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Post by edward elric on Jul 2, 2012 22:25:31 GMT -5
Back at Central, Ed had stopped in at Resmebool to see Winry and they had actually gone out on a date. Yet he had to leave again, back to Central. Besides the elder Elric wanted to keep up with some military affairs with the daring war of Drachma that was on the approach. His brown coat dragged behind him as he held onto the suitcase with his belongings. Some clothes but mostly research notes. His hair tied in a ponytail as the train blew a horn and began to move. "The Central City smell.. Can't get over it."
People moved and bustled throughout the streets as Ed continued to dodge people. His newly tuned up automail leg made his movements much more easier. Plus he didn't have the soreness of both his arm and leg so it was not as painful on his body. Along the way to Central Command, a darker shade of blonded man caught his attention as he dodged through the people. "Was that-" He began to think but then there he was.
Alphonse, his younger brother. Inside of his original body one that they had fought so hard to return. A smile came to his face as he approached his brother some. He wore normal clothes, looked healthy. It had been 8 months since they saw each other, Al said he was on his way for somewhere while Ed was in Creta as he studied some new forms of alchemy and martial arts over on that part of the country.
"Alphonse! Hold up!" He called as he chased after his younger brother. Then Ed began to wonder if Al had been in Xing with Mai.
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Post by alphonse elric on Jul 2, 2012 22:42:09 GMT -5
The feeling of the wind on his face, the smell of someone baking a pie, apple he imagined....it was all so .....nice. Every single day, for two years now, Alphonse Elric counted his blessings. He could smell, feel, and taste again. There wasn't any reason to be depressed. He also didn't have to hear the lonely echoes of an empty suit of armor as it walked down the street, didn't have to listen to the wind blowing through the hollows of it either.
He had a normal, flesh and bone body and Al couldn't be more pleased. He wore a long coat with large pockets, something similar to the red one his older brother Edward wore. His hands slipped inside and he smiled to himself. His gold eyes scanned the area, just peering around and taking in everything. It had been quite sometime since he'd been to Central, at least eight months.
He'd missed this place, even though it was the exact opposite of his home in the country, Alphonse considered Central City to be his home away from home. The young man walked the streets, waving at some of the store owners, who would smile and wave back. Al was friendly to everyone and everything. There was no reason not to be.
Suddenly, the silence was shattered by a distant, but familiar shout. He half turned, a wide grin spread across his face. "Brother!" He cried gleefully and spun round to face the boy, charging for him. "Ed!" he hugged his elder brother tightly, actually having to peer up slightly to look him in the eye. Had it been only two years ago, when Alphonse had to look down at everyone? Now he was the one looking up!
"Edward what are you doing here? Are you here to see the Colonel or the Major? I was on my way to see Miss Hughes and Elysa! Do you want to come with me?" At that exact moment, a tiny sound issued from his pocket and Alphonse froze, a momentary look of panic on his features.
Then, he pretended to have a coughing fit to cover up the sound as it came a second time. Suddenly, he realized something. He was an adult! Edward was no longer traveling with him! He couldn't do a thing about it. He smiled happily, "It's great to see you again brother. How long has it been? Seven....eight months?"
'Mew!' came a happy little sound, as a small kitten, with big green eyes and bright orange fur poked her head from his pocket. ".....Ed.... this is.....Eliza." He said, withdrawing her from her hiding spot. "She's been with me for a couple days! She likes it in my pocket! And I'm keeping her. So there." he added, still unable to get past that initial nervousness of 'big brother will be mad', even after so long.
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Post by edward elric on Jul 2, 2012 22:52:21 GMT -5
There he was, Alphonse Elric in flesh and blood as he turned around with a wide grin on his face. Both of the Elric brothers hugged as some people turned and smiled. Now it seemed that his brother had to look up at him some. After Ed had been done with supplying the nutrients for Al's body his own body began to take it's natural course. "Great to see you again Alphonse!" He said with a bright smile on his face. This could actually work out well.
A question of why he was here hit him. Ed just laughed some as he said Colonel or Major. "Better watch out. It's Brigadier General Mustang now. He'll burn you alive if he heard you make that mistake." He said with a smile to his younger brother. It was good to see him again, he had missed him. "I'm here to keep up with tabs on the Drachma/Amestris situation. Plus Mustang is helping me look into some things for my alchemy." Ed said with the smile still painted on his face.
His face quickly got suspicious as he heard a small sound. What was that but coughing from Al had thrown him off some then remembrance of how long it had been. "Close to it. I think 8. I was in Creta for half a year. Man what a country. All tribes, couldn't wear nothing but their native clothes but it was an experience. What about you, hanging with Mai in Xing eh?" The elder of the brother's asked as he nodged Al's shoulder but then a cat poked it's head out of his brother's pocket.
Alphonse began to explain how this was Eliza. "You can't carry a cat in your pocket Al!" Ed screamed as he pointed at the cat. However it wasn't him he was travelling with anymore, he could keep pets. "How about we go get some lunch before we start going to see everyone. I'd love to catch up." He said with a bright smile to his brother.
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Post by alphonse elric on Jul 2, 2012 23:14:43 GMT -5
"Same here brother. You haven't changed a bit!" it really hadn't been that long, but still, it felt like it had. Smiling, Al just studied Edward, looking him up and down. He seemed....healthy enough....and his arm, which he'd regained during the Promised Day didn't seem any worse for the wear. As if it had just been waiting for him.
"Oh wow....I forgot about Mustang's promotion." he laughed and shook his head, giving Ed a playful shove, "He might burn you alive Ed, but not me. He likes me more than he does you." He teased lightly, smirking at his elder brother. It was great to see him again, and to see him so happy and doing so well. "So how's everything going between them?" He asked, "....Hm....still can't do alchemy huh? .....It's a bit of a drag. Alchemy is useful....I hope you never fall into a situation where you need it and.....and can't use it."
He couldn't help but worry that it would happen someday, "Seems like an interesting place....did you go native too?" He asked, finding it a little hard to picture Edward in Creta clothing. He smiled at the idea and shook his head, then blushed faintly "N....n...no! .....Well....yes. But .....but it's not ....not how you think...." he stammered, looking away quickly to avoid being seen blushing.
He then gasped slightly at Edward's reaction, "Yes I can! And it's only until she's a little more grown up, then I'm going to teach her to walk on a leash!" he nodded quickly, "Yeah lunch! That sounds great! I'm starving!" and he walked off with Edward, allowing his new kitten to walk beside him, she frisked between the two of them, expertly avoiding getting stepped on while at the same time playing with their shoelaces.
"So what about you and Winry?" Alphonse asked, a sly smile spreading across his face, "Didn't you ask her to marry you?" he walked to a cafe and sat down at a table outside, as menus were brought to them, he scanned the selections and smiled, "Mmm." He hummed, already anticipating his meal.
Grinning, he looked up at their server, "I'll have a salad, a bowl of beef stew, a slice of apple pie and apple juice please! Oh! And some milk too!.....For Eliza." He announced happily, wanting to make up for all the times he'd missed on eating. "Anyway, about Xing, it's still a pretty rough place but thanks to Ling and Mai, there are a lot of advances being made! It's amazing brother! You should see it! I also got reports from Mustang, he told me things are going pretty smoothly here in Central as well! It's great.....everything's turning out great."
Then, he fell silent, a little frown on his face "However....I can't help but feel like....something isn't right....like things are going too well everywhere. I know it doesn't make sense but.....I feel like something is going to happen....but I don't know what. It's like....it's like .......the calm before the storm...but you don't even know when the storm is coming....it's unsettling." he muttered thoughfully.
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Post by edward elric on Jul 3, 2012 14:24:27 GMT -5
When Alphonse said that Ed hadn't changed a bit, it seemed like both of them took it as a time to look over each other. Study the physical and guess the metaphysical changes that each other had brought. Something about his brother had changed, his demeanor in the past two years. He had grown stronger, smarter and not only that but had matured throughout the time as well. Plus he had taken on wearing Ed's old red style coat. "At least you kept a good sense of style in Xing." He said as he pulled on the coat some.
Then a comment about how Al had forgotten about Mustang's promotion and how he liked the younger more than the older of the two brothers. "Only because I didn't take his crap orders like all the rest of the drones." Ed said with a pouty face. His time as a State Alchemist was much different, it wasn't for the country at first. It was for him and his brother and so when crap orders came in he gave his superior hell on wheels. Edward Elric style.
Comments about Alchemy and it's usefullness were brought up along with a question of how things were going. "Word is there is a lot of Drachma spies that inflitrarted Amestris. As for the alchemy thing, don't worry. I've been studying a lot of martial arts to the point where I can rely on that just as much as alchemy. Still it would be useful though, to still know how to use it. Especially with the way this country is going." Ed said with an awkward face, Amestris was looking at war.. Question was if it came down, who would prevail.
Did he go native? A smile came to his face. "Not as native but you know. Gotta adapt to some cultural things to survive." Ed said with a smirk planted on his face. "Creta is a great country." A laxed expression on his face as he remembered his time there. Then Al said that he was taking the cat till it was big enough for a leash.
The brothers went to a small place and sat down for lunch, It was great with how hungry Edward was. A question about Winry and himself if he had asked her to marry him. "In a way yeah. Actually I just came back from Resembool.. We went on our first date." Ed said with a blush and bright smile on his face. Winry and him, a couple that had fallen for each other without even realizing what had happened. Match made through the journey the brother's went on.
"I'll take a sandwich with.. uh some coffee." Ed said with a smirk on his face, the coffee was nice here. Besides he liked the taste of coffee nowadays. Although he couldn't find one like Creta. "Maybe he just didn't want to talk about things through mail. Everything has gotten well, not worse but not exactly better." The elder said with a thoughtful facial expression.
Alphonse's words about the calm before the storm brought the same feelings out that Edward held. "Yeah me too. Think I might be paying a visit to the Northern Wall of Briggs. Think you might wanna take another adventure with me?" Ed asked with a smile on his face.
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Post by alphonse elric on Jul 3, 2012 17:45:36 GMT -5
Laughing, Alphonse shrugged slightly and pulled on the coat, "I can't help it.....wearing this ....makes it easier to ....not miss you. It's your old coat." he said softly, "I didn't think you'd miss it." He admitted softly, smiling at him. He wondered what Edward would think of it.
He chuckled lightly as he ate, "Too bad Ed." He said softly, "I'd have paid to see you in some creta getup." it certainly brought some funny images to mind, mostly of Edward looking like a little kid playing dress up in his father's clothes with the way everyone was so much taller than Edward, especially in creta. He kept this thought to himself, no need to make his brother fly off the handle, not when things were going so nicely.
"An adventure?" He muttered, looking down at Eliza as she finished up her milk and then lay in the sun at his side. ".....I haven't been to Brigs since I was in my armor." He said softly, "It ought to be both easier and a lot harder at the same time. The cold will make it hard to go anywhere and yet....it'll be easier since I won't keep getting buried alive by it either." He chewed thoughtfully on a piece of pie, savoring the taste for a few moments before he nodded and finished off the slice.
"Of course I'll join you." He said, reaching out to take a tomato from Ed's plate that had plopped from his sandwich. Laughing, he popped it into his mouth before Edward could take it back, "After all, someone has to look out for you. I'll expect Armstrong's sister is still as scary as ever and you know how she likes to tease you about your height. And with your temper, someone's got to hold you back and prevent you from doing something to piss her off." of course, the woman always seemed to be pissed off.
"....I don't know what I'll do about Eliza though....she won't like the cold at all and.....she'd get sick and ...." he sighed slightly and bent down to scratch the kitten behind her ears, making her purr happily, "You think that someone around here would want to care for her?" He asked, "......I want her to go someone who would ....love her and take care of her like I would." he didn't sound sad, he was trying to be brave and strong so he didn't make Edward worry, but it was in his eyes.
"....Hey." He said, looking up, "Have you visited the new dojo? It's the only one in Central, I think it's been around for two years....the guy who runs it is....we'll he's huge! Kinda scary but....but nice! He's got....a cat ....at ....at least I think it's a cat.....it's a big as a dog! A really big dog! .....Anyway....maybe the owner would....take care of Eliza while we're gone." He suggested, looking to Edward, "I think his name is Luke. Anyway brother, I should pack some warm things and get my extra money. I'll meet you back here in ....a couple hours?" He asked, taking out enough money to pay for both meals and standing up, holding out Eliza to Edward.
"Be nice to her brother. I mean it. I know you don't really like cats but ....she's a good kitty!" He gave Edward a fierce, no-nonsense kind of look as he held out his kitten in both hands. The cat mewed and pawed at Edward, as if begging to be held.
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Post by edward elric on Jul 3, 2012 18:01:09 GMT -5
Of course, Alphonse still had such a soft heart. He wore the coat to not miss Edward, the coat was one for an alchemist. What he wasn't anymore. As Truth had said, he would be turned to just a simple human. Something he knew he was all along. "Nice, well glad that it still sees the new forms of alchemy you've been finding." Ed said as he patted down the coat. A joke was made about how his younger brother would have paid to see Ed in some native getup.
Creta getup was that of the natives, kind of clothes just put together to barely cover some parts. "I think they would have freaked out if they saw my automail leg though. Anyone who lost limbs there kept the disembodied limbs." He said with a shrug. If they lost an arm or leg, no automai. They just survived as such. Adapted. Something that Ed couldn't have done, he needed the automail to move on with his life. To keep everything on top of the game. He needed it more than anything else.
"Good thing you won't be buried. I don't wanna have to dig you up again. Besides I already had Winry adapt my leg to the travel." Ed said with a smile as he patted the metal leg so Al would know. Perhaps some information could be given from the north so he would know more about everything.
Ed watched as Al took a bite of the pie and took a moment to enjoy it. After everything he had been through, his younger brother knew not to take even a simple bite of pie for sake. Then he stole a tomato that Ed tried to take back but was eaten before he could. He began to sweat uncontrollably as he thought of Olivier Armstrong. "She's so scary.." He said as he thought of the woman with the long sword. She would cut Ed to pieces if he didn't step on the straight lines.
Alphonse began to talk of something to do with Eliza but then started to talk about a new dojo. How the man who ran it had a big cat and might take care of Al's. "What!? Al! No!" He began but the cat was held out to him as he picked the animal up. "Fine be back here in three hours. We'll leave then." Ed said with a smile as he turned and walked.
Another adventure with Alphonse, now that seemed like something to look forward too.
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