Voice; un: newt

[groupiedrifter]

Oh man, we have new blood again? Welcome aboard!

I've been saving these stickers for the occasion.

[He sends a snapshot of the stickers in question:]



If you're not a newbie and you really want one, I barter in any of the following: snacks, shiny rocks, manga, monster movies, cool figurines, cigarettes, conversations about tattoos, spaghetti or any type of noodle, cute dimples, cheek kisses, compliments about my boots, neat pictures of any manner of phyla, a tall can of pringles, pens with blue or red ink, caffeine patches, 80's or 90's band shirts, things that hover that shouldn't, fancy scissors, dinosaur stickers, or coffee.

Just come on down to the lab and get your very special prize!

If I'm bumping into tables and jumping six feet in the air because you so much as sneezed in my direction, it's because I'm temporarily blind and literally can't see my own hand in front of my face.

Ciao!

Comments

[groupiedrifter]

Heh, that's true.

It just kind of reminds me of the Drift. This idea of Gates?

We use technology to use the Drift, not alchemy, but it can really feel like you're passing through one. Into other people's memories, their thoughts and feelings, all of that. I know scientifically they're crazy different, but I think I can at least get how something like that could exist.

[chrysology]

I haven't really tried to explain the Gate to anyone else. It was just...I only go there when we do Human Transmutation. This white space that's just empty except for us and Truth, this white figure. And Al, Al's body is there, with his Gate now. I just have to figure how much, what to give up in exchange for it. It's because of the Gate that I can do alchemy the way I can, without needing to draw a transmutation circle. I guess in a way this Drift is sort of similar in terms of knowledge?

[groupiedrifter]

Yeah, maybe... Like, maybe the tech we made to get there is like the transmutation circles you use to get there. [He shrugs.] But I guess it's kind of hard to ever compare the two! I mean, I've got a half-busted drift machine in my room, but I don't know if I'd ever use it here.

[chrysology]

Yeah. I mean. The Gates aren't technology so I'm not sure there would really be a way to compare, really. I would offer to help fix it but you would need all the pieces and I'd need to understand what it is supposed to be like to figure transmuting it.

[Probably more likely what he needs is Winry. Winry would likely be happy to help rebuild futuristic technology. She would be all over something like that. Would probably live in the lab if she were here aboard the Ximilia.]

I'd say Winry'd help you and be all over something like a half busted machine from the fugure if she were here.

[groupiedrifter]

Hey, no problem. To be honest, I could have it fixed in an afternoon.

[He rubs the back of his head, using the other hand to steady himself on the counter (and not, like, fall over running into something).]

I just... you know.

I guess I have some hang-ups about drifting still.

[After all, the last time he drifted, it was with the precursors.]

[chrysology]

Yeah. I get that. I know I'll probably have to figure that Gate at least once more time to get Al's body back, but.

[He's in no rush to be keen on experiencing that again. For all that he is desperate and will do it however many times it takes to drag Al's body back. It had taken so much from him. From all of them. His leg, his arm. Al's whole body. Izumi's insides. Roy's sight. But at least Ed could still trust his own mind. His thoughts. Newt had been unable to for a while there, given his attempt to Drift with those precursors. It's understandable he might be kinda unsure and not keen on fixing the thing given that.]