009 Things Acquired - [text;]

[ossifragant]

You know, there's something to be said about this place.

I get here in April and things are strange as a newcomer. It takes some getting used to, but it's not all bad. Then there's May and that's when things get screwy. The weird hail during an otherwise sunny week, and then that weekend when everything went to hell with the crystals and people popping up who aren't normally here. I only wish I could remember more of it clearly.

Then, in June, it snowed that one day. Actually snowed! In the middle of summer! What the hell are the chances of that? It melted the next day naturally so whatever caused it fixed itself.

July gave us a hurricane with sharks flying through the air and then August was suspiciously normal when it comes to weather.

Now, here we are, three days into September, and we've already had dogs and cats falling from the sky like someone up there is taking a metaphor a little too literally.

I'm disappointed we didn't get snakes raining from the sky today. Or porcupines.

I've been here just about five months now and I must admit this place has its ways of keeping a person entertained.

Comments

[armoredsoul]

If we put him in there, it had to have been for a good reason. Could he not change at all?

[Greed, you are Al's hero.]

[ossifragant]

I don't think so, no. I'm still not certain why.

The homunculi in that world are different. Apparently different enough that getting trapped in a little jar is something of a problem for him.

[armoredsoul]

Maybe he just can't grow fast enough that he'd shatter the jar before crushing himself? I mean, if he's only gonna hurt himself trying, what's the point?

...but then you guys can regenerate anyway, so that should be a moot point. Maybe there's some way to seal them too, but it works differently. I'll have to ask Brother about it later.

[ossifragant]

What I'm saying is that I don't think he could regenerate. I think he was stuck like that not out of choice, but because that was the only form he could take.

[armoredsoul]

...wow. That's...jeez, they're really different over there.

[ossifragant]

I'm sure you'll learn about plenty of differences in time.

[armoredsoul]

I'm sure! Brother and I have been swapping some stories already.

[ossifragant]

I do know a few things from the people from that world that are here.

Unfortunately most of the details are lost on me. I can't tell you many of the events that happened back there or even all of the differences, though I do know a few here and there.