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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.]
markofthewise: (Yeah whatever)

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[personal profile] markofthewise 2012-02-02 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Fine, whatever. No worries, my steak alchemy will be a mystery forever.
markofthewise: (Of course I am!)

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[personal profile] markofthewise 2012-02-02 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, well play your cards right and maybe I'll teach you the key.
markofthewise: (/just as planned)

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[personal profile] markofthewise 2012-02-03 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, well when you're out in the wilderness and can't start a fire, you'll be wishing you'd learned how.
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[personal profile] markofthewise 2012-02-03 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Whatever, Ed. Whatever. Sokka has this done now, he thinks.]

Yeah, well, I think it's about ready to test anyway. Now I just need some meat to test it.
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[personal profile] markofthewise 2012-02-03 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Believe it or not, I don't pack pounds of raw meat while I go to the library.

[He stands up, collecting his notes into his bag.]

I'll have to get some.
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[personal profile] markofthewise 2012-02-04 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
Sure, thanks. I'm so relieved to have such a concerned and invested teacher.
markofthewise: (How should I know?)

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[personal profile] markofthewise 2012-02-04 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
Girl you, boy you. Whatever. [But fine, he'll do this on his own. Tsk tsk.] I'll be sure to let you know when I start transmuting explosives.
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[personal profile] markofthewise 2012-02-04 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
That's actually a good idea. Explosive alchemy.

[He scribbles down a note and a few immediate ideas for how to make that work. He could start having a lot more explosives available without having to carry so many in his pack.]
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[personal profile] markofthewise 2012-02-04 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah? I'll have to get them off you later.