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Ling Yao / Greed ([personal profile] avaricious) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2016-03-01 08:00 pm

Rebound

Who: Greed (and sorta Alphonse)
Broadcast: Yes
Action: A park on the Starlight
When: February 28th, after this post

[The transmission starts abruptly with a flash of red light. When the image clears, there's a few blades of grass in the way and a grotesque image of a man's back, only it's embedded with pieces of metal armor as well as what looks like an armored hand sticking out from the side. It's all the result of some hideous rebound. The man sways unbalanced and seemingly oblivious to the mess made upon his back. He stands there for a few seconds before stumbling forward and kneeling to something beyond the angle of the camera.]

Alphonse!? [There is the sound of banging on metal.] Alphonse! Dammit, answer me!

[There is nothing. No answer. Just silence.]

Say something you shitty brat! We were getting out of this shit hole together! Don't say you--

[And then, just like that, the feed cuts out without explanation.]
save_the_souls: (showdown)

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[personal profile] save_the_souls 2016-03-02 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
[When Allen catches sight of this feed, it grabs his attention immediately. The metal arm was familiar, and so was the man in the video- the man that Sokka had argued with. The one he'd been avoiding. Which normally he wouldn't dare go near, but when he hears that name]

[Alphonse.]

[He doesn't bother to reply to the feed, it seems like Greed isn't taking questions right now anyway. He can tell that it looks like one of the parks on the station, so that's where he heads. It's not hard for him to find Greed for Allen- but getting near is not quite as easy, what with all those souls coming from Greed. But Allen was a man on a mission, and so he'll brave it and slowly approach the scene, looking like he has a killer headache- all while a lens hovers over his left eye.]


Dammit... [He'll call out to Greed who is clearly moving on adrenaline what with that arm sticking out of his back] Hey! Stop moving, you're hurt!
save_the_souls: (its sad that we have to fight)

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[personal profile] save_the_souls 2016-03-02 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, this guy would rather not listen and just instead try to scare him off? Great.]

[Normally, Allen would try to be more patient. Try to be more understanding. But considering his head was killing him and this abomination of a man was the source of that? His patience is more than a bit strained. So as Greed starts approaching him like a mad man, he activates the razor sharp claws on his left hand and holds them out before Greed gets too close. ]


It's a public park, I can be here if I wish.

[So there.]

Now if you'll calm down, you'll prevent further injury and I'll have a chance to check on Alphonse.
save_the_souls: (uuugh)

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[personal profile] save_the_souls 2016-03-03 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Allen doesn't move. It's taking restraint not to attack this thing that's so close to Akuma outright, the powered parts of him are certainly craving to do so. But he's long learn how to keep those desires in check, as long as this guy stays out of reach. ]

Yes, and you're doing a wonderful job with that I see.

[You're not here to fight, he has to remind himself tersely. He lowers the claws, but doesn't deactivate]

Please get those souls in check. They're in pain and it's hard to pinpoint Alphonse's soul with all the interference. I only intend to make sure his soul is still intact and attached to his armour.
Edited 2016-03-03 16:20 (UTC)
save_the_souls: (disapprove)

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[personal profile] save_the_souls 2016-03-03 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Seriously?

[He stares at Greed, glances back at his own claw, then looks back at Greed. Sure, his own powers were made to bring salvation to souls just like these. But he didn't have a way to do it without destroying Greed in the process, and while that was quite tempting for an Exorcist...]

[...Ugh. It's so much easier when you can kill these things. He speaks with a huff. This is a pain in the ass]


Try- I don't know, sitting down and taking deep breaths. And get that hand out of your back. [He'd offer, but he doubt he'd be able to touch this guy without his own powers going in for the kill]

Meanwhile I'll focus as much as I can and try to find your friend.
save_the_souls: (da fuq is this)

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[personal profile] save_the_souls 2016-03-03 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't directly respond to Greed, since he's too busy trying to focus his sensing. Though on the flip side he's definitely not getting too near that armor either.]

That's right! The seal's a source...

[Duh! And here he was focusing on the clouds of souls. Of course Al would have a different source than Greed- it was a different vessel. So instead of looking around like he was before, his lens eye focuses over at Al's armor, until it seems to zero in on the location of the seal. AND sure enough, in Allen's vision- there's Al's soul chain coming right from it]

[Now it's just a matter of following his eyes up the chain and-]


- I found him! His soul's still there!
save_the_souls: (so calzone pockets huh... (Lenalee))

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[personal profile] save_the_souls 2016-03-05 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
Well...from the looks of it, his soul is unconscious.

[Or at least, very much asleep. But Allen's eye wasn't one to deceive him, so he's not sure...what Greed is getting at]

I don't see any damage to him though. He looks more like he's taking a nap.
save_the_souls: (disapprove)

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[personal profile] save_the_souls 2016-03-05 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
[He's still looking at Al's soul instead of Greed. Which...to Greed, looks more like he's staring off into space with a fancy lens eye] Except during the Atroma-induced calibrations. He told me about sleeping then.

[So. There you go.]

What exactly were you two trying to do?
save_the_souls: (lean back)

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[personal profile] save_the_souls 2016-03-05 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[....]

[Well then. He finally looks away from Al's soul now that the assessment is complete, and takes a few steps away from the armor. He looks over at Greed as well.]


Well whatever it was, I'm willing to bet that it set off the mechanism in his augment that allows him to be put to sleep. [Maybe there was damage done, it'd make sense with how they kept being put to sleep until their own malfunctions were fixed with the calibrations]

I suggest you ask people to help bring all of him to the Vanquish's lab, as well as someone to help you with your injuries. [Notably, he's not offering his own help with that.] It might take awhile, but I see no reason why he won't wake up again.
save_the_souls: (lean back)

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[personal profile] save_the_souls 2016-03-07 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
[He just gives the lightest of sighs. Of course this guy would argue about Al going to the Vanquish. Though even though he's dating Vanquish's Captain? He's not about to fight Clay's battles for him, and it didn't truly matter to Allen what ship Al stayed on. So:]

Talk that out with the Vanquish's crew. That's his ship, after all.

[And with that, he starts moving to leave. He got the information he came for. Staying any longer would be just risky]
save_the_souls: (where is his arm coming from??)

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[personal profile] save_the_souls 2016-03-07 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[He pauses in his steps and looks back, genuinely curiously]

Why do you ask?
save_the_souls: (♫)

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[personal profile] save_the_souls 2016-03-07 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
[...]

Yes, but barely. There's...a lot of them. Far more than I'm used to sensing at once.
save_the_souls: (what?)

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[personal profile] save_the_souls 2016-03-09 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
The one that belongs to the body?

[That...surprises Allen. Normally creatures that occupy another's body couldn't give a damn about the original host or the state of their soul. So to ask Allen to find them...]

[Jeez Greed. First caring about Al and now about the host's soul. You really don't act like the typical akuma-type do you. He wasn't sure what to make of that.]

[Still...even if he had to be careful about how much he aided a creature like Greed, he was sure just looking for a soul wouldn't cause him to Fall.]


I...can try. Not sure if it'll work though.
save_the_souls: (a corrupt world (Road))

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[personal profile] save_the_souls 2016-03-09 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
[He'll bring up his eye to focus solely on Greed, the lens whirling and trying to focus. While he had been sensing Greed the whole time (how could he not), this was the first time he was actually making a point to focus on trying to sense the man instead of just trying to get around the mass of souls. Which- looking straight at the souls and choosing to focusing in on them? Is even less pleasant than just actively trying to identify them to a soul he was unfamiliar with (unlike Alphonse's). In fact in the few seconds he's staring at Greed and to take a closer look at those souls that are wildly disturbed and suffering- he seems to get a more and more pained and sick expression on his face.]
save_the_souls: (goodnight lad)

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[personal profile] save_the_souls 2016-03-09 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
[So if Greed is watching Allen's expression this whole time, it shouldn't come as too much of a shock that after not even maybe a minute of focusing on Greed's rave party of souls, Allen has to rip his eye away from the scene he's seeing and double over to yes- start to throw up some]

I can't-- I'm sorry.

[Jesus. It's even worse than looking at a Level 4's soul]

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