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After the Red Ring attacks on Los Angeles and the SDN Torrance branch, Robert (Mecha Man) is finally getting the chance to have a real life as his relationship with Invisigal goes from… whatever it was at work, to “dating”. On top of that he finally has friends in Mandy (the temporarily? unpowered Blonde Blazer) and the rest of the Z-Team.
Eventually these relationships become more complicated as the lines between friends and partners blur, and our heroes begin to build a life together.
Builds from an assumption of a Hero Visi / Visi Romanced conclusion to Dispatch, and a mostly platonic relationship with Blazer (other than Robert kissing her that first night).
The first sections will have a lot of scenes in a hospital, but once we leave it we're not going back.
(Smut doesn't kick in until Chapters 8 and 9 if you want to avoid it - or skip to it.)
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Work in progress. "Search for the value of that which you seek, for alchemy already knows." Alchemy knew what Edward wanted when his fingertips touched that circle, but Edward did not yet understand how value differs from price, how equivalent differs from equal. The Gate calculates with one small difference, and Trisha Elric lives - but the cost may be too high for Edward to afford.
[ Originally published on FFN 16 June 2009. A very detailed, very slow exploration of the creators' headcanon through Edward's eyes - and sometimes Roy's - with lengthy discourses on alchemical theory, juicy helpings of political intrigue, a few near-death experiences here and there, and maybe an assassination attempt or two. Explores in detail the political and social spheres of Amestris and beyond in the context of Roy's ladder-climbing, aided by Edward's presence as a researcher. You could consider this a fix-it, but it's more like a highly involved worldbuilding reboot. Long-running, takes time between updates, but chapters are 20-30k long. Be prepared to indulge and suspend your disbelief. Leave canon at the doorstep; this is something else entirely. ]
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- Part 1 of Catalysis 'verse
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