Seventh Transmutation [Video]

[sonofgold]

Who: Alphonse Elric and you
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Vanquish if you really want?
When: April 14th

[A rather disgusted-looking Al is holding up what looks like a stack of magazines when he turns the camera on.]

Today, our lovely sponsors have sent me a stack of armor catalogs. I guess they figured that I miss my armor and would want to wear a set again... but I don't, really. I found a way to reuse my old body for other things back home, so I don't need to buy more. But that's not all... [He holds up a few images of a boy roughly his age and height modeling a very gaudy outfit.] They also want me to dress for this upcoming huge party, I guess. I don't know, do you all think I would look good in this outfit?

Comments

[bythewaves]

Agreed. [ Maglor hums ] Even the prophecy given to us about our fate... I am old enough now to understand - he did not cause it - we did. He was only telling us what our inevitable end would be.

[sonofgold]

Is it a bad fate awaiting you?

[bythewaves]

"Tears unnumbered ye shall shed; and the Valar will fence Valinor against you, and shut you out, so that not even the echo of your lamentation shall pass over the mountains. On the House of Fëanor the wrath of the Valar lieth from the West unto the uttermost East, and upon all that will follow them it shall be laid also. Their Oath shall drive them, and yet betray them, and ever snatch away the very treasures that they have sworn to pursue. To evil end shall all things turn that they begin well; and by treason of kin unto kin, and the fear of treason, shall this come to pass."

[ He quotes, voice hollow in memory ]

And so it has come to pass.

[sonofgold]

[Al looks very sorry indeed at that.]

That makes me very sad to hear... especially that kin will betray each other. It's just... not right.

[bythewaves]

[ Maglor shakes his head tiredly ]

Thank you, but we were warned. And it was us who were the betrayers, in the end.

[sonofgold]

[Al nodded and sighed.]

Forewarning that things can go differently depending on your actions often isn't enough. Sometimes, you're set on one path and will keep going no matter what.

[bythewaves]

We were young, and blinded by grief and pride, aye, and love, also, for if all of history forgets, but we started on that road for love of our father. And by the time we realised... it was far too late. Most of my brothers went mad, I think. Looking back, even I can scarce reconcile the joys of our childhood with the monsters we became.

[sonofgold]

Love for a parent can be a strong force, definitely. And when you're young, it's easy to think that you're doing all the right things... especially if it IS for that parent's sake. Everyone changes, too, even if you don't recognize it as it happens.

[bythewaves]

Even so. [ Maglor shrugs a little ]

Too little, too late. But at the least, we cannot hurt anyone any longer.

[sonofgold]

Yeah... and there's not much anybody can do to change the past.

[bythewaves]

No - at the least, I can make sure that our mistake is not forgotten, and hopefully, not repeated, although I suppose it is inevitable that some form of it will happen again.

[sonofgold]

It most likely will be... but it's important to acknowledge your mistakes, too. It's how people change and grow.

[bythewaves]

It is, and I hope that my family's price, as high as it has been, will pay at least to save others.

[sonofgold]

I believe it will. Sometimes a sacrifice is necessary to move forward and help the next generation.

[bythewaves]

Small mercies are sometimes enough to keep one going. [ he nods]