Equivalent Exchange--Episode 1: Shattered Love

[Rystil Arden]

*Al barely gets one spoonful of the tasty stew into his mouth before Rose's reprimand. If his judging of time is accurate, it should be somewhere around two hours until midnight.*

 

[Dire Lemming]

Al stops with the spoon still stuck in his mouth and turns to look at Rose with equal surprise. He then looks down at the untensle and quickly replaces it in the bowl. He hurriedly chews and swallows his mouthfull of stew. "Huh?" He looks sheepish as he continues "I didn't think of that... It seemed like she didn't beleive in the stories, but I guess neither do we and we're trying to find it..." he thinks for a moment, "I wonder why she would go off by herself though, we could have gone together." He stands up and once again heads for the door. "Maybe she went to the graveyard to look for us."

 

[unleashed]

Rose smiles as Al works his way though his reasoning aloud, evidently pleased to see him thinking it through. “Well since you decided to look into it Al, she probably feels it’s her responsibility too now... don’t forget she’s an alchemist too, and wants to help people just like we do,” she then pauses for a moment, thinking as she follows Al to the door. “As for why she would go off by herself... well she probably didn’t want to put us to any more trouble.”

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Rose and Al reach the door, standing on the threshold out of which to exit into the cold night air.*

 

[unleashed]

Pulling her cloak tightly around her, Rose steps outside and starts towards the graveyard, “Coming Al?” she asks, glancing over he shoulder.

 

[Dire Lemming]

Al is in fact close behind her and moves of beside her as she turns. "Of course." he says, with a slight smile. "Let's go." As they head to the graveyard he keeps his eyes peeled for any sign of Claus.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*They walk down the road again towards the graveyard, through the village, lanterns in windows to provide flickering illumination through the streets to ward away the darkness, and past the big old house again, light flickering from inside as well, then around the hill, the ground packed more loosely here as they walk towards the trees and the peaceful stillness of death that hangs over the graveyard like a silent requiem.*

 

[unleashed]

“It doesn’t seem like anyone’s here, Al,” Rose remarks, hugging herself as they stand before the graveyard once again.

 

[Dire Lemming]

"Well it's not midnight just yet." Al remarks "Let's find somewhere to wait where we won't be quite so easy to spot." he says, as he walks off in search of such a place.


Wait a sec, is that old house you were refering to Majihal's house?

 

[unleashed]

*Rose nods and follows Al, as he searches for somewhere to hide.*