001 | text | un: seasalt

[rollcharisma]

[He'd meant to do a video, originally, but...learning how to navigate this new device has been an overwhelming experience. Typing would be easiest if he wants to avoid any blunders (even if he's still slow at it); not to mention, he can stop to think about anything he says before hitting send. Letters but faster. It's a useful tool...]

Hi there.

My name is Armin Arlert. I'm new here, and I'm still trying to get my footing. My world is really nothing like this place. To be honest, it's all been a bit overwhelming.

That being said, if anyone has any advice outside of what you'd learn through orientation, I'd be happy to hear it - to do with anything, really.

A microwave is as foreign to me as fire powers. I could really use the help.

Thanks,

Armin

Comments

text; un: reiner

[hometown]

[ Reiner is still not about to apologize for anything he said. However, he does regret losing his temper and screaming. So… ]

1) If you talk about our world, expect horrified reactions.
2) Not every world has "child soldiers." Expect horrified reactions there, too.
3) Many people come from worlds with advanced technology and/or magic. The stuff that is bewildering to us is normal to them. Get used to it.
4) Figure out your magic quickly.
5) Don't die.

[rollcharisma]

[Not who he was expecting to respond! Water under the bridge, perhaps? Armin sincerely doubts that. But he appreciates the advice nonetheless.]

"Don't die" - that's always good advice.

[Should he even be attempting to be lighthearted right now?]

"Child soldiers" - I've never really thought of people like us that way. It's true, but I've been in the mindset of being a soldier, period, for so long, that I didn't even really think about our ages...

[Bb, you are 19.]

This is good advice. Just the type I was looking for. Thank you.

[hometown]

Apparently, most worlds don't start enlistment at 12. Or younger.

[ Because, of course, Reiner was younger than that when he became a Warrior. Younger still when he was accepted as a Candidate. ]

If you want more specific advice:

Use the two months of free meals to try different foods and figure out what you like. Find something nutritious that would taste good with raisins. Something like a ration bar.

Then buy an unlimited cookie jar from the shop Better, Stronger, Cheaper. Stick that nutritious food inside. The jar will add raisins and replicate that food indefinitely.

[rollcharisma]

[Writing this all down by hand with the same haste as if he were being told in person.]

Indefinitely? That's incredible.

[The inevitable addition of raisins is a small price to pay. Unlimited food...Armin can scarcely imagine it. What a difference that might have made back home...]

[hometown]

I agree. I don't know how that magic works, but it'll keep you fed.

There's a similar item called a bottomless glass at another shop: Riki's Rewards. When you fill that glass with a drink, it'll keep filling itself until you pour it out. That one is a lower priority than the cookie jar, but I'd recommend getting one.

[ Then, grudgingly, and only because Eren said to do so— ]

Also, I apologize for raising my voice at you. I do not apologize for my choice of words.

[ He meant each one. ]

[ > Locked to Reiner]

[rollcharisma]

[A strange, surprising, and...honest apology, Armin supposes. He locks their thread to respond. Hopefully that doesn't set off any alarm bells for Reiner...He's just trying to maintain privacy for the both of them.]

I didn't expect you to apologize. I understand why you were angry.

[ Locked ∞ ]

[hometown]

[ Congratulations, Armin! In all the time Reiner has spent happily chatting on the network, he has never used the private/locked thread feature. He didn't even realize it existed. Now he does! ]

No, you don't understand. You might have a few guesses, but you don't understand.

[rollcharisma]

[It's right around this point that Armin starts to feel a bit Stiff about this whole thing. Reiner is not innocent, and it's difficult to just let that go, take all the blame himself.

[Armin was there the day Shiganshina was destroyed. Reiner was too.]

There are things we don't understand about each other and each other's lives.

It goes both ways.

I'm sorry that I upset you. Now we've both apologized.

[hometown]

Right. I don't claim to understand what goes through your head. So, you don't claim to understand what goes through mine.

[ From the outside, it probably looks like a petty hill to die on. But after Armin manipulated Bertholdt's feelings so thoroughly (and Reiner's, too), Reiner feels rather disgusted by the thought of Armin understanding him. ]

Can we agree on that?

[rollcharisma]

Agreed.

not here

[wingbound]

[ unlimited pizza raisin stew :) ]