20 Awakens

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Pomona Esma Higgins's Journal.
Entry 3. Bemot/20 awakens.

The 22th of August.

"It has been five days since we've brought a Homunculus to life, three days since Natalie and her friends broke the machine, and one day since the machine's repair

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"It has been five days since we've brought a Homunculus to life, three days since Natalie and her friends broke the machine, and one day since the machine's repair.  We could finally continue this project, and bring another Homunculus to life.
My step son Ben is a stubborn one, and I think he pass that down to his Homunculus, who he called "Bemot", his real alias being 20. 

After the machine turned off, 20's head shot up in alarm.  He looked up at us and started to flail around, trying to use his feet to kick at me and Ben, much to our amusement.  The amusement didn't last when Ben was untying him, barely untied one wrist when 20 used his blunt steel fingers to scratch my son's hand.  We barely had time to see what little damage he did when 20 untied his other wrist and fell to the desk.  I guess he didn't think his plan through because once he landed, he couldn't walk on his newborn legs, and the only thing he could do was glare at us.  Thank goodness Fala was there to help her new companion up.  It appeared 20 somehow knew Fala wouldn't cause him harm as she helped him stand tall and walked with her.

20 is fierce, stubborn, hard headed, brash,  serious, and overall is just a copy of my son.  Regardless, he and Fala get along very well, almost like they're a mother/son duo, kind of like how my boys are with me. He's also very strong for a Homunculus; he can lift items that would be far too heavy for his kind, whereas we can just pick them up. We saw him lift a rather thick book over himself and carried it to the other side of the table, my son is smug.

We gave 20 the second of the elemental stone, the Electrical one. He'll be able to manipulate electricity and lightning to his will, and hopefully use it to assist his brethren in the future.

Pomona Esma Higgins, signing out."

"Update: Today, on the 24th of August, the Chancellor has fallen, killed by the very thing he said would bring peace to our country. Well, Rest In Peace you bastard, looks like your beloved Machine won this one.
Now I'm officially signing out for the day."

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