Regarding Reserve @ zodion

[tactitan]

I...really think you should reconsider this. You're being far too hasty and not thinking a decision like this entirely through. I can see where you're coming from, really, I can. Yes, there won't be any Titans and yes, Mikasa will be there but I think the cons far outweigh the pros here.

For starters, for all I know Eren won't be there which...may or may not be for the best, considering the nature of the place, and yes, I'll have the opportunity to see the ocean but...I can't even think of laying eyes on it without him there to see it too. It just wouldn't be right.

Then there's the "worship" aspect of it all. I don't think I'm cut out for it. I mean, I'll do so if I have to but really...I really would rather not. Yes, it's better than being nearly eaten alive on a regular basis but I think a lot of things are better than that.

Can't we just discuss this like civilized human beings? We can make a compromise, right?

Comments

[stircrazy]

The ocean? You're going to the ocean?

[tactitan]

Well, I'm being sent to a place that has shorelines that boarder onto the ocean. So yes, kind of.

[stircrazy]

The edge of the ocean. And you'll see how big it is?

[tactitan]

Technically...but I don't want to see it without you, Eren. It wouldn't be right.

[hostclubshadowking]

They don't usually compromise, once they've made up their minds.

[tactitan]

Still, there has to be something that can be done, right?

[hostclubshadowking]

Not really, no. Except perhaps hope inspiration wanes, though that's generally bad news for us, too.

[tactitan]

You've dealt with them before then?

[hostclubshadowking]

Not very long, but I'm aware of what has happened to my predecessors.

[tactitan]

Talk about disconcerting...

[hostclubshadowking]

They can be rather fickle creatures, I've found.

Mine is looking to send me to the same place yours is you.

[tactitan]

Ah, really? I'm so sorry you're being dragged there too!

[hostclubshadowking]

I'll manage. Hopefully you will, too.

[tactitan]

I'll survive. I know that much.

[pronounced]

Maybe something will happen and they'll get distracted or forget.

[tactitan]

I..._{[Oh hey Annie what's up...you're looking a little less crystallized for the time being.]} I don't think they're the type to become distracted or forget.

[bloodyrose]

At least you're forward about potentially having to bend to that place's ways, should you show up. Some deny it altogether, thinking they can will their way out of it by just letting the time pass, but it only puts them in an even more uncomfortable position.

[Don't listen to him, Armin. He is jaded far beyond a reasonable doubt.]

[pronounced]

[ nm armin. you distinctly look really great yourself...you know, for dealing with the betrayal. ]

Then I'm sure you'll figure out the "worship" problem. It should be easier than dealing with titans.

[tactitan]

I'd rather look at it like playing a game of chess by their rules. _{[Bending gives him...not the most pleasant of mental images right now.]} Just because I don't agree with their rules doesn't mean I'm going to quit or lose the game. Besides, I've managed to survive worse...it'd be a slap to the face of so many I know if I gave up just because of undesirable circumstances.

[tactitan]

_{[Let's not talk about that...it still hurts. And freaks him out. And hurts and freaks him out. He's trying to play it cool rn...which may or may not be working.]}

...I think a lot of things, relatively speaking, are easier to deal with than titans, Annie.

[bloodyrose]

The same as I've heard others take it as. Which isn't a bad way to see things at all.

[pronounced]

That's why I said "should be". It's people you have to watch out for.

[ There's so much irony here that it kind of hurts. She would apologize for what he's going through except....you know. ]

[tactitan]

Fortunately I seem to be pretty good at figuring people out, at least when it comes to labeling them as a threat or not. _{[Or a traitor. Irony. He can pretty much taste it at this point.]}

[tactitan]

I have to look at it that way. If I don't...I don't think I would be able to deal with it.

[pronounced]

Hmm. Is that so?

[ There'd be a problem if he couldn't. ]