I can't have been the only person to get my old powers back, can I?

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[Well that's a pretty good reaction, to tell the truth. Envy grins wider, and changes again to look like Tulio.]

Isn't it? Not all I can do either.

[Smirk.] I told you.

Woah woah- _{[He holds his hands up and tries to be not too weirded out by the whole thing, but it's pretty hard, hence his halting movements and speech. That, and looking at yourself, but with that kind of grin and that kind of speech pattern, is just ... a little much.]}

Do I want to know what else you can do?

_{[Because he remembers Envy the way he was at the start - aggressive as hell. If he had powers to match...]}

[Envy notes Tulio getting a little over-weirded out, and sighs and returns to his usual form.] Better?

Heh, I'll show you anyway. See that lamp post? [He points to it, and without really waiting for an answer, jumps to the top of it. He sits crouched on the balls of his feet, grinning down.] I can also do this. Or I could've just knocked it down; I've got strength too.

[Fortunately, Tulio is one of the people who doesn't have to worry about Envy harming him.]

Loads.

_{[His voice is totally a little faint at this point, because ... well, really.]

[And he's actually pretty sure Envy wouldn't do anything too bad to him, but he's still got those trust issues hanging around his head, and new things scare him, so he'll still keep back. You know, just a little.]}

Waitwaitwait, I don't- how did you do that?

_{[Because being able to do that in a world full of elemental animals clearly doesn't make sense.]}

Easy. I've got enough strength and speed to jump a lot higher than humans.

[He snickers.] You know, you've got a six foot dragonfly that follows you around, it can't be that much of a stretch.

_{[...point. He actually pauses as if realizing this, before gesturing vaguely Envy's way.]}

... still crazy.

Just because it's crazy doesn't mean it isn't true.

[And with that, he jumps back down, landing right in front of Tulio.]

_{[He holds up his hands by reflex as if to shield himself from Envy slightly when he lands so close so sudden.]}

You're right. That just makes it more crazy.

Somehow I doubt my world in general would be sane by your standards.

[He shrugs.] I'm not going to hurt you, you know.

Right.

_{[More as an 'oh' than a 'yeah right', he instead puts his hands on his hips, regarding Envy with a mixed expression.]}

So ... now when you can do the changey and leapy things, what're you gonna do?

[This question gives Envy pause; he hadn't really considered it.]

Well...they make me more useful, don't they? [Hello roundabout way of asking if he can stay in the group.]

_{[Oh you can stay in the group. He supposes. Maybe. You're sort of creepy now, aren't you?]}

Yes, well ... yes. Not to mention the new scary look it gives you. It really works on you, by the way.

Hah, I guess I should say thanks for that.

[He grins, taking a short flourishing bow in an attempt at humor; Tulio might catch sight of the red V of lines and nodes on his back that don't really look like they're part of his clothes, but part of his back. Envy, for his part, is just trying to be as unthreatening as possible, and there's a little bit of nervousness in his posture and expression.]

I'm not that scary, am I?

_{[Oh yeah, he catches that. He's really good with details like that, even if he's still an oblivious fool when it comes to emotional matters.]

[But yeah, he plays along.]}

Nah. You're just a kid who's really a monster with weird things on his back, no big._{[Except, yeah, he is still pretty unsettled - but since Envy's still, well, being Envy about things, he's being pretty calm.]} Feel like explaining those, by the way?

These? [He reaches over his shoulder, tilting slightly to show that he's pointing to the lines, but he doesn't turn enough so that they're actually facing Tulio.]

[He looks a little wary now that they've been brought up, honestly. He pauses, considering what to tell Tulio, and his voice is a little hesitant when he does speak.] They're...I don't know what to call them, they help circulate energy so that I can keep moving.

If one gets pierced by something, it slows me down a lot. If all three are, I'm paralyzed.

Sixteenth Transformation [Fourth wall/video/action for Goldenrod]

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[action] sorry for the late ;o;

[action] no problem! <33

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