001 Enter the Alchemist

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[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]

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[bloodsugar]

Isn't it? See, you'll have no shortage of things to explore! [thumbs up!]

[snacklist]

I'm glad I'm exploring them with a friend!

[Cheesy thumbs up right back!]

[bloodsugar]

[o-oh. friend. that word again.]

Hey, hey! Anytime, Al! We're neighbors, so I won't be hard to find whenever you need me.

[snacklist]

Right!

And I'm not hard to find at all!

[Because he's so big... geddit? He gives a cheesy thumbs up.]

[bloodsugar]

[LSKDJFSDF oh well Abel laughs....... he'll always laugh at the cheesy jokes ISN'T HE THE BEST FRIEND EVER AL.]

--Hey, hey, Al! Do you mind if I ask you something?

[snacklist]

[He really is. Al gives his own delighted laugh right back.]

No, what do you want to ask?

[bloodsugar]

How old are you...? [sound. so young. but so tall...]

[snacklist]

Fifteen!

[He's just SUPER TALL or something. Yes.]

[bloodsugar]

Ah! Wow, fifteen? [he sounds younger... and. um. is way taller.]

[snacklist]

Right, and Brother is sixteen.

Why did you want to know?

[bloodsugar]

So you're pretty close in age, too, hm?

--Ah, well... nothing important! You just sound... young. [and are huge. ahem.]

[snacklist]

O-Oh, really?!

[Haaa...aa... cue ALL THE NERVOUS LAUGHTER.]

I guess I just have one of those voices, and the... acoustics in this armour make it sound funny too. Like a cave when it echoes, not that it's echoing! It just sounds... different.

[bloodsugar]

...? [LMFAO you lost him...]

[snacklist]

[His nervous laughter just peters off, before he's left looking awkward.]

Um...

1/2

[bloodsugar]

[...]

[bloodsugar]

[SLDKJFSDF Abel laughs and claps him on the shoulder.]

Hey, hey! The echoing voice thing is a nice touch, you know? It makes you sound ~mysterious~. [wibbly fingers go here.]

[snacklist]

Really?

[He manages to somehow though DEVIOUSLY THOUGHTFUL.]

Girls like mysterious, right?

[bloodsugar]

[heh... HEH]

Girls? Go wild for mysterious.

[snacklist]

Great!

[Wait... that sounded a little too enthusiastic.]

I mean... um.

[bloodsugar]

[hahaha. Abel laughs; lord he's adorable.]

...Have a girlfriend at home, Al...?

[snacklist]

Who, me? No. Definitely not.

[bloodsugar]

Well, why not? The tall and mysterious type with a heart of gold... hey, you must be a heartbreaker, huh? Not wanting to get tied down?

[snacklist]

Aha...

[Either that, or he's a disembodied soul in a suit or armour. One of the two. Subject change... SUBJECT CHANGE.]

Wow, look at all the shops. What's your favourite one here?

[bloodsugar]

[lskjdf you fail at subtly forever, Al. but he goes along with it, hoping he didn't make him uncomfortable oops...]

Ah! That one isn't hard... The Candy Bonsai, for sure!

[snacklist]

Ahhh, that sounds delicious!

[Sobbing. Why did it have to be a food place?]