FAQ

[Alphonse Elric]

I have been asked some questions quite a bit and I decided that this would be a good time to answer them

• What year is London set in? - 1925 I did some research.
  
• Can I still be in the military in London? - Yes, but I suggest you look up the plain old military from 1925 if you wish to be accurate.
  
• I notice London isn't 'exact' why? - Why? Because I'm lazy, besides which it's a roleplay and whilst I want the time period correct, I wasn't so bothered about the places being right, there's some element of admin added places in there, but most of the places are in London, I did my homework.
  
• Can I apply for more than one canon? - I don't see why not, but lets keep it to a max of two for now, we might get more members but you STILL must make an app for them but if you are already a member and this is your second character, you may add in the rp sample later.
  
• So why is Alphonse studying physics? - Ah the wondrous question, it was something I discussed with my boyfriend, Al wanting to be like his brother and all, he said that it would be likely that he would study physics, so yes, that's why.
  
• Any chance you'll tell me what Ed dreams about? - Nope, you will have to wait for Ed to write a dreaming post =)
  
• Why is Ed avoiding Al? - Yeah I got asked this like once. It's all to do with his dreaming problems at the moment that's all I can tell you.
  
• Can I reserve a character? - Yes of course you can.
  
• Do I have to make seperate accounts for each character? - Yes. I find it much easier to keep track of who's playing what that way. I have had people rping the same characters on one account before and it gets really confusing when they're playing a different character to what the username says, so please, make seperate accounts.
  
• Does my character have to go to school if they're in London? - I have done a lot of researching about school leaving age, and there are different papers, with different ideas, so I decided, that the school leaving age is what I know, which is sixteen. So if your character is under sixteen, yes, they have to go to school, sorry.
  
• What happens in School? - Depends what you mean. The lessons are pretty basic because it's a public school, English, Math, Science, History and Latin are taught, though Science would be toned down quite a bit I should think. As a side note, don't misbehave, the cane was still used in this era as well as other punishments for misbehaving, so do be careful.
  
• Can I make an alternatre version of a character i.e Roy? - I discussed this with my Co-Admin actually, and yes, it seems feasible to make the alternate version of a character. HOWEVER, remember that Ed and Al no longer have alternates, since both are unfortunately dead. You can make an alternate Winry for example, but she cannot have the same last name OR the same occupation. Auto-mail doesn't exist in London, and considering the time period, engineering is not a job for a woman. Just remember that you will have to write a whole different backstory for the character.