[First Flame]: [Locked from Hostiles]

[honootaisa]

So... I just talk in to this?

Yeah, talk away.

... alright. *achem* This is Brigadier General Roy Mustang, requesting information and assistance. My... partner and I are currently in the city of Tetha and looking for anyone who may be from the Amestris State Military. We're also kind of covered in muck...

This guy got dropped in the Putrid Ruins of all places. Talk about unlucky! *laughs*

You'd do well to shut up, Havoc. You can laugh when I'm clean again.

Yeah, yeah yeah. By the way, don't look down, chief.

What? Why no-... are we floating?

No, you're hallucinating. [/sarcasm] Of course we're floating! It's Tetha!

[Groan. One can just hear the epic facepalm here before the comm shuts off]

Comments

[bondingalchemy.livejournal.com]

My fairest maiden hit me in the head and it hurt.

There's a lot more where that came from, Horatio, now shut up while I clue in the General.

Yes, ma'am.

Good, you're learning. And, no, sir. Not at all. She's very sweet, loving and a little naive.

[honootaisa.livejournal.com]

Books tend to hurt when they're hurled at your head.

... this will take a bit of getting used to. At the moment I'd settle for a shower and clean clothes.

[bondingalchemy.livejournal.com]

But she didn't have to hit me!

[ Sabine giggles, then smiles a little. ] That can be arranged, sir.

[honootaisa.livejournal.com]

Oh, be quiet. It's already done and over with.

Thank you, Major.

[bondingalchemy.livejournal.com]

You're both mean.

It's how we show we care about you, Horatio, and you're welcome, sir. It's my pleasure to serve you as the best I can, sir.

[honootaisa.livejournal.com]

I'm just trying to be reasonable, Mr. Alshire. You're whining over something she does to you all the time.

It's nice to know I already have allies here, Major. I was afraid I was going to be alone here.

[Achem]

... aside from Havoc, of course.

[bondingalchemy.livejournal.com]

Heeeeeey... no fair.

It is my duty as a Major to the Amestrian Army that I serve you with my life, sir.

[honootaisa.livejournal.com]

You were always very loyal. Good to see that hasn't changed... though... well, correct me if I'm wrong, but you sound... older.

[bondingalchemy.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the compliment, sir, and you'd be right. I am currently thirty-two years of age.

[honootaisa.livejournal.com]

... you were twenty one last I checked. I think I'm missing something again.

[bondingalchemy.livejournal.com]

Well... okay. I was sent here before I got my State Alchemist's Certification at the age of twenty-one and about three to four months into my stay here, I was sent back and stayed in Amestris for ten years, serving in both civil wars and being sent to various cities that needed military assistance. I arrived back here, in the condition I was in during the second civil war against Dietlinde, with blunt force trauma to the head, gunshot wound to the side and my automail busted up, and ended up being hospitalized here.

[honootaisa.livejournal.com]

... that's...

... I'm glad you're alright now, Major.

[bondingalchemy.livejournal.com]

Mm, yeah.

[...]

This is also the place I lost my actual left arm to Gluttony. He and Lust are in this world, unfortunately.

[honootaisa.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry you've had such a difficult time.

Tell me, does your boyfriend at least treat you well?

[bondingalchemy.livejournal.com]

Mm... what doesn't kill me only makes me stronger, right, sir?

Of course he does. He helped pull me through my depression that I had when I came back.

[honootaisa.livejournal.com]

Well... while I can't say I'm keen on the idea of one of my men being treated so horribly in a world that isn't her own, at least you've found something special here.

I would definitely like to meet him when you have the chance. Is he alright, though? He mentioned being at a hospital.

[bondingalchemy.livejournal.com]

Treated horribly and more, sir. I have a feeling that something is going to happen again, but yes, I have. It makes me melancholy, as well, knowing that when our time here is said and done, I'll most likely be sent back to Amestris without my surrogate family...

[ There's a sniffle, but she quickly disregards it. ]

Mm... I'm being too sentimental. I'll see them again one day.

And, ah... Our home, the Hyperion, was under attack and parts of it were blown up. He, unfortunately, got hurt in these attacks... and I couldn't do anything to protect him. Dammit...

[honootaisa.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you tried your best to keep him protected, Major. Sometimes these things happen and they can't be helped. I remember when you first arrived at Central. You displayed incredible inner strength. I know that's still there, even if you're hurting...

[bondingalchemy.livejournal.com]

[ A pause. She's bewildered. ]

I - Sir, I - I don't know what to say.

[honootaisa.livejournal.com]

I only speak the truth, Major.

[bondingalchemy.livejournal.com]

Thank you, General, sir!

[honootaisa.livejournal.com]

Any time, Major.

[bondingalchemy.livejournal.com]

I'm en route to Tetha, sir. I should be there soon.

[honootaisa.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'll be waiting.

The sooner the better. He's starting to stink.

You say that like it's my fault!

[bondingalchemy.livejournal.com]

[ And guess who pulls up in that fancy Denali, and comes out. ]

General, sir! I've come to get you!