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[A series of separate journal entries would have been posted over the course of several days; Edward will have a somewhat sporadic response time for them, too. He might respond for a few hours and then not until the day following the entry ~~ICly anyway-- I'll be tagging it normally 8|~~, since the cryptic commentary in each day's entry hints at how he's messed up the journal to see how (and how soon) it fixes itself the next day. Therefore he won't have a journal to respond unless he steals Al's.

If you're not sure of what your character is up to during the week feel free to tag with a placeholder or something and tag later. OR IGNORE THIS TL;DR AND LAUGH AT MY DORKING IDC]

Day 1 - Monday

I don't miss that idiot colonel, but his alchemy would come in handy in this place. At least Al showed up after I did, so the three of us from Resembool are here. Familiar faces make it easier, and if I can't escape easily I can at least keep myself occupied.

My goal is to be out of here within a month.

Day 2 - Tuesday

Woke up at 7 this morning. The fireplace is out, so it's cold that early. I'm still tired; I feel like I could have slept for at least 15 hours. And why do kettles always take forever to boil? I just want some damn coffee before I go out to have a look around.

I don't think three spoonfuls of sugar is too much, either. It dissolves just fine if the water's warm enough.

Addendum from yesterday: A month is too long.

Day 3 - Wednesday

Al got me up an hour earlier today. It's warmer today- I went down by the river for a while. Saw a small flock of cranes, all with white feathers. I thought I'd see some markings, but maybe they disappear when they change into adults?

I counted maybe 16-30 of them. Moved too fast to be sure.

Day 4 - Thursday

Slept in till 9. Sleep schedule's been messed up since I got here. Why is it so inconsistent?

The flock from yesterday didn't show up again today, but there was a spotted chick in a nest by the bridge. A fox or something might've gotten the mother- there were a few torn feathers not far away. Maybe I'll come back tomorrow to check on it. Today I'm getting back to the library.

Addendum: I counted six books on birds alone. Zero on Alchemy. Do books appear here at random the way people do?

Day 5 - Friday

Wake-up was 7 again today. Al, just let me sleep in tomorrow. I'm going further down the river this afternoon, but there's nothing new to see right now. Still no mother at the nest, but the chick is fine, so I guess it's okay.

I'll look into this more later.

[Aaaaand Action bit:

Monday- Edward is at home, since Winry expected him to be around so he could be introduced to Haruhi. And he's kind of wondering if Al needs to be around for the very same thing, but it hadn't been mentioned to him...

Well, none of his business.

Tuesday-Friday - he'll be out and about in the village if you'd rather just bump into him at the locations mentioned.]

[ooc note: Since these happen over the course of the week, it'd be great if you guys could put the day your character comments in the subject line. And feel free to comment again with another day if it tickles your fancy (in your thread or otherwise) or just comment on the last day. It's pretty open.]

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[He's just tickled!]

I've heard they can see and hear everything we put on this journal system, too.

Yep, so if there's anything you want to keep to yourself, be dead certain you never mention it in the journal.

[Though Michael will gladly point out the locked journals whenever he meets you face-to-face, of course.]

What about normal paper? If I find another notebook, would that be safe to write in?

[He doesn't think the Malnosso can easily break his code, but if they're keeping an eye on everyone in the village, they probably know what he's been up to this week.]

Nope, as long as it's not in your journal, it should stay private.

Got it. [Adding a personal notebook to his list of things to look for, then.] Thanks, that helps.

Always glad to help. If there's anything else you want to know, you can usually find me around the shops or the battle dome. [Hint hint.]

Right, that was in the guide as well. I haven't checked it out yet, but it sounds worth a trip. [A beat.] You're a fighter, then?

Yeah. Sniper and pilot, for all the good it does me with nothing that flies here.

You're from a world where people are able to fly now?

[Haruhi had mentioned that, actually, and the idea is pretty fascinating.]

And then some- I was part of a colony fleet halfway across the galaxy from our home world. [He doesn't like to brag... much.] What about where you're from?

[Bwuuuuuuuuh. Your last question is lost for a moment.]

Galaxy? As in space?

Yeah- the first space flights happened almost a century before my time, but nothing going very far until they finished repairing and reverse-engineering the SDF Macross in the early part of the 21st century.

21st... my world is at least a hundred years behind that. [Though he's not sure how the timelines vary from world to world.]

[The short answer? A lot.]

Well, much of our progress was thanks to the discovery of the Macross- it was built by a far more advanced race called the Protoculture. Had that thing never shown up on Earth, humanity would probably still be struggling to move between planets in the same system.

[Oh boy.]

Another race... you mean aliens? [Okay this guy comes from a cooler place than he thought.]

Yes- the Protoculture itself is extinct, but they've left their legacy all over the galaxy. Humans and most of the other intelligent species out there were all their handywork.

Their handiwork? They made humans?

If I'm remembering my history classes right, the speculation is that humanity was their last legacy. The Zentradi species was created to be a weapon, others were for one experiment or another- but humans were intended to carry on their culture after they were gone.

[He chuckles.]

From what I understand though, that's just my world's version of events.

[Just take a second to wrap your mind around that.]

[Second being taken, thank you very much. Space sounds like a pretty damn complicated place, which is why Edward is content that his world hasn't progressed that far yet. Maybe someday, but for now... better to fix alchemy and save the country, first.]

The eyes of humans on my world aren't usually on the sky. We're too fixated on what's in front of us to look up.

Give them a few decades. We may all be from very different worlds here, but we're all human- which means we're all curious. Your world will start wondering what's out there eventually.

I wonder if it'll happen in my lifetime. [Assuming he and Amestris survive that long.]

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