Make apple juice, and then laugh as the world tries to figure out how you did it.
Al and Ed were on the train leaving Xenotime. Ed had finally relented and let Al see the note that they found in the basket of lemons, after his little brother used the puppy-dog eyes on him. How that worked, given Al was a soul bound to a suit of armor and thus could not truly show emotion on his face, he had no idea. After Al had finally stopped snickering at the contents of the note, Al asked him what he planned to do with the lemons.
Ed smirked. "Make apple juice, of course!"
Falman, whom Mustang had assigned to keep an eye on the brothers for this trip, spoke up, surprising them. "How do you plan to do that, Chief?"
"With alchemy, of course," Ed replied. Then he realized who had asked the question. "Falman! What are you doing here?! Colonel Mustard* sent you, didn't he?"
Falman nodded. Ignoring Ed's scowl, he asked, "So how can you get apple juice out of lemons? That seems a little weird, even with alchemy."
Ed gave no reply beyond a mischievous laugh.
*Colonel Mustard: I don't use swear words, but I know Ed tends to call Mustang a word that rhymes with mustard, so I combined that and 'Mustang' as a compromise. As for why Mustang sent Falman to keep an eye on the Elric brothers, I figured, how else could he always seem to know exactly what they've been up to before Ed makes his report?
A/N: I'm guessing I got the idea for this fic after having recently watched the Xenotime episodes in the 2003 anime (The Other Brothers Elric, parts 1 and 2, episodes 11 and 12).
More to come, such as using the lemons to give someone's gloves a nice scent. Suggestions are much appreciated, the more improbable the better, but keep them clean, please.
A couple questions:
Would you prefer each snippet to have its own chapter, or multiple snippets in each subsequent chapter? If multiple, how many?
Would you mind references to other fandoms, or would you prefer I keep this strictly FMA(B)? So far, I only have one idea for a crossover-ish reference, so I can leave it out or include it, depending on what my readers would prefer, without much hassle either way.
God bless!