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]

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[noblefive]

Heh. Any time. Glad I could help. You adjusting okay?

[snacklist]

Mm, I think so. It's pretty strange, isn't it? I feel like maybe I'm dreaming.

[Except he couldn't sleep.]

[noblefive]

Tell me about it. I'm supposed to be dead, after all.

[snacklist]

Supposed to be, isn't 'is'. You should be grateful for life.

[He knows what it's like, he's just a soul in a suit of armour, after all.]

[noblefive]

Well, believe me, I'll be making the most of my time here.

[Considering that, back home, he was ten seconds from being sucked into a void]

[snacklist]

That's the spirit!

So... um... where exactly is here?

[noblefive]

Place called Paradisa. Not sure where it is. Other people I've asked aren't sure, but it might be another universe.

[snacklist]

Paradisa, got it!

[Other universes aren't really something he's sure on, but having fallen through a Portal of Truth, he'll reserve judgement on that.]

[noblefive]

Fair warning. You'll see a fair amount of weird stuff here.

I know this because I'm one of them, probably. But there's talking ponies and everything.

[He's sounding serious.]

[snacklist]

[Talking ponies?! That gave a horrible flashback to a certain little girl and her dog.]

Chimera?

[noblefive]

Chimera?

[He sounds confused for a second] Those things that are a mix of a load of different animals?

Don't think so, they look like coloured horses.

[snacklist]

But they can talk...

Animals transfigured with humans to create intelligent and talking chimeras.

[noblefive]

I'm not sure. Apparently, they've never seen humans before comin' here.

[snacklist]

They might not remember, something so traumatic could hamper their minds.

[noblefive]

I suppose so. Been through it myself.

I dunno. They looked real enough. Not made, or anything. Think the best thing would be to talk to one.

Uh... The two I talked to were Luna and Twilight Sparkle, I think.

[snacklist]

You've... been through it? You're a chimera?

[What is his life turning into?]

[noblefive]

No. I've been through genetic modifications, though. I'm still human, just... Better.

[snacklist]

[A bit more quietly, but with conviction.]

There is nothing better than being just human.

[noblefive]

I can bet. I've been like this for 30 years, so I'm not the best person to be talking with.

[snacklist]

Thirty years...

What happened to your original body?

[noblefive]

What d'you mean, 'what happened'? I'm still in it. It was just... Changed. Enhanced through genetic implants

[snacklist]

Mm.

[Like Brother's automail.]

But why did you have the implants put in? Were you in an accident?

[noblefive]

If only. I was chosen. Taken by ONI when I was six.

[snacklist]

That's terrible!

[noblefive]

Yeah, but what can you do? I've done my bit over my service period to help humanity.