OPEN RP POST (wip)

[onegreeneye]

This is a general catch-all post for anyone who wants to thread with Ginko in his original setting - or at least something resembling it. Want to play an AU? Post-jamjar? Unexpected interdimensional travel? It's all good! In addition, if you want to thread something with mushi and such but in a more modern setting, I'm totally open to modern-day AU's. I'm fine with prose, brackets, whatever.

Please note that I'm totally open to using this post for action, fluff, whatever, but not smut. If you have any additional questions about the setting or types of mushi, just message me on this account!

(here's a placeholder for if i ever get around to putting actual prompts on here)

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[solperierat]

"Wh--the village?" Ed startles and sits up straight, eyes going wide in shock. "But--I haven't gone anywhere near there in weeks! I did that transmutation way out in the woods!"

How did this happen? He had driven them off to keep them safe! And now he'd gone and hurt them without even meaning to?

[onegreeneye]

As it happens, the explanation is pretty simple. "Rivers flow. The fuki surfaced closer to the village. It's not really your fault; just a matter of not knowing the whole situation."

That reassurance seems important here. As strange as Ed might be, and as ill-advised as Ginko may find his plan, it's seeming increasingly likely that he really doesn't mean any harm.

[solperierat]

Ed's lips press into a thin line and his gaze drops down to the floor, guilt written clearly on his features. "...just 'cause I didn't know doesn't change anything."

Realistically, he knows Ginko is right, but he can't make himself really believe it. Alphonse, Liore, his own mother...not knowing hadn't been any justification for what he'd caused. It didn't mean he wasn't responsible; not then, and not now.

For a few more moments the silence hangs in the air before Ed speaks again. "How bad is it?"

[onegreeneye]

A slight shrug. He's not going to lie about the damage that's been done; fortunately, it could be a lot worse.

"Several people have gotten sick. Some of their crops have been spoiled. It'll take a while for the village to recover, and some of the fuki will need to be cleaned up to allow the remainder to recede. But nobody has died. And, now that we know the cause and can keep it from happening again, it may well be that nobody will."

[solperierat]

He nods, slowly, letting out a shaky breath. No one is dead...he can be thankful for that at least. "...right. Is there a medicine, then, to cure the poison?"

[onegreeneye]

"Yep. Just got done with the first set of treatments. It'll take a few more to cure entirely, but those afflicted should be alright."

[solperierat]

"Good. ...I don't need any of that, do I?" He had hinted the kouki stuff was what was making him sick...

[onegreeneye]

"I doubt it. See, you've got the opposite problem." He steps a bit closer, indicating Ed's shoulder again. "You can't see it, but from the look of it... my guess would be that, when you tried to tap into the light vein, some of it clung to your body. It's still there, too. And dealing with a surplus of kouki like this is entirely different from fuki."

[solperierat]

Edward blinks and glances down to his (to him) perfectly ordinary shoulder and frowns, rubbing at it. "I can't feel anything in me..."

But that's not quite true, now that he thinks about it. His transmutations had come easier since that first try at using the light vein, being able to do more with less of his own energy. Was that part of this whole mess? "How do I get it out?"

[onegreeneye]

"There are ways to purge excess kouki from people's bodies... but it will take time." He taps his pack - he knows he's got the right medicine in there somewhere. "I've got a medication that should drive it out, bit by bit. But you'll have to keep taking it for a while."

[solperierat]

Ed frowns but nods, sighing and pushing his hair back from his face. It would be nice to be able to hike out farther than half a mile without feeling like his leg was turning to jelly again... "How long is a while? A month?"

[onegreeneye]

"...Well." Ginko shrugs and glancing away, a little apologetically. "Try three. Or six."

Sorry about that???

[solperierat]

Cue Ed nearly choking in shock. He must have heard that wrong!! "Six months?! You're be fucking kidding me, there's gotta be a faster way!"

[onegreeneye]

"Sorry, but that's really all there is." He swings the front of the box open, sliding out a drawer and grabbing some paper packets. He counts them out carefully, still not looking at Ed.

"I'll give you the medicine... just one of these a week should do. I'll come by again in three months to see if you need more."

[solperierat]

Ed groans loudly and hangs his head, watching Ginko count out the little folded packets with a look of stifled resentment. "Right...I don't have a whole lot of offer in exchange, though."

[onegreeneye]

"No problem." He finally gets enough packets of medicine counted out and passes them to Ed, offering a very slight, wry smile. "After all, I can finish my current job, thanks to you."

[solperierat]

He takes the bundle and raises an eyebrow, a smirk pulling at the corner of his mouth. "Fair enough. What were you expecting to find when you came snooping out here, anyway?"

[onegreeneye]

"Nothing in particular. Or, more accurately, anything that might point me in the right direction." He shrugs, closing up his box again. "Usually things like this take a bit of investigation."

[solperierat]

"Hmm. Always seemed that way back home, too." He says it more to himself than to Ginko, a distant look on his face for a moment before his attention fully returns. "You're heading back now, right? Hope you don't mind if I don't get up to show you back out again."

[onegreeneye]

Ginko gives a quiet huff, shouldering his pack again and heading for the door. "Yeah, I'd better go let them know the fuki issue has been resolved. You be careful out here, alright?"

[solperierat]

Ed grins and waves off Ginko's concern. "I will. Haven't been eaten yet, have I?"



Summer turns to fall, and out in that valley something is stirring. A wind is blowing, not out of season but something about it feels sinister, unsettling. Clouds are gathering above and threatening rain, and he chill seems to bite just a tad bit harder. It's like a warning, a premonition of something to come, and the black wings of crows cawing in the sky only seem to reinforce it.

Not too far from Ed's little shack, in a decently sized clearing the young alchemist can be found, with a stack of notes held down by a rock and a sturdy stick in hand to carefully carve out the runes of the circle he'd been crafting since Ginko had left. He can't afford to wait for so long around here, and he has access to things Ginko hadn't even known existed. For a normal person taking that medicine would be the only option, sure, but Edward is certain he could bypass the process entirely.

It's just a little more complicated than putting a statue back into the ground, is all.

Ed takes one last look around at the circle, checking it against his notes before nodding with satisfaction and tossing the stick away. "This should do." He steps into the circle and kneels, pulling a small knife out of his sleeve and taking it in his teeth to cut a slice across the palm of his hand. Blood drips onto the ground and Ed tosses the knife away before pressing his palm to the center of the circle.

[onegreeneye]

The actual day may not be exact. But Ginko said three months, and he meant it.

As he makes his way through the forest, he's not really expecting too much to have changed - maybe Ed will have put up more of those strange statues, maybe not. He isn't expecting to come across the young man in a clearing, right in the middle of one of those strange diagrams.

"What are you doing?"

[solperierat]

Ed is surprised to ear Ginko's voice cut through the silence, but it isn't enough to throw is concentration. The circle lights up golden and arcs of energy leap over his body with little seeming physical effect. He looks over with a faint grin, amused by the man's timing.

"I figured out how to put it back." The streams of light coming from Ed's shoulder flicker, and to the untrained eye seem to be slowly dissolving into nothing.

[onegreeneye]

...He what?

Ginko's eyes widen, his gaze flicking between Ed and the circle, following the arcs of light. "You're... how? This isn't a good idea, it's-- you shouldn't do this."

[solperierat]

Edward shakes his head, dismissing the older man's concerns. "I'm just reversing the transmutation I did before, but under more control." Ed looks back down to the circle, his eyes following surges of energy as invisible to Ginko as the mushi are to Ed. "I'm being careful, don't worry. I've been doing calculations ever since you left to make sure I don't hurt anything more than I already have."

But despite Ed's reassurances, something is clearly wrong. Ed doesn't notice it at first, focused as he is on the transmutation, but from the edges of the circle small, black arms emerge and begin to stretch across the ground toward the alchemist.