[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.

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[rollcharisma]

There must be. [Armin sounds certain, tilting his head to rest his cheek against one of his arms two arm privilege.]

There are some people who are content to live the lives they have, only knowing what they know - I realize that, but...

Still, I think in everyone, there must be some sense of that spirit - wanting more, even if it's something simple. They might not dream about the ocean, or want to explore the world, but I just know that everyone out there must have some sort of dream. Could be anything, really...

And you know, Commander...I think humankind is a lot more resilient than a lot of people give it credit for. Especially where we come from...

[It's so common back home; human beings, crushed like bugs without a second thought, or devoured in seconds, never to be seen again.

[But humans aren't weak. For as much death as Armin has seen in his young life, he's also seen indomitable resolve, bravery - the audacity to continue trying despite insurmountable odds.

[It means something. It means a lot.]

[offeredhearts]

[ Erwin just nods as he listens - these are all familiar thoughts, ones he's had multiple times on his own, but rarely voiced to anyone else. It's encouraging, heartening, to hear it from Armin; to know that he isn't alone in such ideals, that someone else can have them independently from himself. Hange carries a similar line of thinking, he knows, which is precisely why they had always been his pick for successor when his time came. But they'd then had to have the extra burden of stepping into a wholly unknown world. ]

Yes, I agree with you, Armin - on all points.

The resiliency of humanity is why we are still here. There is no shame in desiring safety or comfort of what is known, but I think it is human nature to want more. Even if, as you said, it is only for something simple.

It is what we do with that desire that makes us who we are.

[rollcharisma]

[Armin nods, a complicated smile on his face.]

I'd have to agree with that too, Commander.

I feel lucky to have met the people I have, who are acting on that desire the way they are.

[When he looks at Erwin next, his chest swells with pride. In the corner of his eyes, little tears glisten. He's still smiling.]

Suffice to say...when it comes to being a Scout?

I'm proud, sir. I'm very proud.

[offeredhearts]

[ Armin's expression, his words, touch something so wonderful and deeply bittersweet in Erwin's heart. So many of his soldiers he'd doomed to die. Armin's friends, his own comrades, all the others of the Survey Corps who followed him to an early grave. His real motives had been selfish, and in a way he had exploited the very same spark of interest, of hope and pride, that Armin wears now, just for his own means.

But it had been more in the end, hadn't it? Erwin had wanted to vilify his father, but he, too, so desired to know more about the rest of the world. None of those who'd gone to their deaths had done so in vain; those that had continued after him had seen to that. All of them. Armin is their future.

It hurts a little, but it's nothing.

His eyes soften to something closer to an ache, careful to let only so much emotion show, even now, but he's still obviously very, very touched. ]

Thank you, Armin. That means a great deal to me. I'm sorry we didn't have more time together.

[ And for everything that is eventually on his shoulders, later. ]

[rollcharisma]

Well...

[Armin can see the emotion in The Commander's eyes. It's subtle, but a bit jarring all the same. It makes Armin's own heart swell. He wants to make him proud. He wants to make him proud for the rest of his life.]

We have that time now. I'm grateful for that.