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[fiddlestick]

[Bless you dear Eren, may you never find out what the question actually means]

Yeah, that was... I know there's some people really into murder mysteries, but I'm not morbid enough for that.

[That's the best reasoning he can give. But still, kinda messed up.

But Eren seems to be relaxing some from this, so might as well keep going. He pulls off a card and reads:]

Would you ever go to a ... um, n-nude resort or sauna....?

[.....Oh. It's these kinds of questions]

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[ H M M does he need to think too much about this ]

I don't see anything . . . Wrong with it. [ especially now with a body that doesn't quite mix well with too many clothes. and he's pretty. okay. with nudity. he knows what saunas are, but after that, ] What's a resort?

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[Naked is true freedom yes.]

A resort is a vacation spot. There's a hotel and stuff to entertain visitors, depending on where it is.

I-I'd probably be too nervous to go myself. I'm too self-conscious as it is without strangers seeing me naked.

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[ eren understood everything except hotel, but it filled in its own blanks. even if the word vacation is a foreign concept. what are thooooooose ]

But you'd go with company?

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Well...

[He considers it]

I-It'd depend on the company. But if it was just going to be them, I'd consider it...

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Couldn’t you just do that at a house instead of a resort, then?

[ your house, with your friends it’s called a gangbang. ]

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I-I mean, you could...but the whole point of going on vacation or to a resort is to get away from home for awhile.

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You’d just have to rent it out.

[ maybe close to impossible, but maybe with cash from everyone . . . make those dreams come true. so, next card!

but the second eren flips it, he frowns. doesn’t say anything, just frowns. ]

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Hehe, maybe if I ever get rich.

[For now, he can't afford that.

He notices that frown on Eren's face]

Something wrong?

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[ yeah, you see. there is one problem but he’s going to man up to it anyway. he just remembers sokie giving him that ereh bullshit a while ago and now these things are a menace? ]

Give me a pet name in ten seconds and I’ll give you one in five. [ thing is, eren has sworn an oath: no pet names, for anyone. ] El . . Liot.

[ there. he succeeded. it’s not cheating at all. ]

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[Pet names? Well he can't say he's ever been one for them, it's really more Crow's thing to do nicknames, but alright---]

E-Eren that's just my name with a pause in the middle.

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[ mumble grumble mumble! but look at that, his scales are on fire with color. ]

I don’t— do pet names. [ either that or he’s just really bad at them. ] Your name sounds better.

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[Oh Eren.]

Well I can't say I do them much either...but it's just a game right? You don't have to keep calling me whatever you come up with after.

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[







he still doesn’t like it, by the way! a look to the left, a look to the right, and when he stares straight at elliot, a deadpan voice comes: ]

. . . Honey.

[ listen— it’s the only reference he has. his mom did this all the time, and that’s the end of that now maybe he could be left to die! his scales aren’t red, aren’t orange or the famous mix!

they are as eggplant purple as the remaining flesh bits of his face are. ]

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[He can't help it, he covers his mouth and giggles a little at the name....or rather more Eren's reaction to it ]

Hehehe, okay okay I'll count that.

[Now he has to come up with one. He'll give a bit more thought, but with the time restraint he goes to his go-to: music]

Libero. In music, it means to play freely.

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[ sssstoooooop this is just making him even more embarrassed because it’s well thought out and actually cute of him to consider? after everything. elliot is still the sweetest bean and would make amazing sweet bean paste. he’s. sweating. not so much because he doesn’t really need to, but perhaps out of embarrassed reflexes. ]

Honey sounds like crap.

[ compared to this? yes. you deserve better and he just can’t come up with anything. ]

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[Please don't turn him into sweet bean paste Eren its worrying when you say that.]

Aww, c'mon it's not so bad! Really I just picked the first musical term that popped into mind that fits you. They just all happen to sound fancy.

[So really it's a cheap and easy way to sound impressive]

Really, this is just a game. Some people have pet names for me, but I can't say I use them much myself, so...

[Don't worry about it!!]

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[ what does eren say that is ever not worrying. but, eren’s still mildly embarrassed, to a degree. it’s a game but— he plays to win! and he has, maybe. he’s won award for worst name and creativity. clicking his talons against the table, he considers something, then: ]

. . . You can use that, if you ever need to avoid my name. [ because of things. it doesn’t sound very pet-like at all, to be honest. more like a nickname that he could actually get behind. ] If you want.

[ (and then, in the future, elliot got so nervous he used puff instead). ]

[fiddlestick]

[! Well that catches Elliot by surprised]

Oh! [That's right. He can't refer to Eren by name in public. Not as long as he hides from Mikasa ]

You don't mind?

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[ the price is so little to pay . . . ]

No. [ he’s really in no situation to decline either, unless he was dying to facilitate the process of discovery, which, he wasn’t. not for the time being. ] Either that or Krüger, or whatever else you come up with.

[ at least he knows elliot isn’t as crappy with names as he is. he gestures for the card deck— it was elliot’s turn, now that he discards the pet name card. ]

I’ll take it until I don’t need it.

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Well, I know I'm not calling you Krüger. Just saying that name makes me worried she'll appear. [Because if anyone could pop up upon being called, despite being in an entirely different world - it's Sharon.] So Libero or...something else will have to do.

[You know, like Puff

He'll take another card, reading it.]

"What Small Pleasures do you enjoy the most?" ... Oh, that's a nice one.

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[ small pleasures, um. hm.

you don’t even have to wait too long to realize a lone cricket chirps in eren’s head. you’ve got him. he literally doesn’t have any. time spent with friends is a little . . . out of the question, now. digging, drinking, sex? all refuge. walks on the beach? he had the most depressing beach episode of all time.

the cricket still chirps and eren stares like ???? ]

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Er...

[That...sure is a deer in the headlights stare for a relatively easy question. Was Eren's life really that depressing]

I-It can just be something simple. Like...liking the sound your shoes make against cobblestone, or a type of snack...?

[ANYTHING EREN. ANYTHING]

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. . . Sharp things?

[ that wasn’t even something he had a fixation on before aefenglom, so, shortly after he shakes his head. wrong answer. ever heard the saying “when the mind isn’t in the right place, the body and soul suffers”? if you take one away, the rest teeter. can’t think straight. can’t think of the simple good things when the rest is shit after a while. did he ever tell you about the first time he had ice cream? it was depressing, too.

a lightbulb comes 💡 ]

—Smiles.

[ we all know that eren sits in a dark room doing his job and looks up at a board full of pictures of his friends smiling that reads do it for them!!!!!! ]

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[Yeah this...is a rather depressing thing to watch. Elliot hadn't thought it was such a difficult question. He could think of plenty of things that made him happy without even trying, big and small. So to have Eren struggle so much with it...

Well, it sure indicated yet again that something wasn't right about the guy. He is even about to point out that sharp things was a compulsion, not a pleasure - but even Eren seems aware of that with his headshake, so he holds back and gives Eren time to think.

Which hey, looks like he's able to think of something]

Oh? Smiles give you pleasure?