The Other Side of Eternity

Episode 2: Exam Season

From hear on, Amestrian speaking will be in italics(slanted)

Edward sighed to himself. He was starting to hate himself.

"So.. You made this yourself?"(???)

"Yup."(Edward)

"How much do you want for it?"(???)

"Like- $20?"(Edward)

"...What is a buck?"(???)

"Uhh- Al help me out!"(Edward)

"2,894 Yen please."(Alphonse)

"Oh alright! Thank you so much!"(???)

The blonde-haired boy said cheerfully before running off with a grin after he had paid.

"So.. why are we selling basic alchemy structures?"(Alphonse)

"Cause we're flat broke."(Edward)

"Really? That bad?"(Alphonse)

"Different currency and it doesn't convert whatsoever."(Edward)

"Dang."(Alphonse)

"Hi there! Welcome to the Elric Brothers.. Potter barn."(Edward)

He did his best to stay cheerful and not his usual self.

"Well this place is new.."(Greenie)

"Yeah we just opened shop! How can we help you?"(Alphonse)

"Uh- I'm sorry is the armor part of your quirk?"(Greenie)

"I am the armor sir."(Alphonse)

"Woah.. that's an interesting quirk, what's it so-"(Greenie)

"Listen kid, we'd rather not talk about it, it's activation was less than ideal."(Edward)

"Sorry! I'm just interested- what about you?"(Greenie)

"I'm an alchemist-"(Edward)

"Alchemy.. like that Nicholas Flamel guy back in pre-quirk years?"(Greenie)

"Nicholas.. The only recorded maker of the philosophers stone? You've heard of him?"(Edward)

"He was in Harry Potter-"(Greenie)

"Of course. Hairy Pothead."(Edward)

"What- What language is that? It's not English or Japanese.. Definitely not Spanish-"(Greenie)

"It's our.. native language."(Edward)

Not technically a lie, more of a half truth, Edward is used to those

"Oh cool! So uh- Do you take commissions?"(Greenie)

"Yes, but you'll need to give us a sketch of what you want, and pay upfront, we don't work for free."(Edward)

They had already had 3 people come in and offer "exposure" whatever the hell that meant.

A Bunch of Transmutations later

The Elric brothers were by no means idiots, despite what many might have said about them, they were intelligent, they just lacked wisdom. Intelligence came with the idea of alchemy. Wisdom was made to stop stupid ideas. To give an example, intelligence is knowing how to do Human Transmutation, wisdom is never attempting it.

The two brothers had given up quite a lot, sacrificing wisdom,(and limbs), for intelligence in the form of alchemical knowledge as well as regular knowledge, they were blindsided by this new world but they knew what they were doing... For the most part. They were at least confident they could pass the written portion of the exam.

But the practical would be.. easier actually, turns out a living suit of armor is a great thing to be when your fighting so you can't feel pain. But let's focus on the midget shall we?

Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist, was admittedly a bit of a show off. His hands clapped together before touching the ground, blue electricity crackling off his arms as he slammed his hands into the floor, a spear shooting out of the ground, he caught it and threw it at the nearest robot before he repeated the motion, except this time used the robots material to make a weapon. He offhandedly wondered if his automail would make a better weapon, but decided against it, he'd keep his ace in the hole for a worst case scenario.

Anyways worst case scenario time-

"They're allowing kids into this exam? UA has really gone to the dogs-"(???)

"EXCUSE ME?? THE FUCK DID YOU SAY TO ME YOU FUCKING PARTY TRICK FIRE CRACKER SON OF A BI-"(Edward)

To be continued