WEST COAST SMOKER ; weekly task, fighting lessons

[Roy Mustang]

Roy considered himself to be well experienced in fighting. His experience mostly came from his time in the military, especially during the Ishbal Civil War. During the civil war, and after, Roy was a State Alchemist in Amestris. Like the other State Alchemists during the war, he was used as a human weapon. He was used in mass extermination, Roy quickly got used to the smell of burning bodies when his orders were given. The smell at first was horrible, as who would want to smell a burning corpse? But now, Roy can barely be bothered by it, even when others feel sick to their stomachs at the scent. The last body Roy burned was Maes, as Roy decided to cremate his friend rather than bury him into the ground after his death. Roy wasn't able to bury Maes, he wasn't able to watch him go six feet underground again. Going through with the cremation became easier when the smell didn't bother him. While Roy mostly relies on his flame alchemy, he can fight without it. There are times when his flame alchemy is useless- when his gloves(or now mutated claws) are wet. When wet, his claws can't make a spark.

Suiteheart quickly grabbed Roy's attention. After he lost his leg, Roy hasn't fought. He had to spend time allowing his leg to heal, and let Rin and Rad redress his wound and re-banadage it as much as they could. But now, it was fully healed, and the attention from Rin and Rad aren't needed as often. Roy believed this was a great chance to get some practice, and a refresher in fighting. He also hoped this will grab other people's attention- as Suiteheart mentioned, this clan is mostly full of pacifists. It made Roy think back to his sparring session, when the late Seraph refused to participate against a clanmate for practice.

Roy made his way out of the observatory, following the scent of Suiteheart. The Flame Alchemist padded in after Merihem, a new member that Roy didn't recognize. He glanced at him for a moment, before locking his gaze on the Cosmic General. He's sure that Suiteheart knows without a doubt, that Roy Mustang will be participating. "I'm participating," Roy declared, with a flick of his ear.