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[la_rouge_madame]

Characters: Angelina and whoever wants her.
Content: Ann is bored, and has gone looking for gossip and/or handsome men to flirt with.
Setting: All over the Amestris
Time: Anytime!
Warnings: Ann has this habit of being a shameless flirt sometimes. And she's prone to bad, crude jokes. Juuuust a heads up.

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[bondsofunity]

It had been since Ieyasu had entered the Amestris, but still he couldn't help but be taken by the sheer size of this vessel. The Tokugawa had their own ships, sure, but they were mostly for combat or transport purposes and comparing them to this ship made them seem like nothing but ants.

Truly, this is indeed a remarkable ship... he thought to himself as he wandered down the hallways. He wasn't that all used to the layout yet, which was why he was taking the time (since he was free now) to go around and commit the ship's floorplan into his head. His spirits had been a bit low since the dokuganryu and his migime had left, but Ieyasu was certain that he could handle this by himself. It was sad that they had to leave, but perhaps that was for the best; now it was just up to him to uphold the name of the private militia forces in Vohemar.

[la_rouge_madame]

...Oh, was that a new crew member? Not exactly her type, but still. Angelina smirked to herself before moving closer to find out who he was. "I haven't seen you around before. Are you a new crew member?"

[bondsofunity]

Ieyasu perked up at the voice that came from nearby, and he turned around to blink at the strange lady in red for a few moments before breaking into a smile that made him look a lot younger than his (already young) age.

"Yes, I was assigned here only recently!" he returned with a notable tone of eagerness in his voice. "Tokugawa Ieyasu, madam. I'll be working here as a Strategist!" Ieyasu for the most part probably did look a bit too young for a job like that, but then did take over a military clan at the age of fifteen.

[la_rouge_madame]

How old was he? Sixteen? There was no way he was older than that. Ann nodded in return, still smiling slightly. "I'm Angelina Durless, a passenger. How did one your age become a strategist?" she asked.

[barrelobuling]

Bu-ling and her monkey were sitting on top of barrels on the deck, munching on bananas taken from the kitchen. When she noticed Angelina, Bu-ling waved her arms in the air. "Hi, Red-oneechan!"

[la_rouge_madame]

Smiling, Ann walked over to Bu-ling. "Hello, Bu-ling." She waved at the monkey. "How are you?"

[barrelobuling]

An-nin waved back and stuffed the rest of his banana in his mouth. Bu-ling smiled. "Bu-ling is great! Everyone is working really hard on the show we're gonna do nano da! What about you, Red-oneechan?"

[la_rouge_madame]

"I'm just wandering around the ship uselessly," she replied flippantly. "There's not much for passengers to do when there's a show to be staged, and I'm bored."

[the19thchief]

Anyone up on the deck would be treated to the sight of a young woman dressed in pastels sitting on top of the railing with her legs dangling over the edge of the ship. It looked dangerous, but Huang Rong was safe in the knowledge that her reflexes were fast enough that even if she did fall she would be able to catch hold of the railing before she plummeted.

[la_rouge_madame]

...Were any of the children on this ship normal?

"Excuse me, young lady, are you alright?" Ann called. She didn't dare step closer, in case she intended to jump. Sometimes, that could provoke them.

[the19thchief]

She was normal...for a given value of normal, anyway.

Huang Rong tipped her head back and gave the woman a puzzled look, "Of course. Why do you ask?" Years of hanging around martial artists who regularly regarded rooftops as a perfect alternative to walking on the ground had informed her idea of what is and isn't dangerous.

[la_rouge_madame]

"Some might worry that you intend to jump from the airship, if you sit like that," Ann explained. "It's rather dangerous, after all."

[aliasjacqueline]

After his run in with Muraki's summon, Havoc had taken many pain pills and bandaged himself up to the best of his ability before resuming work as usual; it would not do for him to blow his cover /now/ of all times.

He headed to the Hangar, where he was expected to do the usual tune ups the military assigned plane needed.

[la_rouge_madame]

Ann was distracted as she walked through the ship. She was trying to decide if the hassle of locating him was worth calling her nephew when she ran into the crew member. "Oof."

[aliasjacqueline]

He winced at the impact, silently thanking the extra pill he'd taken, and manage to remain standing even with the injuries.

"ah, Sorry about that! Are you alright, miss?"

[la_rouge_madame]

Carefully holding her stomach, Ann nodded. "It's my fault," she assured him. "I wasn't paying attention to my surroundings. Forgive me."