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Edward Elric ([personal profile] automailed) wrote2012-01-14 01:33 am

[Voice / Action] backdated to JANUARY 13th

[...So it's been a week. A full week since his parents had shown up in Luceti. And as of today, with the last bit of furniture in place, he and Al are officially "moved in". At least, in the sense of physically living there. Edward still finds himself looking out the window an awful lot and double-taking at the house number across the street, and at least three times now he's turned to approach the door of the Hughes' household instead of his own. He hasn't barged in unintentionally yet, at least. That would have been awfully embarrassing.

He's still not sure how he feels about this... home life. Thing. Adjustment is one thing, but actually coming to expect his mother's smiling face when he walks through the front door? It's a little scary. Wonderful in a lot of ways, but...

And that's not even getting into the issue of living so close to Hohenheim for this long, something he hasn't done since early childhood. And despite promising to give the man a chance, their relationship is tenuous at best, violent at its worst. He's still not calling the man "father", either. And there's poor Al in the middle, still stuck in his wheelchair... dammit...

Well, let's just say he's in desperate need of some distraction. So after giving it some thought, he turns to the journal-]


Hey, got a question for anyone listening out there-

I was talking to this kid a while back - Aoba - and something came up. Do we have some kind of directory of all the worlds people are from? I don't mean that world sharing class, I mean actual maps of all the different worlds, or countries within those worlds, or whatever.

Because if there isn't, then I'd like to make one. So if you wanna get involved, talk about where you're from here- show a map, gimme an idea of what it's like. I'll take what I can get.


[A little while later, he'll be venturing to his usual hotspots- the library, for some books for poor Al to read, and the Battle Dome, to take out some of his pent-up frustrations (and to duke it out with a few of the homunculus for kicks), then to the shops for a bit of perusing. He can be pestered around down at any time, looking uncharacteristically unsure, though he's been looking that way all week, so at this point it may not be anything new.

Eventually he'll return home to his family some time before dinner, carrying with him (in addition to Al's books) a toolbox, a bag containing some clothes, and a collection of sticky buns for dessert/snacking-

...but not before barging into the Hughes house accidentally. Apparently there really is a first time for everything.]
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[personal profile] dragoneer 2012-01-16 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Most people would have given up that night, right then and there. But he didn't. And that makes all the difference in Hiccup's mind.]

...Like you said. It's...it's not doing heroic stuff for glory's sake that makes someone impressive. You did what you had to do to save someone you love. And you still are.

[He smiles genuinely. Telling him all this...Ed must really trust him. And he feels pretty good about that. So in return, he'll help out in any way he can.]

And I think that's pretty admirable. Really. It is.
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[personal profile] dragoneer 2012-01-17 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Hiccup nods. He's only being honest, but he's glad to know it's doing something for his friend, too.]

Thank you, too. For...trusting me. With all that.
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[personal profile] dragoneer 2012-01-17 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
Of course. You can count on that.

[Hiccup won't breathe a word. He won't even tell Winry he knows, unless she brings it up.]

So...what are you going to do now? With her back? [What did she say about their bodies?]
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[personal profile] dragoneer 2012-01-18 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[...He thought he'd killed his mother. He thought he'd killed his mother.

How is he even still standing? How did he move on from that? It would some kind of willpower that Hiccup doubts he even possesses. He would have given up. He would have given up right then and there.]


But you...you didn't. You said--something barely even human. So it wasn't actually her.

[...Right? Otherwise, what would he even say to her?]
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[personal profile] dragoneer 2012-01-20 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
[The thought makes his stomach sink--seeing...seeing whatever-it-was they created every time he looks at his own mom...

This. This is tough. Not only to hear, but to know the right thing to say.]


At least...I mean, she's still your mom, right? So she'll love you and take care of you and can help you move past that. [Because that's what a mom would do, right? He's a bit out of his element here experience-wise.]
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[personal profile] dragoneer 2012-01-20 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[His lips thin--it's probably better that way, right? He's so out of practice with regular parental dealings--or maybe it was that he was just intimidated out of keeping secrets for too long from his dad. Stoick always had a way of finding out things, anyway.]

--Y-yeah. You're right. But that just means you and Al have to figure it out on your own.

[Unless they work through their feelings with their father--which doesn't seem like the best suggestion.]
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[personal profile] dragoneer 2012-01-21 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
...So it might be just you.

[And putting up with something like that, on his own, when his family is forming around him and trying to figure out how to work...]

...Look, I--I know...you're going through a lot. And it might not be much, but..if there's anything I can do to help you, I will. Just tell me. And I will.
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[personal profile] dragoneer 2012-01-21 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I'm...I'm glad I was able to help. But--really. I'm happy to help any time.

[He just hopes he can, if it comes to that.]
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[personal profile] dragoneer 2012-01-22 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
--Ah, right! Tools. Of course. [The main reason he'd come to the smithy in the first place.]</small Um--What do you need?
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[personal profile] dragoneer 2012-01-24 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Right. [He ducks around his workstation to a tall toolbox filled to the brim with just the sorts of things Ed has requested. There's a drawer full of screw drivers and a whole set of wrenches in there.]

You can take whatever you need. Iiii don't think anyone is going to miss this stuff. We've got a lot of extra tools lying around.

[Huh. It feels weird to be talking so casually after what he just learned.]
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[personal profile] dragoneer 2012-01-26 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods and smiles.] Yeah, of course. Anytime.

[--Oh!] Ah--the notes! Sorry. I totally--um, hang on. [He scoops up his bag and finishes assembling the loose pages with notes from world sharing class before finding a stray paperclip to keep them together.]

Here you go. Hopefully these'll be helpful.
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[personal profile] dragoneer 2012-01-26 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
No rush, or anything. Good luck with your project. ...And...everything else.

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