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Player Name: Karma
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Character Name: Eren Jaeger
Character Fandom: Attack on Titan

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[This was just all sorts of wrong. To start off, it isn't his world. As far as he's concerned, it's just a well-decorated prison. Meanwhile, anything could be happening and he'd have no way of knowing or helping, and that's more than enough to put him on edge. He forces himself to not dwell on those thoughts, instead permitting them to help him devise a goal. He has to get out of here. Nothing else matters. It's a simple goal, but he has a feeling going about it will be a lot more complicated.

He glares ahead as if he can blame the air and crowd for everything. It's a wonder he still hasn't formed any wrinkles. His fingers twitch, itching to fire at the walls with the gear that isn't there. It's weird to not have the key to hold and remind himself of what he's doing, even for only a few seconds. He could really use it right now. If it weren't for the uniform, he'd probably wonder if it was a dream.

First, he needs the key. Going back is useless without it. In between searching for the key, he's been charging around trying to figure out who in the hell actually runs this place.]

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[Hello, Luceti. Eren feels it's necessary for everyone to listen to his outburst.]

These damn things do NOTHING BUT GET IN THE WAY!

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Assuming you're talking about the wings. Once you get used to them, keeping them flat against your back works pretty well.

Has anyone ever tried cutting them off? Do they grow back?

They'll grow back, but cutting your wings off will also kill you.

What?! Are you sure? They don't look like they're connected to anything important.

They aren't, but they're important to your health. Even plucking a feather is painful.

Can't be worse than plucking a hair. Who's gonna pluck a feather out for no reason at all?

People that don't believe it hurts as much as people say.

They're right to. I don't even believe it, I think you're overreacting. And even if you weren't, it's just pain. It's not the end of the world.

No one's stopping you from yanking feathers if you want. And most people go out of their way to avoid pain when they can, but to each their own.

I'm not gonna yank out any feathers for no reason, that's stupid. I just don't blame anyone for wanting to find out for themselves.

[... That voice. Marco knows that voice. And after a doublecheck, he knows the face in the journal picture that accompanies the voice. Much as he'd like to reply with his an audio response of his own, not only could it potentially freak Eren out, he kinda lost his voice last month. Writing is his only option. Just to be sure Eren won't freak out anyway, he'll cover the camera of his own journal so there will be no snapshots yet.]

The wings, huh? Yeah, they really do. You'll get used to it for the most part.

[These journals don't really interest Eren, but even he has to admit they have some startling features. There's a slightly delayed response because...he's leaning into the journal to try and see if a face appears. When it doesn't, he's confused, but he ends up replying anyway.]

I don't need to get used to them, I need to get out of here! How do people leave this place?

[He reads the reply a few times over before putting his pen to the paper again. Explaining the situation is always tricky, especially to people who are prone to having their tempers rise.]

We wait. None of us can leave on our own. The only way to get home is to be sent home.

Fuck that! Is everyone really so happy to be stuck here that no one's forced them to let us leave on our own volition? Or have your brains just gone rotten from not having to work for yourselves?! If we can be sent home, that means we can leave. It's just no one's bothered figuring out how. Just tell me who it is that sends us home, and I'll do it myself if I have to.

[Marco can't quite stop himself from smiling when he reads that reply, even if it feels more ironic than amusing. It's just like Eren to accuse other people of not putting in enough effort. Still, the moment he begins to write down his reply, the smile fades away to make room for a look of contemplation.]

You can't force people who never show their faces around here to do anything. That's the problem, I guess. The Malnosso are outside the enclosure, but from what I understand, they don't have the power to send us home either. There's some kind of supernatural force that has people appear and disappear from here. [...] Or maybe it is natural for this world. Nobody really knows for sure.

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But then there must be some kind of source. [There's a minute of delay on his end as he struggles to gather his thoughts together, burying the frustration down. Not that it doesn't do much to help, still near the surface. Dammit. He didn't mind helping, but actually coming up with a strategy?]

It's more than likely outside the walls.

[Outside the walls, huh? Spoken like a true resident of their home world.]

That's possible. From what we've been told, the Malnosso are in charge of most of the lands outside the enclosure, if not the entire world. Still, it's possible that they already found the source and aren't sharing the information with us. Either way, they're supposedly searching for a way to send us all home.

No, there's no fucking chance. If they sent us all home, who would they experiment on? If they haven't found the source yet, there's no reason for them to start looking now. They already got a good supply of test subjects coming in.

I take it you attempted flight?

Yeah. I can't believe I thought growing wings would somehow allow me to fly.

[well it takes Levi about .5 seconds to recognize that voice and respond.]

Eren. Where the fuck are you?

[What. What. How when what the hell is going on right now???]

Lance Corporal! [He's so glad to hear a familiar voice! And so, so confused.] I'm in the outer vicinity of the Treehouse Village!

Don't move. I'm coming to you.

[Levi trusts that Eren will follow his directions - barring perceiving himself in danger, he's sure that there won't be any reason for him to move. It'll be easier for Levi to come and collect him and bring him back than letting Eren get himself lost.

He arrives relatively quickly, and surveys Eren's condition. He looks to be more or less in one piece.]

So they decided to suck you in too, huh. How do you feel?

Yes.

[He's pacing around, not really observing his surroundings anymore. Any interest he had was quickly lost. Actually, he'll be happy to leave as soon as Levi arrives. He stops when he sees him and immediately salutes.]

Fine. [And pissed as hell at the fuckers who brought them here. He's still not convinced there isn't someone behind this. He wants to ask, but he stops, dwelling on one little word.] "They"? Then there is someone behind it.

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[Levi gives Eren a once-over, assessing his condition as though that could help him determine at what point in time Eren might have come from. So far, he's the one with the most knowledge of recent events, but it's not entirely unthinkable that someone else could arrive with information that surpasses his own.]

Yes. It's an organization called the Malnosso. They're responsible for bringing us to this place; it's called Luceti. And no, there's no way to get out unless they let you out.

[Eren looks...tired to say the least. It's easy enough to miss with his previous outburst, and the anger is still there, but it seems at odds with something else.

The whole timeline thing still throws him off, but judging by how he's acting, Levi couldn't have been from too far before or after the last thing he recalls.]

Do they ever come in here?

I've never seen them personally. Supposedly we've been recruited to be their pet test subjects in some sick experiments while also being forced to fight their war for them.

[Levi turns and starts walking, trusting Eren will follow - they should get inside, find a safe place where Eren can rest. The last thing they need is his titan ability becoming unpredictable and problematic because of a sudden change in scenery or well. World. Others with special abilities have reported that their capacities are halved, but Levi has no idea what that would mean for Eren.]

Eren, what's the last thing you remember?

Even on a different world, nothing really changes.

[It sickens him. He makes a note to read that giant wall of text in greater detail later. He follows Levi to his left, falling a few steps behind him.]

Armin and Jean were serving as decoys for Kr--Historia and me. The mission had ended and everyone returned.

[Because of him. Because he could do other things that he had seen no other Titan do, but when it came to what was actually needed, right then and there, he failed to be useful and it fell on others to risk their lives while he remained cooped up, waiting.]

No.

[well, that's interesting. Eren seems to be a step ahead of him. For Levi, it was still the night before that mission. It's at least encouraging that it seemed to have ended more or less successfully.]

I see. At least we won't have to catch you up.

Erwin is also here, he'll want to see you. I'm taking you to him first, then you can see the others.

[...Well then. Looks like this cycle of new arrivals is already interesting. "Interesting." That's just a word you use when you aren't sure how you feel about something.]

Shut the hell up! Didn't think I'd been here long enough to forget how annoying your voice is.

[Yeah, well. No one likes your voice either. He ignores the insult, sort of, his confusion not putting him anywhere near a loss for words.]

The hell are you talking about? I just saw you! It hasn't even been that long, and you're not supposed to be here! What are you even doing here?!

I'm here for the same reason you are, dumbass!

And I've been here for almost four months now, so you might have just seen me, but I sure as hell haven't seen you in a while. Time gets messed up like that in this place. Can't you even read? [Never mind that he'd freaked out in an almost identical fashion when he'd first arrived, clueless and confused until someone shoved the written guide in his face.]

Did you lose what little memory you have in the past four months?! Of course I can read, but I'm too busy trying to get out! What have you even been up to in all that time? Have you tried to escape yet? What you're saying doesn't make any damn sense! [He knows on some level the time difference would explain why he's treating this so casually. But that just puts him more on edge for some reason.]

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Are you being a fucking idiot on purpose? Flip to the back of the damn journal you're holding and start reading. [The wall of text might be intimidating, but the first few brief paragraphs cover the most important information.]

Nobody knows the way out, so don't think that you can single-handedly solve everyone's problems just by wanting it more. [That last bit is very obviously meant to be a jab at Eren's arrogance, because he knows Eren is far from the only one who's itching to get out of here.]

[Well, he'll never admit it, but he knows Jean has a point and shuts up. He reads. And reads. And finally stops, slamming the book down.]

We're just experiments to them.

[His voice goes flat.] Are you fucking kidding me.

[At least Eren can stop being an idiot and get his shit together when it matters. Sometimes. There's a half a point for him. Maybe.]

Who would joke about this? We're experiments and we're goddamn mercenaries, as if we don't have our own war to fight.

[ The eight-year-old airbender almost certainly doesn't run this place, although she's certainly less lost than Eren seems to be. In fact, she watches some of this charging around from the rooftop of the bakery, where a large bird (...who is a pokemon, because Luceti Is Weird and she inherited it) sits beside her.

After he passes by a few times, Ikki stands and leaps from the roof; she seems to slow as she falls, the air cradling her on the way down, until she lands softly on her feet. ]

Hey, are you lost? Do you need directions? You've come by here like ten zillion times, you know. And you didn't even go in for a cookie! Who doesn't go into a bakery for a treat when they go by...? Or are you on a diet? Is that why you keep running by?

[Eren doesn't pay much attention to the rooftop. So when Ikki just lands in front of him, he looks up, then back down, his own question about how did she just do that dying before he's faced with an onslaught of questions.

You sure do ask a lot of questions. He's about to answer one of them when he glances up and blurts out.]

I've been walking in circles?

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