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[It’s an abnormally quiet household for Edward and Winry today, now that the third member of their family is gone, and while he’d be content to keep his misery to himself in any other situation, this particular little person has made a huge impact in enough lives that it needs to be shared. So...]

Hey, Edward here. For everyone who knew her, Elicia Hughes was sent home.

[Locked to Sheena, Tony, Katniss, and Law]

There was some stuff here left for you, if you want to swing by sometime and pick it up.

[Ed’s going to be hanging around the house for most of the day, though by late afternoon he’ll be going to the Battle Dome to basically destroy everything he can get away with in the simulations until he drags himself home or is otherwise kicked out. In the evening, however, he's actually going to swing by the bar. Not for drinking, necessarily, it just seems like the place to go when you want to wallow.

He's only just finished his second year in Luceti, and this happens? Yeah, this week totally sucks.]

(ooc: wow like a million apologies for the lateness of this. If anyone has ICly acknowledged Elicia going home previously ~~since this is seriously like three weeks late~~ I apologize extra for that, but otherwise we’re assuming this week is a good time for it. RL business for all involved delayed things.)

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No, we're fine here. Winry's already out, she'll pick up anything we might need.

[It's not like they need charity. They're just... yeah. He's pretty sure she understands.]

[Oh, she understands. Her current way of coping is to offer people tea.]

Then I'll be there in a little while. Thanks for letting me know.

Sure, no problem.

[God, this is probably the most visitors he's ever had in one day since his mom died.]

[She would've understood, too, if he'd said not-today-come-another-time. Even though there was still someone else in the house with him, it had to feel so empty. Lonely.

That's on her mind when she knocks on his door, later. That, and how Elicia would not be rushing to open it.]

[No rush this time, that's for sure- Edward's prepared this time, coming to the door with a half-crumpled pile of papers, a collection of all the drawings he'd managed to collect after scouring the girl's room this morning. Sheena's greeting is a very half-hearted "hey" and a slow sifting through the pages to figure out which ones are hers.

He's just a few seconds in before he pauses and looks up again.]

...Sheena, right? Yours was the letter.

That's me. [The armful of drawings sends an ache through her chest.] Listen, if she, y'know, drew something and you wanna keep-

[No, he said letter. It's a letter. Sheena shuts herself up and tries not to hold out a hand for it.]

[He pauses at that, glancing down at the drawings. Most of them featured other people, which is why he'd been handing them out to them, but there were some...

...hrngh. Indecisive, he pulls the letter free instead and passes it over to here.]

It's this one.

Thanks. [She takes it and it disappears into a pocket somewhere. This letter won't be read until she is good and alone, with time to be broken about it.]

Y'know, I think she still had...all those photos and movies she made. I dunno if that'll help you any.

She did? I didn't find anything... I can have another look, though. Later.

[It's not like he'd completely scoured the place. It had been too hard to really dig deep. It was lucky that all of this was easy to find.]

No hurry or anything. I think...most people aren't gonna wanna see them right away anyway.

[The videos were supposed to be for Elicia. Knowing that now they belong to the people who will miss her just stings.]

Either way, I can let you know.

[He wasn't gonna hurry off to do it or anything, anyway, but now he feels a bit bad about not being thorough. Still, it had been... really obvious that she was gone. Her room used to be so full of colour and life. Seeing it empty had been hard.]

Okay. Thanks again.

[She feels like she should do...something. Shake his hand or pat his shoulder or some other thing that will not be comforting enough. But she barely knows him and it would be awkward.]

[Definitely awkward, though the silence isn't much better. After a long moment he scuffs a hand through his hair.]

Can I, uh. Get you anything...?

Huh? Oh- uh, no, no, that's okay. I was gonna go. [She really hadn't noticed herself standing there feeling depressed.] Sorry. And, uh. Bye.

Oh, yeah, uh. Bye.

[He's quite for a long moment, ready to just let her leave, then impulsively steps forward again, hey, hold on a sec-

[He shuffles through the pages he's carrying a bit, mulling over his choices, then offers a page out- a random crayon doodle of Elicia and one of her snowman armies.]

...Here. We've got enough, so...

[Sheena stops, turns, and stares at the drawing before taking it from him as carefully as she can.]

Are you sure? ['She's your kid', she wants to say.] I don't wanna take anything away from you guys.

[Edward pauses briefly at that, then looks irritable about being questioned about it.]

Just take it and go before I change my mind, geez! All you're supposed to do is be grateful or something.

Okay okay! Sorry, geez.

[Since she already has it, there is no need to avoid ripping it as she tears it from his grasp.

So.

Going.]

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