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gareleia · 2 years

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FMA plot-heavy royed AU with Lust!Ed going undercover to influence Roy and make him commit human transmutation.

• Homunculi come to Resembool to check out Hohenheim's house and find his son, short on two limbs and a brother. They decide to just take him in to lure out his father and make sure their sacrifice doesn't kill himself - that's how bad off he is.

• Ed is basically catatonic from trauma and guilt, so he doesn't even try to fight or correct them on Al's situation - he might as well have killed him, after all. Besides he's pretty sure these guys are a threat, and though he doesn't care about himself he still wants to protect his brother.

• Lust is tasked with looking after him as the only one who somewhat understands humans (because Greed ran off and Envy only does quick impersonations).

• Her motherly disposition resonates with Ed and he starts to get attached. Lust uses it to gain his trust and manipulate him into becoming her apprentice, since she still has work to do.

• She teaches him to blend in, disguise/flaunt his age and features, and basically uses him as a bait for predators/whores him out to important government figures.

• Except... She does get attached. Maybe not as a friend or family or a mentor, but at least as a pet owner (or that's what she tells herself). So when a mission goes south and Ed ends up gravely injured far away from anyone who could help, she gives him her stone to save his life.

• Without her stone Lust dies and Ed is now a homunculus (which makes his limbs grow back at least). Father is furious, but lets it slide, since he at least didn't lose both a sacrifice and a stone; Sloth doesn't give a damn; and the rest of the homunculi hate Ed and blame him for everything. Especially Gluttony.

• Ed steps up to become the new Lust. He is, like Bradley, a former human, so he ages. Since the ouroboros gang is now down a sacrifice, it's up to him to find a new one, and to do that he's ordered to keep an eye on their most promising candidate: Colonel Roy Mustang.

• With military's assistance Ed creates a life for himself complete with a fake name, documents and personal history, gets a job and sets up a 'mugging' so Roy can 'rescue' him - except Ed is really crappy at the whole 'damsel in distress' thing, but it somehow works out???

• Instead of Cornello Ed gives the stone to Rose and convinces her that she's a saintess and that if she 'helps' enough people with it she'll get her boyfriend back. After the stone runs out the rebound kills the person Rose was trying to heal, people lose faith and start rioting. She gets burned at the stake as a witch.

• Ed and Gluttony aim to kill Scar before he gets to Mustang. Scar survives, but he loses a leg and has to get automail.

• Ed is the one who gets Envy to kill Hughes, because 1) he knows too much (his secret lab 5 investigation), 2) it would hurt Roy and it would make him more susceptible to manipulation, 3) to commit human transmutation one needs a loved one to resurrect. Except afterwards he for the first time feels guilty for what he does. Before dying Maes asks whether or not Ed is with Envy, because he has suspected him all along.

• Ed opposes using Ross as a scapegoat because Roy is way too smart to fall for that. That's when Ed realizes that he genuinely respects (and is offended on behalf of) his target. But it's not like he likes him or anything.

• Instead of Lust, Roy fights Envy who, while wearing Hughes' face says that he only killed Maes because of Roy. Havoc dies and Riza is in critical condition. Ed is supposed to play on Roy's guilt and self-loathing to plant the idea of committing Taboo into his head, but he hesitates. He realizes how easy it would be to break Roy right now, and the fact that he doesn't want to scares the shit out of him.

• Both Ed and Roy start to avoid each other for their own reasons and the ouroboros gang grows impatient. Ed leaves to check out two other potential candidates, the Tringham brothers, and finds out that while he was focused on Mustang Fletcher died and Russell lost half of his body trying to bring him back. He takes their new sacrifice to Father and gets praised, but that only makes it all so much worse.

• The whole thing reminds Ed of Al, so he breaks down as soon as he comes to their house. Roy's been waiting to tell him they're breaking up (for Ed's protection), but ends up trying to calm him down. Ed realizes that Mustang is probably the only person alive who actually cares about him and that he's going to die because of it. Because he followed his asshole dad's evil twin and forgot what it was really all about: protecting Al. Protecting his loved ones. And holy fuck, does he love Roy.

• They split up, officially - because of Roy's work and Ed's crazy family's bullshit, and Ed deflects. The last thing that Lust has ever taught him, right before shoving her stone in him, was that if he was ever in trouble with the family he should visit that one bar in Dublith.

• Ed meets Greed and offers his stone in exchange for help in stopping Father. He also decides that it's finally time to check up on Teacher, Winry, Pinako and Al.

• Izumi doesn't recognize him in disguise, but feels that there's something wrong with him, so she's reasonably hostile. It hurts to see what grief has done to her, but at least she's alive. For now.

• Winry is in Rush Valley studying under Dominic, who took her in after his daughter-in-law and grandson died. She seems okay, but she's just pretending. Ed also meets Ling, who starts following him around because he's obviously not human. It's the first friend he's ever made besides Winry.

• While stalking Pinako and Al Ed meets Hohenheim. The latter thinks he's with Father, treats him like a monster in his son's skin and threatens that if Ed so much as comes near Al again he'd die a horrible death.

• Meanwhile Bradley threatens Team Mustang, so Roy rushes to check on Ed but can't find him. While digging, he finds some small inconsistencies in his cover story and realizes that something is wrong. Envy gets torched and before dying reveals that Ed was a spy and that he orchestrated Hughes' murder.

• Ed goes to Briggs to prevent the bloodshed, but fails. He kills Kimbley and Gluttony, but his stone takes a hit and Ling gets impaled.

• Greed makes contact with Curtis and Mustang, telling Izumi that Ed isn't dead and Roy that he's risking his life to protect him.

• When the four sacrifices (Izumi, Hohenheim, Russell and Roy) get dragged into Father's den Ed, Greed, Ling and their minions follow. Ed throws himself at Roy to protect him, and Pride drags Ling through the Gate instead, which costs him his tongue.

• There are now four sacrifices without Roy, but before they can do anything Sloth comes back from his latest mission with unconcious Al. Turns out, Father knew about him all along, but deemed him useless as an agent and non-threatening.

• Roy and Ed face down Pride, the alchemists face Sloth and Greed engages Wrath, but fails horribly.

• Al is the one to finish off Sloth while using alchemy for the first time in years.

• Greed, Scar and Riza manage to finish off Bradley, but Greed's stone almost runs out of souls - it's not enough to sustain him, but can still be used, so he gives it to Ling.

• Ed is also running low on souls, but keeps protecting Roy. When it gets so bad he thinks he's going to die, Ed confesses that it was his idea to kill Hughes, so Roy doesn't mourn him and fights harder in his rage. Except Roy already knows and it's just a confirmation that Ed both actually cares and still tries to manipulate him - which, to be fair, Mustang is exactly the same.

• They manage to kill Pride, but Father still grabs the souls from Amestris. They manage to reverse it and engage Father.

• Father tries to take Hohenheim's stone, but Al sacrifices himself to protect him. Enraged, Ed beats Father to a pulp but then loses. His stone is taken and he's back to being human again.

• Hohenheim finishes Father off and makes a move to restore Al, except his stone is down as well and he only has his own soul. Ed tries to stop him, saying that he's the only family Al has left, but Hohenheim disagrees. He's finally admitted that Ed is his son and how proud he is of that. Besides, his soul, like Greed's, is too old and isn't going to last long, so he might as well use his life for something worthwhile.

• When Al comes back he already knows what their father did. He's angry and sad, because he thinks he's alone now - since he never had a good look at Lust. Ed just stands there awkwardly and says something really dumb to alleviate the tension, and that's what makes Al and Izumi finally recognize him. And his disguise is trashed (make up washed off, glasses broken, golden roots visible, etc.) so he can't even deny it.

• The Rockbells have found his wheelchair near the river and all this time everyone thought that Ed had drowned himself, unable to deal with the guilt for his brother's condition. That's what made Al swear off alchemy and why he didn't even try to get his original body back, instead staying in Resembool and later joining his father on the road.

• Al is confused but happy, Izumi is that and angry and Roy is like "Edward, huh?" Tearful reunion ensues.

• In the end Ed and Roy make out, then agree to take a pause (for Ed to spend time with his family and for Roy to clean up the military mess) and then try and start from scratch, this time for real.

#fullmetal alchemist #edward elric #roy mustang #royed #homunculus ed #lust!ed #angst #greed/ling on the side #I actually only remember like half of both shows #so there are probably plot holes #oh well

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thefamilyeldritchabomination · 2 months

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Chapter Twenty One: Quidam Pt. 4

“Fuck off, you look like a dog too you know.” Dorian retorted, Ernest wincing at how bad that insult came out from his brother’s mouth.

“Wait, that was supposed to be an insult? I guess I have my work cut out for me…come here you alchemical abomination, I’ll teach you how to properly insult people.” Greed offered, clearly Greed was in a generous mood that day as he opened his arms for the hideous green monster named Dorian to waddle over.

“God damn it, that fucker doesn’t need any more grotesque traits added on! Dorian already assaulted the dead beat DILF with yellowjackets before, he doesn’t need skills in insults to boot. That goes to Ernest right there.” Freddy pointed at the walking WMD named Ernest who couldn’t help but agree with that assessment right there, Ernest was a pro at the insults.

“Not to interrupt you two insulting my favorite boogers…but I’m the one needing attention as well as Dolly…” Envy started to pull themself up onto a chair finally thanks to the rescue called red stones.

“Oh right…forgot about Dolly there..” Freddy looked embarrassed for a moment that Dolly got overlooked there.

“Congrats Face Fur….you proved to be dumber than dirt…” Envy decided now was a very good time to choose verbal violence in their little chair before being picked up by Greed. “And now you’re off to your medical room! Say Night Envy.” Greed started to drag the long noodle known as Envy up the stairs. “Oh fuck you Greed!” Envy yelled as they’re dragged away to their medical bay.

“Nah…I want hot women not…whatever you are right now holy shit.” Greed retorted as he plopped Envy onto the bed and left the rage noodle to have a grown up time out.

Envy hissed and toiled a bit in their designated bed alone before finally being left with the one thing they dreaded the most, their own mind. Dolly was still out of commission and it certainly was all Envy’s fault for a change, a shocker really. Never before had Envy ever considered anything their fault up until now and it was from someone trying to save their stupid ass. They’ve been many things and people before, any person really, but one thing they’ve never been was the remorseful type. Remorse, that feeling was a painful one to finally feel as Envy stewed a bit on their next course of action. Sure, eating a bunch of people and causing massive property damage should’ve been the major source of feeling remorse, but alas, Envy is taking tiny slithering steps at a time before getting to that point. Envy glanced from the open door to see Lust and Freddy hauling the unconscious Dolly up to her room with two awful clay based nurses trailing behind. There was a painful pit in Envy’s metaphorical stomach upon seeing Dolly wasn’t awake or moving around like before. It didn’t help matters that members of Dolly’s possible family unit were coming to take her away to some foreign country Envy had never been to. Envy’s good ol’ friend, paranoia, started to steep in before making the plan to make the move to the bedroom to watch over Dolly until she’s operational. To hell with telling the others about that trippy as can be message from a horrifying personification of Dolly’s survival capabilities, Envy was gonna take care of the issue themself.

With that firmly planted into that concerningly one track mind, Envy played ‘resting’ as they watched Lust and Freddy leave for the downstairs. Once Envy was sure that no one could hear them, Envy finally started to slither their way to Dolly’s room, somehow the disturbing display of a full body slithering down the hallway didn’t garner more attention. After moving their spine in a way most humans couldn’t even physically do, Envy reached the bedroom and pulled themself up on the chair close by. Ernest and Dorian just stared at Envy for a bit after witnessing that insane entrance with their little golden orb eyes. It was a bit of a relief that Ernest and Dorian weren’t horrible snitches as they let Envy hang out in the bedroom as they went back to doctoring Dolly. “Envy?” Said a certain voice behind the horrible serpentine looking Envy as they whipped their head around. “Pipsqueak, how the hell did you know I was in here!?” Envy glared a bit at Edward at the door, not thrilled that Ed was even there from the start.

“It’s hard not to notice a slithering body from upstairs, it’s going to haunt my dreams for the foreseeable future.” Edward gave Envy a look for subjecting him to such a wretched image moments ago. “I take it you’re not here to pick a fight right now?” Envy looked between Dolly and Edward for a moment, considering how to manage things.

“I’m not, look, Hohenheim said you were my brother…” Edward said finally, clearly that revelation shook him to the core. “Don’t call me that, I’m not your brother or your sibling. I’m just Envy.” Envy flicked their tongue a bit in annoyance,

“Then what are you!? We seriously can’t be related!” Edward demanded, the revelation having shaken the young alchemist to the very core.

“You take shit literally, don’t you? Yes, we’re related thanks to that bastard, no I don’t want any sort of relation with you or your rust bucket brother, and I thought you knew already I’m a homunculus.” Envy sneered, not happy that Edward now knows the big secret thanks to Dead Beat Hohenheim and his big mouth.

“Good, I don’t want a relation with you either, you’re fucking terrible!” Edward narrowed his eyes in absolute disgust that there was in fact a blood relation. “Now now, just because I shapeshift to look like your little girlfriend a couple of times just to mess with your mind doesn’t mean I’m terrible. I also do it because her outfits look better on me anyways.” Envy gave a shit eating grin right at Edward, deciding it was a very good idea to rattle Edward’s cage around the unconscious Dolly.

“FUCK YOU TOO, ENVY!” Edward made a bit of a rush before grabbing a hold on Envy’s shoulder and got ready to start punching the living shit out of the homunculus. “Seriously, can’t do a fight near Dolly, otherwise you’ll trigger her personal sapient murder machine.” Envy didn’t even flinch when the first punch made its first landing from Edward.

“You mean Ernest?! We kept him for months, he wouldn’t attack me!” Edward threw another punch before it got caught mid way by Envy. “Moron, I’m not talking about Ernest or even Dorian. There’s something else, something I’m not even sure how to explain other than Dolly has an invisible nanny with a homicidal edge. Any perceived danger to Dolly, that nanny goes on the attack.” Envy debated about breaking Edward’s automail arm to get the pipsqueak in trouble with Winry.

“I’m not even going to humor whatever the hell you would call that statement. Invisible nanny? Seriously?” Edward attempted to pull his automail arm back from Envy, only to have Envy holding onto it with a vice grip.

The sound of clattering metals, nuts, screws, and bolts could be heard as Edward froze in place as Envy essentially obliterated Edward’s automail arm. It echoed throughout the cottage for a moment until a new sound could be heard coming up the stairs, the panicked and angry footsteps of misfortune. Edward grew pale as he knew damn well what that meant as Envy just smiled ‘innocently’ at what was to come. The storm known as Winry loomed at the doorway, her face darken upon seeing the shrapnels of automail pieces scattered through the floor like confetti. Edward’s ghost pale face looked in horror at Winry as she brought out the wrench, silently walking towards him with murder dancing in the highlights of her eyes. Envy just sat in their little wooden chair smugly as they watched in awe of Winry’s wrath as she dragged Edward out of the room by the scruff of his hood. The thunderous booms of Winry’s voice as she tore Edward a new breathing hole brought a content smile on Envy’s face as they relaxed a bit to watch over the unconscious Dolly with her horrible clay lions. That peace was short lived as an upset Lust arrived with Gluttony close behind.

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