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fossilised2015-08-28 12:21 am
armoured) wrote in fossilised2015-08-28 12:21 am
Snowblind Body Shenanigans
This is an open post for anyone set in Norfinbury. It's a random scenario where @Admin has (for mysterious meme reasons) decided to give Al his body back. This isn't game canon, obviously, I just wanted to play about with Al in his body as it will never happen in game. Action and network responses are welcome, as well as fudging the locations of characters.
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[Al has become used to his periods of unconsciousness during the night now. He still can't think of them as sleep, not without dreams or his real body to rest in, but they're at least predictable. Usually he wakes quickly and without any grogginess that would come from real sleep, but today everything has changed.
He wakes up slowly that morning.
As soon as he wakes up, he knows everything is different. He can feel the wooden flooring under his back, rough and splintered, and hear the thud of his heart beating in his ears. He lifts one stick thin arm in amazement to stare at it, almost uncomprehending as he looks at his fingers splayed out in front of his eyes. This must be a dream. It has to be a dream, his first one in years, but... God, it feels so real.
He's in a state of shock as he pulls up to unsteady feet and scoops up his tablet automatically. He can barely keep hold of it, his fingers have none of his usual dexterity and his hands are trembling violently. It's this trembling that causes his fingers to slip and activate the video feed. The camera is at a strange angle, but it shows the upper half of a teenage boy in an extreme state of emaciation. His ribs are protruding and his stomach is concave. He has long blond hair that hangs down over one eye, the other one is wide and staring in surprise.
His legs seem ready to fold almost at once, but he forces himself to walk to the door and open it. The sunlight on the snow almost blinds him, and the wind causes goosebumps to raise on his skin immediately. He sets one bare foot in the snow and gasps, a delighted and amazed sound.]
Wow, it's so cold...
[He laughs softly, unable to stop the sheer wonder bubbling out of him. Is this real? Can it truly be so?]
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[Al has become used to his periods of unconsciousness during the night now. He still can't think of them as sleep, not without dreams or his real body to rest in, but they're at least predictable. Usually he wakes quickly and without any grogginess that would come from real sleep, but today everything has changed.
He wakes up slowly that morning.
As soon as he wakes up, he knows everything is different. He can feel the wooden flooring under his back, rough and splintered, and hear the thud of his heart beating in his ears. He lifts one stick thin arm in amazement to stare at it, almost uncomprehending as he looks at his fingers splayed out in front of his eyes. This must be a dream. It has to be a dream, his first one in years, but... God, it feels so real.
He's in a state of shock as he pulls up to unsteady feet and scoops up his tablet automatically. He can barely keep hold of it, his fingers have none of his usual dexterity and his hands are trembling violently. It's this trembling that causes his fingers to slip and activate the video feed. The camera is at a strange angle, but it shows the upper half of a teenage boy in an extreme state of emaciation. His ribs are protruding and his stomach is concave. He has long blond hair that hangs down over one eye, the other one is wide and staring in surprise.
His legs seem ready to fold almost at once, but he forces himself to walk to the door and open it. The sunlight on the snow almost blinds him, and the wind causes goosebumps to raise on his skin immediately. He sets one bare foot in the snow and gasps, a delighted and amazed sound.]
Wow, it's so cold...
[He laughs softly, unable to stop the sheer wonder bubbling out of him. Is this real? Can it truly be so?]
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He can't be that burden on them, just like he couldn't be that burden during the fight with Father.]
Brother...
[He reaches out a skeletally thin hand to take Ed's, still feeling a thrill of skin on skin even if his mood remains sober.]
You know it won't be that easy here, food is scarce at the best of times and moving through the snow will get a lot more dangerous if you're slowed by me.
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[ there's determination there, but anger as well, because even the thought of leaving Al behind is out of the question, no matter his condition. ] We have a group here. We'll work together and we'll get you back to normal, okay? I'll carry you, and besides right now you're really light, won't slow me down at all.
[ that's not true, he can't begin to think about the way his limbs grow sore and start sticking, the extreme temperatures bad even for this special alloy. he gives Al's hand a tiny squeeze back, not too much. ]
We'll find a way, Al. We always do.
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He knows as well as Ed that the automail can only stand so much punishment, and even with a minimal of extra weight it might fail sooner or more painfully than before. But he forces a smile to his lips all the same, trying to appear confident.]
R-Right, we will.
[Maybe he can get Ed to go for something else?]
It might be easier for us both if I stayed here for a while, just for a few days until I can walk on my own? The rest will probably do me good.
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We can stay here a few days, but we can't stay too long. We have to be careful, the monsters will find us here. They seem to migrate closer when we're in groups.
[ but for now it would be best that Al rests, of course, that he tries to heal and get healthy. he feels bad enough that the fall hurt his brother's shoulder. ] I'm sorry you're in pain, Al. I'm sorry.
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Not us, Brother, just me.
[He smiles, a small but genuine smile.]
I'll be okay here on my own, you should go on ahead and find some more supplies. You can always come back for me when you've found more food.