Herro! This chapter has two things that I've been waiting to do... :D I think you'll find them... Yeah.
On with the story!
"Are you FINALLY done, Al?" His irritated scowl did not go away, even though the kitty nodded yes.
They had figured out that Edward could just write all the letters of the alphabet on pieces of paper, and whichever ones Al pointed to he would write down in his notes. They didn't care about distinguishing punctuation and spaces, because Ed wouldn't find it very hard to separate the words later. The only problem with this system was that the cat's message was LONG.
"Man, you got more information than I thought. Couldn't you have waited till later to give the rest?"
Alphonse gave a look at his brother, indicating that he knew if they did that, Edward would keep pushing off the note-taking to the side, since it turned out to be a total pain.
"Whatever. I'll read this later." The feline gave the kid a pat on his arm.
"What?" Al did it again harder. "I wanna go to sleep!" Al stuck out a paw and took out his claws. "FINE! I'll do it now! Geez, you've been threatening me a lot lately, Al." Cuz I can, the cat thought. Besides, I can't exactly reason with him anymore since I can't talk.
A couple minutes later, Ed had separated most of the words and was reading the message.
CRIMINAL TALL SKINNY WEIRD HAIR WITH HAT HOOD CARRIED ARMOR EAST KILLED CAT BODY IMACOLORPOINT
"...At least you didn't decide to use full sentences. But what's that last part?" Al pointed a claw at where the spaces were supposed to be.
"...I'm a color point? What's that supposed to mean?" The kitty indicated the darker markings in its fur.
"I thought you were Siamese." Al just shook his head. His brother just kinda facepalmed.
"You seriously decided to make me endure that longer just to tell me your SPECIES? YOU AREN'T GOING TO BE A CAT FOREVER!"
Edward punched a wall with his auto-mail arm and walked off muttering to another room. Alphonse sighed a little. I was supposed to tell you EVERYTHING, Brother.
"That was pretty fast, Alphonse. I am actually kinda impressed." Ed had just finished passing the note to Colonel Mustang, who said was pleased, but didn't show it.
"What's that last part? Imacolorpoint isn't a word."
"Apparently, he found out what species his body is. It's a color-point." Ed managed to put a mocking tone into the last word.
"I thought it was Siamese." The older brother felt the need to poke the younger brother hard at the comment.
"Anyways, Colonel Mus-turd, would you get any results out of the description of the guy?"
"That would definitely narrow the results, but I don't think you should rest ...shrimp."
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT BACTERIA COULD LAUGH AT HIS SIZE?!"
"I thought it was obvious when I said it in your direction."
"Useless. Al got on the case faster than you."
"The same can be said about you, Fullmetal." He still flinched at the word 'useless.'
"You don't have time to fight, sir. There's still lots of paperwork to do."
"Right, Lieutenant. Go show Fullmetal and his brother out. Oh, hey, where did he go? I swear he was there a moment ago."
Ed fumed and Al tried to push him out the door, which of course had no effect, considering he is really small now. Roy let his smirk come out of the emotionless mask as he watched the alchemist trudge out of the office.
Alphonse asked to get carried as they were going back to the room. After all, it got pretty annoying only seeing people's legs on the street.
"You know, Al, I've been thinking. There are a LOT of stray cats around here. I wouldn't want you to end up like one of them. So we should probably get you a collar with a tag."
The kitty looked at his brother, and saw his mouth was curling up into a smile. A smile that always meant someone was paying for his amusement.
The human turned on his heels and walked in the opposite direction. It was a few blocks later before he stepped into a place that made the sort of thing.
"Hello, how may I help you?"
"I want a collar for my cat." Al thought it was weird now being considered a pet.
"Sure. Come over here and pick one."
The man showed Edward different leather collars, and he just took a plain black one. He saw in the corner of his eye the kitty giving a confused vibe.
"What? Giving you something flashy tells people about me, not you."
He then started writing down what he wanted engraved on the tag. The man noticed that Ed was forgetting something.
"You've told me everything except for the name of your cat."
"Oh, you see, I'm still trying to figure it out. I just barely got HER."
He could feel his brother's eyes start to widen. The man chuckled, understanding what he means.
"I guess I can help you with that. Do you have at least sort of an idea?"
"Yeah, for some reason I want a name that starts with 'Al,' like 'Alice' or 'Alaina.'"
They two discussed until they decided on the name 'Allie.'
Not much time had passed until Edward strutted out with a mischievous grin and a cat following him, whose head was hung down in embarrassment and shame. The kid looked back, and sneaked a glance of the collar, which made him laugh again. Alphonse stared at him in a 'You didn't have to do that' way.
"Oh, you know I had to, Al."
Yes. He had to. So far the only name to be repeated was Allie, so I put that. But thank you very much for all of the other names, Scaehime! (I like the idea for the OC, but as far as I remember, none of the Homunculi had any interest in alchemy, so if it was Envy he probs would've done his revenge in a different way... Just my opinion.) Also, that thing about his species... I used to have a cat that looked Siamese, but we couldn't tell what it was mixed with. At least a year later, I found out it was a Color-point! :3 So yeah. That was planned. Just like your life. *You gasp while I laugh evilly*
...I'm so embarrassed that I forgot about the meeps and gnarks I put there... I was gonna replace them with lines... BLAME MY SISTER BECAUSE SHE PUT ME IN A BIG HURRY! *angry/embarrassed/sad frown*
Happy Winter Break! K bai!