IC Inbox Subnautica

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This is the IC inbox for Alphonse Elric at Subnautica.

This is the place to contact Al over the Network. Contact by voice, text, or video is all perfectly acceptable, and there is no need to plot with me prior to posting in this inbox.

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[He doesn't need to elaborate much further, Al knows exactly what that means. He was dreaming of the night they tried to bring Mom back again. It's understandable, it's one of the worst nights of both of their lives, but he hates seeing Ed weighed down by it. It's not fair that he should bear the burden of the nightmares alone, when they both committed the sins that night.

His head lowers a little, the little pinpricks of light in his eyes dimming sadly, before he just pulls Ed into a loose embrace.]

...I think-- I think Mom would be proud of what we were doing now. Even if we did some bad things before and made mistakes, I think she'd be proud now.

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Yeah, I think she would, too.

[ He leans into his brother's embrace, closing his eyes a minute and trying to imagine the warmth there of a human body. He's used to the metal, though, and it's just as much his brother as the blond haired boy would be. ]

We're so close, Al. When we get home, we'll just have to work harder.

[armoured]

[Hugging his brother is always a bittersweet affair. It soothes him to be able to offer even some comfort, and it always gives him just the smallest comfort himself to see how readily Ed accepts his embrace without hesitation for this body. But it also aches, reminding him keenly of everything he doesn't have, of not being able to feel anything.]

Mm.

[His arms tighten around Ed, drawing him in close.]

Don't look so far into the future that you can't appreciate the present. We'll get home and help everyone, I promise, but... look at what we have here, Ed. We're somewhere that nobody else on Amestris has ever been, with the opportunity to meet people and learn about things that should be impossible. Try to enjoy the time we have here before we go back.

[forfeits]

[ Ed lets out a sigh and rubs the back of his head. ]

You're right, Al.

[ He smiles up at his brother finally, looking a little tired and weary. ] I guess it's hard to forget about home sometimes, that's all. I'm learning a lot here, too, so I guess I should just stick to that, huh?

[ It's hard not to think about the next step, to think about their future. Ed's been looking forward for so long now, always trying to anticipate where they could go for information. The fight to get his brother's body back will never fade, no matter how much he tries to seize the moment. That will always be there, distant and quiet sometimes, but present. ] I'l try a little bit harder, okay?

[armoured]

[He's not about to let go of Ed any time soon. Even if he can't feel the embrace himself, it's so rare that he gets to sit like this, tall and stooped over as if he were the armour to surround Ed and keep him from the pain of all that's happened.]

We'll get there one day, Brother, I know it.

[Soft, but sure.]

And maybe some of the things we learn here will help us in the end too, right? There are so many different worlds, maybe there's some kind of alchemy that we don't know of that can get our original bodies back?

[Always ours, not mine.]