Re: Central City
"I will address that soon enough, soldier. The Prime Minister has ordered me to assemble a group of soldiers for a mission up north, I wouldn't normally call upon so many Alchemist's but I managed to 'convince' the Prime Minister otherwise." The way Mustang pronounced 'convince' sounded as if he had said or done something but his expression remained business-like. "Anyway, there have been reports of bandits attacking small villages up north. These villages aren't big enough to warrant a place of the map, but many of them have been attacked in such a short amount of time that it has gotten our attention. The odd thing about each attack is not the fact that whoever it is strikes at night, its that every villager, from the young to the elderly disappear without a trace. Blood and the like has been found at the locations, but there have been no bodies. We've had the area surrounding the villages dug up but there's no evidence that the bodies were buried."
As Mustang briefed the group on their mission Hawkeye had gone over to a map on the wall and marked down where each of the villages were. The trail leads from near the Briggs Fortress to about half way down the frozen lands.
"Normally we'd let Briggs and her men take care of this," Hawkeye went on to explain as she turned to face the group. "But they've had their hands full with Drachma."
"At first we did assume it to simply be attacks from Drachma, but the Major General told us firmly that there was no way any Drachman troops could have broken through the mountains, so we've had to assume its bandits." Mustang paused, as if something had gotten his attention, but it soon passed and he went back to explaining. "The village you'll be stationed at is the one that we assume will be attacked next. Your mission is to stop and capture any and all involved, though try and refrain from extreme measures unless they prove difficult to handle. At the very least keep their leader from being killed. Your train tickets and accomodation have already been paid for, but make sure you Alchemist's keep your powers hidden until it's absolutely necessary. And yes Max, I mean it." Mustang adds, obviously he's had more than a few run-ins with Max and his powers.
Hawkeye opened a drawer and took out enough radio communication devices for each member of the group. "These are for you all to stay in contact with each other in case you get separated. The village isn't big but if you need to get in contact with each other these will be easier than running around trying to find each other."
"So, any questions before you leave?" Mustang asked the group at large. "A word of warning, make sure you wrap up warm. If this cool period we're having is any indication the weather up north will be particularly bad."