001 Enter the Alchemist

[bodyback]

[A: Anyone on Albright Lane]

[The first thing that struck Alphonse when he woke that morning was... well, that he was waking up at all. This wasn't the blacking out of his body tugging on his soul from the other side of the portal, this was genuine human waking and he had missed it so much. Just for a single moment, before awareness came rushing

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[outliven]

[Trisha was on her way back from the grocery that morning -- the children were already off to school, and it was beginning to look a little overcast; in case it snowed, she wanted to get things for dinner ready early. they would want something warm for a snack, too, when they got home... and cooking was one of the few comforts of home she could take with her no matter what.

imagine her surprise when she makes it to the lawn and sees... a familiar teenage boy in his pajamas shouting for his brother running out of the front door. her footsteps halt, the paper bag in his arms all but forgotten.

...]

A forever omg sobbing

[bodyback]

[Al didn't even notice her right away - Teacher would be disappointed at his lack of awareness of his surroundings - as he was looking the other way down the street.

But then his head turned and...

The colour drains out of his face in a heartbeat and he sways on the spot, looking half as though his knees might give way at any given moment. This... had to be an illusion now, there was no denying that, and it was the cruellest one that there ever could be.

His eyes fill with tears, even despite the anger in his voice as his hands tremble by his sides.]

No... NO! STOP THIS!

[outliven]

[the moment he speaks -- even if that voice is no longer that of the four year old boy, it chases away any doubt of who this is, and Trisha's lost a few shades of color in her face as well in her shock, her hold on the bag in his arms slipping.

this is--]

Al...?

[bodyback]

[Her voice is just as he remembers it, plucked right from his fondest memories, and her face is so much more clear than it ever had been in his mind.

She looked solid, she looked real, she looked alive.

But he knew there was no way that was possible. Human transmutation was literally impossible, there was no way to bring back the dead, they had learned that at the highest cost imaginable.

Was Pride doing this out of spite because they had trapped him? But... how was he doing it?]

...s...top it, I won't listen.

phone

[secretgod]

An alchemist, huh? [Haruhi's interest is piqued! And apparently this guy has a brother who has been here for a longer duration, which is actually good.]

phone

[bodyback]

That's right, miss! [He sounds quite pleased that someone answered right away.] Do you know him?

Re: phone

[secretgod]

... Maybe I've seen him around, but I haven't met him. Anyway, that's not the point! You're an alchemist too, right? Are they common back where you're from?

[bodyback]

I guess so.

[Though that depended what she meant by common, there were only a select few with the skills to learn alchemy.]

Are you an alchemist too?

B SOBSOBSOB ALPHOOOONSE

[unexculpable]

[Holy shit.]

A-Al?!

brotherrrrr ;;

[bodyback]

[So he really was here. Al feels a weight lift off his chest, even a tiny smile come to his lips. As long as they were together, they could figure this out.]

Mm, it's me, Brother.

/RUNS TO

[unexculpable]

[ed is once again torn between happiness and distress. On one hand Al was here and together they would be fine. On the other.... This was Mayfield. ]

Where are you? I'll come meet you.

/OPENS ARMS

[bodyback]

[There were a few things he needed to talk about with Ed before they all got together... Like how he had a body now, and what they were going to say to their mother.]

Maybe I better come to you, Brother.

....A

[luxuriality]

[ Lust is just wondering around Albright Lane, getting ready for work but then she sees Alphonse. Of course she's recognize a sacrifice's human form, after all, she browsed official photos of their of them all the time thanks to her government connections.

Now, inner Lust begins to practically leave a trail of bowel breaking bricks to Al's lawn, but outer Lust should appear frighteningly calm and collected to Alphonse who just experienced this.

Lust strolls right up to him, collected as ever, but then seems to feign ignorance and confusion to Alphonse's shock. ]

My, my, Alphonse. I never expected you to be this tardy. [ that's a paddling. ]

A! assuming this is before he sees his mama ;; sobb

[bodyback]

[He jolts as though she had put electricity through his spine, before instinctively moving into a defensive stance... which just looks silly in pajamas.]

Lust, but... how?

[Mustang killed you, woman.]

Okay!! ;w;

[luxuriality]

[ Lust just shrugs. ]

If you're referring to my death, Alphonse, the first thing you should know is that people are pulled in here from various points in time. However, Alphonse, I'm from a point in time where I haven't been killed yet, let alone actually encountered you. [ physically of course. ] However, I appreciate you affirming my death. It makes it easier to prevent when I return home.

<33

[bodyback]

[Wait, what?

None of that makes sense, she's probably just messing with him. What if she had been remade? He's ready for an attack, but he prefers talking over attacking outright, so:]

Where are we?

C

[freedomofwomen]

... Ah.. Alphonse Elric, is it? [ That name seems to ring a bell, and for a moment she wonders where she heard it.. But then she seems to realise. ]

Someone was looking for you a while ago, actually. I believe it was your mother.

C

[bodyback]

[It still sends a stab of bittersweet pain through his chest to hear someone speak about his mother, and his own voice is a little awed as he replies.]

Oh... thanks, I found her.

[freedomofwomen]

[ Sob, Eva is totally oblivious to all of this.. ]

I'm glad.. She sounded like she was rather eager to see you and.. your brother, I believe?

[bodyback]

Ah, we were eager to see her too.

[Believe him, that was an understatement.]