Attack on Holidays

[hometown]

WHO: the Attack on Titan cast and their +1s
WHAT: holiday shenanigans
WHEN: around the Solstice
WHERE: an inn in Stormreach
WARNINGS: tba; please check subject lines



Sometime after a less than stellar conference call, Reiner sends an invitation to everyone from his world. "You're Invited to a Holiday Party," the store-bought invitation reads in swirling seasonally decorated letters. How very fancy!

The invitation specifies three things. Number one: it is a celebration of the holidays. Number two: it is a celebration of a year of a successful non-aggression pact. Number three: everyone is invited to bring a "plus one."

Surely, nothing will go wrong with this plan. Surely!

The party itself takes place at an inn in Stormreach, part of which has been reserved by Reiner. The inn is made of stone and wood, its aesthetic closely resembling buildings in Paradis. There are several spacious rooms available: places for eating, places for mingling, cozy corners for more private conversations, and access to the inn's bar.

• In one of those cozy spaces, one might find a lit candle known as a Candle of True Feelings. In its presence, people understand their feelings better and feel inspired to talk about them. How very curious!
  
  
• Of note: magic supersedes technology in Stormreach. One is far more likely to run across potions and crystals than gaming systems… But that hasn't stopped Reiner from setting up a gaming system in a corner, anyway.
  
  
• If one steps outside for a breath of (cold) fresh air, they'll find themselves close to the clock tower. Local legend claims that those who kiss on top of it are destined to never breakup. However, that legend has not been tested … yet.
  
  
• During the party, a table is filled with various gifts for the "+1s," created by those from Paradis and Marley. The gifts include knitted clothing (scarves, mittens, socks), chocolates, sweet baked goods, and fidget toys made of wood or stone. Feel free to partake, +1s!

Naturally, there is a wide assortment of food—some of which is best described as "ungodly spicy"—with a particular focus on potato-based foods. Also, peaches and pineapples, for Reasons™.

Have fun, and try not to break anything!


( ooc: this is a mingle! top-level, tag around, etc. put any warnings in subject lines, and if a thread heads toward smut, please take it to an inbox or something. ♥ )

Comments

[wingbound]

"That probably wouldn't work very well." Opening the shirt would mean splitting the text, and buttons might obscure some of the letters. It would look strange, too.

"It looks comfortable to wear at home. Stretchy fabric usually is." He may or may not have succumbed to wearing sweatpants in his house a few times. It's easier to dress with his shitty leg when there's some extra space in them.

[abnormalizes]

"Sure is! -I know I'm the last person who should be saying this, because I wear my EGO suit for protection reasons ninety percent of the time, but comfy clothes are really nice."

She owns sweatpants and T-shirts! She just barely wears them.

[wingbound]

"That's a good reason," Levi assures. "I just wear what I'm used to. My uniform does have half my gear in it though, so there's that."

It's a lot easier to just grab and equip the gas and blades than to also have to put on the full-body harness first. So, maybe that technically qualify as protection too; it won't stop a bullet but it'll make him able to spring into action more quickly. He's not in his unform now, though; suits are also something he wore quite a lot once he was able to afford it, exactly because of that; he thought it was fancy and he didn't have access to it when he was younger.

[abnormalizes]

"Mm. -Do you also have trouble convincing yourself you won't need to be ready to fight at any moment? I have that problem a lot."

Logically she knows she's not in danger in the city proper, but emotionally...

[wingbound]

He does, too; he just doesn't see it as a problem, which may be made obvious by the way he sort of stares at her with a mix of something like confusion and apprehension.

"...Why would I want to convince myself of that?"

[abnormalizes]

"I've been told that being constantly on alert for danger is unhealthy for you? And sure, I'd believe it, but getting attacked while your guard is down is also unhealthy for you."

Checkmate, concerned friends.

[wingbound]

"A knife between the ribs is more unhealthy than a shitty sleeping pattern," Levi huffs. "I'll take my chances."

Checkmate, indeed.

[abnormalizes]

"Right! I know they're just concerned for me, but Ellipsa isn't completely safe or anything like that. There are definitely still people who will stab you."

[wingbound]

"Exactly." This isn't even paranoia, it's just facts. "Remember that assassin in summer? They came after me several times. Kidnapped Eren, tried to whack Erwin." His fingers clench a little on instinct, as if tearing into something, before he forces them still. "Didn't stop until pigs caught us all in the middle of a bloody street. Some of them must've squealed because I haven't heard from them since."

[abnormalizes]

"I'm glad they're leaving you alone now. I haven't heard anything from those guys who drugged Eve and stuck Choco's soul in a cursed vase in a while either, thankfully."

...Wait.

"They kidnapped Eren? Can't he just turn into a Titan whenever and kick their asses?"

[wingbound]

He has no idea who either of those people are, so he'll just hope that this was the last of that particular problem for Evangeline, too.

He glances past her for a moment, as if to make sure they're not overheard.

"Not if they hit his ass with a tranquilizer before he can shift."

There are more conditions to it, of course, like the necessity of a wound on his body, but he isn't going to give away all of the shifters' secrets, even to someone he otherwise trusts.

[abnormalizes]

Evangeline, frankly, doesn't want to know all of her shifter friends' secrets, except in the case that it becomes relevant to her and to keeping them safe.

"Fuck. What was even their problem with you to start with?"

[wingbound]

"...Long story." Which probably isn't too much of a deterrment, considering they're at a party with time to kill. "I may have broken some of their friends' fingers going off faulty information someone gave me. I did apologize when I realized but I guess it wasn't enough for them."

He shrugs and sips his drink.

[abnormalizes]

"Seriously? All of that over just that?"

...Ppppause.

"Okay, I recognize that to 'normal people' breaking fingers is like, a relatively big offense, but still."

[wingbound]

"Yeah. I was confused too. Back where I'm from --" And a long time back, if he's being precise. It's been some ten years since he had his fearsome reputation in the Underground, though his reputation topside was fearsome as well. "Well. They would've known better even without an apology."

If they had just taken it, let the whole thing go, several of their friends would still be alive instead of very much not.

"And it's not even a real injury here. There's people who can fix it with a wave of a hand, for fuck's sakes."

Probably. He's not sure what makes it not work, like his knee, but he doubts it would be a problem. Aw, look at him, he's bitching.

[abnormalizes]

"You literally can fix it in ten seconds! I thought these were hardened criminals but apparently they're a bunch of whiny babies."

On second thought, that might be an insult to babies.

[wingbound]

"Oh, they are. They didn't even go after me themselves, they hired a different gang to do it. Piss-drizzling prissies."

[abnormalizes]

"They outsourced taking a hit out on you? What the fuck is wrong with them?"

ABSOLUTELY an insult to babies.

[wingbound]

"Exactly. If they wanted my respect they went about it the absolute wrong way."

Frankly, he's not even discouraged from messing with them, but he has no real reason to at the moment. If they try going after his loved ones again, though, well. The amount of gangs in Nightwake might just shrink by one or two. Just because they have no idea who they're fucking with doesn't mean he intends to go easy on them.