[The video feed turns on to display nothing but white. White and the vague shifting of a shadow, but even that seems to pass quickly. Then it's simply the white again. For a moment the only thing that can be heard is a sort of shuffling and the occasional frustrated little noise ( Read more... )

[It had been a while since Ed's last trip to the library. So today he'd decided to go in and take a look around... for old time's sake, or something. He'd perused the shelves he used to go through everyday, idly wondering if anything new would appear-- and then, as though he'd willed it there, he found this new book. An alchemy book, no less. And ( Read more... )

[There is a very displeased face on the communicator. It may be a bit of a strange face. But those who know Alphonse will at least recognize his voice.]

No... this can't be right at all.

[He is on the floor, presumably of the kitchen, given that there are cabinets all around and the legs of a kitchen table.Who put everything up so high? How am I ( Read more... )

 [The feed is obviously turning on by accident, since the first thing that can be seen is the floor and the communicator has clearly landed on its side. There's an awful lot of noise to go with it: rapid, heavy footsteps, someone yelling, someone else gasping and wheezing for air. And is that... the sound of something oozing?]

Brother?? What's going ( Read more... )

[Alphonse is looking, well, just a little bit shifty. His eyes scan the immediate area as though to be sure that a certain small blond alchemist is nowhere to be seen. Satisfied with that, he just has to hope that Ed isn't paying attention to the video feed. Or else his covert operations will all be for naught ( Read more... )

[Ed and Al are out on the streets of the city for once, instead of sitting in their apartment and studying their brains out. Actually, they're not just out on the streets walking around minding their own business; they're tearing the place up. If you didn't know any better you'd think they're at each other's throats, trying to beat one another into ( Read more... )

[It's shortly after midnight. Alphonse has been... a bit distracted by a book. It occurs to him that his neck feels a little stiff. Which would be odd enough, but he isn't paying attention. He reaches a hand up to rub at the back of his neck, and that... that is when he pauses. Wait ( Read more... )

[Alphonse isn't really sure what to think of these communicators. It seems a little strange, really, to just talk to so many people he doesn't know at all, or barely knows. But well... otherwise this place does get very lonely.]

Everyone... is doing better now, aren't they? It was all a little... even with the things we've seen back home... [The ( Read more... )

[Alphonse Elric is not blushing. There is a good reason for this. He is a giant suit of armor, and armor doesn't blush. Most of the time. Otherwise he would be. Because there have been things on his mind that shouldn't be there. At all. Nope. Nope nope nope ( Read more... )

[The communicator turns on with a flurry muffled thumps as over-sized leather and metal hands fumble with picking it up from where it's tumbled. The video isn't on, and the voice that comes through is that of a boy, though it sounds as though he's speaking from far away, echoing only slightly.Ah... did brother drop his watch? Really, Ed. You ( Read more... )