So these are Marcoh’s notes. On the surface they appear to be an ordinary cookbook...
You really think the secret to the stone is in here?
It does make sense. Marcoh didn’t want just anyone to read it so he wrote it in code. And as for the cookbook disguise, you know what they say, “Alchemy was born in the kitchen.” So now all we have to do is crack this secret language of his. No sweat.
Mm…
Damn, so much for that whole ‘No sweat’ business. Get markers, make a few columns, I thought it’d be easy!
It’d be a whole lot faster if we could just ask Marcoh.
We’re trying to keep the military out of the loop here, Al, and Marcoh’s in the Führer's custody now...
Wakey, wakey! So how you doing there, boys?
Lieutenant Colonel! What’s the matter, been to busy to come say ‘hello’?
It’s these damn ‘Scar spottings’ lately. It’s got us chasing our own tails. So, Al did you get the ‘full-body repair’ you needed?
Yes, sir. Good as new.
They sure are chummy with the Lieutenant Colonel, don’t you think?
Lieutenant Colonel Hughes. If there were to be an attack here, we can not insure the safety of these two as we’ve been ordered. They should return to the command center now.
I told you Ross, don’t get in my way!
Lieutenant Colonel as long as Scar remains at large, security of State Alchemists must be a top priority,
Sorry, Ed, but I’m afraid Lieutenant Ross does have a point.
Don’t say that...
But then again, this really isn’t my jurisdiction, why don’t you take it up with Major Armstrong?
(Ad-lib they don’t want to)
(Regains composure)
Lieutenant Colonel, we’re close to it now, I can feel it! I’m begging!
Hmmm... What I’d like to do is give you extra protection, Ed, but between hunting down Scar and scrambling to replace the case files that were destroyed in the fire, my men are all completely tied up right now.
All your case files? You mean they were stored in the First Branch, too?
Yeah, affidavits, suspect list, crime scene logs, all of it.
You’re in luck...!
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