[Al's up, though it's late for him. He's usually up around dawn and everywhere in the city, gathering supplies, making deliveries, checking up on his many projects, everything from the bridges on the river to making the rounds and checking the City's walls ( Read more... )

[Rooftops. The sounds of birds echoing in the false dawn. Al's up high, very high -- on the roof of a building that doesn't look familiar, at least not to anyone that's still here. It's rickety and looks like some of the things inside of it have buckled, but by the traces here and there, Al's reinforced it.

A battered tent is in the corner of the ( Read more... )

[ooc; With Ginia leaving and the others disappearing, Al does something long overdue. I didn't know where to put it, so I put it here.]

( [Letters] )

... well, Kitty's back home, safe and sound. Inuyasha found her. Really, he followed me home this time. Thank you, to everyone who kept an eye out for her, I really appreciate it ( Read more... )

I-I can't find my cat... she's been gone since last night, and she's never been gone this long... It's the white one with the longer fur, her name's Kitty, and she's very friendly. If she sees people she'll probably come up and rub against you ( Read more... )

[Screeeeeeeeeech ( Read more... )

[Alphonse is curled up by the hospital window, staring out it. Nearby him are papers spread out on a folding table, both typewritten and notes taken in his scribbling but neat handwriting. A chess set with a half-finished game is resting on the bed, where Al seems to have moved it to free up the table. A lunch is nearby, but it doesn't look like he ( Read more... )

[Al's voice is soft with forced calm, but his breathing is irregular, and there are screams and gunshots in the distance of the background.]

Ms. Unohana, this is Alphonse. I have Sasuke, he's hurt bad, I can't make it to the clinic on my own, my leg's...

[He trails off and sucks in a pained breath.]

Please, come he-

[The bang of gunshots ring ( Read more... )

[Al's laying on his back, in his bed in the Elric household, and though his expression is hard to read, his fingers are trembling just slightly, and his voice is a soft, scratchy whisper.]... how do we know what's real and what isn't ( Read more... )

[The feed flicks on to a sideways view of Sasuke and Al, putting together dinner in the kitchen. Al passes Sasuke some vegetables to cut into small slices, keeping him well away from the stove.]

I'm not going to set anything on fire if I'm near the stove, Al. [Sasuke cuts the vegetables while trying to sneak in a bite or two of sliced tomatoes.] ( Read more... )