[In the time it takes him to place her name and move on to puzzling over the first message, she manages to send the second. Typos and autocorrect errors don't always make much sense through the translation software, so—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
what?
[??? this conversation is going places.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
what?
[??? this conversation is going places.]
FROM: levi@cdc.org
Hey
Tell me you've managed with glasses
[ yes, that is his way of asking if he's okay. though frankly it's not really the evil they know that he's worried about. ]
Hey
Tell me you've managed with glasses
[ yes, that is his way of asking if he's okay. though frankly it's not really the evil they know that he's worried about. ]
[Your concern is touching, Cap'n.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
You mean Squad Leader Hange?
[And, a few seconds later:]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
Welcome back, sir.
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
You mean Squad Leader Hange?
[And, a few seconds later:]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
Welcome back, sir.
SUBJECT: Assignment
SENT: DAY 42
FROM: bellic.niko@cdc.org
TO: jaegar.eren@cdc.org
SUBJECT: Assignment
SENT: DAY 42
FROM: bellic.niko@cdc.org
TO: jaegar.eren@cdc.org
SENT: DAY 42
FROM: bellic.niko@cdc.org
TO: jaegar.eren@cdc.org
I am supposed to make you an outfit. I need to know how big you are. I don't even know what this fucking outfit is supposed to be.
SUBJECT: Assignment
SENT: DAY 42
FROM: bellic.niko@cdc.org
TO: jaegar.eren@cdc.org
Something about a princess peach.
[Unfortunately for Niko, the only part of Gliese's announcement he afforded any real consideration to was the list of casualties and reassignments. With Commander Erwin suddenly far out of the picture after being away for months, he's hardly interested in playing games for money. Or indulging stupid shit from strangers. Thus, he's extra charming today, oops.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
what the hell are you talking about
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
what the hell are you talking about
[Yeah, busy is putting it lightly. Now that the attacks have settled down (and their losses tallied up) and the cleanup has started, they can finally find time for a debriefing.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
I don't mind, Squad Leader.
[It's sort of important. And if anyone could make sense of it...]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
I don't mind, Squad Leader.
[It's sort of important. And if anyone could make sense of it...]
[one day she'll get it right]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
a gun? yeah.
[Using a rifle was a part of their training, a skill he's gotten a lot more use out of here than he did at home.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
why
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
a gun? yeah.
[Using a rifle was a part of their training, a skill he's gotten a lot more use out of here than he did at home.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
why
day 47 i should probably tag that other one but action is hard
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2014-09-26 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
hey
[ two can play at the vague messages out of nowhere game. ]
hey
[ two can play at the vague messages out of nowhere game. ]
[ Are all their serious conversations going to start this way now...]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
Hey.
[And because it's only not annoyingly vague when he does it:]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
You need something?
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
Hey.
[And because it's only not annoyingly vague when he does it:]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
You need something?
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
I realize in retrospect this is probably somewhat ironic, considering recent events. But I've been sorting through my inventory lately, and I've found I have quite a bit of excess. Trying to redistribute a bit...
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
I don't suppose you'd be interested in a pair of screecher bombs, would you?
I realize in retrospect this is probably somewhat ironic, considering recent events. But I've been sorting through my inventory lately, and I've found I have quite a bit of excess. Trying to redistribute a bit...
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
I don't suppose you'd be interested in a pair of screecher bombs, would you?
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
the ones that make noise?
[Somewhat ironic. Maybe a little. He doesn't have a whole lot of use for them, but turnabout is fair play, maybe.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
you don't want them?
the ones that make noise?
[Somewhat ironic. Maybe a little. He doesn't have a whole lot of use for them, but turnabout is fair play, maybe.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
you don't want them?
[ An old, cranky, bitchy part of her thinks "man, I can't believe I'm wasting my time with this!"
The rest of her tells that piece to shut up. ]
Hey.
The rest of her tells that piece to shut up. ]
Hey.
[Speaking of wasting time. The message pings into his inbox in the morning. He doesn't actually get to it for hours. Because the technology is still sort of an afterthought, he operates with a sort of haphazard focus that doesn't always leave room for remembering to text. Because camp on day 50 soon becomes abuzz with the news of resurrected comrades, and that is understandably distracting. (Because maybe he was still sort of pissed off at her when he first saw her name on the list in his inbox. He's not much for the silent treatment, but.) Eventually—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
what do you want
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
what do you want
[At first, all Hange gets in response is a string of nonsense characters. Garbled and repeated, like someone had grabbed reflexively for the blackglass when the message pinged through, and then sunk back to sleep in the midst of opening and responding to it. 200-characters of catching "zzz"s, courtesy of falling flat on his face like the respectable protag he is. You're welcome.]
[It's been a fucking long day and a long time since their little cliff misadventure. So, picking himself out of a doze on the drive back to camp, and a bit shy of baffled—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
thanks for what
[incredibly helpful.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
thanks for what
[incredibly helpful.]
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
scale from 1 to 10
how shitty are you feeling right now
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
1 being you're fine
10 being you haven't grown back your legs
scale from 1 to 10
how shitty are you feeling right now
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
1 being you're fine
10 being you haven't grown back your legs
[Your concern is touching, Jean.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
my legs were fine asshole
[(The rest of him on the other hand...)
However, after a moment of Actual Consideration:]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
3 or 4 I guess [Exhausted but mostly healed up. Getting your insides scrambled and your extremities stripped away still isn't a fun experience. But he bounces back. It could be much worse. And since Eren was busy bleeding out while Jean was scooping his spleen off the foor—]
you
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
my legs were fine asshole
[(The rest of him on the other hand...)
However, after a moment of Actual Consideration:]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
3 or 4 I guess [Exhausted but mostly healed up. Getting your insides scrambled and your extremities stripped away still isn't a fun experience. But he bounces back. It could be much worse. And since Eren was busy bleeding out while Jean was scooping his spleen off the foor—]
you
[She's slept for a good 8-10 hours as soon as the nanite shots kicked in, waking up to nothing more than the usual aches and pains one would get for pushing themselves beyond their limits. However, she hadn't had time to check on the others, and so she'll make a point to do so now—especially with Jean and Eren.]
FROM: hange.zoe@cdc.org
Eren? How are you holding up? Did they manage to stitch you up or did you beat them to it?
FROM: hange.zoe@cdc.org
Eren? How are you holding up? Did they manage to stitch you up or did you beat them to it?
[It's good to hear from her. Eren had been busy bleeding all over the hangar floor after the shuttle had docked. Hadn't had the opportunity or the ability to take stock of the shape of his fellow passengers. (Which is just as well, really, because he probably wouldn't have been a lot of help.) But it doesn't take a lot of logical leaping to know that whatever had happened to them on their way off the planet, it hadn't been pretty for anyone.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
little of both, ma'am. [Between the CDC's nanites eventually administered to help close the wounds and his own regen working to regrow what had been damaged, his (admittedly) alarming arrival had been mitigated relatively (relatively) rapidly. It could have been far worse. But he'd still lost a lot of blood and expended a lot of energy on the tail end of the mission end excitement. He'd crashed pretty hard once his white-knuckled hold on consciousness was no longer particularly necessary.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
what about you?
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
little of both, ma'am. [Between the CDC's nanites eventually administered to help close the wounds and his own regen working to regrow what had been damaged, his (admittedly) alarming arrival had been mitigated relatively (relatively) rapidly. It could have been far worse. But he'd still lost a lot of blood and expended a lot of energy on the tail end of the mission end excitement. He'd crashed pretty hard once his white-knuckled hold on consciousness was no longer particularly necessary.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
what about you?
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
NHD-C12-LRC-310's height without the shoes on is 165 centimeters. Because I said I would.
NHD-C12-LRC-310's height without the shoes on is 165 centimeters. Because I said I would.
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
are you seriously sending this to everyone
[Well, he can admire the dedication, if nothing else.]
are you seriously sending this to everyone
[Well, he can admire the dedication, if nothing else.]
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
Mikasa and Peggy's evaluations are today; will you be going to watch them?
[ Distractions. ]
Mikasa and Peggy's evaluations are today; will you be going to watch them?
[ Distractions. ]
[Predictably, Eren's mood has been pretty damn sour since the announcement came through. Bad enough that Armin had been laid up unconscious in the medtent for months. Now he and Connie are gone, out of reach, like Isabel and the Commander. Sent away months ago, with no word since. (And Annie—)
It's been some time. He's long since exhausted the initial flare of useless anger, denial, frustration. Worked himself down to simmering and seething and staggered.
He very nearly ignores the message that pings in. The hovering sprectre of more bad news is enough to drive him into checking it. He and November aren't particularly close, beyond their arrangment as rovermates. So it's something of a surprise to see the name pop up.
A good five minutes or so after he does—]
where
[Armin is gone. Mikasa is here. (And that's important.)]
It's been some time. He's long since exhausted the initial flare of useless anger, denial, frustration. Worked himself down to simmering and seething and staggered.
He very nearly ignores the message that pings in. The hovering sprectre of more bad news is enough to drive him into checking it. He and November aren't particularly close, beyond their arrangment as rovermates. So it's something of a surprise to see the name pop up.
A good five minutes or so after he does—]
where
[Armin is gone. Mikasa is here. (And that's important.)]
[He sort of appreciates Hange passing on the congratulations. He doesn't particularly want to hear them, right now. When the unit assignments came in, and he was unsurprised (even relieved) to see he'd been assigned to the Combat unit before the more technical ones. And then he realized what the bolding on his name is meant to signify.
Unit leader, along with Parker, and it stops him short and startled. So it's something of a relief when Hange pings into his inbox a few seconds later. Because he's not entirely sure what he's supposed to do about this. Honestly—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
I don't get it
[He never really scored well with that sort of thing in training, before. He never aspired or aimed to move up in the ranks in the CDC. He never even kept it much of a secret how he feels about the organization, and Warriorhead has chastised him for it not too long ago.]
Unit leader, along with Parker, and it stops him short and startled. So it's something of a relief when Hange pings into his inbox a few seconds later. Because he's not entirely sure what he's supposed to do about this. Honestly—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
I don't get it
[He never really scored well with that sort of thing in training, before. He never aspired or aimed to move up in the ranks in the CDC. He never even kept it much of a secret how he feels about the organization, and Warriorhead has chastised him for it not too long ago.]
[Wow, that's a whole lot of punctuation, Hinata. There's no way he's a quick enough texter to get a word in edgewise, so he tackles those questions in order.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
I'm not busy
[If anything he's got way too much time on his hands, lately.]
something happen?
[That many exclamation points can only mean the direst of circumstances right]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
I'm not busy
[If anything he's got way too much time on his hands, lately.]
something happen?
[That many exclamation points can only mean the direst of circumstances right]
[Woah, mysterious. The Survey Corps has become pretty tight knit in the wake of their CDC conscription. Still, unannounced visits from their superiors can come as a bit of a surprise. He hops to it to answer the door in good time, snapping a reflexive salute after he does.]
Squad Leader?
Squad Leader?
[ a short while after ordered supplies go out, Eren will receive a transfer of 25 credits from Levi (NHD-C12-LVI-130). there's no corresponding message, but a small bit of investigation may uncover Mikasa got the same — a reward for good behavior. ]
[Mikasa no...]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
textbook?
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
textbook?
FROM: pilot@cdc.org
Isaac Clarke is KIA as a result of violent action from parties unknown. Warriorhead has asked that he pass along a message.
FROM: pilot@cdc.org
Stay with your unit. Stay on guard. If you can ID new Orange members, watch out for them. Get them organized and with seniors.
FROM: pilot@cdc.org
Addendum: he asked that your unit have someone keep an eye on Hinata.
Isaac Clarke is KIA as a result of violent action from parties unknown. Warriorhead has asked that he pass along a message.
FROM: pilot@cdc.org
Stay with your unit. Stay on guard. If you can ID new Orange members, watch out for them. Get them organized and with seniors.
FROM: pilot@cdc.org
Addendum: he asked that your unit have someone keep an eye on Hinata.
[Ah, that's bad. Fuck. They're on the ship. The only parties unknown that should even be around are the crew. And while he can't say he'd be surprised to know that some of the CDC recruits would be both willing and capable of that sort of thing (because hell if he thinks Reiner wouldn't slaughter the Corps if he had a chance. ...or, to be fair, the inverse,) but they're not in a position to be infighting. Killing each other is stupid.
So then what was it?]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
yeah. i'll find Hinata
[And then...figure out what to do with him. Luckily, most of Harpy Unit is pretty damn capable of taking care of themselves. Still, they sooner they're caught up the better. He really can't follow that up with anything but—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
what the hell happened to clarke
violent how
[KIA is such a dry term, Pilot...]
So then what was it?]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
yeah. i'll find Hinata
[And then...figure out what to do with him. Luckily, most of Harpy Unit is pretty damn capable of taking care of themselves. Still, they sooner they're caught up the better. He really can't follow that up with anything but—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
what the hell happened to clarke
violent how
[KIA is such a dry term, Pilot...]
Edited (ah, finishes my sentences several hours later) 2014-12-05 11:05 (UTC)
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
Still alive, ma'am.
[Just pissed off and busy, ever since Pilot got in touch with him. He hadn't had a chance to get in touch with the others before Hange beat him to it. Word travels fast when there's a few bodies floating around.
Close on the tails of that—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
Whatever did it, it's still out there. Warriorhead wants us to regroup.
Still alive, ma'am.
[Just pissed off and busy, ever since Pilot got in touch with him. He hadn't had a chance to get in touch with the others before Hange beat him to it. Word travels fast when there's a few bodies floating around.
Close on the tails of that—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
Whatever did it, it's still out there. Warriorhead wants us to regroup.
FROM: parker@cdc.org
TO: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
we're going to gather harpy and investigate this thing.
FROM: parker@cdc.org
and jaeger?
FROM: parker@cdc.org
i got dibs on the kill.
TO: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
we're going to gather harpy and investigate this thing.
FROM: parker@cdc.org
and jaeger?
FROM: parker@cdc.org
i got dibs on the kill.
Edited 2014-12-07 18:21 (UTC)
[Eren doesn't know just how close Parker was to Issac. But from that text it doesn't take a genius to connect a few dots. If there's one thing he can recognize and understand when he sees it, it's vengeance.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
we'll find it.
[Still working on the "how" and the "what" they're finding, but details. He can give her dibs, on one condition.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
make sure it gets what it deserves.
[This is basically the only way he knows how to be comforting in this sort of situation.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
we'll find it.
[Still working on the "how" and the "what" they're finding, but details. He can give her dibs, on one condition.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
make sure it gets what it deserves.
[This is basically the only way he knows how to be comforting in this sort of situation.]
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
Routine headcount– respond as soon as you're able to.
[ He's not about to have anyone from his rover disappearing on him. ]
Routine headcount– respond as soon as you're able to.
[ He's not about to have anyone from his rover disappearing on him. ]
[Don't worry, November, Rover 006 is about as intact as it has been. (Armin's still missing. He can't do anything about that right now.)]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
I'm fine. Mikasa too.
[And, after a moment—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
Peggy?
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
I'm fine. Mikasa too.
[And, after a moment—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
Peggy?
SUBJECT: temporary assignment
SENT: DAY 71, 13:10
FROM: uchiha.itachi@cdc.org
TO: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
Itachi Uchiha, reporting as indicated. I'm told you will need help with the investigation. Do you have a specific task in mind?
FROM: uchiha.itachi@cdc.org
In the interest of coordination, I have been told to contact Addison Parker as well. I hope this will not result in conflicting orders.
[seriously this double-captain thing is a little confusing, what kind of unit hierarchy is this? because he really has no idea how else to go reporting to two leaders via text, parker's getting the same note with names reversed.]
SENT: DAY 71, 13:10
FROM: uchiha.itachi@cdc.org
TO: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
Itachi Uchiha, reporting as indicated. I'm told you will need help with the investigation. Do you have a specific task in mind?
FROM: uchiha.itachi@cdc.org
In the interest of coordination, I have been told to contact Addison Parker as well. I hope this will not result in conflicting orders.
[seriously this double-captain thing is a little confusing, what kind of unit hierarchy is this? because he really has no idea how else to go reporting to two leaders via text, parker's getting the same note with names reversed.]
[Hello Itachi, sorry for your welcome. It probably beats getting attacked by vomiting aliens in midair, anyway. Maybe. (Maybe not.) As for orders, the answer he gets is terse and to the point. They don't have a lot to go on, but there's one thing they're set on—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
Harpy's gonna be tracking this thing down. There's not a lot of us, and there's a lot of ground to cover, but don't go looking alone. Let us know if you need us to find someone to watch your back.
[At the risk of being redundant, since he's contacting the both of them. Parker should be distributing what information they already have. It's not a lot, but it's something.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
If you find this thing find us before engaging. If you can't get hold of Parker, find me. Same thing goes both ways.
[Of course, that said—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
Be ready to fight back if you have to. We're not letting this happen again.
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
Harpy's gonna be tracking this thing down. There's not a lot of us, and there's a lot of ground to cover, but don't go looking alone. Let us know if you need us to find someone to watch your back.
[At the risk of being redundant, since he's contacting the both of them. Parker should be distributing what information they already have. It's not a lot, but it's something.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
If you find this thing find us before engaging. If you can't get hold of Parker, find me. Same thing goes both ways.
[Of course, that said—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
Be ready to fight back if you have to. We're not letting this happen again.
oh my god I was so redundant, I'm really never morning tagging again
counterattacked
- 2014-12-18 02:48 (UTC) - ExpandFROM: lanfan@cdc.org
I have been told I am temporarily under your unit. Is there anything I am required for?
I have been told I am temporarily under your unit. Is there anything I am required for?
[WELCOME TO THE CDC LAN FAN enjoy the murder mystery show I guess. Also enjoy being assigned the unit with the least personable leaders in all of Orange, I'm so sorry for your luck. They can't expect the newbies to have the same outraged taste for vengeance that at least part of the rest of the crew does over this, but if she's getting in contact, she's willing to help. So.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
We're tracking this thing down, and we're taking it out.
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
See what you can dig up. Don't be stupid, and don't go alone. If you find it, don't engage without contacting me and Parker first.
[That said...]
Fight back if you have to. Watch your backs.
[Parker should be distributing what information they already have. It's not a lot, but it's something.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
We're tracking this thing down, and we're taking it out.
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
See what you can dig up. Don't be stupid, and don't go alone. If you find it, don't engage without contacting me and Parker first.
[That said...]
Fight back if you have to. Watch your backs.
[Parker should be distributing what information they already have. It's not a lot, but it's something.]
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