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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. ]

Comments

[wirsinddiejager]

[After he's calmed down from blowing up at Ryan, Alan gets a seat as far away from everyone else as he can. He feels like shit and doesn't want to talk with anyone.

Clearly that means you should go talk to him. No one wants to watch a teenage boy angst in the corner.]

[shortspoken]

Nice kick.

[ And the award for most appropriate response to one of your bffs getting the full Erenrage treatment goes to... ]

[wirsinddiejager]

Thanks.

[WOW ELLIE YOU ARE A MASTER OF TACT AND SENSITIVITY]

Though it wasn't that nice, really. Kinda sloppy.

[shortspoken]

I wouldn't go as far as calling it sloppy. If he hadn't got the plating, you'd have floored him. You have to compensate for that and aim a little closer to the joints. Try and hook your foot around his ankle as you make contact.

[ Look how helpful she's being. These are some fine-ass violence tips, Alan. ]

If you hadn't been so angry, you might have thought of that yourself.

[wirsinddiejager]

[Those are good tips. And even though he kind of hates himself for it, Alan's making sure to commit them to memory.]

If I hadn't been so angry, I wouldn't have kicked him in the first place.

[shortspoken]

Really? But it's such a good way to relieve stress.

[ SIIIIGHHHGHHHHHHhhh. She drags a chair over and sits down. An entire arm's length away. Because Ellie. ]

I suppose you got caught up in a pulse? The bad ones can get. Vivid.

[schild]

[ Heyyy Alan hope you're feeling better now, cause of course Ryan's gonna go over and make sure you're okay... Dad's duty and all that. ]

Hey, how're you feeling?

[wirsinddiejager]

[Dad nooooo you're like the last person Alan wants to talk to right now. He stares intently at the floor because wow, so not ready to look Ryan in the eye.]

Like I just freaked out and acted like a fucking crazy person over memories that aren't even mine.

[schild]

[ That's okay, Alan. He's gonna give you a little space. Ryan's a bit spooked too, though that could have to do with talking to Ellie about what is the deal with Eren why is he important and also scarily obsessed with killing titans. ]

That wasn't your fault. I know that wasn't you... and you weren't really mad at "me."

[wirsinddiejager]

[Spoilers: the scarily obsessed with killing titans thing is only going to get worse. Alan's life really sucks.]

I thought I had a better handle on things. I thought I could keep shit like that from happening.

[schild]

You can't control what you get. You couldn't help it.

[ Ryan kneels down to get at eye-level with Alan. Even all titan'd up, he'd still worry about you, kid. ]

I know what it's like for stuff to happen to you-- stuff you can't control. It's hard.

[honestopinion]

.....You feeling any better, Alan?
[Hey, he feels responsible for how Alan had to be taken down with verbal aggression. Jamie just kinda sits next to him sorta.. awkwardly.. He has a plate with two slices of pizza and two bottles of soda.] You hungry?

[This friendship thing is hard, okay?
Jamie's positive he looks hellishly nervous in the most stupid way.]

[wirsinddiejager]

...A bit. [He still feels kind of terrible, but his chats with Ryan and Ellie helped. Pizza can definitely help too, so he accepts the plate gratefully.] Thanks. Kind of surprising how hungry you can get from flipping the fuck out.

[It's a little weird being friendly with Jamie, but right now Alan doesn't feel even slightly like shooting off the usual insults and jabs.]

[honestopinion]

...Yeah. [It's scary to think Alan could get that violent, against his own will, and over a memory that isn't even something that belonged to him.] --But, at least you can still fight it.

[He pauses, the thought that comes to mind isn't all that comforting. What if they all get this way? This would mean Alan is the example.. are they really becoming someone completely different?] We're going to need you, because.. you're going to know what's going on before anyone else. I just have this feeling I guess.... it's my own feeling too, it's not Jean's. I've gotten a lot of little memories today but one of the biggest differences was that I had the courage to stand up to you... [That's in no way normal, in fact Jamie's braveness has his almost terrified. Alan could have attacked him just like he had Ryan...

...] D-do you think Jean and -- Eren, is that his name? Do you think they were friends?
[It's the only thing Jamie can think of as a reason..]

[wirsinddiejager]

It's a good thing you did stand up to me, too. Thanks. [Even though Ellie assured him that she'd have stopped him, Alan is glad that he didn't have the chance to actually do anything worse to Ryan than that first kick.

The question makes him pause in turn. They hadn't seemed like friends in his single memory of Jean, but it's not like other memories haven't given him false impressions before. And there's the way he'd reacted to Jamie had felt like he was someone to listen to, someone to trust...]

I don't know. But I think they might have been.

[honestopinion]

....They might have been. [Friends are a weird thing to have, alright. It feels new, strange, but also kinda wonderful. Maybe if Eren and Jean were friends... Alan would become Jamie's as well. Course he would never tell Alan he wanted friendship, made him feel inferior just thinking about it... Though he can't say he doesn't feel some connection, he feels like Jean's had this conversation before...]

But yeah, you're welcome..
....You remember a lot of stuff, don't you Alan?
[Wonder what he'd tell Jamie.. he used to be terrified about receiving echos but now they have been earning him friends and experiences he never thought he'd have. At least not without much more struggle.. High School might turn out like in the movies at this rate.]

[dirtdevil]

[ Hopefully Alan wasn't thinking that things couldn't possibly get worse, because then this guy flops down next to him. For a certain definition of "next to"—at least a full arm's distance away. But he might get the feeling he's been flopped down next to like this before. By this very same asshole, even. Spooky. ]

That went well.

[wirsinddiejager]

[Spooky indeed - for all that Alan doesn't feel as scared of Levi as he did before, he flinches a little.]

Sure. If by 'well' you mean the exact opposite.

[dirtdevil]

For the record, I have no goddamn idea what he was talking about. Wanna give me a summary?

[wirsinddiejager]

Uh, okay. I don't know all the details myself, though.

[Pausing for a moment to gather his thoughts.]

We lived inside these huge walls - I guess most of humanity did? They kept us safe from the titans.

Then at some point, those guys broke the walls and let the titans in. [He nods vaguely towards Ryan and Bertholdt.]

I don't really know why they were in the military learning to fight titans if they were on the wrong side.

[dirtdevil]

[ He should be used to the infodumps by now. He really should.

Sadly he isn't. What the fuck. ]

How were they able to break the walls if the others weren't? If you say anything about super-titans I swear to god I'm walking right the fuck out of here.

[anequal]

[With the scuffle over, Anthony walks up to Alan once everyone's cleared away and crouches, putting a hand on his shoulder to make sure he's okay--

and slides himself down to plant his butt on Alan's leg. He's sitting here now, bro, let him lean on you while he puts his arm around your shoulders.]

You okay?

[wirsinddiejager]

Uh. Yeah.

[wow bro have you never heard of personal space

Also Alan is kind of freaking out internally because oh god Anthony is the last person he wanted to see him acting crazy.]

Why are you sitting on me.

[anequal]

Physical restraints! We don't have any car seats or straitjackets for you and we also don't have Octavia either.

[No personal space. Ever. Deal. But he looks at Alan v. seriously.]

Seriously though. You okay?

[wirsinddiejager]

I don't need to be restrained. I've calmed down already.

[And Alan looks away because eye contact is not something he can handle right now.]

Not really.