maskormenace | {2nd Transmutation; Video}

Whoever mentions the word 'camping' again gets a fist to the face. Just saying. Those assholes even got Winry involved in all that, dammit.....

[Oh, yes. Ed is quite evidently still pissed off to high hell over that. Winry is not a fighter and should never be involved in them. Ed's tried to make it a point to keep her out of the front lines back home, as it were. So she never has to see him fighting. But that was unavoidable with the arena mess. At least he didn't get hurt too badly, all things considered. It could be worse.]

Anyway, I had something I wanted to ask, Major. Not....about dinner. About the job thing. They won't let me sign anything because I'm a minor, apparently. I was wondering if you were still willing to help set this up? Maybe they'll let you sign since they're being stubborn about letting me just do it myself.

[Which is ridiculous when he is so used to being treated more like an adult with his status back home and how different things were in general back home with that particular time at 1914, but still. He's working on this. Slowly.]

Also, might have neglected to mention, but Al and I moved in with Winry, so we're at Residence #35 now instead. I know I've offered to help one or two of you with my alchemy, so that's where I am, if anyone needs anything fixed or made, I can see what I can do. Working on setting up a proper shop for it, but....it's a work in progress.

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What about it, Major General?

What do you need to make a tank?

A....tank. Er, a lot of metal? Gunpowder? Assuming you want one with weapons. But that would be...new. Haven't made a tank before. You can't get one with the military?

You think the military would let a 'dog trainer' just requisition a tank.

Right.

[He forgot, okay. He's not used to the idea of Olivier being in the military and not in command with how terrifying she can be, really.]

Maybe Winry could help. I bet she'd love a project like this to play around with. Weapons and all, since I never let her add any with my auto-mail.

No civilians. This conversation is to be considered, from this moment, top secret.

I'm surprised, Elric. You normally try to keep her as far from danger as possible. I can't tell if this is you growing soft or caring less.

Fine, fine.

I just figured with her metal powers she could help. Giving her a new project like this is hardly dangerous in comparison to the arena. You don't want her working on it, she won't. Not sure where you intend to keep it. Anywhere in mind? Probably easier if I just transmute it there, rather than transporting it.

You don't get what I'm talking about, do you, Fullmetal? I'm talking about consolidating power in a way our so-called government masters here can't control. It's a failsafe plan.

That's why I don't want the Rockbell girl involved.

As for safe locations, I'm narrowing it down.

No, I get it. Just, it won't be very secret if we need to transport it. So long as I have the materials, best to wait to do this until later once you have figured out where to keep it. A tank would be pretty hard to transport anywhere without being noticed, so....if you let me know once you've figured somewhere, I can do it then and there.

I agree. We'll form a safe munitions stockpile. I've been looking at abandoned warehouses in the industrial district.

I'll get schemata for everything I want. I should be able to redraw them from memory.

Right. Just be sure we have the materials we would need and let me know where we've decided on. An abandoned warehouse could work.

[Ed's still not the most comfortable with guns, but at the same time, especially after the arena mess, they do need means to defend themselves.]

Naturally.

We'll talk later, Elric.

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