Day 323

[bite_the_hand]

There are Nation Eaters in the ruins.

[Although Eren's mental voice is steady, there's a frantic edge to it. His training as a soldier is helping him keep his thoughts clear and focused enough to report what happened to the Network, but it's easy to tell that he's not remotely okay right now.]

My overlay was killed by a pack of them. They were smaller than they were supposed to be. One was a 5 to 6 meter class, and another was a 2 to 3 meter class. There were at least two more, but I only heard them so I can't give an exact class for their sizes.

They have some kind of psychic power that made my overlay fascinated by them, although not enough to affect his judgement much. The larger one acted weirdly peaceful at first but then it attacked without warning. The fascination changed to fear when my overlay managed to stab it.

Comments

[bite_the_hand]

Probably, but we shouldn't rule it out. Assumptions get people killed. ...They definitely could've been created by "sin" though. Those things look about as natural as the Titans. I wouldn't be surprised if they were meant to be some kind of weapon, or were some other byproduct of people being awful to each other.

[desperate_times_right]

Ghalib reaved two people in the caves but I hadn’t heard anything like that about the ruins.

[bite_the_hand]

I said they could've been created that way, not that it attracts them now. Has anyone tried to find out how they were made? That could tell us the key to freeing this world from them.

[desperate_times_right]

I haven’t heard anything, but my overlay wasn’t exactly big on history.

[bite_the_hand]

Even if she was, I doubt they'd know anything about it. I doubt anyone would know something like that anymore. Most of their history has been lost because they fucking forgot how to write books!

[That last thought comes through as a mental shout. His thoughts never lose that frantic edge, but for a moment it's mixed with a frustrated anger.]

[desperate_times_right]

Hey.

[Yeah he’s stressed but she’s not super into the yelling]

We’re doing what we can, here.

[bite_the_hand]

...Right. Sorry.

[desperate_times_right]

I’d imagine it’s a good way to keep the populace in line to gatekeep access to knowledge like that, but I can’t believe they don’t even have signs. How do people find anything?