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_{[When on video, Wrath is typically seen running loose and wild on the streets of Goldenrod, but today he's in a house. A house that seems empty except for him and various Pokemon that occasionally wander past in the background. He's sitting on the couch in the living room, surrounded by general clutter (empty Swirlix-Pop bags, loose papers, assorted clothing that may or may not belong to him) that shouldn't really surprise anybody who has known him longer than a day. There's some noisy slurping noises from off-screen where his Granbull is licking a hamburger wrapper.]

[And also there's a huge hole in the wall. It's jagged and bits of drywall are sticking out. You can see the yard (and more Pokemon) through it.]

[Wrath does not acknowledge this.]

[Instead, he pulls a Swirlix-pop from his mouth with an audible smack and taps it on his chin thoughtfully, leaving ominous red splotches.]}

Sometimes in life, you have to make choices.

But other times, you don't.

Those are just some of the times that happen in life.

Thoughts.

_{[Who left him alone in their house.]}

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[...THE WALL]

I have two thoughts.

One...on a philosophy scale from me to Lust, you are starting on a dangerous path in Lust's direction.

And two.

...nah, actually you get to guess what my second thought is.

[THE WALL WHY]

Everyone keeps talking about philosophy.

I was just making an observation.

_{[He leans on the couch arm, plopping his chin into his hands.]}

Was your second thought that you miss me?

I guess it's technically not philosophy until you put a question mark at the end.

[...and oh damn it now he can't even really be mad.]

No, but that can be a third one. And clearly we've got to go running around when I get back before you hit question mark levels.

But if I come home to a hole in my room's wall though it might be a different story.

You want to fill me in on where that one behind you came from?

Oh, don't worry about that, we never play in your room. It's too small to do anything fun in.

_{[THIS STATEMENT ALONE SHOULD FILL IN A FEW GAPS FOR ENVY ON HOW THE HOLE IN THE LIVING ROOM WALL CAME TO BE.]}

So the living room is big enough to do fun things in, I guess.

But not so big that the wall wasn't in the way?

[YEAH HE HAS AN IDEA.]

_{[Wrath looks at Envy blankly.]}

We were playing outside.

Wrath I can see the giant hole in the wall right behind you.

It wasn't there when we left.

I know.

_[Duh.]

But we weren't playing in the living room, we were playing outside in the yard.

That's--it's not important.

Either way, the hole's there and it has to get covered up or the outside is going to be all over the living room.

_{[Wrath scoffs quietly.]}

Truck's been chasing away any wild Pokemon that try to come in.

_{[Because clearly that's all they need to worry about, right?]}

Come on, you know there's way worse things about outside that nobody wants in the house.

Truck can't chase away weather. I don't want to sit on a soggy mushroom couch, do you?

Also, if the TV gets wet it won't work anymore.

_{[Wrath's eyes widen.]

[NO TELEVISION?]

[Envy has stumbled across the right incentive.]}

... How do I put the pieces back?

[No television.]

[Envy knows he's said exactly what he needed to--it's not like the house being full of leaves or mud would have bothered Wrath.]

[But...well. One nice thing about Amestris had been the ability to instantly fix things like this. NOT SO HERE. He falters for a second while he actually has to think of what Wrath could even do. A six hour train ride is something he'd rather avoid if he can...WAIT. AHA.]

I think...in the basement, there's that big tarp that Lust got once because of...I don't really know why, something to do with cleaning probably, but it should be down there.

_{[Wrath wrinkles his nose, making a face.]

[He hates going into the basement, avoiding it wherever possible.]}

The basement?

[OH...RIGHT...]

Yeah...it shouldn't take very long to find, though. You could bring whatever Pokemon can fit through the door, they could help look.

The TV is at stake here, Wrath.

_{[8( he can't let the TV stop working.]

[Wrath sighs as heavily as he can, but does get up.]

[Fortunately, most of his Pokemon aren't very large.]}

Come, Truck.

_{[The big bulldog lifts his head with a loud snuffle, a pickle slice still stuck to his jowls.]

[Off they go.]}

[AND ALONG COMES ENVY...sort of.]

Okay, it's big and blue and folded up...look around the shelves in the corner near the stairs.

_{[Wrath pads down the stairs while Truck pants and snorts behind him.]

[He pauses to frown around at the space-- it doesn't frighten him, not even when it's dark. It just doesn't feel good.]

[But he does head over to the corner to rummage around on the shelves. There's a lot of stuff, but no tarp.]}

Remember when I knocked these over and pretended to be dead underneath them so that one of you would come down the stairs and could escape through the open door?

_{[IT HADN'T WORKED, BUT HE'S STILL VERY PROUD OF IT.]}

Yeah...it almost worked too, I think that was your best plan.

[HM THIS IS A LITTLE AWKWARD TO TALK ABOUT BUT. WELP.]

Oh...you should grab some rope if you see any.

I remember when you tried to trip Alphonse down the stairs with some of that.

...I'm pretty sure it's the same rope and back in the same place it was before.

_{[They're Homunculi. Conversation tends to go dark places.]

[Fortunately, Wrath almost tends to handle dark places better than the rest of them.]

[He laughs.]}

Haha!

SO much blood came out of his nose!

I didn't even care that I didn't escape.

_{[HE LOVED ALPHONSE, REALLY. But that didn't stop him from finding the human's injuries from when they were enemies hilarious.]}

[There's a reason the two of them started getting along so well once there wasn't so much keeping them FROM getting along. Envy laughs too.]

He had to put tissues up his nose for hours, it looked ridiculous. I think I may have pictures.

But you gotta remember where the rope is, right?

[If anything might inspire a sticking memory of where something is, it's having used it as a weapon. At least for Wrath.]

We should put one of the pictures up on the wall in his memory.

_{[Because that will sure be a conversation starter when they have guests.]

[In any case, Wrath does remember where the rope is-- he's just easily distracted down here. He'd had to spend a long time there after all.]

[He retrieves the rope.]}

Okay.

What do I do with it?

[Rope OBTAINED!]

Okay! Now you just need the tarp and you can go back upstairs.

[Which...oh right they have no idea where it is because clearly SOMEONE didn't put it away in the same spot. Envy doesn't know who it was but there's clearly someone to blame that isn't him.]

[Although honestly he probably wouldn't even remember if it WAS him who used it last.]

Uhhh...maybe Lust used it for...cleaning, or something. Check over near all her junk she gets off of TV.

[Lust's Infomercial Pile shouldn't be hard to find.]

_{[Oh yes. They all know of Lust's Infomercial Pile.]

[Wrath nods.]}

Truck! Come!

_{[The Granbull stops snorting around in the dusty corners and snaps to attention, rumbling back up the basement steps.]

[TO LUST'S ROOM!]}

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