ohmyarceus | OCTOBER TEST DRIVE MEME

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OCTOBER TEST DRIVE MEME

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[Listen... there is no manual for this. There is no easy way to figure out how to react to someone you were so close to... suddenly not knowing you. But it's no one's fault. No one at all. And Shiro is determined to keep his feelings to himself.]

You've got a good idea already. Type and strength advantage is your best bet at first. Once you've got a bigger team, then you can start planning different strategies out.

[Whatever Shiro's issue is, Jean isn't picking up on it. Armin told him that there were plenty of people here that knew his "past self," but there was no way for him to know who was who.]

I know I'm kinda undermanned, but I don't really think I can take on any more of these guys right now. I'd need a steady way of staying supplied, and I don't have the means. They eat like full grown men, you know?

[And all the more reason not to say anything about it. Jean doesn't need Shiro piling his baggage on him. That's not fair. Not to anyone.]

Well, yeah, they do. But once you start winning badges and battles, the income stays pretty steady.

It'll be all right, once you're more on your feet.

I've got a friend from home who's always telling me I need more levels, or to diversify my types, blah blah blah... I'm not really convinced. This guy apparently has a bunch of bugs, and I've got an eagle big enough to ride on. [He thumbs over his shoulder at Penny for emphasis.] Can he really compare?

Armin...?

[It's a decent guess anyway. Who else "from home" would be telling Jean something like that? Maybe Annie, but...]

Maybe not in Violet. But afterward, you might, for sure.

Yeah, him. You know each other? He said he's been here a long time, so I guess it's not that surprising.

[Not Annie. Maybe never Annie. Jean's calmed down significantly after a few years of service, but it's still hard for him to reconcile his feeling about Marley's titan shifters.]

Well, I hope I can get some kind of steady funding by then. I'm getting a taste for this lifestyle.

I do know him. I've... known him for years now.

[Known him, adopted him, been saved by him. Armin is family, will probably always be family.]

[Like Jean had been.]

The gym should help out with that. And training against other people. It pays pretty well, somehow.

Oh. Huh. You probably know all about where we come from, then.

[It occurs to Jean that it's also quite likely this person knew him too, but... He doesn't want to bring it up. Too weird.]

It's a strange system they've got going here, but it suits me pretty well. I haven't had this kind of freedom in years.

I ... I know some of it, yeah. Things he's wanted to tell me.

[He'll keep quiet on just how much. Out of concern for Jean not wanting to hear it from him.]

Yeah? Well -- I'm glad you like the sound of it.

Not all of it's the sort of thing you'd want to share. This world doesn't have the same kind of problems ours does, so there isn't much of a point in bringing it up.

I don't know how the economy stays afloat, but as long as it works, I'll take part in it.

Yeah. I... I know. I've heard enough to figure that out.

[Much of it from Jean himself. But -- conversation for another day.]

To be honest with you, we don't know how a lot of this place works. We just go with it and hope for the best.