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@shipgambles: Asu sat down in the seat across from Roy. The train was almost entirely full, leaving no chance to sit alone, and Mustang looked like the most interesting person there. Asu held out his notebook, opened to a page with writing on it. [Hello. My name is Asu. I am mute.] (Hope it's okay to send an unprompted ask like this!) 

The train back to Central was more packed than he wanted it to be, and they hadn’t left the station yet. One leg folded over the other, he kept a newspaper on his lap with a pen in hand. Reports could wait until he finished the daily crossword--they had a few hours at least. He pulled a pen out of his pocket as he skimmed the news first. 

Or, that was his plan at the very least. Roy hadn’t looked up when the other sat in the seat across from him, too engrossed in getting settled. It was the notebook that caught his eye, making him look up with one eyebrow raised.

Well then. That was unexpected. News and his crossword puzzle could wait, he supposed. He put his pen back in his pocket.

“Nice to meet you,” he replied, signing slowly to go along with his verbal answer. His sign language was a tad rusty considering he picked it up ages ago from one of his aunt’s employees, and rarely used it. “Colonel Mustang.”

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🌍 world building headcanon !!

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There are three planets in their native solar system, all of which developed life naturally long before the siblings were even born. Druna is the youngest of these, a land of purple vegetation and angry people. The climate varies across the globe, as it would on any planet, but overall, it fluctuates between extremes from day to night. Many species would not survive well if transplanted there, but to those on Druna, it is all they know.

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9. How has your muse’s identity evolved to what it is now?

Elias’ identity has evolved slightly over the years, not so much his gender identity as he’s always strongly felt like a man, and he’s never changed his stance on identifying as one. His sexuality, however, has evolved quite a bit over the years as Elias has started to realize certain things about his identity. Elias used to go based off his aesthetic attractions, rather than his sexual and romantic attractions and at first assumed himself to be Bisexual since he aesthetically appreciated men and women equally.

However during early stage of his teens, he started leaning more towards identifying as asexual, because he came to realize he so far never actually formed a  crush or genuine attraction towards anyone. Though this was something he didn’t mention to his family, given the already unspoken controversy around his identity as a trans man. Though eventually, Elias started leaning more towards identifying as Demisexual.

This mostly came to be because of his singular friend growing up, Josiah Hawke (yes Elias did yoink this man’s last name). Elias actually came to realize he felt some form of attraction towards Josiah, and actually lost his virginity to him when the two decided to experiment together. Elias doesn’t exactly use the term Demisexual, but his time spent with Josiah did help him realize he can feel sexual attraction, and the small twinges of romantic attraction that come from having a crush on someone.

14. Has your muse ever secretly dated someone because they were afraid of what other people might think?

Nope! Cause that would require Elias to have actually dated someone in the past. Despite his experiences with Josiah, Elias never dated him publicly or secretly. The two had a mutual agreement to remain only friends, even as they experimented together, and as far as Elias is aware there was never any romantic feelings on either of their parts that would have warranted dating. The biggest secrets he keeps in terms of his relations with others are the occasional one night stands he’s had with other men. 

Though if he did date someone, in all odds he wouldn’t keep the relationship a secret from anyone besides potentially his family. But this depends on the person, how he feels his family would react to them, and if he feels that his partner would ever meet them in the first place.

17. Were there any people or characters when your muse was young that seemed to influence their identity?

There wasn’t so much a major influence as there was encouragement by one person in particular in his life. His eldest brother, Alois, who had always taken notice of his “weird” habits as a child and encouraged them wholeheartedly. See Elias used to love to mimic his two older brothers constantly as a child before he came out, and while Nikolaus would find it annoying, Alois loved it.

He loved Elias trying to be like him, and often gave his youngest sibling his old hand-me-downs. Alois taught Elias a lot as a child, just based off the fact it seemed like Elias needed to know certain things. For example, Alois taught Elias how to tie his own ties, and given the age gap between them already whenever he was due to shave his face, would let Elias watch and mimic him in the mirror. Alois actually kept a small, turn down hand mirror on his vanity so that Elias could see himself whenever he’d mimic Alois shaving.

A lot of the time spent with Alois is what helped young Elias start to realize his identity at such a young age. Under the child’s logic of “why would I like doing boy things if I wasn’t a boy?”

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So fun fact, Elias can’t fucking cook. Like at all. He grew up in the lap of luxury in an estate with no less than 10-15 high class chefs on staff at a time. He never had to prepare a meal for himself until the day he had left the Martin Family Estate in East City. One would think that in the 9 years since he left his family estate behind, Elias would have learned to even just cook a simple dish right?

Nope. This man can and has burned water before. He’s even tried to make himself dinner before with alchemy, but each attempt has just kind of left him with something tasteless and bland. But yeah don’t let this man into the kitchen, it will end in disaster. This might also contribute some to the state of his health given he’s prone to only eating a single meal a day because of this given he just ends up getting take out.

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Elias favorite food actually comes from a smaller restaurant he found in Central. It hardly creates the fancy, nuanced and rich dishes he grew up used to, but Elias finds the simple food very comforting. He’s actually a well known regular at this restaurant as well, with the staff all greeting him fondly when he comes in. Of course he never sits in, he gets his food to go, leaves a generous tip, and leaves. He does this nearly every day as well. The dish he gets every time being Beef Rouladen, a very simple stuffed meat dish, with a side of curry cottage fries (potato wedges seasoned with curry mix and pan fried). 

He visits almost everyday as well, he is considered one of the slightly weirder regulars they have if only because he never actually stays to eat though.

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@shipgambles​ said:  🖌️ I've drawn Asu as a stained glass painting before (like 3 years ago though) & am very interested in seeing how someone else would do that lol || Stained Glass Portraits || ACCEPTING

“Hm...just looking at you I take it you’re a sea fairing sort of fella. I think that alone would give me quite a bit to work with. Let me just think for a moment...Ah! I’ve got it!”

Elias moves some things before grabbing his sketch book and a pencil, starting to sketch quickly.

“This may be a little difficult perspective wise, but I think that would be a fun challenge! How about you standing on the edge of your ship, overlooking the sea? Telescope in hand maybe, or perhaps a cutlass if you prefer? Maybe even a group of sharks below. Something that overall speaks of adventure.  Of course I could add more to the scene as well. I’m unsure of what type of sailor you classify yourself as, but maybe if you feel you’re more a pirate than an adventurer, then I could do a more close up image as well. This one would be a bit more detailed in terms of your own appearance, as I would not have to simply you down to just your silhouette! For this I’m picking a side profile, a few of your braids thrown over one shoulder. I would try to have the tattoos showing as I believe they would be an interesting thing to try and capture. Then perhaps with a raised hand you’d be holding a gold coin between two fingers. A little bit of a stereotypical image, but one that would certainly stand out.”

The entire time he’s been rambling, Elias has also been sketching. The scratching of pencil against paper drowned out by his words as he lifts his sketch pad to show the two base sketches he has done so far,

“Are either to your liking?”