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[TEXT - secure like fort knox] a few hours after their argument on Scar's post firebornfidelis January 24 2011, 20:32:00 UTC
In the interest of full disclosure and because I don't like the idea of you being angry with me for nothing:

I care about Scar. It started because of what he did for you - for us - in the underground. He saved us both. That is what I believe. And when you died here, it was Scar, Utena, and Jim Standfast who brought me back. Jim and Utena came out into the ruins and brought me home, but Scar tried to save me. What he said to me then helped me to be strong enough to keep on living without you. And a few months later, I was severely injured by a creature in the ruins. I was close to death but I did not die and at first that made me angry. I was angry that I had survived an attack so much like the one that had killed you. But Dawn visited me. That was when she gave me the butterfly in the jar and reminded me that I still had things to do, still had people to care for. And Scar came to see me with that necklace. I'm sure you've seen me wear it. And his visit and his thoughtfulness was a reminder that there were still people who cared ( ... )

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[TEXT - secure like fort knox] ignite_the_sky January 25 2011, 02:19:05 UTC
Because I suppose you have a right to know ( ... )

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[voice now - still knox-like] firebornfidelis January 25 2011, 04:02:49 UTC
[It starts with a soft breath. She is calm enough now to go back to using voice.]

You have been the center of my world for... more than a decade. There is nothing and no one more important to me than you. You are my family, my whole family excepting Grandfather. I would willingly die for you. Please believe me when I say that there is nothing that you can say that would ever make me abandon you. You don't have to be afraid of that. It's a promise, and I'll do anything not to break a promise. So when I say that this is really about what you want, I mean it.

And when I say that I don't want to fight with you anymore, I mean that, too. I hate yelling at you, and I hate being angry with you. I know it's inevitable in life, there are always disagreements, but when I fight with you it feels like my whole world is hanging in the balance.

[She pauses to catch her breath and... change gears.]You want to know why, under basically the same circumstances, I was quiet with him and I became violent with you. I don't understand your fixation on ( ... )

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[Text to voice - still knox-like] ignite_the_sky January 25 2011, 07:35:11 UTC
You make it sound as though I would have been stupid enough to take advantage of you.

[There's a pause after the text while he decides whether or not to switch it over to voice, but ultimately he has to. This is something he doesn't trust to text, and even though he isn't sure he can properly convey what he wants to get across, he's going to try.

His voice is flat and somewhat distant, as though he's sitting there daydreaming and talking through it.]When my parents died, I went to live with my aunt, so I basically grew up in a hostess bar, surrounded by women who came and went as time passed, men whose faces I rarely saw -I didn't spend a lot of time in the bar area during business hours, just the back rooms- and alcohol. Putting those three together, there were times when a customer would wind up completely wasted and make a move on whatever girl he was with. Sometimes he would back off when she said no... and sometimes he wouldn't, so things would get ugly. I've seen what happens when a date goes bad. I've known some girls who ( ... )

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[Voice - still knox-like] firebornfidelis January 25 2011, 08:32:19 UTC
[Oh for the love of-- really? Is that what he thinks she meant?]

That isn't what I was trying to say. At all. I would believe that Alphonse Elric had killed a kitten before I would think that of you. I trust you. You should know this by now but apparently it bears repeating. And I hope you don't think of me as a person capable of doing something like that to anyone, much less you.

The thought that you might have forced yourself on me had never once crossed my mind. The material difference between the two incidents is this: I find that I am not physically attracted to Scar. I have never thought of him in that way. You... are different.

[Her voice drops softer now, loses confidence as it gains a sad kind of warmth.]

What I was afraid of was that I might have done something - or that we had. And that I couldn't remember it because of how much we had drunk. My reaction was irrational, as I know I have said, and I am sorry for it. You were sweet and I... wasn't sure how to deal with it. It's not exactly something I'm used to. Even ( ... )

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[Voice - still knox-like] ignite_the_sky January 25 2011, 20:31:05 UTC
[Sigh... and a quiet snicker at the idea of Alphonse being able to conjure up the thought of hurting a kitten, much less killing one.]

That's... what I meant, actually. You wouldn't have had to worry about anything happening that you wouldn't have been able to remember because nothing would've happened. There's nothing to be sorry for.

[...]

Though... if you ever wanted to be the forceful one, that wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing...

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[Voice - still knox-like] firebornfidelis January 25 2011, 22:39:55 UTC
Colonel!

[She sounds more surprised than scandalized... possibly because the thought may have crossed her mind...]

Sir, the question still remains. We need to decide what we want to do, whether we want to be... more. Or try to stay what we are.

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[Voice - still knox-like] ignite_the_sky January 26 2011, 00:35:12 UTC
[Another snicker, and this time, it's hard to hide the laughter in his voice.]

Just think about it. I mean, you have the right personality for it -strong but not overbearing, commanding but not controlling, strict but not rigid... [...and all parts hot as hell.]

[...]

...what do you think we should do? I want to hear your thoughts first.

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[Voice - still knox-like] firebornfidelis January 26 2011, 01:00:59 UTC
Colonel, that isn't funny.

[She's glad this isn't video, though it probably wouldn't take much for him to imagine her irritated blush.]

I'm not sure. Considering our last few arguments, I'm not sure if we really can carry on and pretend that we don't... want more. Than to just be friends. But I'm not really sure how to be more. And I don't want you to think differently of me if it... doesn't go well.

What do you think, sir?

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[Voice - still knox-like] ignite_the_sky January 26 2011, 01:17:43 UTC
Who said anything about funny? I was serious!

[And he's not going to think about it anymore because he's not really interested in a cold shower]

I don't think anything would really change my opinion of you... but I don't want to try if you don't.

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[Voice - still knox-like] firebornfidelis January 26 2011, 01:32:23 UTC
[She's just going to frown at the Forge for a second and let that one go because she really has no useful comeback aside from bringing up his nightmare again and she won't do that because she needs him to be useful at least until the end of this conversation.]

If you think that it won't ruin what we have, then... I think... maybe we should try.

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[Voice - still knox-like] ignite_the_sky January 26 2011, 01:57:21 UTC
[He's quiet for a few moments, staring at the Forge and trying to formulate a response to that.]

...take it slow and see where it goes?

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[Voice - still knox-like] firebornfidelis January 26 2011, 02:15:44 UTC
Yes. That seems best.

[She pauses and the Forge feels a little heavy in her hand.]

For example... we could go to Elena's party. Together.

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[Voice - still knox-like] ignite_the_sky January 26 2011, 02:30:29 UTC
We could...

[Dammit, he really hadn't planned on going to any parties or whatnot, but if that's what she wants... and it sure beats the incredibly overdone oh-god-make-it-stop dinner and a movie.]

...o-okay.

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[Voice - still knox-like] firebornfidelis January 26 2011, 02:37:31 UTC
You don't have to if you don't want to. But I'll be there. Supporting Elena.

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[Voice - still knox-like] ignite_the_sky January 26 2011, 02:51:53 UTC
Elena?

[Who..? Oh!]

You mean the girl with the carpet and drapes?

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