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tushanshu2013-09-05 09:27 pm
strategisch) wrote in tushanshu2013-09-05 09:27 pm
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1st; video
[The feed begins without warning, picturing a young blonde boy sitting at his console. He’s slowly—oh so slowly, like the world’s most meticulous woodpecker—typing at the keyboard. One letter at a time. Tap. Tap. Tap. His gaze keeps switching from his hands to his screen, squinting, cocking his eyebrow, leaning in or out to get a better look, with an expression of concentration so intense it’s a wonder he hasn’t set fire to anything yet.]
[It’s obvious he’s never seen a computer, or anything remotely like it, in his life.]
[In the background, another boy is pacing around. Despite looking far more ragged than Armin, he seems to have limitless energy. He’s moving furniture, asking if Armin’s gotten the “lightsbox” working yet, switching light switches on and off, and eventually settling for carrying a lamp around.]
[They're both wearing a peculiar sort of uniform with a winged emblem on the shoulder and back, and for some reason, a very complex harness of belts.]
[Armin keeps on hunting and pecking as he was until he glances up to the monitor again, and notices something different.]
Recording…?
[He looks up out of the corner of his eye as he tries to remember what he was explained that implies. Surprise crosses his face as it returns to him.]
Ah, yes, recording-- Eren! I think I've gotten it to start showing us to everyone else!
[His friend shouts from the background]
Ask who's there! Anyone we know? Who's there?!
I suppose that's as good of a question as any... Is there anyone out there that we would know?
My name is Armin Arlert, of the 104th Trainee's Squad, presently in the Scouting Legion-- although I doubt that holds much weight here. Anyone from our "world" would be familiar with those terms though, so please, if you are, respond. And anyone else for that matter, who isn't a Kedan; what is Keeliai, exactly? Why are we brought here? What is beyond these walls? What could this city possibly be a stronghold against?
[He looks concerned, and leans back in his chair a little. There had to be some sort of threat, if they bothered with security... And he tended to think of such things in bad-as-possible terms.]
[Eren seems very grimly determined to ruin his eyesight as he tries to figure out how electricity works, switching his lamp on and off.]
...This place can't be any good if Mikasa isn't here too. [He mutters bitterly.]
[Armin sighs, because he feels the same way. He stares off blankly.]
We'll find her. It's only a matter of time.
ooc: [Joint post between Armin Arlert and Eren Yaeger. Specify who you want, or not, or both! Expect threadjacking, and lots of it.]
[It’s obvious he’s never seen a computer, or anything remotely like it, in his life.]
[In the background, another boy is pacing around. Despite looking far more ragged than Armin, he seems to have limitless energy. He’s moving furniture, asking if Armin’s gotten the “lightsbox” working yet, switching light switches on and off, and eventually settling for carrying a lamp around.]
[They're both wearing a peculiar sort of uniform with a winged emblem on the shoulder and back, and for some reason, a very complex harness of belts.]
[Armin keeps on hunting and pecking as he was until he glances up to the monitor again, and notices something different.]
Recording…?
[He looks up out of the corner of his eye as he tries to remember what he was explained that implies. Surprise crosses his face as it returns to him.]
Ah, yes, recording-- Eren! I think I've gotten it to start showing us to everyone else!
[His friend shouts from the background]
Ask who's there! Anyone we know? Who's there?!
I suppose that's as good of a question as any... Is there anyone out there that we would know?
My name is Armin Arlert, of the 104th Trainee's Squad, presently in the Scouting Legion-- although I doubt that holds much weight here. Anyone from our "world" would be familiar with those terms though, so please, if you are, respond. And anyone else for that matter, who isn't a Kedan; what is Keeliai, exactly? Why are we brought here? What is beyond these walls? What could this city possibly be a stronghold against?
[He looks concerned, and leans back in his chair a little. There had to be some sort of threat, if they bothered with security... And he tended to think of such things in bad-as-possible terms.]
[Eren seems very grimly determined to ruin his eyesight as he tries to figure out how electricity works, switching his lamp on and off.]
...This place can't be any good if Mikasa isn't here too. [He mutters bitterly.]
[Armin sighs, because he feels the same way. He stares off blankly.]
We'll find her. It's only a matter of time.
ooc: [Joint post between Armin Arlert and Eren Yaeger. Specify who you want, or not, or both! Expect threadjacking, and lots of it.]
video;
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wait WHAT.]
So you're saying your entire world has been taken over by giant cannibals?
[and he thought HE had it bad with the occasional alien attack. Apparently not.]
video; why did I not get a notice for this
I'm sorry, it's just hard to believe that people exist that don't know what a Titan is. Every day they threaten humanity's very existence.
dw is dumb that is why
[He knew there were alternate worlds out there that were actually that out there and extreme-- not like having men and women and aliens in tights floating around saving the world every day isn't out there-- but actually hearing about it is something different entirely.]
That just sounds crazy to me. Where'd they even come from? Space? Magic?
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Five years ago we lost a third of our territory to them when the Colossal Titan made a hole in the outermost wall, so we've been in dire straits. The population is around... 600, 700 thousand? It's all we can do to feed everyone.
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That's awful. I'm sorry you're caught up in that. Really.
[And, a beat--] Food is plentiful enough here, though, and there aren't any Titans around. I mean, we're on a giant turtle, but it's a nice one.
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[It's going to take him a long time to adjust to peace.]
...Giant turtle? [Sorry, he still caught that.] Excuse me?
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[...Wait did he let the turtle thing slip. oops.]
W-well. If you go to the edge of the land here, you'll see that we're actually on the back of a really, really big turtle. You can see the legs and head if you go out far enough.
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Are... All islands giant turtles?
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[good lord armin was your homeworld that isolated]
Islands aren't usually alive. W-well, I mean, there is one, but that doesn't count-- they're just. Landmasses. In water.
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Oh. [Um. He wonders how land floats, but he feels like that's a really stupid question, so maybe another day.]
Then why are we on a turtle?
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That's what we'd all like to know.
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...that's the turtle's name, by the way.
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It does have a name, but saying it summons it. It's powerful enough to bring down the turtle-- and all of us-- on its own power.