[ log: ed + roy ]
Dec. 26th, 2012 09:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
[ the wind is bitter cold, the snow on his face making it chafe and he can feel the flush of blood in his cheeks from the chill. he's hardly dressed for the weather and any more time spent outside could be the death of him. ironic, after how far he's come...
and how far he's come... he's not really sure how he came to be here or how. one moment was munich, the next, well, it looks like northern amesteris, but he can't be sure. at least there's a cabin ahead, but from the looks of it, the flags make it a military outpost. how much welcome he'll receive there is difficult to say. the fullmetal alchemist has been missing for two years, last seen in central before he'd disappeared beneath the city. he doesn't even have his watch anymore, so who would believe him if he said who he was?
they're dark thoughts, much like the questions in his mind. like the question of how he came here, in the blink of an eye, after trying and failing to find a way home through the stars. but also like the question of who now will take him. is his brother even alive? had he succeeded? and what about...
the colonel. again, like the night he'd met mabuse, the image of mustang flashes through his mind. was he alive? had the colonel succeeded in killing the fuhrer? the last time he'd seen him, he'd hardly had the chance for a proper goodbye. a mere brush of hands. a light touch between two men who'd finally come to understand each other. and then he'd been gone.
when he'd first woken up in munich, he'd told himself he wouldn't have regrets. but he does and many of them centered on what little time he'd had to spend with the man who had inspired him to move forward. it's too much to hope that he might see mustang again, even if the men at the outpost believe him. so he doesn't hold onto that hope. not like the way he grips his brown coat closer in hopes of warding off the cold.
the cabin is only a few feet ahead of him now. and he's grateful for that much because the wind is whipping his long hair, making it hard to see ahead of him. if there's anyone standing guard, they'll likely see him sooner than he'll see them. ]