Post by pie4me on Jan 15, 2012 3:40:20 GMT -5
( winry rockbell )
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Sarah Rockbell | mother | deceased. She was great, but now... I guess I shouldn't wish for people I can never get back.
Urey Rockbell | father | deceased. Ah dad... I miss him just as much as mom. But 'if only's' never got me anywhere I suppose.
Pinako Rockbell | grandmother | still kickin'. Granny! Oh I hope she never keels over on me! Without her I don't know what I'd do. She's such a dear old soul, that one.
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Oh and guess what? He kinda sorta asked me to marry him before he went West! Isn't that cute? At least I think he did... in some... weird Alchemist way... but I'm pretty sure it counted!
Alphonse Elric would be next. Same deal, but no romance. I grew up with him too but I guess we never really clicked in that way. Still, I think of him like a little brother more than anything else. I wonder why I didn't fall in love with him instead of Ed. Maybe its because I never saw Al shirtless all that much... (that was a joke Ed, so if you ever see this in the paper then... then... go drink milk! Or something).
And the Hughes Family of course! Enough said. They're sweet and kind and caring and I always room with the two whenever I get to Central to visit. Besides, Mrs. Hughes is a great cook. If only Maes Hughes was still alive...
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Number two would be to enhance my skills in the surgical department.
Number three would be to someday get married to Ed and have a dozen kids! What? No! Don't tell him I said that... [/SIZE]
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Yes, I do sometimes stick my nose into other people's business, but I'm never actually pushy. I'll ask questions that can tend to step on nerves at times however. Sorry! Its just a bad habit of mine, really. I like to know about the workings of other people's lives and etcetera. When I ask questions its because I want to know. It isn't because I'm asking them just to be annoying.
I get slightly defensive (using 'slightly' in the loose sense... heh...) about my mechanical creations. If someone tries to insult my work or tell me I didn't do a good enough job on something then I am liable to smack them over the head with my wrench. Hey, if you want to be critical, then fine - but you might have a few broken bones by the end of your sentence.
*Sigh* ALRIGHT I'll say it... geez you people are persistent. Sometimes I'm a little emotional... well, a lot actually, if I'm being truthful... ahem.
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Things began to turn even more sour when Ed and Al's mother died of her sickness. I thought they were doing okay though, besides being deep in depression... I mean, I had had a pretty terrible case of depression myself. I didn't think it was much to worry about. Soon however I was proven wrong. They had only had half a year of Miss Izumi's training, but... they tried it. They tried to bring their mother back. Don't ask me how they did or what they were thinking. Everyone knows that human transmutations should never be tried and they never work. Even I knew when to leave the dead, but Ed and Al apparently hadn't learned the lesson.
When Al came stumbling up to my house with Ed in his arms - by that time he was already attached to a metal suit - I could barely believe what I was seeing. One arm and one leg was gone, and all that remained of Edward's bother was Al's soul. It had been a stupid mistake, trying to bring their mother back. I can't help admitting that I felt a flash of almost instant anger that came and went in only a second. I thought to myself 'how could Ed do this? He was always the stronger one. He was supposed to know better than me about this kind of thing.' But I couldn't stay mad. He was hurt and by that time I loved him more than any brother. Couldn't just let him die after all.
Granny and I fixed Ed up pretty good. We aren't professionals at surgical procedures but... we did our best. He came out looking great, in my opinion! Still... I felt sorry for Al, and Edward. I knew what grief was and what it could do to someone. Especially a human heart.
Soon... the military came. I used to dislike soldiers and even now I'm still slightly wary of them (though definitely not as much as I used to be). Riza Hawkeye convinced me that they wouldn't take Edward and Alphonse by force, instead allowing the two to make their own decision in the matter. I wished with everything I had that my best friends would stay, but somewhere deep down I knew they would go. And they did. A year later they were prepped with my finest automail. Before leaving, they burned down their house as a sign that it was time for them to go. I could barely stand seeing it, but I guess they thought it was for the best.
Well, years passed. I don't want to go into too much detail since it would take me hours to recount... but here's the short version. Edward and Al would come back every couple years or so to get their automail fixed up and sometimes I would go out to meet them as well. Rush Valley, Central, etc etc... I've been almost everywhere it seems.
I met May Chang and Yoki a long time after, getting to Briggs, getting 'captured by Scar', and... more. Its a little confusing actually but I got out safe and sound. In the end, right before the big day - Promised Day - arrived, I saw Al and Edward off again. I guess I didn't understand much about anything back then... but I understood one thing: That I might not ever see Edward or Alphonse again. We could all die... we could have all died.
When the Promised Day arrived and the circle was started... a wave of terror hit me and I collapsed along with granny. I felt as if I were drowning... drowning so deeply into a pit... or a whirlpool - as I said two years ago - of pain and suffering. It was horrible. It was the worst thing I've ever felt in my entire life. When I awoke I actually didn't really know where I was for a minute but soon got my bearings. We were okay after that... because Ed and Al had won.
Two years later... which is this year I suppose... I said goodbye to Edward again at the train station. Before he left though he told me that he would give me half of his life if I would give him half of mine. What a moron! *Sigh*... I can't believe he'd be thinking 'equivalent exchange' at a time like that. I responded - *laugh* - I responded by telling him I would give him all of it and then backtracked and said I would give him eighty five percent of my life. I guess I was being a nervous moron too, huh?
Anyways, now I'm just waiting for his business to get done so I can see him again. Stupid guy, leaving me hanging like that. How I could ever fall in love with such an idiot - *laughs again* - is beyond me.
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ideal contact method: PM, though if you ask I'll give you my IM's.
other characters played: None yet!
how you found us: Another FMA site.
roleplay sample:
Alice didn't reply immediately. Instead she walked into his house, shoving the wrapped meat into his hands as a sort of... present. If he let her stay here. If not he could still keep it, since she didn't have any use for it anyway. Alice wasn't wearing a smile and her face looked just as blank as it had when she was knocking. It was as if she were trying to push all happy thoughts away. Trying not to relive the good memories and... trying to still dislike him for his choices. It was hard. Too hard. Seeing him brought back too many wonderful memories of when they were children.
"Its been a while since anything Tal."
Its been a while since I was happy. Since I had a friend as good as you.
She turned away from him and pulled up her sleeve slightly. She massaged her wrist where a long scar from a knife cut had dug almost to the bone. It'd taken a lot of bacta treatment and it had healed mostly... but it still hurt. Quickly the girl yanked her sleeve back down again so Tal wouldn't notice. Her dog tags hung around her neck as well, but they were tucked under the collar of her shirt. "Sorry I didn't message you before I came."
Then again... you never sent me a message either. Never told me how you were doing. Where you'd gone.
There was a knock at the front door almost an instant later. She closed her eyes and pressed her fingers to her forehead, turning from Tal and gesturing with her free hand to the door. "Looks like you have another visitor." She really needed some pain pills. The medics had warned Alice that she hadn't healed completely and that she would only be hurting herself more by visiting her homeworld, but they couldn't stop her. After all, Alice was like a tech whiz. She always fixed their medical gear when it broke down and was always coming up with new ways to upgrade stuff. Just this past week Alice had struggled out of her bed to go fix the heating unit when no one was around. That had just slowed down her healing progress even more, but she had to do it. Stuff like that just seemed to call her name.
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