Take back the earrings!

[braided_icarus]

WHO: Edward Elric {braided_icarus} & Open
WHERE: Around Heropa - mostly around the park, around some more suburban areas.
WHEN: Afternoon
WHAT: Ed was previously given Winry's earrings to look after. That doesn't go so well when crows find them and try steal them from him.
WARNINGS: Ed and his language?



[Okay, so Ed honestly had forgotten the earrings. Only reminded when he finds them in the pockets of his pants and pulls them out, holding them for a second before remembering. Winry had taken them off at Briggs to avoid frostbite and given them to him to look after. He's been here this long and forgotten to return them now.

But he doesn't get that long to contemplate the right time to give them back before some crows overhead swoop down at seeing the shiny metal in his hands and take them from him. Which of course he protests. Loudly. And possibly violently as he instinctively goes after them, using alchemy to transmute the ground to raise him higher as the crows fly off.

Feel free to help him, ask wtf he is doing, laugh at him?]

Damned crows! You get back here! Those are Winry's, dammit!

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[debauchewy]

[Feel free to- catch the crow from ontop a light post? Sure.]

[Hisoka's been perched up there for a little bit now and strangely enough the bird seems to suddenly- jerk towards him in flight, though it's movements are a bit more abnormal as it darts that way. He would have let it fly off if there was no one chasing it, were it just a bird on its way, but this may prove interesting since he now has the object of someone's desire.]

Oohh~ [A gasp loud enough for the blonde below to hear. He holds the bird in his hands and it's- surprisingly quiet. Ed won't be able to see how it shakes in Hisoka's near presence, nor will he see that Hisoka has noticed the earrings and taken them from the bird, hiding them in the palm of his free hand.]

Did I catch a little thief? [Smiles to the bird, then looks down, eyes gluing to his company and getting in focus.] Or do you merely have something against this feathery creature?

[braided_icarus]

[It doesn't take long before Ed makes his way up, using a combination of his alchemy and his jumping and flips to try keep up with the crow as best he can when he sees Hisoka with the bird.

He's about to ask him to hand over the crow to get the earrings when the other boy speaks.

Wait a second. Is he insinuating that Ed is the thief here?!]

Thie--I didn't steal anything! This damned bird stole Winry's earrings from me! And I'm not losing them!

[debauchewy]

[OOC: Okay if Hisoka uses his ability to sense what people's powers are on him? Permissions and that here.]

[Oh... quite the little show as he makes his way up to him. Hisoka keeps his grip on the bird but his focus is only on the boy coming up to him, much younger than him, a little over ten years younger than Hisoka, if he's guessing right. It's starting to make his chest clench a little, something flutter deep in his gut, you adeptly the blonde climbs and leaps. He really wants these earrings doesn't he? Hisoka's grip on the bird tightens enough to make it cry out before he moves the hand holding it around, hiding the bird behind his back.]

I meant the bird stole, considering I've caught him- I have yet to catch you, but the more I watch you the more I'm considering it.

[braided_icarus]

[ooc: Filled it out! Feel free to pm if you want or need more details. I know FMA is fairly popular but obviously that doesn't mean everyone has read/watched it.]

[Ed doesn't even consider the potential consequences of such a public demonstration of his alchemy. After all, by now he's been around showing people at the carnival and chatted a bit on it over the network. No reason to hide it, when everyone has powers here. Even if he still considers alchemy to be a science rather than some kind of superpower. He doesn't really seem to quite grasp what Hisoka says immediately, a frown at his features before he raises an eyebrow, lips pursing.]

Catch me? For what? I don't have time for games, just hand over the damned bird!

[debauchewy]

Which one?

[Smiles, hands still behind his back but suddenly a flurry of birds appear from behind him, flying up and away, all black, all appearing to be the same as the one he had initially caught but really moving very fast to get away, almost just a rush of black and feathers. Hands up!]

[braided_icarus]

[A blink. Raising his eyebrow further before his mouth just drops open watching all the birds flying off now. What is with this guy? Ed just explained he was looking for the earrings and now he's let them all fly off. It doesn't exactly help Ed's mood at all, only serving to fuel his frustration.]

What the hell?! I can't tell which one it is!

[Yeah, Ed's volume just may be increasing as he yells, attempting to jump up to reach at least one to see if they might have one of the earrings. But it doesn't, causing him to curse, gaze following the others as he starts to turn to try and start chasing them.]

[debauchewy]

[Fuel his frustration? Oh good.]

Catching a bird really that difficult? [Well, even more difficult now considering they flew off high, and away, and... are gone, like wow really gone, no where to be seen. Disappearing as if out of thing air after they fly past a building, or from view at all. Hisoka smiles to himself, watching Ed while dipping his head down a little- and putting something on either ear.]

[braided_icarus]

When there are this many and there are idiots like you messing things up! Yes!

[Ed snarls and snaps in response, watching the others fly off. There has to be some way to track them, surely. If he follows the general direction they go in at least....? Ed doesn't even notice Hisoka putting the earrings to his own ears at first, trying to figure a way to follow the birds if possible.]

Winry's. I'll get them back.

[debauchewy]

Winry's? [He chuckles, resting his hands again as he crosses his legs on his high perch. He feels the slight weight on either ear, not his style, but nice little things.]

Is this person special to you? [Slim, dark glance.]

[braided_icarus]

Yeah. A--friend from home. My mechanic.

[He's only half paying attention to Hisoka as he tries to figure where the crows are going, watching their general direction at least. Of course he isn't actually going to admit to the idea of actually having feelings for Winry beyond that. Not without direct questioning, but he's more concerned with the earrings.]

If you're not gonna help, I'm just gonna follow them.

[But then the sun hits the metal of the earrings at Hisoka's ears. Very familiar earrings once Ed glances and actually pays attention. Were they....?]

You had them? Why didn't you say so?

[debauchewy]

[Well, it's rather obvious he cares for this person. Hisoka is reading into it enough to know Ed has some dangling strings he can tug at. How fortunate.]

Good luck- [Smiles, the crows all being an illusion but one of them, but then, they're gone now.]

Hm? Oh. [Slides a finger against one of his ears and smiles.] Why should I have?

[braided_icarus]

[Ed really makes it far too easy for others to take advantage of him. Weak, soft, others have called him. Like an open book with his emotions and temper. It's not necessarily intentional, but there and obvious all the same. He grits his teeth, approaching Hisoka with one hand outstretched.]

I told you I was looking for them. Hand them over.

[debauchewy]

[Will Hisoka is nice and high up, so he can open his hand up way down there. He's not going to move from his seat on the light post way up above.]

[Leaning forward to look down at him, he smiles, eyes slim. Something about the boy suggests he'll be able to mess with him from way down there though, and he stands up where he is, setting a hand on his hip.]

Oh that's not how it works, we've started a game now, haven't you ever heard of finders keepers?

[braided_icarus]

I don't have time for games. Either give them to me or I'll make you.

[Because of course, this is Ed and his usual response to problems is through a fist to the face. If Hisoka won't hand them over, Ed will try to make him. For Winry. With his alchemy, Ed could easily raise the platform he's currently on to get to him if he had to. But he's trying to give the guy a chance before resorting to violence.]

[debauchewy]

[His brows raise a little, seeing Ed's reaction and feeling a shock to his system. What a look, he could drown in it, he would openly gasp for air surrounded by a look like that, till his heart stops, till everything around him ceases to be. Good- hate him, even if it's just in this moment.]

Then make me. Make me and I'll give you anything~

[braided_icarus]

All I want is the earrings. That's it. But if you really want me to make you then I will.

[Of course Ed has no idea on what this guy's powers might be, but he isn't willing to give up so easily. Always has been too stubborn to back down like that. He raises and claps his hands, extending the metal of his auto-mail right arm before going to raise his platforms of earth higher to get to the other. He leaps, taking a swipe. He never kills, but that doesn't stop him fighting. Possibly injuring to get what he wants.]

[debauchewy]

I know. [Sticks his tongue out at him. He knows you want the earrings, simple boy, he was just throwing words at you.]

[Hisoka's eyes widen as he watches, till the boy is face to face with him. A swipe, and Hisoka immediately bends backwards, bends far, curves back so the blade just swipes through empty air, and then stands up straight again right after.]

So hasty! [Grinning, eyes gleaming. Yes, more of that.]

[braided_icarus]

I'll show you hasty.

[Ed stands his ground, still watching the other as he straightens after dodging Ed's attack. He's a lot faster than he was previously, thanks to Winry's northern style auto-mail being so much lighter. The drawback is it is obviously not as strong, as durable as a result. But Ed's not thinking on that or taking it into account right now.

He ducks down, making a sweeping, low kick. Not as powerful as it would be if he still had auto-mail, but still enough to hurt. Knock the other down if it hits.]

[debauchewy]

[Leaps up at the kick, crouching in the air and swinging back finally. A card in hand, an edge weapon, swipes around to aim at Ed's neck, Hisoka's eyes gleaming, everything in moments.]

[Yes, come at him, yes, swing, attack- you're so fast and strong- come at him. He's got years on you, experience. So fast Ed will see illusions of Hisoka still in the same place he was before only to suddenly be somewhere else, making that swipe, that attack. Difficult to follow with the eye.]

[braided_icarus]

[Ed manages to jump back, a handspring out of the way of the card. He's been caught off guard by weapons at his head or neck far too often by now to let that happen again.

But even then, Ed has to pause, take stock when Hisoka moves so fast. Speed? Is that this guy's power? Maybe. He just has to guess. Take a chance. A swiping punch with his auto-mail to where he guesses the other is. Either it hits or it doesn't. He's fast but still not as tough as Izumi. At least as far as Ed knows yet.]

[debauchewy]

[Watches him leap back, though that just makes Ed closer to the edge of that stone platform he's made for himself, close enough to the edge that he might fall- he can't have that.]

[Hisoka grins, bending again with almost inhuman dexterity before he moves to the arc of metal extending out of the street light to dangle it's bulb.]

Careful now, you might fall. Though looking at how easily you shifted that column of earth, you'd probably catch yourself- mn- by why don't you let me help? [Lifts a hand, back of it facing Ed and he flicks his index and middle finger forward, as if beckoning him closer. But the gesture just seems to-

tug at the Edward.

He'll feel his head move as if pulled forward, leading him closer and away from the edge of that stone platform he made for himself.]

[braided_icarus]

[Ed simply glares at him for a moment. Really, this is hardly the first or last time he's likely to fall. Of course, this time he doesn't have Al around to help but even so. He can manage. He's about to retort something to that effect - that Hisoka should worry more about himself than Edward. But then he feels that tugging. It's strange. New. Unnerving that this guy can apparently lure him and control his body like that. He tries to resist but it doesn't seem to do anything to stop him. Just what kind of powers does this guy have?]

Worry about yourself. I don't know what the hell you're pulling, but knock it off!

[debauchewy]

[Oh no, not that easy. He tugs again and Ed will feel like he's being yanked by some rope from his face. Some sort of telepathy maybe? Hisoka tugs and smiles, just- watching Ed's face contort in his confusion. Though eventually he lowers that hand.]

Well? Come and get them. [Taps at one of the earrings.]

[braided_icarus]

[Ed can likely only begin to guess at the powers people have around here. He's still determined though, and immediately once the other has no hold over him, he lunges. Attempting to simply knock the guy to the ground and pin him using alchemy if possible. All he needs is to restrain the guy long enough to get the earrings from him.]

[debauchewy]

[Has no hold does he.]

[As soon as Ed lunges, Hisoka yanks at his hand again and Ed will notice he is moving a hell of a lot faster than he should be for the lunge he just did. Rockets at Hisoka with so much more speed than the blonde would've anticipated and still Hisoka dodges. In a flash, suddenly out of Ed's way.]

[The force helped Ed continue moving and like a rubber band, he shoots forward still and then slows- and stops- and rockets backwards the way he came.]