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[disembodied]

Winry! Zampano! Jerso! May! Scar! Can any of you hear me?

[ there's a cla-clank-clank in the background of this and a strange echo to the voice. The snapshot only captures flashes of forest and snow. ]

It's no good... we must have gotten separated somehow. But these wings, and the talking animals... this strange book. Just what is going on here?

[ PLUNK... PLUNK PLUNK PLUNK. CLUNK. ] Huh? [ the clanking stops. the journal's picking up on the loud, angry sounds of squirrels now. ] I-I'm sorry! I'm going now, you don't need to worry- [ CLUNKCLUNKCLUNKCLUNK! that actually hurts when you aim for the wings! ] Hey, stop throwing that!

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[twinnedavarice.livejournal.com]

[Oh. Greed glances at Edward and frowns. Whatever.]

Don't lose your cool, Ed.

[ahobby.livejournal.com]

[ oh why did you call him short, greed? you have to know tha- wait a second. ]

Ed... Have you gotten taller?

[automailed]

[Oh- oh. He did just say that. Yes. The anger fizzles and shifts smoothly into pride instead, as Edward straightens up.]

Ha! It's that easy to tell, isn't it?

[twinnedavarice.livejournal.com]

[Words cannot express how much Greed doesn't give a shit right now.]

Let's get back to the important stuff. You two, what's the last things you remember? [They can go back to reunion time once some facts are established.]

[ahobby.livejournal.com]

[ so tall, little big bro! but greed is interrupting any gushing over his brother's newfound height. alas, ed. you can't call him puny yet. ]

I think a few months behind you two. [ what i remember you wouldn't know, after all. ] We were still enemies at that time.

[automailed]

[IN TIME, LITTLE BRO, IN TIME. But Greed's right, first things first.]

Last thing I remember is meeting with Hohenheim in Kanama. The night before the Promised Day.

[twinnedavarice.livejournal.com]

Huh. Sounds like I'm just a few hours ahead of you. We ran into two of my siblings in the forest. [He glances at Al.] Him too.

[truthhides.livejournal.com]

You saw him? [ ... he can only imagine how well that meeting went.

wait. ] Me? [ in the forest, with the homunculus? ]

[automailed]

Why was Al there? [Starting to get a baaaaad feeling about this.]

[twinnedavarice.livejournal.com]

Pride had him. To make a long story short, Gluttony is dead and Pride is trapped. That was the last I saw of you guys. It seemed like the right time to part ways and head to Central. I had my own business to take care of.

[That? It's all they'll get out of him. He's not going to give them the sob story about how Al wasn't functioning or ended up stuck in that giant bubble.]

[ahobby.livejournal.com]

[ if pride was trapped, gluttony was dead, greed was on their side... that must mean. ] Then... What about Envy?

[automailed]

I haven't seen Envy since before we went to Briggs. I don't know where he ended up.

[twinnedavarice.livejournal.com]

The only one left guarding Father was Sloth. Last I heard, Envy was dead.

[And good riddance for that.]

[ahobby.livejournal.com]

Before I left, we were making a plan to keep Envy out of commission for the battle. It must have worked... [ dead was not planned. ]

[automailed]

So that leaves Sloth and Wrath with the Father.

[The Promised Day is looking more... er. Promising. Not that those two won't be enough of a handful.]

[twinnedavarice.livejournal.com]

You guys might have a chance of not getting killed after all.

[ahobby.livejournal.com]

[ Sloth and Wrath... they're tough, but that means it's not nearly as impossible... ]

[automailed]

Sloth wasn't too hard to stop up in Briggs, but it'll be tricky to deal with him in Central. It's too warm. And we already know how strong Wrath is. They might have left the strongest homunculus for the very end.

[Which makes sense- save your best cards for the finale, after all.]

[twinnedavarice.livejournal.com]

Meh. Aren't you getting ahead of yourselves here? Your kid brother has wings, remember?

[One problem at a time.]

[ahobby.livejournal.com]

Everyone has them here, don't they? [ ........................ but not everyone is made of metal and can feel them. ]

[automailed]

Hey, we've been given extra time here! It would be stupid not to use it if we can, especially with so much at stake.

[twinnedavarice.livejournal.com]

If we even remember this place.

{At that, he abruptly starts to walk away.]