OVERFLOW 2

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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?

[fiddlestick]

Eheh, it's not nothing.

[Eren if they are your age than they lived longer than 7 months. I'm just saying.

Elliot didn't think much of the bakery until Eren noticed it. which hey, what college student would refuse free samples? He'll grab one of the meat rolls with his free hand, saying thank you to the staff and giving Eren a little grin]

Nah. It's a free sample, so people can try something out and see if they like it before they buy it.

[and to reassure him, he'll pop his sample into his mouth. He chews and gives a "mm!" sound, because hey this is delicious. ]

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[ not if you start the countdown from the minute he’s met them!!!! everything he touches dies!!! or gets eaten!!! either or not by his hand but that is another story.

but, wow, more wizardry. eren stares wide eyed as elliot eats, only afterwards truly taking a nibble out of it.

it— actually is good, better than anything he’s eaten. salt was expensive, they didn’t have much to give taste to their food, and meat. meat was a treasure only higher ups got. he’s actually bewildered, again, staring down his nibbled roll before nearly wolfing down the whole thing in a snap. ]

Food’s that easy here–? Meat, and— they’re just giving it away?

[fiddlestick]

[That's worrying Eren. Also yeah, food's easier to get when you don't live in a crazy cult island. Go figure.

He gives a light little laugh at his reaction]

Yeah, we're pretty lucky in that way. Though- they don't give away a lot a meat. Just a little to make you want to buy more. Did you like it?

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It’s . . . The best food I’ve had.

[ LITERALLY anything is better than potaoes and bread. ]

I don’t have that kind of money, though.

[ implying that meat is expensive and he, not eren jaeger, wasn’t loaded. hah. ]

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[Hah. But as Eren says that, Elliot's eyes widen and light up. That's right. If he has no memories, he doesn't remember being loaded. Or all his sneaky methods to pay for their dates. This means-

Elliot could pay for once. He could be the one to spoil his boyfriend.

He looks around the street, to see what other stores were around. About half a block away, there was an ice cream shop. Oh oh. There's no way Eren's other life had ice cream. He was going to rock his world.

Immediately he pulls out his own wallet and the cash he'd need for the meat rolls, talking to the merchant]

Two please! [He looks up at Eren and beams] Heehee, don't worry - it's on me! We can eat them once we find your car. And on the way, there's something else I want you to try.

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[ elliot this is so cute . . . . give me strength

while usurper, on the other hand, looks at elliot like he’s grown an extra head. to be honest, he didn’t even buy things for himself or his family in the past, not even in the market. as a soldier, he was given counted rations as a right. ]

W-wait, you don’t—

[ then there’s this guy that just goes off and gets two meat rolls and something extra . . . ???? ]

Even if you’re rich, you don’t have to— you don’t have to do this, seriously!

[ HE’s MEGA FLUSTERED RIGHT NOW!! STOP THIS MADNESS, CUTE STRANGER MESSING WITH HIS HEART ]

✖️ 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. ]

[activatingcombatmode]

[He's confused, suddenly lost in a swirl of voices and memories that he can't tell apart from each other. Memories of a year ago in the military, staring down the barrel of a gun. Fighting with the need to do but not having the capacity to do so. Is it a memory from here? Or is it his past life?

What are your dreams, Zack?

To become a hero.]

I could save them all, I didn't have the strength to do it. It's my fault.

[Nausea swirls up and he dry heaves again. Then another gag and Zack does lean over and throws up painfully.]

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[ at least eren was expecting vomits after the first gag, giving him room and space to put it all out and keeping them both clean at the same time. eren helps keep zack away from his own mess and allowing him to lean forward if anything; he was there to hold him up.

this felt like a guilt plague. ]

We can’t save everyone. Even if you make the right call. [ the right call, at times, will be wrong. and wrong will be right. ] —Don’t give into that.

✖️ JAMES

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

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I don't know, like a month's worth of wages, probably.

[ Hoover has rarely ever had to actually pay for anything himself because the army's always footed the bill, so lmao what the hell does he know. He just knows that he rarely ever saw a price tag higher than $2 in town. ]

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[ snERK ]

You should go check out a store window when you have a minute. What’re you supposed to be doing?

[frostythehitman]

What do you mean, what am I supposed to be doing? Are you telling me a guy can't take a nice stroll down the street in the future?

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Not everyday we get visits from the past. What name did she give you?

[frostythehitman]

Hoover.

[ He folds his arms (rather awkwardly, too, as he tries to figure out how to place his fingers near the strange and sharp metal edges of his left arm). He sounds relaxed about it, but he knows how goofy the name sounds, and he isn't having it. ]

✖️ 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?

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Uh...

That American movie, I think.

[Emphasis on american because Sanji's got his French snobbiness to live up to.]

Got giant things fighting other giant things...?

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. . . You’re in America, so.

[ do you even have an accent peasant ]

But, yeah. That one.

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[He always has an accent, EXCUSE YOU.]

What, are foreign films not allowed? [Wow, uncultured swine. Don't even start.]

So that thing's a model from the movie?

[Oh look at that, he used the word "model" instead of "toy".]

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[ DON’T YOU START. and since you’ve said model you get a fairly less snappy response. ]

One of the main ones. [ and with a short roll of his shoulders: ] And I meant foreign films are the minority.

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[... Sanji no, don't get amused by someone else's irritation--

Don't do it]

Lemme guess, you the type to collect all your favorites?

[This is not, surprisingly, said with mockery. While it'd be a lie to say that Sanji's all that interested in the models, he seems fine with Eren explaining whatever he wants. He listens to Yusuke explain ART to him, he can roll with this for now.]

✖️ SKYLAR

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[ um ]

—N, no it’s . . . Fine.

Just reminded me of someone with the same name.

[tailchasing]

Huh... alright. Well, if you ever need me, just look me up! [Now quite sure he's buying this, but what else can he do? He's a support mom not someone who confronts people over the tiniest things.]