OPEN ACTION | GENESSIA CITY LIBRARY

[myalofme]

[Ending up in Genessia isn't exactly a Cool Funtime Experience™, but it's not like there aren't resources—the pamphlet, the money, the informative hologram... While disorienting, with a little coping time it's not too hard to get on your feet.

Or you could stubbornly decide to not wear the necklace, leave the videophone untouched, and ignore the advice about the Home for Children. That's also definitely a thing you could do, if you wanted to make things hard for yourself. You know, hypothetically!

In related news, there's someone in a huge suit of armor settled at a far table on the top floor of the library with a large stack of books. After skimming through each one (still wearing his helmet and both gauntlets, the weirdo), he sets it to the side, finally getting up and switching them out for a fresh stack once he's finished. Rinse, repeat! It seems like he's methodically working his way through the section on physical sciences with no signs of slowing down. Or bathroom breaks. Talk about dedication.]

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1/3? prepare for ridick

[auricmercy]

[Ed has naturally been working his way through the library in his free time. And, well, he has a lot of free time these days. One way or another, he's gonna figure out what makes this circus show tick.

It's with this in mind he heads up the library stairs with a stack of books he can't see over. Watching the floor for furniture, he just casually saunters over to Al's table, plants the books down, and huffs out a breath. Whew. He looks up]

[auricmercy]

[and stares........

wh--]

DONE no regrets

[auricmercy]

Al?!

[myalofme]

[He startles in surprise, bumping most of the books off the table as he jumps to his feet with a loud clank.]

Brother?!

[gohomeivar]

[Milla has decided to spend some time at the library to read more books. Books were a good (sometimes not) way to see what humans were like and the things they did. So seeing a huge suit of armor was a bit strange. She'll just trek over nonchalantly and strike up a conversation.]

Looks like you're researching something.

[myalofme]

[Whatever she expected, it probably wasn't what sounds like the voice of a younger boy.]

Ah! Sort of... I'm sorry, did you need one of these? I didn't mean to hog them.

[gohomeivar]

Oh! No, you're fine. I was just curious is all.

[youfool]

Ted's fond of libraries, largely for the frugality. When he sees a suit of armor, he can't help but be interested. So curious.

"So, is there some danger you're expecting? I've never seen a reader so ready for an impending battle. I'd like to know of it too, and armor myself likewise."

[myalofme]

[Well, at least the reaction is familiar! That doesn't make lying about it any less awkward, though. But at least it doesn't quite sound rehearsed.]

Ummm. It's a hobby of mine.

[youfool]

[People should be more confident in their hobbies. Suspicious verbal filler! Oh well, Ted can't fault someone for their way they dress, being so gaily adorned. The voice catches him off guard. That is a suit of armor for a grown man, and that's clearly the voice of a young teen at most. Unless...gasp! He's not a man at all!]

"I see. Not to pry your suit of armor wide open like a clam shell, but are you something other than a human?"

[namemeansbeauty]

[Well at least it was Belle's job to make sure the books go back on the pile, but first she noticed him going to get some more and so figured he might be done. But first things first, it was always polite to ask.]

Excuse me, is it okay to ask if you are finished with this pile?

[myalofme]

[He stops to set down the new pile of books and reaches right for the old one.]

Ah! I'm sorry, I can put them back! I kept them in order.

[namemeansbeauty]

No, it's fine. It's part of my job really.

[She was pretty on top of things and had even started to sort something out to make it easier for other workers.]

It's nice to see people who are really into books.

[nomorewaiting]

[Winry is looking for books about baking and cooking. All the things she can do with all the technology here, how is she ever going to have time to try everything? She doesn't have any books yet, she just got here but she's looking around the place just to get to know it too.

...It's probably a good thing how used to she is of them just suddenly showing up out of nowhere. Not that she's any less overjoyed to see them anytime, this time is not an exception, and she's rushing to him as soon as her feet work again.]

Al? [yes, it's really him. Looking like he might be new or been here, in this weird new world, for a long while] How long have you been here?

[myalofme]

[Whichever it is, he's 100% not wearing the necklace. It doesn't even look like he has anything else with him. But all that's much less noticeable than his reaction, which involves a lot of clanking as he jumps to his feet. SORRY, FELLOW PATRONS]

—Winry!

[nomorewaiting]

[ ... Ooops, she probably should have called his name sooner. The fact that he is missing the things, that belong to this world is a little worrying and weird but she trusts he has an explanation for it. Or then she should stop running to everyone, who she assumes to be Ed or Al. She smiles!]

Hey. I hope you haven't been alone for long.

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[imaginationswoes]

[Airy spends a lot of her time at the library getting coffee. It’s mostly because her roommate happens to sell coffee there and she doesn’t have a job. Getting a job is on the to do list which also includes picking up milk and eggs before heading back to the apartment. More likely than not, she’ll pick up eggs and forget milk… again.

The steaming cup is held lightly between her fingers as she softly curses the cardboard piece around its center. It’s supposed to help protect your fingers from the heat? Yeah, no; it doesn’t. She looks at the cup with incredible focus, almost enough to miss the suit of armor sitting at one of the tables.

She stops and looks over at, what she assumes is a man.] I did not do that. [She whispers to herself which has kind of become a horrible inside joke... with herself. It takes a few seconds for Airy to realize she’s staring at which she starts stammering and stumbling over words.]

Ah… excuse me. I didn’t mean to… stare. [Oh, crap she’s staring again.] I mean… what cha up too?

[Smooth.]

[myalofme]

[He doesn't seem to mind the staring, at least. He lowers the book, voice gentle and polite and... weirdly young? There's a definite dissonance between that and the ridiculous spiked armor, not to mention his size.]

It's alright. I'm used to it.

[imaginationswoes]

[Airy releases a breath feeling her lips slip into a smile.]

I'm sorry... I was rude. Are you looking for something in particular?

[Her thumb moves along the rim of her coffee cup as she spoke trying not to feel awkward.]

[redcinemareel]

[Grell couldn't turn down a trip to a library! But she didn't expect to see a suit of armor reading a stack of books.

She knows it's impolite to stare but...um...this is new for her.

Who wears a suit of armor to a library??]

Do you...need more light? [Isn't it hard to read with that thing on?]

[myalofme]

[It takes him a few seconds to realize who she's talking to, even pointing to himself just to make sure.]

Me? It's okay. I can see.

Hellooooo

[lookprofessor]

[Really. Is a suit of armor that exciting?

Luke is returning the library book he'd been bringing when he'd run into Edward the other day, and was now trying to figure out the probability of the book he wants being on the shelf far above his head.

Considering how alphabetical order works, the odds are pretty high.]

...um. Excuse me.

[Look giant su its of armor are tall, okay? Sheepish, Luke approaches the edge of the table.] May--um, may I ask your help, sir?

[myalofme]

[Al looks up, then down.]

Oh! Hello.

please excuse the rude

[xuwu]

[ Now this is interesting. Bei Dou catches sight of the person in the armor but there is something decidedly different about this person, the death god can tell. He saunters over, and, without asking for permission, grabs the tail attached to the helmet and lift it. He peers down into the empty suit of armor and there's amusement on his face and in his voice. ]

Hm~ So that's how it is~

[ He also happens to have a snake wrapped around his shoulders, and it flicks its tongue at the helmet as it rises to meet its eyes. ]

[myalofme]

[As soon as the helmet is pulled away, Al scrambles to grab it and jam it back into place.]

Hey!