"We can do trade, though, pretty happily - even just knowledge for knowledge."

"That will be useful, I am sure."

She nods.

- And there's a small chime as someone unlocks the front door.

"That will be September."

The door opens...

Revealing a girl in her mid teens, wearing a dark blue outer robe with fine but not extravagant embroidery and decoration over a reddish orange inner robe, her hair in complicated braids. "I'm home big sis!" she says as she sets her bag down and hangs her outer robe on a hook, then glances over. "Oh, we have guests?"

(She, in fact, appears to be the same template as Luka.)

"Yeah," Bellona says, grinning. "Come say hi."

She heads over. "Hey! I'm September Elric."

"Hello. I am Elesse."

"I'm Ashes. These're my children, Luka and Leya." (The two wave.) "It's nice to meet you."

She props her arms on the back of El and Bellona's couch. "Nice to meet you guys, too. Is this - a business thing?"

"Not exactly. I am an alternate universe version of El, and Ashes is Bellona. And you have an alt in Luka."

" - Cool! I didn't know alternate universe versions could have different faces."

"It keeps life interesting."

"Sounds it."

"Are there lots of versions of me?"

"You will be the, hmm, fifth, I think."

"I'd like to meet them, then." She looks at Luka. "If you're not busy...?"

He smiles. "I don't have a ton to contribute here. We can get to know each other, sure."

"Sweet." Pause. "Though I don't want to be, like, rude and take off, and my sisters' alts are cool, too."

"It is quite understandable."

"Go have fun, Sept. Maybe you can wow your alt with all the alchemy homework you've definitely been doing."

She sticks her tongue out at Bellona.

And, to Luka: "C'mon, I wanna show you my car."

He grins, standing. To the group: "I'll see you guys later, then."

"Have fun."

And September leads Luka back outside.