[You. What. Himorogi? Oh well guess what place he's really familiar with. Gee, familiar with just a few hours ago.
Blinking.]
Hello.
[Have a video of a sheepishly smiling Exorcist. Who is mentally prefacing everything he is about to say with a lot of apologies to how insane it's going to sound.]
I know Himorogi... [So funny, he really was just there.] But moreover you're in a place called Kannagara.
[A pause and an awkward grin.]
If you're like the rest of us, then... you've sort of been taken from your own world and brought here. There are quite a few of us who have. ... And I don't know of Amestris, sorry.
[Whoa, where'd you come from. Brb staring at the sudden picture on the screen, because, wtf. Amestris does not possess the capability to transmit video images.
Here, have some muttering, because his record function is still on.]
Amazing, a moving picture...thought it was just a strange phone without wires...have to show this to Winry later...
[Fiddling with it again, he's found the video function, and spends a few moments trying to center the picture on himself.]
Huh. Almost like a mirror, but...how is it...sending?
[And he would probably be sitting there pondering the intricacies of the Hitomi for several more hours if the edge of his thumb didn't brush against the replay button, reminding him that someone was actually talking to him.]
Allen, huh? I'm Ed. You don't happen to know an Al, do you? As in, Alphonse?
[That's the first part that really registers as making any sense, as the rest is drawing huge blanks of confusion.]
Wait, what do you mean, taken from my world? [He figures there must be a meaning he's missing somewhere. Maybe this country(?)/city(?)/town(?) has its own technical lingo or something?]
[Eheh. Yeah. Welcome to this. Although... videos were strange? He had kind of grown up around Timcanpy and then later the Order's golems... ]
Al? [Pause. Weird. Kind of similar to his name.] No, I don't, sorry.
Ah, I know it probably sounds ridiculous. [Really, it still kind of is. It still makes him twitch a bit to think he's using terms of 'world' rather freely. But that did... kind of... sorta...make sense?] People say that there are gods that have brought people to this place, wherever it is. That's how we ended up here.
[Not that he's seen them so who knows, but...
Anyway, he does straighten a bit and the feed tilts for a moment as if a creature-cameraman is remembering to look up a bit more to keep the young man in focus.]
I'm sorry, I know this is going to sound crazy, but... a lot of us seem to be stuck here. For now, at least.
[Lenalee eyes the video curiously, welcoming any distraction from what is rapidly becoming a very stressful day. Odd... it's not that he looks like Allen, really. Maybe a little, despite having none of the same features. But he does somehow remind her of him.]
[She glances away from her golem, flushing a bit uncomfortably. Maybe she's just thinking about Allen a bit too much. It has been one of those days. Shaking off the feeling, she smiles and responds.]
Hello. Everyone who was brought here can hear you, we all have a Hitomi. I'm afraid I've never heard of a place called Amestris or Dublith, you're probably from a different world.
[Her smile turns apologetic.]
As crazy as that sounds. I’m sorry, I haven't seen anyone wearing a suit of armor. Your brother... is probably still wherever you left him.
[She can certainly relate to that issue. Lenalee grimaces as her mind wanders to thoughts of Komui. No, enough problems to think about for one day. She tries to put on a reassuring smile.]
I don't think that they're 'gods,' but something brought us all here and demanded tribute. I would hardly call being trapped in another world a 'con.'
[Yes, she is bitter. Being stuck here is one thing, while thinking about it still makes her indignant it mostly makes her feel tired and homesick. But the whole idea of tribute still stings quite a bit.]
Yeah? What else would you call someone with power bringing you someplace that you can't leave, and then telling you to pay them tribute just to be able to live there? Sounds like a pretty textbook scam, if you ask me.
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Blinking.]
Hello.
[Have a video of a sheepishly smiling Exorcist. Who is mentally prefacing everything he is about to say with a lot of apologies to how insane it's going to sound.]
I know Himorogi... [So funny, he really was just there.] But moreover you're in a place called Kannagara.
[A pause and an awkward grin.]
If you're like the rest of us, then... you've sort of been taken from your own world and brought here. There are quite a few of us who have. ... And I don't know of Amestris, sorry.
[A sympathetic look, but smiling anyway.]
My name's Allen Walker.
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Here, have some muttering, because his record function is still on.]
Amazing, a moving picture...thought it was just a strange phone without wires...have to show this to Winry later...
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Huh. Almost like a mirror, but...how is it...sending?
[And he would probably be sitting there pondering the intricacies of the Hitomi for several more hours if the edge of his thumb didn't brush against the replay button, reminding him that someone was actually talking to him.]
Allen, huh? I'm Ed. You don't happen to know an Al, do you? As in, Alphonse?
[That's the first part that really registers as making any sense, as the rest is drawing huge blanks of confusion.]
Wait, what do you mean, taken from my world? [He figures there must be a meaning he's missing somewhere. Maybe this country(?)/city(?)/town(?) has its own technical lingo or something?]
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Al? [Pause. Weird. Kind of similar to his name.] No, I don't, sorry.
Ah, I know it probably sounds ridiculous. [Really, it still kind of is. It still makes him twitch a bit to think he's using terms of 'world' rather freely. But that did... kind of... sorta...make sense?] People say that there are gods that have brought people to this place, wherever it is. That's how we ended up here.
[Not that he's seen them so who knows, but...
Anyway, he does straighten a bit and the feed tilts for a moment as if a creature-cameraman is remembering to look up a bit more to keep the young man in focus.]
I'm sorry, I know this is going to sound crazy, but... a lot of us seem to be stuck here. For now, at least.
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[She glances away from her golem, flushing a bit uncomfortably. Maybe she's just thinking about Allen a bit too much. It has been one of those days. Shaking off the feeling, she smiles and responds.]
Hello. Everyone who was brought here can hear you, we all have a Hitomi. I'm afraid I've never heard of a place called Amestris or Dublith, you're probably from a different world.
[Her smile turns apologetic.]
As crazy as that sounds. I’m sorry, I haven't seen anyone wearing a suit of armor. Your brother... is probably still wherever you left him.
[She can certainly relate to that issue. Lenalee grimaces as her mind wanders to thoughts of Komui. No, enough problems to think about for one day. She tries to put on a reassuring smile.]
I'm sure that he's fine.
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It does sound crazy, and frankly this whole thing seems like a con to me. Especially since these 'gods' are asking for tribute.
[...He softens a bit at that last part, though.]
Yeah. He can take care of himself.
[He looks, and sounds, a little distant as he says it though.]
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I don't think that they're 'gods,' but something brought us all here and demanded tribute. I would hardly call being trapped in another world a 'con.'
[Yes, she is bitter. Being stuck here is one thing, while thinking about it still makes her indignant it mostly makes her feel tired and homesick. But the whole idea of tribute still stings quite a bit.]
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[Straight to the point]
...If you tell me if you see a train.
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Deal. I'm Ed. Edward Elric. Who're you?
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But that is unimportant.
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