Annabel "Ellie" Lyons | Annie Leonhart (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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savetheearth2013-10-01 05:40 pm
shortspoken) wrote in savetheearth2013-10-01 05:40 pm
Entry tags:
- !open,
- #network,
- attack on titan: annie leonhart,
- attack on titan: bertholdt fubar,
- attack on titan: eren yeager,
- attack on titan: reiner braun,
- attack on titan: sasha braus,
- avatar: the last airbender: toph beifong,
- evangelion: asuka langley soryu,
- hikonin sentai akibaranger: nobuo akagi,
- homestuck: john egbert,
- mistborn: vin,
- shadow of the colossus: wander,
- teen titans: terra
video/text; slightly forward-dated to late tonight
[ Anyone who knows Ellie will probably be surprised to see that she's posting via video. Though since she's an insular, cagey little shit the significance of this will be lost on most people.
Still. Video it is! The feed doesn't seem to be showing anything interesting at first - even disregarding the fact it's really dark out, it's just pointed high up between a couple of buildings in the dead district - but after a few seconds:
PCHOO. A small hooded figure hurtles through the air, aided by some kind of belt-mounted propulsion system and a set of twin grappling hooks. It's almost Spidermanesque, if Spiderman had a jetpack and a passion for extreme sports. Here's a handy illustrative gif!
After pulling off a couple of fancy loops that are clearly designed for the purposes of showing off, the figure swoops to the ground. She's holding her hood down to cover her face, but that doesn't do anything to hide the fact that she's super tiny.And has a wonderful, beautiful nose. She approaches whoever is recording the footage, holds out a hand and orders them to "give it here" before the video cuts out.
A few seconds later, a text message is apended to the footage. ]
If anyone remembers using anything like this, or killing giants in general, they should speak up.
If the "Vermaxi" ever do start appearing, a list of people who can fight them off effectively would be useful.
Still. Video it is! The feed doesn't seem to be showing anything interesting at first - even disregarding the fact it's really dark out, it's just pointed high up between a couple of buildings in the dead district - but after a few seconds:
PCHOO. A small hooded figure hurtles through the air, aided by some kind of belt-mounted propulsion system and a set of twin grappling hooks. It's almost Spidermanesque, if Spiderman had a jetpack and a passion for extreme sports. Here's a handy illustrative gif!
After pulling off a couple of fancy loops that are clearly designed for the purposes of showing off, the figure swoops to the ground. She's holding her hood down to cover her face, but that doesn't do anything to hide the fact that she's super tiny.
A few seconds later, a text message is apended to the footage. ]
If anyone remembers using anything like this, or killing giants in general, they should speak up.
If the "Vermaxi" ever do start appearing, a list of people who can fight them off effectively would be useful.
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[ Because Ryan's right. SURE IS TIME TO LEARN BALANCE OVER HERE.
She finishes taking off her own gear and hands it to Ryan. ]
Do you remember how to set it up?
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[ Ryan actually does a superb job of adjusting and setting up his gear-- he might not remember... remembering it, but the skill is here. ]
Huh. Guess I do!
[ oh my god him sounding excited about it is so lame. ]
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-Fuck!
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Hah--!
[ Very briefly laugh at, that is. ]
Can you right yourself, or do you need help? If you feel a concussion coming on, I assume you can heal it...
[ She turns to Ryan, pointing at the sides of the buildings again. ] Do what he did, try to grapple the walls. Don't copy the idiotic mistakes, though.
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[ Ryan goes over to Eren first, making sure he didn't actually hurt himself. Baradad frets are part of the deal, you know? He'll let Alan right himself up so he can learn for himself
and maybe regenerate some of his pride while he's at itbut the whole thing is kinda familiar, oddly enough. ][ Well, in any case, Ryan does as he's told, grappling the buildings with two perfectly aimed shots. ]
Like that?
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I don't need help. I can do this.
[Oh, and of course Ryan gets it right on the first try. Fuck you, baradad.]
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KEEP DREAMING, ANNABELLIE. ]
Ryan - raise yourself with the cords and try to balance like Al-- ah, Shouty. Only without the head trauma. And Shouty - good. Now shift your weight until the movement and balance starts to feel more natural.
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[ Ryan does... just that. Perfect form and balance as he hangs about a foot in the air. He even knows to give the gear a bit more gas to counterbalance his added weight. Ryan, that's totally cheating. ]
Hey, this isn't too bad.
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Alan can't resist giving him a bit of a dirty look as he shifts, almost losing his balance again but keeping it up by sheer willpower. HE CAN DO THIS.]
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[ Annnd a pointed glance at Wunderbara over there. RYAN PLS. YOU'RE ACTUALLY MAKING ELLIE FEEL SLIGHTLY BAD FOR ALAN.
Only slightly. ]
Are you cheating, trainee Brown? Do you remember how to do this?
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[ Ryan starts to laugh. Oh god, he's the worst. It's not that he's laughing at Alan, really, he's more laughing at the whole situation because... well it's funny, okay. And maybe he is laughing at Alan, just a little. In that nice, big-bro kind of way. ]
Guess I didn't know I knew how to do this. Huh.
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Thanks a bunch. Having you here makes this so much easier.
[He is actually starting to do a little better, though.]
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Can you do anything more advanced? Like I was doing? There's plenty of gas left if you want to take it for a spin.
[ Plus that should both motivate Alan and provide a distraction to stop him thinking about the process too consciously. RIGHT? ]
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[ Whoops. Well-- Not that Ryan noticed that little slip. ]
I could give it a try, sure. Showing off's never been my strong suit.
[ No one's buying that, Ryan. He lowers himself down, retracting the cables while he charts out a path. Hm, this could work... ]
Is it really alright? I have to use a lot of gas compared to you guys.
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Go on, just do it. You know you want to show off, really.
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[ A slight chastising tone there. DON'T THINK YOU'RE TOO DADLY TO GET SCOLDED BY AUNT PENGUIN, RYAN. At least call him shouty, gosh ]
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[ There's a bit of a nervous laugh. He's normally pretty good about Alan and Eren... Well, he's got a plan in mind at least. ]
Here goes! [ And off he goes, sooting off wires and hooks and pulling off loops similar to Ellie's but bigger, maybe a little faster given his weight and how much that'd affect the centrifugal force in all those spins.
Actually I have clue what I'm talking about but the point is it looks cool as hell. Second only to Mikasa-- it's easy to forget. Finally Ryan comes back around, breathing hard. Haha, just cause he knows how to do it doesn't mean he's been training for years like he used to be. ]
Haha... Wow... that was.... pretty cool, huh?
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Not that Alan is really thinking too much about name mixups anymore because holy wow.]
'Pretty cool' is kind of putting it lightly. That was awesome.
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STONE COLD, MAN. ]
It was okay. Passable for a first attempt.
Your turn, Shouty.
[ SHE'S JOKING OKAY THAT WAS A JOKE ]
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[ Give him a minute, he still has to catch his breath. This was so much easier when he was 17! ]
Thanks, Alan. At least someone appreciates skill. Give it your best shot, okay?
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[At least he's got the hang of that by now!]
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[ Ellie you're Ryan's age. Slightly older. Stop that. ]
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[ Ryan is a firefighter but that doesn't include lunging through the air, thank you very much, Ellie. ]
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[He's excited about learning to swing around like a superhero, but art still comes first!]
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I think being kidnapped and turned into a brain in a jar might have more of an effect on your dwawing time than the practice will. Ditto being smashed to pieces by vermaxi.
[ She rolls her eyes at Ryan. BARA DAD PLS CONTROL YOUR NOT-SON HE'S SAYING STUPID THINGS AGAIN ]
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