I still think this holiday is ridiculous, for the record.

Fletcher, Taokaka, Ed, Al, Himeno, Mia... Hell, anyone else who's expecting a present from me, you can just have some money to go buy something nice for yourselves.

[Russell Tringham, age nine, has stepped out the front door of 850 Goldberg Street, and frowns at the sight before him. This is not Central. This is not any place he's ever seen.]

Fletcher, stick close, okay? I'm gonna figure out what's going on here, don't worry.

[Then he calls out for the whole neighborhood to hear:]

Mom! Dad! Where are you?!

Is there any actually good reason to go to school here -- aside from getting away from those creepy fake parents I have, I mean? I've pretty much learned all this stuff already.

[Kicking the door down isn't working, and by now, Russell has been made brutally aware that he can no longer use alchemy here. So now he's just sort of slumping in a chair at the table, glaring at the food there. Not that he's opposed to food. He likes it plenty. But this is suspicious, and the way that drone mother and father are acting all ( Read more... )

What the hell is this place? Whoever's responsible for this had better come clean right now, or I swear I won't be held responsible for what happens to you ( Read more... )

Character Name: Russell Tringham
Character Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Character Age: 15
Address: 850 Goldberg Street
Family: Yuusei Fudou (father), Fletcher Tringham (brother)

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