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{ it's been a while since he last posted on here, and he honestly looks tireder, it takes a moment for him to recognise the video is recording and he'll start--finally offering a smile. it isn't a very big one, and a bit more sheepish. }

I saw Loki already made comments on another post about what happened, but I wanted to say sorry if I worried anyone. Both Annie and Loki already gave me hell for dying, no one else needs to. Really.

{ he takes a deep breath }

But I had been working on something before all that happened. I've been working with Harrison since there isn't exactly much in place to help prisoners actually re-engage with society once their time inside is up, so I've set up a Reform Program in collaboration with the police. I'll be the only one working cases to start, but if anyone thinks they could be a positive influence on someone's life and wants to make a difference, hit me up. Hopefully we can make this world a better place outside of just the darkness.

If you have any questions ask away, I'll do my best to answer them.

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[ On one hand, this sounds like a great idea -- offering assistance to the people who need it the most. On the other, something about the word reform grinds his gears a little bit. He never needed to be "reformed", and neither did the orphans that Historia took in. What they needed had been a change of circumstances from the ones designed explicitly to exploit them, that's all. ]

[ So he doesn't immediately jump to it, instead observing Ezra with a level stare. ]

[ (He'd say some things about the dying, but if Annie was there, he trusts it has been taken care of in the appropriate way, at this point.) ]

Are you planning to actually help them, or just slap them on the shoulder, tell them crime is bad and expect them to starve rather than steal a loaf of bread next time?

[ ...so people were going to jail for pretty small things where he's from, if they got caught. Don't worry about it. ]

[ At least, from his tone that's a bit less tirely level than usual right now, it should be clear enough he knows the ins and outs of this situation extremely well. On a personal level, even. ]

{ honestly that is understandable. you have no idea how much he struggled to come up with something that was practical but not cheesy and even he isn't 100% happy with it. but he isn't exactly the smartest. he's just doing the best he can with what he has. }

I'm planning to actually help them. Crime usually happens because someone was in shitty circumstances outside of their control to begin with. So I wanna make a space that'll teach them things, like maths, social skills or anything else that would work in a job environment. Hell, we could even figure out a way to get them back into school if that's what they want.

{ he pauses }

People don't get to choose where they come from, but I'm hoping if I can, and other people can, do something to help them then they'll have a better shot of not repeating the cycle and they'll actually be able to choose their future. Not be stuck with something because they don't have any other options.

{ he's only okay because the church found him and he has gabriel looking out for him, but he was an orphan levi. he knows how shit his life would have been if he literally hadn't been blessed. }

Edited 2025-08-25 16:30 (UTC)

[ levi is only okay because-- haha just kidding. he was also an orphan, and he was found by a serial killer, taught his skillset, and promptly abandoned only to be blackmailed into joining the hopeless fight army roughly fifteen years later. he's surprisingly well adjusted all things considered, but calling it okay would be stretching it. ]

[ that aside though, either like recognizes like, or ezra has simply provided the correct answer, because the air of hostility seems to evaporate, replaced with a level stare for a few moments, and then a laconic: ]

Then I'm interested.

[ In helping, he means. This is basically his life's story, so he might just be able to connect with these people, even if he's lacking anything resembling a bedside manner. ]

{ yeah... it's stories like that which is why ezra knows in the grand scheme of things he's lucky. maybe his childhood before that point wasn't, but it's why his entire purpose now is helping others.

but rather than a blinding smile, levi gets a warm one instead. small but pretty happy that he's actually getting people sign up who seem to care. }

Perfect, I'll make a note of your name. I am having to do applications of sorts but it's more to figure out the logistics of how it'd work. Nothing really formal, but where and how people think they can help best. Some of them may just benefit from someone talking to them to start, but I was thinking of different activities and classes alongside that one on one support.

[ hold on, he hasn't even mentioned the parts where he spent over a week in a room with his mother's corpse, or when he got beat up by grown-up thugs who wanted to force him into sex work while trying to get her last belongings from them. (thanks to something between fate and sheer luck, he'd had a Moment of snapping hard enough to awaken an anime power and killed them all, but he's very aware what happens to most regular Underground kids who find themselves in similar circumstances.) anyway-- ]

[ that's not really an expression he expects. not that his first impressions suggest otherwise or anything; it just feels rare to run into someone who appears to actually care about things like this. ]

...Levi Ackerman. [ he's going to actually provide his full name here, because his username only has half of it, and he is serious about wanting to help. ] That's fine. I don't know if I'm good at talking, but I'll do what you need.

[ he's probably better than he thinks, but something like leading an activity that leaves some room for talking would likely be easier for him. too bad that he doesn't consider himself particularly mentor-worthy in anything that doesn't involve killing something. ]

{ levi and aventurine would have a grand old time reminiscing just sayin'

but yeah. yeah. there's a reason ezra is blessed by four different angels--two of which falling under archangel titles. he's recognised because he isn't selfish. he genuinely wants people to be given a chance, no matter their background or circumstances.

and honestly he has no idea what he's doing when it comes to the business side of this but his heart is in the right place so it's got to count for something. }

Sometimes it isn't necessarily someone talking to them that they'll need though, right? If you're good at listening and understanding where they're coming from... sometimes that's already a great start. I'm taking names for now, but over the next week I'll start reaching out to people to figure out the logistics.

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