ITS A BIRD. IT'S A PLANE. IT'S A TINCANNN!

[markedsin]

Characters: markedsin + vatheon
Time: Morning
Location: Plaza
Style: [Action~ c:]
Status: OPEN LIKE COREY'S ARMS

[Sup Vatheon? Strolling through the plaza today you might notice something quite unusual. Seems the bubble has invested in a new accessory?

Stationed by the coral is a very large suit of armor. Shimmering in the morning light twinkling down from watery sky

Comments

[scarredsin]

[Well, it is a rather early morning. A rather early morning that Ed decided was the perfect time to hit up the library for the morning and see if he could figure out a way outta this bubble. All well and good they wanted his dashing good looks, but... he had a promise to keep and a bad guy to kick the shit out of.]

[So what was it the elder Elric doing? Well, checking that damn list. It'd become a morning routine. check the list, go about the day, check the list, sleep. He'd damn well be the first one to know if Alphonse showed up.]

[Wait.]

[Waitadamnminute.]

[Rubbing his eyes.]

[And then a grin crossed his face. Well, if this wasn't luck rearing it's good side for once, he didn't know what was.]

[Screw the library, he was headed straight for that damn coral. HOLD ON BB BRO. BIG BRO'S A COMIN'. Sure enough, as he rounded the corner, there was that very familiar suit of armor.]

Took ya long enough! Don't tell me ya got all rusty.It's hard to take off! [He grabs a towel and full-out sprints towards his little bro.]

[markedsin]

[It was so weird. Al suddenly felt like he couldn't remember what he was supposed to be doing and before he could comprehend what was happening he found himself in Vatheon's plaza.]

...

[Whoa! Wait a minute! Where's his brother and how did he end up in the middle of this strange town? Hadn't they just been at the library?]

[OH NO. WAS HE MISTAKEN FOR LUGGAGE AGAIN? ABDUCTED BY THE HOMUNCULUS OR WORSE-- ALIENS? DOOMED TO NEVER AGAIN SEE HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY--]

[Oh wait, there's Ed now, B-lining straight towards him.]

Nii-san! Oh thank goodness you're here! I was beginning to think I'd been abducted! ... I-I wasn't abducted, right?

1/?

[scarredsin]

[Hold up there, Al. Before he answers, Ed's checking you over like the crazy detail-oriented bastard he is, ensuring all parts of his little bro were intact and good to go.]

[scarredsin]

[CHECK CLEAR. INITIATE LITTLE BRO CLING MODE.]

[scarredsin]

[Aaand back to normal.]

Man, when you call it, you call it, Al. [Ed sighs kinda heavy, tucking his hands in his pockets.]

Yeah. We were abducted, in a sense... [Jeez, how to go about explaining this...]

[markedsin]

[Ah, derp. /is brospected and clung to.]

...WAIT YOU MEAN WE REALLY WERE ABDUCTED!?

[ASDFGHJK]

H-How did this happen.... and by WHOM???

[scarredsin]

[Hey, you just took a swim in saltwater, little bro. You were in need of a good inspection.] We need to get a few towels and get that saltwater out of the cracks... Don't need you rusting...

[Ed sighs, pointing towards the coral nearby.]

Apparently, that stuff did it. Hell if I know how, but... I woke up here two, maybe three weeks ago now, soaking wet like you are. From what I've been told, we get taken here to keep that barrier from crashing in or something.

[markedsin]

Oh!

[...]

[Wait. He's wet? Just now realizing this.]

... How come I'm wet, nii-san?

[Looking to the coral now.]

What is that thing? It looks like... [A giant coral :|]

[scarredsin]

Well, we are underwater... And I can feel it in my joints...

[Ed looks back towards the coral and shrugs.]

Coral... It's got the same kind of composition as normal coral... same feel... It's weird though. I've heard if you don't touch it every couple of weeks, you feel drained...

Hell if I know if it's true though... [And now he's taking that towel and starts drying.]

[markedsin]

Underwater!?

[Looking up now and HELLO SKY MADE OF WATER. WAT.]

How can a city like this even exist?

[This whole thing is just absolutely crazy. One minute they're in the library and the next they're in an underwater city? 8|a]

Wait... did you say you woke up here weeks ago...?

1/3

[scarredsin]

Beats me. There's no real explanation for it. I've been researching as much as I can, but mum's the word around here...

I could only find information in... [Reaching into his coat pocket...]

[scarredsin]

This handy dandy brochure!

[Yes, he seriously just did that.]

DONE.

[scarredsin]

[Hohoho]

Well I'm glad you got that out of your system, Steve.

[markedsin]

[. . . Alright then. He takes the brochure, glancing over it a bit before remembering his train of thought from before.]

But Nii-san, you couldn't have possibly arrived here weeks ago. We were only in the library just before... weren't we?

IT WORKED OKAY

[scarredsin]

[Bwahaha. My name is Edward Elric, hear my roar.]

Maybe you were... Come think, what's the last thing you remember, Al?

[Here, let him explain.]

You know how I said people come from different worlds? They come from different times even amongst their own world. Like... Major Armstrong. He's here too. He's from before Lieutenant Colo--... Well... Brigadier General Hughes. [It still leaves a bitter taste in his mouth.]

On the other hand, you've got me. I fought Kimblee... And just got better from that fiasco up in the North.

Bau Bau Bau

[markedsin]

The last thing I remember? Well... we were at the library in Central trying to find information on eastern alchemy.

[Waaait, different worlds AND different times? What. The. Heck.]

You're telling me that you're from a different time than me? This is all so strange!