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[heartboxer]

[ sparkle sparkle sparkle. Armstrong stands attentive at the recent news he's received. ]

Another military assignment?! Amestris is in such a fragile place, there needs to be creation, rebuilding, support!! The people are in need of the Strong Arm Alchemist and.... [ His shirt rips, revealing his rippling physique in a shower of twinkling pink stars. ] his beautiful muscles!

[ Unfortunately for Armstrong, the decision has been made, and the app has been written! Besides, your friends need you and there's serious eviiiiiiilllll afoot in the city! ]

If that's the case, I'll go. To protect from evil is a personal creed of mine that I will uphold! Heropa! Beware the cunning talents of the Armstrong family that have been passed down for generations! [ Sexy, proud, strong flexin' for the honeys immediately follows. What an impressive demonstration of strength! ]

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[oblique_order]

[Did someone say military?

Excuse you kindly, Maria is now curious.

Even if she's anything but impressed by all of that nonsense.]

How much can you bench, if you're so tough?

[heartboxer]

[ oh gosh why don't you make the mun look up things he'll never do!!!!! ]

Easily over a thousand pounds! Strength is a trait that been passed down the Armstrong family for generations! My little sister, Catherine Armstrong, can toss pianos without problem!!

[oblique_order]

[Because this mun loves you, dwi.]

Uh-huh, might be a big deal for humans, but that's nothing. I can lift cars without trouble, one-handed. [Okay, maybe not one handed, but still. It's not fair comparing yourself to a human, Maria, rude.]

[heartboxer]

That does not sound difficult in the slightest for a man of intense physical perfection like myself! [ FLEXING. EVEN MORE FLEXING. LOOK AT THESE MUSCLES. ]

[oblique_order]

[NO, STOP THAT. DO NOT WANT YOUR MUSCLES, MAN, DO NOT WANT
That and she's more than annoyed with someone not bowing down to her level of awesome.]

That's not even the beginning of what I can do. Bet you can't live thousands of years, human~

[heartboxer]

Well, of course! I am only a human and immortality is not meant to be achieved. That is why I make the most of the life I have now!!

[oblique_order]

[Back up, is he seriously not upset by that.

Why are her tactics not working.]

Pah, immortality is for those of us who deserve it, anyway. Fleshy humans aren't meant to live forever, anyway, only someone of my level could remain like that. [Ignoring the part where she technically isn't a country anymore, that's irrelevant.]

[heartboxer]

And just what is your level? [ Another homonculus? ] Immortality does not mean invincibility. [ Sometimes it just means you gotta kill them until they stay dead. ]

[braided_icarus]

M-Major......you're coming too?

[Ed is. Not sure whether to be thrilled or scared at that prospect. No doubt he would try keep tabs on Fullmetal and be a hindrance if he plans anything remotely reckless with attempting to figure a way home.]

lowkey i almost added an chibi distressed edward icon cause it only had his face and i thought

[heartboxer]

[ ooc: it was Armstrongs. OOPS. ]

But of course, Edward Elric! Especially if you are there! I cannot leave my friends to be in danger in the city of Heropa! Especially if I can avail them by using the hereditary Armstrong techniques that have been passed from generation to generation! [ The tabs would be kept, but, believe me, he would be all cooperative for some of the more outlandish ideas in comparison to Mustang or Hawkeye. ]

oh pfft. Ed's hair is a bit different. And no moustache. But I guess depending on the crop?

[braided_icarus]

O-of course......I'm sure the Colonel will be glad to have another subordinate around.

[Yeah. If he is lucky, he can just fob the Major off on the Colonel. Not that he doesn't anticipate that biting him in the ass when Armstrong is set on tracking him to keep him out of trouble, but still.]

http://imgur.com/IqtuLPG the alleged icon

[heartboxer]

The Colonel is there?! [ Armstrong's initial surprise gives way to a bright, beautiful, sparkling smile. ]

I must say!! If that is the case then I have to go! I owe a lot to the man who was able to help me protect the people of Amestris and demonstrate the strength of the Armstrong lineage! [ bodybuilder pose #35346 is formed. ]

ah right. silly chibi screenshot prob did not help.

[braided_icarus]

Yeah. It's him, the Lieutenant, Al and I, Winry and two homunculi. Greed and Lust.

[And yeah. Basically. This face. Armstrong and those muscles and the need to show them off......]

it's an understandable mistake, really!

[heartboxer]

[ Um. Wow. Nice job hiding some pretty large secrets there, mun. ]

Homunculi....? But, shouldn't they be....? [ Congratulations Ed, you've done what no man has done before: speechless Armstrong. ]

[braided_icarus]

Yeah, this Heropa? Doesn't care about Equivalent Exchange. Brings back people from the dead, apparently.

[Some. How. He has no idea. But he is both terrified and confused at this idea. Of the implications. He sighs, giving a shrug.]

It's a long story. I'm sure you'll get the whole spiel when you get here too.

[heartboxer]

I guess it would make sense considering this is its own world with its own rules, but to bring people back from the dead? [ How extreme... ] And its choices in reviving the dead trouble me too. [ Homunculi? Does this world decide who arrives based on power...? ]

[braided_icarus]

No kidding. I'm still not sure how much control these guys actually have in terms of who shows up, to be honest.

[They already confirmed that bringing back the dead is not actually possible back home. And yet this place does it like it is the most normal thing ever to see someone previously dead walking around like that. It makes him almost feel physically ill, recalling that thing they created in attempt to bring Trisha back.]

[wavedrag]

[ WHAT THE SHIT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS DUDE SHE IS VERY CONFUSED

And coming from a girl in a military uniform herself: ] ...uh, good luck. I'm sure you'll...bench-press a lot of bad guys....

[heartboxer]

I do not defeat enemies by bench pressing them. Although, if you meant this literally, I could just throw a bench into them. [ oh armstrong you're so nice... ] I defeat enemies with a combination of the Armstrong's family signature strength technique alongside my own alchemy which is a beautiful technique that could make artillery, statues or fissures! [ He preps his hands into his gauntlets and flexes his gorgeous biceps. ]

Would you like a demonstration? I promise to not harm you!

[wavedrag]

[ ........wow, she's just laughing now. This guy is hilarious. Not so hot on challenging him, though, she's the speed demon, not the strength demon. Hmmm. ]

Alchemy...? Haven't heard that word in a while. [ considering it for a moment. A pair of bunny ears pop out of her head, and a large, intricately-pattered circle flashes underneath her feet...it looks a lot like a transmutation circle, actually. ] Eh, why not. Go for it, Mr. Muscles.

[heartboxer]

A chimera...? [ Those bunny ears and that circle. ] I'm not quite sure what type of alchemy you excel in but I would love to see a demonstration! Now, behold, the power of the Armstrong clan! [ Armstrong turns to the right so he's not facing Charlotte and pounds on the ground, raising part of the earth as the rest cracks like a shitty clay cup in a kiln. The raised terrain turns into spikes with a second punch which fire in a harmless direction. ]

This sacred alchemy technique... [ A dramatic pause that immediately becomes anticlimactic with its placement. ] is beautiful and exquisite!

SLIDES BACK IN HERE................

[wavedrag]

Nah, nah, I'm just a witch. I can do a bit of magic.

[ st...........aring..........at that though ]

Woah, terraforming! [ clapping!! ]

[appleknighted]

[ To protect from evil is an incredibly noble creed to uphold, but...!!!! ]

Sir! Your shirt! You can't really fight evil without a shirt, can you?!

[heartboxer]

Of course I can! Fighting shirtless is a bold display of one's deadly physique! [ flex flex ] It provides a distraction! If those cannot handle fighting me at my shirtlessness, they cannot handle fighting me without a shirt on!

In his 'verse, all Australian men are supposed to look like Armstrong

[ex_haveaplan64]

(Tries very very hard to keep his gaze from wandering.)

oh good lord...

[heartboxer]

[ DO THESE SPARKLES ATTRACT YOUR GAZE, MISTER SNIPER???? ]

TF2 has amazing canon

[ex_haveaplan64]

(The only thing saving Sniper from a fangasm is that there isn't chest hair in the shape of Australia.)

Pardon, I don't mean t' stare.

i've played it a couple of times!

[heartboxer]

It's quite all right! Stare away! My body is meant to be an inspiration! The world would simply become a better place if everyone had a physique like mine! [ It would also be a million times more deadly, but details. Details. ]

If Armstrong and Saxton Hale ever threaded together the universe would end and it would be awesome

[ex_haveaplan64]

(Hnnnnng.)

No complaints 'ere.

[sword_obsession]

Well don't you seem tough?

[Poor Armstrong has attracted Azrael's attention.]

I wonder how you would fair against my Grace and myself.

[There was no other person around the man to be referred to as Grace. The only thing that perhaps stood out was the rapier-like sword at his hip with the floral guard.]

[heartboxer]

Grace? [ He looks left. Then right. Then left again. Then he turns around and looks off into seemingly nothing before turning back. ]

I'm afraid I don't see anyone else here.

[sword_obsession]

You must be blind sir. My Grace is right here.

[He pulls out the sword and gestures it at Armstrong.]