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The word alchemy may derive from the Old French alquimie, which is from the Medieval Latin alchimia, and which is in turn from the Arabic al-kimia. This term itself is derived from the Ancient Greek chemeia 或者 chemia with the addition of the Arabic definite 文章 al- The ancient Greek word may have been derived from a version of the Egyptian name for Egypt, which was itself based on the Ancient Egyptian word kēme (hieroglyphic Khmi, black earth, as opposed to desert sand).
The word could also have originally derived from the Greek chumeia meaning "mixture" and referring to pharmaceutical...

The state of Amestris has reached it's closing article...and the shortest 1. Since Roy became king Ishvallins have been 给 their homeland bak and it's been re-built completely. Tht was only part 1.
All the borders have been re-established and the treaties made 更多 livable for the other country. We've had no wars after the riots from the Amestris up-rising calmed. Scar was put in charge of teaching the old ways 2 the younger children along with a half-Ishvallan from Brigs. They seem 2 b doing their job well.
The border with Drachma was among the 1st treaties 2 b worked with. They were compliant...

The origin of Western alchemy may generally be traced to Hellenistic Egypt. The Hellenistic city of Alexandria was a center of Greek alchemical knowledge, and retained its preeminence through most of the Greek and Roman periods. Here, elements of technology, religion, mythology, and Greek philosophy, each with their own much longer histories, combined to form the earliest known records of alchemy in the West. Zosimos of Panopolis wrote the oldest known 图书 on alchemy while Mary the Jewess is credited as being the first non-fictitious Western alchemist. They wrote in Greek and lived in Egypt...

In the eyes of a variety of esoteric and Hermetic practitioners, the 心 of alchemy is spiritual. Transmutation of lead into 金牌 is presented as an analogy for personal transmutation, purification, and perfection. This approach is often termed 'spiritual', 'esoteric', 或者 'internal' alchemy.
Early alchemists, such as Zosimos of Panopolis, highlight the spiritual nature of the alchemical quest, symbolic of a religious regeneration of the human soul. This approach continued in the Middle Ages, as metaphysical aspects, substances, physical states, and material processes were used as metaphors...

Homunculus (Latin for "Little Human", plural Homunculi) refers to the mythological concept of an artificially created human, presumably brought into existence 由 way of alchemy. Though a common concept, well known and understood 由 alchemists in Amestris, the idea of homunculi is regarded as no 更多 than a farce 或者 faraway 幻想 as no individual 或者 group of alchemists has come anywhere close to successfully creating such a being in officially recorded history. Even so, alchemists have been forbidden 由 the Amestrian government to attempt 或者 research in the transmutation of humans and State...

~story as told 由 Joss
our whole story starts...so long ago. actually...i intend 2 tell it in 4 parts. this is part 1...it's sorda a prolog 2 the big middle but just as needed 4 our story 2 make any sense at all. i suppose u could say we weren't born 0on this side of the gate...we're not from this world, we were born of another. every coin has 2 sides...and every 云, 云计算 can b dark and gray. we came from the place where the energy 4 the alchemy we use here comes from.
let's start from the beginning, shall we? such an odd...odd story...and most of 你 won't believe it. but 2 those few who will,...

I know 你 won't let go of me
You're my greatest faceless enemy
Though all 你 do is hurt me
I guess misery loves company...
And 你 won't let me leave 你 lonely....
Though sometimes 你 speak so soothingly....
I almost don't want 你 to leave me....
I'll suffer so very slowly....
Because 你 know just what to say to me.....
To keep me here, knowingly.
Because this is just the way it must be.

I have no choice
Because your voice...
It keeps me here...
So I can not fear.
The most difficult thing...
Is the ring ring in my ear...
Telling me to let go
That I don't belong here...
But I feel instantly drawn
To the bloody...

“u think u give very good advice...” I say evenly, bouncing gracefully away from is sword. “but then y don't u follow it?”
“what do u mean?!” he growls, pissed tht he can't seem 2 even scratch me.
“well, I suppose the biggest example is how u say u hate humans yet u wish u were 1...” I reply simply. “and how u say so many other things tht u ignore l8er....”
“U'R RLLY PISSING ME OFF!!!” he snaps, slashing faster and hitting my automail arm right where it ends. He was about a half inch from cutting through me.
“oh, so close.” I whisper, the thin layer of skin healing quickly....

As u can imagine the written test was the easy part...what's left is 4 me 2 win over the interviewer...
the 粪便, 凳子 with 3 legs....which 4 some reason is suppose 2 b unstable here...even tho any mathematician on the other side will tell u the exact opposite....so weird...4 legs actually makes chairs wobblier...i walk in2 the room, un-afraid and slightly over-confident.
“come...sit down.” the interviewer says...i don't kno the voice nor am I ever 给 a name. “good evening. How's it going?”
“well it's goin'...and good evening 2 u as well, sir.” I try 2 cover my sarcastic blunder with...

“hey Joss!” Ed and Al run up “OMMIGOD, IT'S ENVY!!!””
“what....?” I look at them.
“James.” James looks at Ed. “and just what is wrong with me being here?”
“we thought u were...” Al starts.
“Dead?” I look at him.
“yeah.” Ed growls and glares at him, clearly pissed.
“oh, I've made it angry with my presence....” James glares right bak. “just imagine how angry he'd b if he knew all the other humunculii he supposedly killed were all alive 2.” he says mockingly.
“wh-wh-what...?” he gets bug-eyed.
“all thanks 2 a certain kind-hearted girl who saved us.”
“well....it...

“U WON'T KEEP ME IN HERE LONG!!” Bradley yells.
“shut up.” I growl, clapping my hands and touching the metal ball, making it extra thick and making the inside melt, covering him with molten metal and making him scream.
“What'd do 2 'im?” James asks as we leave.
“melted the inner layer of steal and covered him with it so now he's basicly encased in a steal statue...”
“how'd u do tht without fire...?”
“all u have 2 do 2 make metal melt is excite the particles 2 a point where they separate from each other enough tht it becomes a liquid. Most use 火, 消防 2 do tht but a skilled alchemist...

He lands with a thud on the concrete and skids 2 a halt just b4 he hits a wall. “aw...so close...” I mutter. “but I suppose I get skid points....” I sigh. James laughs slightly.
“skid points, hu?”
“the distance from where he landed 2 where he ended up.” I say simply.
“but he bounced a bit...”
“good, tht's bonus points.” I grin as Bradley gets up.
“stop talking about me like i'm not here...” he growls, recovering quickly. Above us r the sounds of riots and shooting....many small fights going on at once, the 95% tht want a new ruler facing the small final part tht think...

“u've been taught tht the truth is ez 2 hide.” I growl at Bradley as we fight. “just like a human...but the truth is ez 2 c if u look...”
“just like a human, u say? Y is THT!?” he attacks me with the sword and I fade 2 the left, easily avoiding him.
“simple.” I reply, ducking his sword with my hands casually behind my bak. “tell me Bradley, was there any point in time in ur life u actually told the truth?”
“y aren't u fighting bak?!” he snaps, thrusting is sword at me again and I leap over it and over him, landing on the other side of him.
“y r u avoiding the question,...