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taxonomites2011-11-08 01:56 pm
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Arrival Post
The blinding light from the transmutation faded. Colonel Mustang was nowhere to be seen. He was pulled through The Gate. But, then again, no one else was in sight either. In fact, Riza Hawkeye found herself in a completely different location. The room was metallic and disgustingly sterile, and she found herself on a raised platform with a pedestal not too far away. There were no doors or windows. She had heard the small girl’s cry to stay back or be pulled along with her superior officer. Was this...?
No, it couldn’t be. Black Hayate, her dog, was laying a few feet away from her. If she was at The Gate, he wouldn’t have followed, would he? Besides, there was no Gate or any other kind of door to be found.
Riza ran over to her dog, which stirred and looked around just as confused as she was. He looked up at her, waiting for a command which she didn’t have for him yet. She reached out to scratch his ears when she noticed the strange watch on her wrist. "What the-?" She turned her wrist, trying to look for a clasp to take it off and inspect the devise closer, but she didn’t find one. She then tried to slide it off, but found that the devise was now a part of her skin as if someone had transmuted it to her arm. As disturbed as she was with that, she managed to shrug it off.
"Let’s look for a way out of here, Black Hayate." The little dog yipped and stuck his nose to the ground, trying to locate a scent that wasn’t his own or his master’s. Meanwhile, Riza went around the perimeter of the room, feeling for some kind of crack that may indicate a door. She found nothing. Black Hayate didn’t fare any better. The only other thing in the room was the pedestal which held...a thing.
Riza walked over to it. It was a strange rectangular object that looked polished. She hesitated, not knowing if it was even safe to be near. From what she’s been through recently, she wouldn’t be surprised if it was some sort of secret weapon the military had been working on. She left it alone for now, stepping down and trying the perimeter again to no avail.
She went back to the perimeter of the room, kicking at the metal walls, all the while getting increasingly frustrated at her situation. Riza wasn’t one to normally lose her cool but the Colonel was just forced into human transmutation, there were flash-eating things overtaking Central headquarters, and 'Father’s' goal was about to be completed. If this wasn’t a good enough excuse to lose it, then nothing was.
"Where are you?!" She yelled out ay no one, expecting either Pride or some other homunculus to answer her, but there was nothing other than her echo bouncing off the walls. "If 'Father' is here, then show yourself!" Again, nothing but her own echo. She pounded on the wall out of frustration before sinking to floor, holding her head as her faithful dog walked over to provide what comfort he could. "This can’t be happening..."
No, it couldn’t be. Black Hayate, her dog, was laying a few feet away from her. If she was at The Gate, he wouldn’t have followed, would he? Besides, there was no Gate or any other kind of door to be found.
Riza ran over to her dog, which stirred and looked around just as confused as she was. He looked up at her, waiting for a command which she didn’t have for him yet. She reached out to scratch his ears when she noticed the strange watch on her wrist. "What the-?" She turned her wrist, trying to look for a clasp to take it off and inspect the devise closer, but she didn’t find one. She then tried to slide it off, but found that the devise was now a part of her skin as if someone had transmuted it to her arm. As disturbed as she was with that, she managed to shrug it off.
"Let’s look for a way out of here, Black Hayate." The little dog yipped and stuck his nose to the ground, trying to locate a scent that wasn’t his own or his master’s. Meanwhile, Riza went around the perimeter of the room, feeling for some kind of crack that may indicate a door. She found nothing. Black Hayate didn’t fare any better. The only other thing in the room was the pedestal which held...a thing.
Riza walked over to it. It was a strange rectangular object that looked polished. She hesitated, not knowing if it was even safe to be near. From what she’s been through recently, she wouldn’t be surprised if it was some sort of secret weapon the military had been working on. She left it alone for now, stepping down and trying the perimeter again to no avail.
She went back to the perimeter of the room, kicking at the metal walls, all the while getting increasingly frustrated at her situation. Riza wasn’t one to normally lose her cool but the Colonel was just forced into human transmutation, there were flash-eating things overtaking Central headquarters, and 'Father’s' goal was about to be completed. If this wasn’t a good enough excuse to lose it, then nothing was.
"Where are you?!" She yelled out ay no one, expecting either Pride or some other homunculus to answer her, but there was nothing other than her echo bouncing off the walls. "If 'Father' is here, then show yourself!" Again, nothing but her own echo. She pounded on the wall out of frustration before sinking to floor, holding her head as her faithful dog walked over to provide what comfort he could. "This can’t be happening..."
[visual] Is ok! You are still loved!
And she heard a door open up behind behind her. She hadn't even seen any cracks to indicate that there even was a door before. It was obvious not to underestimate the people/beings who built this place.
Riza immediately left the room, not wanting the door to shut on her for good. Black Hayate quietly followed at her heels. Once she was out of the room, she looked back down at the device. The man's face was still on the screen.
"Thanks." And then the question about Black Hayate. "Oh, yes. His name is Black Hayate."