(closed)

[usurpers]

Who: eren + people
When: february
Where: aefenglom, dorchacht, respective wildes
What: a catch-all for closed starters! hmu on discord @owlie#3609, liberos or eren’s plotting comment if you’re interest in doing something!
Warnings: n/a, will updated where needed.

“eren let me see what you have” “a knife” “no!!!!!!!!!!”

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[sealeted]

Well, I've never been one to shy away from hard work.

[The understatement of the century.]

It's just... a lot to handle, all at once. I'll be more focused when I settle in.

[usurpers]

Good to know.

[ —for her sake, at the very least, but he can say he does get along better with those kinds of people.

it occurs to eren that he's just standing there. clasping and unclasping his talons at his sides, staring down at the constant flutter of her moth wings and how his tongue— follows after each beat. ]

. . . Do you, [ maybe he should just leave, but it's an urge ] need to be somewhere?

[sealeted]

[She thinks about it for a moment, gathering the money for the shawl as she does.]

No, not particularly. I'm pretty sure this was the last errand on my list. Is there something you need help with?

[He's staring at her like he has something to say or ask, so she tries to look as open and genial as she can, smiling up at him faintly.]

[usurpers]

[ uh, no. actually. it’s dumb. it’s something he can’t quite control when it comes and his lizard brain kind of just. shuts down any sort of rationale to it. it’s fine. ]

I can walk with you to your next stop.

[ he was going to ask if she wanted to get a drink, like tea or juice but he backs out. maybe some other day when his heart doesn’t feel like an ak47. he protec, instead. ]

[sealeted]

Really? Wow, what a gentleman.

[No teasing, she seems genuinely impressed and a little flattered. Completely oblivious to the idea that she almost got picked up for a cute, casual date, but flattered none the less.]

Sure, if you don’t mind the detour. I was going to sit in the park nearby for a while.

[usurpers]

[ hold that thought for two months and maybe. detours don’t deter him in the slightest, at least, shaking his head and replying, lightly: ]

I did say next stop. [ so, no worries. he has to pay for this, and one of his ponchos that seem fixed by now. standing at full height, though, that’s where he just gets. huge, again. ] Hakuno, right?

[ just testing his memory—! ]

[sealeted]

[Don’t worry, buddy. Hakuno is intimately familiar with what it’s like to have an unreliable memory.]

That’s right. And you’re Eren?

[usurpers]

[ it looks like he was about to say yeah but it just ends up like a throaty grunt. grunt!!! and with that out of the way, it might be best for them to get going! eren prepares the fixed poncho under his arm in a packed bundle, and new soles already on his feet. even when they walk he looks a little imposing— the height is impressive and he’s easily one of the largest people on the street.

it keeps her safe, at least. ]

Nice to meet you.

[sealeted]

The pleasure is mine.

[She doesn't actually realize how reversed that simple sentence is, frankly, but she follows him without hesitation, here and now.She keeps her pace quick and light, to match his much longer legs.]