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[neverfeltthatway]

[The first thing Armin does is stream the unsettling sight in front of him - a shallow pool of water, and inside, the sign of the King in Yellow. After a moment, he turns the camera back on himself, so to speak.]

It's appeared again. I got picked up by one of the... the pinballs, and eventually got dropped into this maze. I thought I'd take a look around, since I was already here, and eventually I came across it.

[He switches perspectives again, briefly, to do a slow pan around him and show enough that someone should be able to recognize the area if they come across it.]

For those who don't know, the King in Yellow is a god, a creature of fear and madness. We stopped him from manifesting an avatar into the world a little more than half a year ago, but his sigil still haunts us. Everyone should try to avoid it, if they can - meddling with it could free the King and his creatures, releasing them into liminal space.

If anyone finds the sign in the future, Leonardo and I both know how to contain it - please let one of us know.


[Private to: Leonardo]

I could use your help. I know the protections, but I don't have any way to physically contain it.

Comments

[abweichend]

No-- [jfc Levi find your chill] Let me watch you do it first. [A pause.] ...Maybe it'll help.

[With his learning, that is- he's always been a hands on sort of asshole and THERE'S NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT, RIGHT??

R...ight?]

[neverfeltthatway]

[Armin is getting more and more uneasy the more people are coming to watch him seal it - but he can't exactly say no, not to his superior officer. Especially since Mikasa and Sansa are already coming.]

Find Mikasa or Leonardo then, sir. They should be headed my way soon.

[abweichend]

Got yourself an audience, huh?

[Stage fright, or a completely reasonable for the welfare of the peanut gallery? Either way, Levi's mind is made up.]

I'll look for them. ...I don't know how helpful it'll be, but there was something I picked up on the Grid that might be useful here... We'll see.

[First official use of Assist, if Armin needs or wants a boost.]

[neverfeltthatway]

Leonardo is helping me contain it, but otherwise, yes, sir.

[The latter, not the former. He's been an actor before, in another life. Being on stage doesn't bother him much. Everyone he's closest to insisting on coming to watch him seal the sigil, so that if he makes a mistake, they'll all probably end up dead or insane before they can re-establish order - that, he's nervous about.]

...The revolutionaries skill, sir?

[He sounds a little surprised - he hadn't been aware Levi had that.]

[abweichend]

Yeah, that one. It works pretty well- at the least maybe it'll make it harder to fuck it up.

[Not that he thinks Armin will fuck it up, but sometimes things just... Get fucked up.]

[neverfeltthatway]

It, um, it probably wouldn't make a difference in how effective the protection is, or in how likely things are to go badly, sir. It would probably just make a difference in how tired I am afterward. [So, not worth it, right?]

[abweichend]

[If Levi's put off by this revelation (and he definitely is), he doesn't mention it:]

It's worth a try.

[So definitely worth it- no reason Armin needs to be exhausted if there's a way around it.

[neverfeltthatway]

[Blink, blink.]

Yes, sir.

[abweichend]

[Precious child...]

We can work out the details when I get there with the others.

[aka in the maybe log WOOP WOOP]