Fullmetal Alchemist: The Land of Sand

[Scyther]

Prologue.

Plot: (As Specified by Treizi)T
his happens several years after the anime, 10 years to be exact. Al is a State Alchemist, Ed is still trapped on the other side of the gate, Pinacho died of old age and Winry runs the business alone, Ed's and Al's teacher is dead, Mustang is fuhrer, the military no longer runs the country it is instead run by the parliament but they are still enemies with the surrounding countries.

Currently there have been reported attacks on alchemists all over the country, with no regards as to whether they are State alchemists or not. The attacks are to widespread to have been committed by a single man, leading authorities to believe believe they're being committed by a group of people, an organization perhaps. The details of these events are considered classified and little has been revealed to the public, the bodies of the attacked haven't even been given back to their families.

This has caused the people of Amestris to panic, doom sayers pack the streets of Central, protesters march around, screaming for the return of the bodies. This has forced the military to station more and more troops at central as riots escalate, leaving fewer soldiers to fight on the front lines on the northern border against the northern country Drachma. As a result tension between Amestris and the other surrounding countries has risen as they notice a potential weakness in the mighty nation.

All of them plot an invasion, all but one, the southern country Areugo who Amestris has had successful negotiations with for some time. However they're aren't ready plunge themselves into war for them just yet.

Due to this situation Amestris has opted to begin drafting everyone into service of the military once they reach the age of 18. In addition if your alchemy has any combat potential you are required by law to enter the military as a State alchemist, the excessive research fund is no longer available for every State alchemist, instead everyone starts out with a small fund and as they prove themselves to be able to put the money to good use the fund is increased appropriately. These rules have been in place for 5 years.

Despite their intentions the drafting has only slightly improved the condition as more people begin to protest the procedures of the military.

This entire situation has been going on for 8 years.
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The Story starts here....


Angel Sphinx sat on the sofa that bordered the hall meant for the Military officers to take rest and have some refreshments.
She was tugging at her glove and looking at the Transmutation circle embedded on it.
It was what made her so unique.
She smiled as one of the cadets brought her some tea.
The cadet was a girl and looked new in the service.
There were many new recruitments going on, nowadays.
It was necessary as the Military needed more men to guard the frontierr, as they sensed some threat from the neighbouring countries.
She sipped the hot tea, waiting for her fellowmates to join her.
They were late as usual.
The tea was good and the sugar was perfect.

[Tipsynaruto]

OOC: Type leo if you cant be bothered to type Leofwena

Leofwena was down at the shooting range, blasting away with her FAMAS FELIN, splintering the wooden targets that were weaving about at the the end. Th bullets hit the head, chest, knees and every imaginable vital points one could think off. Behind and beside her at the other cubicles stood cadets and newly instated privates, staring open mouthed at her prowess with awe and fear. When the hammer of the gun rammed into an empty chamber, Leofwena ejected the cartridge and lifted the gun onto her shoulder before walking off out of the range. The rookies gave her a wide berth.

Walking towards the resting room, she waled by a cadet carrying a tray out of the room. Seeing her insignia, the cadet snapped a sharp salute which Leofwena acknowledged lazily. Inside was Angel and she waved a lazy hi. "They get younger and younger don't they?" she asked, almost regrettably.

[Scyther]

Angel nodded.
Angel had been working with Leo for sometime, now and knew how she can be at times.(I mean looking for minute details here)
They had been in the practise area together a lot.
Leo was a smart marks-woman, which she was proud of.
Angel on the other hand had given her time, for intensive research on Liquids and Transmutaion of the same. Leo often drooled about it.

"Looks like the guys would be late!", Angel spoke in a dull tone.
The room was big, and lacked items of entertainment.
They can't complain about it. It was the Military headquarter of Amertris and needed to look more than official.

Angel kept the empty tea cup on the table next to the sofa waited for Leo to sit and relax a bit.
They were going to have a hard day today.

[Tipsynaruto]

"Ha, figures. They're guys after all."she said, plonking down onto the sofa next to Angel, her booted feet came up and rested on the tea table. Sneaking a look around, she took a steel canteen out and took a drink from it. She was notorious for drinking on duty throughout the ranks, up and down, despite never getting drunk, regardless of how much she drinks. BUT the brass still tries to crack down on her.

[Scyther]

"Leo!", Angel exclaimed," Take care of that!".
She said mentioning about the drink. It was not good as some high ranked officers were expected, no matter how friendly they were.

Angel gestured to a passing cadet to bring one more cup of tea.
The wait was going to be a long one.

[Suiken no Hatori]

Heinrich came in with his never faltering flirting attitude.
"Hello ladies." And tried to pinch their butts.

[Tipsynaruto]

Replying to Angel, "Heh, don't worry, i can take it. When have you ever seen me drunk?" When Heinrich entered, Leofwena sort of guessed what he was going to say. A slightly sexist remark followed by an attempt at maybe...slapping their butt, maybe? Wittily, Leofwena pointed her steel canteen at Heinrich and said, "You're going to find it hard to pinch our ass while we're sitting you know?" before taking another drink from it.

[Suiken no Hatori]

Heinrich looked flustered, and tried to look innocent immediately after.
"But ladies, I would never do such a thing."
Of course, anybody knew this was an empty remark, since he had always proven quite the opposite.

[Tipsynaruto]

OOC: i assume we all know each other for s while?

"Ha! BS Heinrich, how long have we known each other for, huh? You know we know your secret...' she said slyly. Her canteen was half empty, so she decided to place it back into its pocket, just in case any higher ups come in. "So, why aren't you with the other guys, peeking at some girl right now?"

[hanashiro]

A very sharp metallic knock came from the door as Henry made his entrance into the room. He maneuvers his large heavy frame into the room his rubber padded three toed feet still leaving marks in the floor as he walks in. “um I know now is not the best time with you guys expecting company and all but I would like to talk later about maybe getting transfer out of R&D I mean I have been in the lab for the last 20 years.” He motions with his metallic hands that were still set into 2 huge metal fingers with a thumb on the opposite side. Noticing his still clunky hands he turns around and there is a brief pop and when he turns back around his hands are in a more humanoid shape. That he pulls large white gloves over.