Eleventh Transmutation [Video]

[sonofgold]

Who: Alphonse Elric and YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: N/A
When: March 19th

[Alphonse is serious and all business when he clicks the feed on.]

I'd like to offer my services to any exploration teams going down into the depths. My alchemy can be used to reshape metal, and the weapons sold in the shops here might be useful for whatever is lurking. I also have a Security augment, so if anybody needs some muscle to come along on their expeditions... I'm game.

I just hope we can figure out what's going on. I'm working under the assumption that Atroma's going to move us onward soon, whether we want to go or not... and we'll have to leave these people behind, no matter what condition they're in.

Comments

[padadin]

[All serious and business is Shiro's second name.]

If you're putting together an exploration group, you can count on me as pilot. I also want to help these people. [He can add lots of muscle too but let's hope it's not needed.] Can I ask about this alchemy you mentioned? Is it some kind of ability?

[sonofgold]

Sounds great.

Alchemy is a sort of science from my world that involves the deconstruction and reconstruction of matter into new forms. It's better to show than tell, I've found. [Al focuses his camera on the table in front of him and takes a blank piece of paper out of his pocket, setting it down and placing a dinner fork in the center. He then draws a circle around the fork, writing a series of runes on the edge of the circle, and presses his hand to it. Sparking blue light engulfs the fork, and voila, it's now a spoon.]

[padadin]

[Shiro has seen a lot of stuff since he's joined Voltron, but this is definitely new and has him raising both eyebrows.]

Impressive. If you can apply that to the ships, you'd be the pilot's and engineer's dream come true. And you got the security augment?

[sonofgold]

Yeah... strange how that kind of thing works sometimes, isn't it? If I could have chosen I would have picked something else, considering my abilities.

[padadin]

[A nod.] I don't think this "Atroma" puts much thought to their decisions. So this alchemy science could help us guess what's going on?

[sonofgold]

They really don't. My friend Toph- she's since left here- was a pilot. She's blind.

Perhaps, and help us fix what's wrong. I don't know much about medicine, but if we're venturing into an unknown place, I can help make sure people are armed, at the very least.

[padadin]

[Impossible to keep the poker face at those news. Shiro's visibly alarmed.] They let a blind person pilot? And the ship didn't crash?

[Unbeliable. It takes him a moment to return to their main topic.] Protecting the people that are venturing in - that I can do.

[sonofgold]

Yeah. I mean, the ships have autopilot, and she did have people to help her, but... I suppose they found it funny.

[Al smiles.]

That's my main goal. I'd... I'd like to find a way to help the Dasioe if we can. I don't know if you've been around this planet much, but they don't have much time left.

[padadin]

I do not see the joke. [And he has a pretty morbid sense of humor...]

I've been around enough to notice. You're right, we should work on it asap. Have any others offered to join too?

[sonofgold]

Me neither. Toph herself thought it was hilarious, though, so that's something.

I've had several volunteers, so we should have enough for a decent-sized crew. And if we find we're in over our heads, well, we can always make a run for it.

[padadin]

[That's definitely something, and he decides not to comment on it, not having met Toph herself.]

If things get really difficult, I'm also a fighter. You can call me Shiro, by the way, pilot of the SS Blameless. Whenever you're ready to go, I will.

[sonofgold]

I'm Alphonse. Nice to meet you, Shiro, and thanks for the offer of help. I'm a martial artist myself- Teacher taught me and Brother how to fight at the same time she was teaching us alchemy- and my alchemy is pretty handy in combat, too.