-Ummm…not much going on at the farm at the moment…except I came back from my first Anime Convention! That place is soooooo awesome! On a random note, gummy key chains are not made out of gum…Not that I ate one or anything. –shifty eyes-

-The Disclaimer: Don't own so don't sue. Al belongs to everybody's favorite cow. I apologize for possible OOCness.

Watson Would Be Proud

Day 1, 2:30 p.m.

I fashioned a makeshift journal from all the papers I transmuted earlier and I even transmuted a pencil using the extra paper. But I forgot that pencils had some minerals in it so I accidentally created a large pothole in the road as a result of the transmutation. I tried to fix it with alchemy but I just made another one by filling the first one. Left a note that said 'sorry' and ran from the site before anybody saw me.

4:00

Just got back from Michael's house. It was just as I thought. About a month ago, a man approached him about buying a horse and Michael didn't recognize him. He said that he might have been a newcomer to Resembool. Michael said that he only remembered that he looked over 30 and had brown hair, but the one thing he remembered that made this guy stand out was the fact he was wearing military uniform! This guy didn't even bargain for the horse either, he just paid the full price. This Neo guy really must have a lot of money.

6:15

Did some asking around about this newcomer. But things aren't adding up. One person said that this guy had blonde hair and was very social around women. Another said that he was 6'5 and didn't say much other than asking when the train came around. But everyone said that they unfamiliar in this area, they all had the military uniform, and they didn't act like they official business in the area. But they all can't be this "Neo" unless…

8:00

Went to the train station. It turns out a lot of luggage has been sent here periodically under the name "Francis" and the blonde guy would come to pick it up. But an odd note about the luggage was that every shipment had 2 or 3 suits of armor. Who is this man?

11:50

It got harder to ask about these suspicious people since everyone was calling it a day. But I finally figured out where their base is. Oddly, the house that they all go to is about a mile and a half from Winry's. Speaking of which, I'm gonna have to explain to Winry why I have to stay with them at such short notice and why Ed isn't with me…

"Gosh, I forgot how dark it can get out here." Using a familiar stone fence as his guide, Al walked down the road that led to Winry's house, holding on to his diar-er-journal.

"It doesn't feel right just walking up to their doorstep at midnight asking for a place to stay for an hour so I can get Lt. Colonel Hughes's call. But I have to."

As the silhouette of the house came into view, a single light was seen through the window of Winry's room on the second floor.

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I know its a short chapter but now! And now a quick announcement, I'm not going to be having access to a computer for the rest of July. So the next update might come in late to mid August. And! As for the final word: legerdemain