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Who: eren jaeger + you! (also some closed prompts)
When: august
Where: clothing stores mostly but u can tell me where
What: eren needs new clothes for new armwings, and a good eye for cloaks or ponchos (that’s you 👀). closed quest prompts and others— if you’re interested in a quest or something else i’ll be glad to start it off!! just hmu to plan out what (liberos or owlie#3609)!
Warnings: n/a will add as needed


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[ eren can be found outside of clothing stores, stalls, any of them, all of them, dispatching employees to choose pieces at his own discretion— because he has no clothes.

mostly no clothes! he only dawns with him pants and his new tailored shoes (but only because it rains). any fabric from the waist up is nonexistent, leaving a chizzled back, abdomen and chest spread with black and scarlet scales to freedom. regular shirts have become an imprisonment to the titian membranes that anchor along his ribcage, webbing across the elongations of his elbow and forearm and forming limbs that aren’t dissimilar to a bat’s. it doesn’t restrict much movement, just takes up more space, and requires some getting used to beyond growing pains and stretch sensations where there shouldn’t be.

he’s gotten some suggestions from a young, enthusiastic fashionista that’s attempting to fit some of her homemade pieces onto him every so often. she’s like, thirteen, though. and seems way too excited that someone has (quietly) agreed to model her wild ideas. she’s aware they’re crazy! but that’s the beauty of it! she proclaims. it made her day. she almost cried.

hence eren’s (quiet) compliance. it’s a goddamn kid living her dream and he doesn’t want to be the one to shatter that in her.

you’ll see eren removing the garments and setting them brusquely on top of a mannequin, before coming to you with saturated scales— a telling sign that he’s feeling a pique in his emotions. laces intricately weave onto his horns and how his growing hair is braided into a loose bun . . . it is and isn’t a look for him all at the same time. ]

I just need a cloak.

[ free him. ]

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[ (grunts) ]

They look like my old clothes? [ at least . . . well. eren then gives a quiet huff. ] It’s nothing special.

[ which he believes might be a mild disappointment. ]

[fiddlestick]

[Well, the feeling he gets from Elliot isn't quite disappointment, but more a feeling of this was something he was expecting...but kinda hoping wouldn't be the case.

Right. Okay.]

Do you like your old clothes or are you choosing them because it feels safe?

[From that explanation of "nothing special", he's getting the sense of the latter.]

Listen, Eren ... someone told me once that clothes are a form of self-expression. It's a way of telling the world who you are without saying anything. So someone that's free would wear stuff they want to wear, that expresses who they really are.

[Like how there's no mistaking that Elliot's a musician based on anything he wears. He gestures at the cloaks he picked]

Do those cloaks feel like they express who you are?

[He's trying not to sound judgmental, because maybe Eren really does like those outfits. He's fine with them if they do. But he does want Eren to think it over more]

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[ bro chill they’re just clothes this got deep

which comes through in the way eren looks at him: wide eyed and plenty confused, before they relax and look downward at the cloaks. he’s never heard about something like that. a form of expression? things that he wants to wear? ]

. . . Yeah? [ he doesn’t even know what this MEANS ] They’re clothes. You wear them to cover up and [ or, ] keep warm.

[ home didn’t have so many choices— they were tailored for you, either by your mother or someone with good sewing hands. no shops, usually. they’d only offer the fabric. but since you’re talking about expression!! ]

If you really want my opinion, I’ll go without one.

[ it’s easier. it’s comfortable!! it’s useful!! ]

[fiddlestick]

[He sighs. This is feeling like walking a cat on a leash, and he's fumbling as to how to get the cat to stop lying on the ground. Maybe if Crow was here, he'd know what to do. He was so much better at getting people to-

Nope. Don't think about that right now. There's a pang of grief and missing someone before he does his best to shove that away. Deep breath, okay. Don't be a mess. ]

You're too sensitive to cold and rain to go without a top, Eren. It's easier for Mikleo and I to enchant clothes than your skin.

[So your shirtless wonder dream is vetoed. ]

...But alright, um... [If he really doesn't care that much, then...] Let's just have you try on these two and see how they look. [He looks around before he points out a fitting room] You can change and look in mirrors there.

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I saw tattoos— [ enchanted tattoos, veto has been vetoed. he’s still going to think about getting some for him, it’s actually . . . a lot better than enchanting clothes, if you think about it.

he’ll take them, naturally, and slip them on. he doesn’t use the mirror much once it’s on, only moving his arms up and down, fast then slow, wider and shorter to test his movement. doesn’t get too in the way, but he does try and make some fast jolts to his waist, where he keeps his curved fighting blade.

might need a shorter cloak. he doesn’t seem 100% satisfied. ]

. . . Did I remind you about something?

[ that grief was :’( grief ]

[fiddlestick]

[Tattoos. This guy couldn't even figure out his favorite color, and he was thinking of getting tattoos. It was almost funny in a way, how different this guy approached the world.]

...As hot as I'd find you with tattoos, I'm pretty sure those are even more about self-expression than clothes are. What would you get?

[He's willing to bet a tattoo artist would throw him out if he just asked for whatever.

As Eren tries it on, Elliot will reach his hands around and adjusts bits of fabric, glancing in the mirror to see how it looks. Eren's lack of satisfaction is noted, and he's about to make a remark about maybe finding a different cut- but stop when Eren asks him.

Right. The Bond. Makes it harder to hide such emotions. He's quiet for a moment, almost tempted to say he rather not talk about it...but there's only so many times he can say that one. Bonds don't react well to people holding one another at arms length.]

...Not you, exactly. [It's not your fault.] I was just thinking how a friend of mine would've been much better at explaining and finding outfits for you. He loved doing stuff like this.

[It's not unusual for Elliot to miss his friends, but there was something different about Elliot's words on this one. The past tense, the faraway sadness in his eyes that don't quite meet Eren's. He busies his hands with adjusting bits and pieces of the cloak]

He died last year. Still hurts to think about sometimes.

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[ eren has to think about tattoo talk, but by the time he’s ready to answer, he’s. oh, shit man :(

loss. loss, loss, and loss some more. past tense already makes him realized, though coupled with his sadness, there’s almost no need to say it.

sympathy. there’re way too many friends he’s lost down the way and if he were to think of all of them . . . well, he thinks of all of them. he thinks of them never happening again. he only needs to keep moving forward.

eren removes the cloak after a moment, going for shorter model— actually, it’s a woman’s shawl, deep blue, draping over his shoulders and only covering his pectorals.

short, easy to move. he gusta. ]

It’ll always hurt. [ especially when you hold yourself responsible. ] You just tolerate it.

[ though he doesn’t want to linger on it for too long. especially if it was too fresh for elliot. ]

. . . I’m sorry, though.

[fiddlestick]

[He picks up on that sympathy from Eren...no, empathy. Eren must've experienced similar sort of losses. It's not entirely surprising, the tiny pieces Eren has shared of his past life sounded harsh and painful. He could only imagine what sort of loss Eren's experienced.]

Thanks. [He takes a calming breath] And you're right. Rean and Towa were much closer to him, so it wouldn't feel right moping around. He'd hate that anyway.

["Forward, relentlessly", as he had said. He had spent his final moments trying to comfort the rest of them. Elliot wasn't going to deny his own sadness, he'd never been good at bottling up his emotions. But he had to keep going, to make sure something from Crow's dreams survived.

And that's all he seems willing to share about that today. He goes back to focusing on the clothes. When Eren puts on that shorter shawl, his eyes light up as he looks it over.]

...Oh wow. That looks... [The cut that covers his chest yet teases his abs, the color that brings out the beautiful color in Eren's eyes, how closely the fabric hugs his skin. There's only one way to describe it] ...seriously hot.

[ELLIOT GUSTA]

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[ eren offers only a softened look that stares into elliot for quite a few moments. no, he doesn’t agree if it’s fair to mope or not— everyone has the right to feel and grieve. not one soul should feel more or less entitled when feelings are feelings. he knows, though. his bond would rather it sizzle out for today, but eren makes it clear by feeling that he is at least not agreeing with one thing. one small, small thing that’s wrapped into accepting of the last. if his friend would not want him to mope, but to move, then do it.

now, we get to the fun part. ]

It’s warm enough around the shoulders— the tattoos, too. They’ll make me hot.

[ and if elliot can deduce for a single moment what he doesn’t know what hot means in any other sense,

]

[fiddlestick]

[Elliot feels the small bit of disagreement from his Bond, but from the context of the other feelings, it's not necessarily a bad disagreement. He can get he's hypocritical in his own ways, especially the standards he holds himself. Maybe they can talk about that another day. But if Eren seems alright with moving on, then Elliot is as well. He does give him one unspoken look of endearment, of gratitude. He's thankful for having Eren as a Bond, truly.

Of course, that moment is totally interrupted by Eren's failure to pick up what he means. Elliot can't help it, it's so cute that he breaks out into light laughter]

Hahaha, well- that too! [Keeping Eren warm was important. The previous sadness was gone for a smile on his face] But I meant you look attractive in that. It's slang.

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[ what is this sorcery!! a quiet oh from his lips, and while he’s thankful for the compliment! there’s still a new discovery to be had. ]

. . . Sounds like something messy. [ slang. like the mess food makes, or jacking off. don’t— don’t ask him how he associates these. ] So if I’m cool, I’m not attractive?

[fiddlestick]

Haha, yeah. Slang's messy. [He is a musician, not a linguist. Don't ask him the logic behind it] And no! A cool person can still be attractive! It's... [how to explain] If you think something or someone's "cool", that means you really like them - but you aren't necessarily attracted to them.

If you say someone's hot though, it just means you think they're sexy. Though finding someone hot doesn't mean they can't be cool. Like I think Mikleo's cool, but I'd also say he's hot.

[A sheepish laugh]

S-Sorry, I'm sure that doesn't make much sense. I'm not entirely sure how to explain it- they're just expressions.