exeggutorhead | 27th Transformation [video/action for anywhere

[Oh look, on Envy's video feed today it looks like…the sky? And the tops of some of the buildings in Goldenrod. Did the 'Gear fall on the ground, or--]

[OH, hello there giant green serpent-dragon face! That is one displeased and confused looking dragon there. Spoilers: it's Envy.]

[Envy shakes his head slightly, as though still disoriented, before looking around and noticing that hey, he's a huge dragon in the middle of this city. Shit. His head retreats off-camera, and a minute or two later he's picking his Gear up, in his regular form again, and taking off running with it. From what's visible as he books it out of sight of the crowds, it looks like that dragon from before has vanished!]

[Envy's well into the back streets of Goldenrod before he stops running, and despite the cold weather he doesn't look like he's shivering at all. Gotta love being a homunculus sometimes. He lets out a short bark of laughter as he leans against the side of a building.]

So it's all back again, huh? Makes up for being thrown across the map.

[That smirk probably does not bode well for at least a few people in particular.]

[[ooc: Feel free to action tag at any point during this, or afterwards when he's wandering around Goldenrod and Johto in general!]]

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[ His initial response is to reach for one of his daggers. But all Maes feels is empty air. He curses softly under his breath. By his feet, his little Eevee is glancing between the two Maes' with confusion. ]

What have you done with Elicia?

Nothing, nothing. She's perfectly safe. How could I hurt her, with your memories in my head?

[He's still smiling, but his tone is a very real sounding bitterness. Envy's got plenty of that to draw on for this particular act.]

My...

[ He takes a step back, right into a wall. ]

Who are you?

Do you know what a homunculus is, Maes?

[ He's heard vaguely of the term used, but mostly in fictional stories and such. That, and Maes is no alchemist, so he's never really paid attention to such things.

Now was a time he wished he had paid more attention.

So, have a very confused, shocked, and speechless Maes... ]

I'll take that as a 'no'. But since I'm a generous guy, I guess I can tell you.

[He takes a step forward, leaning and holding a hand up to his face as though he's sharing some comical secret.]

A homunculus is what happens when an alchemist tries to bring a dead person back to life.

[ At the word alchemist, his first thought was: damn you, Roy. Maes would laugh, but... nothing about this situation is particularly funny.

He takes a breath. ]

And you are... [ His last word is choked out. ] me?

[ His Eevee, sensing something is horribly wrong with her trainer, is pawing anxiously at his ankle. ]

Well. I was supposed to be, anyway. Roy wasn't as good of an alchemist as he thought.

I'm just his mistake, stuck with your face and your damned memories in my head.

[His voice rises as he speaks; not shouting, but still louder than he needs to be. There's a barely restrained anger in his expression. Someone might be getting a little too into this act. But he figures that so long as this still serves his purposes, he can get back into control whenever he wants.]

[ ... how horrible. Roy hadn't mentioned anything like that when they'd spoken about his death. Then again, it wasn't really anything one would want to bring up.

But he knows Roy. And it doesn't sound like anything Roy would do, no matter how desperate. ]

Roy wouldn't do that. He knows better.

Maybe the Roy you knew when you were still alive knew better. He knew better for years, even.

But I'm standing right here, aren't I?

[ Good point... he's not sure what to make of all this. He'll try one more approach to this. ]

How do I know you're not just the alternate version of me?

[ That Archer guy had mentioned something about there being two Amestris' ]

27th Transformation [video/action for anywhere | FOURTH WALL]

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