No, he'd only do that if he knew it was someone he could rely on, right?
[They both had the same, immediate thought, though Hange voiced part of theirs out loud. Not that Levi would necessarily want somebody to rely on, it would be more likely that he didn't want to get stuck with someone he had to take care of, to bear responsibility for if something happened to them. Right?]
Ugh! I thought I'd already had my fair share of people running off to who-knows-where for who-knows-how-long, while leaving nothing behind but the most non-informative explanations!
[Okay that might have been a little dig at you Eren, though Levi's case is nowhere near as bad because HOPEFULLY he isn't igniting an actual war somewhere.]
I don't care, it'll piss him off if it's not done. Don't do it. I'm ordering you not to.
[ Eren figures Levi will always feel responsible for whoever he's with, even if they're also super capable. But why risk someone with few skills, or even skills he has no idea about? So who could he possibly have gone with? Sure would be awkward if Eren knew the answer to this!
He barely resists the urge to roll his eyes at that dig. Yeah, okay, it's deserved. He sent letters though, gosh! The reasons he couldn't divulge everything should be pretty damn clear by now.
He's surprised at the last bit. Really, Hange can't order him to do anything, and Levi can't order him to clean the damn floors either. He just…goes along with all of it for normalcy or familiarity or whatever it is. ]
O-okay, fine.
[ And apparently still will. So three days' worth of no chores other than what is necessary? They're right. Levi won't like that at all. ]
[Hange wouldn't fight it too hard if Eren refused, he doesn't have to follow orders after all, but he seems to be going along with it so that's good. Later on, when Hange's gotten over this bad mood they probably would have let Eren know they weren't serious about it, and he can do as he pleases, but in all honestly they just kind of forget that they said it in such a way...? So no more clean floors for you Levi, oops!]
Urgh!
[Hange takes the phone back, shoving it back into their pocket rather harshly, after which they just sort of deflate, shoulders drooping as the anger in their expression morphs into exasperation.]
If I knew he was going to cause trouble either way, I would have just told him to come! I didn't want him to injure his leg any further, but now it may end up worse! At least if something happened then, we'd have been there!
[Probably should have told him that, Hange. Funny how communication works...]
[ Eren does ultimately assume Levi will come home and will be fine. Maybe he'll fuck up his leg a little more because he's stubborn like that, but ultimately? He'll be fine. He has to be. Out of everyone, Levi is the least likely to die. Even if death is impermanent, it still leaves a sting. It had still hurt to hear about Jean.
There are worse things than death, too, and don't they all know that. ]
You want some ice cream? I have some in the freezer.
[ Eren has no idea in the whole world how to care for other people, comfort them. Ice cream is amazing, and it's better when they're not in enemy territory, right? Actually the freezer is pretty amazing but he got used to that in Folkmore.
He turns toward the kitchen.
Since there's no more commotion or people yelling for the moment, Yamask decides to come creeping (floating?) into the kitchen as well, emerging from the hallway quietly. Sometimes it can be loud or startling, but usually it just does this kind of thing.
Well, I'm still not letting him off the hook. He finally responded, and still didn't tell me anything!
[It is true, that Levi is more likelier than anyone to come home in one piece. It has always been both his talent and his curse, being stronger than those around him, evading death's clutches when they could not.]
[And death may be somewhat trivial in this world, but that's not the point. He and Hange promised each other that they wouldn't die. That there would be hell to pay if they did. They even shook on it to seal the deal and everything! As far as Hange knows, he is still out there alone, so how would they know if something happens?]
...Ice cream? Oh, I could use some.
[Maybe Eren has the right idea. Worrying about it right now is not going to do any good, so why not ignore the brewing emotions in favour of tasty treats? Shortly after, Hange follows Eren into the kitchen, leaning against a counter as he does his thing.]
[Up until the point where that thing appears, happily floating through theair and towards the freezer.]
Uh....Eren?
[A short pause, Hange watching the weird floating creature just to ensure that yes, it really is there. The Yamask turns and begins to float in Hange's direction instead, causing them to leap away from the counter, stumbling backwards into the wall.]
[ Eren isn't either, but what can they do now? Just wait until he gets home. If he gets home.
He's gonna get home, it's fine.
For now they can distract themselves with ice cream. It's just plain chocolate, but who needs some weird complicated thing when chocolate ice cream exists anyway?
He's got bowls and the big spoon out (who heard of an ice cream scoop? Not Eren) and is pulling the carton out of the freezer when he hears Hange banging around. How he forgets that people have this reaction to Yamask is anyone's guess.
He shuts the freezer quickly and turns around and —
Oh, right. ]
It's okay. It's just Yamask. It's a Pokemon. Uh, some kind of weird animal thing. Though this one is a ghost so I guess it's not an animal…I got it in Folkmore but it came here with me.
[ Yamask, a shy type, pauses uncertainly but doesn't run away or hide. It's gotten more used to people, and Hange is here a lot so it's probably heard their voice. ]
It won't hurt you or anything. Just don't take that thing it's holding.
[ Apparently it doesn't like that! That's what Clavell said, anyway. Eren had reached for that mask once and Yamask had screeched and hidden in another room for days back in Folkmore. Lesson learned! Now he knows what that mask actually is, which…is creepy as hell but whatever. ]
It probably just wants food.
[ Crisis averted, back to dishing out ice cream. ]
[Yeah, Hange has absolutely no idea what either of those mean. But if it is something Eren received and has kept around for a while, it must not be too hostile, right?]
Is it a pet?
[Eren says not to touch the object it holds, but Hange cannot resist reaching out slowly to try and give the creature a soft little prod on the head if it will allow it.]
Hah, how come I haven't seen it before, I'm here all the time! Does it like icecream? [Maybe that's why it deigned to appear!]
It's a pet, I guess. It's a ghost type Pokemon. I don't really know what Pokemon are. Some kind of weird creature that exists in another world, I guess. I got it after surviving through some bullshit haunted house thing.
[ It was more involved than that, but Eren isn't exactly forthcoming about details for most things.
Yamask looks like it might duck away from Hange's reaching hand. It holds that mask tightly with its…tail thing…but relaxes when it's sure that its mask is not in danger here. Pets! Okay, sure, why not. If the cat can get pets then so can the Pokemon.
It probably feels cold, but it's not slimy or anything. What do ghosts feel like? GOOD QUESTION. ]
It's shy and you're loud.
[ WHOOPS maybe he learned that bluntness from too much time around Levi. ]
It likes berries. I dunno if you're supposed to give ice cream to Pokemon.
[ He turns to hand a bowl of ice cream to Hange, though. ]
[Pokemon, huh? That name is completely new to Hange, but it seems to be some type of animal? From another world? And for being a ghost, well that certainly opens up a whole new avenue of research doesn't it? Certainly something to look into later.]
Oh, you're saying I'm too loud? You've never complained about it before.
[Not even mad at his directness honestly, in fact it's welcome! Hange can be loud, they already know that, but more importantly they really want Eren to work on his "communicating feelings" thing and if that entails bitching that Hange is being annoying, then they'll take it.]
...It's cold.
[The creature was cool to the touch, but Hange retreats after a small poke in favour of taking the ice cream, best not to scare the little guy.]
Do you have berries here in the kitchen?
[The best way to befriend an animal is with food, right?]
[ He's not wrong! He's used to it, but shy type Pokemon are sensitive or something. Anyway, Eren himself used to also be loud, and he's well aware of it. Eren, Jean, Connie, Sasha, they were all loud as hell half the time. It's probably strange that he's not all that loud anymore. He can get there, but he's usually too wound up in his own bullshit. He doesn't tend to yell words as much now.
Yamask bravely puts up with being poked. ]
Yeah, it is kind of cold. It's a ghost, so…I guess it makes sense.
[ Why would something sort of dead be warm, after all? Okay that's weird to think about. Yamask isn't really dead, but it used to be a human maybe? Eren hasn't told anyone this bit of info. ]
There's some in the fridge.
[ He puts the ice cream away and fetches the little bowl of berries, offering that to Hange as well.
Yamask knows what's up and floats closer. It doesn't talk, but Pokemon are pretty smart, it seems. Or maybe just food motivated like other animals, whatever. ]
I half-expected my finger to go right through it instead of touching something solid. That's what happens with ghosts, right? At least in stories..
[Apparently ghosts are real things now and they float around kitchens and like to be kept as weird pets. This world really is full of surprises~]
[Once the berries come out, Hange takes a few and holds them out in their palm, waiting to see if the pokemon will take them. They figure it would be best to treat them as they would any other animal, which is to befriend them with food...]
I don't think it's like ghosts in stories. Pokemon are more like animals, I…guess.
[ Not that Yamask seems like an animal either, really. But whatever! ]
The captain thought it was a bug.
[ Which is also silly since it's half a meter tall. The whole thing is wild no matter how you look at it, but he's had that thing nearly a year so he's used to it. ]
It's gotten braver in general though. Hides less.
[ Yamask has little grabby arms, though no fingers. How it manages to take berries is a mystery to everyone. Just Pokemon things! It does tentatively take one, floating out of reach again to eat it. ]
A name? Uh…no…
[ He looks almost embarrassed about that. He should name it, probably, since it's a pet. Isn't Yamask good enough? ]
So it's called a ghost because it looks ghostly? And clearly it's not a bug, it doesn't even have legs...?[Insects have six legs Levi, come on!]
[Pokemon sure are weird! But Eren knows a lot more than Hange on the subject (that amount being zero) so they'll accept his words as-is.]
[The creature takes the berry in its little stumpy hands, tentatively examining it before it begins to munch on it quite happily.]
What do you mean it doesn't have a name? Of course you have to name it! You wouldn't like it if i started calling you 'Human' instead of 'Eren' would you?
You want a name, don't you? Or maybe you have one already?
[ He's reluctant to say that because it sounds insane. And also kind of troubling? ]
That mask thing it has has something to do with when it was human.
[ This one he knows exactly what he means but that sounds even worse so he vagues it instead. ]
It sounds like ghost Pokémon are kind of freaky. He said a lot of people are afraid of them. But look at it. It's not scary at all. It did fight with the cat, but the cat started it. I don’t think that cat is normal though.
[ Yamask makes a little noise, not the wailing sound it can sometimes make, but it sounds almost...curious? ]
Come on, I don’t know anything about naming stuff.
You're right, it's not scary.. [Hange knows better than most not to judge a creature by its appearance. Look at all the effort they went to when it came to understanding Titans, after all!]
[They hand the Pokemon another berry.]
You probably hide a lot because you're used to people being afraid of you, right?
[Poor thing.]
But don't worry, since you can't tell us, Eren's going to come up with a good name for you!
[SPEAKING OF:]
You don't need to 'know' anything, you just need to pick something! It can be something related to it's appearance.. or perhaps its behavior.. or simply a name that you like. Or if you want to go with a certain theme... those titans we used to capture, I told you on the day we met that I always named them after members of that cannibal tribe, right?
...I wouldn't recommend that in this scenario, but surely you can think of something!
[ Eren hadn't considered that as the reason Yamask hides from people, because his emotional intelligence is pretty low. But…well, actually that makes sense. ]
A lot of people do get freaked out by it. When they hear "ghost" they get worse.
[ Eren isn't afraid of ghosts. The ghosts in his head are worse than anything he's seen in real life, though that time he and Levi were ghost hunting was harrowing. But that was just because he couldn't see them, couldn't anticipate what might happen. ]
W-what! I don't know how to name a ghost!
[ HANGE PLS ]
It's just Yamask, you know?
[ Yamask is not helpful here. It's too busy chomping berries. ]
[Hange was a little spooked by it at first, but the feeling swiftly faded away once Eren explained what the creature was and it obviously had no intentions to cause harm. Hange feeds it another berry!]
If you insist.. it's your pet.. but I still think you should name it. Just pick something!
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[ No. He dismisses that idea as soon as he says it. Levi wouldn't want an unknown, someone he might end up responsible for. Right? ]
He should have just told us!
[ Eren will never in his life have any ground to stand on about running off on his own after Liberio but that won't shut him up. ]
If I don't clean now he'll still make me do it when he gets home, you know.
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[They both had the same, immediate thought, though Hange voiced part of theirs out loud. Not that Levi would necessarily want somebody to rely on, it would be more likely that he didn't want to get stuck with someone he had to take care of, to bear responsibility for if something happened to them. Right?]
Ugh! I thought I'd already had my fair share of people running off to who-knows-where for who-knows-how-long, while leaving nothing behind but the most non-informative explanations!
[Okay that might have been a little dig at you Eren, though Levi's case is nowhere near as bad because HOPEFULLY he isn't igniting an actual war somewhere.]
I don't care, it'll piss him off if it's not done. Don't do it. I'm ordering you not to.
[Child of divorce, indeed.]
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[ Eren figures Levi will always feel responsible for whoever he's with, even if they're also super capable. But why risk someone with few skills, or even skills he has no idea about? So who could he possibly have gone with? Sure would be awkward if Eren knew the answer to this!
He barely resists the urge to roll his eyes at that dig. Yeah, okay, it's deserved. He sent letters though, gosh! The reasons he couldn't divulge everything should be pretty damn clear by now.
He's surprised at the last bit. Really, Hange can't order him to do anything, and Levi can't order him to clean the damn floors either. He just…goes along with all of it for normalcy or familiarity or whatever it is. ]
O-okay, fine.
[ And apparently still will. So three days' worth of no chores other than what is necessary? They're right. Levi won't like that at all. ]
Shoulda just taken him with us anyway, I guess.
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[Hange wouldn't fight it too hard if Eren refused, he doesn't have to follow orders after all, but he seems to be going along with it so that's good. Later on, when Hange's gotten over this bad mood they probably would have let Eren know they weren't serious about it, and he can do as he pleases, but in all honestly they just kind of forget that they said it in such a way...? So no more clean floors for you Levi, oops!]
Urgh!
[Hange takes the phone back, shoving it back into their pocket rather harshly, after which they just sort of deflate, shoulders drooping as the anger in their expression morphs into exasperation.]
If I knew he was going to cause trouble either way, I would have just told him to come! I didn't want him to injure his leg any further, but now it may end up worse! At least if something happened then, we'd have been there!
[Probably should have told him that, Hange. Funny how communication works...]
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[ Eren does ultimately assume Levi will come home and will be fine. Maybe he'll fuck up his leg a little more because he's stubborn like that, but ultimately? He'll be fine. He has to be. Out of everyone, Levi is the least likely to die. Even if death is impermanent, it still leaves a sting. It had still hurt to hear about Jean.
There are worse things than death, too, and don't they all know that. ]
You want some ice cream? I have some in the freezer.
[ Eren has no idea in the whole world how to care for other people, comfort them. Ice cream is amazing, and it's better when they're not in enemy territory, right? Actually the freezer is pretty amazing but he got used to that in Folkmore.
He turns toward the kitchen.
Since there's no more commotion or people yelling for the moment, Yamask decides to come creeping (floating?) into the kitchen as well, emerging from the hallway quietly. Sometimes it can be loud or startling, but usually it just does this kind of thing.
It probably wants some berries or something. ]
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[It is true, that Levi is more likelier than anyone to come home in one piece. It has always been both his talent and his curse, being stronger than those around him, evading death's clutches when they could not.]
[And death may be somewhat trivial in this world, but that's not the point. He and Hange promised each other that they wouldn't die. That there would be hell to pay if they did. They even shook on it to seal the deal and everything! As far as Hange knows, he is still out there alone, so how would they know if something happens?]
...Ice cream? Oh, I could use some.
[Maybe Eren has the right idea. Worrying about it right now is not going to do any good, so why not ignore the brewing emotions in favour of tasty treats? Shortly after, Hange follows Eren into the kitchen, leaning against a counter as he does his thing.]
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Uh....Eren?
[A short pause, Hange watching the weird floating creature just to ensure that yes, it really is there. The Yamask turns and begins to float in Hange's direction instead, causing them to leap away from the counter, stumbling backwards into the wall.]
What the fuck is that?!
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[ Eren isn't either, but what can they do now? Just wait until he gets home. If he gets home.
He's gonna get home, it's fine.
For now they can distract themselves with ice cream. It's just plain chocolate, but who needs some weird complicated thing when chocolate ice cream exists anyway?
He's got bowls and the big spoon out (who heard of an ice cream scoop? Not Eren) and is pulling the carton out of the freezer when he hears Hange banging around. How he forgets that people have this reaction to Yamask is anyone's guess.
He shuts the freezer quickly and turns around and —
Oh, right. ]
It's okay. It's just Yamask. It's a Pokemon. Uh, some kind of weird animal thing. Though this one is a ghost so I guess it's not an animal…I got it in Folkmore but it came here with me.
[ Yamask, a shy type, pauses uncertainly but doesn't run away or hide. It's gotten more used to people, and Hange is here a lot so it's probably heard their voice. ]
It won't hurt you or anything. Just don't take that thing it's holding.
[ Apparently it doesn't like that! That's what Clavell said, anyway. Eren had reached for that mask once and Yamask had screeched and hidden in another room for days back in Folkmore. Lesson learned! Now he knows what that mask actually is, which…is creepy as hell but whatever. ]
It probably just wants food.
[ Crisis averted, back to dishing out ice cream. ]
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[Yeah, Hange has absolutely no idea what either of those mean. But if it is something Eren received and has kept around for a while, it must not be too hostile, right?]
Is it a pet?
[Eren says not to touch the object it holds, but Hange cannot resist reaching out slowly to try and give the creature a soft little prod on the head if it will allow it.]
Hah, how come I haven't seen it before, I'm here all the time! Does it like icecream? [Maybe that's why it deigned to appear!]
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[ It was more involved than that, but Eren isn't exactly forthcoming about details for most things.
Yamask looks like it might duck away from Hange's reaching hand. It holds that mask tightly with its…tail thing…but relaxes when it's sure that its mask is not in danger here. Pets! Okay, sure, why not. If the cat can get pets then so can the Pokemon.
It probably feels cold, but it's not slimy or anything. What do ghosts feel like? GOOD QUESTION. ]
It's shy and you're loud.
[ WHOOPS maybe he learned that bluntness from too much time around Levi. ]
It likes berries. I dunno if you're supposed to give ice cream to Pokemon.
[ He turns to hand a bowl of ice cream to Hange, though. ]
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Oh, you're saying I'm too loud? You've never complained about it before.
[Not even mad at his directness honestly, in fact it's welcome! Hange can be loud, they already know that, but more importantly they really want Eren to work on his "communicating feelings" thing and if that entails bitching that Hange is being annoying, then they'll take it.]
...It's cold.
[The creature was cool to the touch, but Hange retreats after a small poke in favour of taking the ice cream, best not to scare the little guy.]
Do you have berries here in the kitchen?
[The best way to befriend an animal is with food, right?]
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[ He's not wrong! He's used to it, but shy type Pokemon are sensitive or something. Anyway, Eren himself used to also be loud, and he's well aware of it. Eren, Jean, Connie, Sasha, they were all loud as hell half the time. It's probably strange that he's not all that loud anymore. He can get there, but he's usually too wound up in his own bullshit. He doesn't tend to yell words as much now.
Yamask bravely puts up with being poked. ]
Yeah, it is kind of cold. It's a ghost, so…I guess it makes sense.
[ Why would something sort of dead be warm, after all? Okay that's weird to think about. Yamask isn't really dead, but it used to be a human maybe? Eren hasn't told anyone this bit of info. ]
There's some in the fridge.
[ He puts the ice cream away and fetches the little bowl of berries, offering that to Hange as well.
Yamask knows what's up and floats closer. It doesn't talk, but Pokemon are pretty smart, it seems. Or maybe just food motivated like other animals, whatever. ]
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[Apparently ghosts are real things now and they float around kitchens and like to be kept as weird pets. This world really is full of surprises~]
[Once the berries come out, Hange takes a few and holds them out in their palm, waiting to see if the pokemon will take them. They figure it would be best to treat them as they would any other animal, which is to befriend them with food...]
Does it have a name?
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[ Not that Yamask seems like an animal either, really. But whatever! ]
The captain thought it was a bug.
[ Which is also silly since it's half a meter tall. The whole thing is wild no matter how you look at it, but he's had that thing nearly a year so he's used to it. ]
It's gotten braver in general though. Hides less.
[ Yamask has little grabby arms, though no fingers. How it manages to take berries is a mystery to everyone. Just Pokemon things! It does tentatively take one, floating out of reach again to eat it. ]
A name? Uh…no…
[ He looks almost embarrassed about that. He should name it, probably, since it's a pet. Isn't Yamask good enough? ]
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[Pokemon sure are weird! But Eren knows a lot more than Hange on the subject (that amount being zero) so they'll accept his words as-is.]
[The creature takes the berry in its little stumpy hands, tentatively examining it before it begins to munch on it quite happily.]
What do you mean it doesn't have a name? Of course you have to name it! You wouldn't like it if i started calling you 'Human' instead of 'Eren' would you?
You want a name, don't you? Or maybe you have one already?
[Talking to the Yamask and not Eren, btw..]
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[ He's reluctant to say that because it sounds insane. And also kind of troubling? ]
That mask thing it has has something to do with when it was human.
[ This one he knows exactly what he means but that sounds even worse so he vagues it instead. ]
It sounds like ghost Pokémon are kind of freaky. He said a lot of people are afraid of them. But look at it. It's not scary at all. It did fight with the cat, but the cat started it. I don’t think that cat is normal though.
[ Yamask makes a little noise, not the wailing sound it can sometimes make, but it sounds almost...curious? ]
Come on, I don’t know anything about naming stuff.
[ Eren, no... ]
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[They hand the Pokemon another berry.]
You probably hide a lot because you're used to people being afraid of you, right?
[Poor thing.]
But don't worry, since you can't tell us, Eren's going to come up with a good name for you!
[SPEAKING OF:]
You don't need to 'know' anything, you just need to pick something! It can be something related to it's appearance.. or perhaps its behavior.. or simply a name that you like. Or if you want to go with a certain theme... those titans we used to capture, I told you on the day we met that I always named them after members of that cannibal tribe, right?
...I wouldn't recommend that in this scenario, but surely you can think of something!
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A lot of people do get freaked out by it. When they hear "ghost" they get worse.
[ Eren isn't afraid of ghosts. The ghosts in his head are worse than anything he's seen in real life, though that time he and Levi were ghost hunting was harrowing. But that was just because he couldn't see them, couldn't anticipate what might happen. ]
W-what! I don't know how to name a ghost!
[ HANGE PLS ]
It's just Yamask, you know?
[ Yamask is not helpful here. It's too busy chomping berries. ]
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If you insist.. it's your pet.. but I still think you should name it. Just pick something!