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[fullmetalbrat]

[The video feed cuts in on a blond teenager squinting dubiously at the camera. His eyes widen a moment later when he notices the video display on the screen.] —Is it working?

Uh—hey. Can people really see this? If there is anyone watching, I'm looking for a guy in a huge suit of armor. Goes by the name Alphonse. [He leans closer to the camera, pointing emphatically.] If you see him, tell him his big brother's looking for him!

Now that I've got that out of the way, I got some more questions for all of you. Someone told me that when people leave this world they forget everything about it, but they might remember if they come back. Is that really true? Is there anyone who's left and come back that I could talk to?

I want to know more about this registration scheme they've got here too. I heard plenty about what you get for it, but what's the catch?

And, [he starts, pausing to glance at something laying just below the camera's field of view], what's a "pop star"?

Comments

[boobwindow]

Not necessarily impossible.

[ Just not as simple as one would hope. ]

A few things! Not that well, unfortunately. [ But she doesn't want to freak him out. ] I do recall your aversion to calcium.

[ Milk. She means milk. ]

[fullmetalbrat]

[Unsurprisingly he immediately knows what she's talking about.]

I like calcium just fine when it's not being secreted from barnyard animals!

[boobwindow]

When you put it that way it just sounds gross.

[fullmetalbrat]

Why do you think I don't like it?

[boobwindow]

There's a lot about the food industry that would gross you out. You're not going to stop eating in general, are you?

[ She's teasing, but seriously DRINK YOUR MILK, ED. ]

[fullmetalbrat]

No way. It isn't the way food is prepared that grosses me out, just where some of it comes from.

[boobwindow]

A... cow?

[fullmetalbrat]

It leaks out of a cow.

[boobwindow]

It doesn't leak.

[fullmetalbrat]

Close enough!

[boobwindow]

You've got some weird hangups, kid.

[fullmetalbrat]

Everyone who thinks it's normal are the weird ones.

[boobwindow]

Well, they do say it'll make you taller.

[ She clears her throat. ]

Anyway, I don't think your brother's here. It's been a while, but I think anyone matching that description would be hard to miss.

[fullmetalbrat]

Are you saying I'm short?

[It's not an outburst, but definitely some irate grumbling happening here.]

Ugh . . . I don't know whether that's a relief or not.

[boobwindow]

[ He is totally short. ]

I know how difficult it can be being away from family, but it might be for the best for now. The political atmosphere has changed.

[fullmetalbrat]

Changed how? What was it like before?

[boobwindow]

We weren't at war a couple of months ago, that's for one.

Not officially.

[fullmetalbrat]

Ugh, I heard about that. Can't any countries manage to stay at peace?

[boobwindow]

Unfortunately countries will continue to bicker no matter the universe. America and the USSR have a... complicated relationship.