penny (badpenny) wrote in no_true_pair, @ 2008-07-06 13:18:00 |
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Entry tags: | ! 2008 twelve characters challenge, author: badpenny, fandom: fullmetal alchemist, pairing: falman/winry |
" Juliet Douglas is an Alien!" Fullmetal Alchemist, Vato Falman & Winry Rockbell
Title: Juliet Douglas is an Alien!
Author: badpenny
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Pairings/Characters: Vato Falman & Winry Rockbell
Rating: G
Warnings: Let's just say it's a good thing I don't write children's books.
Prompt: 5 and 6: they fight crime!
Notes: Sheska stopped by Amestrian Public Radio to talk about the latest installment in her Falman & Rockbell Investigations series, Juliet Douglas is an Alien! & Other True Cases. After chatting with Penelope Armstrong about the challenges of writing for children, how she incorporates Amestrian history into her stories (and the liberties she takes with it), and a bit about her own personal history, Sheska read the following selection from the book:
Falman & Rockbell Case File 191505-01A
It was a bright and sunny spring day in Central, and Winry Rockbell was bored. Vato Falman was, too, but you couldn't tell by looking at him. Falman always found some way to occupy his time, and today he was closing out completed case files. Thankfully, there were a lot of them. April had been a busy month, but now they were two weeks into May, and they hadn't had a new case since the 29th. At the rate he was going, he'd be done with the files tomorrow, and after sending out final invoices, he would have to resort to cleaning to occupy his time.
Winry did not have Falman's patience for paperwork. She had read through her latest issues of Automail Monthly, the daily police bulletins for the past four weeks, and the past three issues of Modern Investigations twice. She had even done the crossword puzzle in the paper, and she hated crossword puzzles! She was eyeing the duster in the corner and seriously considering dusting the blinds.
Something had to be done! She couldn't dust. Winry stood and planted her palms on the top of her desk. "We should go to the park."
Falman looked up from the files. "The park?"
"Something is always happening at the park. We should go. That way, when something happens, we'll be right on the scene." Winry hauled her toolbox onto her desk and tested the straps.
Falman sighed. "You don't need to take the toolbox."
"Humph." Winry slung her toolbox over her shoulder and marched towards the door. "You always say that, and then the tools end up coming in handy."
Falman sighed again. The sad thing was, she was right.