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.]

[darkpants_warmfeeling]

[It's not the crows or the earrings that get Jacob's attention as he's walking by the park- it's the sight of the ground rising up into columns and platforms, flowing like water to lift Ed into the sky. He's never seen anything like it before, aside from Major Armstrong's alchemy demonstration, and that was a whole different experience.

Jacob's not sure what's happening, but between the earth moving and the yelling short kid it looks like it could be trouble. He runs forward to see if he should help. He gets a better look, but it only raises more questions. Why would any teenager be this angry at some birds?]

Hey! What's happening?

[braided_icarus]

These damned crows! One of 'em took Winry's earrings from me!

[But Jacob is correct, Ed is using alchemy. Just in a different way to Armstrong and his specialty. Ed calls down to him to try explain - maybe this guy could help capture the crow somehow to retrieve the earrings. And hopefully he won't go tell the police for him messing up the ground like this. Ed keeps after the crows, raising the ground underneath him as he dashes after the birds, not considering what this might look like to anyone below.]

[darkpants_warmfeeling]

[Jacob can't quite hear what Ed's saying over the sound of panicked crows and shifting earth, but he can catch the gist. He nods- then starts glowing blue. He figures he might as well lend a hand before this young man has to build a mountain to tackle those birds.]

Grabbed someone's jewelry, huh? All right, maybe I can help. Get over here!

[He flings out his arm, hurling a ball of blue biotic energy toward the crow that looks like it's most likely to have the earrings. If it connects, that unfortunate bird will find itself tumbling weightlessly through the air alongside whatever it's carrying, experiencing an unpleasant few seconds of zero gravity.]

[braided_icarus]

[Ed blinks as he catches the blue out the corner of his eye, not quite pausing but slowing for a moment as he watches the demonstration of Jacob's powers. He's heard from Kaidan about biotics, but this is the first time he's actually seeing it in action. It's different to alchemy, but no less impressive. Ed doesn't stop for long, getting the feeling it's probably only temporary. So he rushes forwards to the crow, reaching for it to check and pocketing the two earrings it had.]

That's two of them. Still gotta find the rest.

[darkpants_warmfeeling]

Find the rest?

[Now it's Jacob's turn to blink. He shakes it off quickly though, and starts climbing up the platforms Ed has raised, hauling himself up to join the chase. It's not like he's got anything better to do.]

How many earrings does this person have?

[braided_icarus]

Six? I think.

[Yeah. He just kept bringing her earrings whenever he broke his auto-mail to try keep somewhat in her better graces. Until he realized that she kept piercing her ears to wear all the earrings at once. Not that now is the time to actually try and explain that, but he's fairly sure that's the right number. Four in one ear and two in the other. Two smaller stud earrings and four bigger hoopish ones.

He pauses to help Jacob up before continuing to chase after the crows and keep up. Considering a means to stop them. Erecting a higher wall wouldn't work. They'd just fly right over it.]

...and this is where Ed's crazy antics pay off and he gets the earrings back

[yatagarasu]

[Kay is just outside Residence #007, practicing on Jaime's old hoverboard when she sees some crows zoom up into her bedroom window. She flies up a bit until she's between the first and second floors of the house, watching the crows quickly tuck something under her pillow.]

Hey! What're you doing?

[Please don't tell her they've been making off with people's shiny things again. The rumbling sound of the ground being manipulated into columns makes her quickly swoop back down onto the ground and leap off the board, and she notices Ed...in hot pursuit of those crows?

Uh-oh.]

What's going on?

when is Ed not involved in some crazy antics more like.

[braided_icarus]

[Of course, initially, Ed doesn't even realize the crows lead him right to the residences. Kay's, specifically. It's not until he sees her at the window there with the crows that he stops, blinking and taking it in for a second as he considers what might have happened.]

You.....they took Winry's earrings! I'm just trying to get them back for her.

[Because it isn't like this is at least partially his fault for not yet returning them....at all. He points to one of the crows at random, not entirely sure just which one had the earrings now they're back in a group again.]

Sounds legit.

[yatagarasu]

[That confirms the worst. Kay's eyes widen and she glances at Ed, and then the crows that had taken refuge in her window. She looks shifty for a moment as if she was the one responsible, then gazes up again at her crows sternly, pointing to the ground. Then she does something that people would consider downright crazy if they didn't live in Heropa - she barks a loud order.]

Hey! All of you, down here, on the double!

[Every single crow hurriedly scrambles to fly down, and then they all perch on the first floor window sill. Two crows have an earring each, gripped in their beaks. Kay points to them.]

You mean these?

[braided_icarus]

[Ed blinks when she calls them down, raising an eyebrow as they actually obey and fly down to her. He knows some birds can be pets, of course. He just didn't figure on crows. He watches as she points to a couple of them and gives a nod while he catches his breath.]

Yeah. She gave them to me back up North at Briggs back home. I need to give them back.

[yatagarasu]

[Kay nods, then extends a hand for the earrings, her expression suddenly more severe - so severe that it's almost comical.]

C'mon, you guys, game's over. [The two guilty crows hesitate, shifting from foot to foot. She stares them down until they release the earrings onto her palm, then she turns and gives them to Ed.]

Sorry about that. Old habits die hard.

[braided_icarus]

[Ed takes the offered earrings, still staring and taking a moment to register the outcome here. It's a relief to have them returned, and obviously not Kay's fault directly. The birds just saw something shiny and went for it. He pockets the earrings and rubs at the back of his head.]

Just--just keep an eye on them and make sure they don't do it again. Others might not be able to keep up with them like I did to get their things back.

[incendere]

(It was supposed to be a peaceful walk--an excuse for Roy to leave the office, get some fresh air, and clear his mind a little. But that is a little hard to accomplish when the ground starts rumbling and nearby citizens start screaming from shock.

It's the screams that first catch Roy's attention. He turns his head just in time to see a familiar face transmuting the ground in order to pursue.....a group of crows...?

Leave it to Fullmetal to destroy the city over crows. Still, if he was chasing them, then there must have been some reason. So, Roy manages to catch up to him. With an amused smirk:)

Having trouble, Fullmetal?

[braided_icarus]

[And of course that smug face is just the one Ed wants to see right now. Or not. He just glances down at the familiar voice with a half scowl, still in pursuit of the crows and trying to reach one in particular. He doesn't care how this might look to others, stubborn and determined to return those earrings to Winry. Totally not sorry for interrupting that 'break' of Roy's.]

Does this really look like the time, Colonel? One of these bastards took Winry's earrings. I'd rather you didn't help if you intend on doing so by melting them. Unless you have any other ideas.

[incendere]

Come now, Fullmetal, who exactly do you think you're talking to?

(He slips on a glove and watches the crows. It's hard to tell which one in particular has the earrings from down where he is, so he would just have to target all of them. Thankfully, they all seem to be flying in the same direction.)

I'm going to direct them towards you. Just be ready when they get close. (And with that, he snaps three times: the first one is to stop them from going in the same direction they've been flying. Startled by the explosion, they try going in a different direction, which Roy cuts off with the second snap. The third one results in an explosion that creates a bit of a half barrier so they have no choice but to return back the way they came. Although, they're flying a little more frantically and spread out than before. Whoops.)

[braided_icarus]

Got it.

[It's not often Ed has to work alongside Mustang like this. He's more used to having Al back him up. But considering the way they usually bicker, this actually goes relatively smoothly. For the most part anyway, until that third explosion causing them to spread out. Ed scrambles to reach for one that has a hoop earring at its beak, only just managing to grab at it but the bird drops the earring before Ed can retrieve it.]

Down there, Colonel. Grab that one!

[incendere]

(Roy sees it just as it hits the ground and immediately picks it up. He takes the time to examine it in his hand--mostly to make sure he actually did get it and not some rock--and can't help but sigh a little as he sticks it into his pocket. Honestly, all this for some earrings?

He looks back up at the crows, which seem to be flying a little frantically now that they realized there's a chance of getting caught. He doesn't really want to burn them all--that's a little excessive--but he's already beginning to lose his patience and they become more and more of a nuisance each moment that passes. Still, that doesn't mean he can't be smug.)

I'm shocked, Ed. I would have thought someone such as yourself would be able to handle a few tiny animals. What's wrong? Losing your touch?

(One of them is starting to fly too high, so Roy snaps again. The explosion appears just above the crow, causing it to squawk nervously and hastily dive back down.)

[braided_icarus]

It'd be easy if there weren't so damned many of 'em. It's not like I expected them to swoop down and take the earrings out of my hand.

[Whether or not Roy recognizes the earrings as Winry's isn't what matters. At least the bastard Colonel is helping. Ed can be grateful for that. Not that he's about to thank him yet, not when he's being so cocky.]

If you really want I can just leave you to it if you're so confident, shall I?