["I'm sorry! I'll be back! ........Just hang in there a little longer! ........I'll come back, no matter what! No matter what!! I promise!!"
"I promise..."
The previously empty eyes on a massive suit of steel armor suddenly alight as Alphonse sits up with a gasp, looking around. He stands, taking in the unfamiliar town square, frantically looking for someone.]
Big brother??
[Apparently not seeing him, but spotting the bridge at the end of the road, he bolts with surprising quickness towards the river, heavy metal footfalls clanging down the road. He makes it halfway across before, inevitably, rebounding hard off the invisible barrier.
Confused, but undaunted, Al begins to pound his fists against whatever has stopped him. When that results in nothing more than colorful little sparks, he claps his hands together and places them on it. Nothing. Again he claps, this time touching the ground after. Nothing.
Eventually, he'll probably become aware of someone watching him, but for now he's staring out past the bridge, mind racing and fists clenched.
II. Later, at the train station
[Having given up on the barrier for now, Al is taking time to collect his thoughts and go through his goodie bag as he sits waiting for a train at a station with no tracks.
Sitting on the ground, he's spread the contents of the bag out in front of him in a neat little arrangement. The rock, the tea, the condom. He picks up the headband, with its two yellow stars bobbing on top, and looks around to see if anyone's watching him.
Not seeing anyone, he puts it on and is looking at his reflection in the darkened screen of the powered off handheld.]
III. Baby's first arcade
[Drawn in by the cacophony of digital music and blaring artificial voices, Al walks into the penny arcade and immediately stops in his tracks, transfixed by the wonderland of color and flashing lights.
ALPHONSE OVERFLOW
I. At the barrier
II. Later, at the train station
III. Baby's first arcade