I didn't think everyone was going to just settle down at once...

I really should find my own place, I had an apartment back home- there's really no sense sleeping on someone else's couch, anymore.

I mean, now that we've been here so long, and everything.

We're not going to magically just show up at home tomorrow... Right?

It looks like more people are showing up here again. That's too bad, I guess, but it was getting a little too quiet. I was just waiting for something bad to happen and shake things up.

Come to think of it... I haven't seen much of Rick or Mom around lately. I hope they're okay.

[she's wearing sunglasses, just like her sons do and has a worried expression on her face.]

... Doctor! We need a doctor!

[mutters a quick prayer under her breath]

[Fletcher is prowling the streets after dark. At some point, he got separated from Russel, and now he's stumbling around in a hunger-induced daze.

He will attack anyone and everyone -- who isn't a vampire -- who approaches him. Consider this your warning.]

[Russel is curious about just how many people would buy it if he pulled something like this. Oh, well; it never hurts to try, right?]

Just to let everyone know, my name is Edward Elric. Nice to meet all of you.

[It seems the bookstore has sprouted a new floor, meaning more room- and probably some upset Ishballans.]

Leo, Rick... can I uh- talk to you? Please?

I knew that Russel guy was trouble!

Leo? Rick? ... Boys? [is confused and frightened as to what's going on, but is glad to be out of the house and away from those soldiers- Maybe her sons were lucky enough to be sent away from there too.]

...[Alphonse is more than a little confused. Also, he lacks the ears and tail... because he hasn't been eating at the Scientific Anomaly Inn. He's totally a virgin, guys.]

What is going on?

[She spots a specific Ed on the street and rushes out in hopes of stopping him, book in hand]

ED-! MASTER EDWARD!