First Transmutation

[thebloodseal]

Who: Alphonse Elric and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Marsiva
When: October 15th

[Video]

[Hello, Fleet, there's a fearsome-looking suit of armor peering at the screen- though right now only one of his eyes is visible.]

So this is like a telephone or a radio, right? Except there are pictures and words on it, too! I really like it!

I'm Alphonse. Uh, don't mind how I look- I wear armor for protection. [Al wasn't under any delusions that he'd be able to keep the fact that he was hollow inside a secret for very long- he never seemed to be able to- but he was going to try.]

Brother, are you here, too? Major Miles? ... Winry?

[Action, on the Marsiva]

[There wasn't much Al could to do make himself look less conspicuous- he'd accepted that long ago- but here, in this unfamiliar place, he wished more than ever that he could. The Homunculi had eyes and ears everywhere in Amestris, and he had to be working under the assumption that they were here, too. He could only hope that they wouldn't be putting any innocent people in danger trying to find him.

He was also worried about Edward. He knew his brother would be fine in the storm, watched over by Major Miles, but what would happen to him afterward? And what about Winry, May, and Dr. Marcoh? He could care less about Scar, but he'd gone out to try and warn them that Briggs was unsafe, and now there was nobody to deliver that message.

Of course, if he kept blacking out... if this was it, if his soul was going to let go of his armor body... he might not have been able to get to them himself anyway.

Al let out a sigh. At least the view was pretty. Stars were everywhere.]

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[resnipstance]

[Hello there, suit of armour. Meet alien girl. Ahsoka pops up on the screen and waves.]

Hey! Finally, someone else on this ship! At least, I think we're on the same ship, based on your broadcast.

I'm Ahsoka.

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[thebloodseal]

[Al holds the phone back a little bit from his face so he can get a better look. This girl probably isn't human- unless she's some sort of performer wearing makeup? But she doesn't look like any Homunculus he's seen, either. Interesting.]

Hi, Ahsoka! Are there more ships? I'm still where I was when I first got taken here, since there doesn't seem to be a way out.

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka shrugs.]

Not totally sure myself, but apparently.

And yeah, me too. Hang on, I'm going to try and find you.

[thebloodseal]

Okay! I'm sitting in front of a window... [He waves the device around to show his surroundings.]

[resnipstance]

[She waves a hand.]

It's okay. I can find you using the Force. It's faster. This ship is huge, and all the rooms look the same anyway.

[And before Al can ask any further questions, she switches off the video to go running down corridors scanning for life signs in the Force again.]

[thebloodseal]

Whoa, really? You can find me just like that?

[But there's no further response from Ahsoka, so he gets up and listens for the sound of an approach.]

Ahsoka?

video -> action!!

[resnipstance]

[It takes Ahsoka a while. It's a big ship, after all. But it's also a big ship with few discernible life forms on it. So after about five to ten minutes, Ahsoka pops her head through the door to where ever Alphonse is.]

Hey! Found you.

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[thebloodseal]

[Al gave Ahsoka a friendly wave.]

Hi there. So do you have any idea what's going on?

[resnipstance]

None at all!

[She says it cheerfully, though.]

I know we're on a spaceship and there's no way back? Oh and that I'm going to kick the butts of whoever kidnapped us. But that's about the extent of my knowledge. Sorry.

[thebloodseal]

I'd love to have the chance to do that, too. I was in the middle of something important back home, and I know Brother has to be worried sick about me.

[resnipstance]

We'll get you back to your brother soon. And kick plenty of butt. Don't worry.

[thebloodseal]

I've got to hold onto that. And at least I feel like I'm safe here... we don't have space travel where I'm from.

[resnipstance]

... No space travel?

[thebloodseal]

No. This is far beyond anything I've ever seen.

[resnipstance]

So... no one on your planet's been off-world? ... Ever?

[She's really struggling with this "no space travel" thing.]

[thebloodseal]

[Al shook his head.]

I would never have thought we'd get into space in my lifetime, as a matter of fact.

[resnipstance]

... Wow. That's like... ancient times.

[thebloodseal]

It's weird to think about, isn't it? It sounds like we're from opposite ends in some way.

[resnipstance]

Definitely. Even backwater planets out in deep space usually have some way of getting off-world, where I'm from...

[thebloodseal]

Planets? ... There are people on other planets, even?

[resnipstance]

Of course there are. Thousands of them.

[thebloodseal]

That's amazing! Are you from Earth, or somewhere else?

[resnipstance]

I hadn't even heard of Earth, before I got here.

My home planet is Shili-- but I grew up on Coruscant.

[thebloodseal]

What are they like? If you want to talk about it, I mean. I'm really curious now...

[resnipstance]

Shili and Coruscant? I don't mind talking about them.

Shili is... colourful, is the only way to describe it. Colourful and hot. The grass there grows tall, taller than your head, and it's always striped with white. That's why my people all have white patterns all over-- it's an old evolutionary throwback for camouflage. But other than the white stripes, the colour of the grass is different depending on the region. It can be red, orange, yellow, green...

The architecture is different from the way humans build, too. We favour organic shapes and making our home reflect our environment, so the buildings look more like gigantic flowers or waves from the sea.