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Disclaimer: I don't own FMA, its creator's, writers artists, plots nor the series The Guild or the song (Do You Want to Date My) Avatar, which is based off of said series. (They were merely an influence as I'm not drawing anything really from the series/song except well probably the song rofl) This is what happens when a plot bunny attacks you when you barely get on your feet again.

For all you gamers, you can relate to The Guild series perhaps and any gaming references. But at any rate, I'm going to always take the assumption that there isn't a lot of hard core gamers so a handy footnote section will be there for you.

All locals and their affiliated trademarks are not mine to own (so hahaha take that lawyers )

Warnings: Yaoi (male x male love, if it bothers you, press the back button), some gaming references that could get confusing to non-gamers or those who don't traverse MMO's much.

Thanks to everyone so far whose reviewed-keep the comments up and going. Lets me know what you like so far and don't like lol. BTW Word does epically fail and if it auto corrected something grammar wise I apologize for its fail. So I'll have to keep my eyes peeled and make sure it's not correcting something I don't mean it to :P

Sorry for the slightly slow update-had to eat ice cream to chase away the small case of writer's block. Hope it's not too obvious. I feel behind schedule already. –hits self- Might have to pull up the next chapter too….

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I'm craving to emote with you,

So many animations I can do…

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Chapter 4: Out Damaged

Regicide.

On the server, Centra l, exsisted the most powerful faction with an officer core that shook the pixel bodies of anyone around them, a core that was made up of the four close knitted friends. Hawkeye, a Sniper who had the highest Critical Hit ever recorded, Smokk ,a Cleric who was the worst enemy of any class, regardless of what they were, FreezeFrame, a Tank who could stun lock better than the Bladesmasher's who were more suited for the job and then the leader of it all was a Spellcaster, Ignition. Together they were notorious, not for being nice but being the most deadly PK core second to no one.

It was an accident, really, when a noob named MetaMail stumbled into their kingdom making path. He had been minding his own business, questing and killing mobs. Hawkeye had run out of ammo and she was in the midst of a very heavy gank. They happened to drag their battle right where Meta was questing. Panicking as three monsters fell upon him, he AOE and the resulting blow not only killed Hawkeye but all of her enemies, successfully ending the gank. They cursed at him in common then went to town but the Sniper laid there, inanimate, on the ground, HP bar empty while Ed, not knowing who she was on the server offered meekly to get his brother to res her.

Hawkeye: It's fine Meta. I'm not mad.

And she left a very confused noob behind as she went back to town as well.

But this wouldn't escape the notice of Regicide and especially not Ignition He, Hawkeye, Smokk and FreezeFrame were all playing the same room, as always. Out of boredom, he had leaned over and frowned , stormy as he saw the "Killed by MetaMail" message on her screen.

"Who the hell is that?"

"Just a random noob, Roy, nothing big."

"A noob killed you, Riza?" The contempt dripping from his voice made Riza bristle.

"It's not a big deal. Drop. It. Roy."

"If he bites and starts bragging in UC-!"

She was livid now as her fiend's voice got more venomous and overrully. Jean ad Maes looked up nervously from their screens, Maes losing his happy-go-lucky look.

"I don't even think he knows what that is, Roy." She gritted her teeth. Both Jean and Maes quickly went back to their PKing fest not wanting to get in between this newest spat between Roy and Riza. It was the third time this week and things looked like they were about to turn for the worst. Riza feverishly started typing much to Roy indignation. "And now you're PMing him giving him stuff? What the hell is your problem Riza? We won't have complete control on this sever and be the best if you're going to-"

"Roy-!" Riza had snapped, unplugging her laptop and getting up with her cords still attached and dragging on the floor, she snapped. "."

And she was gone, leaving Jean and Maes shell shocked, with Maes whimpering about not being able to get a picture of Riza with his girlfriend at the time and Jean sighing, not saying a word. Mustang merely watched her go, smokey eyes unreadable.

You'll come back…

But she never came back. Day after day the four that had become an uncomfortable thee had slowly started to fall apart. Riza had turned to the side of the not so noob player Metamail and she guided him with a strong steady hand. She became a vigilante PKKer (1) and Roy was getting sick of the more and more mutinous feelings of his Regicide members. Their feelings began to shift towards Riza and that Meta kid was becoming more and more confident.

He did everything he could to unsettle him. He tried to outdo Riza in gifts then scathingly PKed them back. This griefing began to bother Meta and as much as Riza tried to deter him from it. When the new server announcement went out she convinced the boy to come with her and be in a new faction.

The birth of Alchemist-she remembered it well.

And now it had all boiled down to a very bittersweet meeting-Ed and his crew the sweet and Roy's company being the very bitter. The crew of Gamer Café had disappeared from the stage and it started to make her nervous. She started to rise from the table, much to everyone else's surprise.

"Anyways…FullMetal, maybe we should-"

"Riza! Oh eeemmm geeeeee!"

Riza went clam white again as Maes slung an arm over her shoulder waving a picture of his daughter in her face. The stall, whether it was intentional or not, made Riza grind her teeth. I can't meet him again…

"Look, look, look, you can't say she's not adorable eh Riza?"

The woman found herself in a slight tangle of limbs with her old friend and she grumbled.

"Maes-"

Ed, Al and Winry watched as their guild leader struggling comically out of the taller mans arm lock. Hair frazzled, she smoothed out her clothes and gave him a bleary glare.

"Thank you for the display," She grabbed Al's and Ed's arms at the writs, tight lipped." But I really must get going-guild meeting-you know all that important stuff. FullMetal…Rockabella…" The two called got up at her beckoning and Al looked slightly annoyed at being forgotten. Maes looked crestfallen for a split second then beamingly interrupted "But Riza! You don't understand-! She would definitely like to get you to sign-!" Her eyes scanned the crowds and found a bobbing black haired form coming near the group. She wasn't the only one who noticed-Ed wrinkled his nose.

"What's going on here?"

The authoritarian snap made the entire group duck their older Elric was startled by the manager's voice, which didn't sound as amplified and annoyed from earlier and carried a certain weight to it that both flared his temper again and made him feel slightly awkward. On his chest flashed a tag that read "Gamer's Café Manager: Roy Mustang". Roy caught sight first of Riza, which when their eyes met, he quickly looked away, ignoring Maes happy cries of "Oh joy, a reunion!", gaze shifting around until he feel upon the short blond. He smirked slightly with something of a predatory gleam and Ed shivered.

"Hey, creepy manager. Move along and look at someone else." His honey eyes narrowed dangerously and the smirk only widened.

"Well, everyone else here isn't as short as you-"

"Who do you think you're calling so short he-!"

Winry who had been stuck in a dazzled trance of dreaded shock smacked Ed in the back of the head with a metal cup. With a strangled cry he reflexively clamped the throbbing part of his head. "Where the hell are you getting those?" By this time, Jean had joined the confusion trying to get Roy's attention about some latency with the game news screen. After a third failed attempt he moved away quietly to work on the bug himself as Roy tsk'd in disproval at the shrimpy boy's raving temper. With the abuse of metal against his head again, Ed couldn't manage more than a collection of snarls and foot stomping, which was comical but made Al wish he wasn't related to him. Roy was positively glowing with smugness and Riza eyed him silently ignoring the blabbering Maes, who was requesting a group picture and asking if Riza was going to apply for a job. The three teens began to scoot away from the raving reunion but the only thing that mattered was the world that revolved around flames and a red faced, raging blond.

I think I've finally found you in the real world…

And I like what I see.

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"Well, that was…interesting." Al commented to a rather put out Ed, who was lying on his back with his laptop nestled between his belly and legs drawn up in a makeshift table. Ed ignored the new mewling sound coming from Al's lap as his younger brother tried to hush a hidden kitten under his laptop. "Al can you put that thing in your room? Just don't put any milk in there along with it." Stunned Al got up and took care of his latest companion while Ed sat there listlessly listening to Riza on Vent. She doesn't seem like herself either….Ed realized dully as he went though restlessly organizing his inventory for the fifth time since he longed on. While he was pretty thrilled at finally meeting his guild leader(and Al seemed particularly enthusiastic, now that he thought about it), Bastard Manager Roy Mustang party crashed the meeting. But at the mention of the Omega Beasts he struggled to sit up, plopping himself onto the couch.

"Wait, Omega Beasts?" Ed winced as his hand touched the hotter part of his laptop onto his leg. Riza confirmed Ed's question just as Al had returned, opening his mouth to complain about his computer being moved but Ed shushed him, hissing "OBs!" Al's eyes widened and he obediently went quiet as Riza's voice began to normalize.

"Yes, Omega Beasts. With the new expansion they have finally opened them up as actual killable creatures. They no longer are the invincible, immune to damage god monsters you have to steer around. But they are still highly dangerous, powerful and with invaluable drops to boot." Ed smiled slightly as he heard her voice becoming more and more enthusiastic. But still…I wonder what really is between her and the guy who work at the Gamer's Café…? They seemed to have known each other, and it seems for a while. She wasn't too enthusiastic about it though so… "The only OB that was available was Envy, but Gluttony, Lust, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, and Pride have been added and are now killable. I have had some…experience...with Envy but as to the rest I am just in the dark as everyone else-"

"So wait, are we actually going to…?"

"Do you think we're strong enough Vindy?"

"I just barely got all my new high-grade gear yesterday and I say I'm itching to try it out on the new OB's, so let's go do them!"

Al and Ed looked at each other; one slightly worried, the other surging with initiative. Al didn't like the look Ed was getting and upstairs there was the sound of scratching against wood and a small yeowling sound.

"We can do these Al! Let's try one!"

"Brother, aren't you being a bit reckless? Only one that Vind-er I mean, Riza, knows how to do is Envy. The other ones we have no clue about. A ton of people could get killed. Multiple times." Ed raised and eyebrow not willing to let his younger brother glaze over his now switch form calling the leader Vind to Riza, but Al bowled him over. "I mean a lot of our heavy damage dealing classes and the ones that can debuff these things are very squishie. They'll start dropping like flies-"

"This is why we have people like you out there, Al." Ed was ignoring the uproar in Vent and he patted his unconvinced sibling on the shoulder. "You're one of our many healers-on of our best. Don't tell me you won't try them-at least one if you don't like the idea."

Al sighed. Why did he let Ed talk him into this kind of craziness?

"Alright…"

The grin made him wince.

I hope these OB's are worth the trouble…

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"The Alchemists are doing OB's as a faction hmm?"

Roy gazed as his screen, leaning back leisurely in his computer chair. The cushions sighed and sank as he shifted his weight upwards and the creak reminded him he needed to get a new chair.

"This should be interesting…"Roy looked over to Jean's and Maes' screens with slight boredom. "Any luck with figuring out which one they're going to first?" Maes shook his head, a rather stern expression crossed with thought caught in the glow of his screen. "Not much is being said in faction chat at the moment-I think their meeting is mostly vent, which I can't access."

"Why?" Roy crossly replied, reaching for some coffee. Hughes shook his head. "They do Vent interviews and Riza would have known it was me…so I had to tell them I couldn't download it and that I don't have a working mic. They don't give vent info to people who can't even use it." The manager grumbled, choking a bit from drinking too fast. "Sorry, Mustang…"

"Don't you think this is just borderline creepy that you're stalking her in-game like this?" Jean asked quietly, watching his own screen as Maes typed in the Alchemists chat, asking about when and which OB they were doing. Vindicus quickly replied that they were still working out the details. Jean typed in a swirly eye emote and looked at Roy. "You send our alts in there to figure out what's going on and then you expect her to be all buddy buddy because you know her every movement? She didn't want to see us-"

"Actually I think it's more of she didn't want to see him," Maes jerked his head at Roy as the scowl deepened on the manager's face. "No offense." Jean looked a bit depressed and didn't reply. Roy growled and crackled his knuckles. Maes quickly went back to work on trying to get information and Roy turned around in his chair. Yes, he was still sore over seeing her go and he had a strong affection for her like a sister but it wasn't her that he intended to stalk so closely.

No it was who she shielded from him with a mother like protection that caught and held his interest.

Perhaps it's because she knows how I really am…

Roy felt a mischievous grin tug at the corner of his as he saw FullMetal run by him. That temper of FullMetal's…that should have been Pyro's trademark, even though Roy always carried himself as coolly aloof. It intrigued him and wouldn't leave him alone. While the fit earlier that day amused him to no end, it was the pre fit, the golden fire and the offhand remark, that made the virtual confines so much more trying on Roy's nerves.

I want to set you off again and see you ragequit (2)…

"Lust."

Roy dragged himself back to reality.

"What?"

"They're going to go kill the OB Lust." Maes repeated looking up at Roy. Smokey eyes narrowed, glittering with a new air of excitement. "And they'll be heading out in five minutes-"

"Thank you Maes," The man turned back around, scooted in and laid his fingers with old practiced habit across the keys.

I'll find the perfect way to set you off…

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"Down by half guys, we're doing great!" Ed shoo'd away two kittens that were pawing at his socks with one toe and Al whimpered a "Brother, think of the kittens!" which was easily ignored. The light show of skills on the huge monster was making his eyes hurt and they were fifteen minutes into the fight.

"Scouts, I want a status check to see if there is anyone around the area." Riza barked into the mic.

"Airs are clear."

"Ground radius-clear."

"See Al? Wasn't too bad eh?" Ed quickly glanced over to his brother, who looked slightly pale and he laughed at his deathly serious look. He was grumbling something that suspiciously sounded like 'I have a bad feeling about this' and the older Elric smiled. "Don't stiffen your fingers up like that, you'll get cramps. You're doing just fine-"

Suddenly a yelp over vent made the Elric brothers wince. The two kittens yowled and darted under the couch.

"I just got killed out of nowhere!"

"Same here!"

The scouts…?

"What?" Their leader sounded instantly worried and slightly screechy. "Who killed you? Where did they come from-!"

"I-I don't know Vindy!"

"I'm sorry I didn't see-"

"Incoming!"

Ed cursed under his breath as he saw a pillar of fire snake though the back row of guild members.

Pyro…

"Brother! Brother what do we do-I-we're gonna die! You're the tank and I-I…I-!" Al was starting to get panicky as he saw two Snipers circling the air and picking people off one by one. Ed groaned as they began to attack the higher level members of the guild.

"Shit!" Ed swore loudly as Vindicus went down by a fatal gank. This was all going horribly wrong and the only ones left standing…

Are me and Al…

"Al, pull up your Squad Search and click on these bastards-sorry, Al," Al wrinkled his nose at his older brother's language. "Pull it up and right click…they're above us-"

"But they're not moving…" Al muttered in confusion and then it struck Ed why. The boss was down to its last few hits and if Pyro outdamaged him…

"They'll KS(3) us!"

The younger Elric paled.

"Didn't we do more than fifty percent damage though…?"

Ed gritted his teeth. "Yes-but all the damage dealt was dealt in different squads. Our highest damage dealing squad was already wiped out by Pyro. Its reset the entire thing, and since I have agro (4) it's now us versus them…" And we can't win that fight. Al groaned and muttered 'I told you this was a bad idea' as Ed watched the skies.

They're just waiting there, taunting us…

Seconds ticked by as Lust's Hp was drained slowly-

They struck.

Snipers dove out of the air and Al cried out as they attacked him and killed him. Ed swore a colorful line that his younger brother tried to ignore as the whole vent channel continued to blow up in confusion with choruses of "Go, go, go FullMetal." "Awwww what the hell man, what's their problem?" "I swear if they make me loose exp after I get a res, I will kill them!" and above all Ed could hear Riza's voice faintly. "You did your best FullMetal, but there's something I think I need to-"

But it was cut off as Ed saw his character fall in a hurricane of flames, and as the boss dropped, Ed felt a stinging prickle at his eyes.

I'm not gonna cry over a stupid game, I'm not gonna…gonna…

Pyrolysis: Not a bad tank-for a short, cute blonde ;)

Ed's vision blurred as the flames licked the screen again. Al reached out hesitantly touching his shoulder but Ed jerked away, pushing his laptop away and running up the stairs. The younger Elric winced as he heard the slam of the bedroom door.

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Kind of a hard chapter to work though as I had some very icky in-game stuff I was dealing with. Certainly have some material to work with though so I can vent my frustrations –laughs-

Anyways, read, rate review etc.

(1) PKKer-Player Killer Killer-someone who PKs other people who PK people only.

(2) Ragequit-Quiting on something in the game or just entirely on the game in a fit/rage/ out of annoyance. Usually its for a very stupid reason, hence why ragequits (or RQ's) are laughed at.

(3)KS-Kill Stealing, which is a common occurrence in MMO's. The mechanics of various games as to who gets a monster kill varies, but a KSer is someone who "steals" a kill by out damaging another party, making the rewards go to them rather than the person(s) originally killing it.

(4) Agro-having the most attention from a monster, also sometimes referred to as "threat level". The person who has the highest "threat level" to a monster has the most generated "agro".