[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

[everylastone]

Eren grimaced at the suggestion. Staying long enough to actually take on a job - one that wasn't about slaying titans, no less! - was simply out of question for him. And he didn't feel like obediently working for somebody who had taken him from his comrades and refused to let him return either.

"Yeah, where I come from using just swords is a bit", he trailed off, rubbing his thumb unconsciously over the place on his hand where he'd bite to activate his powers, "less. I don't want to kill humans, after all."

[morecowbell]

Poor guy, he'd have to live with it eventually like the rest of them did. It was fairly easy for her to adapt to life here with a few exceptions.

Nanami frowned at him, "well then, what is it exactly that you're looking for?" She wasn't very observant and completely missed his tell.

[everylastone]

"I guess you don't have some kind of combined weapons? Swords and knives are just for other humans and I never got warm with the idea of fire arms." He pulled a face. "Those are good for hunting or if you cowardly want to attack another human from behind, but I need something with more variation and power."

[morecowbell]

"In that case, why bother with a weapon at all? Generally you aren't fighting humans here anyway. Generally..." she repeated making a face remembering people trying to burn down her apartment complex while she was holed up inside with injuries and that time Zagi tried to kill her for no apparent reason. "Or find something blunt but not too thick like a bo staff. I'm not sure what you mean by combined weapon, I'm pretty sure the knifewrench isn't an actual thing."

[everylastone]

"Knifewrench? What's that?" He sounded hopeful. Going without any weapon was out of question, of course.

[morecowbell]

"It... it would be a wrench on one side with a knife on the other-- but that's really beside the point, I don't think it actually exists." Well she never thought he'd actually ask about it. She sighed a little because he was being rather difficult, "look what kind of weapons are you familiar with?"

[everylastone]

Eren actually considered such a construct for a moment before he dismissed the idea with a shrug and a serious face. "I don't know if it does or not, but it doesn't sound as if it were very practical at all. Either the knife or the wrench would get in the way all the time."

Then he frowned for a moment because he still didn't know if it was wise to reveal what kind of war technology they used back home. Probably not. "I'm trained in all sorts of weapons, like knives, hand to hand combat, archery, swords, sticks..." you could hear which of those lessons had actually interested him, "... but mostly I'm good at using the 3D maneuver gear."

[morecowbell]

Nanami has thought about that as well. She nodded at all of the weapons he listed until he got to the last one. "3D...maneuver gear? Never heard of it."

[everylastone]

"It's something that lets you move in all three dimensions quickly and also provides weapons."

[morecowbell]

She shook her head. "Perhaps you can ask Mr. Rhapsodos at morning training. He's one of the weapons teachers, if anyone has heard of it or knows where find it, it would be him."

[everylastone]

"Mr. Rhapsodos at the morning training." He repeated, committing the name to memory. "Alright. Thanks a lot for your help."

[morecowbell]

"You're quite welcome, Mr. Eren. If you would like to practice resonating with a scimitar sometime, feel free to look me up."

[everylastone]

"Thanks. I'll keep it in mind."