"---u-ry, -4th, ---, W-ll Mar-a is seal--, a suc-es-fu- missi-n an- long te-m goal fin--ly compl--e. How-v-r, victo-y does not c-me without loss, and ... th-se who sacr-fic-- themse-ve- will not be forgotten. Erw-n, M--lit, as 14t- Comm--de- ... I promise not -- let you down. ..." The letter continues, though the amount of water damage sustained renders it unreadable. Other letters stuffed within the bottle follow the same note, however each dating more recently. Most recent being 2 weeks prior.
@leadheir @l-promised-him
A MADMAN leads - -
… sealed… ..successful mission… … as 14th Commander… … not to let you down…
(”Most importantly… The next Commander of the Survey Corps, will be you, Hange Zoe. I leave it to you.”)
The sunset cascaded into the horizon like a blinding waterfall, as a synthetic forefinger and thumb held the edge of a sea-soaked page as gingerly as it was able - pale lips mouthed words already partially consumed by the sea, as a soft exhale finally escaped the ‘White Eagle’.
So humanity had won, that day… that gambit he had chosen… hundreds of lives for the rest of their fellows…. Despite all of his complaining, about only wanting to prove his father’s theories, of only wishing to see the proof that lay within that basement.. .. he had chosen humanity, instead of his own selfish ambitions… He had told them to scream, and to rage - in the face of that oppression which bound them, even though they all knew well that death was their only destination.
They wouldn’t have gotten anywhere without her mind. She was still confined to hell, it seemed, when he, as a leader, could not even face the results of his own decisions… that mountain of corpses that he stood upon, he had taken her by the hand and placed her a top it, while he had stepped down.
His free hand extended, the button on a white snail pushed, before the receiver of another was lifted.
- - - - Elsewhere, on the Freedom’s Wings, the Den Den Mushi would begin to chime endlessly, until either the call was received or he forced his message through.
“Levi. I have another proposition for you. I left my glasses back within Paradise, and I believe I’ll need them for the upcoming events, my vision is failing me, ever since my bloodhound passed away. I’ve lost my map, so it is up to you to find another way, retrieve them for me, if you can.“
His voice hosted distance, a melancholy edge to the coded words far too evident as the ridiculously browed snail spoke on the ‘Clean Freak’s end.
- - the DESPERATE and ENRAGED














