004 | action

[seekingbrother]

[At least the Red Queen was helping them a little bit. When the howls started on cue to her warning, Al went into action with his plan. The hint about salt had given him an idea--he was sure that normally granulated salt was used, but a solid bar along entrances would probably be even better. And hell, it was worth a shot while they have time to prepare, right?]

[He hadn't expected to come across Greed when he headed out to get this done, but he certainly wasn't going to object when Greed invited himself along. So off it was around the mansion, with an alchemist transmuting salt into the floor of just about any damn doorway and a protective homunculus keeping an eye out for him. Care to say hello?]

((So yeah, joint post for Alphonse and Greed! Feel free to bug them wherever in the mansion! Posting order is you -> Greed -> Al.))

Comments

[seekingbrother]

[Al grimaces, standing and hefting the bag of salt again, heading down the hall.] To put it simply, waging war so that people would be driven to create the Stone. They instigated the Ishbal War, and deliberately bungled a riot in Liore to let it build into an uprising. Dante had been manipulating the country for centuries, using the Stones she stole to transfer her soul from body to body. Our father used to be with her, but after...

[You understand, don't you? The memory still rings clear, and it takes an effort of will to continue.]

...after his first son died, he left her. I guess when we tried to bring back Mom, Dante realized who we were and tried to get a hold of us as well, as a replacement. She was...obsessed, from what I've been told.

[appealingavarice]

Seems pretty overcomplicated. [-when she could just keep a Stone for the body she'd got is what he means, but does it even work that way in their world, where homunculi are just failed transmutations?] But if she was crazy, I guess that would make sense.

[seekingbrother]

[Al nods in agreement, having a good idea what Greed's thought process was.] I think it's just a difference of how our alchemy and yours works. But I'm not gonna argue her being crazy!