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[forfeits]

[ It happens too fast. The portal opens up around them and Ed's sure they won't make it out alive this time. There are too many sacrifices, too many questions, and when he comes to, he isn't sure where he is. He's been 'helpfully' sorted, but all Ed can see and feel is scrap metal. The container is dark, and when he moves, the scrap makes a lot of noise. ]

What the hell?! Teacher? A-Al?

[ He flails, his own automail arm and leg causing a clatter, the noise echoing.

This isn't Amestris, this isn't where he's supposed to be. The Gate dropped him somewhere. ]

Hey! [ He's half buried, so the amount of noise he's making almost drowns out his voice, until he's finally able to beat on a wall, until he finally falls out of the scrap pile, the container doors opening, and into the corridor. ]

What's going on here? Who did this?! What have you done with my friends?

[ He's fired up, and you might well get a short, screaming teen in your face. He might also not realize that he's broadcasting around, too, his emotions too high to notice anything different about himself or this place. ]

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[forfeits]

[ Ed is almost as frightened as Kazuichi, what with the way the guy screams. He takes a step back, but doesn't retreat. ]

Who are you? [ He has his fists clenched at his sides, not sure if he should be on the offensive or defensive here. ] I woke up here, in that thing-- [ He points to the scraps container. ] Someone put me there!

[soulfriend]

OH!

[He shouts that out accusingly, even though it's the exclamation that comes with sudden understanding. Oh! This guy's just new. Same thing had happened to him . . . well, kinda. Not this specifically, but Kazuichi can recognize it for what it is.

Despite the screech, he lowers his arms immediately and sighs, gathering himself again.]

—I mean, oh! Ohhh. You're new, huh? Sorry 'bout that . . . someone put me in the medical bay when I first got here, too. Just happens, man. I'd rather have been in with all the machine parts!

[forfeits]

W-what?

[ All of this is so baffling. Ed stares at the guy and frowns. ] There are other people, too? Who got brought here? How did that happen? [ People just don't appear places, not like this. There's always a reason, always a cost, an exchange. ]

I need to get back to my friends.

[soulfriend]

Ah . . . sorry, man. It ain't that easy. So did you just wake up in here? You didn't agree to come?

[He knows the whole "agreeing to come" thing is dubious, but Ed's still the first person he's met who didn't remember agreeing to come on some level, so he's a little taken aback. Sympathetic too, though. It's not like he and his haven't had the same worries.]

I wish I could tell you how, but I can't! No one here really knows . . . or if they do, they ain't sharing. But there's plenty of other people at least. We all ended up here kinda like you did.

[forfeits]

I... remember a little bit from before, when I was brought to this thing but I don't remember much else. It's foggy.

[ Traveling through the portal to a place like this has really messed with his head. Whether he agreed or not, he's here. He had't had a choice on his method of arriving, but he could have ended up in worse places. ]

There are more people here? No one's found a way out yet?

[soulfriend]

If they have we'd have all taken it by now . . . probably. I'm makin' things sound worse than they are, though. There's definitely some suspicious bullshit goin' on here, but it ain't all bad! . . . Buuut you're stuck either way, so start lookin' on the bright side?

[He offers his hand, finally.]

I know it ain't very comforting, but you start to get used to it!

sorry for the late tag, i was away for irl emergencies, drop if you need to!

[forfeits]

How long have you been here?

[ Ed doesn't feel exactly at ease yet, but he at least gets the idea that this guy isn't dangerous. He takes the offered hand, though, gives it a shake. ]

I'm Ed Elric. Sorry, I'm gonna have a lot of questions about this place.