100 themes FMA
Theme: 72: Cosplay
Characters: Edward Elric, Roy Mustang
Universe: manga/Brotherhood
Words: 248
Warnings: Cosplayers and fangirls.
"So... what the hell's all that?" Ed asked during a lull in conversation, pointing out of Roy's estate window to the nearby school, where he could see dozens of kids pouring out in red coats, blue uniforms, and varied attempts at Xingese garb. Some of them seemed to be sporting wigs. "Some kinda costume party? I was seeing kids in costume all the way down the road." He glared at the General. "Couldn't help noticing that some of them seemed to have tinfoil wrapped around their right arms. And I saw one kid in paper-mache armour."
"Did you see the ones in miniature uniforms with the decorated gloves?" Roy said, sounding far too enthusiastic. "One of the Social Studies classes is cosplaying as famous State Alchemists! I was quite impressed with the kid in the bald wig and knitted gauntlets. Too bad he was so skinny, it looked a bit out of place. I think one poor girl got sent home for painting her cat's fur to make it look like a tiny panda..."
"Why?" Ed asked, outright confused. Roy grinned at his former subordinate's naiveté.
"Well..." he said, glancing back out of the window. "That's a high school, so I can think of two reasons: fangirls and guys who want to get fangirls. Ahh, if only I'd thought of that back in the day..."
Edward facepalmed. He kind of wished he still had a metal arm. It would make slapping the General so much sweeter right now.
There was so much potential for fourth-wall breakage in this prompt, but my brain just didn't want to go there for some reason XD
I don't own any of the rights to FMA. Sadly, Arakawa-sensei's lawyers aren't as thick as Yoki.