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[installing]

No, not again!

[Both people over the journals and near the smithy can hear her yelling. Winry, in her surprise had dropped her journal - and then stepped on it when moving back a little. Over the journal the crunching sounds of metal (yes, metal) can be heard. A large Pokémon is eating the supply metals in the Smithy's closet. It's always a wonder how they get in there, but somehow they do. Winry tries fruitlessly to coax the creature out of the closet, but it doesn't seem to want to pay attention to her.]

Oh, come on! I thought we had agreed you'd at least ask first.
[In which Winry mistakes Giovanni's Aggron for Sapphire's all Pokémon look alike, hush. Because her lack of luck she turns to the journal, picking it up.]

Can one of you trainer guys come get this guy out of here? He's ruining everything he touches.

[ooc: forward dated to tomorrow because I'm dumb. Whoops.]

Comments

[action]

[installing]

You're right. That's why I haven't really pushed it. It's too bad it takes so much.

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[automailed]

I can see where he's coming from, to be honest- if I'd only lost a foot, I don't know if I'd have wanted automail when a prosthetic would do the job.

[It's not meant to discount one injury versus another - the loss of a limb is always a big deal - but automail is a big hassle, so the reward has to be worth going the extra mile.]

[action]

[installing]

I know this works for him, but... Another reason why I wouldn't suggest it is because this place is so impermanent. Who knows if anyone will be here the three years it'll take to recover?

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[automailed]

Ah, yeah... I guess there's that, too.

[He pauses, seeming like he's about to say something more, then frowns and shakes it off, clapping his hands and transmuting one of the metal piles into smooth, fresh sheets instead.]

Well, as long as he's happy with what he's got. Automail isn't for everybody.

[action]

[installing]

I know that. I just with there was more I could do for him. I don't want to undermine the piece he's using now, but I think I could make him a better one.

[action]

[automailed]

Just ask him. Maybe you could work on something together- I think he's just picky about the design because of his dragon.

[action]

[installing]

That's true. I'll talk to him about it.

[action]

[automailed]

Guess prosthetics aren't as cool as automail for you, though.

[action]

[installing]

N-not really, I guess. Normal prosthetics don't share the same "connect" if you will.

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[automailed]

Nah, I get it. I like alchemy but not chemistry so much, and apparently in some worlds they're the same thing. It's not the same for me, though.

[action]

[installing]

So... I didn't pull you away from anything, did I?

[action]

[automailed]

Not really. I was just over at the library.

[action]

[installing]

Then maybe we can share lunch?

[She crosses her fingers behind her back, hoping.]

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[automailed]

What? [He blinks at that, surprised, and glances back at her with widened eyes. He'd thought about-

...wait...

No, it's not the same thing.] ...Yeah, sure. I'm kind of hungry, actually.

[action]

[installing]

Great! Restaurant or- Let's go to the grocery. Will hoagies be enough?

[action]

[automailed]

Yeah, that's fine. We don't need anything fancy.

[It's not like it's a... a date or anything. She's pretty enthusiastic, though, so he's glad he agreed.]

[action]

[installing]

All right! [Winry reaches forward to take his hand and lead him along. The smithy is mostly cleaned up now, so they can leave.]

I've been craving deli meat anyway.

[action]

[automailed]

[Huh- what- hand-holding, why- um- okay, following-]

W-well, good thing the shop's right there.

[action]

[installing]

[Once they're out of the smithy she'll let him have his hand back.]

So what have you been working on lately?

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[automailed]

[He'll just... try not to dwell on that fact, stepping up to walk beside her.]

Mostly just continuing my alkahestry research. May's here now, so I want to actually try and make a breakthrough. Easier said than done, though.

[action]

[installing]

Yeah, I didn't get any of it when you guys discussed it in the North.

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[automailed]

It's complicated stuff. I don't know if I can even pull it off, if Al couldn't do it.

[Which is a sobering thought, both because Alphonse isn't here to try, and... well. He's supposed to be the genius State Alchemist, and May makes it sound so simple.]