001 Enter the Alchemist

[snacklist]

[Sometime after the initial panic of finding himself in a strange place where books talked at you when you opened them, there were no Homunculi or anyone familiar at all, and... everything ever; much later at night after things have started to sink in, there is a polite sounding voice over the journals after a self conscious throat clearing.]

Good evening! My name is Alphonse Elric and... do any you know Brother? His name is Edward and he's the... [little] ...alchemist with a red coat.

[What more can he really say? This is still so overwhelming and ridiculous.]

...I hope I can meet you all in person soon, talking over... a book seems a bit impersonal for a first meeting. [And then, in case that made anyone think he didn't want to talk now, he hastily added:] But it's nice to meet you anyway.

[ooc: Open to all]

Comments

[optimystic]

Oh... uh, I'm not sure. I haven't tried calling any spirits from other people's worlds.

[snacklist]

Oh.

[He has to resist asking her to try, it couldn't end well.]

Thanks.

[optimystic]

No problem.

.... Is there a reason why you asked? I know it's kind of a personal question, so you don't have to answer it if you don't want to.

[snacklist]

[He's quiet for a moment, but he does answer her sadly.]

My Mom is dead.

[optimystic]

[oh.... she's quiet for a moment]

I'm sorry. [..... she normally wouldn't talk about this, but this guy seems really sweet] Mine too.

[snacklist]

...I'm sorry too, did you ever talk to them after?

[optimystic]

Nah, the way channeling works... if I called her spirit, then I'd be asleep in my own body, I wouldn't actually get to see her.