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Post by .x.Scarlet Bullet Alchemist.x. on Feb 16, 2009 21:07:06 GMT -5
)( I made the board, you get to post First cause you love me, Sam >_> )(
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Post by ~*Starlight Alchemist*~ on Feb 16, 2009 21:24:55 GMT -5
(Ok well since you wanted Nighttime, this is pretty much all I can think that Sam would be doing in Central at night other than killing people ROFL.)
Sam stretched her arms, walking down the sidewalk, and let out a loud yawn. "Damn, I'm so exhausted!" she murmured to herself, walking towards the Central HQ building. "Mustang better have a damn good reason for calling me down so late. I could be catching up on my sleep right now!" She scratched the back of her head lazily, one eye open, as she trotted up the steps and towards the entrance of the building. "Wonder why this couldn't have waited 'til morning, anyway..."
'It's not like Takai has killed anyone here recently, so it couldn't be about that...' she thought to herself.
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Post by .x.Scarlet Bullet Alchemist.x. on Feb 16, 2009 21:31:58 GMT -5
Inside Central headquarters it was far from peaceful and harmonious. The blanket of silence one would normally find wrapped around a place at night had been ripped to shreds and tossed aside by two voices.
The first, was a feminine voice. Angry, yes, but not exactly furious either. It was more or less a tone of annoyance.
The second belonged to a male, in a tone that far surpassed the anger of the first. Annoyance that had brought onto an entirely new level.
The insults were thrown back and forth between the two voices, mostly synonyms to the first spoken ones 'freak' and 'pipsqueak.'
Just another day in the life, one would suppose.
)( Better and more detailed posts of the two next round xD )(
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Post by ~*Starlight Alchemist*~ on Feb 16, 2009 21:47:26 GMT -5
Sam entered the building, looking around at all of the busy officers running around with files and papers and such. "Whoa," she whispered, "what the hell is going on here...?"
She walked up the stairs and down a hallway, where she heard two voices that seemed to be arguing. She neared Colonel Mustang's office, where the voices were coming from, and opened the doors. She looked around hesitantly and saw all of Mustang's suboordinates frantically trying to get through their work. Off to the side, she saw Edward and an older woman arguing with each other. "Uhm, what's with all the insanity tonight?" she asked, hoping at least one of them could answer her.
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Post by .x.Scarlet Bullet Alchemist.x. on Feb 16, 2009 21:54:49 GMT -5
A pair of golden hued orbs wandered to the other side of the room then, and the owner of them took a step away from the older woman towards the one that just entered. His first noticeable feature, naturally, would be his height. He was short, yes, but one should be careful to make an insult such as that to him. His long blond hair was pulled back into a braid, which fell back against his red coat. The anger in his expression dulled at the sight of the Starlight Alchemist.
"Hey Sam." He raised his glove hand in a sort of a wave, "You got called here too..?"
"Duh." The sarcastic tone of the female standing behind him chimed in. Standing at 5'4, Alexandria Matthews tripped the blond male as she walked past him towards Sam. Her long red hair was held up in a ponytail as spiky and messy as ever. She offered her hand towards the younger female.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Starlight, I've been looking forward to it."
The male behind her was able to keep his balance even after he was tripped, and he stood up straight. The Fullmetal Alchemist, Edward Elric, sent glares to the back of Alex's head.
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Post by ~*Starlight Alchemist*~ on Feb 16, 2009 22:09:46 GMT -5
Sam blinked at Alex, who seemed to have a split personality between the way she acted toward her and the way she acted toward Ed. She smiled, a bit sheepish, and extended her hand as well, grabbing Alex's in a firm handshake. "Nice to meet you, too. You must be Lt. Matthews, I've heard a lot about you. You're the Scarlet Bullet Alchemist, right? Your list of achievements is quite impressive. But if I may ask, ma'am, what exactly is going on around here? Why is Mustang calling everyone out so late?"
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Post by .x.Scarlet Bullet Alchemist.x. on Feb 16, 2009 22:18:53 GMT -5
Her eye twitched at the mentioning of his name, and her grip was a little too tight before she released, clenching her fist. "To be honest, I don't know why. But if you asked me, I would have to say because he is a pompous jerk who has no regard for anyone else's precious beauty sleep time."
Of course, she was talking about herself. Alexandria's mood swings kicked into full gear when she had been forced to come into work late, especially when she was in the middle of sleeping.
"All that aside, yes. You're right. I'm the Scarlet Bullet Alchemist, and while my reputation is impressive, it's nothing compared to yours." Another swing in her mood, and the female was smiling contently. It was almost eerie how she switched gears that fast. "It's sweet of you either way."
Edward waved his hand around, making his way towards the door. "This has been fun, but I'm going to leave before he decides to actually give us work. I'm tired." His voice was a tone lower then usual, due to the fact he was going to attempt to make the grand escape without Roy Mustang finding out.
Yeah. Like that would ever happen.
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Post by ~*Starlight Alchemist*~ on Feb 16, 2009 22:32:53 GMT -5
"I wouldn't be so quick to make your escape, FullMetal." The familiar voice came from behind the three officers. The tone was serious, but with that usual hint of sarcasm that always lingered in his voice.
Sam turned around reluctantly to find that Roy Mustang was standing right behind her. "Mustang, finally someone who can answer our questions. Why's everyone freaking out around here? Can't this wait until morning?"
"I'm afraid not, Starlight." Roy responded. "It appears that we've had an extreme increase of military-related murders recently. More than half of them, we're sure, were likely committed by Scar. The others, however, we're not too sure of. We're assigning some officers to track down Scar, while the others need to research the other killings in order to ascertain who exactly has committed them.
'Damn,' Sam thought to herself, 'this does probably have something to do with Takai...'
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Post by .x.Scarlet Bullet Alchemist.x. on Feb 16, 2009 22:39:57 GMT -5
The female had retreated to the wall off to the side, leaning against it. Her hair was lowered, so her long bangs framing her face would fall forward slightly. She hated when things got all official, and when deaths were discussed in this kind of manner. That, and she was incredibly tired. Her eyes were closed, and she began pondering if she could sleep while standing without falling over.
Edward let a curse escape his lips before he was at Sam's side, facing Roy. "Then why are here? You want us to go investigate? That's not really our job.. give it to the investigations team and let us go home and get some sleep."
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Post by ~*Starlight Alchemist*~ on Feb 16, 2009 22:51:13 GMT -5
"What's left of the investigations department is already swamped," Roy answered.
"What do you mean 'what's left'?" Sam asked, arching her brow.
Roy frowned. "Many members of the investigation team were murdered recently. Most likely to throw us off of our killer's trail. We need all of the help we can get with this case, we're extremely short-handed around here now. I was ordered to recruit all my suboordinates to help."
"So... what exactly do you want us to do?"
Roy turned around for a moment and motioned for Riza Hawkeye to go to him.
Riza stepped to his side with stacks of papers and files in her hands. She handed over everything to Sam and Edward, since they were closest, and said, "This is all of the information we have on the officers who weren't likely killed by Scar. Your job is to sort through this information, find as much evidence and as many witnesses as possible, record everything you learn, and report back to us immediately."
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Post by .x.Scarlet Bullet Alchemist.x. on Feb 16, 2009 22:58:07 GMT -5
There was no doubt a happy dance going on within Alex's mind. She had skipped out on the boring part.
Edward's expression sunk even more as his arms became full of the paper. "Great... so you called us here to do your paperwork.. this is low Mustang... really low." He was struggling to keep himself up, since the paperwork far outweighed him. Poor guy.
Alexandria on the other hand took this as an opportunity to dismiss herself. They only needed help on the paperwork, Starlight and Fullmetal were more than capable to handle it. So she could go back to her home, and curl up underneath the warm confines of her bed. The idea was becoming more and more alluring as she hurried to the door.
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Post by ~*Starlight Alchemist*~ on Feb 24, 2009 17:25:26 GMT -5
(SORRY I TOOK SO LONG. D': I've had like... no time for the computer. I'll try to post more often.)
"Not so fast, Scarlet," Roy said as he called the anxious girl back over. He looked back at Ed for a moment. "This is more than just filling out paperwork, FullMetal. This assignment requires performing a lot of research. I was ordered to follow Scar's trail, so I'm handing this report over to you." The man turned to look at Alexandria again. "I need you to help supervize this case. It shouldn't be hard for an experienced Lieutenant like you, eh Scarlet?" He smirked his wicked smirk and waited for her response.
Sam pouted and crossed her arms. She didn't like the looks of where this was going. She hoped Ed would disagree to this, or that Roy would rethink assigning them this case.
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Post by .x.Scarlet Bullet Alchemist.x. on Feb 24, 2009 18:58:59 GMT -5
((IT'S OKAY xDD))
Alexandria gave a dismissive huff, crossing her arms over her chest while she turned around to face her superior. "Of course." She said, her voice thick with malicious sarcasm. She would defiantly get him back for this later. "I would be happy to help."
"Like research sounds any better." The Fullmetal Alchemist mumbled in blatant protest. He positioned himself, so that his arms could wrap around the paperwork easier, and his head could be seen more. "Fine. Fine. Whatever. But you OWE me big time, Mustang."
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Post by ~*Starlight Alchemist*~ on Feb 24, 2009 19:27:55 GMT -5
(Lol I made Sam cross her arms but Riza gave her and Ed all the papers. I'll just pretend she put them down for a second. >_>; )
Mustang smirked and arched his eyebrow. "Certainly," he said in his usual snarky tone. "I'll see if anyone can do something about that height problem of yours." He turned on his heels and, with Riza following in suit, walked back to his desk to make some calls.
Sam sighed heavily and shuffled herself to try and find a comfortable pose while holding a large stack of papers and files. "Well, this is a great way to spend my sleep time..." she muttered and looked over at Ed and Alex. "So, what should we do now??"
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Post by .x.Scarlet Bullet Alchemist.x. on Feb 24, 2009 19:40:52 GMT -5
)( Or she's like Jesus and is defying every law of nature >_> )(
"I don't know about you two, but I'm going to go pretend to be working and sleep." She said seriously, "So have fun, and I honestly don't care whether or not you get the paperwork done or even look at it for that matter." Alexandria gave a lazy wave, heading towards the door.
"Your worth ethic sucks..." Edward noted while sticking his tongue out.
"Never had one to begin with, Shortie."
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT YOU COULD CRUSH WITH A GRAIN OF RICE?!" As usual, Edward was stuck in some weird fantasy world about himself where he starts to hallucinate what people say. I Mean seriously, if you're going to argue at least get the insult right >_>
A sigh escaped the blonde haired male's lips while he turned to Sam. "Well.. what do you want to do about this paperwork?"
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