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Onward and Outward ;; AOT RP

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Eren went quiet for a moment before nodding. “I imagine that would be hard on anyone. ” his face had fell as he reflected on the situation and what Shena had just revealed to him.

Then he turned, and with a smile not quite as bright as before but just as reassuring, he continued. “But you’ll see it one day. And it’ll feel like there was never anything before hand. We all will. ”

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She wrinkled her nose in amusement but nodded respectfully. “I see… I guess one man’s death wish is another’s escape.” Max realized how naive she sounded, but she found that there were some truth in that.

“I dunno about the horse aspect of it but I imagine I’d find something to occupy my time pretty easily. Doesn’t matter if it’s cleaning or running errands. It’s a place to be that’s not going anywhere unless I do. ” She chuckled light heartedly. “I just need a bed and a meal and I’ll be fine. I imagine my reasoning doesn’t make sense to you, but it doesn’t have to.” —————————————————————————————————–

Shena raised her head and looked over to him, noticing the look in his eyes as he proclaimed that they would see the outside world some day. She pursed her lips together, not certain how to reply at first before settling on something. “You’re really determined, aren’t you?” She gave a small smile. “I suppose I should be too. I’ve noticed that a lot of people just want to move more into the walls than out. But we didn’t have the walls a long time ago, right? So I just assume we’re meant to be out there…”

—

Levi furrowed his brow at that. “If you want a meal and a bed, you could join the Garrison. They seem to like to laze around a lot these days…” With the strange period of peace since Wall Maria fell, things seemed to be going back to normal with the exception of shortages everywhere. “The Scouting Legion will require a lot of hard work. We don’t rest even if the people think that we are wasting their money. I would be pissed too if I didn’t see any progress with something I am forking over money for and not seeing anything come from it.”

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Eren nodded some, agreeing with her. “Well, I think you have to be confident if your reasons allow it…” he breathed in deeply and then continued. “But moving everyone within the walls is a disaster waiting to happen. We wouldn’t just have titans to worry about. But I agree, we must have come from something greater. There’s to many stories told for us not to have come from outside of the walls.”

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Max shook her head a but, smiling some. She had thought of the garrisons but that was to close to home to be comfortable. “It’s complicated. ” She responding, an attempt to change the subject. “But I’m use to hard work. As for the progress… progress is subjective, isn’t it? They’re looking for breakthroughs and they’re not going to find them. Not yet. But I think if they took away the scouts then they’d be left with a lot of issues that they can’t fix. That’s the thing with science, isn’t it? Breakthroughs happen slowly. ”

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Shena listened to Eren’s words carefully, craning her neck to look at the walls in the distance. What he said was right even if she didn’t want to admit it. Turning back to him, she gave him a wavering smile. “You’re asking the wrong person if you mention having confidence in yourself. Maybe I am just being selfish. I wanted to see the outside world at least once before I died. And I didn’t want to sit rotting in here… Why would anyone?” — “I see.” Levi knew that answer was one to allude to not asking anymore questions so he went along with steering the conversation elsewhere. “I wouldn’t call it a science even though one of the Scouting members would disagree with me. It’s a fight that we can’t afford to give up on.” He looked around briefly at the recruits passing them by or working. They all still had a glow in their faces. “If they would lose their ignorance, we would be getting somewhere a lot faster. But you can’t make someone feel a certain way I suppose.” He straightened. “I don’t know what Erwin is doing. Maybe got stuck in the bathroom or something… man is taking his time…”

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Eren chuckled some, enjoying the conversation. He wasn’t sure if it was the topic or Shena, but he felt as if he had just had a breath of fresh air “there are different kinds of confidence one can have.” He reassured her. “And I don’t believe that’s selfish. We’re not any different from any other animal. Eventually, being caged starts to take a tole.”

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“No… but they’ll figure it out sooner or later. But we need some to believe and be unaware. It keeps the rest hopeful and driven. And it allows new eyes on the situation. ” She shrugged some, watching her feet as she walked. “I’ll have to take my leave, I think. The kitchen, unfortunately, calls my name.”

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“I guess the analogy fits even if I don’t like it,” Shena replied, clasping her hands behind her back as she stopped walking, still looking up to the top of the wall. “I guess the Scouts would be our only hope if that is the case.I may not be the best soldier but I wanted to help in what ways that I could… and I didn’t think it meant staying inside or reading books about the outside when there was a way to actually go.” She gave a sideways smile, glancing over to him. — Levi gave a stiff shrug and side stepped in order to allow her the space needed to leave for the kitchens. “I guess so. But everyone finds the truth eventually. It’s whether or not you fight even after discovering the truth is what really matters.” He nodded to Max. “If you come to the Scouts, I guess I will be seeing you around. Push hard. Don’t get in trouble.”

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“Well… being a good soldier isn’t necessarily your ability in combat. Or I don’t believe so. ” he smiled some, almost embarrassed in himself. He felt as if he sounded like a child telling bedtime stories. “No matter what, I do believe that there’s something worth it all out there. And I believe there’s an answer to all our troubles. Maybe we’re even closer then we think.”

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“That’s hopeful. ” She commented but didn’t go more in depth. She started towards the kitchen, giving a small nod of leave. She didn’t look back as she stomped across the yard in a half hurried manner. “And I don’t go looking for trouble! It finds me!”

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Shena picked her head up a little at that, a bit perplexed by his words but she didn’t seem offended. “R-right,” she blinked her eyes before she realized it was getting late, the sun starting to set. “Ahh, I gotta go finish up with stocking the regiment store! Or else i will miss dinner.” She chuckled a little and waved a hand. “Sorry to keep you longer than i thought. But the chat was nice. Maybe I will see you around?” — Levi feigned a roll of his eyes once before he turned and made sure the gate was locked up before stepping away. You met all sorts of people in the military, much more so the Scouting Legion. She certainly fit the bill, if he didn’t know any better. Now he needed to go and find Erwin…

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Eren grinned, nodding. "You haven't kept me from anything, don't worry. " he waved and walked backwards, an attempt at looking smooth. "Maybe I'll see you at dinner?" It wasn't really a question, more of an air of hope.

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Erwin was only half listening as his companion went on and on about the different trainees. He really did care, but after awhile it all became a repetitive monolog that was half shouted at him in such a way he was sure never to forget. He was coming around the corner of one of the inventory buildings, looking bored but professional.

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Onward and Outward ;; AOT RP

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dminmx:

Eren went quiet for a moment before nodding. “I imagine that would be hard on anyone. ” his face had fell as he reflected on the situation and what Shena had just revealed to him.

Then he turned, and with a smile not quite as bright as before but just as reassuring, he continued. “But you’ll see it one day. And it’ll feel like there was never anything before hand. We all will. ”

___

She wrinkled her nose in amusement but nodded respectfully. “I see… I guess one man’s death wish is another’s escape.” Max realized how naive she sounded, but she found that there were some truth in that.

“I dunno about the horse aspect of it but I imagine I’d find something to occupy my time pretty easily. Doesn’t matter if it’s cleaning or running errands. It’s a place to be that’s not going anywhere unless I do. ” She chuckled light heartedly. “I just need a bed and a meal and I’ll be fine. I imagine my reasoning doesn’t make sense to you, but it doesn’t have to.” —————————————————————————————————–

Shena raised her head and looked over to him, noticing the look in his eyes as he proclaimed that they would see the outside world some day. She pursed her lips together, not certain how to reply at first before settling on something. “You’re really determined, aren’t you?” She gave a small smile. “I suppose I should be too. I’ve noticed that a lot of people just want to move more into the walls than out. But we didn’t have the walls a long time ago, right? So I just assume we’re meant to be out there…”

—

Levi furrowed his brow at that. “If you want a meal and a bed, you could join the Garrison. They seem to like to laze around a lot these days…” With the strange period of peace since Wall Maria fell, things seemed to be going back to normal with the exception of shortages everywhere. “The Scouting Legion will require a lot of hard work. We don’t rest even if the people think that we are wasting their money. I would be pissed too if I didn’t see any progress with something I am forking over money for and not seeing anything come from it.”

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Eren nodded some, agreeing with her. “Well, I think you have to be confident if your reasons allow it…” he breathed in deeply and then continued. “But moving everyone within the walls is a disaster waiting to happen. We wouldn’t just have titans to worry about. But I agree, we must have come from something greater. There’s to many stories told for us not to have come from outside of the walls.”

____

Max shook her head a but, smiling some. She had thought of the garrisons but that was to close to home to be comfortable. “It’s complicated. ” She responding, an attempt to change the subject. “But I’m use to hard work. As for the progress… progress is subjective, isn’t it? They’re looking for breakthroughs and they’re not going to find them. Not yet. But I think if they took away the scouts then they’d be left with a lot of issues that they can’t fix. That’s the thing with science, isn’t it? Breakthroughs happen slowly. ”

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Shena listened to Eren’s words carefully, craning her neck to look at the walls in the distance. What he said was right even if she didn’t want to admit it. Turning back to him, she gave him a wavering smile. “You’re asking the wrong person if you mention having confidence in yourself. Maybe I am just being selfish. I wanted to see the outside world at least once before I died. And I didn’t want to sit rotting in here… Why would anyone?” — “I see.” Levi knew that answer was one to allude to not asking anymore questions so he went along with steering the conversation elsewhere. “I wouldn’t call it a science even though one of the Scouting members would disagree with me. It’s a fight that we can’t afford to give up on.” He looked around briefly at the recruits passing them by or working. They all still had a glow in their faces. “If they would lose their ignorance, we would be getting somewhere a lot faster. But you can’t make someone feel a certain way I suppose.” He straightened. “I don’t know what Erwin is doing. Maybe got stuck in the bathroom or something… man is taking his time…”

y0ng0

Eren chuckled some, enjoying the conversation. He wasn’t sure if it was the topic or Shena, but he felt as if he had just had a breath of fresh air “there are different kinds of confidence one can have.” He reassured her. “And I don’t believe that’s selfish. We’re not any different from any other animal. Eventually, being caged starts to take a tole.”

____

“No… but they’ll figure it out sooner or later. But we need some to believe and be unaware. It keeps the rest hopeful and driven. And it allows new eyes on the situation. ” She shrugged some, watching her feet as she walked. “I’ll have to take my leave, I think. The kitchen, unfortunately, calls my name.”

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“I guess the analogy fits even if I don’t like it,” Shena replied, clasping her hands behind her back as she stopped walking, still looking up to the top of the wall. “I guess the Scouts would be our only hope if that is the case.I may not be the best soldier but I wanted to help in what ways that I could… and I didn’t think it meant staying inside or reading books about the outside when there was a way to actually go.” She gave a sideways smile, glancing over to him. — Levi gave a stiff shrug and side stepped in order to allow her the space needed to leave for the kitchens. “I guess so. But everyone finds the truth eventually. It’s whether or not you fight even after discovering the truth is what really matters.” He nodded to Max. “If you come to the Scouts, I guess I will be seeing you around. Push hard. Don’t get in trouble.”

dminmx

"Well... being a good soldier isn't necessarily your ability in combat. Or I don't believe so. " he smiled some, almost embarrassed in himself. He felt as if he sounded like a child telling bedtime stories. "No matter what, I do believe that there's something worth it all out there. And I believe there's an answer to all our troubles. Maybe we're even closer then we think."

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"That's hopeful. " She commented but didn't go more in depth. She started towards the kitchen, giving a small nod of leave. She didn't look back as she stomped across the yard in a half hurried manner. "And I don't go looking for trouble! It finds me!"

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Onward and Outward ;; AOT RP

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dminmx:

Eren went quiet for a moment before nodding. “I imagine that would be hard on anyone. ” his face had fell as he reflected on the situation and what Shena had just revealed to him.

Then he turned, and with a smile not quite as bright as before but just as reassuring, he continued. “But you’ll see it one day. And it’ll feel like there was never anything before hand. We all will. ”

___

She wrinkled her nose in amusement but nodded respectfully. “I see… I guess one man’s death wish is another’s escape.” Max realized how naive she sounded, but she found that there were some truth in that.

“I dunno about the horse aspect of it but I imagine I’d find something to occupy my time pretty easily. Doesn’t matter if it’s cleaning or running errands. It’s a place to be that’s not going anywhere unless I do. ” She chuckled light heartedly. “I just need a bed and a meal and I’ll be fine. I imagine my reasoning doesn’t make sense to you, but it doesn’t have to.” —————————————————————————————————–

Shena raised her head and looked over to him, noticing the look in his eyes as he proclaimed that they would see the outside world some day. She pursed her lips together, not certain how to reply at first before settling on something. “You’re really determined, aren’t you?” She gave a small smile. “I suppose I should be too. I’ve noticed that a lot of people just want to move more into the walls than out. But we didn’t have the walls a long time ago, right? So I just assume we’re meant to be out there…”

—

Levi furrowed his brow at that. “If you want a meal and a bed, you could join the Garrison. They seem to like to laze around a lot these days…” With the strange period of peace since Wall Maria fell, things seemed to be going back to normal with the exception of shortages everywhere. “The Scouting Legion will require a lot of hard work. We don’t rest even if the people think that we are wasting their money. I would be pissed too if I didn’t see any progress with something I am forking over money for and not seeing anything come from it.”

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Eren nodded some, agreeing with her. "Well, I think you have to be confident if your reasons allow it..." he breathed in deeply and then continued. "But moving everyone within the walls is a disaster waiting to happen. We wouldn't just have titans to worry about. But I agree, we must have come from something greater. There's to many stories told for us not to have come from outside of the walls."

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Max shook her head a but, smiling some. She had thought of the garrisons but that was to close to home to be comfortable. "It's complicated. " She responding, an attempt to change the subject. "But I'm use to hard work. As for the progress... progress is subjective, isn't it? They're looking for breakthroughs and they're not going to find them. Not yet. But I think if they took away the scouts then they'd be left with a lot of issues that they can't fix. That's the thing with science, isn't it? Breakthroughs happen slowly. "

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Onward and Outward ;; AOT RP

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Eren frowned slightly, though not at all in a mean way. “If you insist. ..” he trailed off, looking a little apologetic. “Let’s walk together then. Just in case me or you drop our loads again. ” his smile quickly returned.

Bending down, he picked up his own crate with something that almost looked like ease. He walked slowly ahead, looking back and hoping she would follow.

“I’m Eren Yeager, by the way. I recognize you but. .. I can’t seem to remember your name. ” Despite the sincerity in his voice, his introduction was laced with an unmistakable confidence. In fact, it was almost loud with pride.

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Max let out a brief but very unamused laugh. She didn’t even turn to look at who had arrived upon the scene, glaring the animal down with intense irritation. “I wouldn’t quite say I’m letting him, but alright. ”

Her chest heaved in an uneasy breath and she let herself relax a moment, never taking her eyes off the animal. She didn’t trust it, in fact it would be out of the way to say she feared it a little. But if you would ask her, she’d just tell you she wasn’t fond of animals.

In an attempt to use the element of surprise, she rushed towards the animal, making a wild grab at the dragging lead rope. For a moment she had succeeded, hands firmly around the rope. The stallion reared up, bringing Max to her tiptoes, and she was met hooves and rage. Instantly she let go, falling backwards and rolling out of the way. She hugged the fence post, trying to catch her breath once more.

Shena blinked her eyes once, a bit surprised that he would go out of his way to make sure she was doing alright. It wasn’t as embarrassing as lightening her own load. “Ah. Thanks,” she told him as she strained once more to carry her crate over to the supplies station. Her face was covered with the crate again, the only signs of there being a person behind it being her hands, legs and the top edge of a bun she wore upon her head to keep it out of the way of their gear. “Shena Kerrigan,” she responded as he asked for her name. They had thankfully arrived at the station without another hiccup and she slid her crate onto the counter so a logistician could sort out what needed to be put away from it. She rubbed her hands together to get the feeling back into her fingers before she looked over to Eren. “I remember you from our first night,” she commented lightly. It had been the evening where he had almost gotten into a fight with Jean and vowed to join the Scouting Legion. “I’m from Shiganshina too… My father was a member of the Garrison. I was hoping to join the Scouting Legion.” — Levi feigned a roll of his eyes, knowing that she wasn’t going to take his advice seriously at first. And so, he took a step back and watched as the horse reared back on her with its ears flat back against its skull. He looked down at the ground where Max had retreated to and stepped forward once the animal was back on all fours. “It’s energetic today, isn’t it?” He asked as he reached for the rope. Without hesitation, he grabbed hold of it and gave a bit of a yank. The horse shook its head and pounded its hooves on the ground, as if contemplating what to do at first before settling there at Levi’s side. Levi reached over and gave the horse a single pat to its long nose. “See? Confidence.” He concluded before he stepped over to Max and reached his hand out to help her up. “You might want to dust your uniform off before Instructor Shadis sees you. He can be a pain in the ass. Especially when he gets to show his students off to the higher ups.” Or so he had perceived. He had been lucky enough to skip training but the man was a hardass.

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Eren let out an embarrassed chuckle, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. It wasn’t so much that he was embarrassed of the fight, especially not his devotion. If he had to guess, his shyness probably came from her own call out.

He puffed out his chest a bit, in an attempt to recover. “Oh, yeah? Haha…well I think you’ll do great. No matter where you go…” he rushed through his sentence, a bit shocked at how eager he was to keep the conversation going. “Um.. well what are you about to do now?”

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Max found herself stuck between glaring at him with annoyance and perplexity. And then she caught herself. Disregarding his hand, she stood up quickly, brushing herself off hurriedly. “Oh shit, shit, shit, I didn’t even realize that was today…”

“I’m not even finished… ” an air of stress followed her as she took the reins from Levi and hurriedly put the animal away, sloppily picking things up and trying to make it look clean. “I’m sorry… I didn’t catch your name..” She said, a bit breathless and she hurried this way and that.

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This was a rather peculiar situation for the shy girl and at first she looked to Eren as if he had grown another head before quickly shaking hers to get a hold of herself and putting on her best friendly, albeit strained smile. No one paid her that many compliments and she knew that Eren didn’t really know her. To her, he was just being nice. “I was…” What was she going to do? She knew Shadis was meeting with Commander Erwin Smith. She had wanted to stay out of dodge before she could get herself into trouble with either of them. She pointed awkwardly towards the castle-like structure. “Going… to go read a book?” It sounded like the most boring thing on the planet probably but it was the truth. And she would much rather have her nose in a book rather than on the ground doing push ups. — Levi took a step back to give her the space that she needed to get up. He wasn’t offended that he didn’t take her hand as many of these people always seemed to want to hold their own. He was among them. She seemed to be in a rush now but for what reason Levi didn’t know. Were they meeting some sot of stablehand today? No, that was a bad joke and one that didn’t leave his mind. “You’re going to screw it up more if you keep rushing like that,” he simply stated again before he took a breath in. “And it’s Levi.” He wondered if she would know of him. It never mattered to him if anyone did or not. But most people at least had heard of him by now. Lifting an eyebrow, he let out a low ‘tch’ as he spotted a pale with discarded dust cloths inside. “They not teaching the brats to clean?”

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Eren nodded, finding himself himself a bit disappointed in the answer. But not at her of her. No, he was more disappointed that he couldn’t find a reason to accompany her. He made of mental note to remember her name. If not to keep up with Shena, then to check in on where she would end up. After all, some people were worth watching out for.

“Well, Shena,” he grinned. “I’ll see you later?” He didn’t really wait for a response, turning on his heel before she could give anything thing that would resemble and disappointing answer. Eren found himself oddly nervous, looking back over his shoulder just in case he missed something.

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Perhaps it was the shared vocabulary of ‘Levi’ and ‘brats’ that pulled her towards the realization, but either way, Max found herself feeling more frustrated by the minute. Locking the stables and double checking they were secure, she pulled herself into a quick but tired salute, looking anywhere but her commanders face.

“Forgive me, sir, I didn’t realize who you were, sir.” She vaguely wondered whether this would only make her situation worse, but in the end she found that she couldn’t care either way. Her duties were far from over, and she suspected that they would be doubled if it was found out that she may have been ‘disrespectful.’

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“O-” And he had his back turned to her before she could finish her “okay”. Shena frowned slightly, wondering if she had said something wrong. She wasn’t really used to making many friends and her hobbies usually consisted of something only one person would do. She paused, fishing in her mind for something to say, hoping that some how she could manage not to be so awkward. “Hey, Eren!” She called out after him, throwing a hand up but paused as she caught him looking back at her. She slowly lowered her hand and mentally kicked herself. “…Let’s talk about going outside the walls sometime, huh?” She remembered all that he had said and she found herself actually agreeing with it. There weren’t that many people who actually seemed that passionate about leaving the walls. — Levi knew by the tense action in her shoulders what was to come next. He didn’t return the salute but gave a dismissive flick of his wrist. “You don’t have to do that. Got no one to suck up to here,” he told her before looking down the rows of stalls that kept the horses. It sure stunk around there. “You probably would have had a concussion by now if I hadn’t noticed you were fighting your horse.” He stepped toward the gate and unlatched it, pulling it open for the both of them to leave. He motioned for her to go first before following after. Fishing into the front breast pocket of his crop jacket, he managed to retrieve a handkerchief. It wasn’t much but it could at least help in wiping her face off of the dirt it had collected in her fight. He offered it to her. “So, this is how they keep the new recruits busy, huh. Guess they really assume that the Scouting Legion isn’t gonna be around much longer.”

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Eren stopped, looking back when he heard his name. What was said next made him grin ear to ear, both in excitement and determination. He back tracked to her side, smiling the whole way. “I’ve got time now, if think your book might be less interesting…”

Eren wasn’t shy even if he didn’t have a lot of friend. It was his confidence that made him lonely most of the time. But it was also his confidence that drove many towards him as well. He hoped he didn’t seem rude and that eagerness came off more towards the flips of conversation they could have, and not so much of other things that may be misunderstood.

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Max dropped the salute, mumbling a small “thank you,” in response. She sighed and let herself relax against the fence, half heartedly glaring at the locked building. Then she let out a laugh. “He’s not mine. This is just a chore. Usually they have a paid kid from the neighboring town do it but…” She clicked her tongue and shook her head.

She looked over at him, to the his outstretched hand, and took the square cloth graciously. Carefully following the outlines of her face, she removed some of the sweat and grime. “I can wash this and then return it for you…” She trailed off a but before continuing. “This is their form of punishment. Most of the other kids were left to inventory. I finished mine this morning. ” She let out a low whistle. “He knows I hate this one. ”

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“Ah?” Shena noticed that almost immediately after having said that, he was backtracking towards her. His go-getter personality was a nice mold for her who had trouble carrying on conversations with other people that she wasn’t so comfortable with. Well, she had been looking for an excuse to kill time and stay out of the way of the higher-ups. “Sure. I’ve read the book already anyway, so I know what happens,” she gave a shrug as she softly replied. “Should we take a walk?” She offered. She didn’t really know what else they could do unless there was a place they could go and sit down at. There wasn’t that many places go have a private conversation within the barracks. — Levi raised an eyebrow. “So that means that you got into trouble over something? What did you do?” He asked as he leaned against the gate a little after they had left the ring. Erwin probably wasn’t missing him as much right now while Sadis and him discussed more serious matters that probably didn’t even concern the captain. Given the clash of personality, Sadis probably wasn’t his biggest fan, either. “Keep the handkerchief. You probably wouldn’t see me around that often unless you decide to join the Scout Regiment… Given any thought of what you were going for?” It was a common topic of conversation between recruits, Levi had noticed. Most wanted to go for the Garrison or strived to be top ten in their classes to become MPs. Whatever kept them safe within the walls. The Scouting Legion had less and less recruits by the class.

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Eren let her go first, walking beside her as they continued on their way. “Sounds good to me.” He smiled at her and hummed a bit. “Hey, if you don’t mind me asking, what made you decide to join?”

He hoped he wasn’t pushing any limits and continued to look kindly towards her. He knew everyone had their own reasons. He also understood that not everyone was as willingly open with them as he was. Some things were better left alone.

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She looked down, trying not to smile in amusement. The situation was still funny and fresh in my mind. “Let’s call it a clash of opinions… I imagine repeating it wouldn’t do so kindly on me. But if you’re curious, I’m sure Sadie would tell you. ”

She inhaled deeply but nodded a bit. “The Scouts were my number one. I wouldn’t last long with the MPS,” She continued. “I’d get bored with the garrisons. Scouts seemed like the best option… the way I see it. ”

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Shena glanced back at him as they began to walk together. She took her time with it as they really didn’t have a destination in mind. They wouldn’t have much of anything else to do until their night training. “Well…” She wondered if it would sound insane or not hesitating before she began to speak the truth. “I have had an unlucky bill of health growing up which kept me in my room a lot. I got to read plenty of books and became fascinated with the idea of other things being out there that we haven’t seen yet. I didn’t want to leave my room just to be faced with another set of walls keeping me in…” She laced her fingers together behind her back. “And given what happened in Shiganshina… I wouldn’t want anyone else have to face something like that.” — “Really?” He asked. It was the first time that his voice had tried showing any higher infliction of interest. He watched some soldiers passing by with a horse between them, talking cheerfully. They were probably newbies that didn’t know the way that the world really worked either. Levi looked down at the muddied grown below them and thought quietly for a moment. “Well, so long as you learn how to control a horse, you might have a chance out there,” he turned his head and looked at her. “Most would call it a death wish right now. It’s boring with us too because we haven’t been able to push the titans back from Wall Maria yet.”

dminmx

Eren went quiet for a moment before nodding. "I imagine that would be hard on anyone. " his face had fell as he reflected on the situation and what Shena had just revealed to him.

Then he turned, and with a smile not quite as bright as before but just as reassuring, he continued. "But you'll see it one day. And it'll feel like there was never anything before hand. We all will. "

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She wrinkled her nose in amusement but nodded respectfully. "I see... I guess one man's death wish is another's escape." Max realized how naive she sounded, but she found that there were some truth in that.

"I dunno about the horse aspect of it but I imagine I'd find something to occupy my time pretty easily. Doesn't matter if it's cleaning or running errands. It's a place to be that's not going anywhere unless I do. " She chuckled light heartedly. "I just need a bed and a meal and I'll be fine. I imagine my reasoning doesn't make sense to you, but it doesn't have to."

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Onward and Outward ;; AOT RP

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Eren frowned slightly, though not at all in a mean way. “If you insist. ..” he trailed off, looking a little apologetic. “Let’s walk together then. Just in case me or you drop our loads again. ” his smile quickly returned.

Bending down, he picked up his own crate with something that almost looked like ease. He walked slowly ahead, looking back and hoping she would follow.

“I’m Eren Yeager, by the way. I recognize you but. .. I can’t seem to remember your name. ” Despite the sincerity in his voice, his introduction was laced with an unmistakable confidence. In fact, it was almost loud with pride.

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Max let out a brief but very unamused laugh. She didn’t even turn to look at who had arrived upon the scene, glaring the animal down with intense irritation. “I wouldn’t quite say I’m letting him, but alright. ”

Her chest heaved in an uneasy breath and she let herself relax a moment, never taking her eyes off the animal. She didn’t trust it, in fact it would be out of the way to say she feared it a little. But if you would ask her, she’d just tell you she wasn’t fond of animals.

In an attempt to use the element of surprise, she rushed towards the animal, making a wild grab at the dragging lead rope. For a moment she had succeeded, hands firmly around the rope. The stallion reared up, bringing Max to her tiptoes, and she was met hooves and rage. Instantly she let go, falling backwards and rolling out of the way. She hugged the fence post, trying to catch her breath once more.

Shena blinked her eyes once, a bit surprised that he would go out of his way to make sure she was doing alright. It wasn’t as embarrassing as lightening her own load. “Ah. Thanks,” she told him as she strained once more to carry her crate over to the supplies station. Her face was covered with the crate again, the only signs of there being a person behind it being her hands, legs and the top edge of a bun she wore upon her head to keep it out of the way of their gear. “Shena Kerrigan,” she responded as he asked for her name. They had thankfully arrived at the station without another hiccup and she slid her crate onto the counter so a logistician could sort out what needed to be put away from it. She rubbed her hands together to get the feeling back into her fingers before she looked over to Eren. “I remember you from our first night,” she commented lightly. It had been the evening where he had almost gotten into a fight with Jean and vowed to join the Scouting Legion. “I’m from Shiganshina too… My father was a member of the Garrison. I was hoping to join the Scouting Legion.” — Levi feigned a roll of his eyes, knowing that she wasn’t going to take his advice seriously at first. And so, he took a step back and watched as the horse reared back on her with its ears flat back against its skull. He looked down at the ground where Max had retreated to and stepped forward once the animal was back on all fours. “It’s energetic today, isn’t it?” He asked as he reached for the rope. Without hesitation, he grabbed hold of it and gave a bit of a yank. The horse shook its head and pounded its hooves on the ground, as if contemplating what to do at first before settling there at Levi’s side. Levi reached over and gave the horse a single pat to its long nose. “See? Confidence.” He concluded before he stepped over to Max and reached his hand out to help her up. “You might want to dust your uniform off before Instructor Shadis sees you. He can be a pain in the ass. Especially when he gets to show his students off to the higher ups.” Or so he had perceived. He had been lucky enough to skip training but the man was a hardass.

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Eren let out an embarrassed chuckle, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. It wasn’t so much that he was embarrassed of the fight, especially not his devotion. If he had to guess, his shyness probably came from her own call out.

He puffed out his chest a bit, in an attempt to recover. “Oh, yeah? Haha…well I think you’ll do great. No matter where you go…” he rushed through his sentence, a bit shocked at how eager he was to keep the conversation going. “Um.. well what are you about to do now?”

___

Max found herself stuck between glaring at him with annoyance and perplexity. And then she caught herself. Disregarding his hand, she stood up quickly, brushing herself off hurriedly. “Oh shit, shit, shit, I didn’t even realize that was today…”

“I’m not even finished… ” an air of stress followed her as she took the reins from Levi and hurriedly put the animal away, sloppily picking things up and trying to make it look clean. “I’m sorry… I didn’t catch your name..” She said, a bit breathless and she hurried this way and that.

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This was a rather peculiar situation for the shy girl and at first she looked to Eren as if he had grown another head before quickly shaking hers to get a hold of herself and putting on her best friendly, albeit strained smile. No one paid her that many compliments and she knew that Eren didn’t really know her. To her, he was just being nice. “I was…” What was she going to do? She knew Shadis was meeting with Commander Erwin Smith. She had wanted to stay out of dodge before she could get herself into trouble with either of them. She pointed awkwardly towards the castle-like structure. “Going… to go read a book?” It sounded like the most boring thing on the planet probably but it was the truth. And she would much rather have her nose in a book rather than on the ground doing push ups. — Levi took a step back to give her the space that she needed to get up. He wasn’t offended that he didn’t take her hand as many of these people always seemed to want to hold their own. He was among them. She seemed to be in a rush now but for what reason Levi didn’t know. Were they meeting some sot of stablehand today? No, that was a bad joke and one that didn’t leave his mind. “You’re going to screw it up more if you keep rushing like that,” he simply stated again before he took a breath in. “And it’s Levi.” He wondered if she would know of him. It never mattered to him if anyone did or not. But most people at least had heard of him by now. Lifting an eyebrow, he let out a low ‘tch’ as he spotted a pale with discarded dust cloths inside. “They not teaching the brats to clean?”

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Eren nodded, finding himself himself a bit disappointed in the answer. But not at her of her. No, he was more disappointed that he couldn’t find a reason to accompany her. He made of mental note to remember her name. If not to keep up with Shena, then to check in on where she would end up. After all, some people were worth watching out for.

“Well, Shena,” he grinned. “I’ll see you later?” He didn’t really wait for a response, turning on his heel before she could give anything thing that would resemble and disappointing answer. Eren found himself oddly nervous, looking back over his shoulder just in case he missed something.

___

Perhaps it was the shared vocabulary of ‘Levi’ and ‘brats’ that pulled her towards the realization, but either way, Max found herself feeling more frustrated by the minute. Locking the stables and double checking they were secure, she pulled herself into a quick but tired salute, looking anywhere but her commanders face.

“Forgive me, sir, I didn’t realize who you were, sir.” She vaguely wondered whether this would only make her situation worse, but in the end she found that she couldn’t care either way. Her duties were far from over, and she suspected that they would be doubled if it was found out that she may have been 'disrespectful.’

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“O-” And he had his back turned to her before she could finish her “okay”. Shena frowned slightly, wondering if she had said something wrong. She wasn’t really used to making many friends and her hobbies usually consisted of something only one person would do. She paused, fishing in her mind for something to say, hoping that some how she could manage not to be so awkward. “Hey, Eren!” She called out after him, throwing a hand up but paused as she caught him looking back at her. She slowly lowered her hand and mentally kicked herself. “…Let’s talk about going outside the walls sometime, huh?” She remembered all that he had said and she found herself actually agreeing with it. There weren’t that many people who actually seemed that passionate about leaving the walls. — Levi knew by the tense action in her shoulders what was to come next. He didn’t return the salute but gave a dismissive flick of his wrist. “You don’t have to do that. Got no one to suck up to here,” he told her before looking down the rows of stalls that kept the horses. It sure stunk around there. “You probably would have had a concussion by now if I hadn’t noticed you were fighting your horse.” He stepped toward the gate and unlatched it, pulling it open for the both of them to leave. He motioned for her to go first before following after. Fishing into the front breast pocket of his crop jacket, he managed to retrieve a handkerchief. It wasn’t much but it could at least help in wiping her face off of the dirt it had collected in her fight. He offered it to her. “So, this is how they keep the new recruits busy, huh. Guess they really assume that the Scouting Legion isn’t gonna be around much longer.”

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Eren stopped, looking back when he heard his name. What was said next made him grin ear to ear, both in excitement and determination. He back tracked to her side, smiling the whole way. "I've got time now, if think your book might be less interesting..."

Eren wasn't shy even if he didn't have a lot of friend. It was his confidence that made him lonely most of the time. But it was also his confidence that drove many towards him as well. He hoped he didn't seem rude and that eagerness came off more towards the flips of conversation they could have, and not so much of other things that may be misunderstood.

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Max dropped the salute, mumbling a small "thank you," in response. She sighed and let herself relax against the fence, half heartedly glaring at the locked building. Then she let out a laugh. "He's not mine. This is just a chore. Usually they have a paid kid from the neighboring town do it but..." She clicked her tongue and shook her head.

She looked over at him, to the his outstretched hand, and took the square cloth graciously. Carefully following the outlines of her face, she removed some of the sweat and grime. "I can wash this and then return it for you..." She trailed off a but before continuing. "This is their form of punishment. Most of the other kids were left to inventory. I finished mine this morning. " She let out a low whistle. "He knows I hate this one. "

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Eren frowned slightly, though not at all in a mean way. “If you insist. ..” he trailed off, looking a little apologetic. “Let’s walk together then. Just in case me or you drop our loads again. ” his smile quickly returned.

Bending down, he picked up his own crate with something that almost looked like ease. He walked slowly ahead, looking back and hoping she would follow.

“I’m Eren Yeager, by the way. I recognize you but. .. I can’t seem to remember your name. ” Despite the sincerity in his voice, his introduction was laced with an unmistakable confidence. In fact, it was almost loud with pride.

____

Max let out a brief but very unamused laugh. She didn’t even turn to look at who had arrived upon the scene, glaring the animal down with intense irritation. “I wouldn’t quite say I’m letting him, but alright. ”

Her chest heaved in an uneasy breath and she let herself relax a moment, never taking her eyes off the animal. She didn’t trust it, in fact it would be out of the way to say she feared it a little. But if you would ask her, she’d just tell you she wasn’t fond of animals.

In an attempt to use the element of surprise, she rushed towards the animal, making a wild grab at the dragging lead rope. For a moment she had succeeded, hands firmly around the rope. The stallion reared up, bringing Max to her tiptoes, and she was met hooves and rage. Instantly she let go, falling backwards and rolling out of the way. She hugged the fence post, trying to catch her breath once more.

Shena blinked her eyes once, a bit surprised that he would go out of his way to make sure she was doing alright. It wasn’t as embarrassing as lightening her own load. “Ah. Thanks,” she told him as she strained once more to carry her crate over to the supplies station. Her face was covered with the crate again, the only signs of there being a person behind it being her hands, legs and the top edge of a bun she wore upon her head to keep it out of the way of their gear. “Shena Kerrigan,” she responded as he asked for her name. They had thankfully arrived at the station without another hiccup and she slid her crate onto the counter so a logistician could sort out what needed to be put away from it. She rubbed her hands together to get the feeling back into her fingers before she looked over to Eren. “I remember you from our first night,” she commented lightly. It had been the evening where he had almost gotten into a fight with Jean and vowed to join the Scouting Legion. “I’m from Shiganshina too… My father was a member of the Garrison. I was hoping to join the Scouting Legion.” — Levi feigned a roll of his eyes, knowing that she wasn’t going to take his advice seriously at first. And so, he took a step back and watched as the horse reared back on her with its ears flat back against its skull. He looked down at the ground where Max had retreated to and stepped forward once the animal was back on all fours. “It’s energetic today, isn’t it?” He asked as he reached for the rope. Without hesitation, he grabbed hold of it and gave a bit of a yank. The horse shook its head and pounded its hooves on the ground, as if contemplating what to do at first before settling there at Levi’s side. Levi reached over and gave the horse a single pat to its long nose. “See? Confidence.” He concluded before he stepped over to Max and reached his hand out to help her up. “You might want to dust your uniform off before Instructor Shadis sees you. He can be a pain in the ass. Especially when he gets to show his students off to the higher ups.” Or so he had perceived. He had been lucky enough to skip training but the man was a hardass.

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Eren let out an embarrassed chuckle, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. It wasn’t so much that he was embarrassed of the fight, especially not his devotion. If he had to guess, his shyness probably came from her own call out.

He puffed out his chest a bit, in an attempt to recover. “Oh, yeah? Haha…well I think you’ll do great. No matter where you go…” he rushed through his sentence, a bit shocked at how eager he was to keep the conversation going. “Um.. well what are you about to do now?”

___

Max found herself stuck between glaring at him with annoyance and perplexity. And then she caught herself. Disregarding his hand, she stood up quickly, brushing herself off hurriedly. “Oh shit, shit, shit, I didn’t even realize that was today…”

“I’m not even finished… ” an air of stress followed her as she took the reins from Levi and hurriedly put the animal away, sloppily picking things up and trying to make it look clean. “I’m sorry… I didn’t catch your name..” She said, a bit breathless and she hurried this way and that.

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This was a rather peculiar situation for the shy girl and at first she looked to Eren as if he had grown another head before quickly shaking hers to get a hold of herself and putting on her best friendly, albeit strained smile. No one paid her that many compliments and she knew that Eren didn’t really know her. To her, he was just being nice. “I was…” What was she going to do? She knew Shadis was meeting with Commander Erwin Smith. She had wanted to stay out of dodge before she could get herself into trouble with either of them. She pointed awkwardly towards the castle-like structure. “Going… to go read a book?” It sounded like the most boring thing on the planet probably but it was the truth. And she would much rather have her nose in a book rather than on the ground doing push ups. — Levi took a step back to give her the space that she needed to get up. He wasn’t offended that he didn’t take her hand as many of these people always seemed to want to hold their own. He was among them. She seemed to be in a rush now but for what reason Levi didn’t know. Were they meeting some sot of stablehand today? No, that was a bad joke and one that didn’t leave his mind. “You’re going to screw it up more if you keep rushing like that,” he simply stated again before he took a breath in. “And it’s Levi.” He wondered if she would know of him. It never mattered to him if anyone did or not. But most people at least had heard of him by now. Lifting an eyebrow, he let out a low ‘tch’ as he spotted a pale with discarded dust cloths inside. “They not teaching the brats to clean?”

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Eren nodded, finding himself himself a bit disappointed in the answer. But not at her of her. No, he was more disappointed that he couldn't find a reason to accompany her. He made of mental note to remember her name. If not to keep up with Shena, then to check in on where she would end up. After all, some people were worth watching out for.

"Well, Shena," he grinned. "I'll see you later?" He didn't really wait for a response, turning on his heel before she could give anything thing that would resemble and disappointing answer. Eren found himself oddly nervous, looking back over his shoulder just in case he missed something.

___

Perhaps it was the shared vocabulary of 'Levi' and 'brats' that pulled her towards the realization, but either way, Max found herself feeling more frustrated by the minute. Locking the stables and double checking they were secure, she pulled herself into a quick but tired salute, looking anywhere but her commanders face.

"Forgive me, sir, I didn't realize who you were, sir." She vaguely wondered whether this would only make her situation worse, but in the end she found that she couldn't care either way. Her duties were far from over, and she suspected that they would be doubled if it was found out that she may have been 'disrespectful.'

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Eren frowned slightly, though not at all in a mean way. “If you insist. ..” he trailed off, looking a little apologetic. “Let’s walk together then. Just in case me or you drop our loads again. ” his smile quickly returned.

Bending down, he picked up his own crate with something that almost looked like ease. He walked slowly ahead, looking back and hoping she would follow.

“I’m Eren Yeager, by the way. I recognize you but. .. I can’t seem to remember your name. ” Despite the sincerity in his voice, his introduction was laced with an unmistakable confidence. In fact, it was almost loud with pride.

____

Max let out a brief but very unamused laugh. She didn’t even turn to look at who had arrived upon the scene, glaring the animal down with intense irritation. “I wouldn’t quite say I’m letting him, but alright. ”

Her chest heaved in an uneasy breath and she let herself relax a moment, never taking her eyes off the animal. She didn’t trust it, in fact it would be out of the way to say she feared it a little. But if you would ask her, she’d just tell you she wasn’t fond of animals.

In an attempt to use the element of surprise, she rushed towards the animal, making a wild grab at the dragging lead rope. For a moment she had succeeded, hands firmly around the rope. The stallion reared up, bringing Max to her tiptoes, and she was met hooves and rage. Instantly she let go, falling backwards and rolling out of the way. She hugged the fence post, trying to catch her breath once more.

Shena blinked her eyes once, a bit surprised that he would go out of his way to make sure she was doing alright. It wasn’t as embarrassing as lightening her own load. “Ah. Thanks,” she told him as she strained once more to carry her crate over to the supplies station. Her face was covered with the crate again, the only signs of there being a person behind it being her hands, legs and the top edge of a bun she wore upon her head to keep it out of the way of their gear. “Shena Kerrigan,” she responded as he asked for her name. They had thankfully arrived at the station without another hiccup and she slid her crate onto the counter so a logistician could sort out what needed to be put away from it. She rubbed her hands together to get the feeling back into her fingers before she looked over to Eren. “I remember you from our first night,” she commented lightly. It had been the evening where he had almost gotten into a fight with Jean and vowed to join the Scouting Legion. “I’m from Shiganshina too… My father was a member of the Garrison. I was hoping to join the Scouting Legion.” — Levi feigned a roll of his eyes, knowing that she wasn’t going to take his advice seriously at first. And so, he took a step back and watched as the horse reared back on her with its ears flat back against its skull. He looked down at the ground where Max had retreated to and stepped forward once the animal was back on all fours. “It’s energetic today, isn’t it?” He asked as he reached for the rope. Without hesitation, he grabbed hold of it and gave a bit of a yank. The horse shook its head and pounded its hooves on the ground, as if contemplating what to do at first before settling there at Levi’s side. Levi reached over and gave the horse a single pat to its long nose. “See? Confidence.” He concluded before he stepped over to Max and reached his hand out to help her up. “You might want to dust your uniform off before Instructor Shadis sees you. He can be a pain in the ass. Especially when he gets to show his students off to the higher ups.” Or so he had perceived. He had been lucky enough to skip training but the man was a hardass.

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Eren let out an embarrassed chuckle, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. It wasn't so much that he was embarrassed of the fight, especially not his devotion. If he had to guess, his shyness probably came from her own call out.

He puffed out his chest a bit, in an attempt to recover. "Oh, yeah? Haha...well I think you'll do great. No matter where you go..." he rushed through his sentence, a bit shocked at how eager he was to keep the conversation going. "Um.. well what are you about to do now?"

___

Max found herself stuck between glaring at him with annoyance and perplexity. And then she caught herself. Disregarding his hand, she stood up quickly, brushing herself off hurriedly. "Oh shit, shit, shit, I didn't even realize that was today..."

"I'm not even finished... " an air of stress followed her as she took the reins from Levi and hurriedly put the animal away, sloppily picking things up and trying to make it look clean. "I'm sorry... I didn't catch your name.." She said, a bit breathless and she hurried this way and that.

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Eren Yeager was no stranger to bad luck. In fact, one could easily argue he was quite comfortable with the diety, as it seemed to follow him throughout most of his days. Perhaps that was why he stopped to help one of his fellow trainees when he noticed her heaping loads of steel back into its crate. Surely his kindness was helped along on the account of their rather important visitors.

Setting his own crate down beside him, rather carefully so as not to result in an additional spill, he smiled at the girl warmly as he began to hurriedly help her restack the pieces. “I can put some of them in my crate to lighten the load if you want.”

In the back of his mind, he was a bit worried that the girl may take this as him looking down on her, which wasn’t the case. He didn’t view her as weak in any means, and of course not as any lesser. To Eren, everyone had their strengths in weaknesses. God knows he had his.

He glanced at her as he finished helping her restack the load, gauging to see if he would take his offer. Her name was just at the ti o of Eren’s tongue and he furrowed his brows in an attempt to remember it, to make the connections click.

A bit farther away, in another location on the grounds, Max Nüwa found herself having a bit of her own struggles. She’d been assigned stable duty, much to her dismay. While cleaning up wasn’t really much of an issue, conditioning the animals tended to bring out the temper in her.

Max really did try to keep a level head, she really did. But it was times like this, where she found herself butting heads with the interests of others, that brought the devil out in her. The string of profanity that slipped through her mouth only proved this.

She found herself just out of reach of, in her opinion, a crazed beast. She’d been chasing the horse in circles for the past hour, lead rope in hand and pole in the other. Her once crisp uniform was now covered in filth, a few hoof prints standing out among the mud from where she’d found herself a bit to close. In pure frustration she chunked the stick, the long white pole bouncing off the ground with a sharp twang.

(I also hope this is up to your standards and I can change whatever need be if you want. )

The girl appeared a little stunned as Eren had leaned down to help her regather the mess she had made. Shena looked at him for awhile, wondering why he would risk getting in trouble as well. They had the Scouting Legion commander visiting their training grounds after all and she knew that she probably wasn’t putting on a good impression if there was the chance they came over here now… Though, her hands worked automatically to continue to refill her box and then he offered to help her out to which she squared her shoulders and stood up with her box, giving a small sound of strain as she carried the heavy weight again. “I don’t want to bug you anymore, though,” Shena told him sincerely as she glanced over to him again. She recognized him. He had a reputation for being a go-getter of sorts. Having big dreams about wanting to eliminate the titans… “And I don’t want to get you into trouble,” she quickly added with a small, apologetic smile appearing. “I just need to do more lifting, I think…” — It was a commotion on the other side of the stables which Levi heard that drew him to go around the front and to see what was going on. At first, he had elected to ignore it as he knew some individuals could be passionate about raising their horses. They were personally paired up with their steeds when they came to the Scouts, at least in their branch of military. They had to grow a bond between them. But as the noise increased in volume, he didn’t have a good feeling about what could be going on across the way. HE walked inside and then out to the back where a ring was built to give horses brief exercise. HE saw a girl standing away from a horse there, looking frustrated as ever. “You’re probably not leading it with enough confidence,” Levi simply spoke up as he undid the latch to the fence door and stepped inside the ring, crossing his arms as he watched the horse give a contempt snort. “You’re letting it trample you,” he had noticed her dirtied uniform. That was a real shame. But first, they needed to take care of one problem before moving on to the other.

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Eren frowned slightly, though not at all in a mean way. "If you insist. .." he trailed off, looking a little apologetic. "Let's walk together then. Just in case me or you drop our loads again. " his smile quickly returned.

Bending down, he picked up his own crate with something that almost looked like ease. He walked slowly ahead, looking back and hoping she would follow.

"I'm Eren Yeager, by the way. I recognize you but. .. I can't seem to remember your name. " Despite the sincerity in his voice, his introduction was laced with an unmistakable confidence. In fact, it was almost loud with pride.

____

Max let out a brief but very unamused laugh. She didn't even turn to look at who had arrived upon the scene, glaring the animal down with intense irritation. "I wouldn't quite say I'm letting him, but alright. "

Her chest heaved in an uneasy breath and she let herself relax a moment, never taking her eyes off the animal. She didn't trust it, in fact it would be out of the way to say she feared it a little. But if you would ask her, she'd just tell you she wasn't fond of animals.

In an attempt to use the element of surprise, she rushed towards the animal, making a wild grab at the dragging lead rope. For a moment she had succeeded, hands firmly around the rope. The stallion reared up, bringing Max to her tiptoes, and she was met hooves and rage. Instantly she let go, falling backwards and rolling out of the way. She hugged the fence post, trying to catch her breath once more.

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Levi walked with Commander Erwin Smith as they walked with lead instructor Keith Shadis, watching as they passed by the training fields where rows of recruits consisting of the 104th training corps were doing exercises that were a part of their training. He never had the displeasure of going through basic training though from proving his worth, it was not needed as he had managed to soar through the ranks to the position of Captain and a squad leader. One might not even know that he had once been a lowly thief in the underground city… This sort of environment was not one that he believed he would ever get used to. He didn’t say much of anything as Erwin and Keith continued to speak about how the exercises were going. They were visiting the training grounds in order to discuss how they should incorporate the updated surveying exercises that were used for those interested in joining the Scouting Legion. There were bits and pieces of each branch taught to the new cadets in order to better prepare them to make a sound decision as to which branch they would join. Erwin always tried to better their processes to prevent loss of life. Levi had accompanied him as well as Levi saw much of the action during their expeditions but he hadn’t thought that it was needed as much. So, as the two to her men spoke to each other, Levi looked out at all of the faces. He wondered how many of them would actually join the Scouting Legion… they weren’t necessarily all that popular anymore as there had been no progress made to reclaim Wall Maria. Levi found himself thinking about this quiet often as he never liked the idea of losing comrades over something with no pay off. It was exactly what had been happening. “I’ll catch up with you,” he told Erwin as Erwin asked if he’d like to go inside to set up an appropriate study lesson for the cadets. Levi didn’t think he was needed for it and so he decided he’d just spend his time watching what the cadets went through. They parted ways and Levi walked over to a bench outside next to the training field and took a seat. Despite the Hell that raged outside of the walls, it was almost too peaceful here. He sat his back against the back of the bench and watched as some soldiers ran by. How many of them actually knew the truth of how their own world was? — “Almost there… you can do it…” A strained, soft voice muttered as cadet Shena Kerrigan carried a large wooden crate full of stacks of iron which was used to make new materials or reinforce the ones they had. It was boring work but work that the cadets were charged with if they weren’t on patrol or doing their exercises. Shena was fine with doing it as she had always wished to help as much as she could despite her smaller stature. Standing at 4’11”, the crate managed to obscure her vision as she carried it towards the supplies building where the logisticians could work on the equipment. Slow and steady was her pace, inching along carefully so that the crate wouldn’t go toppling over. The iron was very heavy and the strain burned up from her hands through her arms. If she had to be honest, some things were still overwhelming despite the intense training they all went through. Try as she might, heavy lifting wasn’t her strong suit. She was trying to encourage herself to keep hold of the crate as she walked along. She just wanted to get the task done but a higher incline of the ground decided it had other plans for her and as she missteps, she lost grasp of the crate and yelped as with a loud clatter, the box fell over to the ground and the supplies barreled out into a fray as well. “Ah! No, no!” She held out her hands but didn’t manage to catch anything. Thankfully, Instructor Shadis was busy with Commander Erwin and so the mess up had gone unnoticed for now. Falling to her knees, she quickly went to regathering the supplies back into the crate, giving a frustrated sigh. She didn’t want her parents to be right in thinking she couldn’t be in the military. She could feel some of the other cadets looking over from the sound of the crate falling. She tried to hurry herself so she could flee the scene, now thoroughly embarrassed of herself. “Damn…”

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Eren Yeager was no stranger to bad luck. In fact, one could easily argue he was quite comfortable with the diety, as it seemed to follow him throughout most of his days. Perhaps that was why he stopped to help one of his fellow trainees when he noticed her heaping loads of steel back into its crate. Surely his kindness was helped along on the account of their rather important visitors.

Setting his own crate down beside him, rather carefully so as not to result in an additional spill, he smiled at the girl warmly as he began to hurriedly help her restack the pieces. "I can put some of them in my crate to lighten the load if you want."

In the back of his mind, he was a bit worried that the girl may take this as him looking down on her, which wasn't the case. He didn't view her as weak in any means, and of course not as any lesser. To Eren, everyone had their strengths in weaknesses. God knows he had his.

He glanced at her as he finished helping her restack the load, gauging to see if he would take his offer. Her name was just at the ti o of Eren's tongue and he furrowed his brows in an attempt to remember it, to make the connections click.

A bit farther away, in another location on the grounds, Max Nüwa found herself having a bit of her own struggles. She'd been assigned stable duty, much to her dismay. While cleaning up wasn't really much of an issue, conditioning the animals tended to bring out the temper in her.

Max really did try to keep a level head, she really did. But it was times like this, where she found herself butting heads with the interests of others, that brought the devil out in her. The string of profanity that slipped through her mouth only proved this.

She found herself just out of reach of, in her opinion, a crazed beast. She'd been chasing the horse in circles for the past hour, lead rope in hand and pole in the other. Her once crisp uniform was now covered in filth, a few hoof prints standing out among the mud from where she'd found herself a bit to close. In pure frustration she chunked the stick, the long white pole bouncing off the ground with a sharp twang.

(I also hope this is up to your standards and I can change whatever need be if you want. )