followstheflame: (Please do not take or use  <3)
[Riza is standing in a bedroom, or what was once a bedroom. It's obviously been damaged by the fire, light flooding into it from the giant hole in the roof, or what used to be the roof if it hadn't fallen in, bits scattered on the bed and floor. Every step Riza takes makes a small cloud of ash rise up just slightly.

It's so quiet and still, utterly lifeless.

She moves to the door of the closet, slowly and carefully turning the knob and opening it, but the hinges have melted and welded into immovable parts. The door then separates from the frame, weakened by the fires, and falls out of her grasp, making more debris fly up. She moves away before it gets in her face.

In that moment, one can see that light floods into the closet, as well; the roof was not spared for that particular spot, either. When Riza looks into the closet, her back to the PCD, her shoulders slump in obvious disappointment.]


No...

[She reaches in and pulls out a tattered and dirty dress, cradling it in her arms. As she turns around, the sadness is evident on her face, and she falls to her knees, not caring about anything on the ground or around her.

Her wedding dress is ruined.

She sits there for a few seconds, just looking down at the garment, until something seems to finally click in and she pulls it, and her knees, to her chest, burying her face into the fabric as her shoulders shake with that first sob that lets loose the floodgates.

The PCD records this for a moment longer and then shuts off.]
followstheflame: (You should probably black that out)
As I am sure you are all well aware, Col. Roy Mustang has, once again, left Adstringendum.

However, should he return by some unfortunate circumstance, please kindly direct him to me, Lt. Riza Hawkeye, so that I may kill him immediately.

Thank you.
followstheflame: (What do I deserve?)
[The PCD turns on suddenly, showing a hand pulling away from it as a figure walks farther away, toward someone who is seemingly asleep in a bed. Eventually they are recognizable to anyone who knows them as Roy and Riza, with the former in the bed and the latter looking like she's just come in from outside. It's also evident that this isn't their house.

Riza stands before the bed, back still to the PCD, and looks down at the occupant. Her voice can be heard just audibly, fondness in her tone despite how quietly she speaks.]


You're getting too thin, Colonel.

[Roy doesn't stir.

A few moments pass in which Riza just watches over him, but then her hand reaches out toward one of his, hovering just above it.

But she shakes her head and pulls back, sighing in frustration at herself.]


Stupid, Riza...

[The feed records her sitting in a nearby chair and then switches off.]
followstheflame: (Can't escape the memories)
[It all happens too quickly.

The PCD turns on by itself (or is it because the piece of dark cloth normally covering it has been pulled away?) and falls to the floor at just the right angle to show not only Black Hayate and Dakota wrestling amongst themselves, but also Riza.

Who just so happens to be changing out of her pajamas and into a shirt for the day.

And if this were one of the filter failings she has been seeing recently, she might be able to forgive it.  But instead, a full view of her tattooed and scarred back is shown, the array large and unmistakeably of an alchemic nature.  Her biggest secret is right there for all to see.

Unaware, she quickly puts on a bra and her shirt.]

Boys, boys, that's too rough.  You can do that outside.

[When she turns to pick up her PCD, which should be on her desk, she quickly finds it on the floor.  And sees the recording light on.

Riza freezes, not wanting to speak for fear of confirming her own suspicions, but quietly curses (Shit!) anyway before turning it off.]
followstheflame: (Till you see the whites of their eyes)
[At first, the post is quiet, the sounds of Adstring at night evident on the feed, but as one listens longer, heavy breathing can be distinguished, as if from a distance, intermixed with some moaning and a shuffling of feet.  Next, a louder sound of metal sliding on metal, followed by a click, is heard, and anyone who knows firearms will immediately recognize it as the sound of a magazine being put into a cartridge.  If one listens even longer still, a high-pitched whining can be heard from even farther away.  Is that a dog?

Of course, for anyone dealing the zombies as of late, this scene probably will be easily discernible, though still strangely calm.  Whoever is in charge of the weapon clearly has done this before, or something like it.

The pained breathing is getting louder, closer.  A shorter click sounds as the gun is cocked.  And then, a familiar voice, though it's quieter than usual.]


I'm sorry.

[Riza fires the gun, the echo of the shot reverberating for a few long moments.  The breathing has stopped and finally, finally, there's the tell-tale thud of the body falling to the ground.  A few small steps and then another cocking of the gun before a second shot is fired, the sound echoing again, though the bullet makes more of a dull sound this time.

The dogs inside bark tentatively, then return to their whining.]
followstheflame: (Please do not take or use  <3)
[Riza's voice is quieter than usual and she falls back to relying on an audio post.  She doesn't really want to be seen right now, but she knows that everyone needs to know what has happened.]

I have already told some of you this, or you have found out already, I'm sure, but Roy Mustang has returned to Amestris.

Expand[Private//Hackable to Letter Recipients] )


[ooc:  *These can be found in Roy's drop post.  So if you commented there and Ollie wrote back, you got one.]
followstheflame: (No more desire)
[Riza's PCD turns on to show...nothing of real interest.  She's in the kitchen preparing dinner, cutting up an onion.  Everything seems normal.

And then the knife slips just enough to cut her finger.

She hisses and pulls her hand away before any blood can get on the food, but as she looks at her finger, the blood pooling around the cut, she tenses up.  Her eyes go wide with some unspoken memory and, letting out a whimper, she collapses to the floor, leaning against the counter.  Her eyes are now clenched shut and her hands are shaking, but why?  Surely she didn't cut herself that badly.

But even after a few more moments, she moans to herself and starts to rock, trying to stay calm.]



[ooc:  Say hello to PTSD!Riza.  Comments will be from [info]ghostsinthesand  since she has better icons XD]
followstheflame: (What do I deserve?)
[The first thing heard from the new post is rapid breathing, and then a voice, shaking and clearly upset.]

...Roy?

[Then there is the sound of buttons being pushed, a few random beeps as the PCD switches to video.  After a hand moves away from the screen, the owner of the voice is then revealed to be Riza, her long hair loose and flowing over her shoulders, though it's obvious she hasn't brushed it yet.

And her eyes, her usually rich, chestnut brown eyes...are clouded.]


Roy, where...where are you?

[She looks lost, scared.  It seems she doesn't know she's being recorded, either.  She lifts a hand in front of her face, over her eyes.  She passes it over the vacant expression once, twice, then lets out a shaky breath and her eyes widen more.]

I can't...I can't see.

[And the feed times out.]

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