A character in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
[when the Elrics attempt to stop him from having Ling killed] When you notice an insect on the ground, do you stop to consider it a fool? The life of an insect is so beneath you, that it would be a waste of your time to even consider judging it. That would be a accurate summation on my feelings towards these humans.
[With the Nationwide Transmutation Circle completed, a gigantic Gate appears in the earth. It opens to reveal Father, now grown into an enormous form, as shadow tendrils begin to gather. He reaches out his hand into the eclipse.]
Oh, hear me, God! I demand you answer the cry of my soul! Come to me! [An equally enormous Gate appears from the eclipse. The Gate opens to reveal the Eye of God, as the tendrils begin to pull it closer to the earth] Join me! YES! I will no longer be bound to you and your consequences! I'LL FORCE YOU DOWN TO THIS EARTH AND INTO MY BOWELS—YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO BE ABSORBED! [A great dome of light then envelops Father and the Gate before exploding, shrouding the world in blinding light]
Greed. You are both my son and a piece of my soul... So why would you betray your loving father?
I mean, you know the answer to that better than anyone, Dad... I'm Greed the Avaricious... You were the one that made me this way, after all. I'm just being myself. I simply had larger ambitions than spending my life working for you.
And if I were to ask you to return and work for me again?
Never!
As you wish...
Why don'tcha come on in, kids, the water's fine! Nice and hot! Just like the flames in hell...! I'll send you a postcard, let you know what they're like...! And when the rest of you get there- I'll be waiting for you!
Now return from whence you were born... Return to my depths and rejoin my soul.. Return, Greed.
If that's what you want, Dad! Just don't blame me when I give you a stomach-ache! You did it to yourself!
I shall drink to the Promised Day, and to your undying loyalty.
Bradley [Voice over]: I have no memory of my parents' faces or their names...In fact, I don't even remember my own name. For all I know, I might have been abandoned or sold before I even had one. And they trained us to be leaders. They kept us confined together...and they taught us at all times of the day and night. We studied political science, and humanities...As well as martial arts... firearms...and of course, swordsmanship. I was certain that I would be the one chosen to lead this country. I firmly believed it and I endured any training to make it so.
[Flashback]
Go ahead and lie down.
What's going on here?
Just try not to think about it. This won't take long.
What are you gonna do to me...?.! Are they dead?!
You are the twelfth candidate. Do you have what it takes to become my fury? My Wrath?
Bradley [Voice over]: A Philosopher's Stone is created from the life force of countless human beings and contains their souls. Once injected into the bloodstream, it begins to take over its new host and the human body tries to reject it. My body was repeatedly destroyed from the inside out and then rebuilt by the stone. The only options I had were to die or to overcome its power. I chose the latter.
[Later]
It's amazing! We've made a new type of human! Congratulations. You have been chosen to lead mankind down the path of destiny...Everything has been arranged to provide you with all that you'll need. From now on, your name will be...King Bradley.
You've lived your life before as a human being...Why choose to be a Homunculus, sir...? Isn't there some way you could go back to being a human...?
You suggest I become human again...? Ridiculous...Why would I possibly want to pursue such frivolity? I've become something far superior. Just as you humans take great pride in your "humanity", misguided though that may be... I too am proud...Because we also take pride in what we are. The woman you killed. She died with her pride intact, didn't she?
I didn't know there were tunnels like this under Central. What's with all that?
Huh...? Oh... The gatekeepers did all that.
The gatekeepers?
They won't rip you up as long as you're with me.
Just pretend they aren't there. Do we have much further?
Not too far... It's just ahead now.
Does he know what happens to the people you swallow?
I'm sure he does. Father knows everything!
Brother.. I know you're still alive...Just hang on.
What are these things?
They're known as Chimeras. There's no end to them.
It's stronger here. The feeling... There's something evil beneath us.
Is it more chimera?
No, it's worse. It that.. people?
[Cut to Father]
The gatekeepers seem to have grown restless. Someone's come to find me.
Envy?
Envy? That thing?
Hohen… The name you said! By any chance do you mean Van Hohenheim? And how is it the two of you are acquainted with him?
Well… He’s our father.
… He’s your father?! I had no idea he had children! Haha! … If you are indeed his progeny, then why is it your family name is Elric?
Elric is our mother’s last name!
Oh is that so, so where is he been spending his time?
Who cares! Just forget him! Who the hell are you? And why do you look exactly like him?!
I know that he can’t be dead…
Listen!
Brother! This guy’s the one who-
Ngh!
It would appear that you’re injured. And you’re missing your left hand, aren’t you? There and how’s that for you? Your arm is broken...
Uh! It’s not broken anymore. Uh! Hey…! Owww!
Few broken ribs as well. I consider the two of you to be vital resources you must both remain alive and healthy.
This isn’t right Al. He preformed a transmutation without any movement at all.
And he didn’t even thin out my armor.
There isn’t any equivalent exchange!
You have done well, my faithful sacrifices.
[eyes widening in shock] You mean you actually did it?
[now in a new body fashioned after a much younger Hohenheim] Yes. I have done what I set out to do: acquire God.
Acquire God?! That is impossible!
Unfortunately, it is, given a great enough amount of energy.
Wait, what energy? [he gasps in a horrified realization] THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE?!
It can't be! Does this mean everyone was turned into a Philosopher's Stone?
How many lives were sacrificed for this?
Amestris is a large country; at least fifty million people.
[May gasps, absolutely mortified]
Bastard! [Ed attempts to transmute the ground below him, but Father turns everyone's alchemy off]
Your alchemy will do you no good. Farewell, gentlemen. [The Homunculus creates a sun in the palm of his right hand]
What are you— What's that?
The power of God is now in my control. With that, I can do anything; for instance, I can create a sun right in the palm of my hand.
[Ed watches in horrified awe at the sun, as the others glare at Father]
Shall I let its flames loose in here? What do you think? [Suddenly, a beat of energy appears from within Father. The Homunculus stops, while the surprised Pride turns to look at Hohenheim as the latter begins to speak]
Your plan for biding God to this world was a flawed one. We plotted against you since the moment you set it in motion. [Another beat appears, as Father glowers at Hohenheim] Over the many long years, I have performed calculation after calculation. I have arranged my own Philosopher's Stones: the friends who long resided within me, in preparations to this very day!
[A third beat]
The time has come.
He is guilty of committing the ultimate transgression.
We no longer have bodies to return to. But the people of Amestris still have the chance to resume their physical forms.
Yes. We know what we must do. Let us return their souls back to their bodies.
It is what Hohenheim asked of us.
[A much stronger beat appears, leaving Father in shock. He resumes his glare at Hohenheim]
So you've planted your Philosopher's Stones, what of it? They are merely points. They will not activate without a circle! That's a basic rule of alchemy!
We do have a circle. It's one of enormous power, and it can be self-activated, even if something should happen to incapacitate me! The moon's shadow, cast on the world by the eclipse!
[The Xerxesian souls begin to activate their Transmutation Circle]
We're starting now, Hohenheim!
[Red lightning strikes down on the circle's five points. Meanwhile, Father's body begins to gain veins]
Even now you still think you can stop me. YOU'RE A FOOL, HOHENHEIM!
That's the very reason I came back. IT'S TIME YOU REMEMBERED YOUR PLACE, DWARF IN THE FLASK!
[The Umbral Circle activates, quickly draining Father's body and forcing him to dismiss the sun in his hand. The others look on as more veins appear in Father's body before the Homunculus shouts in agony as the souls of the Amestrians are forcibly extracted from him, returning to their respective bodies]
Did it work?
Yes. The people of Amestris have had their souls returned to their own bodies. And with nothing more than the souls of the Xerxesians he already had, I doubt he can continue to control that which he calls God.
[extremely angry] I can always create another Stone. I'm not you; there are more! A billion human souls I could draw energy from!
I don't understand...!
Alright, clobber that bastard!
How can this happen when I've absorbed God? How can a mere human... a meager alchemist... with his bare hands?!
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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood · 271 quotes
