Special Chapter: Lance Corporal Levi

[springcleaning]

[When Levi comes to, he's sopping wet and covered in slimy bile. The last thing he remembers is being swallowed by a Titan. Did it vomit him out before he'd been digested? He shuddered at the thought. He'd rather be dead, than...]

Shit.

[He gags a little, pushing his hands against the grass in front of the school until they're dry enough to get the slop off his face, before looking around.]

[It was nothing like where they had been fighting, but he couldn't be sure of that, with how Titans could move, but... Something felt wrong. Levi looks down at himself, seeing his 3D Maneuver Gear was gone as well. He was vulnerable, he couldn't stay outside.]

[So he goes into the school building, surprised to find it recently used, and looks for somewhere he can clean off.]

Comments

[springcleaning]

Nah. I don't give a shit about that kind of thing, what matters is what you do with your fucking life, not what you get afterward.

[suckswithmaps]

Ah... [...] That's a kind of optimistic look at things then, in a sense. And it's admirable that you're not particularly afraid, either.

[springcleaning]

I was-- am a damn soldier, I was never afraid to die.

[suckswithmaps]

[!!]

Oh! Really... Well, in that case, that's even more admirable! Since you're serving for your country on top of that...

[springcleaning]

A country...?

[They don't... really use those sorts of terms.]

I never fought for anything like that... I did it for myself in the beginning. I don't fucking know anymore.

[suckswithmaps]

[She tilts her head at that, slightly confused.]

Ah... Do you not have countries in your world then? And what do you mean by doing it for yourself?

[springcleaning]

Nah, just walls.

[A pause.]

If I hadn't joined the military, I would've gone to fucking prison.

[suckswithmaps]

Walls...?

[That sounds so strange... she's probably visualizing it completely wrong too.]

And... prison? Why? Did you do something?

[springcleaning]

Uh...

[He thinks about it.]

Theft, bribery, extortion, fraud, bootlegging alcohol, illegal gambling, blackmail...

Bout the only shit I didn't mess with was prostitutes.

i'm so sorry i think that was my first joke tag to you but i promise they're not all awful --

[suckswithmaps]

[Oh geez... She just kinda stares at him, rather surprised. That's so much...]

Ahh... That's a lot. Was there any particular reason for doing all of that, or...?

he prob wouldn't have taken her up on it anyway

[springcleaning]

I told you. It was about fucking surviving.

oh levi...

[suckswithmaps]

Right, right... It sounds really rough, in that case. [She frowns. It sounds kind of awful..]

[springcleaning]

Even in Wall Sina I had to scrape by. Being in the military's no better, but it's something.

[suckswithmaps]

I can imagine. I'd say it's good that there's improvement, but that also means putting yourself into danger. So I'm not very sure how great the trade off is...

[springcleaning]

Everything's shit, no matter how you fucking turn it.

[He lights another sparkler.]

[suckswithmaps]

[Her own sparkler goes out, but she doesn't light a new one just yet.]

Mm... On the bright side, it's fairly peaceful here, right?

[springcleaning]

I don't want it to be fucking peaceful. It's boring.

[suckswithmaps]

Well, I mean, without anything threatening our lives and such.