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[phullm374l.livejournal.com]

*there's a new guy walking around fake Central. if one looks carefully, he kind of resembles the Ed Elric everyone knows, but... he's taller, his hair is cut short, he's got glasses on, and he's dressed in an overlarge red hoodie, jeans, and Converse hi-tops (of which one set of laces is undone). one hand is fiddling with a stylus to an iPad that he's quite obviously missing*

The hell kinda backwards town is this? Not a single internet cafe in sight and--

*he sniffs at the air, makes a face* ...What the fuck is that smell? Is that... fresh air...??

... I don't like it.

((have an AU Ed! he's completely modern day and makes a living as a hacker at the ripe age of 18. so he's none too pleased about this lack of technology. and he wants his iPad back. :3))

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[tsukiyabure.livejournal.com]

[Welp, have another modern-day Ed hanging around near a street corner, messing around with his powers. He's bending street lamps toward himself, and tying them into bows.

Come on, it's awesome.]

[phullm374l.livejournal.com]

*stops when he turns a corner and sees that 'cause- whoa*

What the fuck?!

[tsukiyabure.livejournal.com]

[And that other lamppost grows spikes. Because they're cool.

He looks over.] Ah...?

[phullm374l.livejournal.com]

*stares a little*

... How the hell did that happen?!

[tsukiyabure.livejournal.com]

Superpowers. Let me guess, you're new?

[phullm374l.livejournal.com]

*and now that looks goes skeptical* Yeah.

...You're shittin' me. Superpowers? Of the comic book variety?

[tsukiyabure.livejournal.com]

I see.

Yeah, more or less. [Pauses, and then starts putting the lampposts right.] But I'm not a Skrull. Just a parallel universe version of you. There's tons of us here.

[phullm374l.livejournal.com]

*gives him the weirdest look EVER. LOOKS WHO'S MODERN ENOUGH TO KNOW MARVEL* Well, yeah, you're not green. What the hell're you pulling material from the Marvel comics for, anyway?

You're gonna have to come up with a better story than "parallel universe" if you want me to buy that even for a second.

[tsukiyabure.livejournal.com]

[Slight twitch] They're not comics. Hell, there was a freaking Skrull at my school pretending to be me a few months ago.

Fine, you got an excuse if it's not parallel universes?

[phullm374l.livejournal.com]

*rolls eyes* Yeah, I'm totally buying the idea that you go to school with Teddy Altman.

Could be a dream. ...A very vivid dream, but a dream.

[tsukiyabure.livejournal.com]

Teddy Altman? Wait, that guy was a Skrull too?

Nope, I've been here months. Not a dream.

ohGod, HE'S SUCH A NERD XD;;

[phullm374l.livejournal.com]

Duh!!! Next you're gonna tell me you didn't know he was gay? What kind of Marvel fan are you?

First of all, that could be an illusion of the dream. And second, I'm not exactly inclined to believe someone who clearly came out of somewhere in my imagination.

I NOTICED

[tsukiyabure.livejournal.com]

Hey, I barely knew the guy? How was I supposed to know he was-- I'm tellin you, it's not a comic book!

You can believe whatever you want, but it's not gonna change what's true.

[fullmet-al.livejournal.com]

[Alice is out, one sleeve of her coat still empty. She's got a book in her only hand and isn't paying much attention to where she's going. She accidentally runs into him.]

I'm sorry.

[phullm374l.livejournal.com]

*staggers a little bit off to one side, blinking*

Hey, careful. You gotta watch where you're goin', y'know.

[fullmet-al.livejournal.com]

I was looking over this book. It's an alchemy text that I haven't read yet.

[phullm374l.livejournal.com]

*wrinkles his nose* There's that word again. "Alchemy." What's so great about a dead science?

[fullmet-al.livejournal.com]

It's not a dead science.

[phullm374l.livejournal.com]

Yeah it is. It's just chemistry now.

[fullmet-al.livejournal.com]

It isn't. I'm an Alchemist.

[She stands up, dusts herself off with her only hand and picks up her book]

My name is Alice Elric.

[phullm374l.livejournal.com]

*stares. forever*

[fullmet-al.livejournal.com]

What?

[She blinks and tugs at her empty sleeve a bit]

Is there something on me?

[phullm374l.livejournal.com]

*keeps staring for a little while longer...*


*... then laughs* Oh, I get it! I'm still dreaming, aren't I.

[fullmet-al.livejournal.com]

If you're dreaming than this is one very interesting dream because we'd be sharing it.

[phullm374l.livejournal.com]

Or you're not real!