Video 006 - Bleeding hearts

[paradoxfeline]

[The feed shows  an image of what looks like  a paper red heart. It was simple and irregular. Obviously handmade. Then a familiar voice is heard.] Why is it on Valentine's day that people give other fake hearts

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[candidate_no_12]

(Feeding his dalmatian a chicken leg, that in turn is chomping on his hand.)

That is just ridiculous. Why should the ritual be an exchange of hearts, whether they are paper or real? If one wants to show their affection, they should derive an object that is important to their significant other. If everyone gives a heart, then that is simply worthless.

[paradoxfeline]

[Smirks, amused by the imagery of the dog chomping on the man's hand. But it was even more amusing because Wrath didn't show any kind of reaction either.]

Worthless? I wouldn't say so. In love you're giving your heart, mind and soul to another person. An object cannot compare to that. That's why the exchange of hearts is special and symbolic.It represents that sacrifice, that willingness to give yourself to someone else.

[candidate_no_12]

(Chomp. The third time the dog bites Wrath's hand, he raps on the dog's head with his other hand, finally compelling the dog to let go, whimpering)

(He turns to the glowing-eyed boy.)

Amused at an old man feeding his dog?

You seem to be quite the advocate of this exchange. Have you a lady love with whom you trade hearts?

[paradoxfeline]

Very amused~

[Now Schrodinger is blushing now.] No...but I'm sure if I did that would be my method.

[candidate_no_12]

(Sees the boy's reddening.)

Is that so? Why would you be so interested in a ritual with which you have no personal experience?

[paradoxfeline]

Because anything a human does is worth my interest. I may not have experience, but if I give my opinions, then people will give me theirs. That why I can learn and understand why is it that paper hearts are better than a real one.

[candidate_no_12]

You too take an interest in humans. What then, are you?

(Wrath observes the boy. Soldier, by his uniform, not highly ranked. Feline ears, that he only sees now because of the angle of the camera. The boy looks like a chimera to him, but he does not offer that guess, since in Somarium he has found out there are few actual chimeras,)

[paradoxfeline]

I do, to an extent. [He wasn't interested in everything humans did afterall.]

What am I? That's a good question. All I know is that I'm a result of an experiment.

[candidate_no_12]

(There is something playful about the boy. A trickster type, from that grin, full of mischief and deception, from the languid eyes that remind him of Lust's, yet without her gravity. The type that irritates a straightforward man like Bradley. On the other hand, as of yet, the boy is quite tolerable.)

('To an extent'. That negates the boy's earlier statement of being interested in all things that humans do. Wrath chooses not to address it.)

It seems we have this in common. (Not a chimera, evidently.) What is your name----or designation, if you have none.

[paradoxfeline]

[To an extent was more correct than whatever he previously said. After all, he was a part of a group that didn't have a problem destroying human life.]

You're an experiment, too? My name is Schrodinger, Mister.

Sorry I'm late! ;_;

[candidate_no_12]

(He does not know the feline boy's affiliations.)

(What a cumbersome name.) Schrodinger, hm? (He pronounces it with difficulty. He comes from a land with short, simple names--Elric, Marcoh, Curtis, Mustang.) Is that your birth name, or one that the scientists gave you?

I do not have one. My human name, King Bradley, is the name given to me when I was remade. (That should answer Schrodinger's inquiry.) I am designated as Wrath.

Not at all

[paradoxfeline]

[Schrodinger grins as the other has difficulty pronouncing it.] Schro, for short.

And I was never born for it to be a birth name, it was the name I was given by Doc, the man who created me.

[The blonde catboy looks at the man curiously] Remade? And Wrath? Like the seven deadly sins?

Re: Not at all

[candidate_no_12]

(The little imp enjoys his difficulty in pronouncing that puzzle of a name. Though Wrath is formal, he takes the advantage of the boy's much easier sobriquet.)

Very well, Schro.

Never born, you said. Then you were never human to begin with.

(Like his siblings.)

(Returns the curious look of the boy with a contemplative look.) Yes. they used my human body as a base for the Homunculus they made. Precisely. I was named for the emotion that predominates within me.

Are you the only one of your kind? Or do you not know that either?

[paradoxfeline]

No I was never human, though I slightly look it.[Shrugs]

[The boy looks interested as Wrath mentioned homunculus] A base for a homunculus? Are you talking about Alchemy? Another person here who knows about Alchemy.

So you represent Wrath? And does that mean you have a bad temper? [The mischievous grin is back in full effect and widens at Wrath's last question.]

Yes, I'm unique. Doc is always saying he could make a better and more obedient me, but I already know that's impossible. My creation can't occur twice.

[candidate_no_12]

You seem to be content that you never were human.

(What a marvel. Unlike his siblings--Lust always desired to be one, in fact insisted that she already was. Envy, because he was the most hideous of all of them, was jealous of humans.)

(And in turn, Wrath looks interested as Schro seems to be familiar with alchemy.)

I have met a few people here for whom Homunculus is merely a theoretical concept. (Namely Austria and Samantha.) Can they be created on your world?

(Wrath shakes his head.) I do not represent wrath. I_embody_wrath.

(There goes his right eye, glowing again with the light of his Philosopher's Stone.)

(He listens calmly as the boy describes the 'Doc's' unfulfilled intent to create a more obedient Schro. Of course. The trickster is always rebellious, and from that wide, mischievous grin, Schro must be proud of his uniqueness, Wrath concludes. Another marvel, to meet one that is the only one of his kind. Wrath is filled with awe as well as light mockery.)

If you are unique, I suppose you are also infertile.

[paradoxfeline]

Content? I would say so. The more I learn about mankind, the more I realize the limitations.

[Schrodinger smirked, knowing well that if he was human, he would have perished a long time ago

The catboy nods about Wrath's comment on alchemy.] In my word it's considered a broken system, but my superiors dabbled in it anyway as well as other things. I don't know if they were successful, though. And I know one person here who is a practitioner of alchemy.

[When Wrath corrects him, Schro smiles but it looks apologetic.He doesn't seem at all bothered by Wrath's glowing right eye. In his world, he's seen things similar or worse. But it does make curious.] Embody Wrath? I see.

[ At Wrath's last comment, the Nazi's grin is dropped and he actually looks a bit embarrassed.] Infertile? I suppose so. That's also the reason why I managed to stay the same for fifty years. I didn't even grow a inch. I was made for a certain purpose and it was expected that once I accomplish it, there would be no purpose for me.