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Post by Edward's Alter Ego on Apr 17, 2009 20:15:28 GMT -5
Ed looked at Rukia and examined her. "Really? You don't look small to me..." he mumbled, furrowing his eyes.
Roy frowned. "This isn't exactly the time to be worried about heights, Fullmetal," he said and turned back to Rukia. "What exactly is a Hollow? I've never seen anything like it."
"It killed so many people. It's definitely a creature we have to be careful of," Al said sadly, looking at all the men who have died.
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Post by Edward Uzumaki on Apr 17, 2009 20:37:49 GMT -5
"Hollows," Rukia began, "are a race of creatures which are born from Human souls who, for various reasons, do not cross over to Soul Society after their death and stay in the Human world for too long. They are corrupt spirits with supernatural powers that devour the souls of both living and deceased humans."
"And it's our job as Soul Reapers to take care of them," Renji concluded.
Ichigo sighed, "I still don't know why you guys can see us though. You have some special powers or something?"
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Post by Edward's Alter Ego on Apr 17, 2009 20:54:51 GMT -5
Ed blinked confused. "What exactly do you mean by 'How come we can see you?" he asked confused. "For one you're standing right in front of us."
Al and Roy were confused as well. "Is there some sort of reason we're not suppose to see you?" Al asked quietly.
Havoc ran back up to Roy. "Sir, I've contacted the deceased's family member." he said sadly and peeked over Roy's shoulder. "Sir, may I ask who you're talking to?"
Roy, Ed, and Al all looked at each other then back to the three soul reapers. Roy turned back to Havoc and blinked. "Havoc, tell me right now who you see standing before you."
Havoc looked confused. "Well, sir, there's you and the Elric brothers. Why do you ask?"
"It's...nothing..." Roy said, furrowing his eyebrows. This was going to be hard to explain to some people. 'I wonder if it's just us that can see them...' he thought.
"Sir, are you sure you're okay?" Havoc asked, sticking a cigarette in his mouth and lighting it.
Roy nodded. "Just fine." He then looked up at Havoc who obviously wanted to ask what exactly happened. "We had a chimera break into HQ, but we handled it. Please tell the Fuhrer the situation is under control."
Havoc nodded and saluted, then ran off while other officers came in to clean up the mess.
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Post by Edward Uzumaki on Apr 17, 2009 22:06:07 GMT -5
Rukia crossed her arms and nodded. "I don't understand what's going on, but the reason they can't see us is because we're not humans... we're spirits."
"Hollows are too. And those men that were devoured, they were too. That's why they had those chains on their chests," Renji agreed.
Ichigo remained silent. He did mutter, "Can't say I'm the same as them..." but it was so quite it was almost inaudiable.
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Post by Edward's Alter Ego on Apr 17, 2009 22:17:03 GMT -5
Ed was bothered by this greatly. "Spirits...souls being devoured by other souls. This whole thing doesn't make sense to me," he muttered, furrowing his eyebrows.
Al shrugged. "Well, technically I'm a soul too. I'm just attached to this suit of armor by that blood seal you made, brother."
"But that's different, Al. I'm wondering how we can see these these people if they're spirits. Don't we get some supernatural power to see ghosts all of a sudden?"
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Post by Edward Uzumaki on Apr 17, 2009 22:22:55 GMT -5
"It's a possibility..." Rukia thought aloud. She then noticed Renji climbing all over Al. "RENJI!!"
"WHAT!? He said he was a soul in here!" He took off Al's helmet and peered inside.
Ichigo joined in on the investigation. "Oi, he's right! There's a small boy chained to this armor!"
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Post by Edward's Alter Ego on Apr 17, 2009 22:27:22 GMT -5
"Ah! Brother they're all over me! Get them off!" Al yelled, flailing his arms.
"Hey! What do you think you guys are doing!?" Ed yelled and went to pull Ichigo away when he noticed his brother's body chained to the inside of the armor. "A...Al!?" he asked, his eyes growing wide.
Roy noticed Ed's expression and went to look himself, his eyes also growing wide from surprise. "Good God...."
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Post by Edward Uzumaki on Apr 17, 2009 22:31:22 GMT -5
It seemed as if Al's soul was moving the armor with his actual arms and legs, but was hard to tell in the dark. Rukia blinked and took off the chest plate, drawing away the curtain. "How did this happen?"
Ichigo shot a skeptical glare at Edward, somehow knowing that it was his fault.
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Post by Edward's Alter Ego on Apr 17, 2009 22:38:09 GMT -5
Ed got defensive and glared back. "I....uh...we...." Ed said, having trouble with words and clenched his fist to stop his trembling.
Al spoke up, defending his brother. "It wasn't entirely his fault. We both tried to bring our mother back by using human transmutation and I lost my body while he lost his left leg. He sacrificed his right arm to keep my soul here in this world and tied it to this suit of armor." He then looked at Ed who looked relieved.
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Post by Edward Uzumaki on Apr 17, 2009 22:43:41 GMT -5
Rukia forced a smile and put her hand on Al's head. "At least you have an older brother that looks out for you..."
"Rukia..." Renji said, lowering his head.
Ichigo inhaled loudly, "Well, it's too bad I left my body and you left your gigais at my house. I'd really like to relax now."
"Yeah, but we're still on Hollow patrol," Rukia corrected him.
"Oh... dammit..."
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Post by Edward's Alter Ego on Apr 17, 2009 22:51:11 GMT -5
Al let out a small 'tee hee' and nodded. "I don't know where I would be if he wasn't around."
Ed blushed and rubbed the back of his head. "Aw, Al, you give me too much credit."
After the brothers' moment, Roy finally spoke up. "Is there anything we could do? I fear for the safety of my men and the civilians in this town if there are more of those things around."
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Post by Edward Uzumaki on Apr 17, 2009 22:57:30 GMT -5
"We can move farther away from the populated areas," Renji suggested, "Somewhere quiet and secluded."
Ichigo shook his head, "But we can't guarantee anyones safety. A Hollow could attack any soul at any time."
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Post by Edward's Alter Ego on Apr 17, 2009 23:03:55 GMT -5
"I see..." Roy said and frowned.
"Is there any way of contacting you if we need your help again?" Al asked, putting his helmet back on and closing his chest plate.
"Aw, we can handle these so called Hollows ourselves, I'm sure," Ed said, grinning.
"I don't know. That was some fight you put up back there, Fullmetal," Roy said and smirked, ruining Ed's moment.
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Post by Edward Uzumaki on Apr 17, 2009 23:46:12 GMT -5
Renji snickered and Ichigo cracked a smile.
Rukia handed over what looked like a cell phone to the Colonel. "Hold and press the number 2 to get a hold of me. I'll come immediately to your position if you see a Hollow before we get there."
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Post by Edward's Alter Ego on Apr 17, 2009 23:53:34 GMT -5
Roy nodded and stuck the phone in his pocket. "Thank you," he said then saluted.
In the back, Al was holding his brother back from attacking Mustang.
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