[ #15 ] New Job

[handsforhealing]

It looks like I got a job as a waitress. Just in time for summer too. At least now I can stay busy. I know I can't be the only one though. Is anyone else working at the "Fast Food" place? It'd be nice if we all knew each other, just in case we need someone to cover a shift or something, right?

[ filtered away from Ed and Al ]
Oh, and hey, Envy~?
Wanna come over for a bit?
I promise, it'll be really quick, okay? ♥ I'll even bake a pie or something.
Be sure to ring the doorbell so I can (take aim and throw a wrench) let you in, okay? Thanks!

Comments

[covets-humanity.livejournal.com]

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Wait a second!

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

I won't hear any excuses! I swear, if you were trying to trick me like that Kimbley then I'll bring this down on your head!

[covets-humanity.livejournal.com]

Crap, crap, come on, put that down! I didn't know who you were until you showed up at the house I was stuck in!

What the Hell would you want me to have done? Run off or lock you out? That sure wouldn't have been suspicious!

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

It doesn't matter if it was suspicious or not! I was nice to you, and you lied! You said you didn't know him! But you're that one with the tattoo that Ed mentioned, aren't you?! The one who caused him all sorts of trouble? You got Ed and Al hurt and in so much danger! And if you hurt them here too, I'll never forgive you!

1/2

[covets-humanity.livejournal.com]

In my defense, I only lied because I completely expected Beansprout to beat the ever-loving crap out of me if he had any idea I was anywhere near you.

2/2

[covets-humanity.livejournal.com]

And as for that other stuff...Yeah. I did screw with them a lot.

You can hit me as many times as you want with that and anywhere you want, but please avoid the face. That's all I ask.

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

... I'm not hitting you. This time. But if you do anything to hurt them here, I swear that this chair will be soft in comparison to what I decide to hit you with. Got it?

[covets-humanity.livejournal.com]

[Envy peaks through its fingers, due to reflexively covering its face, fully expecting a chair assault.]

...Wait, seriously?

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

Yes. Seriously.

And this isn't as a favor to you. You need to be able to talk so I can question you.

[covets-humanity.livejournal.com]

Great. The last thing I need or want is more pity from you humans, anyway. This isn't much better, but at least I'm not in a jar again.

Fine, whatever.

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

Why do you refer to me as a human? What makes a homunculus so different anyway? What do you have against Ed and Al that makes you hurt them all of the time?

[covets-humanity.livejournal.com]

...Ha. He...really didn't tell you anything, huh? Man, Beansprout's always thinking how to protect you, but I can't wrap my head around how keeping you in the dark helps that.

Alright, let's see. What makes a homunculus so different? Think of what makes a human different from a monkey.

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

And that's why I'm talking to you! I can't help him if I'm left in the dark all of the time!

You know that's not what I'm talking about. You've got some sort of powers or something, right? Or had. And you've got to have some reason for picking on my friends.

[covets-humanity.livejournal.com]

You don't want to be left in the dark, huh? Alright. I'll shed some light, but don't blame me if it burns.

Why did I hurt them? Why did I make their lives miserable? I loved making humans miserable--making them hate themselves, hate others, hurt others, destroying the trust and faith they had in others. Nothing felt greater.

You want out of the dark? I, Envy, am the cruelest of all homunculi, the cruelest sin. I picked on them for the sake of picking on them.

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

...

Why would you lie about something like that? Why do you try to make yourself sound like such a terrible person?

[covets-humanity.livejournal.com]

Try? Try? I'm not trying. To humans, I AM terrible! There's no trying involved!

I'm the cruelest and worst of all your enemies!

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

Well, I won't argue that you're not an entirely good person. .

But just now, you weren't terrible at all. I mean, you even offered to let me hit you for all of the stuff you did... You didn't seem that bad until you started talking about being bad.

[covets-humanity.livejournal.com]

...

I get it now--The thing between you and Beansprout. You're both the same.

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

...

What's that supposed to mean?

[covets-humanity.livejournal.com]

You both sugarcoat everything, you're both impossible to control, and...

You both see right through me.

What's the point? After he saw through me, I've gotten soft--no, I'm broken. No need to be in denial anymore. You both are what I want to be and have the most and, because of that, are what I hate the most.

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

Come on. I'll stop pestering you. And I wasn't lying about the pie. You did come for that, didn't you?

[covets-humanity.livejournal.com]

...Actually, I came to not be suspicious because, like I said, I'm kind of trying to not give Beansprout reasons to beat the shit out of me.

But, sure.

There's one thing, though.

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

Hm? Yeah, what is it?

[covets-humanity.livejournal.com]

Don't stop thinking we're enemies--not for even a second.

You'll only get killed that way. Or worse.

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

I don't intend to. If Ed and Al say is true, you've done terrible things. I have no reason to forgive that.

But while we're here, we need to cooperate.