Fullmetal Alchemist: The Midnight Eclipse

Story:
Using a forbidden Alchemical ritual, Edward and Alphonse Elric tried to resurrect their dead mother. Edward lost his left leg, Alphonse lost his whole body, and at the cost of his right arm, Edward bound his brother's soul to a suit of armor. Becoming a state alchemist, he and his brother search for the one thing to restore their bodies: The legendary philosopher's stone.

After traveling for 4 years, Edward discovered reports of strange disappearances. These disappearances happened every night on the same day, the day of the Midnight Eclipse. Edward has turned to his friends, soldiers of briggs, and fellow alchemists for help on discovering why they disappear every year.

Rules and Characters may be found in the OOC thread: http://www.kh-vids.net/showthread.p...ight-Eclipse-OOC-thread&p=3500125#post3500125

Enjoy and post your submissions in the OC thread.

 

OoC:// Blah. I watched 60 episodes a LONG time ago but I just started re-watching the series today. xD I hope that is okay. Can I play Alphonse?

Alchemist-

Name: Xioimara Dwyre
Appearance:

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Age: 23
Personality: Xioimara is sharp and stubborn. She prefers to take the path less traveled. She is very clever and has great deductive reasoning. Xioimara is quiet but protective, at times.
Symbol:

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Means- Spirit
State Alchemist Name: Wild Wolf of the East
Biography: Xioimara has a very slighlty related story to the Elric brothers. She lost her family when she was young, or rather ran off. She lived in an abusive household and decided it would be best to leave. She discovered alchemy around the age of ten. Xioimara forms it to her own specific kindlings. It took Xioimara two tries to become a state alchemist.

Though Xioimara is considered a military dog, she runs on her own unless they find a way to get in touch with her or find her. She is hard to track and follow. Xioimara is known to attack headstrong if someone gets in her way. She has the scars to prove it.
Other: Xioimara created an alchemy that shifts and controls her own DNA. She is able to turn into a wolf, with luck.
Wolf Form-

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Awesome. Bonus points for effort and yes, you can be Al. Just remember the color for Al when he talks.

Edward Elric looked at his brother Alphonse. "Ready to go Al?" he asked.

Xoram wandered around waiting for something fun to come to him. He was bored and wanted to desperatley fight something. "So bored..." he grumbled.

 

A red wolf trotted down an alleyway. She was simply passing through the town but was rather hungry and when in Rome... Plus she didn't have any money for food. The wolf knocked over a garbage can to see if there would be any good pickings in it. She stuck out her tongue and decided her stomach could wait. She had a small fear gnawing at her ankles that the military would find her.

She managed to keep out of their reach for nearly two months now but she was out of money, and hungry. The wolf normally stuck to the wilderness and avoided the cities and towns once word got out that they were looking for the Wild Wolf of the East. "I refuse...!" Xioimara said quietly to herself at the thought of getting verbally abused by Roy Mustang or escourted around by regular soldiers...

She froze as a voice shouted at her and a giant figure towered over the wolf.

"I've found you!" A joyous and masculine voice rang out in the dark alleyway.

Alphonse's mind jumped alert at the sound of his brothers voice. He had been enjoying the thought of having his body back. Al looked down at his brother, Edward Elric. He nodded. If he were human he would have smiled. "Yeah." He said as happily as a suit of armor can be. Despite his missing body, Alphonse was more than ecstatic to still have his one and only brother near him pretty much where ever he went.

"Brother, I forget..." Al started, "Where are we heading off to again?" He asked his older brother kindly. He normally didn't forget where they were going, but on the days where Alphonse Elric really missed his body he had a habit of not listening to his brother though never on purpose.

 

"We're going to Reole remember? Rumors of a Philosopher's Stone there." Edward felt the the mistake that cost his brother his body was his to bear. He had talked Alphonse into trying the Transmutation with him. Before long, his mind wandered back to that day...

"Ready Al?"
"Uh-huh"
They placed their hands in the Transmutation circle and began. Before long, Ed was really excited. "We're almost there!" Everything was peerfect. But then, everything went wrong. The background turned purple, and before he knew it, his brother was being taken. "Brother, help!" he heard Al say. "AL! Dammit, stay with me!" His leg had been taken, and Al was gone. Expecting to see his mother, Ed looked over to the center. "Mom?" he asked. But it wasn't Trisha Elric.

He would never forget what he saw. Especially... those eyes.

 

The wolf gawked at the giant man. She felt fear and discomfort thunder in her heart and bones. He wasn't blocking her exit at least. With a leap of faith, she kicked off the ground and out the alleyway to escape. She managed to evade his grasp but decided her only decision was to keep running. She darted through virtually no crowds and crashed. She ran head on into a rather short teenager with long blond hair, neatly braided back. The wolf became frustrated at this. The teenage girl stood up and was about to kick off when she was grabbed by the collar of her shirt. "Shi-!" She was picked up under her arms and held up.

Armstrong smiled at Xioimara once he caught her. He held her up to see her face clearly and make sure it really was her, though he was about ninety-nine percent sure she was the only alchemist that could change into a wolf. He was shocked to see that she had run into the Elric brothers. He placed her down gently and kept a firm grip on her shoulder to make she that she wouldn't try to slink off. "Edward and Alphonse Elric!" Armstrong announced, saluting the two brothers, of which he had the upmost respect for.

"I'm dearly sorry for what has happened here and I hope all can be forgiven! I was just in such a hurry to catch her for Roy Mustang!"

Alphonse jumped when he saw a huge dog running at the two. The giant red beast crashed into his older brother and... Turned into a human...? "Brother, are you okay?!" Alphonse exclaimed and watched as the girl was seized by the all too familiar Alex Armstrong. He saluted the two at once and aplogized for the incident. Alphonse found himself struck dumb and was unsure about what to do.

 

"What's that?" said Edward when he saw the wolf running towards him. "No no no no no!" he exclaimed but it was too late. He got up and saw a girl standing next to... Alex Armstrong? Great, just great. "Ow" he said. He turned to Alphonse, "Shyeah, You think that was enough to hurt me?" He looked at Alex. "I may be willing to forgive you, if..." He thought about what he could have. He wanted to see Mustang, but not too badly. "Hmmm... let me think." he said.

 

"Miss Dwyre, I believe an apology is in line for the Elric brothers."Armstrong told the teenager. He patiently waited on Edward's request, not in too much of a rush to bring the werewolf back. It would be nice to have such company as the Elric's beside them if they decided to go back to Central with him but Armstrong decided not to expect too much. He was well ready to aquire whatever the two needed though.

The teen huffed and crossed her arms as Armstrong ordered her to apologize whether or not it was done kindly. "No need to apologize for you scarin' the livin' daylights outta me." She growled. She felt the grip he had on her shoulder tighten. It made the same fear she felt only a few minutes ago tremor through her. "Sorry!" She cried and shut her eyes tightly, apologizing to Edward as well as Alphonse.

Alphonse recognized a familiar expression on his brother's face. "What are you thinking brother?" He asked quietly. Alphonse looked over to the stranger they had run into and Armstrong as the girl apologized. "It's okay! We all make mistakes!" He accepted.

 

"I think... Muscleman should take us to see Colonel Sarcasm over in Central, and let Wolfie come with us." he said. He knew of the respect that Armstrong had for him and was sure he'd fufill both of those requests, unless Alphonse were to insist Armstrong not do anything.

 

"Yeah I agree." Alphonse said to his brother and turned to the General. "Can we go back to Central with you, Mr. Armstrong?" Alphonse asked politley.

"But of course, Elrics!" Armstrong exclaimed, overjoyed at the idea of company during the ride to Central. "Allow the train fare to be on me!" He offered, his pectorals flexing a little bit at this. "We should be able to catch the next train." Armstrong eagerly started forward, making sure Xioimara was kept under a tight grip and keeping an eye on her to make sure she didn't start to resist.

Xioimara twitched a little bit as she caught Edward's fond nickname for her, if only a whisper. She disregarded it. "No point in picking a fight with such a shrimp..." She muttered, and rolled her eyes. Though, Xioimara did take into mind that her and Edward were about the same size. If anything, he was actually taller, if only by an inch or two. She rolled her eyes again at this thought. Xioimara grunted as she started towards the train station, urged forward by her captor.

"What are we going to do in Central, Brother?"

 

Ed had caught the word "shrimp" in her sentence. "WHO ARE YOU CALLING A SHRIMP SO SMALL THAT GRASSHOPPERS LOOK DOWN ON HIM!?" he always hated being called short. He took a breath and looked at Al. "We are gonna go see Colonel Mustang."

 

Xioimara smirked at Ed's reply. She opened her mouth to reply but was cut off my Armstrong, obviously trying to interfear with their argument. She frowned at him and sighed.
"What have you two been doing on your time away from Central, if I may ask?" Armstrong started, and urged Xioimara forward as she tried to stop short on him to insult Edward again.
Alphonse decided to let Edward do the conversing with Armstrong. He wasn't feeling too talkative at the moment. He glanced at Xioimara every now and then. He noticed she was starting to calm down, and trying to make a break for it less and less often. He wondered why she was trying in vain to escape the General... Well, the General was obvious, but he wanted to know why she was so anxious to not go back to Central.

 

"Meh, not too much. Just trying to get our bodies back and such. Right, Al? Al?"he asked. These days it seemed as though Al hardly payed attention.

 

"Huh?" Al jumped from his thoughts and took his eyes from the girl and Armstrong. "Sorry. Yeah." He agreed. He wondered how long he had been daydreaming. Now they were at the station. 'I can't keep being so mindless...' Alphonse told himself and did his best to focus on the present.


Armstrong could feel tears touch the corners of his eyes, just at the thought of what great effort the brothers went through together to get their bodies back. "Sounds like the typical Elric brothers!" Alexander announced in a tearful voice, as they boarded the train.

Xioimara rolled her eyes at Armstrong's near-to-tears performance. Before she knew it, she was getting hustled onto a train. Xioimara didn't want to go any further, though she had calmed down and basically given up for the meantime. Her eyes widened a little as a boy around her age was exiting the train. "Hey." She started, fluttering her eyes at the stranger. He stopped. Xioimara got pushed forward. She clicked her tongue with annoyance and gave up on her plan of escape by flirting with a random stranger.

"Nice try, Miss Dwyre." Armstrong commented, pushing Xioimara away from the male. This wasn't the first time she had tried to have a random guy save her. Least to say she almost succeeded once before. Armstrong led Xioimara towards an empty spot on the train.

"Say," Xioimara started, talking back towards Edward as well as Alphonse. "How often has the Military sent someone to take you back to Central?" She asked. Xioimara felt like she was the only one that ever got forcible hauled back to headquarters... But maybe that was because she never came around for weeks, or months.

 

"They've never for sent me. I'm always usually doing my own thing with my little brother Al." he indicated towards Alphonse. "It's kinda my fault that he's in that armor. He tells me not to worry, but I have to you know?" he looked down a bit. I'll do whatever it takes. he vowed to himself.

 

Xioimara raised an eyebrow slightly at this. 'He just wears armor. I don't see the big deal. I guess it is pretty heavy...' Xioimara shrugged as she was forced into a window seat. 'Unless his soul is...? No... Why would he choose a suit of armor...? It's too suspicious for everyday life... It's not like I can just ask anyways. That would be rude.'Xioimara woke from her thought. "Oh yeah," She started quietly. Then let her attitude bubble to the surface once more. "Why the hell are you guys always taking me and leavin' him alone? He ought to be a better alchemist if he's younger than me an' his brother is in that armor all the time!" She exclaimed to Armstrong and narrowed her eyes.

Armstrong remained unfased by Xioimara's verbal attack. "They may be better alchemists but your investigation skills are far more superior." He said quietly, hoping as to not offend the Elric brothers by this statement.

"So now it's a game of wits..." Xioimara muttered and looked out the window as the train started away from the station and towards its destination in Central. 'He seemed open to admitting it...' Xioimara resumed her thoughts, every now and then looking over at Al and Edward and occasionally Armstrong. 'Soul-binding would be the equivelent if not almost the equivilent to transmutating a body, right? Unless he's proud of his work... Wouldn't the military do something about this if it turned out that Al was hollow?' She sighed. There was too many loose ends to jump to conclusions. Plus she didn't want to get herself knotted in an idea as she did far too often.

Xioimara studied Edward, closley in the back of her mind as she looked at him. 'Why would you want to be proud of having your brother loose his body or even just openly talk about it... Maybe he's just dumb enough to trust anyone in the military.' Xioimara blinked and rubbed her eyes. "Bah." Xioimara tried to chase away the thoughts and went back to looking out the window. "Just trying to get our bodies back and such." Xioimara's memory spiked at this. How could she have not remembered that. Xioimara looked at Edward or rather stared. She opened her mouth to speak.

Armstrong watched Xioimara to make sure she wouldn't try anything. He did take note of how quiet she was and had a second-thought she was trying to piece together Alphonse's metal body. She was about to talk. He place his hand on her shoulder. "Here and now isn't the time." He concluded.

Alphonse watched the view pass by them. He became lost in his own thoughts. 'Brother doesn't always need to worry about me. We'll get our bodies back in time I'm sure. Constantly worrying about me is just going to stress him out more. It's not like I'm worried about him.' Alphonse looked at his brother, after noticing the girl's stare, as if she discovered something. "Brother..." Alphonse tried to whisper to Edward. Alphonse was sure that his brother was aware of her look but you never knew.

General Armstrong stopped Xioimara before she could talk. Alphonse decided to leave whatever was up to the girl, Armstrong, and Ed.

 

Ed noticed that the girl was about to ask him something, but Armstrong had stopped her. He heard Al whisper to him. "What is it Al?" he asked, "Something the matter?"

Xoram had noticed none other than Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist come on board with Major General Armstrong, a person in a suit of armor, and... The Wild Wolf of the East? "So they caught her..." he said to himself, "Her reputation is strechted to far if that Shrimp, that oaf and their walking trashcan can catch her." he sighed and sat back. "This is taking too long... and why does Mujstang want to see me?" he contemplated his questions btu felt it was too much and decided to take a nap.

 

Once Armstrong felt Xioimara was settled enough he spoke up. "I need to go make a call. I trust you, Mr. Elric to watch Miss Dwyre here." He ordered. Armstrong stood up and left to go inform Mustang that they would be arriving at headquarters soon.

Xioimara rolled her eyes as Armstrong left. She was well aware that she could escape the Elric's quite easily if she felt. She could escape Armstrong too if she felt it. She scoffed. 'Just saving energy...' Xioimara did feel rather weak lately, being as she hadn't eaten in at least a week.

"Excuse me," Al spoke up towards Xioimara, noticing a slight distressed look on her face. "I'm just wondering, but why do you want to avoid the military so much?" He asked trying to be as sincere as possible. Alphonse didn't want to see what this girl was like when she snapped... He had already seen his brother snap a few times and Alphonse had a good idea that the result would be similar for the Wild Wolf of the East.

Xioimara didn't answer for a moment. She wasn't too sure why she hated the military and did almost anything to evade them. Xioimara shrugged. She thought of a moment. 'I wonder if Edward and Al would be the type to rat someone out...' She shook her head. 'Guess only one way to find out. This can go the easy way or the hard way.' Xioimara glanced sideways at Al and Ed. She stood up. "Can you guys keep a secret if I run?" She smiled.

Al wasn't sure how to react to this. Armstrong did tell them to not let her leave but he had a bad feeling in his non-existant gut of what would happen, god forbid a fight were to break loose on a train. Al looked to his brother for an answer.

 

"YEs sir."Ed said sarcastically as Armstrong left. He didn't want to babysit her, but he had nothing else to do. Ed looked at Xioimara. "Tell us why you want to escape, and maybe we'll keep your secret. If I feel like it, Wolfie." he told her.

 

"Hmm..." Xioimara glanced at Edward and smirked. "I don't like to have the man control me." She paused. "I'll go on my own time. Why don't you come with, Alpine?" Xioimara asked with a smile. She still had to come up with an ironic name for Alphonse but decided that Alpine would do for Edward.

'Though I do need money...' Xioimara thought over her plan of escape. She really didn't want to go back and deal with Mustang but she didn't really have a choice. She was too weak at the moment to live out in the woods and hunt. She stamped her foot with impatience with herself. She couldn't think straight. Too late.

"You should sit back down." Armstrong's commanding voice told Xioimara. He could tell she almost scream with anger at this. He had already informed headquarters that he was on his way back with Xioimara Dwyre though and was well aware he couldn't risk loosing her. He looked down at Xioimara. She stared back as if her stare alone might assassinate him. He was touched by her strength even though it was easy to tell she was way too malnourished to fight. Armstrong looked to Edward and Alphonse. "I hope you would have stopped her if she had tried to escape..." He assumed.

Alphonse froze up at these words. He was never good at lying. "We would have stopped her!" He panicked and decided to hush up.