shortness!
Nov. 21st, 2004 10:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mikkenekoThis one's short, won't bother to cut.
"WHO are you calling a super-short BEAN!"
The Colonel's eyebrows went up, and he smiled. "No-one in particular," he denied. "After all, I believe my exact words were, 'a microscopically short bean boy the size of a pin,' but the word 'super' never entered my vocabulary. Why do you ask?"
The younger alchemist fumed. "Look, you're not in any positions to be throwing stones here!" he objected. "You aren't exactly a towering six feet, yourself!"
"Perhaps not," the Colonel admitted smoothly, "but at least I can order a meal in the mess without needing a stepstool to see over the counter... or being asked what branch my parents work under."
"Colonel, you -- not -- short -- ARGH!" He almost stomped his foot, seething with frustration, and the Colonel watched with delight. It was a definite disappointment when the younger man got himself under control, and chopped out a salute. "May I be dismissed, SIR?" he snapped.
"Why, certainly." The Colonel smiled with glee. "I'll have my next assignment for you in a few days, Flux. Until then, take some time off... and be careful when you go through the motor pool, because the driver may not be able to see you over the dashboard."
With a clenched jaw and wounded pride, the young man turned and stamped out of the room. Colonel Elric spun his chair around, chuckling evilly to himself.
It had taken some doing to find an alchemist in the military shorter than himself, and a little longer to get the kid assigned under him. But days like this made it all worth it.
"WHO are you calling a super-short BEAN!"
The Colonel's eyebrows went up, and he smiled. "No-one in particular," he denied. "After all, I believe my exact words were, 'a microscopically short bean boy the size of a pin,' but the word 'super' never entered my vocabulary. Why do you ask?"
The younger alchemist fumed. "Look, you're not in any positions to be throwing stones here!" he objected. "You aren't exactly a towering six feet, yourself!"
"Perhaps not," the Colonel admitted smoothly, "but at least I can order a meal in the mess without needing a stepstool to see over the counter... or being asked what branch my parents work under."
"Colonel, you -- not -- short -- ARGH!" He almost stomped his foot, seething with frustration, and the Colonel watched with delight. It was a definite disappointment when the younger man got himself under control, and chopped out a salute. "May I be dismissed, SIR?" he snapped.
"Why, certainly." The Colonel smiled with glee. "I'll have my next assignment for you in a few days, Flux. Until then, take some time off... and be careful when you go through the motor pool, because the driver may not be able to see you over the dashboard."
With a clenched jaw and wounded pride, the young man turned and stamped out of the room. Colonel Elric spun his chair around, chuckling evilly to himself.
It had taken some doing to find an alchemist in the military shorter than himself, and a little longer to get the kid assigned under him. But days like this made it all worth it.
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Date: 2004-11-21 10:51 pm (UTC)That was PRICELESS! I guess being a dog of the military finally has some perks. XD
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Date: 2004-11-21 10:52 pm (UTC)We might just get back in Ed's favor some day. XD;;
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Date: 2004-11-21 10:54 pm (UTC)Actually, this was based off the theory that Roy likes to tease Ed about his height because he's pretty short himself, but he's Ed's commanding officer and can get away with it. So, if the situations were reversed, wouldn't Ed do the same? X3
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Date: 2004-11-21 10:54 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-11-21 11:20 pm (UTC)*counts* You wrote almost 4,000 words. I'm impressed. What's that crap about not being able to do NaNo? You totally could.
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Date: 2004-11-21 11:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-21 11:40 pm (UTC)Oh, and you are the Euclid of Hagaren Algebra.
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Date: 2004-11-21 11:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-22 03:58 am (UTC)So. True.
And now you've given me a plot bunny.
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Date: 2004-11-22 04:51 am (UTC)Yes, bed NOW.
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Date: 2004-11-22 05:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-22 06:00 am (UTC)suddenly I'm not feeling so bad about you being under the evil influence of the lovely kalika.
As for the lack of names, that wasn't a sign for me at all - I've read so many drabbles and one-shots and ficlets where it's just assumed that the one yelling is Edward, and the one taunting is Roy. So I was done-in by my own familiarity, I s'pose. All the better. I can *so* see Ed being quite happy if he had a short person under him. A'course, if he were still working with/for Mustag, what are the chances Mustang would see to it that Ed's entire staff was somewhere between Armstrong and Hughes level heights?
*cackles*
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Date: 2004-11-22 06:50 am (UTC)SATINSATAN.no subject
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Date: 2004-11-22 11:35 am (UTC)In that case, I think I succeeded! :)
if he were still working with/for Mustag, what are the chances Mustang would see to it that Ed's entire staff was somewhere between Armstrong and Hughes level heights?
Hee! I'm not sure how much say Mustang could have in choosing Ed's staff, but I can completely see him doing that. But I think Ed would be happy as long as he had ONE person shorter than him. Roy was, after all.
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Date: 2004-11-22 11:35 am (UTC)"Well, why do you s'pose that is?"
"Because I'm the son of the Devil?"
"Uh huh. That's a good start. Why else?"
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Date: 2004-11-22 04:24 pm (UTC)You really had me fooled there for a moment!
Great fic ^^ I can so see Ed doing this!!!
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