♥ good life choices

[priceofmagic]

[ action ♥ 335 Brady Lane ]
[ When Satou woke up from dying she was cold and miserable. Just like the last time, she's stuck in a state of being a corpse and feeling so miserable and scared that she flops back in her bed, curls up, and takes some of the morning to feel sorry for herself. Then gets up, covering her head with her bed;s blankets, and goes downstairs. Where she finds two packages. ]
Au... I think I'd rather have a pulse than mail right now...

[ phone ♥ ]

U-um... I'm back! I'm back... Hello. Sorry about being in the carnival, um... I got some mail. Did anyone else get packages?

[ She fiddles with her two new cards. One has her favorite magical girl dress on it and the other has a classic demon. ] I hope everyone got back from the carnival okay. Haruhi-san, do you have the newspaper I gave you? Um, maybe we should get together and look that over... Did anyone else find newspapers or anything useful in the carnival? Could you let me know? I'm Satou, um and. I'm curious.

[ Satou pauses, looking at the card with the demon on it and frowning. Unimpressed with her regain and not sure what it means. ] And um... Alphonse...san, Mr, um... If you're listening, um... I'm sorry, sir... I about not being nice.

[ action ♥ makeout point ]
[ Despite what would be considered "good judgment", Satou heads to makeout point a few hours after her initial phone call to try training her magic. She's frustrated after letting herself get killed again, even when she had her magic, and needs to vent some steam. ]

Hm... no one is here, I hope? I wonder what that second card means...

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[priceofmagic]

[ Satou assumes this silence means "Oh, that sounds lovely, please continue to explain your messed up friendships". ]

Oh, but don't worry, he's a really nice guy! We were friends when we were kids, but that's sorta complicated... but really, if I didn't have Mikale, I'd probably be dead. [ Giggling. ] Kind of a weird thing to say about someone hired to kill you, huh?

[snacklist]

He was--

That's awful! Who would pay to have you killed? Why would he take such a job if he was your friend?!

[priceofmagic]

I-I don't really know... if I did then I'd ask them to stop. [ Which is true. She's heard rumors everywhere, but doesn't know their source. ] A-and... that's complicated. His magic price is really mean to him...

[snacklist]

How can you not know who wants to kill you?!

[It's a shrill sort of demand, born of worry for her wellbeing.]

[priceofmagic]

I-I really am trying! I could ask Mikky but that seems kinda personal! Don't worry, I'm not gonna let myself be killed by a stranger-san!

[snacklist]

It's not too personal!

[He can't even believe she'd say that, doesn't she have any self preservation instincts?]

If he's really your friend, he should be helping you!

[priceofmagic]

Please don't worry! Believe in me for a moment. I'm being careful. I can't let myself be killed and leave my sister! So I won't.

[snacklist]

I do believe in you, but it's... your friends shouldn't be trying to hurt you, no matter what.

[priceofmagic]

It's okay. Like I said, it's a bit complicated. He just needs a bit more time. Besides, I can't let him hurt me. Then I can't keep him safe anymore.

[snacklist]

[He wants to argue and protest more, she should be concerned with her safety, but--]

Mm. I trust you.

[He has to believe she knows what she's doing.]

[priceofmagic]

[ She sighs quietly, relieved that he seems to be trusting her. For a moment she considers changing the subject, to hide all her true feels, but she catches herself. She doesn't have to, nor does she want to, pretend for Al. ]

I miss him... When I get home, I'm going to find out who hired him and I'll kick their butts! [ Pause. ] A-after asking them nicely to cut it out, I mean.

[snacklist]

[He can't help but chuckle at that, it's good to hear some real emotion from her for once, even if she does suppress it right after.]

Kicking their butts is definitely the right thing.

[priceofmagic]

Ehe~! Then that's definitely what I'll do! You can even count on it! [ She catches herself giggling. He approved of her idea! Her's! Not the girl she's trying to be.

That makes her a bit too happy to hear. ]

What about you? Do you have a friend like Mikale back home?

[snacklist]

No! No, none of my friends would do that.

[Though there are several homunculi who want to use him and his brother as sacrifices. But that's totally different, okay?]

[priceofmagic]

I see... Well that's good, in some ways. What's it like for you back home? Miss Solaris-san said your big brother is really well known! She really seemed to think you both were really cool too!

[snacklist]

Um, Miss Solaris?

[That's not a name he knows, and he thought he had known everyone here from Amestris.]

[priceofmagic]

Mm, yeah! She's this beautiful, kind, and smart lady from your world who offered to tell me more about your world's alchemy! She knows how cool you are!

[ Not Ed. Never Ed. ]

She's um... got dark hair... It's long... and really pretty!

[snacklist]

[All the women he knows from his home have light hair... Olivier, Winry, Riza, except--

Oh no.

While he has gained a friendship with Greed, he's not naive enough to think that all the homunculus are going to be as reasonable.]

She's-- Please be careful, she's dangerous!

[priceofmagic]

Dangerous? What do you mean, Al? She seemed so nice when I spoke to her.

[snacklist]

She's a homunculus! Her real name isn't Solaris, it's Lust.

[priceofmagic]

Homunculus?! She grew out of the ground?!

[ Times when their worlds' alchemy don't click. ]

[snacklist]

What?

[No, not important.]

No, she came out of another homunculus, it's really complicated. But she's dangerous, really dangerous.

[priceofmagic]

There are more of them?

[ No no no! She's not interested at all! ]

I see... but she wanted to help me...

[snacklist]

Um, she did?

[That doesn't make much sense, Lust had seemed the sort not to do anything unless it personally benefited her.]

[priceofmagic]

Mm! She was quite friendly.

... But if you're sure. I'll be careful for you.