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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Mm.

[He's a little uneasy about that, magic ignores the laws of equivalent exchange and throws off the balance.]

Magic is just a story where I'm from.

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Mm, from my world, too! But I've seen it firsthand in Paradisa. [and so has Al, eh? maybe he just doesn't know it yet.]

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That sounds amazing.

[Though he's reserved, it sounds more like the unbalanced workings of a stone to him.]

[bloodsugar]

Did you know we have some wizards, here? They can just... wave their hands and things get all... [slkjsdf this is his hands going in various... strange gestures. YOU FIGURE IT OUT.]

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[THIS IS SOUNDING MORE LIKE LIOR EVERY SECOND.]

Really? I'd like to meet one.

[bloodsugar]

Well, once you settle in a bit more... I'll toss one your way, eh? One of my good friends is a wizard, and he happens to have just arrived back in the castle! It's good timing, eh?

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People can come back here after they get home?

[That's... not good.]

[bloodsugar]

Mm, but... up until very recently, they never remembered their previous time here.

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And now they do? Does that mean you remember when you go home too?

[bloodsugar]

[shaking his head--]

It's a very recent development, Alphonse. I guess there's no way to tell if it was a freak occurrence, a game played by the castle, or... something that's going to stick from now on. Paradisa is really unpredictable that way, I'm afraid. Or if we'll remember when we go home, either.

[...he isn't sure that he would want to. find out all the things he truly messed up and won't be able to fix or prevent. but there's the chance that he could, right? save Seth... Caterina... maybe...]