driftfleet | First Transmutation

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.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Aww. Well don't you worry, nopony stays in places like this forever.

And who knows, maybe your brother will end up here, too. Stranger things have happened.

Yeah- it's not where we're supposed to be. And things have a way of returning to where they belong.

Part of me hopes so, but part not. We were in the middle of something important back home.

They sure do. Poof! Gone back before you know it.

Yeah? I really hope you get back soon, then. But if it helps, time stops in places like this. When you go back, it'll be like you never left.

Exactly.

... really? It does? [He sounds excited.] That takes a weight off of me, definitely. Not that I'm any happier about being stuck, but at least Brother and Winry will be okay...

They sure will, buddy! You don't have to worry about anything.

I'll still worry about them, but it's good to know that I won't have to think a whole lot about what's going on back home without me. I can live better here and concentrate on getting home.

It's good that you worry about them, it shows you care. But there are lots of people here trying to get back.

[Not him. He's done this before. There's no going anywhere this place doesn't want you to.]

Do you know how many have been brought here?

Oh, gosh, I'm not sure. Maybe about a hundred or so?

[Nothing on what the Castle could do, but still. ]

Wow, that's quite a lot just for a show. I guess they wanted variety...

Sure looks that way, right? Something for everypony.

I guess that might have been why I was picked, though I think Brother is a lot more interesting than me.

Awww, that can't be true! I'll bet you're plenty interesting! Brimming with interesting-ness, in fact.

Well, I like to think I'm kinder and more open to meeting new people than Ed is if nothing else- he can be very hot-tempered.

[That gets a chuckle. ]

And I bet you have to step in all the time and stop him from making everypony angry, right?

Yeah! It's like I told my friend Winry once, it feels like he gets angry before I can. I feel like I'm the peacemaker for a lot of people I know.

That's a pretty noble profession, being a peacekeeper. Everypony needs someone with a cool head around.

Especially Brother. We balance each other out in a lot of ways.

Yeah? Sounds like you two are pretty inseparable. Like two peas in a very small pod.

That's pretty accurate. We would fight sometimes when we were kids, but we've always been close, and we're almost never apart.

[That's nice. Cheese wonders what it's like to have that. ]

Then you're pretty darn lucky. It's like having a buddy for your whole, entire life.

It really is! I always appreciate having Brother- and our neighbours the Rockbells, who are practically our family. We're lucky to always have someplace to go home to, no matter how far we walk.

Always got a home, huh? That must be nice.

[It's not for Cheese, but hey, to each their own. ]

It is. It makes it easier to be away and endure anything when we've got Granny always waiting for us back home.

Does she make you home cooked meals?

[He's met AJ's granny. She seems the type, so many all grannies are the same?? ]

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