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[ When the fog of waking up somewhere new lifts enough, Jean moves into the shocked stage of wandering around Genessia. He doesn't know these streets and little by little he's forcing himself not to think about the likelihood of not knowing someone being extremely high. He's also purposefully not thinking about how much of a relief it had been the last time this happened and Armin was there. Or about the Maeve dicking him over.
But it's only after chasing down a slim blonde figure wearing a powder blue dress, mistaking it for someone he cared for, that the shock shatters. He dumbly apologizes and steps back a few paces, looking panicked and lost. They shrug him off and walk away, leaving Jean to run his fingers through his hair. Soon, he presses his back against the cool concrete of a building and fumbles for the phone he was given.
It's different from his other one, but it's not something he can't navigate now. He exhales, thumb hovering over the video button. There's a chance that Armin and Eggsy are here, but there's also a chance he's alone. Either way, it didn't change the facts. He turns the video on, trying to look as calm as he can despite the pit of his stomach feeling hollow. ]
Can someone tell me where the hell I can rent a room here?
But it's only after chasing down a slim blonde figure wearing a powder blue dress, mistaking it for someone he cared for, that the shock shatters. He dumbly apologizes and steps back a few paces, looking panicked and lost. They shrug him off and walk away, leaving Jean to run his fingers through his hair. Soon, he presses his back against the cool concrete of a building and fumbles for the phone he was given.
It's different from his other one, but it's not something he can't navigate now. He exhales, thumb hovering over the video button. There's a chance that Armin and Eggsy are here, but there's also a chance he's alone. Either way, it didn't change the facts. He turns the video on, trying to look as calm as he can despite the pit of his stomach feeling hollow. ]
Can someone tell me where the hell I can rent a room here?
Video;
Regardless, by the time Mikasa went to reply back, she was located in some sort of office area. She didn't have her normal military uniform on, but she had on her gear at the very least. Looks like she was just about to leave David's office. She was a bit slow to respond, due to dealing with these strange emotions, but soon enough her face pops up on his phone.]
You're back. [Nice pleasant start, Mikasa.] The mansion still has plenty of room if you would like to stay there again.
[It was big enough that it should keep Eren and Jean away from each other most of the time right?]
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[ He'll deal with the fact that he's talking to Mikasa in a moment, promise. ]
What do you mean "back"?
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[That came out sort of bitter, but don't ask her why. She has no idea.]
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So, his mood suffers for it. Jean's grumpy and frustrated and--
It finally clicks. He's talking to Mikasa. She's in this new place too.
After half a year of just having Armin around (which he was and still is grateful for, but has no hope now that he'll see again since he's in a new place) and briefly Levi and Kenny, he's slammed with this new nostalgic feeling. He started losing hope that he'd see his friends again after that long. Right here, right now, there was one of them. And she had the long hair he remembered liking so much. And yet it felt like a lifetime ago.
These mood swings were starting to give him whiplash, but from grumpy to this, Jean couldn't help the little smile tugging at the corners of his lips. ]
I don't know. As long as I don't have to tell myself "this place isn't as bad as home" I'm probably the luckiest person alive. [ He snorts. ] Want to tell me how to get to that mansion?
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Where are you now? Are you by the Bay yet, that place you woke up at? If so, I can be there in a few minutes. I was actually just out doing some patrolling.
[Gotta earn that money after all.
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[ No, really. Don't tell him that. Lie to him if you have to. At least for a little while.
He looks around, noting that he's managed to get a few blocks from the bay. That counts as still being by it right? Instead of describing what he's seeing, he turns the camera around and shows her. ]
I'm wherever the hell this is.
Action;
[Asked calmly since she's already had this kind of conversation before with Armin.]
Ah, alright. I'll be there soon then.
[And just like that, soon enough there she is dropping in with her gear.]
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Jean still had a little dignity left.
Whether fortunate or unfortunate, Mikasa makes good on her word and Jean still stands there feeling grateful but discombobulated. He pushes away from the wall and breaches some of the distance. ]
So what is this place anyway?
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Something felt right about being near Jean again, but it wasn't something she could put her finger on. Maybe it was just because he'd become a good friend of hers by this point? Well, whatever.]
This place is called Genessia. Right now we're located in Genessia City, but we live in Nova City. It's not too far away with the archways though.
[Already showing the way.]
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[ Jean feels fortunate that at least he's dealt with a sudden new environment before, and that it helped him in understanding what was going on between the note and Mikasa's explanation. Not that her explanation alluded to more than what he'd read already. Honestly, he shouldn't have expected more from the quiet centurion of a reckless idiot.
But maybe it's the shock of seeing Mikasa, or the shock of seeing Mikasa looking more like a girl than a warrior that had him thinking a little slow. Because wait, what? ]
You said 'we'. Who else is here?
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[They were there before she died and came back and then they were gone.]
It's been.... pretty quiet in the mansion since everyone left. Eren just recently came back himself and there's someone named Sertoria who lives with us too.
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I met her earlier, that Sertoria. No wonder I thought she had a screw loose, she actually knows you.
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[Tugging at her scarf without realizing it again.]
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[ Well, now that he not only knew that she lived with people from his world but that he'd already been here before. It still bothered him that he didn't remember it, but it was probably a small kindness that he didn't. ]
She just should have lead with "hey, I know your friends" or something, instead of making me wonder if she had any self preservation skills at all.
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[Lord knows that Armin and she worried her constantly with how much they worked.]
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[ At least living with the three of them, Sertoria would probably be well enough protected. Especially if Mikasa alone was even half as protective over her as she was with Eren. ]
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[Is that a rare Mikasa (very faint) smile? It sure is! Better notice it before it melts away again! She's not sure why, but this felt comfortable...]
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[ Not... that he's calling Sertoria a reckless idiot. He's not. He's saying that Mikasa is capable of handling more than one.
It doesn't escape him that this feels a little too easy, though. Mikasa is actually holding a conversation with him, and outside of battle that... Well. It wasn't normal. Was this because of the previous times he'd been here or was it something else? Maybe their individual experiences changed them enough that just the familiarity helped. Who the hell knew? But it had him looking over at her at just the right time to notice her smile.
Gently, he nudges her arm with his elbow. ]
You look nice when you smile, you should do it more often.
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No promises on that. [Luckily they were getting closer to the archway now.]
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That's home there.
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Can I... [ Okay, how to put this at least somewhat delicately. ] Not stay in the room I had before?
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I don't see why not. There are plenty of other rooms in the mansion after all.
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[ It's a good thing she didn't remember that. Being surrounded by another life would make him wonder too much. It would make him uncomfortable and aggravated. Not that it was terribly hard to get under his skin or anything in the first place, but it would be so much easier if there were expectations and trinkets of a life he didn't remember.
He wasn't going to say any of that, though. Instead, he follows Mikasa inside and lets his eyes wander. ]
This place looks a lot better than the Crossing.
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What was the Crossing like?
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