OVERFLOW 2

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RETROSPEC POST ✖️ FEB 2018

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✖️ ZACK

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a little turbulent but that’s not gonna change anytime soon
we’ll get through it

RETROSPEC POST ✖️ MAR 2018

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✖️ ANGELA

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the guy you asked about earlier? you guys are dating?

✖️ GORO

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it makes sense to you?

EVENT POST ✖️ APR 2018

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✖️ELLIOT

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That’s a long time.

[ in fact, that’s older than some people his age live. as they walk by stores and sample stands, uspurper keeps staring at him to pay attention. friends before that? well, obviously! how else would he get to know someone first! not that he really comments on that half . . . because elliot laughed like honey and he’s internally shook.

a sample stand to a bakery holds out mini muffins and a special new meat roll as they walk by, eagerly telling them to try it out. baffled, usurper takes them as he sees people do the same. ]

. . . Is it spoiled?

✖️ ZACK

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[ eren needs to step out of the way when he sees an all too familiar reflex, still holding zack back and attempting to shift him into a better position to throw up without having to dodge his own lap. first aid is something he’ll alway remember, pulling zack’s hair back to get it out of the way and still using his arm as a crutch for him to lean on or use in whatever way he needed. he crouches down by him for this, and inhales to stay calm. alright, stay calm— ]

Breathe, you’re gonna be fine— Keep your head up. [ eren guides him through it, carefully lifting his head up to get fresh air. eren couldn’t do a thing about the markings slithering up his neck like a plague. it didn’t work at all, and whatever was there before to try and stop it gets pulled off by eren. he just needs to keep talking. ] That’s a memory from here–?

[ he started thinking retrospec memories, but it wasn’t it. zack did those things in this life, not the last. ]

✖️ JAMES

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That doesn’t explain anything. Tell me what else you can buy with forty dollars, here.

✖️ SANJI

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[ you

heathen

but no, eren gets it. it isn’t a hobby he shares with too many people . . . actually. he doesn’t know anyone else that doesn’t straight up call these toys. you got him with some patience today, lo and behold.

Ever heard of Atlantic Rim?

✖️ SKYLAR

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[ um ]

—N, no it’s . . . Fine.

Just reminded me of someone with the same name.

RETROSPEC POST ✖️ JUNE 2018

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✖️ JAMES

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This app, the people on it and the memories I get are the reason I’m becoming the person I want to be. I’m not throwing that progress away just to get away from a past that’s already gone, or weird bs that we can pull ourselves through.

Especially when most of it is tied to keeping this world alive.

✖️ ELIZABETH

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seeing your friends have other friends?
you’re not implying you don’t have friends are you?

✖️ HOWARD

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memories, changes or both?

✖️ TOGUSA

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That’s why I stopped hounding them about everything a while ago.
I’m sure they’ll let us know if we’re doing anything unfavorable to ourselves and them, though. The best we can do is follow anything they could use help with while they deal with the bigger problem.

EVENT POST ✖️ JUNE 2018

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✖️ LEVI

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I always thought it was nice to appreciate. [ BUT, WELL ] I don’t think I can. Unless there’s something weak— the first things I ever drank were a ton of Jägerbombs.

✖️ CLOVER

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[ dogs are so good— alas, eren can not let the new guy get rough and tumbly with the other dogs, loping into them and going for their ears, but eren brings his attention up to keep walking at his heel as titan does. you’re still in training, buddy.

a confession . . . hm. eren’s posture maintains upright, his features neutral, if not slightly wider in the eyes with curiosity. he’s listening, looking between her and their path ahead of them. ]

I’m all ears.

✖️ JAMES

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[ oh, james . . . eren lifts his hand to james’ opposite shoulder, gripping and giving a firm shake. he’ll still visit, if anything, for you, but right now eren prefers to say that afterwards and give james his opportunity to speak and be heard. baby steps, james.

although, this is already starting to sound familiar, granted eren has traced back four different sources to his memories. eren jaeger, geisha jaeger, freida reiss and eren krüger. ]

A completely different person?

✖️ YUSUKE

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That’s what I meant, either way.

[ oh, yusuke. eren returns his sketch book to him. ]

Mind helping us out for Elliot’s birthday?

✖️ JOHN

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[ wow, you won’t get away with this

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Thanks. Elliot’s going to love it. [ oh and— ] What can I teach you?

[ eren knows shooting, dog training, body throwing, limb locks . . . how to tell if a limited edition transformer statue is legit ]

✖️ KOGA

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[ go get him, honey. make this music nerd shine. but eren appreciates the rest— titan got vet visits through fort mccoy. and he wouldn’t be taking two dogs if he didn’t have the cash for it in the first place! ]

I’m needing one, so— I’ll give it a look.

[ kaiser, in the mean time, is plotting their demise. he’s going to get attention soon and does not want it to go away. no, he wants it to chase after him like thirsty beasts. he wants to feel loved like paparazzi behind celebrities . . . ]

He’ll be a good roll model for this one.

[ titan, he means. ]

✖️ AKIRA

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[ they need a barrel of ice cream and that’s where eren prefers to take them. they’re getting closer and closer to that ice cream store over there . . . how does eren even function, wearing boots on a day such as this? are boots the only shoes he has? the poor thing.

and for one: akira is a very good story teller. the whole thing has eren almost tripping on a little disleveled bit of sidewalk, too captivated by detail and the atrocities that happened and people would just— selfishly avoid it for their own gain.

it’s an intensely satisfying memory, even eren feels it, although he’s a little lost along the way and could use some clarification. ]

So fighting would happen in another dimension, and there they’d . . . [ he was more likely to ask “how did he eat women in another dimension”, but then it clicks. ] show themselves for who they were.

RETROSPEC POST ✖️ JULY 2018

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✖️ ELLIOT

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If that means anything, it’s stalling. We’re either going to be superficial or philosophical. Until then, I’ll investigate.
Everything we know about each other matches up, doesn’t it?