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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]

Just wondering.

[ leans forward and presses his forehead against Reiner's ]

[hardertheyfall]

[ This is familiar and comfortable. ]

Maybe we can stay here. You and me and Armin and anyone else we can save. Better than going home, right?

[perspire]

Reiner.

[ he takes a breath, because sorry he has to break that delusion hard ]

Armin's not our friend anymore.

[hardertheyfall]

What do you mean?

[ Reiner looks pained for a second, this is touching something he doesn't like to think about. ]

[perspire]

Reiner, you told our secret.

[hardertheyfall]

What?!

[ Looking around to make sure no one else can hear him. ]

I would never do that to us!

[perspire]

[ reaching around to place a hand on the back of Reiner's head ]

You need to remember Reiner...

[hardertheyfall]

I don't want to...

[ He's fighting this, even though he trusts Bertolt, whatever is going on it's tough to face. ]

[perspire]

Reiner, please remember.

You're a warrior.

[hardertheyfall]

[ He knows what that means. It's what Bertolt tells him when he's getting lost. ]

I know I am! You don't have to remind me...

[ But he remembers what happened now and he's even more upset. ]

Bertolt. I- I wasn't trying to make things worse. It was just, we were going to lose the opportunity! And we should have just killed the rest of them while we had the chance!

[perspire]

I know, Reiner, I know.

[ a deep breath ]

But you need to remember this.

[hardertheyfall]

I do... I am.

I'm a warrior.

[perspire]

Alright.

[ just going to hold this position for a moment ]

[hardertheyfall]

[ There's no other way to say it, he's just going to hope Bertolt forgives him for being an idiot. ]

[perspire]

[ you're his idiot, so there's really no other option here ]

[hardertheyfall]

[ Grabbing Bertolt and pulling him into an extra tight hug. ]

[perspire]

[ Just going to hug him back ]

It's alright, Reiner.

[hardertheyfall]

It isn't. I made a mess out of everything.

[ They've been all over this before, but it's all coming up again. ]

[perspire]

We'll fix it.

[hardertheyfall]

[ Squeezing him tighter. ]

I'm sorry. I'll do whatever I can. As long as we can get out of here.