[Open] What do you mean, it's the 21st century?

[everylastone]

Characters: Eren Jaeger and OPEN
Location: A nameless street in the city, Shibusen and the training area
Rating: PG-13
Time: June 9th
Description: After finally being permitted out of the hospital’s quarantine Eren has nothing better to do than


a) Run in front of a car

b) Look like a suicidal idiot on a wall

c) Stare at everybody who’s not Caucasian white or has a non-standard hair-color during training time.

d) Do all of the above with predictable consequences.


((OOC: Hi, I'm trying a little different setup this time~ This is an open log with multiple scenarios set up in its comments. As always, comment wherever you want in whatever style you prefer and I'll go along with it!))

Comments

a) Run in front of a car / A nondescript busy street in the city

[everylastone]

Eren was glad that they had finally let him out of the building that they had claimed was a hospital, yet which had felt far too much like just a different kind of dungeon for him to be kept in. Having ended up in a whole new world… The thought still made his head reel.

At first he had believed that this was some sort of freaky experiment or maybe an elaborate plan their enemies had made to get him to cooperate or maybe even a particularly off hallucination that his feverish brain had come up with to escape the garish reality of the war for a couple of moments (or days. How long the hell had he spent in there?!), but now that he was finally permitted to venture outside it was …actually hard not to believe them at least some.

“…..” For the umpteenth time the young soldier stopped in his gait to stare at something he couldn’t understand. Why did this signboard blink and where was all that light coming from?! Squinting his green eyes and shielding them with a hand Eren took a few steps back to get a better look at it, carelessly entering one of those so-called streets that were made of a firm black mass with some odd pattern on it rather than cobblestone or tread down earth like what would be normal.

[imnosuperman]

[Asura had gotten used to the streets some time now. He still needed his communicator to tell him where to go sometimes, but he's memorized at least some of the details.

Except for people standing in the roads because 1) He knows they don't usually do that for too long and 2)...well, there is no two only a momentary look on his face that practically screams "WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING, KID"

So yup, he's gonna go over and shove (although with his body, it'd be more like bulldoze) him out of the way.]

[everylastone]

[Eren lets out a surprised yelp as somebody slams into him like a ton of bricks and sends him toppling backwards just at the moment something loud rushes past him with high speed and a strange wail-whistling noise.

Rolling himself off with practiced ease he gets back on his feet and raises his hands into a battle ready position, eyes ablaze with fury.]

Hey! What the hell was that for?! [Jesus, the guy that had tackled him is built like Reiner. No wait, make that the armored titan. Eren's gaze immediately gains in ferocity as he compares them in his head.]

[imnosuperman]

[Okay, that was a little painful to experience. Next time, he'll just grab them by their collars and drag them away if he ever sees someone in the streets again.

Asura stands up and dusts himself off for a bit, though when he looks up at Eren, he frowns in return.]

Tch, as if you don't know...! [crosses his arms] Just what the heck were you doing standing out in the streets like that?! Are you trying to cause a huge crash?!

[everylastone]

A crash? [He bristles.] What the fuck should have crashed into me except you?! Are you trying to pick a fight?!

[He has no clue who this wanna-be titan is but he's sorely mistaken if he thinks that he can pick on Eren just like that!]

[imnosuperman]

Wh-

[He wants to facepalm. Ohhh does he ever, but he just frowns even more.

Eren, you're so lucky he's not too bad.]

The only way I would is if you're harming innocent people! And a car would've hit you had I not gotten you out of the way, so watch out next time!!

[everylastone]

[The insinuation that he'd ever injure somebody innocent seems to touch something within Eren as he snaps back immediately] As if I'd ever do something like that!

[He grumbles something under his breath as he tells himself not to punch somebody just on instinct before hearing them out. He could still do it after that.]

What's a car?

[imnosuperman]

Good.

[Asura's shoulders relax slightly; least it was one less person he'd want to punch.

There's a long, awkward silence after that question, though. How sheltered was this kid?]

...It's a vehicle. You know, it helps to get you around places?

[everylastone]

[Another confused look rewards Asura's attempt of an explanation.]

You mean like a cart? [He had been wondering why he hadn't seen any horses or carts around. Was that it?]

[imnosuperman]

Yeah, something like that. Except you move it by yourself since there's a steering wheel and pedals at the front seat and engines and a lot of other things too...

[And he demonstrates by making a little mock motion of moving his hands as if he were driving while he taps one foot on the ground.

Which...probably doesn't help matters, BUT HE'S TRYING.]

[everylastone]

[For a moment the picture of a cart decked out in the rims and belts of the 3D maneuver gear (just much much more!) and sitting on two giant gas tanks spooks through Eren's mind. With Asura doing what he assumes to be his attempt of tap-dancing on top of it.

He shakes his head with a barely veiled snort, dismissing the ridiculous idea.]

Yeah right. Pull the other one.

[imnosuperman]

Huh?

[Asura's brows furrow, not quite understanding what he meant until he catches the look on his face again.]

Hey, I'm not kidding! Don't believe me, then look at the street again.

[everylastone]

[He does - and promptly jumps back with a terrified expression when a bike rushes past.]

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!!

[blue_wayfinder]

Aqua had gotten used to the traffic lights easily. She also knew after being on the road a couple of times that, as important as those lights were, it was just as important to watch and make sure everyone was following them instead of just assuming they will.

It was one of the reasons why Aqua managed to brake in time so she didn't hit the person who just walked out when he wasn't supposed to.

The tires of her bike make a squeal, and as soon as she's stopped she puts one foot on the ground.

[everylastone]

Eren had yelped and jumed back the moment he realized that something had been coming at him with high speed seemingly out of the blue.

"Fuck!! What the hell?!" His words were hardly coherent as he stumbled back, half ready to flee and half ready to fight. His hands had instinctively reached for weapons he didn't have ever since he woke up in this strange town.

[blue_wayfinder]

The moment she stopped fully, Aqua reached up to pull her helmet off. Instead of being angry or annoyed she was only worried.

"Are you all right?" She can ask about why he was walking out when he wasn't supposed to afterwards. "Are you hurt?"

[everylastone]

He would have had a lot of choice things to tell her in reply to her questions but right now all this was still a little bit too much for his mind to comprehend all at once. What was that thing she had almost rammed him with?! Why (or rather how) was she operating it and what was up with that strange blue headgear?!

In the end he simply shook his head after a notable pause.

[blue_wayfinder]

Making sure the kickstand was down, she left her helmet on her seat and walked closer.

He looked fine, which was a relief, really. The relief was written quite plainly on her face too.

"...thank goodness. You need to be more careful. If you wander out without looking like that you can get seriously hurt."

[everylastone]

"That's what I was about to sa-" He trailed off, having forgotten his shout question about what the hell that was she had almost rammed him with when he saw her hair.

Or at least he assumed that it was her hair because the color had first made him think she was wearing some sort of weird headgear until he had gotten a better look at it. "...blue."

And what a shade of blue, too.

[blue_wayfinder]

"...what?" She hadn't expected that, but after a beat she understood what he probably meant. She's gotten used to getting that reaction from time to time, though she wonders why it was that it never came up when she went world hopping before.

"Oh. You mean my hair?" She brought a hand up to her bangs. "Is it really that strange...?"

sorry!

[everylastone]

"Yes." There was no way of saying it differently, really. "I've never seen something like that before. Are you some kind of" he barely kept himself from saying freak because that'd be 1) really rude and 2) the pot calling the kettle black, "-special?"

No problem! o/

[blue_wayfinder]

If Aqua were the kind to be bothered by this she'd say that being asked if she was 'some kind of special' didn't sound that much better.

Since she wasn't, though, she just chuckled and shook her head. "I don't really think so? I mean," She tucked a piece of hair behind her ear, "I haven't really seen anyone else with hair like mine, but I never really thought that it was special and no one really commented on it until I came here."