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.

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[He chuckles, oh the humour.]

Well, I've lived in Amestris for fifteen years, so I guess I'm pretty old to living there.

[onlyanapple]

Fifteen years, huh. I've had longer naps.

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Wow, you must be pretty old then!

[onlyanapple]

Over six thousand years.

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WHAT?!

[onlyanapple]

[Louder] SIX THOUSAND YEARS

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[The only person he knew who had lived anywhere near immortality like that was... his father. Though the Homunculi could technically live forever as well, perhaps...]

Are you a homunculus?

[onlyanapple]

What? NO. I'm far older than those creepy bastards.

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But... you do know them?

[onlyanapple]

You can't really avoid that sort in Hell.

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...In hell?

[onlyanapple]

Yeeeah? Where all demons come from?

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This is so weird...

[onlyanapple]

Why? Where do they come from in your home world?

[snacklist]

Nowhere! There aren't any demons in my world!

[onlyanapple]

But you have homunculi?

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Y-yeah, they're not the same thing.

[onlyanapple]

What are they where you're from, then?

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They're... things created with alchemy, using a philosopher's stone to separate parts of yourself.

[onlyanapple]

...Well, that sounds needlesly complicated.

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It's not something anyone should do. Not ever.

[onlyanapple]

And yet they do it anyway, because people are stupid.

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Hey--! That's impolite, and not even true.

[onlyanapple]

Oh no I'm being impolite, whatever can I do?

And it is true, I've seen enough of humanity to come to that conclusion.

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Not all of humanity, some people are really smart.