exeggutorhead | Twentieth Transformation [video/text/action for Ecruteak Pokecenter]

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Twentieth Transformation [video/text/action for Ecruteak Pokecenter]

[Envy's video feed turns on to the sound of very loud, angry, almost frantic shouting and a good view of what seems to be an elbow.]

This isn't where I told it to take me! I can't be back here!

[The elbow, which presumably was what turned the 'Gear on, shifts to show what's going on at a tilted angle. Looks like Envy has woken up from that coma, and not in a very good or sane mood. His expression is twisted into a furious snarl, eyes wild. He's weak from being out for so long, but that doesn't stop him from thrashing. He's desperately kicking his legs to free them from the twisted sheets and punching with his one loose arm at the arms of the concerned Tyranitar that's standing beside the bed and carefully but firmly holding him down. He doesn't seem to notice or care about how he's bloodying his knuckles on his Pokemon's rock skin.]

Let go! I need to get back there, this isn't--that bastard isn't here! This isn't where Hohenheim is and I'm too fucking close--

[His swinging arm knocks into the Gear with considerable force, enough to send it flying and then skidding across the floor before it hits a wall and the feed goes out.]

[It's not until hours later that a short, simple text gets sent out.]

I'm awake again.

((ooc: And Envy is back from his update! Note that since he is now at the end of the series, there will probably be spoilers in the comments. Video responses will come after he's calmed down more.))

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_{[Well, that ... is sudden, and Tulio keeps holding onto the other just in case it was a trick - but then he slowly lets go, sighs and sits down in the chair next to the bed, looking at Envy with something that isn't too dissimilar from concern - and a little caution.]}

So ... you went back, then?

[That caution is probably a good thing; even if he's not fighting right now, he's still in a pretty unstable mood and it could easily swing back towards the more violent side of angry.]

I did. For almost a year. [Hello, Mr. Terse. He still isn't looking at Tulio.]

_{[He ponders this for a moment, then asks the question bluntly.]}

Did you die?

[Envy snorts; it's almost an amused noise.]

No. Bastard was either delusional or a really good liar.

_{[He leans back in his seat, arms crossed as he considers this as well.]}

So what the hell is your problem?

[Envy grits his teeth, that anger flashing up to the surface again. He finally turns to look in Tulio's direction, snapping.]

I was close to finding someone that I've been looking for for centuries. Why do you care anyway?

_{[Because he's not the heartless jerk he passes for half the time - but it's nothing he's too familiar with in himself and partly he doesn't feel like admitting that he does care, so he responds simply by letting his face set and not answering the question.]}

Some bastard if you're all worked up. _{[Deliberately quoting him, he looks at Envy with narrowed eyes.]} Haven't seen you this pissed off since I met you.

[Envy notices that he doesn't answer the question and takes it the wrong way, scowl deepening slightly. He wouldn't have a week ago, but you can blame being exposed to Dante "nobody could ever care about you but me" again for that one.] Yeah, that's because I haven't been this pissed off since I met you. Not in this place anyway.

[He lets out a short, not at all humorous laugh.] He's some bastard alright, my father.

_{[Eyes widening a little at that, Tulio looks momentarily stunned. Sure, there could be friction in families - but a lot of the time, family was all you had where he's from, and while he knows it might be different, he would have been punished for calling HIS father a 'bastard' or anything akin to that.]}

What- why, what'd he do to you?

[Envy turns away to glare at nothing again, and is quiet for a long moment. This isn't something he likes to tell anyone. But...it hadn't been more than an hour ago for him that the story had come out once already. And he doesn't particularly feel like hiding it, not in this mood. So he starts talking, his voice low and full of deep, old resentment.]

He created me. Then he stuck around long enough to run some tests and figure out that I wasn't the dead son he'd been trying to get back, I was just some monster. And then...he left. Cut his losses and abandoned me and my mother, and went off to start a new family to replace us with.

_{[Oh. OH. Yeah, okay. That's a bastard right there. Tulio looks caught off guard at this information, and then a cross between concerned, sympathethic and a little scared - all in all not an expression that's common on him.]}

That's ... _{[he tries to find a word and fails, and then ends up just ... changing direction.]} -- okay, I get why you're pissed.

[That's actually a better reaction than Envy would have expected, so he looks over at Tulio again, just in time to catch that expression. And after spending so much time around the guy, he recognizes that it isn't one Tulio normally makes. Envy actually looks surprised, and a little grateful.]

[For a moment, anyway, before he's frowning again. Envy's secrets come packaged with defense mechanisms, especially that one.] I don't need any pity.

_{[Blink. What. He huffs, looking a little angry. He doesn't pity people - he hates the whole pity-thing just as much as Envy apparently does.]}

What, were you getting any?

[Envy is just being a bit irrational right now. Which he at least kind of seems to realize, because he puts a hand to his forehead in frustration. And it's the hand that's all bloody from his previous irrationality of trying to punch a dinosaur made of rock.] I don't know.

[He pauses, and sighs, sounding less snappish.] I didn't kick you too hard, did I?

Hah, you call that a kick? I'm pretty sure a five-year-old would've done a better job.

_{[...when they're not using slingshots, the bastards. And as much as he likes the safe topic (and takes a moment to bask in it, because these little fights with Envy are predictable and good), he's not going to forget what information he got just now.]}

Give me a break, this body hasn't moved in a week.

[Safe topics are great right now as far as Envy is concerned, while he's trying to get his bearings back. Especially after giving out that particular story.]

[Chimera, who had been watching over the two patiently and quietly, is certainly glad that his trainer is calming down. He leans down and sniffs at Envy's bloody hand, making a worried rumbling noise. Trainer you really shouldn't have hurt yourself like that. :| Envy finally starts noticing that his hand hurts, pulling it away from his face and looking honestly a bit dismayed. That's right, no more instant healing.]

That was still kind of pathetic.

_{[But he's relieved you're okay, Envy, honestly. He pauses and looks at the bloody hand as well, then asks with some uncertainty-]}

Do you need anything for that? ... like a nurse or something?

[Have a sulkish frown, Tulio. But there isn't the anger behind his expression that there was before.]

...yeah, probably some bandages or something. [And disinfectant, not that he'd think of that. Fortunately he didn't bust his hand up bad enough to need any stitches, but it's close. Nurse might be a good idea.]

_{[Yeah, so he'll just linger for a moment - to make sure you're not going to start anything stupid the moment he's gone or something - and then goes off to find a nurse, bringing her back a couple of minutes later, and lets her fuss over Envy while he watches warily from the sidelines.]

[Yeah, he still doesn't trust hospitals entirely.]}

[Never fear Tulio, Chimera is there to make sure Envy doesn't try escaping out the window or anything ridiculous.]

[Envy doesn't particularly enjoy being fussed over by the Nurse Joy, and enjoys it even less when he starts getting a lecture.]

--and really, how on earth did you manage to do this to your hand? You really should be more careful. And I received several noise complaints from the rooms nearby, don't forget that this is a hospital and not your house.

[As the lectures continue, Tulio will get to see Envy grow steadily more and more sulkish. And get a few distinctive 'help me' looks as well.]

_{[...okay, so Tulio hadn't planned on helping him, but the lecture did go on for longer than necessary and he was starting to get irritated himself, so after a while he just smoothly grabs her by the shoulder and tries to be charming.]}

Hey miss, I really think he's got it by now. I'm sure you've got somewhere more important to be, right? 'Sides, I can keep an eye on him.

-- but he needs to be properly informed and--

_{[After a while though he DOES manage to get her out of there, and he closes the door behind her with a roll of his eyes.]}

Women, right?

[Envy is definitely grateful when Tulio does step in, because he hadn't been able to get a word in edgewise and he's feeling too snappish and on edge to be charming anyway.]

Those nurses, anyway. I swear, I've never met one that I get along with in any city.

Maybe you should learn to "stay out of trouble". _{[Mimicking the nurse's tone (not all that well, but the parody of it comes across clearly) he's almost leaning against the door as he regards Envy.]} Then you wouldn't have to deal with them.

[Envy lets out a noise that's almost a laugh.]

Maybe, but if I stayed out of trouble it'd get boring.

Yeah, and boring's just too much for you to handle, isn't it?

_{[Hands on his hips, it's almost a challenge. Ah, the familiar trade of wits.]}

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Twentieth Transformation [video/text/action for Ecruteak Pokecenter]

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[action] ...I have no idea why I switched to video

[action] ahahsfhds I didn't even notice

[action] I feel like I should apologize for Envy being such an ass XD;;

[action] haha no worries I feel that way half the time with Tulio anyway xD

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