(Canon is Fullmetal Alchemist)

[roy_mustang]

Hardly a creative username, but I guess there's no particular need to be; the population here is still rather sparse. Getting a name doesn't do you much good if there's nobody to play with though, does it?

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[visionofzosimos]

I'm sure you could rustle up a couple of familiar faces if you're feeling that lonely, Mustang.

[roy_mustang]

...Ah...


You're...!

[visionofzosimos]

Good to see that eye of yours still works.

[roy_mustang]

[There's a few moments of hesitation that he would prefer to call contemplation, but to his credit he manages to do something other than stammer in disbelief like an idiot.]

...Your eyes are different now, too.

[visionofzosimos]

[A sardonic smile and a helpless shrug.]

Can't get anything past you, can I?

[roy_mustang]

Should I ask what happened, or would it be more pertinent to focus on who you are?

[visionofzosimos]

It'd be almost funny that you're the one asking that. [Almost.] Call me "Laz". Everyone does - or everyone would if anyone knew. You know how people prefer a thing like human transmutation to be swept under the rug.

[roy_mustang]

[Roy gives him a careful once over, eyes never completely straying from his face, as much for whose face it is as for cautionary purposes.] Human transmutation... That would mean, in other words, that it would be an insult to his memory to feel nostalgic just by looking at your face.

[Normally good at playing cold, he makes a face; saying something that harsh, even if he's admitted to not being Hughes himself, feels unsettling.] But, you seem to have at least some of his memories...

[visionofzosimos]

[Laz bristles slightly before forcing himself to calm down. He hates talking about him. From how everyone acts around him, Maes Hughes sounds like a blasted saint - and Laz isn't.] Hey, don't knock nostalgia. If you weren't missing the old days so bad, I wouldn't even be here.

I've got enough of them, yeah. [And back to brusque because yep, hates that too.]

[edward_elric]

Sounds like you didn't change as much as I thought you did. If it's too empty, find another place.

[roy_mustang]

Did I sound lonely to you?

[edward_elric]

Yeah, ya do. I knew it wouldn't be the same without me but I thought you'd find other stuff to do.

[roy_mustang]

Don't you think you're overestimating your presence in my social life?

[edward_elric]

You found enough time to come here and complain about the name.

[roy_mustang]

Can you blame me for wanting a little more creativity, a few signs of intelligence from the people I work with?

[edward_elric]

You mean the people who do your work for you?

If you don't want that name, you can use won't_work.

[roy_mustang]

I am more or less retired now.

[saintedsinner]

Did I finally punch you out, Colonel?

[roy_mustang]

Sorry to say, you don't get to claim this injury, Fullmetal.

[saintedsinner]

Well, it was worth a shot. So what's this business whining about not being able to play games with people?

[roy_mustang]

There's not many of us who've moved over to here. There are more moving every day, but given most are in the middle of an inspired, impassioned surge, probably by summer the numbers will have thinned again.

[saintedsinner]

More's the pity. And here I was hoping to find someone with some balls to put chaos into order.

[roy_mustang]

Admitting that you admired and depended on me?

[saintedsinner]

Admitting that you're the lesser of two evils. I'd rather have some egomaniac at the top who actually gives more of a shit about the people under him than his own narcassistic tendencies.

[roy_mustang]

The Fullmetal Idealist is willing to settle on an evil again? I'm surprised you're not some kind of anarchist. That's popular with hot blooded, angry types your age.