another ed to add to the list

[ofabsence]

[Edward wakes up on a park bench. He's dressed in a pair of hospital pajamas (the regular clothes one would wear when staying at an asylum) as he was recently at Central's hospital for the clinically insane where he had been since age ten. The sixteen year old sits up and rubs his eyes. They widen when he finds he's not at the hospital anymore but

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Have an Al who was attacked by Scissorman >:3

[alclocktower]

A---are you all right? What...happened?

ohshi

[ofabsence]

[He lets go of his legs and holds his hands out in front of him. He closes his eyes as he clenches his fists and counts to ten softly. He's been taught to do this when faced with strange situations, because more than likely those situations aren't real. He opens his eyes when he's finished counting and looks around.]

I...It isn't...It isn't! Can't..N...Not...I...No..Can't be..Can't be...

Re: ohshi

[alclocktower]

B-Brother, what...

*Al takes a step closer, touching his shoulder in an act of normalcy and confidence that he's been starting to regain.*

What's wrong? Brother!

[ofabsence]

[He finally looks at Al and starts trembling.]

B...Brother...N...No I....S...Said goodbye..Goodbye...Goodbye...Alphonse...I said goodbye the day you died...Goodbye...Goodbye...

[alclocktower]

Brother, I....

I never died. He tried to kill me, but I....

*NICE, Ed. Act crazy to a traumatized kid...*

[ofabsence]

[He pulls his hair, thinking that this is still an illusion. It can't be real. Can't. Not real. It isn't. But if it is then how? How is Alphonse? No. He grabs holds of a few locks of his own hair and pulls at them as tears begin to stream down his cheeks.]

N...N...The gate! I....It took Alphonse...And Edward...Ed..I'm Ed...I said goodbye...Ed said goodbye...Goodbye...He tried to save him..Tried to...But didn't...Couldn't...