Sometimes people leave you, halfway through the wood.

[garbagechild]

Who: Alphonse Elric, Envy, Greed, and Wrath.
Where: An ill-fated bakery. All around Goldenrod. The freakin' basement.
When: August 11th onwards! This is a catch-all.
Summary: The world has been pretty good to the various monsters and serial killers hailing from Amestris, but one particular villainous wild child has yet to be rehabilitated.
Rating: PG-13 for talk of abuse, manipulation, brainwashing, all that good stuff.
Log:

Continued from here.

Comments

[armoredsoul]

...yeah.

[Al shuts his eyes again, his voice going a little hoarse.]

I wish Brother and I had done better by her.

[garbagechild]

<sub>[Wrath huffs quietly.]

[He can no longer ENTIRELY muster the same venom he used to be able to, even if there had been a brief resurgence of it when he'd initially been captured.]

[But Sloth may always be a sour point.]</sub>

She doesn't want you to do better by her. She got a NEW family, just like me.

[armoredsoul]

[A few tears prick at Al's eyes, and though Wrath has no way of knowing those words cut deep, only adding more salt to the wound that dream had opened.]

["Make sure you tidy up when you're finished."]

I know.

[He didn't deserve to ever even see her again.]

[garbagechild]

<sub>[Whether he can hear the tears in those words or not, the terse response (in lieu of arguing back) make Wrath go quiet for awhile.]

[But then, after a time, he speaks up again.]</sub>

... Maybe if she comes here, she would agree with the others.

<sub>[After all, she'd wanted her own life, and that was exactly what Envy and Lust were doing here. It's the closest Wrath has come since being captured to verbally suggesting that maybe, JUST MAYBE, his precious Mommy would be disloyal to Dante.]

[Is he saying it because he actually thinks it, or is he just trying to make Al feel better? Who the hell knows.]</sub>

[armoredsoul]

[For a long few moments, Al doesn't respond. He doesn't even move, and one of the Sylveon nuzzle him with a soft croon.]

...maybe. She could be happy, here.

[It seems like he might leave it at that, but then Al shifts to look at Wrath directly.]

You'll take care of her if she comes, right?

[garbagechild]

_{[Wrath stares RIGHT BACK. He doesn't hesitate at all before answering.]}

Yes.

She and I look out for each other.

I would never let anything bad happen to her.

_{[please no one tell him what happened to sloth]}

[armoredsoul]

[...]

[he can never know]

...thank you. I'm counting on you, okay?

[garbagechild]

Mm.

Okay.

_{[THE PACT IS SEALED.]}