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[corrupted-steel.livejournal.com]

[he's randomly doodling arrays in chalk all over the HQ square, knowing full well that he cannot activate them. he's currently wearing his own clothes and whistling.]

I wish I knew why my bluebird never needed an array. And why I miss this disgusting alchemy so...

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[its-a-hobby.livejournal.com]

Brother? At least you remember me, right?

[nearerthesun.livejournal.com]

Of course I do, Al! Good to see you're okay.

But where's Reial?

[its-a-hobby.livejournal.com]

It's good to see you too, but how you can you not know--

...Oh, don't tell me there are three of you.

[nearerthesun.livejournal.com]

Yep. Four if you count that Pride bastard.

You're... a different Al, aren't you?

[its-a-hobby.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it looks like it. I'm guessing you've never heard of the Victoria II?

[nearerthesun.livejournal.com]

Nope. Have you ever heard of Rizenbul, or alchemy?

[its-a-hobby.livejournal.com]

Rizenbul isn't familiar, but I definitely know about alchemy. Some of the others here don't?

[nearerthesun.livejournal.com]

You don't know about Rizenbul? So where are you from?

Nope. Some of the people who've showed up say they can use magic and that that encompasses alchemy, and some of them just plain don't know about alchemy to begin with.

[its-a-hobby.livejournal.com]

I'm from a city called Melior originally, but we left a long time ago.

...The alchemy you do doesn't involve magic?

[nearerthesun.livejournal.com]

I... see...

Of course not! It's scientific!

[its-a-hobby.livejournal.com]

Scientific magic. All things considered, it's probably better you don't know the same kind of alchemy as I do.

But I'm still curious about how you recognized me like this.

[nearerthesun.livejournal.com]

Why do you say that?


Because... that's the same armor.

[its-a-hobby.livejournal.com]

It's powerful, but a lot of bad things can happen if you misuse it.

Your father had one of these too?

[nearerthesun.livejournal.com]

That doesn't sound too different.

Yeah. And when we... *trails off*

[its-a-hobby.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry... I thought since you were different--

I guess it doesn't matter. It's kind of sad to know that more than one version of us made the same mistake.

[nearerthesun.livejournal.com]

The others who are here didn't. I guess they couldn't, since alchemy's so different for them.

[its-a-hobby.livejournal.com]

I guess they were lucky that way, even if I can't imagine what it would be like to live without alchemy.

[nearerthesun.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

Dammit. I can't believe there was another me who was so stupid.

[can-i-keep-it.livejournal.com]

You're not stupid, nii-san.

[nearerthesun.livejournal.com]

... mn. *Ed has reached his emo quota for the day, just gonna not say anything*

[can-i-keep-it.livejournal.com]

...really.....


*pooor nii-san.....*