The Park: Thursday Afternoon

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Ed poked at the grass by the edge of the pond before flopping onto his back.  He kept trying to find something to do to distract himself, but his research was running all into dead ends and while he had his notebook with him, going over the numbers yet again to accomplish nothing was even more frustrating than usual.

He considered going to find Al but that would involve getting up.  Lazy it was then.

[OOC: La, and open as a park is]

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Roy was on his way back to the station, his mind on anything but the park around him and he almost missed the little pipsqueak near the pond. Almost.

He would have gone on, realising that the boy needed him around like a toothache, but it had been a while since he spoke to him and he deviated from the path. Of course, he just had to go stand in Ed's light. "Fullmetal."

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Ed blinked up into the light then rolled his eyes. "Mustang."

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"Looks like they aren't overworking you at that school," he remarked.

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He glared, not bothering to sit up. "Had class earlier, thanks."

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Roy looked up to the duck pond. "Learn anything interesting?"

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"Teacher thinks you shouldn't piss off criminals," he said.

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"Huh," Roy said, failing to sound surprised. "Wonder if there's something to it."

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"Nah, it's more fun to piss them off then make them look stupid."

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"Maybe I'll try it next time we have to arrest someone," Roy said lightly, sounding distracted.

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Edward shielded his eyes from the sun to look up at Mustang. "You'd be good at that."

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"Everyone has his specialties," Roy replied and glanced down at Edward again. "I still have something of yours."

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He frowned, sitting up. "You do?"

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"Mmmmmm, Lieutenant Hawkeye gave it to me," Roy said, stuffing both hands into his pockets. "It's at my apartment."

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"What?" he asked, curious in spite of himself. "I thought Al had everything I left in Amestris."

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"Stop by and you'll find out," Roy said simply.

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Ed rolled his eyes. "You're so lonely you want my company or something?"

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His shoulders squared at the remark, but his face stayed void of a reaction. "I don't mind keeping it."

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He wasn't so dense as to miss the reaction but he wasn't exactly going to comment on it either. He fiddled with the glove on his right hand for a moment. "Nah, I'll stop by sometime."

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"Bring Alphonse," Roy added, then smirked more cockily than he was feeling. "He promised he'd help redecorating." Not that his apartment needed to be redecorated.

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"My brother is not redecorating for you," Ed said quickly. "No way."

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Roy was still smirking. "Are you offering then?"

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"Hell, no, you can go find a girl to do it for you," he snapped though his heart wasn't really in it.

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Roy glanced at Ed. "Surely you can do better than that."

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"Well, you can go find a boy to do it for you too, but I never thought that was your thing," Ed told him, not rising to the bait.

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Roy made a face and he didn't quite want to think about the subject too much. "You're awfully cheerful."