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[explosivecombat]

[VIDEO]

[Good evening, Johto!

The room is a bit dim when the video feed flickers on; Kimblee seems to have set the Gear on some piece of furniture in front of him - probably a desk of some sort. The room is nondescript, the walls bare, but it's spacious enough and there's what looks like that long trenchcoat of his draped over the edge of the bed behind him, as well as the edges of those boxes that the care packages came in, almost out-of-frame but just barely visible.

The room is his, after all, he just hasn't bothered decorating the place.

His voice is calm when he speaks, his posture casual - he's leaning back in whatever chair he's sitting in (and either it's a hell of a swivel chair or he's leaning it back on two legs and balancing it like that), and his arms are folded across his chest; despite that, however, there's a definite cocky note to his voice.

Someone's pleased with what he's received for Christmas, holy shit.]

My, my - judging from the feeds today, I'm not the only one who's received gifts from an unknown benefactor. Whether this is a sign that we've been favored by this world, or whether someone simply has a strange and possibly sick sense of humor has yet to be seen.

Perhaps a bit of both.

[And when he unfolds his arms, he's playing with something; it's moving a bit too quickly between his fingers for the camera to really focus on it, but whatever it is, it's small and solid and gleams a bit when it catches the light. A crystal of some sort, perhaps, blood-red in color.

For those from his world who would know a Philsopher's Stone when you see one: yep.

However! Kimblee will just be smiling and it will be a very pleasant expression, actually.]

I should hope that you're all enjoying yourselves; it's been such a lovely season so far.

[End feed.]


[OOC: It's been a lovely season indeed. Some of his CR has received things from him, just for the sake of reference; enjoy it?]

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[eliciadaddy.livejournal.com]

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[ You should've gotten something from Maes too in the mail! Though, probably nothing as exciting as whatever you've got there in your hand. Which, by the way, Maes can't see too well right now.

Not that it matters. He has more important things to discuss with you. ]

Oooh? You've received something strange as well?

[eliciadaddy.livejournal.com]

[ But don't bother responding to that. Maes isn't going to give you a chance. ]

ISN'T IT AMAZING? I don't know where it came from, but when I woke up this morning, it was in my bag! Something from home~

[ He's shoving something into the camera. ... It's so close to the camera that you can't actually see what it is.

A pause.

Oh wait, he's realized you can't see it. Pulling back now. It's an... album... of some sort... ]

Now I can look at my beautiful girls every day!

[ Maes is... happy...? I bet you can't tell... ]

[explosivecombat]

[...may whatever deity that happens to be listening, if any, save us all.]

Congratulations, I suppose.

[eliciadaddy.livejournal.com]

[ ... maybe if you'd killed less people in the war, the deities would be more willing to save you... ]

Isn't it wonderful~? Look, there are so many pictures from it! How did whoever that left this to me know that this was my favorite album~?

[Video]

[vengefulyears]

[Well, at least one of them is pleased by the gift they got from home. Clive is much less thrilled with his, though he's been trying not to show it all day.]

Indeed... By the way, I received your gift this morning, as well. Thank you very much.

[Video]

[explosivecombat]

Believe me, it's quite the pleasure.

[...no, really, it is. He does not want to think about where that thing came from.]

Ah, consider the sentiment returned, by the way - it's appreciated.

[Video]

[vengefulyears]

You're very welcome. Also, if you don't mind me asking, what exactly is that stone in your hand?

[Video]

[explosivecombat]

It's something from Amestris; a rare stone that tends to be of interest to certain fields of study back there. It's rather nice to have it back in my possession.

[sadisticwarfare.livejournal.com]

[...Well that looks promising. Of course Archer is familiar with the Stone - or rather, the "incomplete" version Tucker was using in Laboratory Five. This looks exactly like that, except perhaps a little larger. Archer can't decide if this is a horrible thing or a hilarious thing. Hopefully Kimblee still can't use alchemy here.]

[Anyway! He'll be showing up to examine it in person soon enough; you don't mind if he lets himself in, right? Of course not! He'll pick the lock if you've decided to try to shut yourself in anyway.]

Well, seems as though you certainly got something interesting for the holidays.

[For the time being he'll just smirk; even if Kimblee can use alchemy there's not guarantee that he'll decide to kill Archer. Right?]

[explosivecombat]

[Oh, come now - as though this can be anything but horribad in the most hilarious way possible?

But no, at this point he knows better than to lock himself in entirely, if only because he can't see Archer having the patience to finish picking the lock and imagines he'd just smash it instead. And surely we can't have that.

As it stands, when Archer enters the Gear is nowhere to be seen; Kimblee at least has the chair firmly on all four legs on the floor by that time, though he's still playing with the Stone, toying with it between his fingers.]

That's one way of putting it, yes.

[He doesn't seem hostile at all, nor does he seem entirely overstimulated; if anything, he's just very, very pleased. Keep him that way and no one needs to die today!]

[sadisticwarfare.livejournal.com]

[We don't need any more broken locks, now do we?]

Well aren't you pleased.

[It's not a question. Archer shuts the door behind him before leaning on it, folding his arms.]

I take it you still can't access your alchemy?

[Like Kimblee would still be in the room if he could?]

[explosivecombat]

[And seeing as it's not a question, Kimblee sees no reason to dignify it with a response; he tips his head slightly in acknowledgement before moving on to the actual query at hand.]

Unfortunately not; I think we're both aware enough of that, circumstances being what they are. However, that's hardly a reason to be ungrateful for what I've received.

After all, this place may deign to let me use it eventually; it's hard to tell, knowing Johto.

[snapandscoot.livejournal.com]

Ah, Mr Kimblee!



Thank you very much for your letter! I just received it. Did you have a good Christmas?

[explosivecombat]

Ah, Miss Altava - it was quite nice, yes, for several reasons.

I trust yours went well?

[snapandscoot.livejournal.com]

Quite! My friends got me some excellent presents; I was overwhelmed! All I have to give out are cookies. You're more than welcome to some when we meet!

And if they've gone off by then, I'll just have to bake you some more.

[explosivecombat]

Ah, you cook, then? A rather useful skill here, given the amount of traveling required to get by in this world.

[...yeah he

kind of hasn't left the towns/cities yet himself

this is gonna suck]

At any rate, I definitely do appreciate it.

[homofuckiens.livejournal.com]

[ and Karkat is going to be bold enough to ask. ]

What the fuck is that gem?

[explosivecombat]

[Well, well.]

Ah, and good evening to you, too! Straightforward as always, I see.

[...that aside.]

It's a bit of a rare commodity, where I come from. Rather sought-after and highly valuable, though I imagine it won't be nearly as useful here as it is there.

[homofuckiens.livejournal.com]

Don't tell me you're a fucking jewel hoarder, Kimblee.

[video]

[exeggutorhead]

[Envy doesn't realize that what Kimblee's got isn't an incomplete Philosopher's Stone like the one he got, but he definitely recognizes it. Also he got that letter, and it's definitely given him a few things to think about.]

What an interesting gift you've gotten.

[video]

[explosivecombat]

[He can't say he's surprised that Envy recognizes it; really, it would be almost disappointing otherwise.]

Oh, I'm rather inclined to agree with you.

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[exeggutorhead]

It's too bad that yours is probably as useless as the one I received.

[Envy already tried to eat his and it wasn't delicious at all, it just tasted like a rock. He is decidedly put out about that. Also, putting a lock on this because haha discussing the Philosopher's Stone when other people can hear is a no.]

Did it belong to you back home? [He remembers they gave some out during the war in his world...]

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[usedrecover.livejournal.com]

[ She somehow topped you by getting three philosopher's stones! One came from the one she used with Father Cornello, the other one she used to entice travelers previously, and, the one plucked from her very own chest.

How very gross. However, with her new coat, the three gems will gleam intensely for the briest of moments as the camera pans over them. ]

Whatever this holiday is, it's generous way beyond the wisdom of an average man.

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[explosivecombat]

[Ah, topped indeed, though he does have both of his - one is just...decidedly less accessible to most people right now, and it isn't something he's going to retrieve in polite company.

However, he's definitely paying attention to those stones she's flashing, there, the look in his eyes rather alive.]

I'm going to have to agree with you there.

permavid/permalock

[usedrecover.livejournal.com]

[ Solf has a very special typeof kidney stone. ]

Ah well, it's best to not look a gifted horse in the mouth.

How quickly do you think you can take down a city with five stones? [ .......yes, she says this with a completely serious tone! ]