[Accidental Video]

[whatwas]

[Horst has been up late playing around with the PCD, trying to figure out more of it. But he looks exhausted, and not just because he's tried to stay up.

He puts his hand on the door of his makeshift bedroom, but decides at the last minute not to open it; the sun's still up. Why is it still up?]

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[Video]

[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

["Alright everyone, let's derp along."]

Because last time I left him alone he brought home a chocobo.

[Video]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

[Blank stare. Then frown. Then he starts to say something, shakes his head. You're talking to a guy who's fluent in two or three languages and he still has no. idea. what you just said.]

And that's...bad?

[Video]

[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

It's a giant, flightless, completely useless, stinky, waste of space, bird.

[Video] Cloud: the only person who can make Horst feel like himself this week :|b

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

I hear giant bird and think 'what an opportunity for stir fry!' There's nothing useless about something when you can eat it.

[Grin] Clearly, your glass needs to be less half-empty.

[Video] It's the only reason their friendship works at all. :3

[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

It's not edible, you idiot.

[Video] love/hate: it's the best kind of bromance ever :3

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

You would be amazed at what is actually edible. [Trust him. Don't ask for details though.]

Besides, how do you know? Have you eaten one?

[Video] Cloud and Horst: Tossing people out windows since 2010

[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

Why would you even want to?

[Video] In another life, they would've been partners in crime :|

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

[sigh; he puts on his best 'talking to spoiled child' tone] Food isn't always about want, Cloud. It's a basic necessity, and if you were starving you'd be grateful for that ch...icken thing.

[Video] Horst would have been Robin. Just saying.

[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

[Sigh.] Unlike you? I can survive without eating.

[Video] Are you sure Robin annoyed Batman enough? ;D

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Wow. You know, there are a million starving children who would love that ability. Why don't you go pay them a visit and rub it in their faces?

[Bitter bitter bitter]

[Video] Not nearly. xD

[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

I know. I've seen them. Crawling in the streets after their parents were killed and their worlds fell down around them.

Thank you for reminding me.

[Video] God they are horrible sometimes XD

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

How could you forget them? I never did.

And yet you spit on the idea of eating a giant bird.

[Video] Throwing world destruction up in each other's face. /shakes head

[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

I didn't. But they can't eat something that inedible.

[Sigh. He's so close to hating you, Horst. :|]

The food and water in Midgar were contaminated. Nothing was safe to eat.

[Video] I don't know what it is about them. XD

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Theoretically, formaldehyde isn't either, but here I am.

You know, to prove it, I could eat it. And if I die, well. Added bonus for you, eh?

[Video] They're both jerks? xD

[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

Eat it? And I'll be the one throwing you out the window.

[He may hate the stupid thing, but Zack would be unbearable.]

[Video]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

[Smug] I knew you were griping for no reason. Are you always this negative? It's not healthy. You're still young, but you should think about what all that stress is doing to you.

[Video]

[al_truism]

Ah -- in that case, I hope you feel better soon. A glass of water might help?

[Video]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

It should! My friend is bringing me a drink now, actually.

I hope you enjoy the weather while it lasts, mm?

[Video]

[al_truism]

Water and bread, maybe? [Al beams. He's fairly certain he knows who the friend is.]

I will. Uhm, dark curtains at the windows do help if you have trouble sleeping.

Re: [Video]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

[Horst laughs] He hasn't said, actually, I only know he's bringing a chess set. Here's hoping I don't lose too badly.

So where are you from?

[Video]

[al_truism]

[Al has to laugh, too.] I'm not all that good at chess either.

A country called Amestris. Behind on technology compared to what's here, from what I've seen. We have something called alchemy instead, and that's my profession.

What about you?

Re: [Video]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Oh, you're one of the alchemy brothers! Everyone speaks very highly of you.

My story isn't nearly so interesting, I'm afraid. I'm from a country called Germany, and I don't have a profession per se. I spent most of the last ten years in a ... Er, prison. And then I helped my brother run a carnival; that's what I was doing before we found ourselves here.

[Video]

[al_truism]

Heh. [Al rubs the back of his neck with a smile.] My abilities are very useful here, that's all.

Prison? [Pause, he doesn't look terribly worried over it. After all, anyone who mentions it like that can't have done something horribly bad, and Al knows what it is to get on the wrong side of the law.] Oh, you have a brother?

[Video]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Of that I have no doubt, but what people tell me about you is all about your upstanding character.

[He smiles ruefully and shrugs] I was helping an idiot steal books. There's a death penalty for that in some countries. And yes, I have a younger brother; he's the idiot who wanted the books.

What of your brother?

[Video]

[al_truism]

[A little sputter. Well.] I... guess, maybe?

[THAT brings a smile.] What were the books about?

Edward, he's older than me by a year, and he's very good at alchemy. Better than I am, actually. We're very close, but I haven't gone to prison for him yet.