Tenth Transmutation [Video]

[sonofgold]

Who: Alphonse Elric and YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: The Vanquish if you wish
When: October 23rd

[Al smiles bashfully as he addresses the Fleet.]

Clay asked me to be the First Mate of the Vanquish, and I've accepted. It seems fitting that it happened so close to my first anniversary here, doesn't it? I'm honored, and I'll do my best to keep supporting my shipmates.

I'm glad to have been on such a great ship and met such great friends, and I wish all of you who are working on the shipwreck the best of luck. And if you're staying closer to the Fleet and are able to scavenge any usable ship parts, I'd be happy to fix them up with my alchemy.

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[passingthrough]

[Nods] There are definitely protections built into them. [She remembers how hard it was to make herself do it even to another person with a healing factor.]

[sonofgold]

Mmhmm. They're resistant to surgery, to my alchemy... whoever made these knew what they were doing. And to be able to attach them even to a living suit of armor and have it still implant knowledge... it's kinda scary to think about.

[passingthrough]

It does stretch the boundaries of imagination.

[She debates adding the next part. It's the kind of thought that can just drive a person crazy. Like her.] My last place was a virtual reality. That's how they made the impossible happen so often. [It could fit here too. In fact maybe she never left...]

[sonofgold]

Virtual reality... like... like it was all in a computer?

[passingthrough]

Essentially. Our bodies were stored in tanks that preserved us and our minds were all sharing the same interactive experience. We didn't know it was a virtual reality at first. It was almost a year before we figured it out. [Or six years. Time was weird.]

[sonofgold]

[Al sucked in a breath at that.]

And that could very well be the case here, couldn't it? It's not something I'd ever thought about before, but then again, I'm still trying to wrap my head around television and computers to begin with.

[passingthrough]

It could. [Softly.]

It could be more straight forward too. You could spend all your time looking for the twist that isn't there. [Almost reminding herself since that's a lot of what she does.]