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[saintedsinner]

-=The PCD clicks on without the owner being aware. The view is lovely, considering its of the ground. There's the sound of walking, and the screen is jumping in time with the movements of the person walking. The pace the person is taking is slow and measured, showing that they are cautious. And they might have never been here before

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[Voice]

[bloodseal_soul]

[A very long silence on the feed, filled with a background noise of something purring. The message is anonymous, and filled only with the soft rapping noise of a finger against something hollow and metal. The voice is oddly familiar in its undertones, but a bit deeper than Edward would have remembered. Right now, it's dark and suspicious.]

Prove you're him.

[Voice]

[saintedsinner]

Huh? Who's this? -=yes, he sounds really familiar.=-

Do I know you? And why the hell do I have to prove--

MOOOOOOOOO...

AH! Get the fuck--outta here!

[Voice]

[bloodseal_soul]

[... oh my god resisting urge to smile. And... have a giggle. One that definitely sounds familiar. That laugh hasn't changed at all, especially the way his voice hitches when he's trying to hide it.]

[Voice]

[saintedsinner]

Alphonse?

Where the hell are you? Where's Pride?

[Voice]

[bloodseal_soul]

[Points. Envy probably couldn't have recognized that laugh. But... caution.]

I'm not going to reveal my location until I make absolutely sure you're not Envy.

[He ignores the mentions of the dome, of Pride. He recognizes Ling, so this means that certain things might be different.]

Tell me something about our childhood. Something only you would know.

[Voice]

[saintedsinner]

....

-=was about to say something to the effect that Envy's just a little worm on his way to Xing, but there's something in Al's voice.=-

We scared the crap outta Winry when we transmuted a doll for her on her birthday.

[Voice]

[bloodseal_soul]

[A shaky breath, before his voice warms.]

Hi, Brother. Welcome back. If you press the button on the side of your PCD, it'll give me the coordinates and I can come get you.

[Voice]

[saintedsinner]

What? This isn't mine. I just found it on the ground with the note "pick me up."

PCD... -=there's some jostling as Ed finds this button, muttering at how stupid this all is.=-

*Ping!*

What kind of hoax is this, Al. You're supposed to be at the slums, keeping an eye on Pride, and I'm supposed to be in the tunnels, looking for Father...

[Voice/De-anon!]

[bloodseal_soul]

The scientists leave it for everyone when they first arrive. On my way, but I'll explain...

[Each of Al's inflections and his speech, the way he pauses on certain words, the way he'll add in a soft edge of a laugh or an imperceptible bit of hesitation, it's all him. After all, he's expressive even without a face. There are footsteps... with no accompanying clanking.]

Right now you're getting a lot of messages from people you don't know, who know you, right...? Well... they're not lying.

Nothing happened to Amestris, this is a separate incident. We've heard of parallel realities, right? Well, in a different world, there were some scientists that tried to control time and space, and broke it somehow. Not all worlds, realities and times are being compressed into this one place. People pop in with no warning from any point in their lives, and they leave the same way, with no warning.

[Voice/De-anon!]

[saintedsinner]

... Scientists broke the universe and we're stuck here.

...

You on soft ground or somethin'?

[Voice]

[bloodseal_soul]

No. But I do have a surprise for you.

[Voice]

[saintedsinner]

Al.

You know how I don't like surprises.

[Voice]

[bloodseal_soul]

You'll like this one.

[Voice]

[saintedsinner]

Look. I've had way too many to count today already.....

[Voice]

[bloodseal_soul]

It's... kind of hard for me not to tell you, if you want to see me...

[Voice]

[saintedsinner]

What?