[#6] Twelve Year Old + Folding Chair

[handsforhealing]

Okay, this is REALLY weird. Ed and Al aren't in Resembool anymore so weird stuff that makes no sense shouldn't be happening anymore! Then again, I don't think I'm even in Resembool anymore.... Aaah, the thought gives me the shivers! Where the heck am I? And why? This makes no sense...

[ sigh ] At least I found Al.. Actually, no, not "AT LEAST".
EDWARD ELRIC WE NEED TO HAVE A SERIOUS TALK. THIS IS NOT WHAT I HAD IN MIND.
I know I should be happy that Al's body is back but still... this is... I feel kind of bad for Al. I wonder if being changed into a baby is what he wanted... but Ed probably worked his hardest, so I shouldn't give him too hard a time, since even if he's dumb he's still... I wonder if Ed is even here? I hope he's okay...

Oh Ed... you idiot...

Comments

[braided_icarus]

What did I do now?!

[xerxesalchemist.livejournal.com]

[Have a rather annoyed ten-year-old. The voice sounds like Al's but the tone sounds like Ed's.]

Al's that little kid, right? Th' one who keeps cryin' and lookin' for some Ed kid?

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

Finally, you answered!

I know we both wanted Al to have his normal body back, but that wasn't really what I had in mind!

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's Al.

And you'd better not be picking on him!

[b-as-a-criminal.livejournal.com]

[child detective is pinged by this rant]
Long story short, you've been kidnapped.

Who are Ed and Al, and what weird stuff happens around them?

[Suspects maybe?]

[xerxesalchemist.livejournal.com]

'm not picking on him. 'm just in the same house.

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

In the same house...?

Why... You're not related to him, are you? So why would you be in a house together?

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

K-Kidnapped?!

Oh um... Well, you know... they're boys, so they're troublemakers...
But it's okay. I'll keep those idiots in line.

[braided_icarus]

What are you talking about?

[ilmeganekko.livejournal.com]

[Bang Bang Bang.

Yes, Konata's going door to door on her street asking for her dad. Someone had to have heard his crying, right?]

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

I could be talking about the fact Al is a little BABY again! What did you do?!

[xerxesalchemist.livejournal.com]

Don't think so. Wasn't my idea.

[braided_icarus]

Eh?

[b-as-a-criminal.livejournal.com]

[...Bah, false lead. Oh well.]

Right, you do that. Anyway, this is certainly a kidnapping, but don't panic. I am going to catch whoever's responsible.

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

Oh, so you didn't notice?

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

What?
Then why are we here? Do you know?

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

Kidnapping...?

...

Are you with the police or something? The military?

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

Eh?

A-are you okay?

[braided_icarus]

No? I haven't seen him today....? He's supposed to be three, not a baby, what are you talking about?

[b-as-a-criminal.livejournal.com]

More like a private investigator. But I am an unprivate investigator.

[xerxesalchemist.livejournal.com]

How'm I suposta know?

[ilmeganekko.livejournal.com]

Hello. Have you seen my dad? Tan, got a mole like me, probably crying loudly?

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

Three? No, Ed, he should be ELEVEN. I thought you were supposed to be a genius alchemist! And stop talking like a little kid!

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

I don't know. Sorry for asking questions. Geez.

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

I see...
So you'll find out how I can get home? Granny is probably really worried...

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

Your dad?

No, I don't think so.
What does he look like?

[braided_icarus]

Eleven? Winry, Al's three and I'm four. He's not...that old yet.

[xerxesalchemist.livejournal.com]

If you didn't ask stupid questions, I could'a answered them.

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

Wh-what are you talking about, Ed?
I'm twelve, and so are you! And Al is eleven!

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

They aren't stupid... I don't know where I am.

[braided_icarus]

Huh? No. I'm four, and Al is three. What are you talking about, Winry?

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

You're twelve! Ed, what has gotten into you?! What the heck is going one?!



Listen! Where are you? We'll meet up and I'll prove it!

[braided_icarus]

Um, a house? On...Beaver Street. I'll wait outside for you? I can't find Al in here, so he must be somewhere else.

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

I already told you! I found Al, and he's a little baby!

But I'll be there soon. And I can take you to the house where Al is.

[braided_icarus]

[..]

Okay. I'll wait outside the house.

[xerxesalchemist.livejournal.com]

Ain't nobody who knows where we are. 's no place I ever seen before.

[b-as-a-criminal.livejournal.com]

That's the plan.

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

e-eh? How can you be telling the truth...?!

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

So then...
Then I'm really stuck here...?

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

I see....

Is there any way I can help you?

[braided_icarus]

[Ed loks up at her, his initial bright smile at finally seeing someone herecognizes fading slightly. She really was older.]

Winry? You're old~

{He blinks, pointing at her as he densely points out the obvious. Kid is only little.]

[xerxesalchemist.livejournal.com]

... you gonna start cryin' too?

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

I am not! I'm only twelve!

You have your normal arm and leg too...

[wontjustwait.livejournal.com]

O-of course not!
Ed and Al are the little crybabies now!

... o-okay. Do you know anything about this town at all?

[xerxesalchemist.livejournal.com]

Can't get outa the town. I tried.

[meaning, he walked in a straight line for two hours yesterday and just kept getting looped.]

[b-as-a-criminal.livejournal.com]

Umm. Do you have any skills?

[ilmeganekko.livejournal.com]

Well... he's very thin, and his face is kind of fuzzy... he has a mole under his left eye like me... and big eyebrows. He's also pretty tan.

[braided_icarus]

Really? Why? You're supposed to be my age, and Al isn't a baby, he's three, like I said. What's going on, Winry?

Of course I have my arm and leg, what are you talking about?