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WHO: Lyra, Alphonse, other members of Awesome Force are welcome to tag in
WHERE: Around the city
WHEN: Saturday night
WARNINGS: Possible violence?
SUMMARY: Lyra agreed to go patrolling with Alphonse
FORMAT: Para to start, possibly switching to quicklog

Lyra waited at the location she and Alphonse had agreed on. Edna hadn't given her the costume yet, so she wore her normal patrolling clothes- highly concealing unisex clothing, hair tucked away underneath a hat, face hidden behind ski goggles and a scarf. Pantalaimon was at her side, though like Lyra, he wasn't really visible to passers by as she waited for Alphonse to arrive.

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psst, this al is the "soul alchemist" and sorry for the delay!

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Dressed in his brother's coat still, Alphonse stood out a bit more in the red with the black flamel on the back. But it wasn't something he minded. The coat was warm and comfortable, thick enough to keep out the cold without overheating him. With its hood pulled over his head, Al hurried towards the designated meeting spot, keeping an eye out for Lyra in hopes of quickly finding her.

When he finally spotted her, he rose a hand and waved. Hopefully it would be enough to catch her attention without making too much noise.

It's okay, I'll fix the tags, and it's fine.

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Lyra stood up when she saw him, Pantalaimon walking beside her.

"Alphonse, right?" She asked, her voice slightly muffled by her scarf as she knelt down to pick up Pantalaimon.

<3

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Blinking at the small creature for a moment (awww, soft!), Alphonse was distracted. But he soon glanced up again as Pantalaimon was picked up and smiled at Lyra. "Mm! And you're Lyra?"

Can't seem to find that tag

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"Yeah, and this is Pan," Lyra explained as Pantalaimon climbed onto her shoulders.

"If you're ready to go, then we might as well get started- and don't panic if you see something strange, it's probably just my powers," Lyra added in a whisper.

i'll have to pester the mods then

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Alphonse was still curious about Pan, small creatures being something he always had a soft spot for. But he nodded and indicated he was ready to go. "That's fine. I'd like to learn more about other people's..." Leaning in, he resumed with a whisper. "Powers."

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"Well, it's one of the stranger things about this place," Lyra admitted as the crowds began to thin.

"That, and how strangely time seems to work," she added.

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Following her, Al kept a mindful eye on where they were going so he could be sure to find his way back. He was still a bit unused to the city's layout, but determined to better understand it. "Time works different here? You mean, like how Brother was pulled from a different time than me or something else?"

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"I mean like that, yeah," Having been in the city for months, Lyra had familiarized herself with much of the city.

"So what are your powers then?" Lyra asked, lifting a hand to pat Pantalaimon.

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"Alchemy!" Al replied with a grin, holding out his gloved hands to indicate the transmutation circles on his palms. "It's the science of changing one thing for another using the law of Equivalent Exchange."

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"Equivalent exchange..." Lyra was hardly a scholar, but she had picked up some knowledge from her classes and her time of Jordan.

"Is that like the law of conservation?"

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"Mm, something like that." After clapping his hands, Al pressed on to a wall, fusing a crack in the building so that it was whole again. "Nothing can be gained without sacrificing something. I can fix things like this by using the material present or by using the material from something else. But I can't create it brand new or from scratch."

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"Nothing can be gained without sacrificing something... En't that how everything works?" Lyra asked quietly. Pantalaimon peered around, watching to see if there was any trouble ahead.

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Smiling softly, Al nodded. It was a lesson he and his brother had learned through many trials and tribulations. And he still believed it was the truth of the world. "When me and my brother were growing up," he explained. "We believed it was the truth of the world."

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"Isn't it, though? The truth of the world, I mean," Lyra said, before Pantalaimon's head jerked. There were sounds of a struggle in the distance, and shouting, and he leapt off of Lyra's shoulders as the girl suddenly darted forward.

"Stay close to me," She said over her shoulder- I'll make sure they won't see us coming."

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Before Al could respond, Lyra took off. He followed quickly after her, making sure to keep a low profile to keep from being seen. With hands out and ready, Al prepared himself for whatever was coming.

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Lyra had already wrapped the two of them in an illusion of invisibility... And she sighed when she saw what was going on. Another mugging. Hanging back, she watched to see what the man was armed with, (a knife). Gritting her teeth, she conjured another illusion- this time of a spider, as tall as she was, and utterly lifelike.

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Al almost gasped in surprise as the large, lifelike spider scuttled forward. If he wasn't used to chimera and other strange creatures, he might have even cried out. Instead, his eyes widened. But soon, they were narrowed again as he clapped his hands together and transmuted a spear from the wall next to them. Taking a fighting stance, he waited for Lyra's lead.