Returning Home (Open to all)

[AG]

Ed barely even heard her over all the chewing and grabbing. He continued to stuff his face until he literally couldn't put another piece of food in his body. "Ah...the Military never makes food like that, Al." he explained to his brother as he patted his stomach. He let out a loud burp and then looked embarrassed, "Wow..." he said with surprise.

[Winry Rockbell]

Pinako sighed and walked up beside the Elric brothers, "Well, well." she said trying to get their attention. "WINRY!" she yelled knowing that she hadn't cleaned her work table.

Winry flinched with the mention of her name. She hurried and finshed putting away what she had in her hand and headed down stairs slowly to see what her grandmother wanted.

[akidasoren]

Alphonse raised his head as Pinako walked in, his hand raising a few seconds later to wave in greeting, she seemed happy to see them at least, but her remark at Edward made him stiffen somewhat, his body creaking ever so slightly. Thankfully, Ed was far too engrossed in eating to mind Pinako’s words, and Alphonse sighed with relief, whilst his explosions of temper over remarks about his height were not nearly as bad when mentioned by friends and family...they could still be pretty bad. As his brother spoke to him he nodded his head to his words, a small cheery laugh echoing in his body as he burped rather loudly, well, at least he seemed to have enjoyed the food.

[AG]

Ed finally noticed the elderly woman, "Oh, hey didn't even see you there." He stated with a bit of embarrassed laughter. "You see, the military doesn't serve great homemade food, so when I can get a good homemade meal, which is of course never, I just dig in." He smiled with blushed cheeks.

[Winry Rockbell]

Pinako sighed, "That could explain why you are still the same height." she uttered. She then smiled, "It's good to have you boys home again. I take it Winry got better at cooking?" she asked. Just then Winry emerged from the stairway.

"Y-yes?" she asked worried about what her grandmother was about to say. She smiled quickly to Ed and Al.

Pinako sighed, "Did you clean up your work table?"

Winry laughed nerviously, "I-I'm working on that now." Pinako gave her a scorn look but just sighed, "Well as soon as you clean that mess go clean up one of the rooms for the boys."

Nodding quickly Winry rushed back upstairs to do as told. She wanted to save herself from a huge yelling, or worse.

[AG]

Ed became enraged, jumped up, and punched the table, "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY OLD WOMAN?!" He screamed at her for even thinking about making a remark about his height. He took in a few deep breaths and then sighed, his face slowly changed back to his normal peach color. He took his seat again. He didn't answer Pinako's last remark, but he heard her. He was almost happy to be home with familiar faces from his past. Even if Risembool held horrible memories, being home gave him a bittersweet feeling.

[akidasoren]

Alphonse watched in silence feeling happiness flow within him, the house felt warm, and the atmosphere itself was somewhat comforting, even if this wasn’t their house, it still held a welcome for them whenever they returned to Risembool, and Al was glad of that. It was then that another remark was made at Edward, and much like the last one, Alphonse was really hoping that it would go over his older brother’s head....of course, that was just wishful thinking wasn’t it. He reacted in the manner he had been expecting and Alphonse shifted back slightly on the sofa, his gaze on his brother as he punched the table, his height was a sore spot with him, it had always been, even when they were children, but it seemed, that at least this time, his brother had managed to regain his composure much quicker than usual and he watched him sit down once more.

He sighed deeply lowering his head before shaking it slightly, Ed really did have a hot temper on him, and more often than not it had gotten him into trouble, but at the end of the day, that was just the way he was, and whilst sometimes Alphonse wished that he would keep calm occasionally with remarks like that he knew that it was most likely, an impossibility.

[Winry Rockbell]

Pinako sighed, and turned her attention to Alphonse. "So how have you two been? You boys don't write so I'm curious to know how you two are doing." she said in her more calm tone of voice.

Winry finished cleaning her work table and started in on the Elric's room. She smiled sadly looking around. Her friends were going to be staying in this room. Her heart was filled with joy, seeing her two friends again. After finishing the room she walked back downstairs to spend more time with her friends.

[akidasoren]

Alphonse looked to Pinako as she spoke, his head lowering for a brief moment before he looked back to her. It was true that they didn’t exactly keep in touch all that much, if at all really, and it wasn’t really as though they didn’t have the time, it was just, with the situations they managed to get themselves into being somewhat dangerous...well, they just didn’t want anyone to worry about them. “Oh we’ve been fine, everything’s great” he said with a small nervous laugh, well, hopefully she would leave it at that for now.

[AG]

Ed, who was never really had too long of an attention span, was growing bored. "So," he began, "let's go do something,". He said to his brother with irritation in his voice. He was glad to be with people who cared for him, and he cared for them, but staying in one place was not something he was too keen on. Either that or he wanted a good bed to sleep in. Either way, he was bored.

[Winry Rockbell]

Pinako smiled a lil,"At least your both alive. Anyway, I need to finish up some work before I make dinner. Just make yourselfs confertable."

Winry smiled at her two friends, "Want to go outside?" she asked casually.

[Aster Kamaki]

Aster walked up along the path of risembool, towards the rockbell's house. He had come back to risembool to get his automail arm repaired. He couldn't quiet remember how his arm got broken in the first place, but all he could focus on was getting it repaired.

[AG]

Ed nodded and started out the door. He always loved just walking around with Winry and his brother. Being with them makes him feel complete, even though he never does forget that he isn't exactly whole anymore, not since that day. However, somehow, the magic he has shared with Winry all these years made him temporarily forget his life was different now, and could never be that way again.

He stepped outside, the warm are brushed his face. He took in a deep breath, "You don't get this fresh air in Central. That's for sure." He explained to Winry and Pinako, who were still inside. He ran a couple of yards and laughed, he felt like a child again, and it felt so good.

[Winry Rockbell]

Winry soon joined him outside. It has been so long since she has done anything fun with them. She had a big smile on her face. Plus, Edward looked happy, which made her smile as well.

Pinako watched over them for a minute. "It's a bustling city, so I guess you can't expect much." she replied. "Well I am going to go make some lunch so you three stay out of trouble!" she warned before disappearing into the kitchen.

Winry nodded towards her grandmother. She stretched out into the air and a complete relaxed sigh came over her. She wondered how long they would be home this time. She didn't like to think that they would be leaving again and a possibility of never seeing them again. She hated it. Yet, she knew she would have to support them.

[akidasoren]

Alphonse noted the irritation in his brothers voice instantly looking to him as he spoke, he stared at him for a long moment, giving a slight nod of his metal head before he stood from the sofa. Edward was never the type to sit still for too long, he always had to be doing something, had to keep himself busy, he had always been that way really, he was adventurous, more-so than Al perhaps, and maybe that was what made him so...fidgety. As Winry made the suggestion of venturing outside, Al nodded his head the same as his brothers response, it was a nice idea, after all, it was home, and seeing it all in its glory...well, it brought back some good memories, but then again, it held some bad ones too, but for now at least, he could be happy.

He watched as Edward made his way to the door, stepping outside, he seemed happy, happy to be home perhaps, as he was, happy to be around friends, and it seemed happy to be away from Central. Truthfully, Al himself was pleased to be in the countryside again, Central was a pretty busy place, and it was nice to be somewhere you could slow down once in a while. Even if Alphonse could not breath the air, feel the refreshment of it, he could still admire the beauty of his home, that was one sense he had not lost, and that in itself was somewhat comforting. If he could have smiled to his brothers actions he would have, he was enjoying himself at least, and that made him happy. Releasing a content sigh Alphonse stepped outside letting his gaze move over the wonder of colour that lay before him, the greens, the blues, every colour seeming brighter than the next...it was...nice.

[Winry Rockbell]

Winry smiled over at Alphonse, "It's nice out today huh?" she said taking in the fresh air, filling her lungs with the crisp air. She looked around wondering where they should adventure to first.

[akidasoren]

Winry’s words drew him from his thoughts and he turned to look at her, mulling over her words, momentarily before he nodded his head in reply. “Yeah....” he said quietly, though his voice sounded happy enough. It really was nice, there weren’t many places with greenery elsewhere, Central for instance being a populated city, had little in the way of grass, let alone flowers, and no matter whether the sun was shining or not, it always seemed to be cast in a mild dull grey, but here, here everything was bright.

[AG]

Ed nodded as Winry spoke, it was a nice day and he enjoyed every moment of it. He looked around at everything and waved at people he knew. Sometimes he thought about when everything was back to normal, after they find the stone and get Al his body back that they would quit the military and just retire to Risembool.

[Winry Rockbell]

Winry finally got an idea. "Why don't we go down by the river. We haven't been there since we were kids!" she said already starting to head towards the direction of the river. She loved having them around. She just wished they would stop their journey, but at the same time she wants them to reach their goal. She wasn't sure what she wanted.

[AG]

Ed looked over to Winry as she walked in a different direction. He smiled, "Yeah, sounds like fun." He always loved to go swimming with Al, before that night, and he longed for the day where they could swim together again. Ed began to follow Winry with a smile on his face.