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These are some tablet doodles I did a little while ago from my most recent chapter of my story called Prodigous News in Central. I decided to draw some of the scenes towards the end as I love what took place between the brothers on the ship. I'll add the dialogue along with each drawing. Left to right across the top first and left to right across the bottom second.

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The older Elric dashed around the corner of the captain's quarters and hid against the wall. He peeked around the corner, checking to see if he could catch any sign of Emma, but it seemed as though he'd lost her. Closing his eyes and releasing a sigh of relief, Edward made to come out from behind the cabin when he felt himself bump into somebody else. He stumbled backwards and landed on his backside once more.

"Argh, dammit! This is just not my day!" the golden-haired man complained, reaching down to rub his behind. "I'm so sorry about tha-," Edward began, but his voice caught in his throat as the person he ran into turned around to gaze down at him. As he took in the person's sight before him, he let out a shaky gasp and his golden orbs widened in disbelief. "Mom?" he whispered almost inaudibly.

"It's quite alright," the woman told him as her gentle, green irises sparkled down at him.

The face of Trisha Elric was staring Edward right in the eyes and the young man felt as if he were frozen; completely rooted to the spot where he was sitting. He couldn't move. "Is everything alright?" she questioned, tucking some of her chestnut-brown hair behind her ear, leaning down and offering a hand to help him stand.
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"It's all real to me now. It's so real, isn't it Brother? Everything about Mom, what we did, about Sloth and even Nina. Nina was really turned into that chimera by her own father, her own flesh and blood and then killed in that alleyway by Scar, right? This isn't just my imagination? And Mom? We watched...Sloth die while wearing the face of Mom?" Alphonse inquired, not turning towards Edward, but he could feel the boy's shoulder beginning to tremble underneath his hand. The younger Elric turned to face his brother, face full of agony and brown eyes filled with unshed tears.

Edward gazed back into his brother's sorrow-filled expression, his golden orbs glimmering. He didn't know what to say to alleviate his younger brother and so he said the only thing he could think of; the one thing he felt the younger Elric deserved. "I'm sorry Alphonse," the former alchemist apologized hoarsely. "I'm so sorry."

"Brother," was all the younger Elric could say before Edward placed his hand on the back of the younger Elric's head.

"C'mere," Edward told him quietly and Alphonse obliged.

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Keeping himself hidden, he watched the brown-haired boy stepping onto the deck's surface. He could feel the cool, slanted rainfall falling on his face and wondered if his brother really did enjoy the rain's kiss. Edward crossed the deck quietly, and watched his brother walk back over to the white railing where they'd stood earlier. The deck was deserted, devoid of people except for a few of the crewmen who were working around the ship. They didn't seem bothered by the rain at all. Edward observed Alphonse and saw his brother wrap his hands around the railings of the ship, his head dropping to stare at the floor. Edward could tell Alphonse was hurting and so he advanced towards his brother with intentions to console him and stopped just behind him. He could hear the trembling breaths Alphonse was taking and he reached out to place a hand comfortingly on his younger brother's shoulder.

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The Elric brothers walked across the deck in silence, back down the flight of stairs, leading to the second class boarding rooms. Edward approached their room with Alphonse right behind him, unlocked it and walked slowly inside. It seemed as though they were almost in some kind of trance. Alphonse sat down roughly on the surface of his bed, not bothering to remove his jacket and Edward plopped down into a chair, bringing his hand up to his mouth, placing his index finger above his upper lip and the others hanging loosely against his chin.

"I'm sorry, Al...," the golden-eyed man began in a tight, quiet voice.

"Sorry for what, Brother?" Alphonse questioned, inclining his head to look at his brother, but Edward would not meet his eyes. He just stared off out of the window.

"That I didn't tell you that there would still be people in this world identical to the homunculi we fought," Edward explained.

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I decided to keep the background that deep grey-blue to capture the sadness the brothers are feeling at this very moment.

Description
These are some tablet doodles I did a little while ago from my most recent chapter of my story called Prodigous News in Central. I decided to draw some of the scenes towards the end as I love what took place between the brothers on the ship. I'll add the dialogue along with each drawing. Left to right across the top first and left to right across the bottom second.

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The older Elric dashed around the corner of the captain's quarters and hid against the wall. He peeked around the corner, checking to see if he could catch any sign of Emma, but it seemed as though he'd lost her. Closing his eyes and releasing a sigh of relief, Edward made to come out from behind the cabin when he felt himself bump into somebody else. He stumbled backwards and landed on his backside once more.

"Argh, dammit! This is just not my day!" the golden-haired man complained, reaching down to rub his behind. "I'm so sorry about tha-," Edward began, but his voice caught in his throat as the person he ran into turned around to gaze down at him. As he took in the person's sight before him, he let out a shaky gasp and his golden orbs widened in disbelief. "Mom?" he whispered almost inaudibly.

"It's quite alright," the woman told him as her gentle, green irises sparkled down at him.

The face of Trisha Elric was staring Edward right in the eyes and the young man felt as if he were frozen; completely rooted to the spot where he was sitting. He couldn't move. "Is everything alright?" she questioned, tucking some of her chestnut-brown hair behind her ear, leaning down and offering a hand to help him stand.
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"It's all real to me now. It's so real, isn't it Brother? Everything about Mom, what we did, about Sloth and even Nina. Nina was really turned into that chimera by her own father, her own flesh and blood and then killed in that alleyway by Scar, right? This isn't just my imagination? And Mom? We watched...Sloth die while wearing the face of Mom?" Alphonse inquired, not turning towards Edward, but he could feel the boy's shoulder beginning to tremble underneath his hand. The younger Elric turned to face his brother, face full of agony and brown eyes filled with unshed tears.

Edward gazed back into his brother's sorrow-filled expression, his golden orbs glimmering. He didn't know what to say to alleviate his younger brother and so he said the only thing he could think of; the one thing he felt the younger Elric deserved. "I'm sorry Alphonse," the former alchemist apologized hoarsely. "I'm so sorry."

"Brother," was all the younger Elric could say before Edward placed his hand on the back of the younger Elric's head.

"C'mere," Edward told him quietly and Alphonse obliged.

~~~~~~~

Keeping himself hidden, he watched the brown-haired boy stepping onto the deck's surface. He could feel the cool, slanted rainfall falling on his face and wondered if his brother really did enjoy the rain's kiss. Edward crossed the deck quietly, and watched his brother walk back over to the white railing where they'd stood earlier. The deck was deserted, devoid of people except for a few of the crewmen who were working around the ship. They didn't seem bothered by the rain at all. Edward observed Alphonse and saw his brother wrap his hands around the railings of the ship, his head dropping to stare at the floor. Edward could tell Alphonse was hurting and so he advanced towards his brother with intentions to console him and stopped just behind him. He could hear the trembling breaths Alphonse was taking and he reached out to place a hand comfortingly on his younger brother's shoulder.

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The Elric brothers walked across the deck in silence, back down the flight of stairs, leading to the second class boarding rooms. Edward approached their room with Alphonse right behind him, unlocked it and walked slowly inside. It seemed as though they were almost in some kind of trance. Alphonse sat down roughly on the surface of his bed, not bothering to remove his jacket and Edward plopped down into a chair, bringing his hand up to his mouth, placing his index finger above his upper lip and the others hanging loosely against his chin.

"I'm sorry, Al...," the golden-eyed man began in a tight, quiet voice.

"Sorry for what, Brother?" Alphonse questioned, inclining his head to look at his brother, but Edward would not meet his eyes. He just stared off out of the window.

"That I didn't tell you that there would still be people in this world identical to the homunculi we fought," Edward explained.

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I decided to keep the background that deep grey-blue to capture the sadness the brothers are feeling at this very moment.