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[alofts]

[ Levi is slumped forward in a wooden chair beside what looks to be a kitchen table with his elbows propped on his knees. Scuffed around the edges with bruising along his face with the right sleeve of his shirt rolled up where a lacerations on his shoulder has been stitched then hastily taped over with blood flecked gauze. No worse for wear but that his hair looks flat and unwashed and his eyes sunken in more than usual, Levi has obviously had A Day. ]

Nomos theorizes that the people born in this world are immune to whatever advancements are used to shove often volatile powers into imPorts like a bad enema on arrival. And sometimes you have to wonder if the impermanent nature of our lives here is the Lachesis system rotating us out in an effort to remove the risk of entropy in this stopgap force of imPorts. Keeps the majority fresh enough to absorb their rhetoric, and malleable with their abilities so we're never given the necessary time for them to be mastered.

Or it could be I'm just navel gazing after being ported out then dragged back in constipated in every sense of the word and looking like the cats dinner. I always was a chatterbox.

[ laughably encrypted message to Armin Arlert, Jean Kirstein, Sasha Braus, and Hange Zoë - seriously this is t-ball league levels hackable ]

While we're still in the dark about the whereabouts of Eren and Historia: I have some news. Erwin was detained in Mitras and brought before the King and his inner circle in the capital for an execution hearing. Thing is, that ended up going sideways in our favor after the Garrison had, in collusion with the Survey Corps, falsely reported that Wall Rose had breached to drag out a self-serving reaction from those overstuffed despots. In the wake of that shit storm the military has collectively recanted its oath to the false King and government officials. the capital is now under the martial authority of Commander-in-Chief Darius Zackly.

Apparently, you can kick off a coup with your hand literally tied behind your back.

Hange was smart enough to run interference for us back in the city with Flegel Reeves. The new of Central Branch being directly responsible for the murders of Dimo Reeves and three from Hange's squad has been circulated through local news and has reached Zackly that our actions have been recognized as self-defense. Don't unclench or anything because I doubt this will be any easier here on out but-

You'll have questions, but what's important is this: The Survey Corps has been cleared off all charges.

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[video, extremely well-encrypted]

[smarterthandad]

Mr. Levi, your encryption is terrible.

[By now he should be used to being judged by a small child.]

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[alofts]

[ Yes, and because of this it's why he discovered Just For Men® Grey Coverage before bothering with computers. ]

I checked the privacy option.

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[smarterthandad]

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That's basically hanging up a "do not disturb" sign on an unlocked door.

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[bullysandwicher]

Some people have already mastered their abilities. [ you are all just too dumb to master yours, obviously. ]

And take some laxatives?

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[alofts]

What a mug. [ Cool mask, though. ]

I was pretty clear with that mention of it being only a sizable majority.

Getting the runs while on my shift would be a tragedy best avoided.

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[bullysandwicher]

It's pretty cool, hm? [ Noi loves her mask ]

Maybe if you guys trained them more they'd work better? Half of you are all worried to break a nail, so you never try the powers out without being afraid of them.

Well, it's a choice you have to make, then. [ feel bloated for days, levi. Go ahead ]

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[vaccination]

Fuck... what the hell happened to you? And--uh, welcome back.

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[alofts]

Long story. [ At least it was not Joel this time around. ] Sometimes people are worse than titans, and fuck if I'm not tired of the police.

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[vaccination]

[Just like people can be worse than infected. Ellie presses her lips into a thin line, thinking about something or other.]

Yeah. Need anything?

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[isaytheeneigh]

[The beginning half makes no sense to Jean. He listens to it several times over before he gives up trying to make sense of it. What does that have to do with anything? He strongly doubts that they're sent home for any reason.

So he goes with just informing him:]

I've returned from the same situation, sir.

[alofts]

[ Do not ever get bitten by the conspiracy theory bug, Jean. ]

How long had you been ported out?

[isaytheeneigh]

[He has more fun being suspicious of his commanders for their obviously sketchy actions.

It's not really a "theory" then.

(Though ... "fun" ...)]

Two complete days. I left at the turn of Monday and returned at the turn of Wednesday.

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[onewiththewild]

What's an enema? [ ASKING IMPORTANT QUESTIONS HERE ]

[alofts]

Cleaner shot up your ass. [ There was a better, not factually incorrect or horrifying version of this answer. ]

[onewiththewild]

[ ... ]

[onewiththewild]

[ . . . ]

[onewiththewild]

[ . . . ]

[onewiththewild]

EEEEWWWW. [ humans, no ]

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[observationalhazard]

Glad you're back, Levi! Well, sort of, because I'm not sure if you'd rather be here or not...

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[alofts]

Like I'd rather be over there? Only you miss titans, shithead.

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[observationalhazard]

Home is still home.

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[huntergames]

[ It's difficult to subdue her joy at the news, even though she's already been told by Jean. However, she does eye Levi's bruises worriedly, wondering if he needs tending to. ]

Jean informed me upon his return, Captain. [ A beat. ] We really did it!

[ Another pause, but shorter than the last: ]

Ah... Captain, are you alright? Those bruises...

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[alofts]

We're not out of the woods yet. [ Literally. Last thing he remembers was standing gobsmacked in the middle of the woods. ]

These? [ Levi idly prods the side of his face to find it tender but nothing he finds too bothersome. ] The bruising must have set after our last mission.

Your patch job on my arm was passable. [ He motions to the stitches on his shoulder. ] I don't know if Jean told you that this is your handiwork. Keep your hands steadier next time.

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[blondtactician]

[Armin uses coding Skye's taught him to improve the security on his reply. He takes a few moments to compose himself - in spite of hearing the news from Jean and getting pretty emotional about it then, it's still hard to hear the news "officially" from his squad leader. It also means Levi's back, which he's happier about than he should be. He worries what Erwin is like when Levi's not around to constantly harass him.

He's only a little red and sniffly when he replies. Really.]

--Thank you for the news. Jean updated me when he returned not long ago, but it's a relief to have it confirmed. [Not that he doesn't believe Jean, but this struggle has taken so much of their time it's hard to believe the end might be in sight. Though there's still so much they need to do.

And Eren's still missing. This news just makes him feel Eren's absence more. Not that he doesn't fear or worry for Historia, she's extremely important. But Eren's his best friend.]

Are you receiving medical attention?

[alofts]

You were crying then, too.

[ Levi points out not to give Armin shit about it, but only because his mouth worked faster than whatever filter he supposedly had. ]

Ellie insisted on looking at what are just superficial scraps and bruises. [ When Levi said used a persons' first name it was always somewhere between exasperation and an almost fondness that had an inflection soft as sandpaper. ] Was Jean aware of anything else, or do our stories line up about the same?