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[infireandflame]

[It’s the sudden rush of cold and wet that greet Roy Mustang upon arrival, being dropped rather unceremoniously into the junction of rivers. Sputtering, coughing, sore, and forcing himself to wade through the water to the shoreline, he’s more than a little confused at finding that not only is he devoid of injuries, he’s also been stripped of his

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[Voice] wow chrome thanks for eating half my tag

[truthget]

[Whoa, that is not what he expected to hear today. First Ling returns, and now Mustang's here, too? Is there some kind of Amestris invasion going on now?

And... portal... he's heard that before, but with Roy? No way...]

Colonel! You too!?

[Voice] twas a hungry browser

[infireandflame]

FullMetal?

[This is where FullMetal was taken? So does that mean they're closer to the enemy or farther than ever before?

But if this is the result of human transmutation, shouldn't he be missing something? ...besides his clothes, that is.]

During what point in this am I supposed to lose something?

[Voice] indeed. so hateful even when I love it so

[truthget]

[Whoa, that did not answer any questions at all.]

"Lose something"? What're you talking about? What portal?

[He didn't... no way, he wouldn't have...!]

[Voice] I find it only wants to work on my laptop, which is sad.

[infireandflame]

[Oh yeah... FullMetal was taken before all of that happened, so of course he wouldn't know. Now to put this as bluntly as possible. Details could come later.]

Human transmutation, though not done of my own choosing, I assure you. I'm not an idiot.

[Voice] I don't actually own a desktop so I've never tried it on one o.o

[truthget]

[Oh god. Oh god they can force an alchemist to do human transmutation!? He didn't expect that in the slightest.]

You- then you're the fifth...!

[Talk about messed up- wait, so he hadn't lost anything? Then it must not have been completed yet... wait, though, there's more important things to worry about.]

Look, forget that for a minute. Those guys didn't do this, and you're not in Amestris anymore.

[Voice] my desktop is fairly old, so that might have something to do with it

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That's what they said, too. It's odd... I distinctly remember having both my hands impaled, yet they're fine now. I think I jarred my shoulders when I hit the water though.

[Leave it to FullMetal to get straight to the point.]

So I've heard... but if they didn't do it, then who did?

[SIGH. Frustration is starting to set in]

Right now, I'm soaking wet, sore, en route to some girl's house who offered a towel, and do you have any idea how very much not fun it is to wander around in wet pants when said pants are white? And to top it off, I'm talking to a book. If I didn't know better, I would think I've managed to go from sanity to senility in a matter of seconds.

[Voice] ahaha yeah that might do it. poor old computers.

[truthget]

If all you're going to complain, you won't be making any friends around here.

[He's missing the lieutenant already.]

[Voice] it's been maxed out, but it's still pretty sad.

[infireandflame]

Who else is here that I should know about?

[To be honest, so is he.]

...and I'm not complaining, just stating facts. You'll have to cut me a little bit of slack, FullMetal. This isn't exactly an easy adjustment to make.

[Voice] oh, technology. ~_~

[truthget]

Winry, Al, and I are here, and Ling arrived from Xing right before you did. The Hughes- [He pauses, wincing slightly; Hughes only just went back the other day, so the loss is still a little fresh. Maybe it's better if Mustang doesn't know.] ...I mean, Miss Gracia and Elicia are here. People come and go a lot here.

[Voice] obsolete the moment it's out of the box

[infireandflame]

How are they? Ms. Gracia and Elicia, I mean. [Don't get him wrong, he's glad to hear there are others in residence, but those two are important.]

[Voice]

[truthget]

They're... [Upset and traumatized by Hughes' sudden return to death? Obviously affected by some of the horrible things that have happened the last few months and beyond? God, how does he even sum it up.] ...They're managing. Elicia's been here even longer than I have, and she's...

[Oh geez, he hasn't even explained everything. Damn you for not automatically knowing everything as usual, Roy!]

Look, you should know that people are brought to this place from different times. Last thing I remember from Amestris is the night before the Promised Day even started, and Ling's from after it's over. Elicia just turned six.

[It's messed up.]

[Voice]

[infireandflame]

[What in the world did he get sucked into?]

And I came from the midst of it. [Which means FullMetal doesn't know about everything that went down in the tunnels with Envy. Thank whatever for that small favor. Maybe...]

I'm glad to hear they're alright, at the very least. It's strange to think of her being so old already...

[Voice]

[truthget]

[AN ADVENTURE, isn't it exciting.]

There's... something else you should know. [Really, it's all he can do not to watch Roy like a hawk to see if he freaks out at anything. He's never seen the colonel really lose his cool.] The dead get brought to life here.

[In other words, these guys succeeded where alchemy failed.]

[Voice]

[infireandflame]

...what? How is that even possible?

[On one hand, there's a chance he'll get to see Hughes again. On the other hand... homunculi. ]

[Voice]

[truthget]

Here, it is. I've seen it happen, and plenty of people will tell you the same thing. Some of the villagers are supposed to be dead on their own worlds.

[Voice]

[infireandflame]

Is it that those who die don't stay dead, or that those who died in their respective worlds are given a second chance at life?