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 Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 12:22 am
 [Wren Harbinger]
Wren sighed, nodding in understanding. "Suppressed memories, huh?" her mind shifted a little, away from the conversation. She felt her own fuzzy memories bubbling in the back of her mind, all the questions she didn't have answers to. Or answers that had left her questioning -- all of them rooting back to her distant father. She furrowed her eyebrows at the thought of him, and shook herself from the image to reply.
"I think I may have some of those, myself. If you can understand this.. uh, well, I guess I sort of don't remember anything about the way my life was before my father disappeared. Not that I don't remember being alive or anything, just.. the details are all smudged. It doesn't seem right. As soon as he was gone, I came alive in a sense. It's not that he treated me badly, just-" she sighed shakily. "I'm not sure what his intentions with our family were. I was never told what happened to him, either. Just that he was 'gone.' " she grimaced.
"But, I.. saw the drawing under your folders and it made me wonder what you were all about, I guess. I'm sorry for digging," her eyes fell, focused on Elin's knees, and she felt her head begin to throb, mouth going dry the way it always did when she tried to pry into her childhood memories. It was like there was a barrier within her that didn't want to be crossed. She reached up to rub her temples and sighed again.
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ooc; me too tbh, i might throw together some new art for us when i'm at home this weekend! :>
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 12:39 am
Elin DeraWhat am I missing?
"The more available answer is that our memories get less clear with stress and age, looking back to a time that we're not in anymore." Her tone indicated quite a bit of doubt in this, as much as it was a feasible answer. "Having easy access to some of these books is a reason I got my position in the first place. I wanted answers. Ones that left me more satisfied."
Her expression froze at Wren's final words. "Picture...?" Elin walked stiffly over to her pages, murmuring to herself. "What I'm about?" There was the sound of paper scratching through the quiet before it stopped for several moments, silence hanging over the room as she stared at it, fingers by the eye. "What is this...?" The ginger smacked a book down over it, and suddenly looked up, seeing the pair of eyes much, much larger. She swore loudly, stumbling back and falling into a seated position, putting an arm up to shield herself.
But then there was nothing there. Her throat felt dry, she felt shaky. "I..." She swallowed hard. "I need to stop drinking, I think." An attempt at humor.
OoC: Ooh, that'd be super-cool, too.
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 12:54 am
[Wren Harbinger]
Wren shook her head and laughed quietly. "Or drink more, maybe?" She moved over to pat the girl's small shoulder in an attempt to calm her seemingly rattled nerves. "Well, I guess we'll be fighting along side each other from here on out, there's no reason we can't try to answer some questions on the side." She reached over and closed the folders for good measure, pushing them into a neat pile. "We're not on our own anymore," she gave a small, reassuring smile.
"Do you want to take these still? I'll help you carry everything. We can probably rent a cart to bring your furniture to the barracks." She tried to change the subject to aid Elin in calming her nerves. She made a note to make them both some tea once they were done moving everything.
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ooc; i've got a couple of cool ideas for sidebar pictures and little banner things to go on the top! :> ill sketch some stuff out and show you in the next few days~
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:05 am
Elin DeraWhat am I missing?
She was stiff, but she seemed to be starting to relax more as she became aware of Wren and the room again. "I doubt I could manage the amount of alcohol to be 'enough'." Elin stood herself up. "Have someone else do the heavy lifting...I like that idea very much." She fanned her face. "Next time I make a fire, I ought to have you fold that up. Wish that I could understand that, and make it vanish."
The ex-lieutenant shook her head, clearly making motions to try and forget about it. It's eyes were so strange, with black corneas...but the irises were like fire. She paced around. "Flagging one down sooner would be better. I think some air will do me well. It's embarrassing to be seen like this for me."
OoC: OooooooOoh, all sorts of cool-sounding doodads!
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 12:34 pm
[Wren Harbinger]
The brunette stood out of Elin's way to allow her to pace. She also favored the idea of avoiding any heavy lifting at the moment, as her head still hurt a little and she knew her ankles wouldn't have withstood much stress before she got to get off them for a while. She leaned against the edge of the desk and itched at the darkened flesh beneath her eye.
"Well, let's flag someone down so we can get a move on, I suppose. I'm sure you're ready to get this all over with." She offered another smile, hearing what the other girl had said. "Oi, it's almost the end of summer. We'll just have to clean up my old place and have some more fires there."
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ooc; heck yeah biggrin
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 12:53 pm
Elin DeraWhat am I missing?
Elin paused to look out her window. "It is. I hadn't really noticed." She rubbed her face and shook her head. "It's a good time of day to do this, too. Many of the soldiers are occupied with various things, so the people owning carts will take just about anything they can get." She stalked over to the books and papers, making sure to set them into a neat pile and package them into a small chest. "We can have them do all the heavy lifting, too." Elin headed outside, and was able to acquire a cart very quickly. They seemed honored to move her things, even. A free ride to their destination had been located. "You'll have to give out directions if needed."
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:02 pm
[Wren Harbinger]Wren offered to help the men move Elin's bags downstairs, but they had politely declined and told her she should be keeping the Lieutenant company. She shrugged them off and followed the shorter girl outside to where their cart was being readied and loaded.
"Well, they sure seem to be eager to do what you say," she said, looking over to her friend. "Are they taking us to the barracks? I do know how to drive a cart. We could send a cadet back with it when we're done if they let us take it." She watched the men lugging Elin's mattress out of the building and onto the back of the cart. They were moving pretty quickly, which was favorable.
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ooc; sheesh so i'm trying to work on a levi avatar but i'm having total hell finding hair to work for him. there are not enough male avatar items, man ;A;
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:20 pm
Elin DeraWhat am I missing?
"Hm. Well, it is their cart, but I suppose we could give it back to them a bit later, too. It's your choice, really." Elin shrugged. It could go either way. She looked up to the sky. Sometimes, she'd forget how much she appreciated it, with all the time spent indoors. At least there was a choice to go up, and to stay up here.
OoC: hmm
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 6:45 pm
[Wren Harbinger]
Wren shrugged, seeing as the men were already harnessing the horses. "Ah hell, let 'em do it. We've done enough today, I'd say." She chuckled, elbowing Elin in the ribs. "My dorm is nearly vacant except for my bed, so there'll be plenty of room for your stuff." She pulled the half-burned down cigarette from her breast pocket and stopped a passing MP cadet to ask if he had a light, which he did, politely lighting the cigarette for her and bowing before returning to his original path.
"Hopefully we can get them to help us get all this stuff up the stairs, though." She added, drawing from the cigarette as she observed the area.
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:07 pm
Elin DeraWhat am I missing?
As Elin was elbowed, she looked up at the taller girl and monotonously said, "Ow." It didn't actually hurt, it was just a bluff. She leaped agilely onto the cart. "Stairs? That's annoying. Well, we're here to help lift things. I didn't make it through trainee camp by sitting pretty, that's for sure." There were some things she was rusty at after four years of only really having herself to train with. A lot of what she did might not come up to snuff with the Survey Corps' rules, but showing off what she could do might be fun, too. Get to flex abilities that were going unused. It was enough to distract her from what happened in her room, thinking about such things.
OoC: almost always unamused Levi.
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:15 pm
[Wren Harbinger] Wren climbed into the cart with Elin, swinging her leg over the side and hoisting herself up with her arms. "Ah, I prefer to do my climbing in less conventional places -- like rooftops." She laughed a bit, sitting down next to the redhead and propping her foot up on a crate. "Thank goodness I'll have someone to spar with now, I miss the training grounds. And we just recently got a new obstacle set," she said, holding her cigarette between her lips while she peeled off her jacket and let it bunch up around her back.
"Haven't been in my gear in at least a month. Ready to get off the ground again," she blew the smoke away from Elin and it passed behind her as the cart began to move, sounded off ahead of them by the driver. "Before I start getting rusty," she laughed again, hoping her friend shared the sentiment.
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:48 pm
Elin DeraWhat am I missing?
"That sure sounds like a good time. I haven't gotten to properly use gear in a long time. I need to re-define my limits." It was usually very limited use. Everything was. And the training she put herself to could only get her so far. Elin's eyes sparkled a little as she looked up to the sky. To get to fly through the air...to fight for freedom...what a wonderful thing. Maybe she'd have to worry about overconfidence instead of nervousness.
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:54 pm
[Wren Harbinger]
Wren leaned against the side of the cart, arms resting along the ledge, cigarette still between her lips. "I tell you, there's pretty much nothing better than the liftoff, the way you're just weightless for a few seconds. I like to free fall on purpose and catch myself at the last second," she reminisced, sighing a little.
It would have beem a little odd to say that she felt eager for expeditions, seeing as they were such dangerous times. Just being outside the Walls excited her, though. The way Wren thought of it, she'd have preferred to die out in the open rather than in a cage.
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 8:52 pm
Elin DeraWhat am I missing?
Elin looked at Wren, then back ahead. Dark times awaited them, most likely that was true. But for now, they had time to get to the barracks and mess around. It might be fun, even. At least for awhile. "...It's more fun to just barely graze the ground."
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 9:09 pm
[Wren Harbinger]
Wren scooted a bit closer to Elin and elbowed her in the side again. "You'll get wrinkles if you keep making that face, you know." She smirked. "I'll show you around all the places I sneak off to around the barracks. It'll be fun," she tilted her head back over the side of the cart, watching the passing clouds as Elin was doing. "Oh, and watch out you don't break a leg that way," she chuckled, knocking her knuckles against her left knee. "Made that mistake my first year on the field." She hadn't had a bad landing since then, however.
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