Dorm Steps, Sunday Morning

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward was seated on the outside stairs to the dorm, enjoying the morning sunlight and reading a copy of The Clavicle of Solomon. He will occasinally mutter something about 'solomonic arrays' and take notes in his ever-present travel notebook. His coffee is getting cold because he keeps forgetting that it's there.

[OOC: Open for someone to trip over him or take his book away or something...]

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[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Cally was in a kinda happy mood this morning. She had come out to jog around the island a bit, but instead sat down next to Ed. "Hey," she said. "Whatcha reading?"

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward started a bit in surprise, then glanced over at Cally. "Uh, hi." He blinked, processed the question, then flopped the book over so that the cover was facing Cally. "It's The Clavicle of Solomon ... research material, mostly."

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Research? What for?" Cally asked, genuinely curious.

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward closed his notebook with his other hand. "You know my little brother Al, right?"

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Cally said with a nod. "What about him?"

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

"There was an ... accident. Back home, my Al... well, I'm looking for a way to fix him." Edward scratched the side of his head. "The Al that goes here is my brother, but... not the one that I left behind when I came here."

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"What's wrong with your Al?" Cally bit her lip, concerned.

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

"It's complicated," Edward said with a wince. "But the same accident that gave me this," he tapped his right arm with his left, "hurt him worse. And I'm going to fix him." He nodded sharply.

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Cally nodded. "But at least you know it can be done? I mean, since the Al here is okay?"

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

"Exactly," Edward nodded back at her. "I just don't know how ..." He looked down at his book and sighed.

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure you'll find it," Cally said. "Just keep at it, don't give up, all those cliches, you know?"

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward grinned. "You can count on it. It would take a hell of a lot to throw me of course."

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Well, I don't want to keep you from your research, if it's so important," Cally said. "You want me to go?"

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward closed the book. "To be honest, all the Latin was starting to give me a headache. I think I'm going to go scrape up some lunch, research makes me hungry."

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Well, eat well," Cally said. "I was headed out for a jog, but just wanted to stop and say hi. So... hi, bye, and good luck?" She smiled.

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John went outside for a ramble. A ramble with a specific point in mind, but still, a ramble.

And nearly walked over some short guy on the steps.

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward stuck out his right arm without looking up in the hopes that John would trip over it.

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John accidentally stepped on the arm while coming to a stop.

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward glared at him. "If you put a dent in my arm, my mechanic will have words with you."

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"If your arm wasn't at ankle level, I wouldn't have stepped on it." John crosses his arms, standing on his own two feet (neither of which are on anyone's arm).

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward's eye twitched. "I am not so small that I am always underfoot!"

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"Don't tell me you want to have a stair contest yes omg bad pun. It appears I have the upper hand."

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward scrambled to his feet. "You may be a grotesquely tall freak of nature, but that upper hand is deceptive!"

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John looked at him, the complete look of innocence. "Dude. I'm like average height. It's not my fault that you have to jump to hit the elevator buttons."

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward snarled at him, arms flailing. "I AM NOT SO SMALL I CAN RIDE ON THE BACK OF A GRASSHOPPER!"

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"DUde! That'd be SWEET!" John looks at him, smiling. "PRaying mantis, maybe. Those fuckers get huge."

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

"Well then, YOU can have fun riding one. I'd rather squish them with my book." He scowled.

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"Whatcha reading?"

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

"The Clavicle of Solomon," Edward retorted, brandishing the book.

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"...The hell? They wrote a book about his collarbones?"

[justmisplaced.livejournal.com]

Shawn hopped down the front steps, heading out to town to do a little recon in town for his date with Summer later.

"Hey roomie. You out here avoiding me?" He grinned to show he was kidding, then continued, "what you doin'?"

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

"Yup, sure am." Edward said. "Have you seen a shower recently, 'cause you reek." He grinned back at Shawn. "Just doing some reading and enjoying the fall day. It's gonna get cold soon and then I'm NEVER gonna be outside."

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Shawn went to thwap him playfully in the shoulder, "You're one to talk, man."

"Can see why you're making the most of it, though." He took a closer look at the volume in Ed's hands, "That is one hefty book, anything interesting?"

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward made an...interesting...face at the book. "The Latin's starting to get to me."

[justmisplaced.livejournal.com]

Shawn, also making an interesting face at the book. "You actually read things written in Latin in your spare time? That's scary in itself."

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward shrugged. "The entire thing is not in Latin. I don't know enough of that to read without going slightly insane. Al's better at langagues than me, anyway."

[justmisplaced.livejournal.com]

"Good to know," Shawn said, taking another long look at the thing. "I wouldn't want to read something that size if it were written in English, let alone an any other language."

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

"I do it all the time." Edward tapped his book thoughtfully. "Besides, I'll find what I'm looking for in a tome like this. Eventually."

[justmisplaced.livejournal.com]

"What is it you're looking for in something as crazy-large and dull looking as that thing?" Shawn asked, and gave the book a tap, just because.

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

"A recipe for the Philosopher's Stone that doesn't involve mass-murdering several hundred people," Edward nodded.

[justmisplaced.livejournal.com]

Shawn blinked, "Oh. Well that's nice. The less deaths the better in my book." He wasn't sure he wanted to know, but asked anyway, "Why do people need to be dead for this thing anyway?"

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

"I think it has to do with the energy being released as they die? I'm not actually very sure ... it's something I haven't looked into very hard." Edward shuddered.

[justmisplaced.livejournal.com]

"I can understand you not wanting to get into that," Shawn said, looking a little put off. "Still, maybe you'll find that way round it you're looking for. Why are you looking for it?"

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

"For redemption," Edward said quietly. "I'm going to put things back the way that they were before." His left hand settled on his right shoulder.

[justmisplaced.livejournal.com]

Shawn nodded, he was getting the feeling this was one of those topics that called for serious. "Well, good luck with that, and if you're ever in need of the kind of help I can offer, just yell."