The Anime World IV: Truth Lies In Oblivion(THE END)

[Chromatic Cocoa]

------Oh, if my voice could reach [ 𝔟𝔞𝔠ӄ ] through the past
--I'd whisper in your ear......-- Ѻ𝔥 𝔡𝔞𝔯𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤, ℑ 𝔴𝔦𝔰h ӌ𝔬𝔲 𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢...
𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔰𝔤𝔢𝔫𝔦𝔠 [ ] 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔞𝔫

𝔄𝔫𝔡 ℑ'𝔩𝔩 𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢--𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 ℑ k𝔫𝔢𝔴
Because it's not the same without you
𝔄𝔰 𝔪𝔞𝔫ӌ 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔰 𝔞𝔰 ℑ b𝔩𝔦𝔫k
xI'll think of you tonight...


She really was holding back.

Asmo seemed to be just as distraught, probably because it was hard news to deliver to anyone… And Asmo was so sweet; coming all the way over there to bring Feb the bear, and to tell her the news…

Feb wasn’t going to subject her tears to anyone else.

Maybe she’d break down when Virgil got back to her; though he was really the last person she wanted to see her break as well. But also the most likely to get her back on her feet afterwards. It wasn’t like Feb was just going to take this as an ‘oh well’ kind of situation, or try to justify it the way that she normally did in these situations…

Because really the only thing she was asking in her mind was ‘why’, still. He just didn’t deserve it, and she just couldn’t see why anyone would want to hurt such an innocent child.. Because he was ultimately and completely innocent in every way to her. At least in her eyes.

Then Asmodeus pulled the guilt card.

Feb looked to Asmo for a moment and her already sad expression fell a little more.

“I… I know.. But… I’m.. Sort of in shock…” Her voice was blank but she could at least tell that much. It wasn’t like that was hard to do.

“I can’t.. Hate anyone… But I’m not sure I can look the person who.. K.. Ki..” She found herself choking on that word and had to look away again.

“I just… Don’t think I can do it…” Though if Asmo insisted, she probably wouldn’t stay back. Especially with how she felt now.

[ the 𝔰 𝔭 𝔞 𝔠 𝔢 𝔰 between my fingers are right where yours fit 𝔭 𝔢 𝔯 𝔣 𝔢 𝔠 𝔱 𝔩 ӌ ]xxxxxxx
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[Saph-chan1]

『 Ｅｄｗａｒｄ . Ｅｌｒｉｃ 』--xx

[ Ｔｈｅ . Ｆｕｌｌｍｅｔａｌ . Ａｌｃｈｅｍｉｓｔ ]-----------

❝ If we can gain happiness, then the suffering doesn't matter.

If we face things together, we can attain anything, right? ❞xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Edward stayed silent, letting Marron and Saber argue over what they should do. If they started fighting amongst themselves, nothing was going to get done. He was about to point this out to the two of them, but it seemed they figured that out without his help, so he just stayed in the background.

Though he didn't look it, he currently had a lot on his mind. He was thinking about Beatrice's "betrayal" and what Gil had told him. He knows nothing, he tried to convince himself. He was also thinking about Satou too, and debating what he should do now. His mind couldn't settle on a decision, and that was beginning to tick him off. Why couldn't he decide on these things, even if it should be easy?! He shook his head. Maybe it was best not to think about it now and give himself a headache.

[ReijiAzuma]

Tsukune Aono

Tsukune smiled as he felt Moka's hand touch his own. Gently, he held on to it. "Say, Moka... when we get back to our own world...."

((short, sorry...))

[TaiyakinoNaku]

[ y o u n g e s t ] sister of [ p u r g a t o r y ]
xxx A S O M O D E U S
xxx xx the [ s t a k e ] of [ L U S T ]

Gonna Fall in Love Now
"Forever" Has Gotta Start Now
Gonna Find Out What "Love" is Now
Find Out The Meaning Behind
When Does "Lust" turn to "Love"?
And When Do I Get a Taste?

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Asmodeus frowned with worry. She was no good at this stuff, and didn't know how to help. But she knew that Feb was sad... And she knew what sort of things sad people did to their hearts, the scars they'd leave and never recover from.

"...ok... You... don't have to do it now..." 'But maybe later' she wanted to say, but wisely, she chose not to. Asmo knew better than to press the subject of Feb meeting her kid's murderer. She has actually learned something about death and mourning today!!!

Instead, she just stared at the floor. What would help? Hugs from her were useless... It would be like if some stranger had hugged her when she was crying, instead of MOMO and her friends...
Aha!
"D-do... do you want me to get someone...? Sa-nee and Beelze-nee... maybe could find someone..." Asmo's comfort probably wasn't helping.


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[VampyreNeko6669]

Moka Akayshia


Know your place!






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((It's ok. ^ ^ ))

She was really happy as they held hands. Despite everything that they had been through, they were still able to hold hands like this. It gave her a more courage. And then Tsukune-kun was talking, and she could guess what he was asking. But still wanted to hear it. "Yes, Tsukune-kun?"

((I'll be back in a little bit.))

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[TaiyakinoNaku]

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please don't make me ((believe )) it

marron (( )) dystini

I don't want to be /// broken

At the arguing was settled. Marron and Fate breathed a sigh of relief in unison. The little pink haired girl was off investigating other parts of the ship now, but she'd seen and heard everything Marron did through their link.
"Can you handle the rest, Marron? I haven't finished over here yet..."
The brunette sighed again and then nodded, turning her gaze to Satou.

"...E...edo-san... Edo-san?" Sometime during Marron's arguing, Satou had wandered back to check on Ed. Yanderekko felt absolutely shitty over how this was probably affecting him. And that he was probably angry, and maybe even hated her.
Especially if Horie was right, and their relationship was just Satou manipulating his feelings. She had denied that was possible at first, confident that Ed and her really did love each other, but right now, she almost hoped Horie was right. Then Ed wouldn't hurt.
"... Are you ok? You seem pale..." She kept her distance, so he could ignore her if he was too angry. "... I... won't ask you to..f-forgive me..." As much as she wanted someone to let her cry to them, since she was presently scared out of her mind. The only hint of that being how bad she was trembling. "...but... I wanted to tell you everything... I-I want you to hear it from me, n-not--"
"That's enough." Marron marched over and stepped in front of Satou, kneeling a bit to make eye contact with Ed. She was so embarrassingly tall. "Edward Elric. I am here to apologize on the behalf of Fate, and offer to erase your memory of this girl. We were wrong to try to use you to fix our problems, and apologize for involving you so deeply in this matter."

Though normally Satou might have had a jealous fit, she stayed quiet, her eyes widening a bit in shock.
"Using...him...?" She repeated quietly. "... she's...right? It was all... it was all just a lie?"
Marron didn't seem to care for the misunderstanding she was causing. Fate said this might be better.

MESSENGER of Fate // // RESIDENT FROG LOVER

[Saph-chan1]

『 Ｅｄｗａｒｄ . Ｅｌｒｉｃ 』--xx

[ Ｔｈｅ . Ｆｕｌｌｍｅｔａｌ . Ａｌｃｈｅｍｉｓｔ ]-----------

❝ If we can gain happiness, then the suffering doesn't matter.

If we face things together, we can attain anything, right? ❞xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Edward was about to reply to Satou, but Marron spoke up first. Darn her and her height, but that thought was easily pushed aside. He narrowed his eyes, just as shocked as Satou was about hearing that. "I've had my suspicions the entire time about all of this. I just haven't voiced them because I didn't want to worry you." He admitted to Satou. "Whoever's really behind this probably already has me deep into their trap, but there's one thing that they haven't been able to manipulate of me. My feelings for you are no illusion. It's real. It's all real. That's why I'm not sure what I'm supposed to make of what's going on right now." The look in his eyes softened as he spoke and he turned his head to the side. "I could take the easy way out of this, like Marron said, or I can figure it out through the hard way. It'd be pretty pathetic of me to let the pain overwhelm me and choose the easy way out. I've never let it stop me before, so there's no reason for me to give in now."

[Chromatic Cocoa]

------Oh, if my voice could reach [ 𝔟𝔞𝔠ӄ ] through the past
--I'd whisper in your ear......-- Ѻ𝔥 𝔡𝔞𝔯𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤, ℑ 𝔴𝔦𝔰h ӌ𝔬𝔲 𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢...
𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔰𝔤𝔢𝔫𝔦𝔠 [ ] 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔞𝔫

𝔄𝔫𝔡 ℑ'𝔩𝔩 𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢--𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 ℑ k𝔫𝔢𝔴
Because it's not the same without you
𝔄𝔰 𝔪𝔞𝔫ӌ 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔰 𝔞𝔰 ℑ b𝔩𝔦𝔫k
xI'll think of you tonight...


Quietly the half human half realian woman sat down on the bed, looking down the aching golden eyes at the bear in her still-shaking hands, willing the tears away as Asmodeus spoke to her. Leggy had loved this bear a lot… Feb hoped it at least gave him some comfort.. At least made him feel somewhat loved…

Really this woman wasn’t giving herself enough credit when it came to how much she cared for people. In Feb’s mind, there was always room for more love, for more care, for more need. There was always something more that she could do.

Asmo was still trying so hard..

“…Maybe… Later…” She finished Asmo’s thought for her, the line that she didn’t want to say. Mostly because she knew that once Virgil learned what had happened (if he didn’t know already), and if he knew the murderer.. Then the man would probably make her go and talk to whoever had done it. If anything, to give Febronia closure. Because this was the first person who had died that she loved, while she was alive. Even her sister’s deaths were justified. This was just.. Unnecessary.. Cruel…

It hurt. Good job, Satou. Look what you did. You broke the Saint of everything’s heart.

Then the stake offered to get someone for her, and the first person she thought of…

“Luis… He’ll want to know..” She wanted to be with him. “Luis Virgil..” She didn’t know if she knew who he was or not, but she couldn’t describe him in her current state of mind.

Then another question popped into her mind, and she looked up at Asmo, that same lost look in her eyes.

“…How did it happen..?” She realized she hadn’t asked.

[ the 𝔰 𝔭 𝔞 𝔠 𝔢 𝔰 between my fingers are right where yours fit 𝔭 𝔢 𝔯 𝔣 𝔢 𝔠 𝔱 𝔩 ӌ ]xxxxxxx
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[TaiyakinoNaku]

xxx
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please don't make me ((believe )) it

marron (( )) dystini

I don't want to be /// broken

Marron's firm gaze softened a bit and she gave one of her rarely seen very awkward smiles. She could hear Satou was starting to cry again, probably because she was so relieved to hear that at least something she loved wasn't a lie.
"Is that your answer then? Are you turning down my offer?" She asked, her tone remaining neutral, despite the slight smile. "I'm sure that stings. When the key pieces aren't really pieces after all." Marron wanted to see Horie's face. This was probably really annoying for her.

"E-ed..." Satou couldn't really see him since there were so many tears in her eyes. And she was afraid to run over to him since her legs felt ready to give out from all of this trembling. She just stood where she was a hiccuped occasionally, trying hard to control her sobbing. "Ed...eeeeed. P-please... don't do something that's going to hurt you..." Satou dabbed at her eyes and swallowed her tears, trying to smile and look convincing. "I don't want you to hurt anymore... I don't want to keep hurting youuu..." Cue crybaby wailing.

MESSENGER of Fate // // RESIDENT FROG LOVER

[TaiyakinoNaku]

[ y o u n g e s t ] sister of [ p u r g a t o r y ]
xxx A S O M O D E U S
xxx xx the [ s t a k e ] of [ L U S T ]

Gonna Fall in Love Now
"Forever" Has Gotta Start Now
Gonna Find Out What "Love" is Now
Find Out The Meaning Behind
When Does "Lust" turn to "Love"?
And When Do I Get a Taste?

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ღ


Asmo nodded. She'd have to go for a second to tell Beelzebub or Satan to find that guy, but that would have to wait. Feb asked a question, and Asmo wasn't sure if she should leave the woman just yet. She was honestly scared that Feb would break into little pieces if she stepped back for even just a second. And Asmo didn't know how to put people back together.

"um... I... don't know..." It was true. Asmodeus hadn't been there long. Just long enough to see Jr's friend kill Leggy. That made her feel sick to think about, since Asmo didn't want to hate a friend of Jr's. If he hated her then Asmo wouldn't hold back, though.
What a band wagon jumper.
"B-but... I'll find out... if you want?" Her voice had a bit of hopefulness. Asmodeus really wanted to help.


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[Saph-chan1]

『 Ｅｄｗａｒｄ . Ｅｌｒｉｃ 』--xx

[ Ｔｈｅ . Ｆｕｌｌｍｅｔａｌ . Ａｌｃｈｅｍｉｓｔ ]-----------

❝ If we can gain happiness, then the suffering doesn't matter.

If we face things together, we can attain anything, right? ❞xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Ed wanted to be a thorn in the bad guy's side. The more thorns the harder it was to accomplish plans. And, he wasn't sitting around.

He gave Satou the best faint smile he could muster. "Crying's not going to help make this any better." He told her. "I know you don't, but it's going to hurt anyway. Knowing that you're forced to do something against your will..." He hated that feeling. He'd felt it too, being a dog of the military. State alchemists were forced to kill without reason, and knowing you took someone's life... Ed knew that feeling. He wasn't proud of the fact that he'd taken lives in the past. "But for now, trying to figure a way out of this mess is the best I can do right now."

[TaiyakinoNaku]

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please don't make me ((believe )) it

marron (( )) dystini

I don't want to be /// broken

Fate returned to the scene, having finished her patrol of the ship. She watched alongside Marron, though Fate was more watching the floor than anything. Seeing as she was just as responsible for Leggy's death as Satou, but it was hard to blame what you couldn't see.

"uun. uuun uun." Satou nodded, trying harder to stop crying. Even if it was blurry, she could see the red smear in her vision that was probably Ed, and finally found the strength and willpower to run over and hug, sort of. Once she was closer she felt her shaky legs give up, and started sinking to her knees. "I killed someone! I'm a monster! Why does this keep happening? I just want to be happy! Why wouldn't she just kill me!?"

Fate's eyes softened and she frowned.
"It's gone too far for us to turn back now..." Marron spoke for Fate, since no one could hear her. "But I will try not to include others in this matter anymore. Fate cannot turn back at this point. Our miracle has been broken, but we won't give up." She looked away. "We apologize for the trouble you've been caused."

MESSENGER of Fate // // RESIDENT FROG LOVER

[Saph-chan1]

『 Ｅｄｗａｒｄ . Ｅｌｒｉｃ 』--xx

[ Ｔｈｅ . Ｆｕｌｌｍｅｔａｌ . Ａｌｃｈｅｍｉｓｔ ]-----------

❝ If we can gain happiness, then the suffering doesn't matter.

If we face things together, we can attain anything, right? ❞xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hearing these words, Ed's expression hardened. When she hugged him, he didn't move away, just standing where he was. Satou speaking like that was enough to spark his short temper. "Well if you keep talking like that you never will be!" It took a lot out of him to not yell too loud. "If you even think about stuff like that then consider yourself already at a loss! You're not a bad person... I'm sick of hearing it..." At his last sentence Ed's voice dropped in volume, but it was still firm.

[TaiyakinoNaku]

xxx
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please don't make me ((believe )) it

marron (( )) dystini

I don't want to be /// broken

Satou let him go.
That hurt.
She already felt miserable, but that was the nail in the coffin.
"... I...killed an innocent boy..." She whispered, stepping back. It'd been a relief to hear that he still loved her, and she'd thought he was on her side. But from the sound of it, Ed was ignoring the things she'd done. "... I want it to go away... I didn't want any of this... Even if it was against my will, it was still this body, these hands, th-that..."

She couldn't say it.

Satou stared at her hands and drew in a shaky breath, trying to calm down and not get upset over something this silly. But Saber was right, wasn't she? She couldn't be forgiven anymore. She had crossed the line. Trying to forget her sins and act like it never happened wasn't an option anymore. "Saying I'm 'not bad' won't fix it. That's running from my sin... I can't keep running anymore..." She was tired. This wasn't the first time she'd thought she had found happiness, only to destroy it. It hurt, and it was beginning to take its toll. "... I can't let this control me like that anymore... I don't want to run anymore. I want to stop running and just be happy..." As much as she wanted to add 'together' or 'with you', Satou knew she was already walking on eggshells. While she didn't want to anger Ed further, she didn't want to ignore what she'd done either. "It would be rude to that child and everyone who loves him for me to not be 'bad' after what I've done... so please... for him, at least... don't say I'm 'not bad', Ed..." She looked up at him firmly when finishing. Even if it was scary, she knew she had to take responsibility for this. Because if someone had hurt Ed, she wouldn't want them to feel like they were guilt-free, even if it was an accident.
The again, Satou is a yandere, and would probably go psycho on them.


BTW, Marron's just chillin'

MESSENGER of Fate // // RESIDENT FROG LOVER

[Saph-chan1]

『 Ｅｄｗａｒｄ . Ｅｌｒｉｃ 』--xx

[ Ｔｈｅ . Ｆｕｌｌｍｅｔａｌ . Ａｌｃｈｅｍｉｓｔ ]-----------

❝ If we can gain happiness, then the suffering doesn't matter.

If we face things together, we can attain anything, right? ❞xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

His breathing got a little bit more heavy. He hated hearing this, though he was just as guilty. Trying to play God and attempting the impossible was something that could never be forgiven. He knew that. "S-so... you'd rather I stay away... and let you get what you want rather then doing something about it..." He summarized what he'd picked up from that. He clenched his fists tighter. He knew Satou didn't mean to make him upset, but he couldn't help it.