Hey, Envy. It's Winry. [Pause, so long that you can count to 5-10 depending on your speed.] I -- Did you notice that Kimblee, Archer and McDougal disappeared?
[Yeah, Envy's definitely noticed that Kimblee and Archer are gone, at least. Finding random new Pokemon in his PC and figuring out who they belonged to before is starting to get really old. He doesn't like that those two are gone, he got along well with them and Archer was the only person from his own world. That, and it means that his little group of people he likes has shrunk even more.]
[This time he's not so much depressed as he is angry. He doesn't pick up the 'Gear when it first dings for New Message, but around ten minutes later he finally does check to see who it is that's messaging him. It might be France, after all...but France could always find him to talk in person. So who?]
[Oh. He's getting a call from Winry? Well, that means she's still here at least.]
[It's something he sure wasn't expecting after not hearing from her for a while, and they aren't really friends. But there's no reason not to respond, right? And on second thought, he was probably going to call her about this same thing anyway. There's not many Amestrians left. He can do just fine without any of them, but...it wasn't really a good feeling to be the only one before.]
[And damn, that's even more people than he thought had gone. He definitely won't miss Armstrong, or that McDougal guy, but still. It's the principle of the thing.]
Hey. [He's making a very good attempt to not sound so angry!]
Yeah, I knew about Archer and Kimblee, some of their Pokemon wound up with me. Didn't know about those other two, though.
[Pause.]
There's not many of us from Amestris left.
[audio] AND WOW, LET'S PRETEND WINRY SAID ARMSTRONG TOO. I triple checked and it's not there, wow.
[Kimblee, Archer, McDougal - who ever he is, not that Winry knows anything else but name and face from the network - and Armstrong... Is it the season for people from Amestris to go home?
Good, good, Envy, don't sound too angry, though Winry would probably understand why.]
Some of their pokemon ended up to me too, I got one from Major Armstrong too. [She really is the only one from the good side of Amestris left here, huh? Maybe.]
[She pauses too. There's not many, does that really mean there's still more than these two? Time to go fishing like Ed and Roy would do!]
We're not the only ones left, there's someone else - or some others - too?
[Curious, surprised sounding answer. She fooled everyone at Briggs, even Kimblee, so this should work when it's just an audio.]
[audio] AND LET'S ALSO PRETEND THAT I DIDN'T HALLUCINATE ARMSTRONG'S NAME IN THERE
[It does work, he's not suspicious that she's fishing! ...But he also knows that if he gives away Lust's secret identity to anyone she might actually murder him. His response sounds completely natural.]
Oh, yeah, there's also Isabella, I talk to her sometimes. I don't think she's gone.
[Oh, good. She's still good at it. Not that she actually needs it for anything, usually, but it's a good skill to have on rare occasion.]
I'm not sure. Maybe. At least I don't talk to her on any regular basis.
[Or ever she could add. Isabella? The name is different from the sins, but then again, Envy told her a fake name at first too. ...So, um, let's not jump into any conclusions or straight-forward questions here, never mind the huge temptation to ask which side she's from.]
Just three of us left, huh? Feels kind of crazy considering how many there have been...
She doesn't talk on the network a whole lot, so it's not surprising.
[That second comment gives him pause, though.]
Yeah...there were a lot of us. But before Ed showed up the first time I'd been the only one for a while, so it's not quite as crazy for me. I think I might have been the first one here period.
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Hey, Envy. It's Winry. [Pause, so long that you can count to 5-10 depending on your speed.] I -- Did you notice that Kimblee, Archer and McDougal disappeared?
[audio 1/3 - not here] ajfdkslfj Winry
[This time he's not so much depressed as he is angry. He doesn't pick up the 'Gear when it first dings for New Message, but around ten minutes later he finally does check to see who it is that's messaging him. It might be France, after all...but France could always find him to talk in person. So who?]
[audio 2/3]
[It's something he sure wasn't expecting after not hearing from her for a while, and they aren't really friends. But there's no reason not to respond, right? And on second thought, he was probably going to call her about this same thing anyway. There's not many Amestrians left. He can do just fine without any of them, but...it wasn't really a good feeling to be the only one before.]
[audio 3/3 and here now]
Hey. [He's making a very good attempt to not sound so angry!]
Yeah, I knew about Archer and Kimblee, some of their Pokemon wound up with me. Didn't know about those other two, though.
[Pause.]
There's not many of us from Amestris left.
[audio] AND WOW, LET'S PRETEND WINRY SAID ARMSTRONG TOO. I triple checked and it's not there, wow.
Good, good, Envy, don't sound too angry, though Winry would probably understand why.]
Some of their pokemon ended up to me too, I got one from Major Armstrong too. [She really is the only one from the good side of Amestris left here, huh? Maybe.]
[She pauses too. There's not many, does that really mean there's still more than these two? Time to go fishing like Ed and Roy would do!]
We're not the only ones left, there's someone else - or some others - too?
[Curious, surprised sounding answer. She fooled everyone at Briggs, even Kimblee, so this should work when it's just an audio.]
[audio] AND LET'S ALSO PRETEND THAT I DIDN'T HALLUCINATE ARMSTRONG'S NAME IN THERE
Oh, yeah, there's also Isabella, I talk to her sometimes. I don't think she's gone.
[Lust had better not be gone.]
Had you met her?
[audio] PRETENDING, WE'RE GOOD AT IT!
I'm not sure. Maybe. At least I don't talk to her on any regular basis.
[Or ever she could add. Isabella? The name is different from the sins, but then again, Envy told her a fake name at first too. ...So, um, let's not jump into any conclusions or straight-forward questions here, never mind the huge temptation to ask which side she's from.]
Just three of us left, huh? Feels kind of crazy considering how many there have been...
[audio]
[That second comment gives him pause, though.]
Yeah...there were a lot of us. But before Ed showed up the first time I'd been the only one for a while, so it's not quite as crazy for me. I think I might have been the first one here period.