re: transitioning to dreamwidth and hopefully coming back from hiatus

[alchimia]

'Sbout time, don't you think? Yeah, yeah, all that stuff going on and being sick's kept you from dragging me outta this dusty space inside your head, but now that things are getting better, I think you owe it to me to get me back. Y'know what I mean. Al's probably worried sick. Plus, I hear the old man showed up at the school. ...Means I gotta tell Al.

And then there's everyone at Ukiyo...

Y'know what I mean.

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[endureandwait]

At least your mun is feeling better. What school is this, anyway? [....Ed at a school, really. As if he would stay in one place long enough for studying long-term like that.]

[alchimia]

Winry... [ A bit of a grin. It's been a while since he last saw her in Central and it's good to see her, even if he feels an inward wince of guilt at leaving her. ] Heh, at least. And you'd never believe it. Crazy place doesn't even follow the law of physics.

[endureandwait]

[Luckily for you, Winry is from the manga and thus has no recollection of you leaving her to be on the other side of the Gate, Ed.]

How can it not follow the laws of physics? [That...can't be possible, can it? :l]

[alchimia]

[ Oh, that's good... okok ]

It's, uh... [ Scratches the back of his neck. ] Some weird magical school.

[ Yes, he knows exactly how stupid that sounds. ]

[endureandwait]

....What? Ed, you never have believed in anything like magic. [But then, some of these 'games' can be pretty weird and crazy. Winry knows this from experience.]

[alchimia]

Yeah. I know. Bunch of crap. Shouldn't be possible to do transmutations with little stick of wood.

[endureandwait]

A stick of wood? You mean a...[Wait didn't they have stories with those? What was the word again?] a wand, or something?

[alchimia]

You got it. And they wear pointy hats, robes, and fly around on broomsticks. Al's pretty good at flying, actually.

Place is called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

[ And you can just tell how ecstatic he is about it. ]

[endureandwait]

Oh. Mun has a muse from that. It still seems....strange to imagine you and Al there though. Don't go getting too many detentions. [She's about to ask about his auto-mail but...would he have it still, or would it have been tampered with or negated with the magic somehow?]

[alchimia]

Too late.

[ A half-smirk, half-grimace. Turns out, yelling at Snape on his first day in Potions hadn't been such a great idea. Snape took his over-reaction of being called a beetle a little too literally.

And he totally has his automail still. Refused to let Madam Pomfrey replace it with magic for... totally not sentimental reasons. ]

But before you ask, I'm mostly keeping out of trouble. 'Pparently, the old man's showed up recently too.

[endureandwait]

You--Ed! Ugh, you're impossible. What did you do this time? [Distracted from asking on the auto-mail by mentions of...?]

You mean...Mister Hohenheim is there?

[alchimia]

[ N-Nervous laugh!!! ]

Er... Yeah. He showed up while my mun's been on hiatus. [ Please forget he mentioned trouble. Please forget he mentioned trouble. ] Al's already talked to him, but I haven't had the chance yet.

[endureandwait]

Well I hope when you do you don't get too loud or violent. [Though she does understand to some extent. If a parent is alive they should be there for their children. Even if she knows the reasoning behind Hohenheim's journey a little, it's still upsetting.]

You're not answering my question, either. What did you do? Did you get into a fight or something? You haven't broken my auto-mail already have you?

[alchimia]

[ That's exactly what he did. ]

Of course not! If I did that, there'd be no one around to fix it right and there's no way I'm gonna let them use that damn magic on it!

[ Still avoiding part of that question... ]

[endureandwait]

.....Edward. If I'm not there you need to be careful and look after your auto-mail! Don't go being an idiot and breaking it! Jeez.

[Sigh.] I don't suppose if I had a look now it would do much either.

[alchimia]

I'm not breaking it, dammit! I've even been oiling it!

[ HUFF HUFF ANGRY HUFF as he tugs off his vest and shirt because he's not going to deny a chance to take off his shirt letting her take a look. ]

[endureandwait]

Good!

[Because he probably does spend half the time shirtless. I mean. Huffing right back at him before shaking her head and taking a look.] ...Hm. I suppose it could be worse. But honestly, Ed. You need to be careful, especially if there isn't another me there to do repairs. Standard maintenance will get you so far for so long before it will need to be looked at.

[alchimia]

[ It's a prerequisite for kicking ass. He has to rip his shirt off first. Holds very still as usual, grimacing when she comes across sensitive wires or nerves, but doesn't make a sound otherwise. ]

It's supposed to be your best and it's not like I'll be able to have it looked at again anyway. So I'm doing the best I can to take care of it.

[endureandwait]

Well, then you'll just have to hope one of the...me's will come to your game. That way you'd be able to keep it maintained and repaired if anything happens again. [Which it better not. :l]

[alchimia]

[ ....pause. For a moment, he opens and closes his mouth. ]

That won't be necessary, Winry.

[endureandwait]

What do you mean? Of course someone needs to be able to repair your auto-mail, Ed. [And she knows she doesn't seem to trust anyone but her and Granny with his.]

[alchimia]

I mean I don't want you to come.

[ So sensitive as usual. But he says it because he'd worry like hell. He's worried enough as is about Al. ]

[endureandwait]

Why, Ed? It can't be that bad..... [And she knows it is inevitable he needs repairs, the idiot. He needs her.]

[alchimia]

It's... worse than home. It's a war and this Voldemort guy wants to kill anyone who's not originally a wizard. He uses things worse than homunculus. It's bad, Winry.

[endureandwait]

That's-- [Ridiculous. There really is no reason for such prejudice. :l] But, you'll stop him, right Ed?