Okay. I know it's been a while, but if you haven't read the note on my profile, my laptop croaked a few weeks ago, and most of my notes for a lot of my stories were on it. Fortunately, I did manage to save a few things, including the notes for Supplemental Rules and Regulations. Since then, I've been working primarily from handwritten drafts and old printouts.
This is one of the ones I had the handwritten notes for. I have the notes for one more chapter, and ideas for at least a couple more for this piece. It's set primarily in the first anime continuity, but I'm borrowing a couple ideas from the manga.
It also makes a couple of references to Supplemental Rules and Regulations, including a reference to the August 13th incident.
Let me know what you think.
Arakawa-san still owns Fullmetal Alchemist, and I'm just borrowing the characters for now.
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Ten Things Roy Mustang Refused to Talk About
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1. Ishbal.
The raw power the red stone ring gave him access to was as intoxicating as the finest wine, and just as glorious. To this day it still gave him nightmares to think about.
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2. Treason.
The only ones who knew his true plans were Maes and Gracia Hughes, and Riza Hawkeye. None of them were willing to talk either, since they would be found as guilty as he was.
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3. June 7, 1914.
It took him two days to wash the muck out of his hair, and the army was still asking pointed questions about what happened to his jeep.
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4. General Olivia Armstrong
Even factoring in his mother, his sisters, and Lieutenant Hawkeye, she was one of the most terrifying women he had ever had the privilege to face.
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5. The Piano Incident.
If it takes two days to recover from a simple reconstruction it is not a good day. Especially if you scare the hell out of your best friend's sort-of girlfriend in the process.
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6. Elizabeth.
That he had feelings for Lt. Hawkeye was an open secret amongst him and his men. That Hawkeye herself was the mysterious Elizabeth he flirted with every time his first lieutenant was out of the office was just between him and her.
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7. August 13, 1913.
Humiliations galore. The only bright spot in that whole wretched day was getting to carry Riza Hawkeye out of that warehouse.
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8. The Fullmetal Alchemist.
Years after it was all over, when people asked him about his relationship with the Elric brothers, he would only smirk and say it was shorter than he'd have wished.
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9. Warehouse 13.
Five grown men being that scared by a mere ghost story was not something easily lived down. Not that anyone was letting him try.
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10. Mrs. Izumi Curtis.
Meeting her explained so much about Edward and Alphonse both, especially when she explained in graphic detail exactly what she would do to him if either of her apprentices were hurt because of him.
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