Yuin laughed a bit. "Oh ok I will stay here dont worry." He smiled and then went back to biting his nails. I wonder if she will be ok by herself. Yeah she will be fine..... hopefully. he thought. He shrugged.

"I can imagine," Pride said in a slightly annoyed tone, his eyes narrowing behind his sunglasses. "What was Greed making you do anyhow?"
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Greed's keen hearing caught a shuffling noise from outside of her room's door. It wasn't difficult to figure out who it was; Gluttony was the only being in this entire mansion who had the guts (or was stupid enough) to 'play' with her.

"Oh, dear, I hope nobody is listening to me talk to myself," she said loudly and exaggeratedly.
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Central City

It wasn't difficult for Ross to track down the colonel and Fuery. She entered the bar, which was little more than a hole in the wall, thinking that the atmosphere was rather unsavory. Bloch followed, glancing about nervously.

Finally sighting the two other officers, they hurried toward them. "There you are, sir," Ross said to Hienrich, figuring that Fuery had been dragged along quite unwillingly if his expression was any indication. She gave him a sharp salute, which, after a few seconds' hesitation, Bloch copied. "You should have told us you were leaving," she added somewhat accusingly.

Gluttony clasped her hands over her mouth, stifling a giggle. She continued to listen through the door, figuring that she really hadn't been found out. I'm a really good spy, she thought excitedly. Greed has noidea!!

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Central City

Fuery was relieved to spot both Maria Ross and Denny Bloch entering the dingy bar. He was beginning to worry that they would not show, that he would be left alone with the spontaneous colonel.

Sighing in relief, he stood as the captain and Bloch reached the table, inquiring, "That's amazing! You did you find us?"

... And there was the stifled giggle she had been waiting for. Standing up, Greed faced the door, her arms crossed. "Since no one else is obviously here," she began, still using the same over-exaggerated tone, "I guess I'm just going to have to go out and buy some candy all for myself."
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"We asked the guards at the gates," Bloch replied, smiling in his usual carefree manner. "The colonel's pretty well known I guess, so it wasn't too hard."

"Well, now that we're all here, let's get down to business," Ross said, her seriousness contrasting greatly against her subordinate's usual lax attitude. "Perhaps you should brief them on the mission, Colonel Hienrich, sir. You probably know more about it than I do."

Greed fixed Gluttony with a deadpanned expression. "Of course she's mad. She's Wrath."

"If you go and get Wrath, and let me explain this task to you, I will buy you some chocolate. I promise," she said.

Meanwhile

Wrath tossed an unconscious alchemist to the floor, kicking another over on her way out of the room. Swearing under her breath, she slammed the large door closed, gave it one strong kick, and headed up the stairs.

What the hell does she want now? she thought angrily, hissing under her breath.

Walking down the hall, she made her way towards the office. Stepping into the doorway, she swung her arm to the side, connecting her fist with the feeble doorframe.

"This better be good, or so help me..." she growled, glaring daggers at Greed. Her gaze then shifted to both the chimera boy and Gluttony cowering behind the desk. "You better hide..."

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"So let's take care of this quietly, okay?"

"Tsk, why don't you ever do anything?" Wrath snapped, purposely hitting the doorframe again and glowering at Greed. "And why the hell do I get stuck with that brat?"

She pointed an accusing finger at Gluttony, who jumped and hid further behind Greed, sticking out her tongue in defiance.



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Mustang prepared to leave his office, grabbing his sleek black coat and any other belongings before heading out the door. He stopped before grabbing the doorknob, placing his things just outside the office and quickly stepping back over to his desk.

Pulling out a single sheet of blank paper and taking a pen in his right hand, he scribbled something on it and reached for the tape.

Walking back over to the door, he attached the note to the outside of the door. Smiling at his handywork, he securly shut the door and turned to pick up his things.

Accomplished, he set out towards his residence where he would hastily pack and most likely step out for a drink before turning in for the night.

Hanging on the general's door read the words "Do NOT enter!" and in smaller words "That means you Lt. Havoc."

((So, seeing as how I'm also Sheska, I'm just going to type all this out from Riza's POV ^.^))

Riza easily caught a taxi and within about ten minutes was pulling up outside of Sheska's apartment. She thanked the taxi driver and paid him before hurrying up the stairs and ringing the buzzer. She waited patiently as she listened to the muffled sounds of things being moved around -- stacks of books, no doubt -- and Sheska's cry of 'Sorry, just a minute!'. Soon enough the door opened to reveal a flushed Sheska, who had obviously just made a path to the door through the books scattered about.

"Major Hawkeye!" she said, eyes widening in surprise. "It's so good to see you, please come in!" She shuffled back, stepping carefully around teetering piles of books, cringing as a stack towards the back of the hallway toppled over, taking two other stacks with it before the domino effect stilled. Hawkeye stepped inside, eyeing the ground carefully so as to avoid stepping on any of Sheska's books.

"Sorry I didn't call before I came over," Riza apologized. "I have a favor to ask of you, and your place is on my way home, so..."

"No, no! It's no problem at all!" Sheska said, waving away the Major's concerns. "What can I help you with?"

"Well, something came up suddenly today, and I've got to go out of town on business. I was wondering if you would mind watching Black Hayate for me? I'm not sure how long I'll be gone; probably at least a week. I would reimburse you for your troubles, of course."

"Nonsense, you won't do any such thing!" Sheska said, shaking her head. "I'd love to take care of him, but you won't pay me a dime. I enjoy having him over, he's so sweet and well-behaved!" Riza smiled gratefully.

"Thank you, Sheska! He likes you, I know he enjoys staying here. I do have one other question, though..." she hesitated, pausing to word the question delicately. "Have you heard of any odd rumors coming from West City? Anything in the tabloids or odd military reports you may have seen?" Sheska pondered the question for a moment before answering.

"West City Command is a fairly odd lot to begin with. They always try to keep everything very quiet, never let their reports circulate too much. The only odd thing I can think of recently was a tabloid report about a warehouse on the outskirts of the city that was seen giving off a strange glow, possibly alchemical in origin, like some sort of huge transmutation going on inside. That's what the tabloid claimed, anyway. They could never reach the military or state alchemists for comment, and when they sent a reporter to investigate it seemed empty." She shrugged. "Could have just been some kids messing around."

Riza nodded. "Thank you, Sheska, that may be a good starting place. I'll just bring Black Hayate by on my way to the train station in the morning, if that's alright?" Sheska agreed easily, and soon Riza was hailing another cab to take her home, where she efficiently packed a small bag for her, and another to send with the dog to Sheska's. She pondered cooking, but decided against it, ordering in Xingian instead. She ate quickly, enjoyed a glass of wine with a book before bed, and went to sleep early so she could rise early and be ready to go on time.

((right... I... cant find my last post... And i wanna say sorry that i been gone so long SORRY SORRY! *bows*))

"Well thats kinda true. Mostly rumors. The Faux Metal represents a threat to the stability of the military. Officially, we have him listed as dead." He shook his head, "What would that say to the citizens? It undermines their belife in us. So... Simply put, we find this faker, and figure out what he wants." He opened the file and pushed it across the table, taking a sip of his coffee and watching the others, "soooo. We follow their movement and figure out what is going on. Whattya say?"

Yuin was being yelled at. Then in the next three seconds he was being pulled into the office. Then being hidden. He was so exhausted that he could not believe it. Yuin watched Wrath walk in and then start to complain. He was about to say, 'Oh just shut up.' But he caught himself. He knew that Wrath could kill him in a minute.

"Because I said so," Greed replied, still grinning at the other homunculus, although her eyes were cold. "And if you don't do a good job..." She walked over to Wrath, leaning over near her ear and whispering something, before straightening and glancing back at Gluttony.

"And I'll take away all of your snacks for a week," she added.
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"That creature has no shame," he said, shaking his head a little in disgust.
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"Wait... Faux Metal? What do you mean...?" Bloch asked confusedly, glancing over at Ross.

"Someone has been imitating Edward Elric," she told him, her brow knit slightly in distaste. "We're trying to track him down."

"Wha-? How could someone do something like that?" Denny said loudly, looking absolutely appalled at the idea. He opened his mouth to speak again when he caught Ross' stern gaze.

Turning toward the colonel, she asked, "Do you have any idea of where the false Fullmetal was last sighted, sir?"

"Oh..." Ross decided she'd better explain, seeing as she had been the one to enlist his help in the first place. "I'd like you to monitor the phone lines. If you hear anything that sounds remotely like our suspect, we'll need to know. Indiscreetly, of course."

Wrath's eyes widened tremendously as the words whispered to her registered in her mind. She clenched her teeth, balling up her fingers into a fist as she swore under her breath.

Turning away from Greed and that ever-present grin, Wrath hissed, "Dammit! Fine!!"


Gluttony jumped, her eyes glimmering with tears as she replied, "A week? B-but, Greed, I'll starve!!"

She then pouted, glaring somewhat at Wrath before adding, "What if it's not my fault? What if Wrath messes up??"

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"Oh! O-of course! That sounds easy enough," Fuery replied, relieved to hear that he would not be dragged along but rather would be allowed to remain in Central. "I'll make sure to inform you on anything I find!"

Yuin started to lay back against the wall. He did not know what to do. So he decided that this had nothing to do with him and tried to walk out the door.
(( Sorry for really short posts!))