[Attack on Titan will you really go the route of FFXIII-3 will you.
Elliot feels the brush-off. Eren's not listening. Which is worrying all on its own. Like there wasn't any reaching him. There was just a wall. A super questionable wall.
But it's not like he can undo what Eren did in his world, so there's a point there. It'll just end in a fight.
Yet to talk about Crow right after hearing that...]
I'm...not sure how much you'll like hearing about him. It really doesn't end well.
You said he died at war. [ there’s no way it has a happy ending, he knows. with a flowing hand, he gestures for elliot to continue, beginning to rub dust along his outstretched legs. one more won’t break him. he knew plenty who died at war, sasha being the most recent. or, maybe falco. he didn’t know his brother well, but he harbored sympathy for him.
hell, he saw a kid who was better than he could ever be. he wanted him to live long and prosper. marry his girl. have a family. how far would he be able to go now? ]
[Welp. Don't say he didn't warn you. He bites his lip]
...Yeah, he did. He... [He pauses, this isn't a story he's used to telling]
He actually started the war. I mean, it wasn't all him. The two major factions in Erebonia, the Noble Faction and the Reformists, have been at odds for years. But he had a grudge against a key member of the Reformists, Chancellor Osborne, after he had annexed his home country. So he became a terrorist and with the backing of the nobles, did a long and careful plan that led to him assassinating the Chancellor. It succeeded, and started the war.
He fought with the Noble Alliance, hoping to end the war quickly through them. Eventually, we convinced him to come back to us. But then ... the Noble Alliance's leader triggered a ritual that could've killed everyone in the capital. Our class managed to stop it, but ... he died shortly after the fight from a wound.
[He sucks in his breath. For the next part, there's no hiding the spike of anger from Elliot.]
Then ... before his body was even cold, the Chancellor showed up. He'd somehow survive getting shot through the heart and had laid low while everyone fought things out. With all his opponents now weakened from the war, he swept in and ended things on his terms. With more power than ever, he'd then go on to annex Crossbell and North Ambria.
Everything my friend had spent years fighting for ... was for nothing.
[Which...even though Elliot didn't agree with a lot of Crow's actions, it was still painful to watch his dreams be crumbled so easily. And even more painful to see that Crow hadn't been wrong his position of hating the Chancellor. ]
And...if he does show up here, we'll have to tell him that. [He swallows, his throat tightening at the thought.] He's too smart for us to hide it for long.
[ that sounds familiar. two sides fighting for the same damn coin constantly. a grudge that fueled a man to his death— eren knew nothing but hate as he grew. kill the titans. kill all of them. kill the traitors, all through his bared teeth and never ending sense of rage. it all had to go somewhere. until the monsters weren't monsters. until his world crumbled four, nearly five years ago. he was neither side. he was broken and torn, but he still would win at an ugly price. his brother would be like crow. fighting for something all their lives, before it being taken away from them. they'd only be served as tools, victims to their habitats, and their own minds.
eren could've been that person, too. he can sympathize with it. he can see the burn that drove him and the heat that killed him, yet he's never met this friend in his life. ]
Someone once told my father, [ he inhales, ] love someone. Hate only led to the same history. The same mistakes. [ again and again. ] Even for me.
[ he admits that. hate carried him before, and there was no way he could say there weren't times he's been pissed the fuck off by assholes who think they're something or other. but he doesn't hate, he couldn't bring himself to when they were all equal. the same. victim. even if it bled from his lips and made who had been his sister, break apart in front of him. ]
Sounds like wise words. Though the Chancellor does make it really easy to hate him, and I say that as someone who leans towards the Reformists. [Leans, being key. He certain believed in some of the ideology - equality for commoners, reducing the nobility's power, not oppressing commoners and razing their towns. But he couldn't say he agreed with how the Chancellor was leading the faction.
He says that lightly though. He doesn't know what to do about the Chancellor yet. Figuring those things out was part of his goal in becoming a traveling musician. And...he isn't surprised to hear Eren made mistakes like that. He had a lot of similarities to Crow.
Speaking of...]
I have no idea. [He breathes out, shaking his head] I spent the last two years getting used to him being gone, I never expected him to pop back up again.
Yeah...but if he does show up, we'll just have to think of something then.
[He doesn't want to do too much planning now, since there was a chance he won't show up and well... the disappointment would hurt a lot if he got his hopes up]
A third side. It didn't feel right to endorse either side to control the country, so we focused on protecting civilians and our own interests. They called us the "Crimson Wings", but that's mostly because our ship was red.
[ it’s exactly what eren thinks, going as far as to skip the mention of his brother in those same dreams— not to actively hide it, but because it felt irrelevant. nothing would change if he showed up, and if he didn’t he’d be wasting saliva and energy he needed.
it didn’t affect him much emotionally, anyway. there was a certain detachment on eren’s end when it came to zeke, and his opinions on him are pretty firm. ]
Wow, really? Your world must be more advanced than I thought...
[Sure. Something like that.]
Airships? Not really. They've been around for years. I mean, the Courageous's specs are nice enough that I'm sure an engineer would have stuff to say ... but all I really know is it goes really fast.
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Elliot feels the brush-off. Eren's not listening. Which is worrying all on its own. Like there wasn't any reaching him. There was just a wall. A super questionable wall.
But it's not like he can undo what Eren did in his world, so there's a point there. It'll just end in a fight.
Yet to talk about Crow right after hearing that...]
I'm...not sure how much you'll like hearing about him. It really doesn't end well.
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You said he died at war. [ there’s no way it has a happy ending, he knows. with a flowing hand, he gestures for elliot to continue, beginning to rub dust along his outstretched legs. one more won’t break him. he knew plenty who died at war, sasha being the most recent. or, maybe falco. he didn’t know his brother well, but he harbored sympathy for him.
hell, he saw a kid who was better than he could ever be. he wanted him to live long and prosper. marry his girl. have a family. how far would he be able to go now? ]
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...Yeah, he did. He... [He pauses, this isn't a story he's used to telling]
He actually started the war. I mean, it wasn't all him. The two major factions in Erebonia, the Noble Faction and the Reformists, have been at odds for years. But he had a grudge against a key member of the Reformists, Chancellor Osborne, after he had annexed his home country. So he became a terrorist and with the backing of the nobles, did a long and careful plan that led to him assassinating the Chancellor. It succeeded, and started the war.
He fought with the Noble Alliance, hoping to end the war quickly through them. Eventually, we convinced him to come back to us. But then ... the Noble Alliance's leader triggered a ritual that could've killed everyone in the capital. Our class managed to stop it, but ... he died shortly after the fight from a wound.
[He sucks in his breath. For the next part, there's no hiding the spike of anger from Elliot.]
Then ... before his body was even cold, the Chancellor showed up. He'd somehow survive getting shot through the heart and had laid low while everyone fought things out. With all his opponents now weakened from the war, he swept in and ended things on his terms. With more power than ever, he'd then go on to annex Crossbell and North Ambria.
Everything my friend had spent years fighting for ... was for nothing.
[Which...even though Elliot didn't agree with a lot of Crow's actions, it was still painful to watch his dreams be crumbled so easily. And even more painful to see that Crow hadn't been wrong his position of hating the Chancellor. ]
And...if he does show up here, we'll have to tell him that. [He swallows, his throat tightening at the thought.] He's too smart for us to hide it for long.
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eren could've been that person, too. he can sympathize with it. he can see the burn that drove him and the heat that killed him, yet he's never met this friend in his life. ]
Someone once told my father, [ he inhales, ] love someone. Hate only led to the same history. The same mistakes. [ again and again. ] Even for me.
[ he admits that. hate carried him before, and there was no way he could say there weren't times he's been pissed the fuck off by assholes who think they're something or other. but he doesn't hate, he couldn't bring himself to when they were all equal. the same. victim. even if it bled from his lips and made who had been his sister, break apart in front of him. ]
How would you tell him?
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He says that lightly though. He doesn't know what to do about the Chancellor yet. Figuring those things out was part of his goal in becoming a traveling musician. And...he isn't surprised to hear Eren made mistakes like that. He had a lot of similarities to Crow.
Speaking of...]
I have no idea. [He breathes out, shaking his head] I spent the last two years getting used to him being gone, I never expected him to pop back up again.
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[ or else that just would be the . . . most kickass dream alive, like he had in that high school zombie apocalypse au. ]
. . . Which side were you fighting?
[ his own, or the other two? ]
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[He doesn't want to do too much planning now, since there was a chance he won't show up and well... the disappointment would hurt a lot if he got his hopes up]
A third side. It didn't feel right to endorse either side to control the country, so we focused on protecting civilians and our own interests. They called us the "Crimson Wings", but that's mostly because our ship was red.
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it didn’t affect him much emotionally, anyway. there was a certain detachment on eren’s end when it came to zeke, and his opinions on him are pretty firm. ]
And the wings?
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Oh, it was an airship.
It's like a boat, but they fly.
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A blimp. [ he says, drawing one in the dust as he does so. ] I’ve been on one.
[ it just wasn’t a good time. ]
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Yeah, basically. But an airship's a lot faster than a blimp. It would probably make the trip from Aefenglom to Dorchacht in well under a day.
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[ exploding airships. they’re different from blimps, plenty faster, for sure, though strictly military. ]
It’s not the most advanced thing, but it’s something. Was it for you?
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[Sure. Something like that.]
Airships? Not really. They've been around for years. I mean, the Courageous's specs are nice enough that I'm sure an engineer would have stuff to say ... but all I really know is it goes really fast.