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who: Edward Elric & Anyone
what: Catch-all for January/February
when: Probably January 15th-February 15th-ish, but honestly whenever works
where: Locations included in prompts below
warnings: None that I can think of, will add as needed

When Val disappeared after going to investigate the portal, Ed has his theories about what that meant. She wouldn't have gone home without saying goodbye, and she wouldn't have left to go anywhere else without telling him, and there was only one way to go through that portal by accident. Whether she left intentionally or not wasn't the issue, the issue was that she had left without notice and that meant that he had to deal with that reality in the here and now.

Which, for Ed, meant needing some time alone to think. He would have followed after her if he thought the portal would lead him to where she went, but he knew it wasn't as easy as that. If the direction of the portal had changed since she disappeared by the time he got to it, there was nothing to gain by going through. Still, he knew the only way he was going to get a break from everyone was by going away for awhile.

So, that's what he did. Packed up, said his goodbyes to everyone as if he was actually leaving and disappeared the only way he could while still trapped on this moon. By disconnecting his device and hiding out beyond the wall. There were a few places he'd stop during his time absent from living within the city limits, if someone really wanted to find him they probably could. Alternately, if someone was the type to wander around outside of the wall they could also bump into him by chance either when he's not hiding out in a building or by exploring the building he happens to be hiding out in.

By the time the monthly holiday had begun Ed had already disappeared, but it wasn't hard to follow along with what was going on in the city. Does this bring me joy? was hardly a concept he wanted to think about at this point, which only made it all the more appropriate that he wasn't around to deal with things when this tradition occurred. Of course, he couldn't stay away forever, there were obligations to take care of for one thing, he just needed time to clear his head and work out what to do moving forward. If there was one thing Ed was a firm believer in, it was doing what had to be done to keep going.

So, after about a week of solitude, one Edward Elric was back on the roster with a new username, lacking the memories of someone that had been there all along.

[Below will be open and closed prompts from planning with other players. If you'd like to throw your character at one of the more open prompts, feel free! Otherwise, wildcard and toss in your own starter/top level and I'll respond to it. Any plotting can be done over plurk at

Transmutedself, or via PM if you don't have a plurk! Open to discussing TDM and holiday prompts as well.]

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All characters (whose player wish it) will have received a message - text, voicemail, video - or in person visit to let them know that Ed was leaving. This was mostly to keep up appearances that he went through the portal. Feel free to reply here if you'd like to thread that out and I haven't hit up your inbox.

Edward was used to a technology free existence from his time spent in Purg, which was much easier to adjust to considering his training as a child on Yock Island. Hiding out in a building that he'd secured with alchemy put him at even the slightest advantage for this sort of living and he was already used to things like surviving off of monsters for food and utilizing river water to get by in the absence of bath houses and showers.

He could be found outside of the city hunting for food, or holed up comfortably in a building of his choice within the abandoned area. A small house that he could keep secure, or a church that he visited frequently enough to think, even before Val disappeared, are most likely. (Wherever it would be convenient to locate him works for me, if there's a specific location/area in mind.)

[This prompt is OTA but written for Letha and Nico, specifically. Willing to match format. (Ed will still look 18 here, he's full grown so ~5'4" by my estimates. He will have all of his game and canon updated memories.)]

After Val left Ed knew what he had to do to take some time and work out how to keep moving forward in this city with her absence. Which meant collecting the notes and research he'd put together during his months here and passing it off to Jay, the notes were in German and coded to keep most people from being able to snoop, there were also some additional instructions which are more vague, in Amestrian in case those might be needed to understand the rest of what he wrote.

Meaning that Ed had to make a stop before he could set out to get the memory modification he was going for. By sneaking back to their residence and into Jay's flat undetected by another certain alchemist - or anyone else, if he could manage that. While he remembered, Ed would have taken the time to close off Val's room, to keep anyone from going in there. It's locked with alchemy, he'll know if anyone disturbs it.

Jason will be getting a text that shouldn't take him any time to understand the meaning of, anonymously sent but with clear instructions to meet Ed alone with his notes. At least clear enough for Jay to figure out without it being too obvious to anyone else that might happen to catch a glimpse of it. He's not going to risk meeting him at the kids' house, too many eyes there when he needed to come back like he was never there in the first place.

When Ed returned and had the memory procedure done he didn't exactly check his notes right away. Which meant that when he decided to go home his concept of home was still Floor Six. Bed Four of Floor Six, to be exact since that's where he was sleeping before losing his memories of switching the beds around and then eventually moving out to their own place.

Of course, when he arrives Edward's going to notice that nothing looks familiar except the layout of the floor. Most notably missing is all of his research with Alphonse, and any items near his bed are not identifiable as something he'd own. Since he's nothing remotely like Rose. He'll be rummaging through anything that might give him some clues but don't seem too private, while looking rather frustrated and confused - most of his focus dedicated to the desk where their research was and the chest and surrounding area of Bed Four, specifically.

[This prompt is open to any residents of Floor Six (or CR who might be there) but written for Rose, specifically. Ed's 22, and full grown so ~5'4" by my estimates, he's no longer canon updated and lacks a bulk of his Riverview memories. Willing to match format.]

Naturally Ed would have to return home eventually, to his actual place of living, so that evening he did just that. Unpacking his things, letting the pokemon out of their balls to relax around the house and moving into the living room to try to get back into the swing of normal. He still remembered Val, of course, and he knew she'd been there thanks to some clues left behind - but the memories of her time there, and the memory of how they'd left Purg were gone again, as they had been when he'd first arrived. Not having any idea of how things had ended in Purgatorium made it easier to accept that if the portal had pointed home for her she would have gone back, that was the whole reason he did it.

Of course it also meant not remembering a lot of what went on here since before her arrival. The December celebrations despite growing tension among their group, the stress, guilt and depression that had been eating at him for months. He knew that he and Al had plans to make an apartment off of the General store when it arrived in August, but he'd had no idea that this was what they had created out of it. He's just going to spend the afternoon busily flipping through his notes trying to find answers to some of his questions as Roy, a Vulpix he only knew was his thanks to said notes, slept curled on his chest. At the time of this decision he hadn't intended to erase his memories of Alphonse's confession, but it had been part of what was lost, as well as a jumble of other unrelated memories he'd had no intention of removing.

[This prompt is open to CR that might show up at the Elric's residence (including CR of Jason) but written for Alphonse. Ed's 22 again. Willing to match format.]

The sun was down, and Jason was supposed to be working, at least that was the lie he fed to his brothers again. He was growing numb to the lies at least, all in a days work in his family. He needed a break from being an adult and just be Jason Todd for a night, and while he might have called Loki or Nico, both had lovers now and better things to do. So instead he was leaning in the general store, playing with a yo-yo he had found, god only knows where he found the thing, but he kept working the string in the room. The lights were off, at least he had shut them off it they had been on so he could have the right aesthetic when his best friend returned.

A cigarette rested between one of his ears, and as always he was dressed in leather and his jacket. Waiting, simply waiting to be found alone in the dark.

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Ed's Previous CR - Goodbye Messages and Meetings

Open - Outside the Wall (Jan. 31st - Feb. 7th)

Closed - Jason Todd

Floor Six Residents - Post Memory Update

General Store Residents - Ed's Return

Post Ed's Return, Reunion.