Puffin Campfire, Monday Evening

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Edward sat himself down at the edge of the fire ring, eyeing the fire as he cautiously set a few books down. Hunting around for a little bit dug up a proper stick for marshmallow roasting, and opening a bag of large poofy marshmallows, Edward set some marshmallows to roasting.

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"Archery, I think. I'd have to look. It sounded different, and my aim is... interesting. Better at close combat, really, but hey. Figured it was a useful talent in my current line of work." He grinned and popped a marshmallow in his mouth.

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras nodded.

"You're a State Alchemist, right? I think that's what Al told me."

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Edward nodded. "Yup. Basically I'm a tool of the miltary, but in exchange I get quite a decent research stipend and access to restricted texts. I get thrown into a lot of interesting situations, so I figure any talent with ranged weapons might save me more hospital stays in the future."

"What about you? Where are you from?"

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A tool of the military...

Huh. Edward must really want those restricted texts.

"Well, archery should be just what you're looking for, then," said Seras, "If you can, you should meet up with my roommate, Gwynn. She's Robin Hood's daughter, so I'm sure she's got brilliant marksmanship."

Seras popped a marshmallow in her mouth and chewed.

"I'm from London, England," she said, "Soho district specifically."

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Edward cocked an eyebrow. "Who the hell's Robin Hood?" He shrugged at that. "Oh, you're from England too. I've met a couple people from there ... I don't know much about it, just that you guys have interesting accents. And the country seems to foster a great deal of magic, judging by the witches and wizards that have been running around here."

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"Oh, of course you don't know who he is. Sorry. How dumb of me. Robin Hood's a famous English archer. There're lots of stories and songs and what not about him. He's pretty legendary."

She shrugged at the rest.

"I wouldn't know about witches and wizards and magic, though. I'm...just an average girl, really. Though, Al did try to explain a bit about alchemy to me yesterday. He turned a pile of dirt into a little wooden chick. It was the most brilliant thing I've ever seen."

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Edward laughed at that. "Wow, that brings back memories. We used to make all sorts of toys for one of our friends when we were very little."

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Seras smiled.

"That's sweet, really. And, apparently, that's just simple alchemy? Child's play, as it were?"

She shook her head, still somewhat amazed.