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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.]

Comments

[endsintheocean]

I think the position's more about enforcing the rules than teaching.

[hardertheyfall]

I would be better at that, true.

[endsintheocean]

[his expression hardens a little at that.]

I'm sure you would.

[hardertheyfall]

[ What's wrong, Armin? It's like you don't trust him. ]

But I don't think I get a choice. So I'll just be a student like you. I'm sure Bertl won't be too hard on us, even if we do get in trouble.

[endsintheocean]

It's easy for you to say that. Somehow I doubt I'll be getting any preferential treatment.

[hardertheyfall]

Why not? We're all friends, there's no reason not to.

[ Reiner is genuinely surprised at Armin's attitude. ]

[endsintheocean]

We're-

[There's a moment of shock that fades as he realises what's going on. Eren had told them about Reiner's strange behaviour in the forest, after all.]

...Yeah, you're right. We're friends.

[hardertheyfall]

Are you okay, Armin? You're acting kind of weird.

[endsintheocean]

Ah, sorry. I think I'm just a little on edge because this place is so weird.

[hardertheyfall]

Whatever you say.

[ He's got an eye on you, Armin. ]

Have you gotten anything to eat yet?

[endsintheocean]

Not yet. There's some food in the cafeteria, but the other people on my team seemed to need it more than me.

[hardertheyfall]

[ Reiner shakes his head. ]

That's silly. You're not going to be any use to anyone if you don't have any energy.

[endsintheocean]

...Yeah, I know. I guess I could go back and see if there's anything left, but... there wasn't much.

[hardertheyfall]

Maybe we can find some somewhere else. It's never a bad idea to have some extra rations around.

[ He puts a hand on Armin's shoulder. They're about to be buddies. ]

[endsintheocean]

[It takes every ounce of self-control Armin has to keep himself from flinching, but he manages it. Being buddies is worth the effort.]

We could check outside. Even if there's no more food in here, there might be something there.

[hardertheyfall]

Sure! Let's go see what we can find. You're clever, Armin, I'm sure we find something.

[endsintheocean]

Heh, thanks. Having you there to help will probably make a big difference too.

[hardertheyfall]

Of course!

[ Heading out to go explore. ]