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WHO: Alphonse Elric (alkahestic) and Winry Rockbell (endthiscycle) [later, maybe Rikku (chrysophilist) and Ed (aphorismic) later??
WHERE: Outside Porter's building ; streets of the city ; the MAC.
WHEN: Sunday, Jan 24
WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: Winry has just arrived and Alphonse goes to pick her up. Fun different-verse confusion times are to be had.
FORMAT: Quicklog or paragraph? I can roll

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[alkahestic]

Already, Al was beginning to get more used to the strange technology of the city. It had been difficult at first, fingers fumbling on the buttons of the communicator or getting lost amongst buildings made of glass. But with the help of a few kind people and by working together with his brother, Alphonse was beginning to get the hang of it. Which was why it didn't take him too long to find the place where the Porter had first been, and thus finding Winry. Red coat fluttering as he hurried along, Alphonse was quick to throw a hand in the air and shout for his friend

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Winry barely even noticed him at first. Half her mind was still thinking on everything that had happened in the past hour or so, despite her determination to not get bogged down by that. The other half of her mind was just waiting for the tell-tale sounds of clunking armor. It had become an almost comforting sound, especially during those long travels she had shared with Alphonse across Drachma, and the desert area of Lior

[alkahestic]

"Ah-- W-Winry!" Al gasped, reaching out to steady her as she began to topple over. Suddenly he was nervous. Was that a bad sign? Did he do something wrong? Part of him inwardly winced at the thought that he might receive another wrench to the head. One thing he noticed was that Winry was certainly dressed different than he remembered. Maybe it was due to the time differences or something like that, so he put it out of his mind for the time being. Instead, he focused on helping her become steady on her feet.

Gloved hands on her shoulders, he gazed at her, eyes wide with worry and a bit of anticipation. "Are you alright?" he asked, hoping to help steady her.

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Winry had never been a particularly physical person. Hugging was definitely not something she did often, no even to her grandmother or the Elrics. She was much more of a person of words, and even then she wasn't one to mince them. Perhaps it had something to do with her profession. When you were an automail mechanic you had to touch people a lot. To attach their automail, to help them through physical therapy, to comfort them. To her then, it felt that all such things regarding touch should remain in the professional realm.

Today such thoughts left Winry completely.

She looked at him blankly, as if she hadn't heard what he said.

And then she lifted a hand to his face, barely brushing it before jerking her hand back.

It was real. It was really him. She didn't understand how, or why, but it was him.

Her breath hitched, her eyes filmed over, and then she threw her arms around him in a tight embrace.

hope this is okay!

[chrysophilist]

Rikku had never been particularly sheepish about talking to people she didn't know. In a place like Spira, it was really impractical to be, anyway--you were always meeting someone new where ever you went, so getting in people-skills while you were still young was always a good plan. And Shiva knew that Rikku was one hell of a people-person. Even after speaking with Winry for under fifteen minutes, she liked the girl, and was more than willing to show her around the MAC. Why not? Rikku hadn't had someone to explain things to her, but she was sure it'd be nice to offer that to someone else

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Winry almost considered pushing Alphonse forward and saying he was Winry--but unfortunately Rikku had already heard her voice, and while he was a tad bit girly looking, not quite so much to fool anyone for long. Besides it was better to get to know Rikku--as she assumed this girl was---before joking so easily with her. For all she knew the other might not take kindly to a jest like that, or interpret it as her truly trying to fool the other.

"Yea, that's me." she was surprised that the other had found her, she hadn't given directions after all.

"Alphonse, this is the girl I told you I was going to meet. Rikku, this is a friend of mine I just found out is here. His name is Alphonse." she introduced the two.

[alkahestic]

"Winry..." Al began, his concern visible in his features. He knew well that Winry was probably in love with his brother and also really cared about himself. It made perfect sense, after all. So it must've been a blow to realize that the Elrics she knew and loved were not the ones here with her now in a strange new world. Al wanted to help her feel better somehow. He wanted to see her smile again. So putting a goofy grin on his lips he nodded.

It was then that they were approached by another girl, this one Al recognized from the network on one of his brother's posts. He didn't know her name, but Winry seemed familiar with her.

Al waved and grinned a bit more, giving Rikku a slight bow before scratching the back of his neck. "Haha, hello! It's nice to meet you, Miss Rikku. Thank you for helping Winry."

[chrysophilist]

If she hadn't agreed to meet up with Winry, she would have automatically assumed that these two were on a date--they were sitting all nice and cozy, after all. If that had been the case, she wouldn't have dared interrupt; there were just some things a girl knew not to do, unlike some boys who followed people around making sure they "didn't get into any trouble" or anything. But those people were just overprotective, and Rikku was sure glad that none of them were around