Twelfth Move -- Backdated to 12/25/11

[king_of_flames]

[Video]

All right. Tell me something, people. Did you get anything that...makes no sense to have here?

[The camera then pans to the other side of the bedroom...in which there's a wooden cart piled high with flowers.]

Because I certainly did.

They should have died over two years ago...

Comments

[notrueking]

[oh.

oh.

you're here too, then.

well, this should be interesting. when are you from, exactly...]

It seems rather odd to qualify what does and doesn't make sense in relation to this place.

[king_of_flames]

[All previous thoughts have been completely and utterly derailed. Because holy shit when did King Bradley get here.]

Wh -- What the hell?! When did you get here?!

[notrueking]

A few days ago. I'm surprised you didn't notice.

[king_of_flames]

[He's mentally kicking himself for that.]

The holiday rush tends to result in things getting neglected.

[notrueking]

Hmm... understandable, I suppose. I've never actually seen that as a good excuse, though.

[king_of_flames]

It wasn't intended to be an excuse, anyway, but I'd prefer to not let this devolve into a debate over semantics.

[notrueking]

Your intent didn't exactly matter to me, but I can't see this going anywhere either.

[king_of_flames]

Then let's move on to something more important. Which town did you arrive in?

[notrueking]

New Bark Town. I wasn't exactly aware that there were any other possibilities.

[king_of_flames]

[That was a slight bit of relief for Roy, since that meant that Bradley hadn't been drafted into Team Rocket.]

There are, but you wouldn't like the implications that come with them.

[notrueking]

[yeah, then everyone would be completely boned.]

I'm sure I can handle implications that I won't like. I doubt they'll be the first things I've noticed about this place that I'm not fond of.

[king_of_flames]

Oh, I don't doubt it. This entire world wasn't in your plan, after all.

[Time to see where Bradley's from now.]

[notrueking]

[...no, that... just amuses him, kind of

...in a vaguely bitter way]

...heh. No, it wasn't. Then again, after a certain point, there wasn't really anything concrete.

[king_of_flames]

So, have you come up with a plan on what to do here? Or are you going to let someone or something else make that decision?

[notrueking]

[roy mustang: asking the tough questions.]

The fact that I told you my life story doesn't exactly entitle you to know everything about me, Mustang. ...honestly, though, I can't say for sure.

[king_of_flames]

Perhaps not, but I don't want to see any trouble starting here.

[Especially considering that Envy and Kimblee are already here, and he's already had to deal with the latter. Then there's Archer, but he's less concerned about him.]

This place has no significance to your Father's ambitions, but I can't be faulted for erring on the side of caution.