mayfield_rpg | .005 Resolutions

[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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[ 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!

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?

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

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?

[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?

[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?

[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.]

[ Oh Al. Of all of the ways to reply... worrying about waking her. ]

No, not really. I've been up working on something. [ A partial lie. She's not up to much but distracting her thoughts. ]

You bet!

[ She claps her hands together enthusiastically, grinning dorkishly. Seeing him in better spirits than over the phone is reassuring. That phone call had worried her. ]

I brought absolutely nothing but my brightest smile and best spirits~! [ Because these are useful. Oh, and- ] And my coffee! But I drank that. So I'm all ready to go!

[He's relieved he didn't wake her with his outburst, which is seeming sillier and more embarrassing by the moment.]

Is it Brother's automail?

[Al giggles at her answer, her enthusiasm is definitely helping to blow away the cobwebs of distress from the night.]

Great! Have you done any hand to hand combat before?

[See this is why he didn't want to open the door, Al.

Al's fist finds its target easily and when it connects the impact sends Ed reeling. He stumbles backwards, falling flat on his ass in the entrance way.]

WHAT WAS THAT FOR?

[Shut up Edward you know exactly what that was for.]

[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...?]

[Elizabeth stops at the park and waves to Al]

[The hollow space inside his chest hurts, and he stomps in after Ed to bend down and curl his fingers into his brother's shirt. Lifting him right up and off his feet, he drew his fist back to land another punch on his face.]

You're an IDIOT, Brother. You're a real... idiot.

[He slams his brother back against the wall, leaning the full weight of his armour onto his shoulders to keep him pinned, light of his eyes glowing brightly in fury.]

I was so WORRIED!

Mm-hm! A little bit! Never had much formal training, though!

[ She's only picked up on enough to keep herself alive if she's cornered, at least long enough to escape. Satou's not usually the type to prefer hand-to-hand. ]

If you need a sparring partner, though, I can help!

[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?

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

Good morning!

No, something for- [ She pauses. Now that she thinks about it, it has been an usually long time since Ed destroyed his arm or leg. And it would explain why she hasn't heard from him... ] He didn't break it, did he?

Hello... You have no need to shout, but it seemed you were questing for strength in others.

I think learning to spar without weapons or abilities is a really good idea, because sometimes this place takes those away from us.

[He assumes a ready stance, centre of gravity lowered and arms up.]

Lets see what you can do!

No.

[There's a pause, he doesn't want to make her cry, but she's Winry. He can't hide something of this magnitude from her.]

He... died, when that carnival was here, and he he's been avoiding me since.

[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?

[ Yes, it's Winry. The healer. Who, when she hears something like that, can't get her mind to wrap around it. She knows Mayfield can do that... killing and reviving, but it hasn't hit this close to home since she got here. ]

He what?

Right! I think we should all try to get stronger here. Did you want to train?

[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.

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