02-24-2015, 10:56 AM
It had been a slow couple of days, Edward had just been hanging around Winry’s shop since there wasn’t much to do.
‘I’m so bored…’ Edward sighed as he sat down at the table with Winry. The two stared at each other for a couple seconds before Winry frowned at him and sighed.
‘If you’re so bored, then why don’t you go out and do something useful?’ Winry asked as she turned her head and looked to the door.
‘There’s nothing to do out there, I don’t even know the place.’ Edward complained as he put his head on the table and sighed.
‘You’re so difficult Ed!’ Winry exclaimed as she leaned back on her chair and threw her arms in the air. Ed turned to her and stared at her with blank eyes as he remembered something.
‘You know what… I didn’t see it on our way here but, I heard about this floating city. I think they call it Dalaran. It’s supposed to be full of mages and scholars and Alchemical texts, I could find some useful people there…’ Edward said as he turned to Winry and smiled.
‘When you get that smile, I worry about you… You’re going to do something stupid again, aren’t you Ed?’ Winry sighed as she dropped her head to the table, watching Edward put his red coat on.
‘Hey, at least I’m getting out of your hair.’ Edward grinned as he opened the front door and stepped out into the city of Minas. The smell had changed a little, rather than the smell of rotting meat and mould, Edward now smelled oil and rust, he smelled the distinct smell of burnt metal grindings.
‘Thank you Winry, for the Idea.’ Edward smiled as he was stopped by a rather small boy.
‘Hey, I hear you’re looking for Dalaran, take this.’ The small boy said rather suspiciously as he handed Edward a map.
‘Who are you?’ Edward asked as he watched the small boy run off.
‘Just call me mouse!’ The boy called out as he disappeared around a corner, Edward would have usually chased him, but he had a more important task to go through with at the moment.
Edward had been travelling for a while, possibly a few hours, if he’d had a watch he’d exclaim and voice his outrage at the time it had taken him to get to where he was without even a sign of the city he was looking for.
‘The map said east from Minas, but all I see is grassy hill sides…’ Edward sighed unhappily as he fell to the ground in defeat. Mouse had conned him, and now he was too tired to walk back to Minas to kick that kids butt.
‘Ah man, I’m so stupid.’ Edward sighed as he rolled over and looked up at the sky. Edward had expected to see blue sky and white fluffy clouds, but was instead met with a huge floating mass of land. Edward glared upwards as he squinted his eyes in anger at the land mass, as if it would intimidate what he was glaring at.
‘How in the hell did I miss that!?’ Edward exclaimed as he stood up, his energy somehow restored as he noticed a mystical glow coming from the floating island, as if it was held in the air by magic, or alchemy.
‘Well how do I get up there?’ Edward asked himself as he looked at the map. He hadn’t noticed it before, but there was a message that had been revealed by the strange glow of the island.
‘Omnillium will help, summon something.’ Edward read as he tried to figure out the message. Maybe this Omnillium stuff could summon some sort of flying animal, it was a long shot, but this was his only choice. Edward clapped his hands and placed them on the ground as he thought of the first flying animal that came to mind, a chimera with wings. Edward waited for several minutes as sparks of blue light appeared in a rather large area in front of him. Edward wondered how this was possible as he watched the light crack and spark in front of him, forming what appeared to be the shape of a Gryphon, rather than a chimera. Alchemy worked off of an ‘Equivalent Exchange’ principal, he’d need a bird and a lion to create anything that resembled what was being created in front of him.
‘Wait… This omnillium that Truth told me about. Could it be a true Philosopher stone?’ Edward asked himself as the Gryphon appeared before him, it had taken a while, but it was here. The animal gestured for him to get on its back as Edward looked at it in amazement. Edward hopped on slowly, to make sure that he didn’t pull any of its feathers out.
‘If this Omnillium material really is a philosopher stone, a real one, then it would completely crush the Equivalent exchange part and just skip to the creation of the animal!’ Edward exclaimed as the Gryphon took off directly upwards, causing Edward to grasp onto its neck with his metal arm. As the gryphon flew, it began to slowly level out and circle upwards around the city, until it was circling above the massive sky island. Edward looked down, expecting to see another tiered fortress city, but was only met with the sight of a flat city, built around one large, central, building.
‘That is probably where I’ll find who I’m looking for.’ Edward said as the Gryphon began to descend onto a landing platform.
Edward walked through the streets of Dalaran, noticing the mystical glow and feel that surrounded almost everything within the giant floating island. Strangely enough, it didn’t feel like they were floating, it was as if the mass of land had been suspended within the air, becoming completely still.
‘Interesting, I wonder what kind of Alchemy makes this possible…’ Edward muttered to himself as he stumbled across a set of doors. They were odd, yet inviting, as if they asked for him to enter. As he approached the doors he noticed that the metal work created the word ‘Library’ out of a darkened steel across the two doors. Edward pushed the doors open and stepped into what seemed like a sea of books and book shelves, he’d been in large libraries before but this was just heaven. He’d noted the little amount of people actually in the Library, a few old people in strange attire and a young girl, who seemed as out of place as he was in this world.
‘Another Prime huh?’ Edward whispered to himself as he noticed her long black hair and strange purple eyes. Another young girl, which he hadn’t noticed at first, stood behind the tall, dark haired girl. The smaller girl seemed to be made out of metal, possibly a robot, or a soul bound to a metallic body, either way, she looked even more out of place as either of them.
‘Even a girl as young as that has been brought here? Truth... you bastard…’ Edward whispered to himself as he walked through the library isles, searching for any sections on Alchemy.
‘I’m so bored…’ Edward sighed as he sat down at the table with Winry. The two stared at each other for a couple seconds before Winry frowned at him and sighed.
‘If you’re so bored, then why don’t you go out and do something useful?’ Winry asked as she turned her head and looked to the door.
‘There’s nothing to do out there, I don’t even know the place.’ Edward complained as he put his head on the table and sighed.
‘You’re so difficult Ed!’ Winry exclaimed as she leaned back on her chair and threw her arms in the air. Ed turned to her and stared at her with blank eyes as he remembered something.
‘You know what… I didn’t see it on our way here but, I heard about this floating city. I think they call it Dalaran. It’s supposed to be full of mages and scholars and Alchemical texts, I could find some useful people there…’ Edward said as he turned to Winry and smiled.
‘When you get that smile, I worry about you… You’re going to do something stupid again, aren’t you Ed?’ Winry sighed as she dropped her head to the table, watching Edward put his red coat on.
‘Hey, at least I’m getting out of your hair.’ Edward grinned as he opened the front door and stepped out into the city of Minas. The smell had changed a little, rather than the smell of rotting meat and mould, Edward now smelled oil and rust, he smelled the distinct smell of burnt metal grindings.
‘Thank you Winry, for the Idea.’ Edward smiled as he was stopped by a rather small boy.
‘Hey, I hear you’re looking for Dalaran, take this.’ The small boy said rather suspiciously as he handed Edward a map.
‘Who are you?’ Edward asked as he watched the small boy run off.
‘Just call me mouse!’ The boy called out as he disappeared around a corner, Edward would have usually chased him, but he had a more important task to go through with at the moment.
Edward had been travelling for a while, possibly a few hours, if he’d had a watch he’d exclaim and voice his outrage at the time it had taken him to get to where he was without even a sign of the city he was looking for.
‘The map said east from Minas, but all I see is grassy hill sides…’ Edward sighed unhappily as he fell to the ground in defeat. Mouse had conned him, and now he was too tired to walk back to Minas to kick that kids butt.
‘Ah man, I’m so stupid.’ Edward sighed as he rolled over and looked up at the sky. Edward had expected to see blue sky and white fluffy clouds, but was instead met with a huge floating mass of land. Edward glared upwards as he squinted his eyes in anger at the land mass, as if it would intimidate what he was glaring at.
‘How in the hell did I miss that!?’ Edward exclaimed as he stood up, his energy somehow restored as he noticed a mystical glow coming from the floating island, as if it was held in the air by magic, or alchemy.
‘Well how do I get up there?’ Edward asked himself as he looked at the map. He hadn’t noticed it before, but there was a message that had been revealed by the strange glow of the island.
‘Omnillium will help, summon something.’ Edward read as he tried to figure out the message. Maybe this Omnillium stuff could summon some sort of flying animal, it was a long shot, but this was his only choice. Edward clapped his hands and placed them on the ground as he thought of the first flying animal that came to mind, a chimera with wings. Edward waited for several minutes as sparks of blue light appeared in a rather large area in front of him. Edward wondered how this was possible as he watched the light crack and spark in front of him, forming what appeared to be the shape of a Gryphon, rather than a chimera. Alchemy worked off of an ‘Equivalent Exchange’ principal, he’d need a bird and a lion to create anything that resembled what was being created in front of him.
‘Wait… This omnillium that Truth told me about. Could it be a true Philosopher stone?’ Edward asked himself as the Gryphon appeared before him, it had taken a while, but it was here. The animal gestured for him to get on its back as Edward looked at it in amazement. Edward hopped on slowly, to make sure that he didn’t pull any of its feathers out.
‘If this Omnillium material really is a philosopher stone, a real one, then it would completely crush the Equivalent exchange part and just skip to the creation of the animal!’ Edward exclaimed as the Gryphon took off directly upwards, causing Edward to grasp onto its neck with his metal arm. As the gryphon flew, it began to slowly level out and circle upwards around the city, until it was circling above the massive sky island. Edward looked down, expecting to see another tiered fortress city, but was only met with the sight of a flat city, built around one large, central, building.
‘That is probably where I’ll find who I’m looking for.’ Edward said as the Gryphon began to descend onto a landing platform.
Edward walked through the streets of Dalaran, noticing the mystical glow and feel that surrounded almost everything within the giant floating island. Strangely enough, it didn’t feel like they were floating, it was as if the mass of land had been suspended within the air, becoming completely still.
‘Interesting, I wonder what kind of Alchemy makes this possible…’ Edward muttered to himself as he stumbled across a set of doors. They were odd, yet inviting, as if they asked for him to enter. As he approached the doors he noticed that the metal work created the word ‘Library’ out of a darkened steel across the two doors. Edward pushed the doors open and stepped into what seemed like a sea of books and book shelves, he’d been in large libraries before but this was just heaven. He’d noted the little amount of people actually in the Library, a few old people in strange attire and a young girl, who seemed as out of place as he was in this world.
‘Another Prime huh?’ Edward whispered to himself as he noticed her long black hair and strange purple eyes. Another young girl, which he hadn’t noticed at first, stood behind the tall, dark haired girl. The smaller girl seemed to be made out of metal, possibly a robot, or a soul bound to a metallic body, either way, she looked even more out of place as either of them.
‘Even a girl as young as that has been brought here? Truth... you bastard…’ Edward whispered to himself as he walked through the library isles, searching for any sections on Alchemy.