UN: flame.alchemist

[snapkaboom]

[Roy’s face appears on screen wearing his trademark smirk.]

So, are there any kind ladies to show a newcomer around? Don’t worry, I’ll pay for dinner.

While I’m here, I’d also like to ask about all the other worlds people were pulled from. I’d be willing to share about my own, of course.

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[alkahestic]

[ it's al's turn to look a bit confused. he glances back and forth between his brother and mustang, trying to understand the intricacies of the different timelines, which was hard given they were talking about things all over the place, time-wise. al frowns, fingers stalling on the vulpix and settling in its fur as he makes a noise in the back of his throat. ]

Hm. Winry was only ever held hostage by Barry the Chopper. That's when Brother was twelve. You know, the first case he ever solved. As for why I'm not certified... That's because I would've had to take the physical exam and that just wasn't possible as an empty suit of armor.

[ he pauses, setting "roy" down before rounding the counter and shuffling around for a piece of paper and a pen. ]

It's obvious some things are the same, but other things aren't. Maybe we should figure out the point when things diverge?

[alchemyfreak]

[Ed lets them talk, listening to the points made and trying to stack them against the information he'd gathered over the years - that is until Mustang mentions Winry. Golden eyes narrow in confusion, surprised that Al doesn't even bat an eye at the mention of the military taking Winry hostage.]

Bradley never announced that he was a homunculus, we found out from one of the chimera the military created in Lab 5. At the time we told you, you had no idea about it. When, exactly, was Winry taken hostage, Colonel?

[More importantly, how and why? No one he'd met in Purgatorium had mentioned that bit of information. Quite frankly she'd suffered enough from these bastards, but Ed hardly had it in him to lay out that accusation all over again considering recent events. Accusing Mustang from some other world of murdering his best friend's parents probably wouldn't get them very far right now.]

The only time I tried to cut my ties with the military I was twelve, you ordered me to continue Tucker's research after what that bastard did to his daughter!

[Sure, he'd left after Al became the stone, but they'd been on the run from the military, he hadn't exactly confronted the Fuhrer himself with that information, it was so that they could remain safe.]

As far as Liore goes, Scar turned it into a Philosopher's Stone. The military was planning to anyway but the people escaped through an underground tunnel. Scar tricked the soldiers into entering the city, becoming ingredients for the stone themselves.

Al's right, we should probably work on a linear timeline to figure out just how much is different.

[snapkaboom]

[Roy quietly lets Ed speak his mind. He's already convinced that this cannot, in any way shape or form be the same Edward and Alphonse he knows. Edward was far to adamant about events that did not take place, and too much of what he and Al told him just didn't make any sense.]

I agree.

[Roy pulls out his own small notebook and pencil from his pocket and flips it open to the next available page. It's already quite full of information, but there's still room for more. If he's going to be working with these Elrics, then he'll have to know where they stand with him and try to understand where they're coming from, even if it doesn't make any damned sense.]

So, we know that our memories of meeting each other are different. I can tell you right now that the issue with Tucker is also different, as you were what, about fifteen at the time? [The question is more for him to try to remember. He's not their dad. He doesn't keep track of how old they are.] As for what happened after he transmuted his daughter, I know you took it pretty hard. I told you to go home and rest.[But not before scolding him for getting so wrapped up in depression and despair for something he'd likey come into contact with again while he was a State Alchemist, but Roy didn't think that to be the important detail here.] Tuckers case was moved to Central since he was going to be transferred there for his trial anyway. Hughes and his team were in charge of it.

[Roy is disturbed with what Ed has told him about his counter-part's orders. He couldn't blame Ed or Al for being upset about it. Hell, he wanted to get upset about it and teach this doppelganger a lesson about how to treat his subordinates, not to mention question his logic about continuing the research of a man who was desperate enough to turn his own family into chimeras.

He looks up from jotting down his own notes, waiting for either of them to continue.]

[alkahestic]

[ glancing between mustang and his brother, al begins jotting down notes. he writes out a rough timeline of his and ed's lives before shifting it towards ed to check over it. ]

Here, Brother. You'll have to fill in the blanks for what happened after Envy kidnapped me. Oh- That's probably another thing that's different.

[ he's thinking back to the grand ballroom where his stone had been activated and envy had turned out to be the homunculus of their half-brother. even now, it seems like some bizarre nightmare, one where he'd been forced to watch his brother die. shuddering a little, he sighs and hands the pen to ed. ]

The Tucker we knew did the same thing, but later tried to use me and the Philosopher's stone to bring Nina back to life. [ his eyes dim at the memory. he'd been such a fool. ] It didn't work. Last I saw him, he was still stuck in the chimera form he'd been turned into.