[Closed Log] Fireflies are stars that couldn't journey to the skies

[rustyhonesty]

WHO: The Shingeki Cast
WHAT: Firefly catching
WHEN: During November Event
WHERE: Solarpeak Beach
WARNINGS: inevitable talk of death, likely gore and other attack on titan basic content warnings, will add as needed.

Just Shingeki cast seeing appreciating fireflies and catching them in jars while bonding on various levels.

Comments

[wingbound]

[ Levi turns to stare back at him, expression blank. ]

Did I [ fucking ] stutter, Arlert? Give yourself some credit.

[ Pep talk complete! He can definitely pat himself on the back for this one. ]

[rollcharisma]

[And that's that! Armin doesn't mean to, but he laughs. He can't help it! There's just so much joy surrounding them, and while he should feel scolded - maybe even intimidated - he just...can't bear to worry at the moment.

[He stands up straight with his fist to his chest.]

Yes, sir. Understood.

[wingbound]

Tch.

[ If it takes a little bit of intimidation to get Armin to acknowledge at least some of his own worth, that's fine by him. He may never be able to replace Erwin, but he carries on his dream... all of theirs, perhaps, as well as his own, untainted by anger or selfishness. There's a reason why Hange chose him to lead the Survey Corps, not that there had been much choice at the moment, but he could not think of a better one. ]

Good. At ease.

[ Levi gestures with his hand dismissively, then proceeds to open the empty jar he's holding and gently herding a few fireflies into it with his hand. They seem to be aware he can't really give chase in his current form, and don't try to run away just for fun like they did when he had turned into a child. ]

[rollcharisma]

Wow. They're really flocking to you.

[Armin tilts his head as he watches Levi gently corral the fireflies into his jar. It's reassuring to watch them simply dip inside without a care in the world, no urgency to fly back out.

[Armin takes a seat on the ground a few feet away from Levi, staring down at the the jar in his hands, glowing softly with blinking light.]

They aren't afraid of us or anything. We're a hundred times their size, and they couldn't care less...

[There's a certain sense of responsibility to that, he thinks.]

[wingbound]

[ There is indeed a responsibility, just like there always is when you allow somebody to trust you. Which is exactly why Levi had suggested what he did. He has a feeling the fireflies may refuse to leave the jars even so, but they owe then the chance at the very least. ]

Perhaps they haven't learned to, yet.

[ Hopefully they don't need to, but Levi isn't going to just expect everyone walking by here to be as respectful as they have been. ]

THE LITTLE PRINCE?! IN MY LEVI TAG?! ; ^ ; !!!

[rollcharisma]

Well...

I won't give them a reason to. Not if I can help it.

IT'S MORE LIKELY THAN YOU THINK!!! fr tho it's them ;w;

[wingbound]

Good.

[ He's not sure what else to say -- whether he needs to say anything else -- so he's happy to just continue filling that jar in silence, his usual flat expression turning a little softer every time he catches sight of the kid again. That wonder in the brat's eyes is contagious, honestly, and reminds him of the kind of looks the old veterans used to have, their dreams, before everything had gone to shit. ]