Hawkeye's in one of her moods again. I swear, Mustang lives to procrastinate. Not that I blame him, but if he wants to be the next Furher, he's gotta be a little less lazy on the paperwork.
I need a cigarette. Heh, when haven't I needed one? They've always been the one thing I can count on to be there besides the inevitable shouting matches Mustang seems to instigate with the Fullmetal Chief.
Not that I'm complaining. The Chief's a huge bundle of energy wrapped all in black and that bright red jacket of his. Okay, look. Mustang might have a death wish with all those short jokes at Ed's expense but c'mon, even I'm smart enough to draw the line but he gets carried away. Hence the Boss' legendary rants.
Which are loud.
And obnoxious.
And headache inducing.
And the reason behind many unregulated smoke breaks.
I feel sorry for Al always restraining Ed from lunging over Mustang's desk and pound him into bloody paste.
It doesn't help that the Boss doesn't have an indoor voice. Personally...I don't think he knows what that means.
Kid or not, he outranks me so I made up my mind when he became certified, to treat him with respect at all times. And he's got an automail arm and leg for God's sake!
I'm not that crazy. I'd like to keep my teeth-along with the rest of my face-in one piece thank you very much.
But I wasn't prepared to become a cripple at the hands of a drop dead sexy demon I knew as Salorien, my new girlfriend. Mustang told me her name was Lust.
A homonculus.
This can't be happening.
I'm seeing things right?
Why?
Why does every time I date a girl they end up stabbing me in the back?
It's not fair. What did I do to deserve this?
I want nothing more than to get out of this damn hospital bed and help the Chief and Mustang take down the corrupt regime and this 'Father' character but I can't. I hafta remain useful. Maybe I can't physically fight but I can help in other ways.
My family store serves more than food and drink yanno. I can run weapons and ammo as rear defense.
Yeah.
Sounds like a plan.
I won't let my friends and country down.
But seriously. When this is all over, all of us-including me-deserve a pay raise.