Please tell me the food isn't this terrible on every world. First your awful booze and now this food goo? This is a tragedy of the highest order! I should not be eating food that makes the mess hall meals look like a holiday dinner prepared by my wonderful wife!
[ it's still disconcerting, to get texts or messages or see hughes. sometimes it takes half a second, to double-check that this is real. but roy is quickly falling back into old habits, around maes, and he's even learned to
you know
stop hovering all the time.
but more importantly WHY ARE YOU SO ENTHUSIASTIC ALL THE TIME ]
The food in El Minha was actually fairly decent.
[ it reminded him of ishval. but roy keeps that to himself. ]
I would think you would be more interested in the artificial intelligence than the food, but I don't know why I'm surprised.
[Maes appreciates the 'not hovering' part. He settles down a bit after his initial outburst. Maes has habits too after all and he usually started phone conversations with Roy this way. He's still testing the waters on what this technology can do after all.]
Well that's reassuring at least. I'd hate to think about this being what I have to look forward to each time we left that temple.
I can barely make sense of this technology, let alone try to understand this whole artificial intelligence thing. [Pause] And for your information I have some interesting theories about the food after speaking to Keith in the library.
General. You don't know me, my name's Mako. I'm with the police force on my world. Maes Hughes directed me to you — I have a few questions about 'Flame Alchemy' if you have the time?
( he's a nosy detective boy. gotta know things. he gotta. )
[ when he hears 'general,' his first thought is riza introduced me. his next thought is, it has to be maes, as riza has been pretty close to him, given the sickness debacle. and it's confirmed, with mako keeps speaking. there's a soft hum of thought. ]
Mako, you said?
[ why is he asking about flame alchemy? ]
I usually get to know a man before I share my deepest and darkest secrets. [ it's said with some amusement, but part of him his serious. ] Are you new, here?
( honestly, he wasn't really expecting anything less. alchemy, as far as he knows, is a chemical science of some sort. not the sort of thing you divulge to strangers, even though he's not really looking for any secrets, just general knowledge.
his voice is very... well. he's extremely polite and official sounding, defaulting to a more detective-appropriate style of communication. no-nonsense. )
I'm happy to answer any questions you have in return. The reason it came up between Mr. Hughes and I ( maes!! did not!! tell him!! a rank!! he's sort of assuming he's just... a civilian liaison. ) is that I'm something called a firebender in my world. I manipulate and focus chi via a martial art that manifests as the ability to shape and summon fire. I'm just curious about the similarities.
( a very slight pause. there's a rustle of clothing as mako nods and then. realizes that it doesn't translate across the device. )
[ the word sounds frantic, strained, and rough - and the following few seconds are accompanied by hacking. she hadn't realized acclimation back would be as painful as it is, and while riza had started the message, her lungs have different plans. ]
I- [ this is harder than she thought it would be, and the low rise of panic threatens just under the surface. ] Arena- where-
[ and then another span of coughing, worse this time, before the message cuts. ]
[ indeed, breathing air again was difficult at best and painful at worst. he's in the midst of coughing and attempting to catch his breath when he gets the message on his own watch -- riza, who sounds as if she's having an equally difficult time.
it'll pass. their bodies are just getting used to the air again. but then the message cuts, and roy is seized with an irrational jolt of panic as he attempts to call her back: ]
Riza?
[ focus on breathing. and roy manages to do that, for half a moment, before coughing up what he hopes is the last of the water in his lungs, forcing himself up to his feet. ]
Stay where you are. [ arena, she had said. he can go to her, rather than the other way around. ] Can you hear me?
[ the inability to communicate is making the panic rise. she's fine, really - breathing is hard. breathing is very hard. but roy answered, roy is okay, and she reminds herself to breathe. ]
Yes. [ she can hear him, she is okay, she will stay there. there is still a bit clinging to her lungs, still a bit she's trying to breathe through. her stomach is already starting to hurt, painfully and violently. ]
Outside. [ another fit, another period of hacking coughs. ] Outside of the Arena- I'm fi-fine.
[Priorities man, sheesh. They could run out of FOOD here.]
Wandering. Trying to make some sort of sense of this place. Unfortunately, the hallways are confusing and I'm probably going to run out of stuff to mark the walls with before I'm anywhere close to it being effective.
Closest room I could tell you about that isn't locked? I think I passed the lounge area a few corridors back.
[ it takes about two hours. mostly because he's needed to deal with riza, and then find maes, and edward. but once he's more or less proven to them he's not dead, he's finally allowed the time to access his messages.
it takes some doing, because riza's head is on his shoulder. asleep, he hopes. but he texts: ]
Present and accounted for.
[ he doesn't add anything more than that, but he also doesn't shut down the conversation.
[Relief sweeps through him. Roy is alive again. There’s a delay of two minutes before his reply comes.]
Glad to have you back.
[It’s text. It won’t convey how he felt about the loss of Roy. He doesn’t intend to put that on him.]
I assume you want status updates. I can give those to you or talk about something else. I will give you this much because I feel it needs said regardless. We killed it, Roy.
[ it's a familiar message. plenty of people have left the circle before, but it never gets less difficult to deal with. roy has the benefit of going through this process before, and adapting, and learning how to cope with it, every time. but ruby may not have had that same chance, to learn how the circle works.
and, to make matters worse, it is her sister. and yang's particular absence causes a pang in his chest, but roy works through it quickly enough, to say: ]
I am sorry, Ruby. I hope she's returning to some semblance of peace, at home. But if not, your sister is a strong person. I'm sure she'll be fine.
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Date: 2018-06-20 02:41 pm (UTC)text.
Date: 2018-06-20 04:49 pm (UTC)[ is he playing dumb or did he legitimately forget the world will never know. ]
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Date: 2018-06-20 05:40 pm (UTC)Who looks suspiciously like the one you bet on back in El Minha.
On my bed.
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Date: 2018-07-18 02:35 am (UTC)Please tell me the food isn't this terrible on every world. First your awful booze and now this food goo? This is a tragedy of the highest order! I should not be eating food that makes the mess hall meals look like a holiday dinner prepared by my wonderful wife!
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Date: 2018-07-18 02:40 am (UTC)you know
stop hovering all the time.
but more importantly WHY ARE YOU SO ENTHUSIASTIC ALL THE TIME ]
The food in El Minha was actually fairly decent.
[ it reminded him of ishval. but roy keeps that to himself. ]
I would think you would be more interested in the artificial intelligence than the food, but I don't know why I'm surprised.
voice
Date: 2018-07-18 02:49 am (UTC)Well that's reassuring at least. I'd hate to think about this being what I have to look forward to each time we left that temple.
I can barely make sense of this technology, let alone try to understand this whole artificial intelligence thing. [Pause] And for your information I have some interesting theories about the food after speaking to Keith in the library.
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Date: 2018-09-20 04:36 pm (UTC)General. You don't know me, my name's Mako. I'm with the police force on my world. Maes Hughes directed me to you — I have a few questions about 'Flame Alchemy' if you have the time?
( he's a nosy detective boy. gotta know things. he gotta. )
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Date: 2018-09-21 12:45 am (UTC)Mako, you said?
[ why is he asking about flame alchemy? ]
I usually get to know a man before I share my deepest and darkest secrets. [ it's said with some amusement, but part of him his serious. ] Are you new, here?
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Date: 2018-09-21 03:21 am (UTC)his voice is very... well. he's extremely polite and official sounding, defaulting to a more detective-appropriate style of communication. no-nonsense. )
I'm happy to answer any questions you have in return. The reason it came up between Mr. Hughes and I ( maes!! did not!! tell him!! a rank!! he's sort of assuming he's just... a civilian liaison. ) is that I'm something called a firebender in my world. I manipulate and focus chi via a martial art that manifests as the ability to shape and summon fire. I'm just curious about the similarities.
( a very slight pause. there's a rustle of clothing as mako nods and then. realizes that it doesn't translate across the device. )
And yes, I'm new.
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Date: 2018-11-26 05:46 pm (UTC)Is t-is . . .
Roy
I'm f-ne . . .
Safe.
In . . . caverns.
Ther- are ot-er Circle . . . here too.
Still looking f-r . . . Hughes
Respond if. . . .
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Date: 2018-11-26 07:53 pm (UTC)...giant...cavern...fish
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Message me if you-
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Date: 2018-11-26 09:18 pm (UTC)Giant cavern fish???
[ . . . ] the hell are you [ . . . ] about?
[ hi shiro ]
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Date: 2018-11-26 09:28 pm (UTC)So, messag- onl- ha...great.
[This is fun. No. It isn't.]
I'm...in a...gian-- cavern...
full of ---
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Date: 2018-11-26 10:32 pm (UTC)Found...message...king...other side of..
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Date: 2019-01-23 07:09 pm (UTC)[ the word sounds frantic, strained, and rough - and the following few seconds are accompanied by hacking. she hadn't realized acclimation back would be as painful as it is, and while riza had started the message, her lungs have different plans. ]
I- [ this is harder than she thought it would be, and the low rise of panic threatens just under the surface. ] Arena- where-
[ and then another span of coughing, worse this time, before the message cuts. ]
voice.
Date: 2019-01-23 07:21 pm (UTC)it'll pass. their bodies are just getting used to the air again. but then the message cuts, and roy is seized with an irrational jolt of panic as he attempts to call her back: ]
Riza?
[ focus on breathing. and roy manages to do that, for half a moment, before coughing up what he hopes is the last of the water in his lungs, forcing himself up to his feet. ]
Stay where you are. [ arena, she had said. he can go to her, rather than the other way around. ] Can you hear me?
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Date: 2019-01-23 08:50 pm (UTC)[ the inability to communicate is making the panic rise. she's fine, really - breathing is hard. breathing is very hard. but roy answered, roy is okay, and she reminds herself to breathe. ]
Yes. [ she can hear him, she is okay, she will stay there. there is still a bit clinging to her lungs, still a bit she's trying to breathe through. her stomach is already starting to hurt, painfully and violently. ]
Outside. [ another fit, another period of hacking coughs. ] Outside of the Arena- I'm fi-fine.
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Date: 2019-02-14 03:12 am (UTC)I could use a distraction. What about you?
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Date: 2019-02-14 09:14 pm (UTC)[ he will literally never go swimming again. thank you, next. ]
Where are you?
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Date: 2019-02-15 03:36 am (UTC)[Priorities man, sheesh. They could run out of FOOD here.]
Wandering. Trying to make some sort of sense of this place. Unfortunately, the hallways are confusing and I'm probably going to run out of stuff to mark the walls with before I'm anywhere close to it being effective.
Closest room I could tell you about that isn't locked? I think I passed the lounge area a few corridors back.
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From:Text | post the dead reviving
Date: 2019-03-25 07:03 pm (UTC)Respond to this whenever you’re up to talking.
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I won’t claim to know exactly what you’re going through. But, I’m here. However you need a friend to be.
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Date: 2019-03-25 08:36 pm (UTC)it takes some doing, because riza's head is on his shoulder. asleep, he hopes. but he texts: ]
Present and accounted for.
[ he doesn't add anything more than that, but he also doesn't shut down the conversation.
he is so tired. ]
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Date: 2019-03-25 09:40 pm (UTC)Glad to have you back.
[It’s text. It won’t convey how he felt about the loss of Roy. He doesn’t intend to put that on him.]
I assume you want status updates. I can give those to you or talk about something else.
I will give you this much because I feel it needs said regardless. We killed it, Roy.
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Date: 2019-05-09 11:40 pm (UTC)I know you were close with Yang. I don't know if there's a proper word for it but she's gone.
Her. All her stuff. Just gone.
I just thought you should know.
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Date: 2019-05-14 03:54 pm (UTC)and, to make matters worse, it is her sister. and yang's particular absence causes a pang in his chest, but roy works through it quickly enough, to say: ]
I am sorry, Ruby.
I hope she's returning to some semblance of peace, at home.
But if not, your sister is a strong person.
I'm sure she'll be fine.
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