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[crytearsofjoy]

[Winry is out by the smithy, but not actually in it. The girl has a box of metal pieces next to her, and a small leather pouch with tools. Why is she out here? No reason. Nope. She's not avoiding her house or anything.

Eventually she creates a small wind-up toy mouse. She spins the little knob and watches it go. The small achievement makes her happy

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[god_is_a_dude]

[/STEPS ALL OVER IT No he's more coordinated. Actually he's just busy sulking, and by sulking I mean doing everything possible to look like he's doing normal while being pissed off at everyone and avoiding home. ...At least he hasn't gotten to the avoiding everyone stage yet. Either way, he sees the mouse as he walks past and then looks around- oh. Winry.

Half-hearted wave and shrug at pretty much the same time]

[wings_thatwait]

[Winry waves back. The girl looks from the mouse, to Haruki when she waves, and then back to the mouse again. She wonders if she could make something to control its movements...]

Hello.

[god_is_a_dude]

Yo. [And then he glances back to the mouse. Huh. That's actually pretty impressive]

[crytearsofjoy]

How're you? [Maybe not the best question to ask, but it's the only thing that comes to mind.]

[derek_bliss]

[Derek looks a bit rough today, but is outside once again. Sunlight. It's good for him, so he's taking the opportunity to get as much as possible. He's also pretty much caught up in his own thoughts, and doesn't see Winry when he passes her.

...And one cowboy booted foot almost lands on the mouse before he hears it's gears.

And so he stops, right where he is, with that foot barely touching the top of the toy.

He looks down, carefully moving his foot away, and kneels to look at it, gently holding it in place for a moment with a finger while he looks.

...not a bad job. He takes his finger off it and watches as it skitters past him.]

[crytearsofjoy]

[Winry sees Derek as he almost steps on the toy.] Hey wai-

[Never mind. He has spared her little creation! Is it getting in people's way? Oops.] Thanks, sorry.

[derek_bliss]

No problem. My fault for being in my own little world, there. Just glad I heard it in time.

[He pauses, watching the mouse for a second before deciding it's getting too close to foot traffic. He'll scoop it up and bring it back to Winry, handing it to her carefully.]

You make that?

[wings_thatwait]

[The mechanic accepts the toy, checking to see if Derek had scuffed it up.]

Yeah. I tinker sometimes.

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[sniperkingftw]

[ Usopp, too, has no reason whatsoever to avoid his home. None at all, he just happens to be hiding out in public today. Until he has to go back later, but hey, that's later.

AND THAT MOUSE IS SO COOL. Must...fanboy because like HELL he'd step on it. ]

Th-that's incredible!

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[crytearsofjoy]

Oh, thank you! It's just a little toy, really.

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[sniperkingftw]

It's still really cool, though. [ Picking it up to loooooook~ ]

My friend Franky builds stuff, too. Not toys- I mean I guess I get that, he probably wouldn't think it was very cool or something. He made our ship, though, and all the cannons, and all the attacks he uses.

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[crytearsofjoy]

[Winry keeps an eye on her mouse as Usopp picks it up. She's very protective of her handiwork.]

A ship and cannons? Do you live on the sea?

[markofthewise]

[Sokka steps out of the smithy (which he has decided to use for making eel jerky today to inspect Winry's workmanship. He's suitable impressed.]

Hey, that's pretty good.

[wings_thatwait]

[Looking over her shoulder, Winry watches Sokka approach.] Thanks. It's modeled after one I once fixed at a little girl's birthday party.

[markofthewise]

Oh yeah? I bet she must have been happy about that. Where did you get the parts?

[crytearsofjoy]

I had some left over springs from a watch I made, and I've been collecting metal scraps since I got here.

[themoonuplifts]

[Here comes a curious Usagi who is actually taking this whole experiment a lot better than most. When she spots the cute little mouse, she squeaks, and then waddles on over to kneel down next to her blonde friend.]

Did you make that?

[crytearsofjoy]

[Winry jumps. Oh my god it's Usagi. Sh-should she apologize? Answer? Or play dead?

Ah, the third one didn't seem like a reasonable choice anyway.] I did. [She nods a little, feeling guilty.]

[themoonuplifts]

[Usagi smiles, and even though she feels a hint of jealousy, there's no reason for her to blame Winry.] That's so neat. I wish I could do things like that.

[wings_thatwait]

Yeah, but I bet there are things you're talented in that I'm not. Everyone has their own, right?