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[principals]

Who: All y'all
When: Day 1 – Morning
Where: Everywhere
What: School is in

[Somewhere, a bell begins to ring. You may know the type—obnoxious and loud, signalling the start of a brand new day of lectures and learning. Rise and shine, lovelies; wakey wakey eggs and bakey! And with that, just as the toll falls silent, you hear the sound you may have been waiting for: the click of a lock.

You're free to explore.]

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[perspire]

[ He's not quite sure how to act when he first sees Armin. Should he reach out and strangle him or give him a five-second head start? These are choices that need to be made.

So far, the five-second head start idea sounds favorable. ]

Armin.

[endsintheocean]

[there are a lot of thoughts going through Armin's head at the moment, but the most urgent ones boil down to oh shit. he's unarmed, alone, and there is no way in hell he could even run away fast enough. he is going to die.

he's not letting the terror show on his face, though - the only hope he has right now is in remaining calm.]

Bertolt.

[perspire]

[ there is probably no way that this won't end well, all things considered. but he's going to draw this out, just for a little bit. he still remember's armin's comments, there's no way he won't forget about them. and between just the two of them, he knows for sure that he's the one who stands a better chance here.

he turns, so that he's fully facing armin. ]

I should've figured that if you were here this'll be the first place you go.

[ a pause as he takes in armin's clothes ] I take it you're a student, then?

[endsintheocean]

I suppose I've always been predictable like that.

[the slightest glance down at bertolt's clothes, never fully taking his eyes off his face.]

I take it you're not. What's your role in all this?

[perspire]

I'm an instructor.

[ LET THAT SINK IN ARMIN :) ]

[endsintheocean]

[THAT IS JUST TERRIBLE.]

...I see.

[he doesn't bother asking what instructors do because he can hazard a pretty good guess.]

[perspire]

[ :) ]

Hmm, we should try to get along, shouldn't we?

[endsintheocean]

...

Yes, I think that would be for the best.

[perspire]

Oh, but do try to follow the rules, alright?

[endsintheocean]

Of course. I wouldn't want to cause any trouble.

[perspire]

Since if you do, I'll need to punish you.

[endsintheocean]

Yes, I assumed that would be the case.

[no need to spell it out dude]

[perspire]

Just making sure you understood.

[ because that's what an instructor does ]

[endsintheocean]

Don't worry, I understand very clearly.

[pauses, wondering if he could push his luck-]

Do you know why we're here, exactly?

[perspire]

Ah...

[ he pauses there. no, he does owe armin this much at least. ]

No, not yet.

[endsintheocean]

...So you're as much in the dark as the rest of us.

[now there's a change.]

[perspire]

Though I imagine we won't be for much longer.

[endsintheocean]

You're probably right.

...Is Reiner here as well? And Ymir?

[might as well try to get out as much information as he can, right?]

[perspire]

Reiner, yeah.

Ymir, I don't know.

[endsintheocean]

[well isn't that just great.]

One more question. Are we outside the walls?

[perspire]

I've never seen anything like this inside the walls.

[endsintheocean]

...That's what I thought.

[perspire]

[ I don't think we're in Kansas anymore ]

So wherever we are, we're not anywhere close to those walls.

[endsintheocean]

That's...

[he trails off, not knowing how to even feel about this.]

[perspire]

[ it's a complicated feeling ]