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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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[loyaltywithxing.livejournal.com]

[... Really...? What is this, a Xing party now? ... Maybe Grandfather will show up too... Hm. Back on point, though, this is not the type of company she prefers.]

You...

[dudeineedmycat.livejournal.com]

[Well, at least she found out where RanFan is!]

Wherever you and Ling decided to take us, it isn't funny.

[loyaltywithxing.livejournal.com]

[This Runt's asking for it.]

How dare you suggest such a thing coming from the House of Yao.

[dudeineedmycat.livejournal.com]

That's because we were going back to Xing!

[Hm...something isn't adding up quite right...]

[loyaltywithxing.livejournal.com]

... Going back to Xing? We wouldn't just leave without the secrets to immortality! Are you calling us cowards?

[Wait... Right... Different times.]

Hold on. Tell me exactly what we were doing.

[dudeineedmycat.livejournal.com]

But...

...you tell me first. What were you doing?

[loyaltywithxing.livejournal.com]

It makes very little difference who goes first; the point is to establish where you came from. [She crosses her arms, still on the defensive, but relaxing a little.]

... I've only just arrived here myself. Maybe a week ago. This place pulls people from different times. I can only assume that you were pulled from a later time than I was.

[In a very serious tone.] Now, what do you mean we were going back to Xing?

[dudeineedmycat.livejournal.com]

I meant the last thing you remember before you got here!

[Yes, she is avoiding the question]

[loyaltywithxing.livejournal.com]

... I expect you to stick to your honor, though I'm hesitant. I expect to know after I'm finished here.

... 6 months after the automail surgery. I'd been searching for Master.

And yourself?

[dudeineedmycat.livejournal.com]

I will! I never break promises to anyone! [Rage, rage, ragggeee that eventually turn into mumbles]

...

.....We found the secret to immorality and decided to go back to Xing...

[loyaltywithxing.livejournal.com]

[... What? They... they got it? Something isn't right, something isn't adding up...]

... We? As in... the Yao clan...? I need details.

[dudeineedmycat.livejournal.com]

Yes, the Yao clan! We defeated the one in charge of everything and got the Philosopher's stone...

[Yes she is still bitter about it]

But Ling promised that he would protect the Chang clan.

[loyaltywithxing.livejournal.com]

[She pauses, a bit shocked. Before long, she relaxes, smiling. Ooh, wait until she tells Ling...]

[... And they promised the Chang clan would be protected? She looks somewhat torn.]

... If Master says you are to be protected, then I have to obey. [Though, she isn't pleased with this.]

[dudeineedmycat.livejournal.com]

[Here have shocked Mei!]

You believe me? I thought that you wouldn't!

[loyaltywithxing.livejournal.com]

[She puts her fleshy hand up to her forehead, closing her eyes.]

I don't know what to believe, after this mess... But you have no reason to tell me that the Yao clan obtained immortality. I'm not pleased with it, but... What can be done?

1/2

[dudeineedmycat.livejournal.com]

[At first Mei was like...]

1/3

[loyaltywithxing.livejournal.com]

[And RanFan was all...]

2/3

[dudeineedmycat.livejournal.com]

[But then she was all...]

2/3

[loyaltywithxing.livejournal.com]

[Which quickly became...]

3/3

[dudeineedmycat.livejournal.com]

If we ever out if this place, you better keep that promise...

3/3

[loyaltywithxing.livejournal.com]

I will uphold my honor. [She crosses her arms.]

Though, it seems like leaving this place isn't easy...

[dudeineedmycat.livejournal.com]

I noticed.

I know we are in Adstringendum but where is it? I don't think I ever seen that name in Amestris.

[loyaltywithxing.livejournal.com]

I couldn't exactly tell how. It's.. been explained to me like this: Adstringendum is... more or less, a fusion of worlds, and that keeps it sustaining. We're not in Amstris, Xing, Drachma, nowhere in that world. That part of our world has been absorbed by this one.

... If that... makes any sense. It's difficult to wrap your head around.

[dudeineedmycat.livejournal.com]

...I also heard that there was a ghost or something that took us here too!

Wait until I get my hands on it...somehow.

[loyaltywithxing.livejournal.com]

A ghost? That isn't something I've heard, but... I'm new here as well, so... It's possible.

... How are you going to get your hands on it if it's a ghost...?