paradisa | 002 Finding my feet

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002 Finding my feet

[Filter: Edward Elric]

Brother..? Meet me in the library.

[Filter: Abel, Jorge, Crowley, Hermione, Kasanoda, Alan]

[All the people listed will receive a little box left outside their rooms, containing a very nice fountain pen and a note:

Thank you for helping me when I arrived.
I hope this pen can help you keep in touch with all your friends over the journal.
Alphonse Elric.]

[Filter: Goku]

Do you want to play?

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Oh gee. A fountain pen. I really struck gold today. It's completely made my day.

[no way in hell is he talking.]

Thanks for the pen. It's nice.

[writing back with her new pen!]

I'm so glad I could help you! And I hope you and your brother can stay together while you're here. Do keep in touch with me!

~Hermione

[Oh. He thought it had been a good gift for a place where the main form of communication was through books.]

Haha... I guess you already have a pen, right?

You're welcome!

We can keep in touch all the time, I'm glad you like it.

--Alphonse

You find your brother?

[Crowley disagrees with ALL GIFTS]

I did, but it got stolen. [By his girlfriend] I suppose it'll do.

Yes, he arrived only a few weeks after me, I'm really lucky.

You're welcome!

That was good timing. I'm happy for you.

[Damnit, it's always the nice ones]

Yeah yeah, whatever.

[Written back in surprisingly neat handwriting.]

It's a bit small, but nice. Thanks, I'm glad I could help out.

Okay! Whaddya wanna play?!

[written with said pen!]

Dear Alphonse,

Thank you~! You know, I'm always losing my nice pens and having to wish up new ones. I think I'm going to have to make a special pocket in my coat to keep it in to make sure this one doesn't suffer the same fate. What do you think?

I hope you're settling in well. Have you made some friends, yet, or explored the town some more? Tried out that bakery? --Oh, did you ever find your brother?

We'll have to talk again soon! You know where to find me.

- Father Abel ♥

[He just closes the journal, feeling a tiny satisfaction that he had given a good present (whatever Crowley might SAY).]

I really do. I've been using a quill and ink until now.

Thanks, I'm glad he's here too. Maybe he could meet you?

Wow, pens are much more useful than quills, they won't run out of ink so quickly.

Oh, I'm sorry, those were the only sizes they sold.

How about hide and seek?

Actually, I met him when he first arrived.

Dear Father Abel,

You're very welcome! I'm so glad the pen is useful and I think a pocket is a really good idea.

Brother arrived a little while ago now, and we're making good use of the library together. I'd really like to talk again and maybe go exploring with you, it was fun last time and I bet it would be fun again.

-Alphonse Elric

That's great!

[A short pause, before more hesitant writing.]

...sorry if he was rude to you.

I couldn't really blame him.

You actually bought it, huh?

And I wouldn't worry about it, they don't usually make stuff for guys like me.

True, but they wanted us to use them at school and I guess I grew used to it.

Edited 2012-02-10 02:23 (UTC)

[it's more of a scrawl than actual handwriting. sort of looks like he was running while he wrote.]

Be there in five.

Hehe okay! Is your brother gonna play, too?

He would never say it, but I'm sure he was just as grateful for your help as I was.

Magical schools don't let you use pens?

[That seemed a little odd.]

Mm, how else would I get it?

I don't think so, he's pretty busy. But we can still play together!

[Al is sat at one of the tables on the second floor of the library, surrounded by about thirty books.]

[Ed shows up about five minutes later and what with Al being... well, Al made it easy to find him.

He waved a bit, picking up the pace to meet him at the table]

Al!

Brother, look at this!

[He slides a book over to Ed - it's 'A History of Alchemy by Nicolas Flamel'. But it's not from their world, it's the magical copy from Hogwarts.]

No. Wizards don't use a lot of things that non-magical people do, such as the telephone and the postal system.

Oh, okay! [You can hear the joy radiating from him.]

What's he doing?

[Dictated]
Thank you for the pen, Alphonse. It was very thoughtful. I'm glad I was able to help.

[Then, written:]
It works much better than my old one, too. I'll be sure to keep it near.

Alan Bradley

Well, could've wished it up.

[A pause.] Sorta glad you didn't. More personal when you buy it yourself. You get a job somewhere?

Why not?

Oh... Um, no, I haven't got a job.

[But he doesn't want to wish for anything, not when the power could easily come from a Stone.]

He's in the library, doing some research on how to maybe go home.

I'm really glad you like it! I thought it would be useful for the journals.

We have magical means of communication instead. Wizards use owls or other birds to send their post, like carrier pigeons were used during war time.

Edited 2012-02-13 00:54 (UTC)

[Ed leans over the table to get a closer look at it.]

A History of Alchemy by Nicolas Flamel...

Did you find this in here?

It is. It was a good idea.

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002 Finding my feet

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