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[Eren's always tended to be a polarizing person. He pushes people for reactions basically as naturally as he breathes, because that's how change happens. And either things change or they don't, but either way things always push back. Warriorhead opts to react by abstaining from reacting entirely, and it's kind of the conversational equivalent of walking into a glass door without knowing it was there.
It's the kind of weird kick in the head that makes him...stop. Back up a few steps instead of continue barreling forward.
(I decline to join in on your emotional outburst. I decline to defend the CDC.)
It is not easy for him to operate on implications instead of absolutes. He spends a few minutes grinding his teeth and pulling his hands in and out of fists. But this is important. He backs up.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
do you even know
why they want this place gone
It's the kind of weird kick in the head that makes him...stop. Back up a few steps instead of continue barreling forward.
(I decline to join in on your emotional outburst. I decline to defend the CDC.)
It is not easy for him to operate on implications instead of absolutes. He spends a few minutes grinding his teeth and pulling his hands in and out of fists. But this is important. He backs up.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
do you even know
why they want this place gone
FROM: warriorhead@cdc.org
Because there is something in it for the CDC. Because whatever their reward is outweighs any alternatives.
Asking for specifics would not change what we are here to do, and it will not change that we are going to do it.
Because there is something in it for the CDC. Because whatever their reward is outweighs any alternatives.
Asking for specifics would not change what we are here to do, and it will not change that we are going to do it.
Yes. We will be.
It's unfortunate, but the price we pay for protecting our world is the destruction of countless others, for one reason or another.
It's unfortunate, but the price we pay for protecting our world is the destruction of countless others, for one reason or another.
[I still cannot believe this tag
"By" as in "near," Mikasa, please keep up.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
there were people there
[They weren't human, but they were using weapons. He can't forget what D'Artagnan had told him before the drop. What a "type A" planet means.]
"By" as in "near," Mikasa, please keep up.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
there were people there
[They weren't human, but they were using weapons. He can't forget what D'Artagnan had told him before the drop. What a "type A" planet means.]
[ Oh Eren. At least you're pretty.
Repeating the words is probably the worst thing he could've done. She twitches violently—and snaps. With a frustrated shriek, she picks up whatever throwable object is closest to her—a shoe, a cup, a book, she's not super picky—and chucks it at him. Even in a blind rage, her aim is pretty good—she goes for his center of mass as opposed to his head, for what it's worth. ]
What do you think it was?! [ She's throwing more things at him—whatever is in her reach. ] Ugh! I just told you, idiot!
Repeating the words is probably the worst thing he could've done. She twitches violently—and snaps. With a frustrated shriek, she picks up whatever throwable object is closest to her—a shoe, a cup, a book, she's not super picky—and chucks it at him. Even in a blind rage, her aim is pretty good—she goes for his center of mass as opposed to his head, for what it's worth. ]
What do you think it was?! [ She's throwing more things at him—whatever is in her reach. ] Ugh! I just told you, idiot!
[They're saving that for the next planet I'm sure.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
I was crossing the water with Korra. they started throwing spears at us.
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
I was crossing the water with Korra. they started throwing spears at us.
[You didn't tell him anything? He has the good sense to startle alert when she shrieks, though he's too dumbfounded to dodge the first projectile, and it lands solidly against his collar and bounces off.
Look, he's not stupid, he knows what it was. He doesn't understand what the fuck she's doing. Luckily she won't have to worry about him reading too far into it. But his thought process at the moment is mostly a resounding "???!?"]
Wh—hey!
[That hurts? Stop???? He backsteps to better intercept projectile number 2 before it whacks him, though she doesn't seem inclined to stop there. Is she losing it?]
Ino, what the fuck?
Look, he's not stupid, he knows what it was. He doesn't understand what the fuck she's doing. Luckily she won't have to worry about him reading too far into it. But his thought process at the moment is mostly a resounding "???!?"]
Wh—hey!
[That hurts? Stop???? He backsteps to better intercept projectile number 2 before it whacks him, though she doesn't seem inclined to stop there. Is she losing it?]
Ino, what the fuck?
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
let's try this again
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
1 is good
10 is multiple cases of dismemberment and physical disfigurement
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
(besides how messed up your face is already)
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
how alive are you
[ please note that being dead is not an option, eren ]
let's try this again
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
1 is good
10 is multiple cases of dismemberment and physical disfigurement
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
(besides how messed up your face is already)
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
how alive are you
[ please note that being dead is not an option, eren ]
[Dies out of spite.
No, shut up he's fine, you're not his real mom.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
there's nothing wrong with my face, asshole
[(good to hear from you, too.)]
No, shut up he's fine, you're not his real mom.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
there's nothing wrong with my face, asshole
[(good to hear from you, too.)]
[ that's because his real mom is dead, oohhhhh ]
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
that's not a number, dumbass
[ (but a response at all would've sufficed.) ]
FROM: kirstein.jean@cdc.org
that's not a number, dumbass
[ (but a response at all would've sufficed.) ]
[Insert Eren texting her that he's a reasonable distance from the rendezvous here. He'll be there before the day is out, but it's still been a bit of a walk. Then—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
We're alright, ma'am. No casualties.
[Not on their side, anyway. Not that he knows of.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
We're alright, ma'am. No casualties.
[Not on their side, anyway. Not that he knows of.]
[No one asked you, Jean.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
your last scale was fucking stupid
[You ranked getting stepped on by a titan as lower than Eren regrowing his legs, he doesn't trust your numbers.
But.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
you seen anyone else
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
your last scale was fucking stupid
[You ranked getting stepped on by a titan as lower than Eren regrowing his legs, he doesn't trust your numbers.
But.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
you seen anyone else
[That's not good enough. It springs to the tip of his tongue. But his tongue is not his fingers.
He clenches them together for a while before attempting to type. Curbs himself to some degree, but. Because leaving well enough alone is still a work in progress...]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
do you even care
[Why these people are being sacrificed. (For their own sakes? To save their own skins, so they can fight another day? No doubt he'll have a dozen voices willing to tell him that it's necessary. It's already leaving a sour taste in his mouth. Something he's having a hard time swallowing. If it is necessary, they need to be more than worth it.)]
He clenches them together for a while before attempting to type. Curbs himself to some degree, but. Because leaving well enough alone is still a work in progress...]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
do you even care
[Why these people are being sacrificed. (For their own sakes? To save their own skins, so they can fight another day? No doubt he'll have a dozen voices willing to tell him that it's necessary. It's already leaving a sour taste in his mouth. Something he's having a hard time swallowing. If it is necessary, they need to be more than worth it.)]
FROM: hange.zoe@cdc.org
Good to hear. I don't believe we suffered any casualties here either.
[Not to her knowledge anyway, which is a nice change of pace given the last several weeks aboard the Neheda.]
FROM: hange.zoe@cdc.org
Anyway, can you stop over at Medical at your next convenience so I can give you a proper check up? I'd like a full report on your endeavors as well.
Good to hear. I don't believe we suffered any casualties here either.
[Not to her knowledge anyway, which is a nice change of pace given the last several weeks aboard the Neheda.]
FROM: hange.zoe@cdc.org
Anyway, can you stop over at Medical at your next convenience so I can give you a proper check up? I'd like a full report on your endeavors as well.
FROM: parker@cdc.org
TO: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
you alive? did you make it to camp yet?
TO: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
you alive? did you make it to camp yet?
["The ones here—"]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
you saw them?
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
you saw them?
[Your concern (????) is touching, Parker. Eren's still sort of shit at remembering to text people, his focus tends to narrow too much. But when the message pings in, he answers it in good time.
And that he answers at all ought to cover the first question, so—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
we're a couple kilometers out [Ought to be there shortly, in other words.]
where'd you end up
[Which is probably "you okay?"]
And that he answers at all ought to cover the first question, so—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
we're a couple kilometers out [Ought to be there shortly, in other words.]
where'd you end up
[Which is probably "you okay?"]
[It's good to hear. Funny how they can take fewer casualties in a drop onto a strange hostile environment than when they're confined on the ship. (...But then, it's still early.)]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
I'll be in touch, ma'am.
[Walking and texting would just make both happen slower, anyway. And true to his word, he checks in once he's made it, making sure she's still hanging around the med tent before he ducks in. Considering his endeavors include getting himself hella poisoned, it's probably a good idea.
He only stops to divest himself of his gear and his duffel before meeting her. So he's in need of a shower and a meal and a chance to sit down. But unhurt, running off of determination from the moment they were thrown off the shuttles. Hanging in the entrance, he cranes his neck for a look at what she's doing.]
Commander?
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
I'll be in touch, ma'am.
[Walking and texting would just make both happen slower, anyway. And true to his word, he checks in once he's made it, making sure she's still hanging around the med tent before he ducks in. Considering his endeavors include getting himself hella poisoned, it's probably a good idea.
He only stops to divest himself of his gear and his duffel before meeting her. So he's in need of a shower and a meal and a chance to sit down. But unhurt, running off of determination from the moment they were thrown off the shuttles. Hanging in the entrance, he cranes his neck for a look at what she's doing.]
Commander?
[There's a whole lot he wants to say about that. But talking and typing, all he really manages is—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
that's fucked up
[...Sir.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
that's fucked up
[...Sir.]
[Like the Shai. Only.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
what happened
[She's alright enough to be texting him. Eren actually has a lot of faith in Mikasa's abilities. He knows she's capable. But the CDC is an unknown on so many fronts.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
what happened
[She's alright enough to be texting him. Eren actually has a lot of faith in Mikasa's abilities. He knows she's capable. But the CDC is an unknown on so many fronts.]
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