[There's a whole lot of people counting on Eren not to get himself Optimus Prime'd. And it's a testament to how seriously he takes that responsibility that he hasn't made more waves, gotten himself chucked out the nearest airlock or at the nearest mountain. A crash course in playing the long game.
But it's killing him, running cracks through his restraint and his principles and his foundations and probably what passes for his damn sanity. (Such as it was at the start.)
It's not the answer he wants to hear, not the one he's going to accept. He doesn't have any better ideas, because they are just that powerless in the face of it, their enemy is just that far away, just that out of reach. And the places he usually turns for better ideas are either gone (Armin. Levi.) or they've been telling him the same damn thing Vriska is. For months.
(How long are they supposed to wait?)
The growing silence between texts is tense. Maybe a little worrisome. It's been a long day, and the resounding nothing they can do about this has hit him hard.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org I won't forget it
[Whatever this is really for, it's meant to make an impression. A threat or a warning, a display of power. He won't forget it. No matter how long they have to wait and sit and take it. It's an injustice he'll pay back a thousandfold as soon as he has half a chance. For every one of their comrades who'd been wronged, (kidnapped, tortured, killed,) on the whims of their employers.]
I'm sorry I'm the worst at text spam
But it's killing him, running cracks through his restraint and his principles and his foundations and probably what passes for his damn sanity. (Such as it was at the start.)
It's not the answer he wants to hear, not the one he's going to accept. He doesn't have any better ideas, because they are just that powerless in the face of it, their enemy is just that far away, just that out of reach. And the places he usually turns for better ideas are either gone (Armin. Levi.) or they've been telling him the same damn thing Vriska is. For months.
(How long are they supposed to wait?)
The growing silence between texts is tense. Maybe a little worrisome. It's been a long day, and the resounding nothing they can do about this has hit him hard.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
I won't forget it
[Whatever this is really for, it's meant to make an impression. A threat or a warning, a display of power. He won't forget it. No matter how long they have to wait and sit and take it. It's an injustice he'll pay back a thousandfold as soon as he has half a chance. For every one of their comrades who'd been wronged, (kidnapped, tortured, killed,) on the whims of their employers.]