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[dudewheremycat]

What is this? [Mei pushed random buttons but eventually figures that it would be on] I never seen anything like this before…does Amestris even have technically like this?

But…we’re not in Amestris anymore…[There is a pause] Anyway, is anyone there? Where are we? And more importantly, has anyone seen a small panda named Xiao Mei around? If anyone has seen her, let her know that I want to see her now!

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[Video]

[dudeineedmycat.livejournal.com]

[Still trying to get use to this communicator]

Yes! Yes, I do...are they here too?

[Video]

[somethingspecial]

They are. I live with them.

[Video]

[dudeineedmycat.livejournal.com]

...S-She's living with...

Um...where do you live? Maybe I can try to see the both of them?

[Video]

[somethingspecial]

I should give out the coordinates unless you can be trusted.

[Ed would kill her. D8]

... but I'm Rachel. You look really young to be out by yourself... do you need someone to come get you?

[Video]

[dudeineedmycat.livejournal.com]

Hm...[Boooo...]

Yes, that...would be nice.

[Video]

[somethingspecial]

Certainly! There's a button on the side of the device you're holding. Press it and it'll send me your coordinates.

[Video]

[dudeineedmycat.livejournal.com]

[Poking, poking...]

Uh...let's see...is it this?

[And when she pushes it, it says that she is in the southwest quarter...near the police station]

[Video]

[somethingspecial]

Right! That is. I can come meet you there.

[Video]

[dudeineedmycat.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Rachael, I'll have to make it up to you one day!

[Private//Unhackable]

[al_truism]

... I think she's safe to come. But let's double-check with Ed.

[He sounds quiet, subdued almost.]

[Private//Unhackable]

[somethingspecial]

Okay.

... what's wrong, Alphonse?

[Private//Unhackable]

[al_truism]

... she knows me.

I don't have any idea who she is. And I... think we were close.

[Private//Unhackable]

[somethingspecial]

Maybe she's from your future?

[Private//Unhackable]

[al_truism]

... that's -- impossible.

[Rather than explain, he quickly goes onto the next bit of info.]

I think she might be from Ed's world -- Ed, Winry, Roy and Ms. Hawkeye are all from a universe parallel to the one I remember. A lot of things are the same, but some important details are very different.

That must be how she knows me.

[Private//Unhackable]

[somethingspecial]

That's --

[Effin' impossible? Exactly.]

... well. That's wonderful. I'm sorry, Alphonse, that's very difficult.

[Private//Unhackable]

[al_truism]

It'll be okay. I just... need to make sure that she's telling the truth. I think she is.