So, if you pray and polish the alter enough times, someone who’s dead will be brought back to life?
Water: 35 l. Carbon: 20 kg. Ammonia: 4 l. Lime: 1.5 kg. Phosphorus: 800 g. Salt: 250 g. Saltpeter: 100 g. Sulfur: 80 g. Fluorine 7.5 g. Iron 5 g. Silicon 3 g. and trace amounts of 15 other elements.
It’s all the ingredients of the average adult human body down to the last speck of protein in your eyelashes. And even though science has given us the entire physical breakdown, there’s never been a successful attempt at bring a human to life… There’s still something missing… Something scientists haven’t been able to find in centuries of research… So what makes you think that hack job priest with his parlor tricks is going to be able to? And in case you’re wondering… All those ingredients can be bought on a child’s allowance. Humans can be built on the cheap. There’s no magic to it.
WELL IF THERE’S NO MAGIC THEN YOU BRING SOMEONE BACK TO LIFE!
It’s just a matter of time Rose. Science will find a way. Science is the answer to everything. If I were you… I’d drop the scriptures… And pick up an alchemy book… We’re the closest thing to gods there are…
You’re not a god. You’re nothing close to it.
And neither is the sun. It’s just a mass of hydrogen. Get close to it, like Cornello claims… And all you’ll do is burn up…
Great, Ed. Put your total cynicism on someone else…
CCray
Don’t worry, Elric. Your brother will join you soon.
Cray! What are you doing?!
CCray
These two are enemies of God. This is His will Rose. Not mine. (Points the gun at Ed)
(Grunts, and throws the helmet at Cray)
Ah! He doesn’t have a head!
Please don’t be scared, Rose. This is how I am…
It’s true. I don’t have a body. But I’m here. This is my punishment for setting foot on holy ground where mortals are forbidden. We made a mistake, Rose. And we’re paying for it.
Cray’s was right! They are evil! What have I done? The made me doubt you, Cornello! Forgive me, please!
I can’t see a church social down here can you? Uh? There she is!
CCornello
You’ve wrestled with the darkness and prevailed, Rose. Thank you for bringing them here. State Alchemist, brutal enforcers, I had a feeling one of you would show up some day!
Well let’s not chalk that up to pious premonitions, okay? You knew we’d come for the stone!
CCornello
Err… You mean this young man?
Grr… I knew it, alchemy without a transmutation circle, completely ignoring the principle of Equivalent Exchange! It could only mean one thing…!
CCornello
Yes the mythical gin, legendary amplifier, the philosopher’s stone…
That’s it Al, it’s ours… Cough it up Cornello! That stone belongs to me now! And if you hand it over peacefully we won’t tell the people here what you’ve been doing!
CCornello
Let me introduce you to one of my creations, you of all people will be able to appreciate this...a chimera!
You combined animals, the most depraved kind of alchemy there is.
CCornello
Maybe so, but most effective!
Alright big fella want to play? Let’s go for it!
CCornello
H-how how did you do that without a transmutation circle!?! Uggh! Bring me his head my pet! (Throws the bird off his shoulder and transmutes it into a giant bird)
(Points his sword at the bird) Hmm… Uh… (The bird breaks the spear and grabs Ed’s leg) Ah!
CCornello
Ha-ha… Now snap it!
(Looks at the bird apparently fine) Wrong leg, pal…. (Bird’s talons break) And here’s the right arm! (Punches the bird across the room, Ed smirks, and looks to his side, at the chimera jumps on him) AHHH!
CCornello
(Smirks, then frowns.) Heh! Huh?
What’s the matter, you poor bastard? Can’t get a good taste? (Lifts the chimera up with his arm, and flings him to the side.)
Mouthwatering, eh, Gluttony? (Gluttony laughs)
CCornello
That’s impossible… Those claws on your leg… The teeth on your arm! No one could survive that… Unless… Uh! Your limbs! They’re fake!
Don't look away, Rose! You need to see what happens when you try to bring a human to life, when you cross into God's territory or whatever the hell it is! Is this what you want?! Look!
His arm...his leg, they're machines!
CCornello
I see… Now I understand you Elric. You crossed the line. You did what is strictly forbidden, you tried to create human life and your bodies were taken to the other side!
Told you Rose, get to close to the Sun, and you burn…
CCornello
Apparently so, but you were crazy enough to find out for yourself! You are the Fullmetal! The Fullmetal Alchemist!
CCornello
I see. Well that does answer a riddle: Why the military would give a pup like you such a stern name: Fullmetal. But it's literal. See Rose, alchemists forbid their own from transmuting lead into gold, but there's one practice more taboo. A technique forbidden by man and nature itself: Alchemy...on human souls! You miserable little boys… Dabbling in human alchemy without knowing the penalty… You stepped on the toes of God!
You don’t know the story!
But we… We just wanted… We just wanted to see Mom’s face again… See her smile…
CCornello
But you failed didn’t you!?
Yeah… I’d label that a failure alright, Al lost his whole body and I lost an arm and a leg. See Rose, this is what happens when you try to bring back what’s dead. Do you really want to go through with that!?
CCornello
Don’t let them worry you Rose, you forget that the Sun God Leto blessed me with the Philosopher’s stone, plus I have far more experience than then heretic boys did.
Don’t be stupid! No matter what kind of power you have some things can’t be done!
CCornello
Oh? Then why are you so anxious to get this stone? You want to beat the laws of equivalency just as I do and bring your mommy back!
Wrong, holy man! All we want is to get our bodies normal again. See, we don't lie about what's possible. We didn't start a cult.
We will ask one more time, please give us the stone.
CCornello
You are damned, State Alchemist, and may the wrath of God fall upon your head.
Stop hiding behind that crap! Get down here and I'll show you some wrath!
CCornello
No! I won't let you have it! You can't take the Stone! Gyaaaaaa!
What the... It's recoiling?
An imitation? [in disbelief] Heh heh, after all this, all the trouble you put me through, and even the Stone's a fake? STOP JERKING ME AROUND!
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