>>49101132
IT'S TIME

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ITS HAPPENING
MY DREAMS ARE COMING TRUE

Hey Laze, I loved your last quest but I don't know anything about FMA, how lost would I be off I read this quest?

I might just marathon the anime this weekend to follow this quest

>>49101132
Laze sama

Glad to have you back

And thank god you chose tg over qst

Here we go boys!

>>49101173
I'd say if you watch the first few episodes you'd know enough about the power system to get by, but i have no idea what aspects of the anime/manga are gonna be incorporated here

>>49101173
>Hey Laze, I loved your last quest but I don't know anything about FMA, how lost would I be off I read this quest?
>
>I might just marathon the anime this weekend to follow this quest

I didn't know jack shit about naruto post sound invasion and I did fine, so you should be ok.

But you should fucking read FMA anyway get to work

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>>49101132
It's here!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLXtkxU69B0&list=PLE36689FDB43CE335&index=4

You suddenly find yourself in a vast white expanse, nothing around you but a blank, endless void. You feel like you were in the middle of something important, but your head is hazy right now. You can't seem to recall much of anything. The only response you can muster is confusion. Before too long however, you hear a voice call out to you.

"Hello."

Startled, you look for the source of the noise. You find it sitting some distance in front of you. It's a figure shaped like a person, but featureless and white as the locale you find yourself in. You can only really make the figure out due to the bit of black haze that seems to be surrounding it.

"Who are you?" you ask, your voice a bit hesitant. You have no idea what's going on, but you'll take all the answers you can get.

"The obvious question eh, alchemist?" the figure replies, it's voice reverberating, as otherworldly as this place. "I will answer, but that seems an awful shame for a final utterance."

It's then that you turn to glance behind you. You see a giant door with a mural on it, covered in all kinds of alchemical symbols. As you look over it, the figure behind you speaks again.

"I am called by many names." it begins.

"I am the World."

"I am the Universe."

"I'm God."

"I am Truth."

"I am All."

"I am One."

"And I am also You."

You turn to see the figure pointing its finger straight at you.

"Now that I've answered you alchemist, allow me to grant you one final favor before the exchange is made. I'll give you a more fitting memory for your last words."

You're getting really nervous now.

"Would you care to state your name, alchemist?" the figure asks. Despite your anxiety, you feel compelled to answer.

>What is your name?

Why hello there I've never seen you before. Would someone mind telling me what he ran

Yeah, I know

>Name vote first post

I do what I want

>>49101219
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_kFgOWyez0
Right here, m8

>>49101219
Alfred Worth

>>49101219
Iskander Argead

Victor Vincent

>>49101232
we love you anyway Laze

>>49101225
he did a naruto quest before, now completed

Taylor Dwight

>>49101225
Leaf Ninja Quest

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Leaf%20Ninja%20Quest

>>49101219
>Hugh Mungus

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>>49101132

>>49101266
Oh right. I think I read that and just never paid attention to his trip. Ten out of Ten is still best waifu

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>>49101219
Sebastian Uriel

>>49101313
>Ten out of Ten is still best waifu
10/10 fans fucked up so hard

>>49101258
ISKANDER

>>49101219
James Marcus Rensten

>>49101313
Well lets just hope the waifu wars don't get as heated.

Ninshu

>>49101219
>Sebastian Michaelis

We best butler now.

>>49101330
>>49101258
Iksander is good would like a better last name though

>>49101326
Have you heard? Apparently that fuck Silver is the one who came up with that.

>>49101219
Darius Crowley

>>49101219
So we're at the gate, because we've transmuted a human?
Did MC lose his memories as the price?

>>49101353
Toll

>>49101353
No particular votes on a last name, my creativity is dead in the water most of the time.

:'D

>>49101363
who the fuck is silver?

>>49101219
>>49101258
Fuck it, I'll back this

>>49101342
Come on man, everyone knows Nina is the best waifu. I mean, she's a monstergirl after all

>>49101374
>Toll
I should google names before commenting

>>49101353
Iskander Andov?

>>49101393
I hope I didn't accidentally re-ignite the waifu war on a completely different quest

>>49101342
Jokes aside

It's gotta be Julia or Miranda

>>49101353
Iskander Ostanes

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>>49101431
No, man, she's the best waifu in the FMA universe, I mean, look at this face. What's not to like?

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>>49101393

Iskander's kind of out there, but it seems to have a lot of support. Though I did see some other good suggestions. Regardless, need to agree on a last name, too.

>>49101353
Iskander Magnus, but only if we are a big guy.

>>49101132
>Laze is back
Oh fuck yeah.
>running an FMA quest
Oh fuck yeah!
>and I caught the first thread
OH FUCK YEAH!

>>49101453
Anyone who disagrees is not a fashits and hates Not!Hitler

>>49101461
Steiner

>>49101461
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txIjd7-Lz_g

>>49101475
I'll back this

>>49101393
>joking about that
Bitch I will put you six feet deep.

>>49101461
We can have our parents be eccentric, but good people. Like Shou Tucker was.
Or maybe immigrants or something.

I sincerely hope we get to work under/with/for/apprentice under Kimbley. He was the fucking best.
Or at least tried our hand at learning his techniques. Bomb alchemy OP.

>>49101475
I'll back this. It's a good last name.
PASSED DOWN OUR FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS!

>>49101461
Iskander Stone

>>49101475
Im down with this
It rolls out the mouth like silk

>>49101502
What a coincidence.
Because that's where she is, big brother.

>>49101475
It's got kind of a nice ring to it. I'll back it.

But our gate will be Steiner's Gate

>>49101475
Steiner works lets get this rolling

Alright, Iskander Steiner, going once, going twice

You know comparing this thread to start of leaf ninja is really funny

Iskar lyrope

>>49101461
Rosenthal

I'd vote for the mousy librarian with the photographic memory

>>49101512
>He was the fucking best
No.
Kimbley was a FASCINATING character.
But he was also a complete fucking psycho.
Besides, explosion alchemy is boring, and has exactly one application (blowing shit up), while other fields have more room for creative applications both in and out of combat.
I always liked that dude from the weird filler prologue they added for Brotherhood.
I wonder, did he ever receive a posthumous pardon, due to him turning out to be right all along?

>>49101132
We playing with Manga/Brotherhood lore, 2003 lore, or a combination of the two?

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It takes you a moment to even recall your name, your thoughts are so jumbled. But you eventually remember it.

"Iskander Steiner." you state.

"Excellent." the figure replies. "Relish the sound of that name in your ears, the feel of it escaping your lips. It's a gift from me. Now, it's time."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=302Xbp7LRTo&list=PLE36689FDB43CE335&index=6

You hear a loud creaking sound behind you and turn to see the door opening. A giant eye reveals itself, and shadowy tendrils of hands grab out at you from within.

"You have dared to knock on the door, and now the door is open." the figure continues to speak calmly as you struggle in vain to break free from the hands' shadowy grip. "I will show you the knowledge you seek. I will show you the Truth."

Even as you fight it, you're pulled into the blackness as the gate closes behind you. You feel yourself falling deeper, ever deeper into darkness. In that moment, you start to feel information flood your brain. As if all the knowledge in the world was becoming clear to you. So much that it feels like your head may burst. The pain is intense and you try to scream, but you find yourself unable to. Your attempts are are only met with a burning pain in your throat.

In your mind, you beg for it to stop. It's too much, you can't take it. You see a familiar figure appear in the distance. As you work through the pain, trying to reach out to them, suddenly everything stops. You're no longer in any pain. You're once again standing in front of the gate, now closed.

>>49101602
FMA:B / Manga
Otherwise this nignog >>49101618 in front of the gate wouldn't be there

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>>49101618

"How was it?" the figure asks.

You try to answer, but nothing comes. Not a single sound escapes your throat. As you struggle to speak, you hear your voice. But not from you.

"Of course, you can't answer me." the figure says, now with your voice. You see the figure make a giant, unnerving smile. "You will never speak again. For that was the toll you paid. Equivalent Exchange, of course. Right, alchemist?"

You try to scream again, but still make no sound. As the scene of this vast white expanse fades away, you find yourself in a dark room. You're feeling extremely light headed, and your nose meets with an awful stench. You just barely manage to look up and catch a glimpse of the source. What looks like a mangled corpse lies before you. Before you can get your thoughts in order, you feel your consciousness start to slip away. Your head hits the ground, and your eyes close.

-----------------------------------------------------------------

You wake up with a jolt. It's light now, so it must be daytime. You find that you're in a bed. You try once again to speak, but find that it's still impossible. So that must not have been a dream. As you calm yourself, you get a good look at your surroundings.

You find yourself...

>A.In your room in a lavish mansion

>B.In your room in an average house

>C.In your room in a ratty apartment

>D.Other

Here we are at character building, throw out any ideas you have for background as you like to fit the options, if you're rich, maybe your father is a government official, or whatever.

>>49101618
Did we just give our throat

>>49101640
Could be a combination of the two, tho.

>>49101650
>D.Other
In our prison cell

>>49101650
D in some back alley

>>49101654
Deeply.

>>49101598
Well, I'd back healing alchemy as well. Since in addition to, y'know, healing, it can be fucking terrifying akira level shit if we get good enough.

But yeah, kimbley was a psycopath, I admit, but I loved him for the same reason I love the joker. They're psycopaths, but not deceptive ones. There CLEARLY insane. And they're in your face about it. I may be bad at explaining this.
But most of why I love his character comes from the last scene with him. That fucking "YOU CALL THIS A TEMPEST?!" was goddamned incredible when I first saw it

>>49101650
>>A.In your room in a lavish mansion
Our father is a government official, and our mother was a foreigner, hence our odd First Name.

>>49101650
>>B.In your room in an average house

we silent protagonist now

>>49101650
I second this >>49101663
We were trespassing on the border between Milos and Cleta

>>49101650
>C.In your room in a ratty apartment

small town boy in the big city fresh off the bus

>>49101663
gets my vote

>>49101650
Holy fuck playing a mute, Laze you have some balls

>>49101596
Ścieżka a bestka.
Mousy POLISH librarian, by the way. Her name means "walkway" or "footpath".
>>49101654
I think "just" our voice.
>>49101650
>B.In your room in an average house
Let's try and start out pretty normal, let shit get weird later.

>>49101650
>>C.In your room in a ratty apartment

>>49101650
>B.In your room in an average house
Yes, our father is a government official, but our mother was a foreigner. His advancement was cut short because of that.

>>49101654
I think we literally gave our voice, actually. I hope it wasn't our tongue.

>>49101650
>D.The back alley of a whore house

Vetoing jail cell, it won't work

>>49101650
>>49101677
>B.In your room in an average house
I'll swap to this since it seems more likely to win.
Be the normal guy giving no fucks in the face of weird ass bullshit.
Plus, I hate the D votes desu.

>>49101704
Maybe it was our mouth?

>>49101650
>C.In your room in a ratty apartment

>>49101132
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH, LAZE, YOU FUCK, YOU'RE BACK! GLAD TO SEE YA, MAN, IT'S TACTICIAL SUPPORT ON TWITTER!

>>49101618
>B.)

Average peep.

>>49101733
I'll switch to this

>>49101663
Prison cell?

This gets my vote- very interesting.

>>49101721
fug. I was hoping we could bro it up with Kimblee and the gang, while using our new-found gate alchemy to bust out.

>>49101721
Can we be in a whore house.
Our father is the owner and we live in a room in the building working as an accountant.

Loose our bottom jaw, the Iron jaw alchemist

>>49101650
>B.In your room in an average house

>>49101707
I'll vote for this, home could be the shitty apartment or some Ishbalan camp

>>49101650
Ratty apartment, then, since prison has been veto'd

>>49101773
>>49101276

>>49101755
That options vetoed

>>49101763
Thats cool.
Id like to be a Pimp's apprentice.

>>49101650
>C.In your room in a ratty apartment


Also, I hate to ask this, but who's Laze? Like, what other quests has he run?

>>49101799
>>49101808

>>49101773
Leaf Ninja quest on the archive. Godfather of all those Naruto quests you see. ;)

>>49101650
>>C.In your room in a ratty apartment

>>49101818
Wasn't Roy a whorehouse babby too?
Whorehouse babbys need to stick together

>C

>C.In your room in a ratty apartment

>>49101804
You mean the best pimp kimblee

>>49101650
C

Alright, C wins. Writing

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Can't wait to see what out transmutation circle looks like

>>49101894
Ah well. I hope at least we're not in a brothel. Or that stupid "lolol letz be a pimp kek" thing.

>>49101851
How did he 'cast'?
Tattoo circles?

>>49101380
W-wargle?

>>49101904
>our transmutation circle
>our
>transmutation circle
We just committed the Ultimate Taboo, Broseidon.

>>49101904
bottom-middle looks dope AF

>>49101904
>>49101937
I prefer middle row, second from the bottom desu.

>>49101924
Sup~

Didn't think I'd come support Laze? Think again.

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>>49101904
This un

So anyone have any idea what our alchemy should be? I have none

>>49101650
>You will never speak again
but if we cant speak how will we complete the 4th monkey's trial

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>>49101929
Kimblee could use his bomb alchemy without clapping or even contact

Something like tattooing them or even drawing a circle with blood makes transmuting hella fast

>>49101969
Eh, Wargle. Ready to ruin Father's plans?

>>49101999
Jesus alchemy as per your trips, clearly.

Alternatively, water manipulation.

>>49101999
salt

>>49102007
Kimblee's got his circles tattooed on his hands. He claps to combine the tattoos to form the full circle to use alchemy.

>>49102023
Bases and acids?
Might be cool

>>49101999
Either salt manipulation, or healing alchemy.

Think about it, a combat alchemist that uses healing alchemy? We'd be both praiseworthy and UTTERLY FUCKING HORRIFYING.

>>49101969
Well, you told me earlier that you were coming, so I expected you. Don't yell at me sempai :'D

>>49101999
Personally I've always liked Earth Alchemy, but that puts us in Armstrong territory.

Water alchemy could also be fun, but requires us to be able to strip the H2O out of the air around us.

Biological Alchemy coupled with a strong knowledge of Transmutation Alchemy might be the best way to go.

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>>49101999
MAGNETS!
No, seriously, lets go full fucking Magneto.

>>49101904
A lot of these are WAY too busy and directionless.
Keep in mind that a transmutation circle is directly related to the desired function. The lines represent the flow of energy and elements along certain paths between certain points.
>>49102007
>Kimblee could
Kimblee WASN'T DOING circle-less Alchemy. He had the circles for his explosion trick tattooed on his hands, similar to Roy's gloves, or Armstrong's gauntlets.

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That's right, this is your ratty little apartment. The supremely uncomfortable bed should have tipped you off. Yes, from the broken window giving you a clear view of Dublith outside to the walls with cracks running all over them, this is the place you call home.

You get out of bed and gather your thoughts. You're in different clothes than you were wearing yesterday. Someone must have changed them while you were passed out.

Wait, you passed out. It's then that it comes rushing back to you. You burst out of your bedroom and into the kitchen/foyer. This tiny little place only has three rooms and a bathroom. You run over to the last room. The one in which you attempted it it. Human transmutation.

You open the door, expecting the worst. But the thing from last night isn't there anymore. You look closer and see the remains of the outer edges of your Human Transmutation Circle, but the inside has been scrubbed away.

As you calm yourself, you try one last time to gather your thoughts. Last night, you attempted the ultimate taboo. The one thing every alchemist knows is forbidden. You tried to revive someone from the dead...

>A.Your mother/father

>B.A brother/sister

>C.A close friend

>D.Other

Feel free to try and come up with any details as you like

>>49102087
>>C.A close friend
Our best bro, that died protecting us from something.

>>49102012
Ready to bullshit our way to victory with the best of 'em.

That's what FMA is about, right?

>>49102087
>B.A sister

your little sister Agatha. it was all your fault!

>>49102087
>the broken window giving you a clear view of Dublith outside
>Dublith
Oh fuck the hell yes.
>>49102087
>B.A brother/sister
Big sister.

>>49102087
>D.Other
A cheeky motherfucker who owned us money

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>>49102067
Nice

>>49102087
>C.A close friend
RIP Xavier

>>49102087
>>B.A brother/sister

We couldn't save little sis so we tried bringing her back instead

>>49102103
> For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Aniki, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life

He acted like a literal big brother to us. He was there when dad wasn't. He went to Ishval, with that big dumb goofy grin of his.

He came back in a pine box.

>>49102087
>B. Our Sister
Her ghost kept talking to us in our dreams; we thought that, if she had her body back, she would stop.

>>49102087
>>C.A close friend

>>49102087
>>A.Your mother/father

>>49102087
>C.

Bestbro is deadbro.
>>49102105
Yes, exactly.

>>49102132
this

>>49102087
>>B.A sister

So guys. Thus far the best alchemy types I've seen us put forth are:
Magnets
Salt
Biology/Healing
Acids/Bases

What do anons think would be coolest thus far? Honestly, the more I think about it, the more I kind love salt alchemy. It'd be oddly OP at high levels. And imagine if we ever fought in/near an ocean, or literally any source of saltwater.
That or magnets, man.

>>49102087
>>C.A close friend

>>49102194
FUCKING. MAGNETS.
>deflect bullets
>blast people with shrapnel
>direct electrical paths
>nobody knows how they work

Only logical choice

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>>49102194
>Salt
Please explain

>>49102194
I'm still a big fan of water.
It's literally EVERYWHERE, and remember the insane shit Isaac managed to pull off before getting Bradley'd.

>>49102194
>>49102213

Depends on the type of magnetism. Are we like Magneto and can only do Ferromagnetism? To what level of power could we potentially achieve?

Salt is perfect though because you all can just use me as a sacrifice after a regular day in my life.

>>49102194
Clearly we use light-based alchemy, with magnification and bending of light

and never reveal we can do things to a lack of light, as well

>>49102220
>light-based alchemy
That doesn't work, anon.
Alchemy involves the manipulation of MATTER.
Light? Not matter.

>>49102087
>C

Totally for the Ishvallan War buddy that died

>>49102217
>Are we like Magneto and can only do Ferromagnetism?
Yes, but don't worry: Magneto can do a LOT more than just ferromagnetism

>>49102194
Shit, you're only thinking of NaCl, and therefore thinking too small.

At it's base, alchemy is just a catalyst for chemical reactions. We could be pumping out toxic salts, conductive salts, exotic chemicals, or even splitting salts apart for acids or bases. Do you know how much the human body relies on salt? The fluids in your body are all isotonic to your cells. Disrupt the salts there, and you cause massive cell death.

>>49102220
Light is not a particle, Anon.

>>49102214
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt
>Salt is essential for human life, and saltiness is one of the basic human tastes. The tissues of animals contain larger quantities of salt than do plant tissues. Salt is one of the oldest and most ubiquitous food seasonings, and salting is an important method of food preservation.

We could be both the greatest cook, and horrifying combatant. You ever see what happens when you rip the salt out of people?

It's in animals. It's in plants.
Now imagine if we could transmute things INTO salt, or just outright REMOVE it.

>>49102244
Well then alchemy doesn't work on your opinion.

It's just a prank, bro. And it has been literally years since I've read FMA, forgive my transgressions.

>>49102262
Can he? Could have sworn he was just ferromagnetism-focused.
>>49102276
>rip the salt out of people
I kind of want to see this now.

>>49102276
Ok yeah im on board
Lets get fucking salty

>>49102273
Fucking exactly.
And think of the banter we could have during/out of fights, holy shit.

And who in their right mind would be scared of the SALT alchemist at first thought, without thinking about it for a second?

I mean, think about it. We could effectively fight the fuckin' homunculi assuming their bodies are at least vaguely human, which they ARE, given we got to see their insides during the show.

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>>49102276
>>49102273
I want to believe

>>49102276
Holy fuck. If we get good enough we could one shot people in a matter of seconds

Okay, so close friend wins, but I can't get writing yet. Got some stuff to take care of. I'll be back in a while. Feel free to toss around ideas for stuff, though, see what we can agree on for more backstory stuff.

Also, I just realised, but sorry magnetism bros, magnetism is a FORCE, not matter.

I mean, it's a cool idea, but even kimblee didn't control "explosions" insofar as he controlled explosive chemical reactions. He was more 'chemist' than 'bomber', albeit focused on explosive reactions.

>>49102330
Salt mind all the way, man.
Plus, it'd give us a good reason to be an utterly godlike cook, since what else are we gonna do with all this salt?

>>49102353
Even at low levels, think about it.
What happens when metals meet seawater? Salt alchemy leads to FUCKING RUST.

>>49102326
One shoting Bradley should be our big goal

>>49102302
Nerves would start dying, muscles would spasm wildly, and their flesh would start melting off of their bones as their cells ruptured. And their bones would start degrading, since those are partially composed of inorganic salts.

http://www.strawpoll.me/11127159

Has a timeline been set yet?
Just when are we?
Pre Ishvalan war? Post 'The Promised Day'?

>>49102393
Apx the start of the show; its in the OP

>>49102364
>Salt alchemy leads to FUCKING RUST
And get hard countered by the Aluminum Alchemist.
Personally I think we should avoid getting tied down to a gimmick.
Stay flexible, being good at a lot of different varieties of alchemy, without really being great at any of them.
We've committed the ultimate taboo, so we don't need to have physical circles anywhere on us, so there's no REASON to tie ourselves down to what we can do with just a few circles.

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>>49102387
Rigged

>>49102364
Armstrongs gloves? Fucking rusted and gone, mate.
His sisters sword? Or bradleys? RUST NIGGA.
Hell, we can one shot people at high levels by transmuting people to salt, old testament style, or ripping that shit out.

And mustang? Remember that water weakness of his? SALTWATER.

>>49102387
>>49102387
Sorry bro, But as I said earlier, magnetism is a FORCE. It's unlikely, although it's a cool idea.
But admittedly, what do I know, I'm all aboard the salt train. Let's get salty, motherfuckers.

>>49102357
So you mean...errands?

>>49102415
then way not rust alchemy ?

>>49102068
>>Kimblee WASN'T DOING circle-less Alchemy
What about when he got a philosophers stone?

>>49102413
pity

>>49102415
Salt is a dumb idea. It's too specialized, and can't be used in as many situations as shit like magnetism.

>>49102412
To mislead people and have them underestimate the MC

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All these flavors and we choose to be salty

>>49102412
There are compounds that will combine with Aluminum, and cause it to degrade.

>>49102429
That's just iron alchemy, anon.

Not trying to res our big brother who died saving us

He always took care of us. The last we saw of him was him ruffling our hair and saying it's all gonna be ok

It's cool to have a theme, even a specialty, but we don't require circles, so we are also the ultimate generalist by default.

>>49102412
No, no, man. We don't tie ourselves down to rust. I'm saying it's a tool in the salt alchemists arsenal. it's a thing we can use, but far from the only thing.

Like, we can manipulate salt in peoples bodies, salt in the air, saltwater, rust metals that are rustable, damage shit, it's all good.

>>49102429
Because rust alone gets hard countered by things, so we could focus on salt, and it's effects, rather than the chemical reaction of rusting things.

>>49102432
Still needed circles. The stones worked by transmuting things from nothing, by using the souls as material

>>49102445
Except it can? Literally every living thing, plant AND animal, *needs* salt, and has it in their bodies. It also absorbs moisture, and can cause rust.
It's pretty expansive, whereas magnetism isn't even a chemical reaction.

>>49102415
Anon, oxidation as a process takes time. You can't just throw salt at something and expect it to rust. May as well just focus on metal if you're trying to be a walking rust monster.
>that water weakness of his
And do YOU remember that time Lust tried to take advantage of said "weakness"?
>>49102432
He probably was then of course, but generally he was just relying on the tattooed circles.

No one suggesting wood alchemist

>>49102477
Get ready to get gutted by any swordsmen that is fast enough to stop MC from clapping midcombat

>>49102477
>Literally every living thing, plant AND animal, *needs* salt, and has it in their bodies
Or, y'know, water. That thing that makes up roughly seventy percent of the human body by volume? And is in the very air around us? And can be used for making things too, thanks to ice?

>>49102466
I watched that episode just the other day.

>>49102477
Salt's worthless against inanimate objects, and has no non-lethal capabilites.

plus, it's just a boring power in general.

>>49101132
Well, no FMA qming for me then.

>>49102478
Then we can use rust as an effect in our arsenal, as opposed to our only tool.

>>49102501
Meh. Water is just... boring imo. I prefer to have something cool/unique instead of just being "that shitty damp roy mustang"

How about puppet alchemy?

Or maybe even phasing alchemy.

Salt would be fine I guess.

>>49102387
I only picked salt in expectance of the salty memes that'll show up, I don't really know what it does.

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>>49102518
>Or maybe even phasing alchemy.
Is that possible?

salt crystal constructs?

>>49102518
>phasing alchemy
this

PHASEBROS FOR LIFE!

I'm fine with salt I guess but I feel like people are picking it for combat purposes. i would be happy to pick it if people put some for of character motivation for it

>>49102510
>Water
>Boring
You haven't seen Jojo part 4, have you?
>>49102508
COUNTRY, YOU SHIT, ARE YOU RUNNING TONIGHT? I DON'T NEED TWO THREADS A NIGHT, MAN!

>>49102510
A simple basis is good, anon. You're trying too hard to be a beautiful and unique snowflake, bro. Salt is actually rather limited in its applications.

Salt sucks, wait for Laze options

>>49102504
Does it have less non-lethal capabilities than fire? because that sems to work pretty damn well for mustang.

>>49102518
But anon, both of those things produce salt, making salt alchemy more powerful.

>>49102520
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt

Anyways, let's drop the potential alchemy stuff for now and wait for our options, imo

>>49102490
Atleast we'd always have easy access to the raw materials

>>49102565
>because that sems to work pretty damn well for mustang
Primarily because Mustang is a Colonel. He has some pretty impressive resources at his disposal. We can't assume we'll have those same resources, and should probably assume we WON'T.

>>49102565
There's a reason Mustang isn't the protagonist of FMA, and why Ed has such varied abilities with lots of utility.

Think of how many times Ed has used his abilities to open locked doors, hide from persuers, reached higher elevation, create weapons, or all sorts of other important things that salt can't do (but magnetism can).

>>49101342
>waifu wars
What wars? Best Girl is obviously Lan Fan.

>>49102518
>puppet alchemy

anon, are you mad? They'll hear you.

>>49102605
>but magnetism can
Was with you up to that point.
Then you went full retard.
Magnetism is a force, not any sort of matter.
Now, if we get good with iron, we can probably create MAGNETS, and probably even get some clever applications for them, but magneto is not how alchemy works.

>>49102605
>Alchemy is the ancient metaphysical science/mystical art of manipulating and altering matter by using natural energy
>manipulating and altering matter by using natural energy
>manipulating and altering matter
>matter

>>49102583
Except he got to that point BECAUSE it was highly lethal.

Do.. have you forgotten that alchemists in FMA are primarily combat focused? The entire Shou Tucker arc was there to say "YOU THINK WE GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOUR MEDICINE? I CAN'T USE THAT TO KILL SHIT!" and he was losing face constantly till people found out he could, in fact, use it to kill shit.

Alchemists in amestris aren't... really researchers into the non-lethal/utilitarian parts of alchemy. They're full force "Dude did you see me blow up that baby?"

They're a military organisation, remember.

>>49102605
You realise we could do all that shit too, right? Ed had no specialization, he was just using the basics of "Change X to Y"
Hell, after opening the door, mustang could've done it too.
And honestly, there kinda wasn't a 'true' protagonist, since I always saw it as multiple stories in the same setting, GoT style, to a lesser degree honestly. There was the 'main' plot with Ed, the military plot with mustang, and others.

>>49102643
This. Magnetism isn't an option. because it's not matter. It's a FORCE. Alchemy is reliant on matter, chemicals, and chemical reactions.

>>49102628
I still can never see the appeal of puppets

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>>49102608
Loyal to her husbando

Julia was P good too

Could we do thread alchemy?

>>49102087
>B
Our big brother. Little boy pineing for his brother to come home from a war

>>49102698
He's not coming back

>>49102087
>Older brother

>>49102687
ANON
PUPPETS ARE SHIT
YOU'RE WAIFU IS SHIT
YOU'RE SHIT AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD

>>49102757
>Your waifu is shit
I hope his waifu isn't Hawkeye because if so, you're getting punched for calling best girl shit.

>>49102669
>Except he got to that point BECAUSE it was highly lethal.
And because he was, y'know, good at the whole "being an officer" thing.
If all our alchemy is, is a big fancy gun/bomb/weapon, then the only time it's USEFUL is when such a thing is needed. We may as well just bring an actual gun/bomb/other weapon. Roy made a name for himself by being a human hiroshima at Ishval. And considering he then spent the rest of his life on what amounts to an elaborate suicide quest, until realizing that his death won't fix anything, it fucked him up pretty god damn bad.
>have you forgotten that alchemists in FMA are primarily combat focused?
No. But have you forgotten that VERSATILITY IS GOOD? I'm not suggesting we should try to be Marcoh. I'm suggesting we should NOT try to emulate Roy. Roy's cool. Roy's awesome. But Roy's cripplingly overspecialized.
We should focus on fundamentals, not worry about a gimmick, and (should we eventually decide to adopt one) pick a gimmick that's not hilariously narrow.
>>49102686
Julia was a fucking moron, anon.

>>49102643
>>49102661
I've stopped asking for magnetism; I'm not saying we should go Magneto route

I was, however, pointing out that magnetism is better than salt, mostly because salt is lacking in a LOT of ways.

>>49102772
Guys he's implying lan fan isn't best waifu

>>49102796
>salt is lacking in a LOT of ways
b-b-b-b-but muh dank may-mays!

>>49102698
The twist to that would be that he was never dead and went AWOL, thus making our attempt even more worthless.

Threadly reminder that transmuting the salt in someone's body is inhumane, SUPER illegal, and if anyone saw us doing it, or saw a corpse completely lacking in salt, we'd end up in some serious hot water.

>>49102718
We waited home alone and heard the door, we rush there only too find a soldier who gives us a letter and the news and an award for bravery he earnt in his last moments

We then did the act

>>49102805
Lan Fan is great/possibly best waifu, but like Hawkeye is dedicated to best King Fuhrer Mustang, she's dedicated to Ling.

>>49102757
Yeah, puppet alchemy is shit. But it reminded me of thread magic from the Circle series, which IIRC was baller as shit. It has lots of non-lethal options, and some creative lethal ones. It's focus is damn near everywhere, we'd never want for materials. Plus, the thought of Bradley being beaten by his clothes is pretty hilarious.

>>49102772
Hawkeye is my waifu. Let's fuck that anon up.

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>>49102836
ARMORED

>>49102542
I wasn't planning on it.

>>49102676
It's painful to fuck a sword, man.

>>49102772
Literally the most depressing part of this quest is that I don't want to cuck mustang by going after the best girl in the entire series.

>>49102793
I'm also not saying we should emulate roy. Because salt has more versatility than you're assuming.
Y'know what salt does? Electrolysis. We could also use it to cure people of salt imbalances causing heart diseases, hypertension, and the like.
We could also get creative and use it in food.

Now, I'm not saying we 100% need to get salty right here right now no matter what, but saying it has no uses apart from combat is stupid. It's not fucking flame alchemy, man.

>>49102836
...you know what else is inhumane? Burning people alive. Know what else? Turning people into living explosives. Know what else? Trapping people with a wall and then using earthen spikes to slaughter all of them, all of whom are civilians, women and children.

GUESS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SHOW.

>>49102824
Pretty sure it's said that if you try to human transmutate someone who's alive it just fizzles out and nothing happens.

>>49102698
Leaves from the vine
Falling so slow
Like fragile, tiny shells

>>49102836
Unless we become a dog of the state.

>>49102845
>King Fuhrer Mustang
King was his name.

>>49102863
>GUESS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SHOW
Everyone who did that either regretted it for the rest of their lives or were fucking Kimblee!

>>49102889
>implying
Everyone laugh at this anon

>No suggestions to romance Armstrongs sister

The fuck is wrong with all of you?

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>>49102884
GOD DAMN YOU YOU SON OF A BITCH. I STILL HAVE EMOTIONAL WOUNDS, ALL THESE YEARS LATER.

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>>49102907

most people don't have death wishes

I'm more in favor for less crazy options

>>49102845
>>49102891
Fuhrer was the title. King Bradley was his name.

>>49102902
The implication was that people would hate us or arrest us for using it, ever. Which is false.

And why would we regret killing our enemies? They're our enemies.

>>49102905
Sorry, friendo, I'm not a masochist. She's hot, sure, but bitch be crazy, and would cut your dick off for being attracted to her.

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>>49102905
She has a bigger cock than MC

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>>49102902
So you're saying we should be Salt Kimbley?

>>49102847
Lets go get him!
>>49102860
Okay, not to discourage you or anything, I just hate having to switch focus between quests every few minutes.
>>49102863
I know, both of the best girls are spoken for and its because of their loyalty, the thing we want most in a waifu. ;;

>>49102905
That's how you get frostbite on your dick, anon

can we just pick a specialization later?

>>49102923
The OTHER sister you fool!

>>49102921
2clumsy4me

>>49102951
This

this shitposting is worse than HMQ powers shitposting.

>>49102921
Holy shit, I forgot this cutie. Sheska's too cute.
>>49102926
That, and I don't think we can flex enough to get the respect we need from Alex to court his sister.

Laze is going to run the first quest where anon literally gets power over salt.

...excuse me, I need to go shit myself laughing.

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>>49102967
We need to have MC head for Xing to pick up a pet cat like May's

>>49102973
>Implying that wasn't what fueled the players of that Princess Guard quest

Anon, please.

>>49102921
Fuck it, I'd waifu sheska. She was awesome, and underrated.
Plus, if we end up with salt alchemy, we could always end up being a good cook becuase salt is great for cooking.

not to be edgy but is blood an option?

>>49103022
If you want the government knocking on our door.

>>49103022
There is salt in your blood

>>49102990
>pet
Shao Mei was family

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>>49103022
ironblood?

>>49103022
Blood is mostly composed of water, salt, and a variety of organic compounds. It is technically an option.

However, like Country said, I don't think we want to take it.

>>49102921
This is best waifu since all the other top tier ones are taken

I hope sheska winds up like ten ten.

>>49103041
You can still have quests here also quests here tend to be better quality than qst quests

>>49103034
>>49103036
>>49103057
>>49103058
what about calcium?

Was Lyra in the manga at all?

>>49103077
>Like Tenten

No, we're not doing Ninshu after waifuing May Chang. :^|

>>49103084
I would totally play as a spooky skeletal bone alchemist.

>>49102990
Why didn't she ever correct anyone?

>>49103084
Why not be the Alkaline Alchemist?

>tfw salt alchemy can make God comparisons and be a total arrogant fuckhead

I just say all the alchemy that does things straight outta the Bible. Shit's cash.

>>49103126
Like, with alkaline-based bombs?
I'd do that.

>>49103084
Calcium is somewhat less common than sodium and would be more combat focused than sodium

>>49103156
Except for the fact that we can't speak

>[ ] smoke / smog
>[ ] plants / wines
>[ ] noise / sound
>[ ] swarm / insects
>[ ] ropes / strings / wires
>[ ] electricity
>[ ] tar / oil

>>49103156
Remembering god straight up turning a bitch into a pillar of salt is what got me on board Salt Alchemy, honestly. Shit's cash.

Honestly, my top alchemy ways are:
>Salt
>Alkalines
>Spooky Calcium
>Paper

paper, because it'd help waifuing librarian sheska, friendo.

>268 posts in
>3 decisions
Never change Laze

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I wonder if Iksander is a Ishval civil war vet?

okay someone post an element chart?

>>49103212
Insects are living things, and thus outright heretical here.
Noise is a force, not a reaction.

>>49103215
What would paper alchemy even do?

>>49103215
inb4 we send her the equivalent of origami messages to her when we're in the capital and want to meet up for a sweet, cute, and comfy date.

>>49103183
Just make a set of floating vocal chords and a voice box out of thin salt columns and vibrate them to make sound.

Or write stuff in salt everywhere. Or anything godly, which includes. Everything, really.

>>49103212
>>[ ] electricity
electrons are /technically/ matter...

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>>49103244
Presumably Yomiko Readman powers

>>49103237
>Noise is a force, not a reaction.

If alchemist can heat up water we can make noise

>>49103244
Origami messages, suffocating people by covering them in paper, paper cuts fo' days.
Paper airplanes that can literally stab peoples eyes out.

Imagine if paper was solid, and swarming around some asshole. Now imagine the edges were basically knives.

Basically, imagine if paper could keep it's properties, while gaining the hardness and durability of metal.

>>49103278
There is literally no such thing as 'noise' alchemy because noise is a force. We can CAUSE NOISES by being loud. But you know who else can do that? Some chump with a rock.

>>49103278
That's because they cause the molecules vibrate at higher speeds, leading them to build up heat. Unlike that, sound is a wave which isn't a particle that can be manipulated.

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>>49103253

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Invisible Flame Alchemist

That's right. You tried to bring your best friend Marc back to life. You had been together since you were kids, and he was always there to support you. He was like the older brother you never had. Like you, he was not too well off. He joined the military to try and make a better life. But he never came back from Ishval. It's been years since then, but the wounds still haven't healed. You began researching human transmutation, the thing even your teacher stressed that you should never do. All for this. And it was a complete failure.

You drop to your knees as just stay there for a while. The realization that this was all for nothing has overwhelmed you.

After a while, you hear the front door open. Someone comes in. You get up and turn to see who it is.

"You're up." a familiar voice says. "I'm the one who cleaned that up for you last night. Honestly, when we met on Yock Island, I didn't think I'd have to keep taking care of you even now."

It's your other close friend, Leah Crawford. You've known her since childhood as well, and she often spent time with both you and Marc.

She's wearing her heavy coat as always, even when she isn't out in the woods hunting. Her rifle is slung from her shoulder. You can't help but wonder if she freaks anyone out walking around with it like that all the time.

"You tried to bring Marc back, didn't you?" she stares straight at you. She doesn't usually emote much, and most people might think now was no different, but you can tell by her eyes that she's upset. "Even though your teacher told you specifically not to. She's going to be furious, you know."

Leah sets down the bags of groceries she brought in, and starts working in the kitchen.

"You've been out for quite a while, so you must be hungry. I'll fix something up." She goes on for a while, but stops after a period of silence. "Isk, you're being really quiet. This isn't like you. What's wrong?"

>A.Use hand signs

>B.Try to find something to write with

>C.Stay silent

>D.Other

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>>49103244

>>49103299
>Some chump with a rock.

>somewhere is a savage noise alchemist and everyone thinks he is just a retard with a rock.

>>49103322
>>B.Try to find something to write with

>>49103322
>D wink at her until she leaves, your tired and want to go back to bed

>>49103322
>B.Try to find something to write with

>>49103322
>>B.Try to find something to write with

>>49103322
>D. Break down crying.

>>49103322
>B.Try to find something to write with

gate got my tongue

>>49103322
>>B.Try to find something to write with
Well fuck, if we're mute, then paper alchemy just gets even more worthwhile. Combine it with ink, and we can practically talk normally.

Leaning towards Paper stacks as or weaponized alchemy tech like Ed and his Spear now desu
Salt can be part of the generalized alchemy, because if we don't need transmutation circles, there's not reason to limit onto one theme.

>>49103322
>A

>>49103322
>D. Gesture to your throat
Then
>>B.Try to find something to write with

>>49103322
>D. Other, try to talk
then
> B.Try to find something to write with

>>49103216
That's basically pace of 2 decu.

>>49103307
inb4 the strange, origami-focused state alchemist without a voice and the shy, low-self-esteem librarian and office clerk spend their time together with his head in her lap, happily listening to what all she's read since their date.
inb4 we help her recreate all the books that were burnt in the fire in the series.

>>49103322
>D)
>B)
Gesture to our throat and find something to write with.

>>49103357
Pretty sure it just took our vocal chords/larynx.

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>>49103322
>>A.Use hand signs
This image is meant to convey that MC has seen The Gate

Bitchniggas bout to get salty

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>inb4: ink alchemist

I only see one problem with paper alchemy
We get hard counterd by mustang and kimblee

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>>49103407

>>49103322
>D. Cry "Like the greatest man to ever live, the hero known as Valen Dreth!" You think to yourself, not knowing who Valen Dreth is, nor why you thought that as you began crying.

>>49102357

Secret gay lover, maybe?

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anything worth it here?

>>49103406
Hnng~
You've convinced me. Paper/Ink alchemist is sounding more and more hype. It'd help our communication difficulties too.

Paper that can be made into the hardness of metal for stopping bullets
>Put it under our clothes, extremely lightweight, durable armor
>Origami crane/Paper planes with messages on them, that we can send out
>Ink/Paper combo to have a single piece of paper that we can control the ink on, so we can 'speak' quickly
Shit man, I'm getting hype.

>>49103447
Like I said before, Alkali/ne which go along with sodium and calcium, respectively. But other than that, separating the oxygen and hydrogen (among other elements) in the air might be interesting.

>>49103322
>B

>>49103406
Cute!

>>49103435
>That spoiler
The adventures of Valen Dreth always make me laugh.

>>49103421
Change papers properties, make it flame-resistant.
Carry around loads of ink, ruin his gloves/make him damp.

I mean, remember mustangs circles are on his gloves to begin with, and they're in *ink* on them. We can fuck up and written circle if we use ink alchemy in addition to paper.

>>49103322
>B.Try to find something to write with.

>>49103322
>B.Try to find something to write with

>>49103421
Well, then we just have to not get on Mustang's bad side.

>>49103447
The metals group is a decent choice, but was done to death in the show.

The alkaline/alkali metals have good combat application, but little else.

The nonmetals and Halogens are downright nasty.

Noble gases, meh.

Most of the actinoids/lanthanoids don't occur naturally.

the metalloids are alright, but lack any sort of combat application.

>>49103494
>remember mustangs circles are on his gloves to begin with
Kimblee went a step further.

>>49103447
salt

>>49103518
Well yeah, but have you forgotten that fighting kimblee in general is a stupid idea, regardless of who you are/what you use?

Plus, basing your starting character off of countering kimblee is dumb. He's curreently in prison, and a very, very late game enemy.

And at the end of the day, thanks to our entering the gate, we're not limited to specific types of alchemy, this is mainly just saying our theme, really.

>>49103518
Tattooing the circle or even carving it into yourself is a pretty good strategy for an alchemist really. Good thing we can just clap now.

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>>49103406
You're joking, right?

Read or Die did Papermastery first and better.

>>49103471
Imagine getting corned then our enemy looks down and sees "suprise bitch" on a single piece of paper as dozens of paper planes and origami swans pierce them like bullets

>>49103587
>We enter a room with only one other person that's ever seen us before, leading everyone else doesn't know us
>They're all hostile
>Dude that knows us sees us take out a paper airplane
>PTSDDog.gif

I'd go with Salt, Ice, or Electricity

>>49103587
>Going Konan mode
Paper isn't not appealing to me.