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[cheerupemoborg.livejournal.com]

[There's the sound of what seems to be someone speaking urgently, becoming louder and louder as the voice gets closer to the journal.]

Oh, God-- my face . . . can't feel anything-- what's...

Terri? Terri, are you in here?!

Can't breathe-- My arm... good lord, my arm! what happened...?

[It's at this point Hank catches his reflection in a mirror. There's silence for a moment, followed by a drawn out yell.

Anyone on floor 3 are likely to hear this, especially as he barges into the hallway.]

This isn't me! Where am I?!

Hello? Anyone?!

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[cheerupemoborg.livejournal.com]

[Pretty sure automail doesn't cover half your face :b]

No... no I'm not. Who are you?

What is this place?

[tough-teacher.livejournal.com]

[She was pulled out of a fight with this guy (http://images.absoluteanime.com/fullmetal_alchemist/-archer[2].jpg). So it can!]

[She offers her hand] Izumi Curtis. And I'm still figuring that out myself. As best I understand it, it's a place between worlds.

[cheerupemoborg.livejournal.com]

[Stares at her hand, and then at his own, before taking it.]

... I'm Hank. Hank Henshaw.

What do you mean 'between worlds?'

[tough-teacher.livejournal.com]

Apparently people are drawn here from... different realities. And before you ask, I don't know how to leave.

[cheerupemoborg.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit more concerned with my body.

Is it normal to suddenly find oneself in a different body?

[tough-teacher.livejournal.com]

This isn't normal for you, then.

I don't think so? I seem to be the same, anyway. [Missing organs and all.]

[cheerupemoborg.livejournal.com]

No, it most certainly is not.

I guess I'm an exception then. Is there no way out of this place?

[tough-teacher.livejournal.com]

Not that I've found.

[cheerupemoborg.livejournal.com]

And it just gets better and better...

[tough-teacher.livejournal.com]

[You just get a sad little nod. She's still kind of depressed about this herself.]

[cheerupemoborg.livejournal.com]

... how long are we supposed to be here?

[tough-teacher.livejournal.com]

I've been told that some people have been here for years.

[cheerupemoborg.livejournal.com]

Unacceptable.

If there's a way in, then there must be a way out.

[tough-teacher.livejournal.com]

I'm inclined to agree. Finding the way out might be a lot simpler if we understood how we got here in the first place.

[cheerupemoborg.livejournal.com]

What was the last thing you remember?

[tough-teacher.livejournal.com]

[This is going to get her an odd look and she knows it. How to put this?]

I was in the middle of a fight, providing a distraction for my student.

[cheerupemoborg.livejournal.com]

A fight?

What for?

[tough-teacher.livejournal.com]

[Oh, dear.]

It's a very long story.

He needed to get away quickly and I was preventing someone from following him.

[cheerupemoborg.livejournal.com]

Hopefully not because he did something wrong...

[tough-teacher.livejournal.com]

[Frowns] I wouldn't cover for him if he did.

He uncovered a conspiracy within the military. He was going to cut it off at the head when we were attacked.

I was drawing the fire away from him so he could go.

[cheerupemoborg.livejournal.com]

One young man against an entire military?

Well, I'm sure stranger things have happened...

[tough-teacher.livejournal.com]

Not the entire military. He has people helping him from within. And he has his brother.

Those boys are strong. And gifted.

[cheerupemoborg.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a civil war waiting to happen.

They'll need a lot of luck to pull something like that off.

[tough-teacher.livejournal.com]

[Oh, you don't know the half of it, man. Her show of confidence is starting to slip a bit. She really is very worried.]

I wish I were there.

[cheerupemoborg.livejournal.com]

If wishes were fishes...

...people... do leave eventually, right? We can't honestly stay here forever.