[Voice / Action]

[automailed]

[Now that he's gotten over his own embarrassment somewhat-]

...So that's what an experiment is like, huh.

[Okay, maybe not entirely over it. That was beyond humiliating and he doesn't even want to acknowledge it anymore. Ugh.]

Whatever, forget it. I have a question for the people who've lived here longer than me. What kind of escape attempts have already happened here? Has anything worked, or even showed small signs of success? If it's not something you want to talk about over the journals, you can find me at the library.

Thanks in advance.

[...Oh right, before he forgets again-]

And if anyone finds a silver pocketwatch in one of the shops, chances are it's mine. I'd appreciate it if you let me know if you see it.

...Don't look inside, either!

[And as promised Ed will be at the library today, either inside pouring over a dozen books or just outside the entrance, probably munching away at something he pilfered during a visit to the bakery. You know, after he realized he hadn't eaten for seven hours or something. As usual he's probably wearing five different layers despite the heat, the nutter.]

Comments

[Voice]

[automailed]

It's none of your business anyway! All I'm asking is that if anyone sees the watch, they tell me. Why is that so hard to understand!?

[Voice]

[kingofwaste]

Alright, alright! Geez. So, what's this pocketwatch look like? Big? Small? Special voodoo symbols on the front to blind anyone who tries to look inside?

[Voice]

[automailed]

It's small, it'll fit in the palm of your hand. There's an emblem of a dragon on the front.

[Voice]

[kingofwaste]

A dragon... So do the stores here usually have stuff like pocketwatches? I mean, would they get stuff like lockets too?

[Voice]

[automailed]

I don't know, maybe. Haven't been here long enough to tell.

If you're looking for something, I've heard you should just check the shops often.

[Voice]

[kingofwaste]

I do check 'm. [For merchandise of himself.] And nobody said I was looking for anything. I'm just askin'.

[Voice]

[automailed]

Well I was just telling you, then! [Gawd, so defensive. What the heck is he even talking to, anyway?]

[Voice]

[kingofwaste]

... Right. Well... Right. I'll keep an eye out for that thing you're lookin' for, then. What's your name, anyway?

[Voice]

[automailed]

Edward Elric. Thanks for checking, I appreciate that.

[Voice]

[kingofwaste]

Edward, huh? Well, my name's Oswald. Nice to meetcha, and all that.

[Voice]

[automailed]

Oswald, got it.

[.....]

Are you some kind of chimera?

[Voice]

[kingofwaste]

Whuh? A chimera? [Isn't that like a lion with a snake tail and a goat head on its back? How on earth would you confuse Oswald for something like that?]

Of course not! I'm a rabbit!

[Voice]

[automailed]

A talking rabbit?

[He knew that animals were apparently able to talk in Luceti, but... that is kind of freaky, actually.]

[Voice]

[kingofwaste]

Yeah! Walkin' and talkin'! That's what makes me the best rabbit around.

[Voice]

[automailed]

[He's eaten bunnies before. He's pretty sure them walking and talking is not a good thing by any means. But okay, he'll roll with it.]

Are there many like you around here?

[Voice]

[kingofwaste]

Nope, not really. As far as I know, I'm the only real anthropomorphic rabbit. The others are just talkin' animals. [There's a difference, really.]

[Voice]

[automailed]

Is that normal where you're from?

[There's so many different worlds out there apparently, it's hard to tell what's unusual and what isn't.]

[Voice]

[kingofwaste]

Oh, yeah! Lotsa animals like me where I'm from. Though none as famous!

[Voice]

[automailed]

So you're famous? What for?

[Voice] 1/2

[kingofwaste]

For bein' a cartoon star!

[Voice] 2/2

[kingofwaste]

... You know what a cartoon is, right?

[In this place, he can't be too careful. There's a shockingly high amount of people who are uninformed in the ways of the animated film.]

[Voice]

[automailed]

You mean those drawings in the newspaper?

[How does that even work? Fictional things are people now?]

[Voice]

[kingofwaste]

Well... That too, yeah. But I'm famous for my animated cartoons. ...Drawings that move.

[Voice]

[automailed]

Animated cartoons? I didn't know that kind of thing existed.

[Bwuh. Wait.]

....And you're telling me that you're from a cartoon?

[Voice]

[kingofwaste]

Yup, that's right! I starred in quite a few of 'm. People all over the world knew my name. [Or so he likes to believe.]