[Motivated that they have a plan now, he'll focus and cast that spell again, this time on Eren since he's being used as bait. A circle of gold light appears above him, then becomes like glitter and rains down on him (fortunately, not leaving any glitter behind). His vision and reflexes sharpen by about 50% for the next few minutes, to make it easier to dodge that raging train.
Then while he's recovering from the spell being cast, he makes sure to stay out of the train's way while keeping an eye on his teammates. ]
[ eren slips out of the clawās grasp once tires are slashed, allowing a brief free fall before shooting out another hook to the arm itself to flip over it in a semi circle. heās certainly gotten better at this since the first time heās shredded that compressed air as propulsion, and it only gets better. just as the train waves its limb down to swat him from the air, elliot gives him a tremendous boost. he could see all that like a hawk would see prey. he sees details and reacts to them in ways he wouldnāt before.
he clatters his swords together to make more noise, and accordingly gives it more trouble. dodging with no stumbles, foreseeing movement to anchor his wires in the opposite direction. he shouts a thanks!! to elliot, because wow does that help, before he continues with his chore, giving dave and john openings. he likes to let the train think it has him in his claws before he zooms from the grasp like the most annoying pest.
itās not until eren stumbles with his psyche, sees something else rather than the ghost train and hesitates when he shouldnātā a massive hand grabbing him from being blown in the air by impact winds, and connected to that hand, an armored man. noā an armored titan.
eren freezes and doesnāt react aggressively, in shock and wide eyed. his eyes only fill with tears that the memoryās emotion tags onto him. all he can feel is falling from debris and concrete, and his heart being stabbed in twenty different places. the weakened claw swings in an awkward sideways angle against the tunnelās walls, ready to toss him with one more burst of haunting energy; itās about to fall off with one more whack, but it can still do the last of its damage. ]
[There's something up. Eren's not moving and there's something up and he only realizes it in the last minute. There's only a brief change this will work, but he glances down at Dave to see where he's at.]
Heads up! [It's a signal to Dave to use his speed to catch Eren in a few short moments. John flies quickly to smash the arm backwards, breaking it off clean but also sending Eren flying with it. He's mostly just hoping that Dave understood what he was asking.]
[ john's lucky dave is usually good at understanding what people want from him in battle? he swears and dashes over to go catch eren in his Loving Arms, sure, having to slam his sword back into his sylladex to do so. ]
[Elliot was getting ready to prep another spell when he notices Eren has stopped moving. He's been around Eren enough to know what that expression means- he's getting distracted, either by a memory or something else. Crap, not now.]
Eren, focus!
[But it's in Dave's hands now to catch Eren. Fortunately, Elliot is very good at working in a team- and catches onto what John means too. With Dave and Eren preoccupied, Elliot jumps in to give John back-up. Right after John smashes off that arm, Elliot will swing his staff towards the other side of the train, sending three large glowing bubbles at its side. Surprising enough? When the bubbles hit, it causes the train to rock like it's been damaged even if the hull looks the same. Magic sure is nice for ignoring things like metal armor.]
[ elliotās call snaps him back to their reality moments too late; impact comes and lurches him forward in a throw that has him flying straight into the ground, no balance and limbs flailing in every which way to catch himself. luckily, daveās Loving Arms are his cushions into a much safer fall.
he feels like he just warped into two different places at once, and itās hard to tell where he is until he blinks enough to realize itās dave that saved him from breaking his head open on a wall or something. his eyes and cheeks are wet, heās nearly gaspingā but thereās no time to cry, thereās no time to get drawn into emotion now. his friends were fighting here, and fighting valiantly. eren gets up in a stumble, as fast as he can, gripping daveās shoulder, both thankfully and urging him to move. ]
Iā [ heāll say sorry and thank you better later, heās a wheezing mess, and he needs to make up for the time he lost. swallowing tightly, he gives dave a reassuring nod. ] Iāll take the left!
[ they still needed to take out the remaining tires, and back on his feet, he flies. thereās no room for holding back now. ]
[Yeah they're going to have to talk about this later. He's still up at the top now that the arms are fully dismantled and he's keeping an eye on the other three, Dave catching Eren, Elliot providing support and back-up and Eren getting his head back in the game. He nods at that though and he twirls his hammer in his hands.]
Eren and Dave can take the tires! Elliot, think you can do whatever that was again? What was that anyway? Besides magic, which is awesome. [But he shuts up soon after and dives, hammer swinging to smash through the front of the train and distract it. Let's finish the train, dudes.]
I'll explain later! [Kinda busy right now! He'll be following John's lead once again. As soon as John hit is and has it distracted he'll be swinging his staff and shooting out more of those magic bubbles. Aw yeah]
[ there can only be one magic boner anyway john, get out the way.
but with their heads all back in the game, eren unsheathes two blades the way heād fell a titan, low enough in flight to speed through the left as he mentioned. with both of his swords angled and gripped, he slices through the remaining tires on his side, making the train incline to the left in a series of pops. ]
[There's not even time to tell Dave to shut up before it's back to the fight. The tires are slashes, the bubbles are making an impact and he dodges as the train rears once more before it tips fully to the left and sputters out of life.]
I think that's it! [And he zips out of the way to land on the ground, giving the now still train a better look.] ...is it dead?
[ after heās landedā well, all the way on the other side, it takes a few more aerial zips for eren to group back with them. giving the train a good look . . . yeah, it might be best to beat it. ]
Iām fineā Letās get moving while we can. [ heās okay now, a little shaken and tempted to think back, but he refrains, sliding his blades back into their iron cases. ] . . . You shouldāve seen yourselves.
[He stumbles back a little pretty much directly into Dave's arms but here we are. He's still eyeing the train but he nods.]
I'm fine, too. But okay, sure. Let's get going and regroup away from the train. [...but there's a grin.] And then we can talk about how awesome that actually was.
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Stupid fuckin' trains -
[ but the tire slashing is a Go since tires aren't that well protected. it makes the train mad, but it also slows it down... ]
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[Motivated that they have a plan now, he'll focus and cast that spell again, this time on Eren since he's being used as bait. A circle of gold light appears above him, then becomes like glitter and rains down on him (fortunately, not leaving any glitter behind). His vision and reflexes sharpen by about 50% for the next few minutes, to make it easier to dodge that raging train.
Then while he's recovering from the spell being cast, he makes sure to stay out of the train's way while keeping an eye on his teammates. ]
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he clatters his swords together to make more noise, and accordingly gives it more trouble. dodging with no stumbles, foreseeing movement to anchor his wires in the opposite direction. he shouts a thanks!! to elliot, because wow does that help, before he continues with his chore, giving dave and john openings. he likes to let the train think it has him in his claws before he zooms from the grasp like the most annoying pest.
itās not until eren stumbles with his psyche, sees something else rather than the ghost train and hesitates when he shouldnātā a massive hand grabbing him from being blown in the air by impact winds, and connected to that hand, an armored man. noā an armored titan.
eren freezes and doesnāt react aggressively, in shock and wide eyed. his eyes only fill with tears that the memoryās emotion tags onto him. all he can feel is falling from debris and concrete, and his heart being stabbed in twenty different places. the weakened claw swings in an awkward sideways angle against the tunnelās walls, ready to toss him with one more burst of haunting energy; itās about to fall off with one more whack, but it can still do the last of its damage. ]
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Heads up! [It's a signal to Dave to use his speed to catch Eren in a few short moments. John flies quickly to smash the arm backwards, breaking it off clean but also sending Eren flying with it. He's mostly just hoping that Dave understood what he was asking.]
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Eren, focus!
[But it's in Dave's hands now to catch Eren. Fortunately, Elliot is very good at working in a team- and catches onto what John means too. With Dave and Eren preoccupied, Elliot jumps in to give John back-up. Right after John smashes off that arm, Elliot will swing his staff towards the other side of the train, sending three large glowing bubbles at its side. Surprising enough? When the bubbles hit, it causes the train to rock like it's been damaged even if the hull looks the same. Magic sure is nice for ignoring things like metal armor.]
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he feels like he just warped into two different places at once, and itās hard to tell where he is until he blinks enough to realize itās dave that saved him from breaking his head open on a wall or something. his eyes and cheeks are wet, heās nearly gaspingā but thereās no time to cry, thereās no time to get drawn into emotion now. his friends were fighting here, and fighting valiantly. eren gets up in a stumble, as fast as he can, gripping daveās shoulder, both thankfully and urging him to move. ]
Iā [ heāll say sorry and thank you better later, heās a wheezing mess, and he needs to make up for the time he lost. swallowing tightly, he gives dave a reassuring nod. ] Iāll take the left!
[ they still needed to take out the remaining tires, and back on his feet, he flies. thereās no room for holding back now. ]
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Eren and Dave can take the tires! Elliot, think you can do whatever that was again? What was that anyway? Besides magic, which is awesome. [But he shuts up soon after and dives, hammer swinging to smash through the front of the train and distract it. Let's finish the train, dudes.]
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that said dave's immediately heading to take out the other tires he didn't get, his sword flashing into his hands again. ]
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I'll explain later! [Kinda busy right now! He'll be following John's lead once again. As soon as John hit is and has it distracted he'll be swinging his staff and shooting out more of those magic bubbles. Aw yeah]
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but with their heads all back in the game, eren unsheathes two blades the way heād fell a titan, low enough in flight to speed through the left as he mentioned. with both of his swords angled and gripped, he slices through the remaining tires on his side, making the train incline to the left in a series of pops. ]
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I think that's it! [And he zips out of the way to land on the ground, giving the now still train a better look.] ...is it dead?
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How about we don't check it out and like, beat it while the beating is good? It might have resurrection abilities or somethin'.
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Y-Yeah, I'm with Dave. We probably shouldn't linger. Is everyone alright?
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Iām fineā Letās get moving while we can. [ heās okay now, a little shaken and tempted to think back, but he refrains, sliding his blades back into their iron cases. ] . . . You shouldāve seen yourselves.
[ it was really fucking cool ]
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I'm fine, too. But okay, sure. Let's get going and regroup away from the train. [...but there's a grin.] And then we can talk about how awesome that actually was.
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Let's go that way. It looks better lit.
[ towards the hub or w/e ]
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Hehe, we all made a great team!