Characters: ES!Uchiha Itachi/Crow (
moonlit_mirage ) and OPEN
Date/Time: Any time this week
Location: The Safezone in AD/The Wilderness
Rating: ???
Summary: Crow has gone to explore the wilderness and finds it to be a ruined city. But unlike the last time the Wilderness was a city this city is populated with real people. And killer bunnies.
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Somebody told me that you had a boyfriend who looked like a girlfriend I had in February of last year // It's not confidential I've got potential... )
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Before he really thought about what Itachi was saying, Al had unzipped his coat and shrugged it off. It wasn't big enough for Itachi to wear, but at least with it around his shoulders he might be protected from the rain. "Here," he said with a worried sigh, and swung it around Itachi's shoulders, pushing up on tiptoes to pull up the hood. "You're really out of it if you're apologizing. Are you still a little hungover from last ni-" and he froze when he saw the smile, as well as the glasses.
... and his eyes.
Alphonse stared wide-eyed at him. This... couldn't be Itachi, but his face was...
Fullmetal-san? Sasuke-san?
Alternates? Like Kamui? But he knew Ed's military name, and Sasuke... what...?
Al took a step back, half-raising both hands, not sure what he was guarding for, but deeply disturbed and uneasy. "Who are you?" he whispered.
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Crow folded the coat gently and held it out, non-threatening, to Al, his own expression thoughtful as the boy turned from friendly to wary.
"I have not been drinking, Fullmetal-san." Crow said quietly, examining the boy closely. When asked for his name... Fullmetal wasn't that forgetful. And he hadn't died again, not that Crow was aware of.
"I am Crow." He said, one eyebrow raising questioningly at Al's reaction.
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After a few minutes of walking at his slow pace, he spotted a figure in the distance and paused for a moment. It wasn't anyone he could recognize, so he had to be cautious. Not that he wasn't cautious around others anyway. He slowly crept closer, until he stood a few yards away before speaking.
"Hello?"
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"Hello." He greeted, bowing his head politely. He didn't recognize the other's voice. But then, this version of the wilderness was unlike others. People. And some of them familiar, some of them not. He wondered if this were stranger than the dinosaurs or not. Less teeth, at any rate.
"May I help you?" Not impatient, merely polite.
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"Not likely. Are you new here? I do not believe I have seen you around before."
He replied calmly, his Lexicon held somewhat loosely at his side. This place was dangerous, he knew this and was always prepared to defend himself.
"You may not want to let your guard down around here."
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"You might say that." He replied finally. "Thank you for the warning. I am never unguarded in the wilderness. I am aware of the dangers." He thought he was anyway.
"My name is Crow." He added, watching Zexion carefully for any recognition. "I apologize for the belated introduction. Who might you be?" Oh so polite, formal, proper. He was finding the wilderness this time to be... Fascinating. He wondered if the blue-haired man was from the Tree, someone he hadn't met, or one of the residents of this ruined place.
Ingrained caution kept him from asking outright. This could, after all, be one of the traps that would get him untimely killed. He had no wish for a memory wipe.
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He couldn't let him get ahead of him.
Luke, now with thoughts of Asch on his mind, stomped angrily through the city and toward the area in the Wastes that he had dubbed his training grounds. He was a few minutes away from the edge of the Safezone when he noticed someone out of the corner of his eye.
He looked over his shoulder and saw that the person was Itachi. He had thought that he had heard over the PCD that Itachi was hurt...so why was he wandering this close to the Wastes? Well...maybe Ms. Unohana had healed him already.
Luke stopped walking and yelled over to the dark haired man.
"Itachi? Is that you?"
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"My name is Crow." He said as soon as Luke was close enough. Get that out of the way before it got confusing. He'd already figured out that some of these people knew his name--but just like in his memories, instead of hearing his name all he could hear were crows.
And if something was obstructing his ability to learn his own name, then he was in danger. Proceed with caution.
"I am sorry to confuse you. May I help you?" He smiled, polite and calm and watchful as Luke stopped in front of him.
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Luke was confused now. He was sure that this was Itachi. He had only seen Itachi a few times while he was here but he was was almost certain this man was him ( ... )
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"Do not apologize. It is bound to be a common misunderstanding." Crow bowed his head politely and looked back at the strange fungus for a moment. "The pleasure is mine, Luke-san." Crow stepped closer to the redhead, curious.
"I see. Thank you for the warning. I sensed it was a bit... Dangerous. What does it do?" He didn't look hugely concerned, just curious as he stopped a polite distance from Luke, looking between the man and fungi creature.
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The people of this city didn't seem accustomed to someone racing about, dipping and darting between crowds of people. It felt nice to run around again after being confined to first a hospital bed and then Chosen's house. She was fairly certain that someone was likely to be tailing after her that day but it didn't matter because she came into the center of a large square and looked above her in wonder. Buildings as far as the eye could see was something she had never seen as far as she could recall.
"What is this place," she asked out loud to herself.
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"The wilderness is... Quite different this time, Lucy-san." Crow said softly as he stepped up next to the girl. "Be wary." His voice was soft and low. "Things here are... Different." He raised his voice to a normal speaking tone and settled himself on a bench.
"I've been exploring here for a while. You know you shouldn't enter the wilderness alone, Lucy-san. I hope Chosen-san or someone else has come with you and I just haven't spotted them?" His voice was mildly chiding, his expression said he knew she'd come alone.
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"What about you then?" she countered. "Didn't you come down here by yourself? If so, you're just as guilty as I am. But yeah," she said with a change of topic. "This place is different. There's never been people down here before. Is this normal?"
If he was going to admonish her for being a reckless, foolhardy teenager, now was definitely a good opportunity to do so. She smiled sunnily at Crow hoping to defuse any such notions as she'd been expecting from someone sooner or later.
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It was a little unnerving.
"Guilty as charged, Lucy-san. I suppose we are both in the wrong. I cannot recall ever hearing of people in the wilderness before. And they seem to be real, not just shadows or fakes. All the same I'd be wary in dealing with them, if you decide to, Lucy-san."
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