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[schild]

Who: the naked, dickless giant club
What: Attack on Echo Party
Where: Bertholdt's (and Ryan's) Apartment
When: Sunday, December 8 (evening, but not too late... because kids, y'know?)
Warnings: Spoilers for Attack on Titan all over.

[ At last, the big day has come. The Echo party. Sasha was bringing snacks, and Ryan and Bertholdt even decked the place out in Christmas decorations-- they have a real tree and everything. Their apartment looks, in a word, festive, which is adorable given that they're wearing matching christmas sweaters and fidgeting around a bit. ]

[ Now just pretend Ryan and Bertl don't look kinda titan-y and you're all set. And forget about the part where they're having a bunch of kids over to discuss their ridiculously depressing past lives... Well. You feel me. ]

[ So yeah!!! THIS IS IT!! Just for reference, I'm putting a "Start" (ie: for people getting to the party if you wanna awkwardly greet people or so you can handwave that too) and then just saying like "later" or whatever for Ryan's big heck up, you guys are free to start threads whenever/wherever just say when in the subject if you wanna. (so like, 3DMG showing offs and PS3 fun times, etc. go crazy!!) ]

[ Here's the plot post for reference. ]

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later that night... the THING

[schild]

[ Now that they've all sat down, it was time for Ryan to share what he'd last learned in his echo. Ryan wasn't sure what it meant, really, but he could tell... it was gonna be big. He didn't ask everybody to grab a chair for nothing. ]

So... in my last Echo... I remembered this;

[ He takes a breath. ]

I'm the Armored Titan, Bertholdt is the Colossal Titan. And whatever we did, we were just... dumb kids who didn't understand anything.

[honestopinion]

T-the Colossal Titan...? [Why does that seem so important.. He speaks up from his curled up position on the big chair, looking up for his 3DS screen.]

[schild]

Yeah, that's right.

[ Ryan kinda knew... well, he knew what Bertholdt looked like, but he has no idea why it might be such a big deal... ]

Do you remember anything about it?

[honestopinion]

.... I think um-- [This isn't the nicest thing to say..]
I think that might be our antagonist... [Something terrible is surrounding that name, powerful negative feelings. This must be what it's like to be the main character..]

[schild]

Antagonist?

[ This is the first he's heard of your anime explanation, Jamie. ]

[honestopinion]

The villain... the 'bad guy.'
[The name gives off a real bad feeling, that's all he's saying.]

[shortspoken]

[ THIS. FUCKING. FACE. This is the face that will be boring into the back of Ryan's head until he chooses to acknowledge it.

If she seems to be radiating heat, it's just because she's. On her period? Yeah. That's a thing that happens. HAHA SHE'S NOT A TITAN ]

[schild]

[ RYAN GETS. A DISTINCT CHILL. ]

[ He turns to Ellie very slowly. But he says nothing. ]

[ Except maybe some sort of vague, hand-gesturey ??? ]

[shortspoken]

[ Ellie doesn't blink. She just takes a handful of whatever potentially-godawful snacks Sasha has brought and chews them.

Slowly.

After she swallows, she gets to her feet. She still hasn't blinked. ]

I'm thirsty now.

Come help me find a drink.

[ And she stalks off out of the room. IN COMPLETELY THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO WHERE ANY DRINKS MIGHT BE KEPT, HOW ODD???? ]

[schild]

Uh.... sure?

[ Ellie, you're seriously creeping him out here. But Ryan knows better than to say no, even if she's making no real sense at all... ]

[shortspoken]

[ She waits for him just outside the room and nods at the door. ]

Close it. We have to talk.

[ Gosh so rude, she didn't say "please" or anything ]

[wirsinddiejager]

[It's a good thing Alan's sitting down or the force of the Echo that hits him might have knocked him off his feet.

He'd already known about Bertholdt, of course, and suspected that Ryan - Reiner - had been the Armored Titan mentioned in his memory, but he'd tried not to think too hard about what it could have meant. Now, with Reiner's - Ryan's - words repeating themselves over and over in his head, it's impossible to ignore.

Honestly, he's still not entirely sure what it all actually means. How bad was it that they'd broken the wall? Why? There's still very little actual context for the memory. All he knows is one thing.]

It... it was you. You were the traitors.

[The shock and disbelief of one memory fit the rage and betrayal of another like two pieces of a puzzle. He's vaguely aware that the anger isn't his own, but it's impossible to keep it at bay.

Without even realising it, Alan is standing up, staring at Ryan.]

[schild]

I don't... I don't really know. What it means, or... who we were, really.

[ Ryan stares down. He hasn't even really noticed that Alan is standing. ]

All I know is... it felt terrible to admit that. In the memory, it was... It felt like it was something I shouldn't have kept inside.

[wirsinddiejager]

No kidding.

[His voice is low, almost a snarl. As he takes a step closer to Ryan, his hands clench into fists, shaking with barely contained anger.]

Do you even know what you did? You let them in. You fucking bastards, you let them in!

[It only barely registers to him that he's shouting. The only thing he can focus on right now is the rage, and the only person he can direct it at is Ryan. (Or is it Reiner? He's not even sure anymore.)]

[schild]

I... what? Eren, I don't-- I mean, Alan, I really don't remember...!

[ With that voice and the look in his eye, it's hard to say he's Alan at all, maybe that's why Ryan said the wrong name. Ryan is sitting down, but he stands, slowly. He thinks he can help Eren calm down, haha. ]

Hey, Alan... slow down, okay? I don't know what the other me did, but whatever it was, let's talk about it! Calm down.

[wirsinddiejager]

[It's funny - normally being called the wrong name would catch his attention more than anything else, but right now it doesn't seem like that big of a deal.]

Sure. Sure, let's talk about it. Let's have a nice and civil fucking chat about how you're a traitorous piece of shit!

[As he's yelling, his leg shoots out with a kick aimed to sweep Ryan's feet from under him. Even blinded by rage, his fighting instinct tells him to get whatever advantage he can over a target much bigger than him. And that's exactly what Ryan is now: a target.]

[anequal]

[Probably after Alan's calmed down and he stopped sitting on him, Anthony turns to Ryan and finally addressed the thing he said.]

... Does it have anything to do with the female titan?

[schild]

[ Picking himself up after that whole mess, Ryan shakes his head. ]

I'm not super sure. I remember the Female Titan too, but she attacked me.

[ Of course, there was a little more to it than that, but... ]

[anequal]

That's the time when you remembered other me, right? Did she play soccer with you too?

[He leans over and pats Ryan's shoulder as if patting the dust off him.]

[schild]

[ Ryan nods his thanks, tilting his head to try and remember the details of his memory. ]

Yeah, that was then. She kinda, uh... hm. I think I want to attack her and then she grabbed me...

[ And then she crushed him into a bit of a paste, but he got better. ]

[anequal]

... That doesn't sound good.

Does anybody know why she was attacking in the first place? I mean, aside from wanting to eat us.

[dirtdevil]

[ A little while after the conclusion of the domestic disturbance, he finally approaches the guy with the cool-looking face. Despite having no idea whatsoever what just happened, he doesn't show it much. Emoting is for suckers. ]

So. "Traitors", huh?

[schild]

Looks like it.

[ Ryan sighs. At least Levi is being civil about it. He's a little shook up from Eren's freak out, but as a dad, it's his job not to show it. ]

I don't remember all the details but... I can make a few guesses.

[dirtdevil]

Can you?

[ Hopefully someone will get him a #1 Dad mug for Christmas. Dude deserves it after this shit. ]

[schild]

I used to think everyone knew old-me, Reiner, was a titan when he was in the military, but its looking like they didn't. Which would explain a few things...