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I might be able to help you out.

I...found a dress that needs a little fixing up. And some fabric I think might look good with it.

...Do you think I could come by your house for your opinion?

Of course! I'd be happy to help.

Thank you Mrs. Elric.

[And a little while later, Riza make it to Trisha's house, a bag slung over her arm, as she knocks on the door.]

[It takes her a moment or two to get to the door and when she opens the door she greets Riza with a warm smile.]

Come in! We can go into the living room and go through what fabrics you brought.

[Riza returns the smile and walks inside, ready to follow Trisha wherever she led.]

There a special occasion coming up, Riza? You've never seemed a dress kind of gal.

[Sirius totally missed Roy's message about this.]

You could say that.

You gonna leave me hanging about what's coming up?

Perhaps.

No fair, Riza!

[Puppy dog pout.]

Can you keep something quiet?

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Yes...

Are you sure about that?

[Really, it's not too big of a secret, but it's a little amusing to push Sirius' buttons.]

Of course! I'm very good with keeping secrets!

...There is a celebration in the near future.

Are you gonna stop teasing me any time soon?

...It's a wedding.

Considering I make all my own costumes for Glee Club events, I know my way around a needle and cloth.

What kind of dress is it?

[Say the word wedding and you're doomed, Riza... he may not know you, but weddings and the like are his crack]

A-line, but it's a little torn up. I've found some fabric to make an overlay, if that would work to hide it.

[She's smart. Wedding is a word she's barely used in her life. ^^]

[A-line, a-line. He's wracking his brain, filtering through countless dress designs he's memorized from magazines over the years. Wedding dresses, prom dresses, and some evening wear feature a-line designs, although wedding dresses are the most common of them all.

... But it's best not to get too excited. "Don't count your chickens before they hatch", after all.]

Most of the things here are, but I've managed to pull a few tricks out of the hat to get them to work. Overlays can work, but you have to make it seamless. One stitch out of place and it will jump out so much people won't be able to take their eyes off it. Trust me. You could be naked otherwise and people wouldn't even notice.

Color, occasion, location. I can have my caveman sewing kit ready to go in five minutes.

And you would be able to make it perfect?

[Normally, Riza would be okay with minor imperfections. She's a soldier, after all, and field fixings were never exactly stylish. But this is her wedding dress. The one day in her life she feels truly obligated to actually be a woman and be happy to show that off. It has to be perfect. SHE has to be perfect.]

...Dress?

[She smiles and bites her lower lip, feeling strangely giddy.]

...I'm getting married.

-=He can tell she's happy, so he grins. And he'll take that time to figure out what that means.=-

You wish to be with one person for always? You have found one such?

I have.

I am very happy for you! This is something you have wanted, yes?

Thank you. It was...more of a surprise than anything, but a pleasant one.

There is a special party for this, yes? Everyone will help?

There is a ceremony, yes, but I'm not sure how big we'll make it, yet. There are some here I'd rather not have show up at all.

I will help! Tell me, and it will be done. -=a bit of a bow, there.=-

I will let you know what we need when we come to it.

Congratulations, Ms. Hawkeye!

[Clearly, he's been bursting to say this.]

[She hadn't given away that much information, had she? But no...]

You knew.

[It's not an accusation, just a fact.]

I beat it out of Co- ... Roy. Back when he was thinking of the ring. He made me promise not to say anything.

He told me about the wedding just the other day.

Of course.

Hm. A wedding, here in Adstringendum.

It's so wonderful to think of, isn't it? Happiness, even in the darkest of places.

It is, even if it's a ridiculous thing to do here, when you look at it logically.

Maybe, but logic doesn't have much ground when it comes to strong feelings, it seems like.

Sometimes the mind can be defeated.

It's not so bad, is it?

Hm.

[Forget who you're talking to, Alphonse?]

[That smile's all he wanted.]

Yeah.

I'm -- not so good with clothes, but do you have anything else you're working on?

[Ah, yes. The rest of the wedding planning. This is going to get exhausting very fast, she can tell.]

I don't think we've gotten that far, yet.

Okay. Just let me know if you need anything done, okay?

I will, thank you. And knowing the Colonel, he'll wait until the last minute for many things, so I'm sure you'll be needed then, at least.

[Laughter. Al hasn't felt this purely happy in a while.]

I guess I can just count on that part.

[And what a wonderful sound it is.]

There could be other things. I...don't really know all the details needed for a wedding.

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