[Audio] Loose Screw 9

[hands4healing]

Hi everyone. I came home from work today and.

[She stops to keep her voice from quavering. But she can get this out. She actually manages to sound bright as she says it.]

It looks like Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist, has gone back home.

[Private to Olivier Armstrong, Roy Mustang, and Riza Hawkeye:]

If there's anything of his from the alchemy workshop, let me know. I'm sure he'd be happy for you to have it.

Comments

[resipiscent]

...

Winry.

[Audio]

[hands4healing]

[Yes, Riku?]

Sora and Ed are back home. We ought to be happy for them.

[Right?]

[malodorous]

Epidemic, it seems.

Sorry to hear it.

[Audio]

[hands4healing]

Thanks. And it...happens.

[Wait, Anna didn't go home, did she?]

Video;

[orions_shadow]

Rrrr.

You want some company?

[Here he is reaching out so you don't have to feel that bad. It's about all he can do.]

[Audio]

[hands4healing]

Sure.

...We moved. We...I'm in a different place now.

[She gives him the directions. It's still in Heropa, just on the outskirts of town.]

Voice

[bindsthedead]

Do you need me to visit?

Voice

[hands4healing]

It would be nice to have company.

[Truth. And Winry texts Sabriel the new address for where she and Ed moved.]

This is where I am now.

audio

[pobrecisco]

Oh man... You okay?

audio

[hands4healing]

I'm okay. It's not...the first time he's left.

[Just not from this world.]

I know I'll see him again!

[Some day.]

audio

[justimom]

I know it will not help to hear, but am sorry for your loss.

audio

[hands4healing]

Thank you, Miss Samara. It's kind of you to say that!

[Even if, you know, what you said is true.]

Private; Video

[incendere]

[When the news first pops up over the network, Roy has to look at it again. He's been here for more than a year--people coming and going back to their homes was something he was used to by now. But they were always people he didn't mind losing: Lust and Greed, for example. It was never a subordinate.

Once the shock of the news fades, he answers.]

I see. My apologies.

[But that sounds somewhat macabre so he adds:]

I'll be sure to stop by later today.

[At his shop, but also at their house to check on her.]

Are you all right?

Private; Video

[hands4healing]

[She's been getting a lot of apologies.] I'm sure he's happy back home. [Not remembering this at all.]

Let me know when you'll be there so I can unlock it.

[...]

I'll be okay. We...I'm in the new place.

[darwinatrix]

Hm. A shame, he was useful.

You'll see him when you return yourself.

[hands4healing]

Yes ma'am. He told me everything works out back home.

[She's not worried about Ed since he'd told her that. Worried about him here, yes.]

Thank you.

[Because Winry thinks, maybe, in her own brusque way, Major General Armstrong might be offering some sort of comfort.]

[Video; Private] ID: Kaito Kruoba

[tuxedo_magician]

Hey.

I can come down if you want. Keep you company or something.

[Because he totally understands, having lost Aoko not that long ago.]

[Audio; Private]

[hands4healing]

That would be nice, Kaito. We moved - Let me give you the new address.

[She texts it to him - still in Heropa, just more on the outskirts.]

[darkpants_warmfeeling]

Ed? No...

[Jacob pauses, lets it sink in. He and Ed have been through a lot together.]

That's a heavy blow, Winry. You okay?

[Audio]

[hands4healing]

Thank you, Jacob. I'm all right.

[She sounds fine. Maybe a little rougher-voiced than usual.]

Ed's gone home and I'll see him again.

Would you like something from his shop? I don't know if there's something there you want, but I'll be there later.

Voice

[knifecollecting]

[Jo had never met Ed herself, but she knew Winry and that they were dating.

Having him go back home must be rough.]

...I don't think ice cream will help much this time, hm?

Voice

[hands4healing]

[Winry manages a chuckle.]

Not really. It's not an ice cream kind of thing.

How are you, Jo?

voice

[runningstart]

[oh shit. weren't those two...?]

Sorry, Winry.

voice

[hands4healing]

Thanks.

[Winry will tell herself Ed's all right. And back home.]

Action

[equinamity]

[Riza hardly stopped to consider answering the brief audio call. Instead, she's back out her front door only moments after returning home from work, her not-so-puppy along for the rushed visit to the mechanic's house.

She sniper is at Ed and Winry's--now just Winry's--home in good time, still in uniform and with her hair clipped up from work, brows furrowed in concern. Boba is sitting at her side as she knocks on the front door.]

Winry?

[Boba barks quietly, sniffing. He's gotten into the habit of declaring his presence, particularly lately with so many still on edge after Crane's attack.] It's Riza.

ACTION 4EVER

[hands4healing]

[Winry knows someone's coming because Zoey's head comes up and her ears perk. The knock and the soft bark tell her it's someone with a dog - she knows a lot of people with dogs. She hears Riza's voice and smiles faintly.

She opens the door.]

Come in, Riza.

[Winry seems pretty calm, considering. There's a melancholy air about her but she's not distraught.]

Hello, Boba.

[Zoey wuffs softly and greets Boba with a wagging tail.]

Permavid

[governorkang]

You know where to find me if you need anything.

Permavid - and private

[hands4healing]

Thank you Kang.

Ed and I moved. I'm living in a new place now. It's still here in Heropa!

[She provides the address to a place on the outskirts of town. About a mile from the closest bus stop.]

I'm only giving out the address to people I [trust]...my friends.

voice; dont worry, Peter's coming too

[glitchinthesystem]

...Man, fucking shitty. He was a cool guy.

[ Hi, Winry. He's never met you but, he knew Ed. They were reasonably close for it to hurt a bit. ]

[hands4healing]

He is.

[...]

I guess he a friend of yours?

voice

[dreamshades]

[ Ah, little Winry's sad. Don't worry, your new friend is coming here to help everything. ]

That's unfortunate to hear, Winry. It sounds like you and he were close.

voice

[hands4healing]

We've known each other since we were babies. His dad and my grandmother were old drinking buddies.