[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!))

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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.]

[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.

b) Look like a suicidal idiot on a wall / Outside Shibusen

[everylastone]

“There really are no walls-!!” Eren didn’t even notice that he had spoken (read: shouted) those words out loud as he leaned as far over the protective balustrade as was possible without keeling over and plunging to his dead. The teen had made a beeline for the topmost layer of Shibusen as soon as he had set his eyes on it, climbing the stairs that led up to it with only minor (ok, maybe some not so minor) grumbling in his head and sparkling eyes.

His feet still felt like they were shaking under him, but by now he had no way of telling whether it was because of exhaustion from climbing all those stairs or because there was no wall surrounding the city anywhere to be seen!!

Unable to resist the impulse Eren edged even more forward, leaning far over the edge. “Impossible.. I can see all the way to the horizon!”

Re: b) Look like a suicidal idiot on a wall / Outside Shibusen

[dwightandclean]

Dwight had been sent to fix a few parts of the wall. Mostly he figured that his co-workers just didn't want him around too much but he'd grown used to it. He'd been about to patch up a crack when he heard the shout. Squinting up into the sun he spots the kid.

"Hey! Watch it!" He stands up just to make it easier for Eren to spot him, "There's not wall but there's also nothing to catch you if you tumble off."

I hope it's ok to assume Dwight is somewhere beneath him using a scaffold?

[everylastone]

Eren stopped with his antics long enough to look down at the shout, looking utterly unperturbed by it. Having trained to master the 3D maneuver gear for years had left the teen conceivably immune to great heights and the fear of falling down from them. You couldn't hope to stand a chance fighting a titan if you were already scared just by the thought of jumping and leaping extreme heights very quickly and Eren wanted to eradicate them all, after all!

"Hello!" Waving down after a moment of hesitation Eren promptly made matters worse by swinging one of his feet over the balustrade to straddle it in favor of both getting a better look at the man who had called out to him and keeping his balance secure. "Are you a part of the Stationary Guards here?"

Against his will a childlike excitement kept pulsing through him, making him feel giddy and lacing his words. He just couldn't help it because this was a world where there were no walls!

[atleast80]

Hyoubu didn't actually have any business at Shibusen. He just liked high places and he was bored today.

He stopped walking at the shout and turned to look at the kid leaning precariously over the balustrade.

Hou...

Without taking his hands out of his pockets he walked over until he was close enough to put a foot on the kid's backside as if he was going to kick him over. He didn't apply any pressure though and if he wanted to get away it wouldn't be hard.

"You know," he started conversationally, "if it's walls you're looking for, you might find one if you change your perspective a little. I could help with that."

Not that Hyoubu planned to make good on that offer. This was the sort of prank a psychokinetic or a teleporter could pull. At the moment he was neither and he didn't particularly want to be arrested so he'll refrain from actually kicking anyone off.

[everylastone]

Eren froze when he felt something press suspiciously against his butt but didn't jerk or make any other sudden movements that would have endangered his precarious balance.

Turning to give the culprit a look over his shoulder, his brows furrowed lightly. "Sorry, but I think I'd rather not argue with some perverted old man." Noting this guy's strange outfit to be apparently some sort of uniform, he added a reluctant "...Sir."

[pregames]

Classic or modern. Large or small. There was something about cities that were all the same. The tightly packed arrangement of honey comb edifices jigsawed together in some kind of organized chaos, glutted with noise and overwhelming distractions in many different forms.

Sometimes, one simply had to escape. It was a matter of survival in some regards, something Atem had learned early on in his sovereign rule. Given the relative isolation of the highest tiers of Shibusen -- it seemed there was little reasons to venture up this way -- he had begun to seek shelter here from the suffocation of the streets, and life below. There was something calming about the free flow of wind and the way muffled sounds of life ascended leisurely from below. His thoughts were clearer.

That is until a wayward companion interjected loudly, with his own thoughts. And the pharaoh, leaning against a post in the barrier, found that the source presented quite a sight.

"I am willing to bet that you just arrived here?" He questioned, concern lacking. "Keep that up and you will be on your way back out."

[everylastone]

Eren stiffened at the sound of the unfamiliar voice, returning into a somewhat safer stance as he let himself slide back towards the safe ground on this side of the balustrade.

It figured that somebody always had to mouth off when he found something that actually got him excited. At least it wasn't Jean this time.

"I'd rather be outside and live my life no matter how short it is freely than to stay forever cooped up in some fake safety like a coward." There was a certain quality to his voice that said that this was an argument that he had led many times before and which wasn't going to influence his way of thinking at all.

[morecowbell]

This guy just just looked like an accident waiting to happen. Nanami stopped and crossed her arms a few paces behind him.

"If you are planning to commit suicide, could you at least do it somewhere where people won't have to watch you fall several stories to your death?"

[itsfondue]

Steve was just about to go back down the stairs when he noticed Eren hovering dangerously close the edge. What? What was that kid doing? Surely there were no walls here, but they were going to need some in place if he falls off the platform.

"Son, don't stand so close there." Steve had already taken a few steps towards Eren, looking concerned and a little stern at the same time. He didn't blame Eren for being amazed by the sights, but a little exercise in caution could do wonders around here.

b) Look like a suicidal idiot on a wall / Outside Shibusen

[gallant_guardian]

Agrias, too, had been busy walking around the city. After having been here for a few days and with no sign of returning home, the lady knight has decided to get acquainted with the streets and sights.

Were she to express it vocally, she'd be no more at ease than Eren. Having come from a time period not unlike his own, Agrias was alarmed by most of what she was seeing. Unlike him, however, she had spent the days she had been in the city getting acclimated.

Now, wandering the edge of the city, she was a bit curious as she came across a man that seemed to be restraining a yell. Curious to know what has him so astonished, the former guard captain stood a few feet to Eren's side and stared out... into the desert.

c) Morning Training

[everylastone]

After a fair share of getting distracted doing stupid things careful assessing of his situation Eren finally arrived at the area he had set out to find this morning: the training place for the local forces. The young soldier had no intention to join any other case than his own and that of the Scouting Legion, but as he was already here he had decided that he might as well find out as much as possible about those who had ‘taken him’ for the lack of a better word.

(He still felt guilty and worried whenever he thought about his friends and the others who had been with him when he had fallen asleep on the cart. Were they all fine? Had they been ambushed and forced to flee, leaving him temporarily behind? Why only him? Or worse, had they been killed!?

No. Nonononono, don’t think about that, they would have had to go through Mikasa and Corporal both first and they were strong… -!!)

Forcing himself to cut the silent mantra of ‘Don’t think about it, there has to be a reason!’ that was taking over his thoughts short Eren decided to concentrate on analyzing what he assumed to be one of the trainee corps of this city instead – and found himself unabashedly staring like an idiot at the next best person in front of him.

“Wow! I’ve never seen something like that before!”

i am sorry

[bowdown]

[ ooc: Per usual. If ghetto talk/fish-puns bother, let me know and I can drop them! ]

[ The next best person in front of him is hardly considered part of the trainee corps of this city because she is there to give cake and promote her business and judge everyone and everything like the condescending asshole she is. Instead she is a fish-troll with like huge amounts of unruly hair that may or may not engulf someone if they aren't careful enough; at least today she isn't wearing flashy pink clothes (though her usual clothes are always pretty weird, involving black and pink and Pisces zodiac symbol)

And Condesce was kind of just passing by, looking at the idiots and was about to go on with her business when she hears the guy next to her talking to her? ]

The fuck do I care?

[00110010_00110011]

Psii had gotten breakfast, as usually did, and was, as usually did, taking circuitous route around training grounds to avoid "Betty Crocker" and her cake stand. Nutrition plateau was piled as high as ever with sweet breakfast foods.

At human's exclamation, Psii looked back, puzzled. "Like... pancakes?"

[sayatakagi]

[ Saya just finished training a bit and his currently drinking water from her bottle when she notices Eren. At first she doesn't say anything - newcomers, she is used to them by now - but when she hears his exclamation, the girl turns her head to look at him. ]

Something like what?

[fujigglephysics]

[Fujino keeps silent, expecting someone else to answer. But, when she glances around and sees that there isn't anybody else near them, she finally does turn to him.]

...are you talking to me?

[diedforyoursins]

[this one's pretty european as far as features go so that's not too weird, but the whole abino thing probably is. whoops.

he'd been pretty used to people giving him weird looks for it back home too, but after spending a while here where he's far from the strangest thing around, he'd almost forgotten that he was kinda eerie-looking himself.]

...Excuse me?

d) medics area

[everylastone]

He had been free to explore this place for less than three hours and already Eren was finding himself seated at the medics area, waiting to be shipped back to his white dungeon cell room in the hospital again. That had to be a new record.

Resting his chin against his propped up leg, Eren heaved a heart-felt sigh. “If this is a joke, then it’s not funny…” He couldn’t help sounding like a sulking kid.

[bloodinbloom]

Rosalia is busy picking up all the equipment they brought for today. She should definitely manage her times and supplies when it comes to these classes. The ointment goes in there and - done!

Smiling, she walked over and blinked, noticing Eren. "Are you waiting for someone?"

[anpan_tan]

It was that sacred time of the day when the sun shone through the leaves and its beams covered with golden veil the plate full of food for breakfast. Yamazaki sat down and he felt a moment of pure, angelic happiness...

...and then he noticed that guy, staring at him like he'd never seen a person having his breakfast. It was kind of irritating, like something would kick up the balance of the universe or something. He tried to ignore the presence of the guy and his staring eyes, but he just couldn't It was like the intruder's glance would take away the taste of the food.

"Are you hungry?" Yamazaki asked. He thought the guy was staring at the food.

[everylastone]

"I, uh, no." Eren couldn't think of any better comment as he shook his head, not so subtly continuing to stare at Yamazaki. Another oriental. A full one, it seemed, and clearly male.

Man, he'd never seen the guy-version before.