thewarisover | CHARACTER RELATIONS @ Soul Campaign

amestris & xing ☈ current castmates.

Edward Elric
MEISTER ☇ SOUL ALCHEMY

Determined, temperamental, brave, reckless, upbeat, protective.

...Ah, yes. The boy whom he brought into the military. It hadn't meant much of anything before, really - he had been looking for the father, and had ended up finding the son with two limbs missing and a suit of cold armor for a younger brother. He had told himself that he was doing them a favor. It became harder and harder to lie, really, especially after he had recovered enough to ask about the Elrics and received nothing but a stricken look and Riza Hawkeye - usually so eloquent - stumbling over her words and refusing to meet his gaze.

Roy had wrongfully drawn very strict lines between him and Edward, on the boy's initial arrival in Death City - he was an an Edward from another Amestris, with his own Roy Mustang whom he rants about and rails at and quite possibly trusts in some fucked up way. An Edward with the looks, the personality, the habits, but none of the experiences they've shared. A lot of things happened, however, and through them, Roy came to realize that the differences between the worlds that they know aren't so debilitating. Edward seems insistent, for one, on still calling him Colonel, and treated him as though they're from the same timeline. Later on down the line, the two of them had more personal conversations, and through them, along with a good amount of fussing and action, Roy did his best to help Edward as much as he could. He can't help but feel, though, that he must have failed the boy somehow, and seeing him disappear soon after Winry did that last round only seemed to confirm that fact.

The Edward he's faced with is still a different Edward from his own, but not one who has suffered the same way the first did in Death City. It seems as though Roy's been given another shot at doing things right with someone whom he feels he owes a lot to. It appears, as well, that he's in luck, because this Edward appears to be determined to disregard any differences between their timelines and go right back to being as frustrating, as stubborn and as determined and as damned loyal and trusting as he's ever been.

If there's one thing he can thank Death City for, regardless of all the shit that's happened, it's how it's been very generous about giving him second chances.

Riza Hawkeye
WEAPON ☇ SNIPER RIFLE

Loyal, diligent, strict, motherly, dedicated, calm

Riza was one of the two people whom Roy definitely didn't want to see in Death City, ever, and the hard truth of the matter is that he isn't sure if it's a good thing that this isn't his Riza or if it just makes things worse. It's... painful, really, coming across a familiar face, hearing that same voice say the exact same words that were thrown in your direction just a few months back, but knowing, ultimately, that this isn't the one that you actually need to sort things out with.

All of the events that took place a little before Riza's arrival and Hughes' own appearance crushed Roy, and Riza was the one, of course, who came to his rescue - the woman saw Roy in a state that even his OWN Riza hasn't really had to deal with, and Roy ended up reaching out to her on instinct. Throughout the course of the months that they wound up together, he started leaning on her more and more, even if the fact that this Riza remained resolute in trusting him and following him without judgment was unexpected, and a little difficult to swallow.

There were still other things that Roy had not managed to speak to Riza about before she was brought back to her Amestris and her Colonel, and he's almost certain that there were things that she decided against saying to him as well. He and his own Lieutenant are two halves of a whole, something beyond partners and comrades and friends and siblings - he has realized that it is the same for this Riza and her Colonel. Then they ended up in a different world without their usual halves, but each other.

At present, however, that Riza is gone, and the one in Death City IS the woman that Roy had gone through hell and then some with. The Riza with him now is the same woman whose house he had stayed in for six months in order to recover from his fight with Bradley and Archer's near-fatal bullet. The woman he grew intimate with, the one who had chosen to love him him down to the bitter end, when he decided to leave her - leave everything - behind.

Suffice to say, things were incredibly complicated and strange between them for a very, very long time: it took several tiny breakdowns, BREW temporarily taking him back home and Dojima's death to put them back down on the right path. That she's become a Weapon herself and ended up seeing how he ended up going back to his men and Amestris in its time of need has helped improve things between them even further. He's both relieved and apprehensive about how well things are going between them; part of him feels like he's waiting for that other shoe to fall.

He wonders, at times, if Riza's thinking the same thing.

Maes Hughes
WEAPON ☇ GLOCK 19 PISTOL

Determined, versatile, pragmatic, confident, benevolent, amicable.

Maes Hughes, the man Roy's been in love with since the very first day he saw him in the Academy. They were an item, back in the day - they fit together in a way that no two people can normally do, shared everything, went through everything, watched each other's backs. For Hughes, though, it was just one of those things. For Roy, it was everything.

Ishval destroyed Roy completely, leaving him reeling for something - someone - to anchor himself to. Hughes offered himself because he knew there WAS no other option, and left only when he was sure Roy would be okay. He had a girl to go back to and marry. Roy told him he was all right with it. What Hughes only realized later down the line, in all the painful little nothings between him and his best friend, was that while his feeling's had changed, Roy's remained exactly the same. He died before either of them could really resolve whatever it was that they had, but in a way? Maybe it was meant to be.

Fast forward to Death City and BREW's strange wish. Roy had seen it happen to others, and had hoped that it would not happen to him and the rest of his close associates in Death City. As with most things, however, Roy wasn't allowed to have what he wanted.

That first round with Hughes had been... trying, to say the least. It had been clear that the both of them still had so much to deal with when it came to each other, and while they managed to weather the worst of it, there were still only too many things that neither of them got to say before BREW took Hughes back. Now here they are again, only with a Hughes that isn't quite HIS Hughes, but one who has made it perfectly clear that things should be fine between them, because timelines shouldn't have to change anything.

Things between them are fine for now, but Roy IS worried. His friend's taking to his situation in Death City well. A little too well.

Ling Yao
WEAPON ☇ HALBERD

Positive, protective, cunning, ambitious, determined, and (slightly) mournful

Ling seemed trustworthy enough on the get-go, and it had certainly looked like he had been better settled in Death City than most. Unsurprisingly, Roy ended up working rather closely with Ling while the Prince was present, as the two of them took to exchanging information and watching over the rest of their friends in Death City.

On another note, the Prince's reaction with regard to Greed's arrival had been... intriguing, to say that least. One could easily say that it was within the allowable parameters that anyone might have when faced with the revelation that they sell themselves out to something that's very clearly "evil" to them, but there was something else to Ling's reaction, in particular. Something darker, a little more obsessive.

Roy had fully intended on asking Ling about it at the soonest opportunity, but the Prince disappeared before he was able to. Now, however, even with Ling back in the city, Roy's own priorities have changed, and he's a bit too busy with his duties to Shibusen and the war effort to approach Ling on it. They got along just as well as he had during his first round with the Prince, but they have not been able to speak in a while. Roy's a bit concerned about that, as Ran Fan is now gone. Surely Ling did not take to that so well.

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