Chotto Ippuku
Chapter 4: The Wicked Witch of Peterny (Among Other Things)
What Eliza had told Fayt was that she needed money to take care of the family, that she wanted to try alchemy, that she still wanted to go to school.
And she said it with that adorable "deny-me-and-I'll-cry-right-here" tone of voice and facial expression (one perfected by both Peppita and Sophia). And, Eliza had thought with a slightly sinister giggle (after the blue-haired wonder had left, of course), he totally fell for it!
Now she was ten thousand Fol richer, and she was ready to alchemize!
She walked through the streets of Peterny, trying to find the workshop. Although it was basically a run-down shack with a stove and visitors/owners with a lot of money (i.e. Fayt and party), what Eliza saw when she looked at the Peterny workshop (once she found it) was a home away from home, a place where she could do what she wanted.
She flung open the door and was instantly greeted by a cloud of dust (of course, the clouds coming from her attempts at alchemy would be many times worse). She stepped through it, coughing, and nearly bumped into the island in the middle of the room. Eliza managed to get her bearings and make her way to the stove in the back corner. When she got to it, she was so happy, she could've kissed it. Instead, she settled for running her hands along its smooth surface, hardly able to wait. "I'll alchemize with you, my pretty," she cackled. "You and those nice materials, too!"
Fayt chose this exact moment to walk in to find the blonde doing a pretty decent imitation of the Wicked Witch of the West (more so because Oz was unheard of by Elicoorians).
Eliza jumped, stopped muttering. "Y-yes?"
"Um…I just wanted to say…good luck. I think you'll do fine."
She nodded the appropriate thanks and began setting up. To make her personality change complete, she began humming a happy little tune.
Just as Fayt left Peterny, a green flash (complete with smoke) lit up the sky. The Wicked Witch of Peterny, indeed…
Heh, sorry this took so long to post. In all actuality, I didn't have inspiration. I eventually found it in the form of SO3 manga. Yay! So I'll have the next ones up soon…next is Grats, the smithery dude.