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[It’s the sudden rush of cold and wet that greet Roy Mustang upon arrival, being dropped rather unceremoniously into the junction of rivers. Sputtering, coughing, sore, and forcing himself to wade through the water to the shoreline, he’s more than a little confused at finding that not only is he devoid of injuries, he’s also been stripped of his uniform, but at least someone was kind enough to leave an open journal lying along the river?

It's like a bad consolation prize: we stole your stuff, so have a journal in which to write about it!

That doesn't stop him from shooting a glare toward the sky he just dropped out of, though.]

Okay, I get it! "Useless when wet". Was that really necessary?

[Shedding water everywhere, he takes a moment to look around, attempting to get his bearings.]

Alright, I was shoved through their little portal into... what looks like the middle of some town that is definitely not any place I've ever seen. Now the question is, how do I get back? And what happened to my uniform?

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Do you need any assistance? I can understand the dislike of water.

Ah, there's a girl who offered a towel, but in a different vein, any information that you could provide about this place would be greatly appreciated.

I'm sorry to say I don't know much about this place. Other than it's called "Luceti", and we've been kidnapped on a large scale.

But we seem to have all we'll need for survival here.

Understood. Are there no authorities that would prosecute such large scale abductions? Also, if you don't mind, would it be too much to ask you to elaborate on that last statement?

Not from what I've seen. We were brought here by someone called the "Malnosso". This is a different world from any of ours.

Of course. We have plenty of food and water to survive with, as well as houses with working appliances, like stoves, heaters, etc.

Something tells me I'm not going to harbor much good will toward them.

Lodging... That's something I may have to look into. How difficult is it to acquire?

You, and just about everyone else here.

I wouldn't know. I have people here I'm staying with. But I suppose you just find a place, and claim it as yours if no one's living there.

It's reassuring to know I'm not alone in that respect.

That may prove to be my best option. I suppose that it'll be the next course of action after drying off. Does everyone arrive by being dropped into a river or do they think up new methods for each individual?

Not in the slightest.

I think it's different for everyone. I wound up in the middle of the forest.

The middle of the forest is better than the middle of a river. At the very least, you begin your stay in dry clothes.

I never said it was good. It's easy to get lost in there.

...you're still dry. [He'd sooner be lost than wet.]

If you keep walking in one direction, though, you're bound to come upon something, even if it happens to be a cliff or a mountainside.

Point taken.

I'd rather have found a quicker way than that to find the people I was looking for.

Faster routes are always preferable. You did eventually find them, though, correct?

Yes. A couple of them came to me. [Luffy literally flung himself to where Ace was. AHAHAHA that was....yeah.]

You're fortunate to have that level of loyalty among your friends. [Or crazy for trusting others, but he's not sure which it is because he doesn't know the other man's friends.]

Well, two of them were my brothers. Kinda hard not to have loyalty.

[Siblings, huh? Given his experiences with the Elrics, that's something he can understand.]

Understandable.

If you don't mind my asking, earlier you'd mentioned that you could understand my dislike of water..? [Usually he doesn't have people siding with him in that, just mocking him for it, so he's a little curious.]

[Oh, get comfortable, Mustang.]

Ah, yeah. For one thing, I can't swim. If I get thrown in water, I'll just drown. What happened was in my world, I ate a Devil's Fruit. Specifically the Mera Mera Fruit. [Flame Flame Fruit.] All Devil's Fruits makes the user a hammer in water.

And since I'm a flame human, water and I don't exactly mix. It's rather painful when water hits me.

[Geeze! All that from a fruit?]

What's a "Devil's Fruit"?

[HE JUST GOT MORE UNLUCKY CAUSE OF THE FLAME THING....]

It's a type of fruit in my world, and every single one is different. When consumed, they affect the person's body in some way, giving them new powers. The three different types are paramecia, zoan, and logia. Paramecia gives the eater superhuman powers, zoan lets them transform into an animal, and logia turns them into an element.

So you're given superhuman abilities but you drown in a bathtub? That doesn't sound like a very fair exchange.

What did you mean by "flame human"?

Well, not a bathtub, but a deep body of water.

[Changes to video because you will never believe him otherwise. Now, watch in amazement as his arm goes up in flames.

And no, he's not in pain.] Like this.

[Alright, that is interesting.]

And you aren't in any pain? Or bearing any burns?

None whatsoever. In fact, it feels kinda nice.

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[voice] aw yeah!

[voice] bet they'd be great at barbecues

[voice] I was not thinking of that as a joint post, nope, uh-uh.

[voice] That would be amazing

[voice] It totally would be.

[voice] this totally means it might should happen someday

[voice] aw hell yes. Luceti-wide bbq, y/y?

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[voice] also! If you still want Mustang to kidnap Ace, his post for that is up!

asdfaefse i hate you LJ and your lack of notifs!

yes, it is a bit of a bitch, isn't it?