reviling | [luceti]written; backdated to the 17th

First; Anyone experienced with carpentry or building small structures, respond here. I have a small project for you if you're so inclined. We can work out a deal if necessary.

Second; If you expected to meet with me today or tomorrow, consider our plans cancelled unless you wish to suffer from an upper respiratory infection.

[Filtered 85% to: Jean, Marco, Eren, Armin, Mikasa, Farlan, Petra, Hange, Erwin]

All Cadets: We'll be establishing a training schedule at the end of the week. Consider this some extra free time to become familiar with the area and check in with Erwin if you learn something that seems important.

Hange: This is your fault.

[action; Levi woke up this morning with the full force of a cold which is likely the direct result of being dragged into a fountain of cold water thanks to Hange when she first arrived (or so he assumes). He's hacking up a lung and generally crankier than usual and staying in bed for the next two days drinking tea and sleeping and probably not going to be the most pleasant person to interact with, so approach at your own risk.]

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[Farlan's glad to hold Levi up, and he likes feeling useful. He hasn't felt particularly useful lately.]

Right, sit. You shouldn't be standing up for long. You don't look so good.

[As he puts more water on--boiling water, he can do--he notices Levi's coughing and shivering. He frowns in concern.]

Hold on a second--

[He hurries from the room and hurries back with a blanket from his bed. He drapes it over Levi, then carefully arranges it around him, so it covers him better.]

There. That's better.

[Levi lets Farlan fuss before he pulls the blanket closer around his shoulders. The shivers stop immediately, though the coughing continues.]

Thanks.

[He watches Farlan, the ache that seems to well dully in his chest whenever he sees him is becoming familiar now. Sometimes he still has to do a little bit of a double take, but he's finding it comforting, even in this strange place, to have him nearby.]

So how're you doing in this place so far?

No problem, that's my job.

[He actually feels better, having Levi to look after. He feels a little aimless here otherwise.]

It's okay here. It's weird, but I really can't complain. There's enough to eat, and nothing's trying to kill me yet. It's not much like home.

I just have to figure out what I'm supposed to do here.

Erwin said he talked to you.

[He knows - because they discuss everything. Well...everything work related. Personal relationships are another matter. In the past, though, there was never any need to discuss the latter.]

Yeah, we talked.

[He's silent for a moment, frowning.]

I'm not really one of you, you know, so... It's probably better for me to operate in other ways.

[He shrugs. It's not that it doesn't bother him that things are so different, that he's apart, but what can he do about it? And he respects Levi's authority, still.]

Not that I have to follow his orders. But I'll follow yours.

I know.

[he pulls the blanket closer around his shoulders, and almost opens his mouth to say that Farlan more than anyone has the right to not follow him. But then he remembered that Farlan doesn't know anything about his stupidly selfish decisions that caused his death.

Levi stays silent for a moment before he finally responds.]

I want you to do whatever feels right. If that's following me, then I'm glad to have you with me again.

Yeah, well, it is.

[He'd chosen to follow Levi of his own will, and he doesn't regret that decision.]

Good. Even if you weren't, it wouldn't be that easy to get rid of me.

[He smiles, though his heart isn't exactly in it, or the teasing. He knows Levi's upset about the reason they haven't seen each other, which Farlan doesn't particularly want to know about.]

So don't worry about it.

The steam's ready.

[it's just as well. Levi doesn't particularly want to talk about how his pride and vanity killed the only two friends he'd ever had at that point.]

Thanks.

[which is also just as well, because he's coughing hard again.]

No problem.

[He reaches out a hand to him, face softening.]

I'll help you up. And you'll feel better in a minute.

[Levi deliberately takes Farlan's hand with the one he hadn't coughed into - it's bad enough that he's allowing him to be exposed to his illness this long, he won't directly make the possibility of him getting sick worse because he wiped his germs on him thoughtlessly.

It's just gross anyway.

He grips Farlan's hand tighter than strictly necessary, perhaps. Every day he still wrestles with the realization that he's here. Farlan has to know by now what happened, and Levi owes him the honesty of saying that it was his fault. But he can't make himself bring it up, and Farlan hasn't asked.

So he'll wait if he ever asks.]

Thanks.

[It wasn't exactly difficult for Farlan to figure out what must have happened, considering Levi's silence on the subject. Not that he knows exactly what happened. The fact that the last thing he remembers was being out on the mission is one thing, but--well, the nobles would have been just as glad to exterminate them.

He's not sure what good knowing the truth would do. From what he understands, he won't be able to change anything back home. He'll just die, that's all. It's more than a little depressing. He sighs.]

No problem. Now just breathe this steam in. It'll make you feel better. And since you have some salt and pepper, we can use those to help you, too.

[He did go through the cabinets. Well, he had to. Salt and pepper are expensive at home and would have to be stolen, but that problem doesn't exist here.]

[luceti]written; backdated to the 17th

well, how could i pass that up?

you can't, clearly <3

it's impossible

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