[Was the selection truly intentional?? The world may never know. Obi-Wan certainly isn't telling.]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org Yes, those would be it. A sort of decoy bomb, it would seem. They're useful enough, but I have a few too many.
An excess of any possession leads to waste in some capacity, which I'd like to avoid. If you could take them off my hands I would appreciate it a great deal, actually.
To be frank, Eren's bombs have been collecting dust in his rover. Despite having a destructive sort of personality, he usually manages through less technical means.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org you should keep them. they don't always drop supplies for us when they're supposed to
[And having an excess of much of anything is a new thing for him. And last month's drought had been hard on the Shingekis and their gas supplies... They can't count of the CDC to keep them stocked in anything. It might be a better idea not to give your shit away, old man.
That said, he sort of owes him one for the disco. So if he insists—]
But aah Eren, make this difficult why don't you...! What's a guy got to do to get rid of bombs, why is everything so hard--maybe he figured you wouldn't mind them so much anyway, since you were so generous as to hand him That One Bomb at That One Time, but apparently this might have been a bit presumptuous after all.
Still--]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org Well, it's true they've gotten a good deal more sporadic recently! But my needs are also generally exceedingly minimal.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org We didn't indulge in excess on principal back home; things we used were usually meant to be given back later. I'll admit I'm not accustomed to being consistently given things I can't return!
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org They ought to go to better hands. If not for yourself, then perhaps for someone else you might know in the future? You might have more candidates than I, at any rate.
[LOOK JEDI DON'T NEED ALL THIS STUFF....and besides he might not need any of it at all for entirely different reasons quite soon enough, which would be a waste for sure. But that's a topic requiring rather more delicate breaching that--frankly--Obi-Wan doesn't think he really plans to engage in. If he can just leave a sort of token, at least, and keep it vague...probably for the better.]
[Look he really did a pretty shit job of handing you That One Bomb, lets be real.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org they give us a lot of weird stuff here
[From compasses to nail polish to body bags. (And that's not even counting the slumber party...WH please...) He doesn't get it either. But the difference is that he's not looking to rid himself of it on principle. Humanity gets by on little in general, the Corps even more so. They're more used to low resources than a lot of the recruits here. That doesn't mean they'll take what they have for granted. Just the opposite. So, fine, if Obi-Wan's going to get rid of them anyway—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org I can ask around if you want
[Ah, there we go--bless you for coming around eventually, Eren.]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org I could ask for no less! Thank you, for indulging me like this.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org Would you mind if I brought them to you now? If you're busy at the moment I understand, of course, but I don't want to risk forgetting later if I can help it...
[Unlikely. Obi-Wan rarely forgets things, especially in relation to other people--one can't really afford to, in his line of work. But well, the possibility is always there, so it's not an outright lie either...]
[Shounen stubbornness is better used for other purposes, lbr. And something had to give or this thread wasn't going to go anywhere. It's a dumb thing to argue over, anyway. He's trying to be generous, and that's not a thing that happens a lot.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org you don't need to thank me
[Thanking him for letting you give him shit??? Okay, Obi-Wan. All this space zen bullshit is still pretty alien to him. But he after all that damn digging, he's not in a hurry to head back to the hole right away.]
[Hey man, a bit of shounen stubbornness is totally understandable sometimes! He's been there and seen that. But conservation is always nice, it's true, and Obi-Wan is quite content enough with this sort of verdict.]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org Well, no, perhaps I don't! But it feels right to, all the same.
[Not just or this, maybe--though it's very nice too--but also for not really wanting to blow him up. For bearing with him at all, in all this.
Might not get a chance to later, after all.]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org And oh, I think so! Walked past it a couple of times, I believe...unless it has been driven to other places recently? Otherwise, I'll be quick to drop by.
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[The subtleties in Obi-Wan's motive are lost on him so far. Lets see if he catches on better in person. (It's doubtful, but not...y'know, impossible.)]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org Same place. I'll meet you.
[Rover 006 is parked nearish to the medtent, by no coincidence. Armin's been in stasis for weeks, and Eren and Mikasa are frequent visitors. He's wrapped in his green Survey Corps cloak and perched on one of the rover's enormous wheels while he waits for Obi-Wan to drop by.]
[We'll have faith in Eren yet!! Maybe being in person will help things, who knows...
One way or another, though, Obi-Wan doesn't take long to arrive. The medtent is pretty easy to find itself, and so by extension Eren's rover would have hardly been particularly difficult to locate even without Obi-Wan having walked past it a couple of times in the past already. Same as Eren, he's wrapped in his own cloak, although the Jedi standard brown is admittedly a bit less outstanding than green. His hood is pulled up over his head against the Ajna chill, and there's a box tucked under an arm, but perhaps Obi-Wan would be easy enough to recognize as soon as he speaks up, spotting Eren perched on the rover wheel ahead. That perpetually serene not-British accent probably being difficult to mistake and all...]
Ah, greetings Eren! I didn't keep you waiting too long, I hope? It's pretty chilly today... [Is that a joke or is it not, the real mysteries of life.]
He's sitting crosslegged and wrapped in his cloak, frowning out at the medtent as if there's something on his mind. (There is. Armin's been laid up for weeks, unconscious. Add in the weird warnings Jean was giving about Blue Team in general (and what was that about) and he's feeling his best friend's absence pretty keenly.) When Obi-Wan calls out to him he lifts his head, drops his gaze.]
Hang on—
[And with the relative ease of someone who's had a lot of practice dangling from high places, he hops down off the wheel, catching himself on the huge treads and maneuvering back down to ground level in a few quick seconds.]
In person, Eren's preoccupation is evident enough on multiple levels--visible in physical demeanor anyway, but a thread of unhappiness winds into the Force from his direction as well, weighed by worries that have already tread worn paths into the mind. Obi-Wan could hardly try to guess why, however--between the medical tent and the events of the week, he could easily see the source stemming from multiple instances.
He hopes Eren hasn't lost anyone from Blue yet, at least. Some of their number have worked very quickly to complete their mission already--and that would potentially make this meeting quite a bit more difficult. ...But well, one step at a time. If Obi-Wan himself is preoccupied, he doesn't show it; instead he draws to a halt a respectably conversational distance away from the rover wheel, watching as Eren rises and then jumps off--with a practiced ease that's easy to spot. He smiles wryly, adjusts the box under his arm.]
Ah, I never thought about that! Using the rover wheels as a vantage...not a bad idea, really. I bet that's hardly the most difficult thing you've ever climbed, though, is it?
[He looks back over at the rover wheel when Obi-Wan brings it up.]
That? No way.
[Offhand, as if it's the most obvious thing in the world.]
We can't rely on our gear all the time.
[Trainees have to learn to maneuver at heights without the gear as well as with it. The instructors will intentionally—and without warning—cut their anchors and their safety lines to force them to react. Those who can't cut it die. That's how it is.]
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YEAH let's go with that......
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
Yes, those would be it. A sort of decoy bomb, it would seem. They're useful enough, but I have a few too many.
An excess of any possession leads to waste in some capacity, which I'd like to avoid. If you could take them off my hands I would appreciate it a great deal, actually.
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To be frank, Eren's bombs have been collecting dust in his rover. Despite having a destructive sort of personality, he usually manages through less technical means.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
you should keep them. they don't always drop supplies for us when they're supposed to
[And having an excess of much of anything is a new thing for him. And last month's drought had been hard on the Shingekis and their gas supplies... They can't count of the CDC to keep them stocked in anything. It might be a better idea not to give your shit away, old man.
That said, he sort of owes him one for the disco. So if he insists—]
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But aah Eren, make this difficult why don't you...! What's a guy got to do to get rid of bombs, why is everything so hard--maybe he figured you wouldn't mind them so much anyway, since you were so generous as to hand him That One Bomb at That One Time, but apparently this might have been a bit presumptuous after all.
Still--]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
Well, it's true they've gotten a good deal more sporadic recently! But my needs are also generally exceedingly minimal.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
We didn't indulge in excess on principal back home; things we used were usually meant to be given back later. I'll admit I'm not accustomed to being consistently given things I can't return!
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
They ought to go to better hands. If not for yourself, then perhaps for someone else you might know in the future? You might have more candidates than I, at any rate.
[LOOK JEDI DON'T NEED ALL THIS STUFF....and besides he might not need any of it at all for entirely different reasons quite soon enough, which would be a waste for sure. But that's a topic requiring rather more delicate breaching that--frankly--Obi-Wan doesn't think he really plans to engage in. If he can just leave a sort of token, at least, and keep it vague...probably for the better.]
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FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
they give us a lot of weird stuff here
[From compasses to nail polish to body bags. (And that's not even counting the slumber party...WH please...) He doesn't get it either. But the difference is that he's not looking to rid himself of it on principle. Humanity gets by on little in general, the Corps even more so. They're more used to low resources than a lot of the recruits here. That doesn't mean they'll take what they have for granted. Just the opposite. So, fine, if Obi-Wan's going to get rid of them anyway—]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
I can ask around if you want
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FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
I could ask for no less! Thank you, for indulging me like this.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
Would you mind if I brought them to you now? If you're busy at the moment I understand, of course, but I don't want to risk forgetting later if I can help it...
[Unlikely. Obi-Wan rarely forgets things, especially in relation to other people--one can't really afford to, in his line of work. But well, the possibility is always there, so it's not an outright lie either...]
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FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
you don't need to thank me
[Thanking him for letting you give him shit??? Okay, Obi-Wan. All this space zen bullshit is still pretty alien to him. But he after all that damn digging, he's not in a hurry to head back to the hole right away.]
FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
you know where rover 006 is?
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FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
Well, no, perhaps I don't! But it feels right to, all the same.
[Not just or this, maybe--though it's very nice too--but also for not really wanting to blow him up. For bearing with him at all, in all this.
Might not get a chance to later, after all.]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
And oh, I think so! Walked past it a couple of times, I believe...unless it has been driven to other places recently? Otherwise, I'll be quick to drop by.
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FROM: jaeger.eren@cdc.org
Same place. I'll meet you.
[Rover 006 is parked nearish to the medtent, by no coincidence. Armin's been in stasis for weeks, and Eren and Mikasa are frequent visitors. He's wrapped in his green Survey Corps cloak and perched on one of the rover's enormous wheels while he waits for Obi-Wan to drop by.]
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One way or another, though, Obi-Wan doesn't take long to arrive. The medtent is pretty easy to find itself, and so by extension Eren's rover would have hardly been particularly difficult to locate even without Obi-Wan having walked past it a couple of times in the past already. Same as Eren, he's wrapped in his own cloak, although the Jedi standard brown is admittedly a bit less outstanding than green. His hood is pulled up over his head against the Ajna chill, and there's a box tucked under an arm, but perhaps Obi-Wan would be easy enough to recognize as soon as he speaks up, spotting Eren perched on the rover wheel ahead. That perpetually serene not-British accent probably being difficult to mistake and all...]
Ah, greetings Eren! I didn't keep you waiting too long, I hope? It's pretty chilly today... [Is that a joke or is it not, the real mysteries of life.]
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He's sitting crosslegged and wrapped in his cloak, frowning out at the medtent as if there's something on his mind. (There is. Armin's been laid up for weeks, unconscious. Add in the weird warnings Jean was giving about Blue Team in general (and what was that about) and he's feeling his best friend's absence pretty keenly.) When Obi-Wan calls out to him he lifts his head, drops his gaze.]
Hang on—
[And with the relative ease of someone who's had a lot of practice dangling from high places, he hops down off the wheel, catching himself on the huge treads and maneuvering back down to ground level in a few quick seconds.]
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In person, Eren's preoccupation is evident enough on multiple levels--visible in physical demeanor anyway, but a thread of unhappiness winds into the Force from his direction as well, weighed by worries that have already tread worn paths into the mind. Obi-Wan could hardly try to guess why, however--between the medical tent and the events of the week, he could easily see the source stemming from multiple instances.
He hopes Eren hasn't lost anyone from Blue yet, at least. Some of their number have worked very quickly to complete their mission already--and that would potentially make this meeting quite a bit more difficult. ...But well, one step at a time. If Obi-Wan himself is preoccupied, he doesn't show it; instead he draws to a halt a respectably conversational distance away from the rover wheel, watching as Eren rises and then jumps off--with a practiced ease that's easy to spot. He smiles wryly, adjusts the box under his arm.]
Ah, I never thought about that! Using the rover wheels as a vantage...not a bad idea, really. I bet that's hardly the most difficult thing you've ever climbed, though, is it?
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That? No way.
[Offhand, as if it's the most obvious thing in the world.]
We can't rely on our gear all the time.
[Trainees have to learn to maneuver at heights without the gear as well as with it. The instructors will intentionally—and without warning—cut their anchors and their safety lines to force them to react. Those who can't cut it die. That's how it is.]