The Truth Within the Truth: A Fullmetal Alchemist RP

[sage42]

"Please." Tasha smiled and set to work. She took out the measure she had brought and was able to get the thickness of one the components. She quickly took out a pencil and pen ad wrote down the measurement. She looked up as she heard Kallu speak. "Tash, can you look at this, I'm not sure I'll be able to get it checked out." With a sigh she took the syringe and set it aside.

"He wasn't caught in that blast, or what's left would've been brought in here, along with scrambling medics. Nothing physical, but a bad state. I think he'll need to sit out next mission at best, counseling at worst." "Well let's hope that's all he'll need. I don't trust Kimblee farther than I can throw him. He's gotten too much pleasure out of this war." She said glaring towards the entrance of the tent. She turned back to Elias's shoulder once more.

After a few minutes she hah all the measurements she needed. "Alright that'll do it. Now you just take it easy Elias. I should have the arm ready by morning, after that it'll be good as new." She said with a smile. She turned to leave, only to remember the syringe. She grabbed it and handed it to a passing medic. "Could you examine this? I don't trust anything Solf Kimblee offered." She asked. The medic nodded and took the syringe. With that out of the way, Tasha left the tent and headed for her own to finish Elias's arm.

 

[CJ1145]

When Elias mentioned that Victor should sit out on the next mission, the young corporal did not take it well. He sat up, stammering "N-no! I have to keep going! Can't let him... can't stop."

As the medics worked on silently behind him, a man stepped through the tent flap, specifically Lieutenant Banagher. "Hey." he said quietly, avoiding staring at Victor. "I WAS coming down here to tell you fellas that the sun was coming up, and we'd be leaving soon. Looks like things got complicated, though. I already heard the story, so I was wondering if you knew what the freak in the ponytail told this kid."

With a voice only these two were close enough to hear, Victor explained.

"H-he knew... he told me he knew. I'm a fraud, I'm not supposed to be here! I killed those Ishvalans b-by accident.I'm in over my head... h-he said i-if anybody found out, they'd, they'd shoot me for treason. S-said if I told any of you, you'd turn me in too..."

Before anyone could react to his speech, a medic injected Victor with the orange syringe. As advertised, the boy fell unconscious almost immediately. The medic assured the two that Victor would be safe and calm there, and could be transported back to East City separately from the others.

Banagher clicked his tongue as he took in the story. He stood up and addressed Elias. "I'm gonna go fire up the trucks. You should round everybody up, let them know what happened. We can go as soon as you're ready. "

The lieutenant left, leaving Elias alone in the tent.

[hr]

Kimblee folded his arms, and had a rather sadistic smile on his face. "Come on, Stone, give me a little credit. All I did was ensure our friend Victor knew the military's response to liars." Crimson moved on, apparently unwilling to tease Kallu with what specifically was said. "However, I promise that the medicine really was to help him. I would never harm a comrade, I just tried to help him by letting him know how thin the ice was."

[hr]

Back in Tasha's tent, one of the medics poked his head in. "Thought you'd like to know, ma'am, the syringe was standard sedative. Nothing malicious in there. "

 

[CJ1145]

When Elias mentioned that Victor should sit out on the next mission, the young corporal did not take it well. He sat up, stammering "N-no! I have to keep going! Can't let him... can't stop."

As the medics worked on silently behind him, a man stepped through the tent flap, specifically Lieutenant Banagher. "Hey." he said quietly, avoiding staring at Victor. "I WAS coming down here to tell you fellas that the sun was coming up, and we'd be leaving soon. Looks like things got complicated, though. I already heard the story, so I was wondering if you knew what the freak in the ponytail told this kid."

With a voice only these two were close enough to hear, Victor explained.

"H-he knew... he told me he knew. I'm a fraud, I'm not supposed to be here! I killed those Ishvalans b-by accident.I'm in over my head... h-he said i-if anybody found out, they'd, they'd shoot me for treason. S-said if I told any of you, you'd turn me in too..."

Before anyone could react to his speech, a medic injected Victor with the orange syringe. As advertised, the boy fell unconscious almost immediately. The medic assured the two that Victor would be safe and calm there, and could be transported back to East City separately from the others.

Banagher clicked his tongue as he took in the story. He stood up and addressed Elias. "I'm gonna go fire up the trucks. You should round everybody up, let them know what happened. We can go as soon as you're ready. "

The lieutenant left, leaving Elias alone in the tent.

[hr]

Kimblee folded his arms, and had a rather sadistic smile on his face. "Come on, Stone, give me a little credit. All I did was ensure our friend Victor knew the military's response to liars." Crimson moved on, apparently unwilling to tease Kallu with what specifically was said. "However, I promise that the medicine really was to help him. I would never harm a comrade, I just tried to help him by letting him know how thin the ice was."

[hr]

Back in Tasha's tent, one of the medics poked his head in. "Thought you'd like to know, ma'am, the syringe was standard sedative. Nothing malicious in there. "

 

[Redryhno]

The military's response to liars? What could he have been talking about?

Kallu shook his head, unsatisfied with the answer but knowing he'd never get anything more out of Kimblee without some really extreme persuasion and even then, it wouldn't get much out of him.

Kallu harrumphed and walked past Kimblee back towards the med tent, muttering to himself as he left the outcrop, falling silent and stoic again as he neared where soldiers were around.

Kimblee loves his riddles, and his Alchemy.

 

[Viking Incognito]

Spoiler: Notice

Hey everyone, I was asked to clear this up so I'm just letting you all know, I have withdrawn from the RP. It was fun for the time I was in it but when stuff came up and I had to pull out for such a long time I feel it would be unfair to ask you to let me back in now when I'm so far behind. Maybe I'll do another game with some of you sometime soon!

 

[Jedoro]

"Alright that'll do it. Now you just take it easy Elias. I should have the arm ready by morning, after that it'll be good as new."

"No promises, ma'am. Lots of heavy lifting to do in this tent tonight." After Tasha had left, he just listened as Banagher and Victor talked, absorbing the details of their words before a medic sedated Victor.

"I'm gonna go fire up the trucks. You should round everybody up, let them know what happened. We can go as soon as you're ready."

"Wilco, sir," he replied, gathering his things as the medics moved Victor onto his cot. "You two," he said to the Corporal and Private, "keep in touch with each other. After a war like this, each other might be all we grunts have." Elias walked out of the tent and caught Kallu, who was heading his direction. "Hey, sir, Lieutenant Banagher's firing up some trucks to get us moving, told me to gather the team so we can move. Victor's getting medevac'd to East City, don't know much more than that. You know where everyone else is?"

 

[CJ1145]

Spoiler: OOC

I am sorry to see you go, Viking. It was fun having you in the RP, so I hope you have fun on whatever else you might do on the forums here.

As Leo and Roland walked, Lieutenant Banagher approached from the opposite direction. He stopped as he recognized them, and slowed them to a halt to speak with them.

"Hey, if you boys don't have anything important to pack, you can just come with me if you want. I'm about to go get the trucks ready, we'll be bringing you fellas back to East City in about ten minutes."

[hr]

"Oh, and I forgot to mention!" The medic added, saluting Tasha. "One of the camp's drivers mentioned he was readying the trucks to deliver you and your unit to East City, ma'am! You may wish to be prepared, I think they're leaving ASAP."

[hr]

With Kallu, gone, Kimblee turned his eyes towards James. If the Lt. Colonel thought he had not been spotted, he was wrong. Crimson chose to greet him with a bow over the standard salute. "Always a pleasure, Projecting. Or, would you prefer I called you Lieutenant Colonel? It's not every day someone as young as you shoots through the ranks like that, I'd understand if you wanted to flaunt it a little."

It seemed like a great challenge just to tell if his compliments were disguised insults or not. "So," Kimblee began on his new tangent. "tell me, what was it like being so close to an explosion like the one that you witnessed today? I've always been curious, but I haven't gotten the chance to really try it yet."

[hr]

As Marlin and Ken went about their business around the camp, they found themselves shaken down by a pair of runners, who informed them that their ride to East City would be leaving in around ten minutes. If they wished to pack first, they'd best hurry.

 

[Redryhno]

"Hey, sir, Lieutenant Banagher's firing up some trucks to get us moving, told me to gather the team so we can move. Victor's getting medevac'd to East City, don't know much more than that. You know where everyone else is?"
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"I don't know where everyone else is Sergeant, I just talked to Kimblee about Vic, the kid say anything new since I left?"

Kallu began walking towards the trucks with Elias in tow he assumed, the sooner he got back to East City, the sooner Kimblee would be out of eyesight and smell. He stopped at the tent he had slept in and gathered his netbag with the stones in it, as he leaned down, he spotted a good-sized stone about the size of his fist, opened his bag and dropped it in, muttering to himself,"Teoule and now Victor, two causalities that could have prevented by me, Amestris is falling apart and the higher-ups don't even notice it just yet."

 

[JokerboyJordan]

"I think I can show you some exercises you can use to try and stop them. You should try and incorporate your alchemy with your movements like I do" .

Roland cocked his head and thought to himself.

I'm not sure if I have the time... I suppose it wouldn't hurt...

"Well, a little versatility never hurt anybody I suppose, and if it helps my overall ability, then there's nothing wrong with that"

"Hey, if you boys don't have anything important to pack, you can just come with me if you want. I'm about to go get the trucks ready, we'll be bringing you fellas back to East City in about ten minutes."

"Meh, sure. I don't have anything important" He said as he patted his pockets to ensure his cigarettes were still there.

"You coming Leo?"

 

[Jedoro]

"I don't know where everyone else is Sergeant, I just talked to Kimblee about Vic, the kid say anything new since I left?"

"He did, actually," Elias began as the two walked to the trucks, "and I'm not sure how to respond to it, sir. Especially after he saved my ass out there." He sighed as Kallu picked up a decent-sized rock and put it in a bag.

"Kid said he was a fraud who'd be shot for treason, said he killed the Ishvalans by accident. Couldn't say more before the medics doped him, but I doubt 'wishing I missed' is the same as 'traitor of the military.' Hell, if it was, half the grunts out here would be lined up and shot."

 

[CrazyBlaze]

"To you its Lieutenant Colonel and don't you forget it. I outrank you. That barrage was nothing special," James said coolly as he lowered his gun and stepped closer to Kimblee. "I don't care what you did to Victor but you stay away from my squad from know on," James grabbed The Crimson Alchemist and pulled him close to his face. "If I ever see you near my squad again. What you shouldn't worry about is not being an Alchemist anymore. What you should worry about is if the morticians will be able identify your face.," Kimblee felt James' gun pressed tight against his chin. "Are. We. Clear State Alchemist, Major Kimblee?"

"Lt. Colonel James!" a man came running up to James and Kimblee and saluted. "You are needed back at the vehicle stop for transportation back to East City. SIR!"

James let go of Kimblee and saluted back, "Understood private." He turned back to Kimblee. "Remember our little chat. Next time I see you near my squad it better because of orders from the Fuhrer himself."

James turned on his heel, holstered his gun and made his way to trucks just in time to hear Elias tell Kallu about the news from Victor.

"Luck is also part of a soldier's fate. Any day a stray bullet or a lucky explosion could kill any of us. Corporal Victor gives himself too little credit. He performed well out there. Everyone has their doubts. Killing someone should never be easy. Its no surprise that there are people out there who would rather not kill," James jumped onto the back of the truck.

 

[Redryhno]

"The only problem with that logic James is that Victor is a soldier, and soldiers die and kill. That's their job, we're supposed to be the ones that don't want to fight, yet here we are, more or less content to kill."

Kallu climbed into the truck they were supplied with, and again thought of Teoule, sighing again, still allowing no emotion to enter his face, he shook his head in the direction of where the kid had been killed.

Kimblee is a good soldier, a little too good, but if he ever messes with this squad again, his hands are mine.

 

[Jedoro]

"Hate to say it, but the killing's preferable to the dying, sir," Elias replied, standing by the truck. "I'm just glad he didn't freeze up. Even if you're not hitting anyone, it's still suppressive fire, and that's pretty damn useful. I'm not sure where we're going, but if you wanted to keep tabs on the Corporal, he's going with the medics to East City."

After thinking for a second, he realized that it was likely someone told James about the trucks, so it was also likely that the others were told about them. He leaned against the truck and faced the horizon to watch the sunrise while the rest of the team gathered.

 

[CrazyBlaze]

"We are the dogs Kallu and the Government is our master. I agree that mindless bloodshed is bad and I'm not content to kill. It makes me sick but orders are orders. That was ingrained into me from the day I was born," he turned to Elias. "Agreed. As humans we value our lives to the very end. And thanks for the tip about the Corporal. I only saw a glimpse of him but it does seem best he sits the next one out. I hope he recovers. I heard what Kimblee said. I don't trust him. I still think something more happened between the two.

 

[Redryhno]

"I get no joy from killing beyond that each life I take saves another of Amestris' citizens, James, Elias, and Kimblee may be a mischievous little bastard, but he'll never blatantly lie to anyone,he likes the feel of holding ultimate power over someone too much, holding back the whole truth is another matter however,"He paused a moment and replied to James' decision to keep Victor back, "I don't agree that Victor should sit out the next mission though, that doesn't do anything but keep us down from full strength and him feeling as if he failed us.The mission might give him the confidence he needs to work better, the worst that could happen is that we have to lend him more help and that accomplishes the same thing as leaving him behind, but as you said, orders are orders, so I will respect whatever decision is made by you or the Fuhrer."

 

[CrazyBlaze]

James looked thoughtful. "You bring up a good point Kallu. I still want to make sure he is mentally stable for the next mission though. Its a liability not be at full strength but its even more so if he breaks down in the middle of the next mission. If that happens we could have an invalid on our hands and that endangers all of us because I don't leave men behind as long as they draw breath."

 

[sage42]

"One of the camp's drivers mentioned he was readying the trucks to deliver you and your unit to East City, ma'am! You may wish to be prepared, I think they're leaving ASAP." Tasha's head snapped up from her work. "Damn really?" She glanced back down at her work. "I still have to fit a few pieces." She frowned. "Oh well not much I can do then." She said packing away her tools and loose pieces in a small pack. She wrapped the arm in a tarp and tied it off with a piece of twine. She slung the tarp over her shoulder and grabbed her tool kit with the other. She walked out over her tent and found a gathering of the rest of the squad.

"Well good morning everyone, I assume with the fireworks last night no one got any sleep?"

 

[Fragrance of Mtn Dew]

Marlin had resumed his writing by the fire before being interrupted yet again. This time by a soldier telling him they would be departing for East City in 10 minutes. "... Thank you..." Was all Marlin had to say as he stood up, slung his jar over his shoulder and tucked his notebook back into his pocket. He had traveled light for this mission, bringing only his jar and his research notes so he had nothing else to gather up.

He then headed to where the rest of the squad was preparing to leave and greeted them quietly with a wave. His gaze slowly moved out to the desert where they had fought Torul and remained there for awhile. "... Perhaps I'll come back some time... Need to gather more data on the circle's performance in low moisture climates..." He muttered to himself, his mind turning back to his research.

 

[TheIronRuler]

"We're off to East City then, I think I want to tour the city if we have some time"

Leo nodded and followed Roland back to the trucks.

"Tell me more about your alchemy, Roland"

 

[nuba km]

Ken headed up to the truck after getting the message, he walked up to the truck still working on his notes about Marlin's alchemy circles. Ken reached the ruck and got on it without raising his head form the note pad.