may quests

[hometown]

WHO: reiner braun & YOU
WHAT: may quests
WHEN: it's gotta be may
WHERE: all over
WARNINGS: check subject lines
NOTES: i will match prose or brackets!


Nightwake — I Heard This Was A Jamjar, But…

[ There is no way to stay clean while cleaning up the jam. So Reiner gets in there with a "jam shovel" (much like a snow shovel) and a pair of long gloves, shifting and shoveling the stuff into a wheelbarrow. ]

Seems like a shame to waste all this.

[ Although admittedly, he has no idea what to do with the sticky stuff. ]

Winter — Maiden the Shade

[ It isn't a maiden that Reiner sees while investigating the Forest of Lost Souls. It is (the illusion of) a tall, dark-haired young man with stunning green eyes. ]

Uh.

[ Reiner stares at them with wide eyes and parted lips, temporarily ignoring his teammate (you) as he takes an unconscious step forward. Evidently drawn toward the remarkably attractive man. ]

Hey… What're you doing out here?

Spring — End of the Rainbow

There!

[ Reiner exclaims telepathically, having transformed his body into a palomino draft horse. He throws his head in excitement, letting out an eager whinny. ]

Climb on. We'll get to the end in no time.

[ Does his teammate (you) even know how to ride? If not, might wanna learn fast! ]

Summer — Who Made This Big Mess?

Who the hell left all this crap?

[ So says Reiner as he picks up a thong swimsuit bottom, making a face before tossing it into a garbage bag. ]

The bottles and stuff I kinda understand. But some of this is hard to just misplace, you know?

Autumn — Fruit Salad

[ Monsters who regenerate when they take damage? Yeah, that's nothing new to Reiner. He zips around using his ODM gear, slicing chunks from peach monsters. Then, when their core is exposed—

POW!

He slams their pit with heavy rocks using his Autumn powers.

So far, it seems to be working well! But there are always those cherries to worry about… ]

Wildcard

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[rustyhonesty]

[Somehow, Jean isn't surprised Reiner would cry about it. He's just mentally exhausted enough to not scoot over to hug him this time. It was also very different from the holiday party, where he saw Reiner cry last time. This was all different from that.

So instead he just keeps talking. He's good at talking.]

I won't say I'm glad I experienced that nightmare, because I'm not. But I am glad... that I can finally understand. Even if just a little bit.

[Perhaps he's talking too much, but he should probably get these things off his chest now that he has a chance.]

You know I will never forgive you for Marco, but I know now. The amount of pain you must have been back then and after. Even now, seeing him here probably brings the pain up sometimes. I know it does, because it happens to me, too, for different reasons.

[Majority of him was glad to see Marco. He was always glad to see him and that would never change. But sometimes he was hit with the cruel reminder that if they all someday went back home, Marco wouldn't be there.

Jean takes a deep breathe and wipes a stray tear that appeared in the corner of his eye. As if that would help prevent more of them.]

[hometown]

[ As soon as Marco's name is spoken, Reiner flinches. He looks away, blinking the tears from his eyes. Listening, but also struggling to compose himself.

He has no right to cry about this. He's familiar with the pain. It's Jean for whom it is fresh. ]

It hurts, [ Reiner acknowledges. ] But that doesn't excuse anything. I still…

[ He shakes his head. Swallows. ]

You didn't actually kill those soldiers, Jean. I know how it felt, but that wasn't really you.

[rustyhonesty]

[Quietly, Jean wonders if it was right or fair to bring up Marco, but at the same time it felt like something he needed to say.

It would always be a sour subject between them. Which is why Jean never really brought it up. Now he did because emotions his were vulnerable and he felt the need to be heard.

Jean was selfish. It wasn't fair on Reiner. But there was really no reversing the damage.

As the subject steers back to the dream, Jean closes his eyes.]

It's hard to shake the feeling. Even if it was a dream, it felt like I was really living in the moment.

[Even if he logically knows he didn't do any of it. That he was just an actor in place of the real deal.]

You noticed that my titan resembled a wolf, right?

[hometown]

Yeah, I noticed.

[ Reiner thinks of the wolflike traits that affect Jean each month. Thinks of the wolves Jean encountered years ago—the ones who caused his death. ]

What did that mean to you?

[rustyhonesty]

[He opens his eyes again, but keeps his gaze somewhere further away, past Reiner.]

I think it's connected to what happened in December - when I couldn't control my wolf form. I guess I'm scared that I'll completely lose the ability to control it. That I wake up after fullmoon having done things I didn't mean to.

[Most likely those he deemed 'pack' would be safe, but what about other people? Does he really need to start locking himself up if that happens? It's a sad thought.]

[hometown]

[ Reiner considers that for a few moments. ]

Did you ever figure out what caused it? That loss of control?

[rustyhonesty]

The only thing different that time was my rib injury. So I guess it happens when I'm injured enough.

[He doesn't exactly want to test the theory since that would mean injuring himself for Full Moon.]

But the curse keeps changing... evolving I gues.

[hometown]

[ Reiner nearly says, "Then don't get injured." But he bites it back. He knows that Jean can't heal like he can. ]

Have you ever tried to get it removed?

[rustyhonesty]

[Jean nods.]

Mikasa has the ability but she hasn't been able to remove it. Neither can she or I heal the wounds on my chest.

[A very stubborn curse it is.]