➤ 2nd Transmutation [backdated to after milkfield event]

[unexculpable]

A. » Action「1652 Albright Lane/Around Town ☼ Midday 」

[When Ed went outside, there was a postcard waiting for him on the doorstep. He stood in the doorway with a frown and stooped down to pick it up. Who would be sending him a postcard? He flipped it over and froze. His mouth went dry, his eyes widened, and his stomach started tying itself in knots.

What the hell was this?

Biting his lip he folded the postcard and shoved it in his pocket, heading down the street.

(He'll be walking around for most of the day, so you can run into him pretty much wherever you want. Just specify a location in your tag!)]



B. » Action「Park ★ Late Evening 」

[Walking along the path in one of the more secluded areas of the park, you'll be able to see a bright blue light a few yards away. Get closer and you'll be able to hear an electric crackle whenever the light shows up. Approach it and you'll find Ed in the middle of a transmutation. Guess who got his alchemy back?]

Comments

[unexculpable]

[IT'S BEEN A BAD COUPLE OF DAYS, OK? THIS IS COMPLETELY 100% JUSTIFIED!]

LIKE HELL YOU WILL. I'm not short, damn it.

[princeofjunes]

Dude! Saying it doesn't make it true, it just makes you look desperate! And a little crazy!

[unexculpable]

DESPERATE?

[he really, really wants to punch you in the face right now, Yosuke. this place was hell to begin with and now it's all just gone to shit and NOW YOU'RE CALLING HIM SHORT AND FUCK YOU, SIR.

... but that isn't going to make him feel better. maybe a little bit, but not enough for it to be worth it. Ed's not here to make enemies. he clenches his fist by his side before crossing his arms over his chest with a huff]

Tch. Whatever.

Anyway, there's more than enough metal in dirt. It's just a matter of isolating what's there and reconstructing it.

[princeofjunes]

[Shorty calmed down? Well, that was unexpected - but not unwelcome. If he knows Olivier and Riza, the last thing he wants to do is get blondie all pissy]

But then what happens to all the extra... uh, dirt? The not useful stuff?

[unexculpable]

It stays dirt. Nothing happens to it unless I have to break down a certain elemental compound to get what I need. When I do that the metal gets reconstructed and everything else stays in it's deconstructed form.

[princeofjunes]

So how much dirt does it actually take to get a whole spear?

[unexculpable]

[MUN HAS NO IDEA, BUT ED WILL OFFER A ROUGH ESTIMATE AND YOU WILL PRETEND THAT THIS IS HIM ANSWERING THE QUESTION. KAY? GOOD.]

[princeofjunes]

If... you can make anything you want, right?

Why stop at just a spear?

[unexculpable]

Within reason, yeah. Did General Armstrong tell you anything about equivalent exchange?

[princeofjunes]

It... didn't really come up? We were doing some training mostly - Riza and I did some sparring, and then the two of them went at it. And almost killed each other.

[unexculpable]

[quiet for a minute. yosuke, that is a situation he would never ever ever want to be in. glad you survived that, man.]

... Yeah, that'll happen.

[princeofjunes]

Seriously, if I hadn't broken it up, I think there would have been blood. Well, more blood.

[unexculpable]

I'm surprised you're not bleeding.

[princeofjunes]

Well, I was smart enough to not get between them, I just did a fancy trick to get their attention.

Not quite as fancy as making the ground burp spears though.

[unexculpable]

Heh, I don't know. If whatever you did managed to get their attention it must've been something worth seeing.

[he claps his hands, and touches the spear -- blue light surrounds it as it sinks back into the ground. not like he had much of a use for one right now]

[princeofjunes]

Well, it was a cool little trick. I'll show you sometime.

Oh, right, I'm Yosuke! Yosuke Hanamura.

[unexculpable]

Edward Elric. Wish we were meeting under better circumstances.

[princeofjunes]

Yeah, no kidding. At least we're meeting now though, and not when we're crazy on drugged up milk.

[unexculpable]

[A bit of color drains from his face]

I--

Yeah, you have a point there.

[princeofjunes]

[He sees you going pale there Ed, and he claps you on the shoulder]

Hey, it's over now. Try not to dwell on it. If we all did that we'd go nuts after the second month here.

[unexculpable]

[good thing he doesn't have his automail back or that would've hurt like a bitch]

... Kind of hard not to.

[princeofjunes]

... look man, I'll be honest.

My first month here, I was shot to death trying to protect a friend of mine. She was shot right along with me, and I got to watch her die as I bled out. I drank razor blades and went crazy while my girlfriend threw herself off of a cliff and nearly died. It sucks. It all sucks. But if you let it weigh you down, then the town's already won, right?

[unexculpable]

[very quiet]

But did you kill anyone?

[princeofjunes]

...

... no. Not that I can remember.

[unexculpable]

[he doesn't say anything more on the matter, but his silence should be enough to tell you that he did kill someone and he does remember it.]

So how long have you been here for?