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Ed was in the Obs that day, feeling a little melancholy at best as he sat in what he termed his "thinking chair". True it looked like every meaty chair in the ship but this chair had memories of when he first popped.

It was here where he sat, waiting for people to come talk to him, and where he sat without an arm and a leg. He had a feeling Winry had finally been returned to the pods, for he hadn't seen her in ages. But the lingering doubt that she ever existed there wasn't there if GlaDoS had taken her. Still he had no PROOF and right now he wasn't feeling up to the task of finding her.

Not yet anyhow.

He looked up at the lights ensconcing the meaty room as he stared out into the bleed, those eye-like ports displaying the swirling lights outside.

Damn it was just a day to feel melancholy wasn't it?

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Zouichi noticed the young man seated in one of the organic chairs, who was staring out at the space beyond the portholes. Curious, he looked outside, watching the lights impassively for a few seconds before deciding there was nothing remarkable to be found there and turning back towards their observer.

"Is there something wrong?" he asked.

Ronnae was pretty eager to see the observation deck. She had made it a point to explore sometime, and today was as good a day as any. The half orc girl walked up it and looked around curiously. It didn't take long to notice him though. "Oh, hiya. Didn't know there was anyone here." She smiled.

Ed looked up at the new arrival. Someone he hadn't met before but hey, at least it was someone to talk to. "Thinking mostly," said Ed. "About the people who were here previously. Awake."

He looked up. Green. Busty. Pointed ears? Kind of reminded him a little of Chloe. Where WAS she anyhow? Geez. "Ah I came up to think," replied Ed casually, his tone belaying that he really needed someone to talk to right now.

"I'm Ed Elric."

"The people who were here previously? Are you talking about someone who has died?"

Zouichi assumed that this young man had been here for quite some time, from the way he mentioned the others. But even if he hadn't, something about that demeanor suggested that he'd experienced quite a bit, and that some of those things had been unpleasant. In any case, he was in stark contrast to the other young humans he'd talked to on the ship.

Ronnae smiled and bowed respectfully. "Ronnae, Ronnae 'Mash Belore Ryllos. It's a pleasure to meet you Ed Elric." She had a friendly expression and seemed someone you could talk to should you have the need to.

"Ah just call me Ed," replied Ed. "I'm not big on tiles anyhow."

"C'mon, sit down a spell. Can't be any worse than standing around all the time, right?"

"Great view, but the chairs here are even better."

The Doctor had no need of silly things like personal space. He'd been on his way through the Obs Deck -- he liked to make it a habit to pass through every now and then, see if a planet or anything was visible -- and he'd been a bout to go on his way when he saw a human boy with metal limbs. Well, two out of four. Fifty percent. Yes, looked about right, seeing as he wasn't Curious, he'd done an about face and came right back.

"The Doctor, hello!" He held out his hand after switching the omnicomm to the other, friendly as ever. And maybe just a little pushy. Old force of habit. "Looking rather glum. View not agreeing with you?"

She blinked a few times looking at him curiously. Tiles? Spells? Is he a caster of sorts? She thought for a moment and shrugged it off, she sat down and smiled. "You got me there, if there was a tree I could lay under and sleep away, it'd be even better!" She laughed lightly. "So what were ya doin' up here? Errr if I may ask that is!" She added hastily.

That's okay, he's endured HUGHES. At least the Doctor wasn't shoving baby pictures into his face. And despite himself, Ed smiled just a little. Shaking his hand he replied, "Ed Elric. And naw, the view's great. I'm just feeling a bit down cause I haven't seen any of my friends from home. They all got repodded one by one."

Tiles. Titles. Goddamnit, Ed was really out of it ~~and so was the mun asdf~~.

"I'm mostly contemplating on stuff," replied Ed. "About my role on the ship and whatever else comes my way. Mostly though I'm trying to remember the last time I saw anyone from my world. They've all been repodded now, except for me."

Ronnae listened to him and couldn't help but frown concerned. "That must be horrible... Specially if you've been here long..." She placed a comforting hand on his and smiled warmly at him. "I'm sure you have an important role, everyone does. We're all surviving and fighting to end the ohm threat and possibly bring our worlds back right? That's more than important I'd think..." She blushed lightly, "Heh even tho I jus' popped recently, I feel like I have a duty here."

"Been almost a year," agreed Ed and he chuckled just a little. "That rush'll wear off in time, but yeah. I just feel like I'm a little pointless right now. Not much response for an alchemist at any rate. I'm not good with machinery or any of those other sciences."

"But bringing everything back..." He thought to the people who were on the ship before and he had to smile. "Yeah, it'd be nice to do..."

The Doctor tried in vain to scoot the flesh couch closer to Ed. It stubbornly didn't seem to want to move. Not exactly the scooting sort, is it? Slightly put-out, the Doctor leaned back in his flesh blob chair, defeated (for now). "So what happens is for some reason or another, people get chosen to be put back in stasis. And you don't know why? No, of course you didn't, you probably would've tried to stop it if you knew it was coming."

He looked thoughtful, folding his hands in his lap, glancing at Edward, then that brilliant leg of his. Wonderful stuff there. This repodding? Could that have been what happened to Amy or Rory? His own friends, aside from Jamie McCrimmon, were still missing after all. Odd though. This ship seemed easily big enough for a larger crew than the two hundred to three hundred he supposed were active on board. So it couldn't be a space issue, could it?

"How long is it generally between those podpops, Elric?" he asked.

"Hey, the ship could use some pick me uppers right?" She smiled playfully. "Jus' being here, as a part of the team, someone we all can count on. That's the biggest and most important job on the ship I'd think." She looks up in thought. "If we all start losing hope, that just marks the beginning of the end. " She gives his hand a comforting squeeze and smiles.

Ed had to grin a little. "I understand that. I guess it just feels weary for the most part. I'm tired and I want to rest. But there isn't much else I can do but press on."

"Be damned if I know," admitted Ed. "Maybe a month, two? It's been kind of long recently and I dunno if there's any schedule for it to be honest."

"Stacy said it's cause of the avia, the soul being in danger of being detached they they're repodded. I guess I'm too stubborn of a bastard to lose my soul like that." Ed shook his head. "If I didn't experience something similar, I'd have dismissed the concept of a soul a long time ago."

Ronnae tilted her head curiously. "Then rest, I mean there's so much you could do to jus' relax. At least I've been able to. I wouldn't say the sensoriums cause they're tricky. But how about Hydroponics? Or the city?" She smiled, looking out at the lights. "I sometimes go out and explore the city, lose myself and all. It helps clear my mind." She turned back and smiled.

"I spent a lot of time in hydroponics actually. Sometimes I make little decorations or statues out of the rocks," remarked Ed. "Haven't really gone out into the city much but I tend to find myself wandering when I can at that."

"Do you carve the stone then?" She asked curiously, "That sounds like fun. And if you'd like, I can go with you out to explore the city." She smiles at him. "I was on my way out there anyways to explore, decided to make a quick stop here since I hadn't seen it yet."

"Heh, naw. It's alchemy." said Ed, pulling out a little piece of stone in his jacket pocket and putting it on the meaty table.

Clapping his hands, he laid them onto the stone and there was a brief flash of light and when it faded, there was a small little stone dove statue. "It's something I do."

Ronnie yelped in surprise and smiled at the stone dove. "Wow that's so cool! It's like you're a spellcaster!" She poked the small statue and gingerly held it in her hand admiring it happily.

"Hah, no magic here actually. It's all science really. Back home alchemy is the art of cycling energy to reconstruct matter." said Ed. "It's pretty involved and leads back to the origin of Xerxes."

Ronnae's ears perked up. "Oh! We sort of have something similar back home. I don't think to this extent, but our alchemists can transmute things into other things, and create things out of others." She smiled looking between the statue and it's creator.

"About the same principal. Chloe told me about them," said Ed with a nod as he returned it to the normal rock form. "Can't make certain things but it's nice enough to have the option to still transmute."

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