wut.

[automailer]

Okay. Mun...person. Let me get this straight.

You haven't done this for, what, six months? Longer? LONGER?! Are you sure you're ready for this? And...I'm the person you've picked? And you haven't even decided what, um, 'timeline' thingy you're taking me from?

Couldn't you just leave me alone to take care of, oh, I don't know, my automail business, Granny, Ed, Al, my life? Instead you have to mess with it by doing this?! You're going to break something! And if you break something, you're paying for it!

Speaking of breaking something...where are Ed and Al? I'm sure they've gotten into trouble again by now. And broken something.

I'm going to kill them one day, I swear. Or at least one of them. Or maybe you, if you mess this up.

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[mistakencoward]

You seem very fond of them.

[automailer]

We've known each other since we were kids. Well, they're still just big kids really. [Winry sighs a poor, put-upon sigh, but there's a hint of a smile there too.] Maybe it's a boy thing.

[mistakencoward]

I couldn't tell you, I'm afraid.

...Well, I would, but I don't think I have an answer for "Why Boys Are Stupid."

[Chuckle, but it sounds almost distant.]

[automailer]

I'm pretty sure there isn't an answer to that one, actually.

...What's your name? I'm Winry.

[mistakencoward]

That would explain why I don't have it.

...Azrael. It's nice to meet you, Winry. Even in a place like this.

[automailer]

It's strange, isn't it? And there are a lot of strange people. And some people who I'm pretty sure aren't people. [She eyes him a little, while trying to appear not to.]

[elementofloyalty]

You know Ed? He's all SORTS of trouble!

[automailer]

...[For a long minute, Winry just stares. Then she blinks, rubs her eyes, looks around to see if anyone else is watching and laughing at her, then finally crouches down and speaks to the...pony...when she determines they aren't.]

Did you just...talk?

[elementofloyalty]

Yes. I also fly. [Which she spreads her wings and obligingly does, although really it's more like hovering a couple feet off the ground.]

You'll get used to it if you spend any time out here. Humans were a pretty weird thing for ME to get used to, too.

[automailer]

O-Oh.

You're a talking pony. That can fly. [But, more importantly...] You said you know Ed?

[elementofloyalty]

Sure I know him. Real short guy, really angry about being short.

[Ed might be a common name, but in connection with that...]

[automailer]

That's him! That's definitely him. [Winry can't help but smile. Smirk, really.]

[braided_icarus]

Who said I was going to break something, dammit?

[Though without her at Anatole, there is a reasonable chance he is going to at least try to be careful about his auto-mail.]

[automailer]

I did. [She wastes no time and gets riiight up in his face, poking him in the chest with a forefinger.] I know you. It's only a matter of time! And when you do break something... [She lets herself trail off into an ominous silence, complete with glare.

Poor Ed.]

[braided_icarus]

You really need to automatically assume that?! [Maybe he has kind of given her fair reason to, but still! He'll huff and stare right back at her when she pokes his chest, apparently not noticing he's actually grown taller. Yet.]

[alchimia]

[ sob, why so rude, winry? he's been a good boy... mostly. trashing his lab after she disappeared from zodion notwithstanding. ]

O-Oi! For your information, I haven't broken anything!

[automailer]

Yet.

[Glare. Glare. Glaaaaaare.

She's obviously happy to see him, can you tell?]

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[alchimia]

[ s-sputter... ]

Geeze. Always with the distrust.

[alchimia]

[ a beat, and then his expression shifts into a hint of a smirk. ]

You're not doubting the quality of your own work, are you?

[automailer]

[GASP. OH NO HE DI'INT.]

N-NO! [HUFF. HUFF. More glaring. Infinite glares.]

I'm doubting YOUR ability to take care of it properly!

[alchimia]

[ why u do this to him. ]

For your information I haven't broken it in over... [ pauses, counting in his head. ] At least three years.

[ okay, so maybe two of those years didn't count because he didn't have her automail and maybe he did break it a few times but that was because he had to save random gypsy girls from sketchy soldier dudes. okay don't judge him. ]

[automailer]

Really. [Winry doesn't look like she believes him. Indeed, a second later she grabs his arm and yanks up his sleeve.] Let's have a look, then! I'll be able to tell, you know.

[ultimate_spear]

Oh, look. If it isn't the twerp's girlfriend. Who in their right mind would let you of all people run around in their fragile little minds?

[Ever the bitch. BUT HI WINRY!]

[automailer]

I'm sorry, do I know you? [Winry is sure she'd remember someone so rude and with such a weird...tattoo...Oh dear.]

[ultimate_spear]

No, I don't believe you do. But I certainly know you.

[Lust: Stalker Status - In Progress]