002 → Terrible Feelings

[handsforhealing]

[ Winry has been coping pretty well with her new environment. Some mornings still feel strange, when she wakes up in a house that isn't hers, but she's learning to adapt. She's even gotten into the hang of school and sometimes pays attention.
But one thing is bothering her. There's one thing about Mayfield that's been tugging at her worse than anything. She's been doing her best to ignore it and logic her way out of it but everyday is a new reminder. ]

PHONE → filtered away from the Elrics ]
Hey... this is only my second time using the phone like this, so sorry if I mess up... I was wondering... Someone from home, that I know is... is dead, is here now... I was wondering how often that sort of thing happened and... and also...  [ she takes a deep breath ] It's stupid, but I think... I think I'm jealous. It's really so dumb... But I wish... I wish my parents could come back too.

I thought I'd gotten over this. It's wrong of me to wish the dead could come back, I know that, but... [ Winry pauses, realizing that she has started rambling. The rambles are going in circles and she's just being a bother at this point. ] Sorry, I guess this was silly to talk about. I think what I want to know is... if someone can scold me for being jealous of my friends for having their mom back when I don't have mine...

ACTION → high school ]
[ Despite the depressing phonecall, Winry is mostly in high spirits when she attends school that day. When lunchtime comes around she'll be actively looking to sit with new people and make friends, so don't be surprised if she approaches you. ]
Hey there! Is this seat taken?

ACTION → christmas tree ]
[ And after school, after going to buy some extra food to store away at the house, Winry will stop by the giant Christmas tree. It's her first time celebrating Christmas, let alone seeing such a giant tree covered in lights, so she's just going to stand there to stare. ]
I never knew lights could come in so many colours... [ She tilts her head thoughtfully. ] I wonder if I could use this technology on automail somehow...? An automail rainbow flashlight...? ... I'd make that just to see Ed walk around like a Christmas tree. [ she snickers. ]

Comments

phone;

[wantasammich.livejournal.com]

There are worse things to be jealous of.

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

I'm sure, but... being jealous of their happiness... that's pretty low.

[wantasammich.livejournal.com]

No, it's human. I'd be jealous, myself - and I don't even know them! That must be even worse, envying strangers like that.

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it's not but... but thanks. It helps, hearing that...

[high school]

[eveningcalm]

[Izumo looks up in surprise at Winry. She's sort of been sitting alone these past few days, scorning the drones, and for some reason or other, Rin and Yukio aren't around to bug her into not being antisocial. There are Reasons people tend to stay away from her, including the fact that she is capable of being a massive weirdo bitch, though she supposes those Reasons haven't really been revealed in Mayfield.]

[Still...]

Does it look taken?

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

Heh, I guess not. Hope you don't mind if I join you, then.

[ Because that's what she's doing! Winry takes a seat by Izumo and begins opening her lunch box. ] I don't think we've met. Name's Winry.

[eveningcalm]

[She may have. But she doesn't say anything. Shut up she wasn't lonely. 8|]

Kamiki Izumo. [Last name first, as always. Then a suspicious glance.] You're not a drone, are you?

phone

[motherofjegus.livejournal.com]

Death means very little here, child, perhaps your parents will show up as well. My son is here after being dead for some time, anything is possible. I understand your feelings of jealousy but don't give up hope that your own parents will arrive.

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

That sounds really nice... I'm really glad for you. Being together for this "christmas" especially...

But I wonder... if hoping for that is okay for me?

[motherofjegus.livejournal.com]

We don't have Christmas, but it is nice to be reunited any time of year.

You are free to wish whatever you would like, be it for the return of your parents, something selfish or selfless.

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

heh... thanks... You sound like her...

My mom, I mean. You sound like a really nice person.

phone;

[klorbags.livejournal.com]

Excuse me if this is improper, as I do not know you, but I would suggest that you are not hoping that your friends did not have their parents, yes? You merely wish that yours was here as well. Which is nothing to be ashamed of.

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

Haha, I guess you're right... maybe I'm just overthinking this.

Sorry to bother you with such a gloomy phonecall.

[klorbags.livejournal.com]

It is no bother! I, too, miss my family and wish they could be with me, albeit perhaps not in a place such as this.

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

I guess you've got a point there... I don't think I want to wish Mayfield upon anyway.

... I'm Winry, by the way.

Christmas Tree

[bodyback.livejournal.com]

[This round smiling face is poking out of the branches now, where Al had been enjoying the warmth and sort of hiding from incoming snowballs.]

I don't think Brother would like that very much...

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

AL!

[ She may have just jumped three feet into the air. ]

H-how long have you been here? You scared me!

[bodyback.livejournal.com]

[He reaches out and takes her hand, pulling her into the branches where it's warmer.]

About ten minutes, it's nice and warm in here.

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

Hey-! [ Following him anyway. And she's surprised to realize that he's right. ] ... huh. Well, I guess these lights would get pretty warm if they're on all day. I just hope this isn't where all of the power is going.

Phone

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

There's nothing wrong with that. I mean, I'd be pretty jealous too.

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

I guess I really am just overthinking it... I'm glad for them, though. I can't even begin to imagine how happy they are.

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, your friend is really lucky.

phone;

[luxuriality.livejournal.com]

Winry, I didn't know you were back. [ She moves on quickly. This is just the type of opportunity she needed anyways. ] But, to answer your question, lately I've been wondering about something...

phone;

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

Huh...? Back?

Um... excuse me, who is this speaking-- ... oh? Um, what's that?

[luxuriality.livejournal.com]

Ah, my apologies, you were here previously. My name is Isabella. I was a socialite from Amestris. We talked once about your childhood friends, the Elrics? I offered you articles that I collected from the Alchemist papers, since I fund the newspapers in Central.

Anyways, I began to think about ways to revive the dead, and how Mayfield defies such a law itself. Yet, cases back home seem to have little luck even though there's a valid way... [ She seems a bit lost in thought as she continues. She begins to approach the topic with such vigilance, so she doesn't infuriate or provoke Winry. ]