I keep telling myself I should space out updates but I CAN'T I CAN'T DO IT because I suck at surprises because I get too excited to shut the fuck up about it.  And look, still haven't advanced the actual plot BUT WAIT WE HAVE A CONSPIRACY NOW SO THAT MAKES IT OKAY.  Even if it meant reordering the other six pieces.  >:(

Living Chemical Child
VIII. Oil of Silver.
Main post.

Main Pairing: Established Sephiroth/Zack/Cloud
Canon: FFVII (original game only) + Fullmetal Alchemist
Rating/Warnings: Light R - alchemical torture (naturally), some sexuality, meandering thoughts on alchemy and philosophy, general unhappiness.
Summary: It wasn't like Hojo had left clear instructions on how to reverse a sacrifice to the Gate.  Unbetaed.

Word Count: 2,060

( "Tiny town in buttfuck nowhere near the Drachmian border." )

I need an FMA icon.  >: (   Done!  Cropped and manip'ed from this fanart.  Free for the taking.

Living Chemical Child
VII. Fire.
Main post.

Main Pairing: Established Sephiroth/Zack/Cloud
Canon: FFVII (original game only) + Fullmetal Alchemist
Rating/Warnings: Light R - alchemical torture (naturally), some sexuality, meandering thoughts on alchemy and philosophy, general unhappiness.
Summary: It wasn't like Hojo had left clear instructions on how to reverse a sacrifice to the Gate.  Unbetaed.

Word Count: 1,357
Note: Two scenes, one set just after the war and the other after Ed became a National Alchemist.

( "The Flame Alchemist, Roy Mustang!" )

Living Chemical Child
V. Philosophical Working.

Word Count: 1,419
Disclaimer: The title's definition is quoted from Bartlett's Real Alchemy.
Note: Disjointed philosophical and pseudo-scientific exposition.  At great length.  Because I can.  I'M SORRY I KNOW IT'S PRETENTIOUS BUT SOMETIMES MY BRAIN REGURGITATES STUFF LIKE THIS AND IT MADE SENSE IN THE STORY TO ME.  ;__;

( "Non-alchemist here, I'm just calling it as I see it." )

Aaaaa the possibilities STILL EATING MY BRAIN.

Living Chemical Child
III. Circulation.

Main Pairing: Established Sephiroth/Zack/Cloud
Canon: FFVII (original game only) + Fullmetal Alchemist
Rating/Warnings: Light R - alchemical torture (naturally), some sexuality, meandering thoughts on alchemy and philosophy, general unhappiness.
Summary: It wasn't like Hojo had left clear instructions on how to reverse a sacrifice to the Gate.  Unbetaed.

Word Count: 774

( It is not unusual to let a substance circulate for a month or longer. )

I have no excuse for this save a late-night crack conversation with artimusdin .  *headdesk*  BUT SEE NOW I GET TO HAVE SEPHIROTH INTELLECTUALIZE ALL I WANT AND IT WON'T EVEN BE OFF-TOPIC.  :DDD

Living Chemical Child
I. Terra Damnata

Main Pairing: Established Sephiroth/Zack/Cloud
Canon: FFVII (original game only) + Fullmetal Alchemist
Rating/Warnings: Light R - alchemical torture (naturally), some sexuality, meandering thoughts on alchemy and philosophy, general unhappiness.
Summary: It wasn't like Hojo had left clear instructions on how to reverse a sacrifice to the Gate.  Unbetaed.
Note: Though this is a crossover, the focus is on Sephiroth, Zack, and Cloud, who have their own situation entirely separate from the Elrics'.  Also, rather than being a 'proper' story, this is just going to be a series of oneshots pertaining to the same plotline.  The title comes from a passage in the book by Robert Allen Bartlett, Real Alchemy.

( Water, thirty-five liters. )