Lessons Learned (A PRIVATE FMA rp)

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((Hey!! Just as a reminder, I'm playing Roy, Riza, Winry, and Maes ))

[Lierik]

And I'm Ed, Al, Mei, and Maes. heart

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((I guess I'll start. ^^ ))

"I thought I told you to call me whenever you wanted to visit!"
The blonde automail mechanic called as she threw a wrench in the alchemist's direction.
"Stop destroying my automail!! I worked really hard on that!!"

Roy looked up, staring at the ceiling as he put off his paperwork... His mind was drifting... but in a way, it was focused on one thing... or rather... one person...

A gunshot rang out past the Colonel's head and a blonde gunslinger stood in her perfect uniform at the front of his desk.
"Stop procrastinating, sir... It's starting to pile up..."

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"Ah, sorry, Winry," Ed called dazedly from his spot on the floor. He'd really have to work on having more of Al's charm rub off on him. Al never had blunt force trauma inflected on his skull. Stupid little brothers... But really! Winry should be more professional. He was injured here; how was he supposed to get up off the floor with one damn leg and a pulled shoulder? He really didn't know why he put up with it...

"Nii-san? Winry?" Al called as he poked his head through the workroom door, "I heard a crash so I thought I'd come check on-" Al blinked. "Oh." It was just Winry and Nii-san fighting again. He scratched at the back of his head then turned and calmly made his way back to the living room. Mei-chan was waitig for him after all.

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Winry towered over Ed... her hands on her hips as she looked down at him.
"Seriously Ed..." she said, "You're never going to grow if you keep injuring yourself..."
She always worried about the two brothers, but especially Ed in particular... he was so reckless... always breaking her precious automail.
"Why can't you be more like Al?"

Roy sat up,
"Of course, Lieutenant..." he said, though he couldn't help but smirk with a distinct amusement.
No matter how much lead she put into his walls and past his head, he couldn't help but admire her.

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...More like Al? More like AL? Who was the big brother here?! And for that matter, "Who are you calling so short he can't even carry his own automail?!?!" Ed screamed, outraged. He spent a moment writhing impotently on the floor before giving a full body twitch and falling into a deep pout. "Would you, ah, help me up?"

Mei was ecstatic beyond the bounds of mere mortal words. She was in Alphonse-sama's house. The place where what remained of his small family lived. And he had invited her to come!

Well...okay. So she had followed him three quarters of the way here and then 'coincidentally met up with him' just as she was in desperate need of food and lodgings, but that meant something still! Alphonse-sama would rather give her his own food and shelter than watch her die! He was so chivalrous!

She heard a door creak and whipped her head around. He was coming back!

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With a sigh, the mechanic offered a reluctant hand to the alchemist and gave a roll of her eyes.
"Fine..." she said, "And I forgot to tell you that Granny is visiting Mr. Taylor for the weekend... She won't be back for a while... so I'm in charge..."


Roy watched as the Lieutenant was dismissed and went to deliver some papers.
He smirked, just as the phone rang.
"Hello?"
((You wanna play Maes? ))

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"Do you mean Old Mr. Taylor from down the street?" At Winry's nod they both shuddered. They knew only too well what that meant. Putting it firmly out of mind (and hopefully out of memory), Ed tried to heave himself up with the help of Winry's hand. It was no good. With his injured shoulder and only one leg to use for leverage, he couldn't get upright.
He sighed deeply, then glared at his mechanic. "You just had to heave that thing at my head, didn't you?"

"Heya Roy!" Hughes trilled excitedly down the line, "I'll bet you'll never guess what my wonderful Elysia has done now!"

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Winry crossed her free arm over her chest, tempted to let him fall back to the floor.
"I was only telling you what Granny wanted me to tell you..." she pointed out, "Just sit down and don't hurt yourself..."
She gave a whistle as Den came trotting out of the other room, her tail wagging as she spotted Ed.
She shook her head... at least Den would take care of him, because she didn't know what to do with him.

A vein in Roy's head pulsed slightly as he clutched the phone tightly.
"Hughes... how many times do I have to tell you not to use the military line to brag about your kid?" he grumbled irritably.
He held his pen, and continued doing his paperwork unwillingly... but he wouldn't risk it, incase Hawkeye returned.

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Ed looked nervously at Den. The truth was that he loved cats and dogs as much as Al did, but for all those years they just didn't have the means to take care of a cat, and dogs... well, dogs loved him a little too much.

"Ah, Winry? W-where are you going? Help me up already!" He spoke nervously as Den moved ever nearer, tongue and tail a'waging. "You're the one that knocked down a one-legged man. You can't just leave me on the floor!"

"But Roy!" Maes exclaimed in horror, "If I didn't tell you about all the wonderful things my wonderful girls did, the sheer lack of their reigning glory in your life might lead you to suicide!"

He paused to let the other man contemplate this very real possibility. "I know what you're thinking. I would never fail you like that. And with your terribly sad lack of a wife-"

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Hearing about your life might lead me to suicide... Roy thought briefly to himself.
"I hope you have something important to tell me..." He said, "AND I DON'T NEED A WIFE!!! Not that I have anyone in mind or anything..."
His voice trailed off slightly, as he knew that it was a blatant lie... he just hoped that this best friend wouldn't catch on.

"Calm down, Ed..." Winry replied, "You know Den... stop acting as though she's going to hurt you..."
She was about to walk off, but she couldn't just leave him there, and she helped him up, leading him to the couch.
"Now, I have a lot of work to do...." she said, "I have to fix those dents you put into my automail...and besides, I'll actually be nice, and put a suprise in it for you..."
((Going to bed.. but I'll be on tommorrow, so we can continue. ^^ ))

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Hughes paused before his retort could ever touch his lips. The way Roy had just trailed off... Well, Maes hadn't been made Lieutenant Colonel in the intelligence division of Central Headquarters for nothing. "Le gasp! Roy, you sly dog, you! Who's the lucky girl? And why haven't I heard all about her before? Oh, you'll finally know the glory of wedded bliss!"

Hughes paused as a thought struck him, "It's not Jenavive, is it? Because I know how much you loved her...endowments, but that's nothing to base a life off of. Not to be rude, but the poor girl couldn't have told you what three times sixteen was if she had a pen and paper, an abacus, and a calculator lined up in front of her. In fact that might have only made it worse..."

As Al made his way back into the room Mei was waiting in, he paused to draw a deep breath. It was odd; ever since he'd gotten his body back... Well, he'd always known intellectually that Mei was a pretty girl, but once his flesh had returned to him...wowza.

Now, if only he could get through talking with her without making a fool of himself.

Staring in stunned horror at Winry's retreating back, Den licking away at his cheek, Ed could only gulp in anticipated pain. The last time Winry had been 'nice' and added a 'surprise' to his automail... well, it hadn't been pretty. He hadn't appreciated it, the Colonel hadn't appreciated it, and a half-mile long stretch of city block hadn't appreciated it. And that had just been his arm. This was his leg. He needed that leg. Strong pair of legs indeed.

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The Colonel found his face turning a bright crimson as Hughes kept speaking.
"I told you!! I had no one in mind..." he muttered, "Just leave it alone! It's not Jenavive anyway!! I need a girl with a brain who will help me in my endevors...because that's the most important thing..."
His thoughts flashed to Hawkeye... the girl he had been thinking about for the past several years... He put his forehead to the edge of his desk... the phone still in his hand.
I must be out of my mind...

Winry went to her desk and continued working. As she had been studying in Rush Valley, she had gained all kinds of tips from the man (woman...man...she didn't actually know for sure) she was working for... and she finally came up with her own alloy to make the auto-mail lighter and hopefully help Ed to achieve his goal of two more inches in his height.
As she took her final measurements, she smiled.
"Wow... he actually did grow a bit..." she said to herself with a tinge of amusement.

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"...You're thinking of Hawkeye, aren't you?" Maes said, suddenly serious. "Roy, it's good you're thinking long term! But," a dramatic pause, "We both know Riza is way out of your league."

There was Alphonse-sama now! As he walked through the door, Mei took the chance to admire him. He was made out of shades of gold, from his hair to his beautiful eyes. An obvious outward indication of just how perfect he was! And while it was true that he was only an inch or so taller than his brother, he wore the height so much better. He was so skinny though... Well, all he needed was a nice Xinginian woman to cook him good food and bare him strong sons!

She sighed dreamily... and then she realized that he'd been talking to her for the past three minutes and she had no idea what he had said.

Ed, hunkered down on the couch where he'd been abandoned, sneezed violently. As he straightened, he narrowed his eyes and looked around suspiciously. Someone, somewhere, had just called him short. He was sure of it.

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"Yeah...yeah..." Roy muttered distractedly, and then it hit him.
He stared at the phone incredulously.
"What do you mean she's out of my league?!" He demanded as several of his hopes and dreams were crushed in a split second, "H-How is she out of my league?"
He had to know... He never thought of it that way... but part of him started to believe it...

Winry stood up, checking her desk for any spare parts that she might've overlooked... She had forgotten a screw before... but luckily Ed was so reckless that it didn't matter.
Nope... no missing parts... His new leg was finally finished... now she just had to work on his arm, and reattach it... It would be abit tricky without Granny here, but she was convined that Ed would be able to take it like a man...