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[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

...Is this Central? How the hell did we go from Xing to Central in-

Fu? Oi, where'd you run off to? Fu!



Shit.


((Long story short, this is an AU!greed from... roughly 15ish years after the end of the series. Yeeeaaaah. As always, this is Jami's fault.))

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[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

If you want to help, I'm lookin' for a kid, about 12 years old. He's got a dao on him, you can't miss him.

[sheng-ji.livejournal.com]

[Pauses and nods. Then in one very inhuman leap, Ling is on the roof of a building the were next to.]

[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

[askdfknjasd. Okay he knew that Ling had been in pretty good shape for a human when he was that young, but that just wasn't quite right.]

How the hell did you do that!?

[sheng-ji.livejournal.com]

[Landed like a cat, yep! He's looking out to see if he can see anything that sticks out.]

[And of course he can hear you perfectly]

I am not the Ling of your world, yes? Unlike some of the doubles that roam this place, there's one thing that makes me very different from the others.

[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

[frowns.] You're not a homunculus, are you? You said you never met me where you're from.

[sheng-ji.livejournal.com]

I am not! I traveled Amestris for five years and never encountered a homunculus until I was brought here.

[Think about that Greed. You know what Ling looked like when he was 20.]

[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

[He does think about that. And it definitely isn't right.]

How old are you?

[sheng-ji.livejournal.com]

Twenty-one, if I am to count my time in this place.

[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

There's no way.

[sheng-ji.livejournal.com]

You speak of my appearance.

[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

Of course I do. If you're not a homunculus, then what the hell are you?

[sheng-ji.livejournal.com]

[And he jumps down at that, landing from a two story building without so much as a wince.]

[Walking forward he holds his arm out and pulls back his sleeve.]

Take it.

[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

[what. just linefaces at him.]

[sheng-ji.livejournal.com]

I'm not kidding. Just around the wrist is fine.]

[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

...? [okay fine, doing that- and his eyes widen a bit.]

[sheng-ji.livejournal.com]

[There we go.]

Notice anything missing?

[Slightly more serious as he takes his hand back.] There are a lot of stories and myths that seem synonymous with many worlds. Some of which are the ones about vampires. Is that a familiar term to you?

[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

[At that indication, he notices the missing pulse as well. As for the rest of it, he finally voices what he'd been thinking this whole time.]

This isn't right. You're telling me you're a vampire.

[sheng-ji.livejournal.com]

Very much so. [Shrug]

[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

...

[Stares. So he's a vampire. That would explain the super jumping just then, but it also meant stuff like drinking blood and... immortality.

For a moment, he's elated at the thought, the possibility of another way to gain something like that- but then the rest catches up and he frowns sharply. It was no different, if not worse, than what he was, wasn't it?]

You fool.

[sheng-ji.livejournal.com]

You're thinking I did this on purpose, aren't you.

[Raised eyebrow.]

I was attacked. However, I didn't allow my attacker to let me die.

[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

... [Not sure what to think about that. Not dying, good. The rest, not quite so good.]

You can't blame me. You seem to be enjoying yourself.

[sheng-ji.livejournal.com]

I've come to terms with what's happened to me. I've been this way for five years, I know how to use what I've gained and deal with what I've lost.

There's no sense being depressed over it. Not when I intend to fix it.

[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

You do, huh?

[Scoffs a little.] Though I wonder. Why haven't you just gone back to Xing as you are? You got your immortality, didn't you?

[sheng-ji.livejournal.com]

I can't run a country like this.

I'm looking for away to eliminate the unwanted side effects.

[unclegreed.livejournal.com]

It's been five years and you haven't found anything?

[There's a concerned tone to his voice.]