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[Well, there’s definitely some kind of fiddling going on here from someone who doesn’t seem to know how to operate these things… but hey, it focused eventually, right? Well, anyway, right now there’s a rather imposing looking man standing on Route 29, who seem completely unfazed by by both the situation at hand and the fact that it is snowing pretty damn hard.

There is also a bird made of swords chilling in the background, holy shit. ...'chilling' is meant kind of literally, there's snow piling up on that thing. ...although if it minds it's not really giving any indication that it does.]

This device seems to be working, so let me cut to the chase. I’ve spoken to several people who seem to live here, and they seem to be quite capable of telling me about this place-and it’s definitely one hell of a place they’ve got here, I’ll grant them that!

>[Well, hey, at least someone’s taking this well! He does serious up a bit for the next bit of conversation, though.]

However, I’m not entirely clear on why I’m here-although, I do have some ideas. I assume that at least one of you will be able to give me a decent explanation without eventually starting to repeat everything that they just said.

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[...well, after Sloth arrived Selim's gotten somewhat better at figuring this thing out and checking it a bit more regularly; good thing, as clearly the Homunculi just won some sort of random good fortune lottery or something.]

Another one of us here, I see. And so soon!

[Hello there, Wrath. Say hi to your older brother/son/boss/...thing.]

So good of you to join us.

[it's almost like they're being asked to form some kind of criminal organization prefaced with "Team" or something]

After Lust told me that practically all of us were here, I was wondering when I'd see you.

[If what he heard about timelines is correct, then... let's get straight to business.]

How long have you been here, and when are you from, exactly?

[Oh, of course Lust gets to explain this to you. Of course she does. He got the fun task of finding Sloth first.]

This place saw fit to interrupt while the tunnel is still being constructed; as far as Amestris is concerned, I'm currently up north, overseeing that.

[And in Central. Simultaneously. But that's both a given and nightmare fuel for another day.]

I've been here a bit less than a week - Sloth arrived four days after I did; you've arrived two days past him. Lust and Envy seem to have been here for quite some time, though; I'm not sure if the three of us arriving so close to each other is a promising sign or something else completely.

Now, why don't you answer that last question for me yourself, hm? What's happening in Amestris for you?

I see... well, I'm not entirely sure if Envy counts given that apparently he's not ours.

[...that bit is still kind of throwing him for a loop, uh]

In any case, it's the Promised Day back home. Roy Mustang became the fifth sacrifice, and I'm not entirely sure if Sloth and Envy are alive or dead. Father seems to have succeeded, although I don't actually have any way of knowing if that's going to change at the last moment, given that I'm dead.

[...the less said about Envy the better, man. Though there are things that are a bit more important at hand here.

Just a bit. You know.]

Dead.

[That. That's not happy what the hell, Wrath - ]

And how did you manage that?

[...it was a good death tho]

Through numerous fatal injuries. The scarred Ishbalan eventually did me in.

[...why can't his siblings just

stay alive

is that too horribly difficult, guys]

I hope it's not too much to ask of you to keep it from happening again.

[well with gluttony you'll only have yourself to blame, pride]

It isn't. I don't exactly count on dying twice.

[Well. Well, yes, but right now all he has to go off of is pretty much "You're dead, Lust is dead, Envy is...well, I wouldn't be surprised if Envy's dead because he's kind of been AWOL for a while, Sloth probably froze to death before getting here, Greed is a moron and Gluttony is my only homeboy. DO YOU KNOW HOW SAD THIS IS," so.]

Good to know.

I imagine that Lust filled you in on what's happening here, then? At least as far as she knows.

[omg wtf omg wtf everybody dies.]

She has, yes. Granted, it seems like nobody has a particularly good idea of what's going on here.

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[video/the world's flimsiest lock because you have to be kidding what is this thing]

[video/what the fuck is this new technology we don't even know]

[video/idk idk but it's kind of horrid if you ask me]

[video/yeah it's kind of pissing me off]

Re: [video/...I see what you did there]

[video/...it's just being honest]

[video/...just don't sword the screen and we'll be fine]

[video/that was never a possibility]

[video/i totally understand any temptation to do so, however]

[video/i have an admirable amount of self-control]