lost in the horizon // open

[adachi]

Shit. It was really the only thing on her mind currently and she just couldn't shake it. Ling had originally agreed to accompany her to Rush Valley to have her automail checked up on the premise that they'd visit Central and all their friends later on. While she didn't enjoy the concept of the emperor leaving Xing, she knew her automail needed tuning up and it wouldn't hurt because he'd be with her. She was the only person trustworthy of keeping the young man safe after all these years, especially considering the death of her grandfather. If anyone was going to keep an eye on Ling, it was Lan Fan.

So she thought.

Within the first 20 minutes following her maintenance appointment in Rush Valley, he'd vanished. She wasn't sure how he managed to slip away from her every time, but he did. Lan Fan was simply thankful that he'd waited until afterwards to do so. She had to admit, he was plenty capable of defending himself when the need arose, though she still felt like a terrible guard every time he did this to her. The sole job of the emperor's bodyguard was to always keep the emperor in plain site and protect his life with their own. Now why was it he not only insisted on abandoning her, but took great pride in his ability to do so?

She was in typical Xingese bodyguard garb, complete with her mask. However, she'd removed the mask and hood to appear more friendly and less frightening as she searched for her childhood friend and now the sole ruler of her beloved empire. "Excuse me, have you seen a man in a white and yellow shirt? He's Xingese. It's very obvious. He also likes food. Anyone?" Lan Fan did her best to keep the topic of her search rather simple, refraining from outright stating his person. She called out these same lines through the crowds of people, hoping just one of them would be able to at least point her in the right direction. "Anyone?" Lan Fan was easily beginning to give up hope, her eyes frantically scanning the crowd with no success.

[edward elric]

It had been a while since Edward had seen any of his friends from Central or Xing. He had been on a journey that took him far West. Inside of Creta but after almost four months of moving from tribe to tribe to learn more about their alchemy. Edward had found nothing but new fighting styles. Which could come in handy so here he was, back on a train to go to Central city. However when the announcement came on, he realized that he made. "We will be arriving to our destination Rush Valley in t-minus twenty minutes everyone. Please get your bag ready and we hope you've had a great trip." came over the speaker and Edward almost screamed and grabbed either side of his head.

As he sat back in the seat and hit his hard against the headline, he remembered he had plenty of friends inside of Rush Valley that he could go see before he continued onward to Central. Even if it put him back some. Besides he had been in a rush for everything for so long, it was nice to take things slow for a time. The train arrived and he got off easily with his luggage. God, it didn't seem so heavy when his automail arm didn't get tired but his normal right arm felt the heaves of the luggage as he moved down the street.

Finally he was going down the street when he heard a woman that asked about a man who was missing. As he looked up he looked up he saw her. Lan Fan. The person she seemed to ask about was Ling. He approached her from the behind with a great grin on his face. "I guess it's good to see somethings never change. Still can't keep a leash around him." Edward said with a smile on his face as he kept his luggage on his back.

That was when he saw the automail on her arm, he had almost forgotten. During the battle with Wrath, she had lost her arm. Probably why they were in Rush Valley.

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