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[Action for housemates, neighbors are free to hear Hawkeye smack her Not!husband upside the head =3, later she's hitting the streets!]
-Morning-
[Riza Hawkeye was naturally an early riser. It was the nature of her work. Most of the time, she didn't even need an alarm; she woke just before the sun came up and was ready to go about her day. Today ( Read more... )
-Morning-
[Riza Hawkeye was naturally an early riser. It was the nature of her work. Most of the time, she didn't even need an alarm; she woke just before the sun came up and was ready to go about her day. Today ( Read more... )
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Miss Lan Fan? Is that you?
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Hawkeye! I didn't [ She quickly dives off the street post before charging towards her. By the look of her face, her presence isn't a good thing. ]... when did you arrive here?! I arrived here about a week ago, and I didn't see you at all.
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You are settled safely, right? You have a home and aren't staying alone?
[Lan Fan was an accomplished bodyguard, but that did not mean that Hawkeye could be comfortable without making sure the child was in a position in which she would be safe.]
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No, I just arrived here two weeks earlier and it's a bit odd. My house is filled with drones. I'm the only girl there.
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[She pauses, blinking twice to shake the image of Lust's Cheshire-cat grin from her memory] I was told they're the bodies that remain from the souls brought into town, and that the souls are being used for energy to power the town.
It sounds remarkably like the premise of the Philosopher's stone. [And by the expression on Hawkeye's face, that is not sitting with her very well.
Hawkeye waits a moment before following up on her earlier queries.] Are you safe alone? If you need somewhere else to stay where there are actual people, I can see what can be done.
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That's true, but there's also some original people here as well that don't seem to be from any world. They completely blend in here. I can't sense anything regarding this right now, though, the town confiscated my ability to detect twisted life force. When I get it back though, I'll try wherever the souls are held.
[ She'll affirm with a nod ]
The drones aren't hostile, and react to any kind of injury by calling you out for being rude. I'm perfectly fine. It may get a bit unsettling being the only human there, but I'm fine with it.
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I see. This seems to suggest that none of these droned people are initially from here, that they are just prisoners who have permanently lost all of their free will.
[After a moment, she bows slightly.] If you ever need a break, you are welcome where I'm staying. [Her expression suggests that though she believes Lan Fan's statement of the drones being relatively unlikely to cause harm, that does not translate to them being harmless.]
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I don't know. There are some average drones that aren't people missing from their homes, but at the same time, there are some that look amazingly like natives.
[ Lan Fan will remain with her little moe blob line face ] Thanks. Mind telling me what address this is?
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[She listens to Lan Fan's explanation of the drones, and makes a mental note to keep the information safely stored somewhere.] I see.
Oh, yes--the address is 1247 Williams Road.
[Her gaze softens at Lan Fan's expression, and she frowns. After her conversation with Lust, she realized that though they might all be from the same place they could not be from the same time. It was strange to see Lan Fan again--she had not seen any of the Xingese natives before they left the day of the final battle--while knowing that Ling was successful in all of his endeavors. She smiled.] It's nice to see a friendly familiar face.
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[ She'll offer a brief and concise nod. She hasn't seen Hawkeye since she was wheeled off to the Doctor's house. After Hawkeye forced and separated her from the prince. ] Is someone hostile from home here that I should be aware about?
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[When asked about someone else from home being here, she feels the color drain just slightly from her face, and nods, frowning.] I don't know if you've met her, but the homunculus Lust is here as well. [By the way she states this, it is clear that Hawkeye has a higher level of dislike towards Lust than she does for the other homunculi.]
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And then she expresses more interest than anything. She'll also ignore Hawkeye's reaction, she obviously wouldn't want to talk about it ] I never met her back home. She's dead where I'm from though, can this place really revive the dead?
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[Hawkeye frowns, crossing her arms.] The Colonel killed her, but she's clearly alive and well here.
Unfortunately, I'm ill equipped to do anything about her. The homunculi need to die several deaths and the only people that I've seen capable of doing that were alchemists--though in particular the alchemists that the homunculi considered candidates for sacrifice. [She closed her eyes, shaking her head.]
Even if I were armed, there isn't much I can do against her.
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[ She nods ] I am aware of their sufficient immortality.[ She doesn't comment on the sacrifice part she doesn't really even know what to say. ]
We could tag team her, but I don't see us being successful if she has her stone back and I'm unarmed and you're... not armed either.
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Everyone who comes here comes without anything they had at home, correct? I wonder if there is a chance that she doesn't have her stone, much like you can't sense the presence of souls as you typically can--what would be an innate skill.
I will be doing what I can to get a firearm as soon as possible, knowing that she is here.
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