[Voice / Action]

[automailed]

That's right... the code...

Hey, anybody listening out there- [It goes quiet abruptly as Edward examines the journal to make sure it's working.] ...hm. My name is Edward Elric, and I'm an alchemist. Where I'm from, alchemists follow a certain code: "Alchemists live for the public." It means that our abilities are meant to be used for ordinary people without bias.

I don't know how long I'm going to be stuck here, but while I'm in Luceti, you all are the public. So if you ever need anything fixed, or made, or altered, leave a note at the library, I go there a lot. You can use the journal, too, but I can't promise that I'll see it. When I'm in town I'll take care of the requests.

..Guess that's it then.

[And then, added to the entry a little while later, his voice somewhat quiet:]

...If anybody met a guy named Ling - or Greed - while they were here... looks like they've gone back.

[Edward can be found out and about today, wandering the village and looking somewhat lost in thought. He'll spend some time at the library, a bit at the house, and then he'll be digging around in the community buildings- at first building 3, then a couple others just in case.]

[ooc: If anybody ever needs to make use of Ed's alchemy beyond this entry, just drop by his appointments post, either to thread it out there or to direct me to a post where he might be called over.]

Comments

voice

[cutefiancee.livejournal.com]

Fixing things?

[Ukyo's curious but very hesitant. Her battle spatula was made by a master and she's nervous about letting just anyone repair the ding she created from clobbering Ryoga.]

voice

[automailed]

Yeah, I can fix pretty much anything good as new.

[ingrate.livejournal.com]

[If Ed was at all familiar with Isamu, he'd realize the tone and manner in which he spoke had changed recently, but as he isn't this will likely not be anything noteworthy.]

[automailed]

I can't just create something out of nothing, but if I have the basic materials for it, I can reshape it into almost anything.

[Man, it's still so weird to have to explain alchemy to people. He's used to most people just knowing how it works.]

[sea-king-bait.livejournal.com]

Oh... Prince Ling has gone home?

[automailed]

["Prince"? There's one he hasn't heard before. Not from anyone who wasn't Ran Fan or Fu, anyway.]

I think so. The place he was staying at is empty now.

[Written]

[shadedsunlight]

Alchemy?

[Written]

[automailed]

Yes. It means the understanding, deconstruction, and reconstruction of any known matter.

[voice/private]

[ch-rell47.livejournal.com]

How does Alchemy work, and can it fix any sort of material?

[This boy may be useful to him in the future. However he wants to know if the boy can work with alien technology first.]

[voice/private]

[automailed]

Any material I know, or can figure out the construction of. I can't say it's perfect on another world like Luceti, but so far most of the materials have been the same as usual.

[voice]

[squaring.livejournal.com]

[Well, that sounds pretty cool.]

Wait, you mean you can make anything?

[voice]

[automailed]

Not make- reconstruct. I need a material base first, I can't just make something out of nothing.

[voice]

[frost_jewel]

Al...A-Alchemist?

[Ed has no idea what he is calling himself.]

[voice]

[automailed]

Yeah, why? [Something wrong with being an alchemist? :|a]

[ action ]

[truthhides.livejournal.com]

[ that feeling is back. the same sort of emptiness that he'd felt when he'd come to once they'd pulled marta from his body... something hollow, a faint feeling of failure - but he knows that this time, it's no fault of his own that this had happened. the malnosso just...

they're cruel to take them here, away from their families, goals and friends... and crueler send people back to a fate like that. ]

[ action ]

[automailed]

[It's mostly quiet on the way home, each brother left lost in their own thoughts, though they're probably thinking about much the same thing. And Edward can't help but let his thoughts drift to Alphonse- of what could happen if one of them was sent back without the other, of how it would affect them to be separated for as long as Winry had been separated from them. It's too cruel.

After a while, though, Edward lifts a hand to bonk it lightly against the armor, lips pursing.]

If we follow him, we'll go together.

[voice]

[presumablyalone]

Alchemist...? What's that? [Question marks everywhere]

[voice]

[automailed]

[Obviously he should've posted a tutorial with the announcement!]

Alchemy is the understand, deconstruction, and reconstruction of any known material. Basically, turning one thing into another.

[Action] /o/

[cherishedmiracle]

[Building three! That's where Nagisa lives! And so she'll happen to notice Ed walking around on her way out.]

Are you looking for something?

[Action] \o\

[automailed]

[Erp, he's been caught. He lifts a hand to gesture at the apartment he'd been checking.]

Have you seen the guy who used to live here? His name is Ling. ...Or Greed, if you met him instead.

[Written]

[tsuntrader]

[Alchemy. Does it sound interesting? Yes. Is there a point to asking what it is if other people are bound to do it anyway? No. But after reading through other responses...]

How complicated can the things constructed with alchemy be? For something like a radio or vehicle, would you only need a fundamental grasp of how it works or a complex understanding of the engineering behind it?

[Written]

[automailed]

Just a fundamental idea, usually- or a mental image, I guess you could say. I'm no engineer, but I've transmuted radios and cars before with no problems.

[daisy023]

[...Armor fixing, you said? Still, alternate laws of reality are something she has yet to completely trust. Shirou and Rin were people to quickly earn it, though.]

Level of experience?

[So first, knowing about the fixer in question.]

[automailed]

Professional. I've been doing alchemy for more than ten years now.

[Voice]

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

[Derek's been listening to Ed's answers to other people, finding it fascinating. Eventually, though, he does have a question.]

...So you don't actually need to know the intimate details to create something; just the base idea and the materials to go with it? Wouldn't that allow for a margin of error where the object won't work?

[Voice]

[automailed]

Technically, yeah, that's possible. So far I've never had that problem, but it could be that I've never had to make something I didn't fully understand.

[Or maybe because he's seen the "truth"... but that isn't exactly a short explanation, either.]

[Voice]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

So Ling's been sent home? I guess it's for the best.

[Voice]

[automailed]

That's what I keep trying to tell myself.

[Not as easy as he'd like, which is weird to admit.]

[Voice]

[agentcrusnik.livejournal.com]

That's very kind of you, Mr. Elric! So many generous people here already.

[Voice]

[automailed]

It's not that big a deal- it's just part of the rules of being an alchemist, anyway.

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

You mean you can turn things into gold? That's amazing!

[Because that's what the alchemists he's read about in stories do!]

[Voice]

[automailed]

Why is everyone asking about gold? I don't transmute that!

[voice]

[book-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

[Okay, okay, maybe not actual words. There's just some snickering over the fact that Ed keeps getting asked about turning metal into gold.]

[voice]

[automailed]

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What's so funny!?