.005 Resolutions

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[A: Phone (Open to All)]

[It's pretty late at night and Al is at the end of his rope. Ed has been avoiding him, he utterly failed to protect anyone he cared about when the town went to hell, and he was once more trapped in this stupid armour body. His voice is high pitched in a mix of distress and determination, coming all in a rush down the phones.]

I've had enough!

I'm not going to let this town hurt anyone I care about any more, and I'm not going to let anyone else get hurt. I know... I know I can't protect everybody, but I can help teach people who don't know how to protect themselves.

So... come to the park in the morning if you want to learn, and together we can help make sure that we can give this place a really good fight!

[B: Park (Open to All)]

[Sure enough, mid morning finds one Alphonse Elric in the park, ready to teach anyone who shows up. He knows a lot of people here are competent already, and that some wouldn't want his lessons. But if he can help even one person get better at defending themselves, then he's done a good job.]

[C: 1649 Albright Lane (Locked to Ed)]

[He has had more than enough of Ed avoiding him. He knew from others what had happened to Brother during the carnival, and he is furious that Ed hadn't come to find him as soon as it was all over. He has been around himself a few times since, but he always seems to mysteriously miss his big brother.

Not today.

He's hammering on the door loudly, big metal fist making a furious pounding that shakes the door.]

BROTHER! BROTHER, OPEN THE DOOR!

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[priceofmagic]

[ Al might find that Satou is already at the park... or she might have to wander around a bit to find him, but the point is that she's probably been out there since the crazy o'clock to wait. He sounded so upset on the phone and she wanted to help so much, but lately she feels that she just ends up making him cranky and that wasn't the time to risk upsetting her best friend.

She smiles when she finds him, holding a cup of coffee that's gone cold and draining the last drops before taking the sense to set it down when she waves. ]

Alphonse! A very good morning to you!

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[He would feel bad if he knew that she had been out there for hours already, but he can't deny that he's happy to see her. Their training has been a long time in coming, and she is one of the people that he is desperate to see protected here.]

Satou!

[He raises a hand enthusiastically and waves back, hurrying over to tower over her.]

Did you come to train?

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[handsforhealing]

Al...?

[ It hurts to hear him so upset, especially when she should have been there to stop that anger before it got to be so much that he's yelling. Even if his voice is high, Winry speaks as calmly as possible so as to not add to the fire; ]

Yeah, training sounds great, but take a moment, okay? Can you sit down for a minute?

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[Al never wanted to upset Winry. So it's a bit of a slap in the face to hear her reply, when he thought she would be fast asleep.]

Winry, I... Um, did I wake you up?

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[...................

Shit.

Nope.

NOPE HE IS NOT OPENING THAT DOOR. NOPE NOPE NOPE.

And then somehow Ed finds himself downstairs, hand on the doorknob and he's opening the stupid door and everything hurts and nothing is beautiful.]

What the hell d'you want, Al?

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[The worry and the anger that it had bred is building to a climax, and Ed's stupid demand when he opens the door is the last straw.

Fingers balling into a fist, he draws his arm back and lets a full-on punch swing for Ed's face without a second's delay.]

Park

[webball]

[Peter heard that phone call. He is a little concerned that a nine year old kid MIGHT be giving people some questionable self defense advice, so he's gonna mosey over to the park and give this gathering a skeptical and worried look-over. Now where is that kid...?]

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[Don't mind the giant suit of spiked armour over here, Peter, it's certainly not him.]

Um, excuse me? Are you here for the self-defence?

Park

[elevatoravatar]

[Elizabeth stops at the park and waves to Al]

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[He raises his hand and waves back, shouting over.]

Good morning!

park

[logic_and_magic]

[Gotta say Al, Crown is rather impressed. Seriously, all he's been hearing is calls about people complaining about people not being here or just about random stuff like how home is. GOSH, why are people not focusing on the problem at hand? Or at the very least doing something?

Welp, don't matter, this fifteen year old is coming to the park for a bit of practice. Gotta stay sharp and all. So Crown has arrived at the park and looking around. He see's a giant man in a suit of armor (damn, why so tall?) The 5'5 foot kid just walks over to him and stares up.]

Excuse me, sir, would you happen to know who that boy was sending out the invitation to come train?

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[Al isn't perfect, he wallows sometimes as well. But when he really hits the bottom, that's when he forces himself to do something about it, even if a lot of this determination is just a cover up for how he's feeling about his brother right now. Looking down at Crown, he nods.]

Mm. I'm Alphonse.

[tsunmuse]

[Well this sounded interesting. Don't get her wrong, she could defend herself if need be, but getting out to meet people at least was probably a good idea.

She stepped forward, brushing a hand through her hair as she looked up at him.] You're tall.

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[Al looks about as sheepish as a giant suit of armour can, rubbing the back of his head awkwardly.]

Um, I guess I am.

[Park]

[equinamity]

[Riza would've gotten involved via the telephone if Alphonse had not followed his comment by saying he would be in the park for training. So she dutifully headed to the park when Al said he would be there.]

Hi, Alphonse.

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Lieutenant!

[He's spinning around when he hears her voice, raising a hand in a half awkward wave. Had she heard his outburst earlier?]

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[noluckduck]

[Oh, for fuck's sake. Why are most little kids here in way over their heads? And how do they actually manage it pretty okay?]

Look, that's a terrible freakin' idea.

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H-Huh?

[The unexpected dissent puts a spanner in his tirade.]

Why is it a bad idea to learn to defend yourself?

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[hintcoinplz]

[Luke missed the message, but he's doing a bit of his own wallowing in the park. It's becoming kind of a tradition really. But it's kind of hard to ignore a giant suit of armor standing around in the park, so he'll cautiously approach completely unaware it's Alphonse or that he met said suit of armor in the funhouse.]

...Hello?

[He's seen weirder things, but this...this was pretty weird right here.]

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[Al also doesn't know this was the person he met in the funhouse, it had been too pitch black in there to recognise anyone.]

Good morning!

[B]

[forever_cheery]

[Someone shows up, looking unsure. A pretty teenage girl who looks unsure of herself decides to attend, but she's not sure who she's looking for. Oh, but there's someone in armor! He probably has something to do with fighting...]

Um, excuse me? Were you the person on the phone...?

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[He doesn't judge anyone who wants to show up, he knows that size and gender have nothing to do with a person's fighting ability.]

Right! I'm Alphonse, did you want to train?

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[littleredwolf]

[Sansa stayed up most of the night debating whether or not she should come. For a lady to fight like a man is the height of impropriety - it says that she is ill-mannered, bad-tempered and that she doesn't know her place. She'd scolded her sister for it often enough at home.

But.

But even here in Mayfield, she has nightmares about the riot in King's Landing. About what would have happened if no-one had saved her from the fists and stones and knives of the people.

So she finds herself in the park the next morning. For a while she looks for the boy on the phone, but there doesn't seem to be anyone like that here. She approaches the giant suit of armor with her hands folded primly in front of her.]

Ser knight?

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[When Al arrived in Mayfield, he had no idea what a knight was. Now he is intimately familiar with it. From what he's heard and read about, it's quite flattering to be compared to a knight.

Hopefully it won't disillusion poor Sansa too much when the voice of a boy comes out, tinny and hollow. He raises one arm in a dorky sort of wave, sounding cheerful and friendly.]

Um, hi! Are you here for training?

B!

[scytheyouout]

Hey, you here for the training...?

[Soul could handle himself pretty well in a fight, but without his Meister he was still pretty useless. Some hand to hand training wouldn't be a bad idea.]

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That's right!

[He raises his hand in a fist bump of enthusiasm. HE'S THE BEST TEACHER!]

B)

[begintheoperation]

[Fran shows up at the park on her own business, not having met Al yet. She ends up over at the field where the tractor cows are grazing, and is performing minor maintenance on them.]

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[He doesn't want to disturb her in... whatever she's doing, so he just raises a hand in a polite wave.]