Greater Analyze

[solitarysoul]

Who: Levi and Open
What: Stuff. Maybe some things
When: Throughout February
Where: In Milton and in the woods close to town

Content Warnings: Levi's general content warning post, for reference. One prompt contains the possibility of a lot of those coming up. More specifics at the prompt

Marksmanship
A few days after putting up his note, Levi has set up a little row of bottles and cans on a fence near the gas station. He's got a shotgun, a handgun (his back up gun) and a rifle (not his) so any prospective students can try them out. None are currently loaded, since ammo is limited and he's decided to go over form/basics before shooting.

If anyone shown interest in his lessons he'll be around adjusting things or gathering trash from around the gas station for people to shoot at. He's brought his bow and arrows, so occasionally he can be found doing his own target practice with that.


Bob and Weave
Earlier Rorschach had managed to find and set up a boxing bag in a garage. He even gave Levi some pointers, but now Levi's back on his own. He has his oversized coat off and his rifle and satchel resting against one of the walls and Levi is alternating between practicing his form vs the air and punching the bag. Aside from the lesson Rorschach gave him, he got a few boxing tips during those last few days in Prehevil, but he's still pretty new at it. Why not come by and chat? He may be able to pass on a few pointers even at this early a stage in his education.


Undergrowth Awareness
CW: PTSD, Child soldiers, trench warfare, death and gore, body horror, ??? (will add to subject lines if others come up)

Levi's not really sure what possessed him to eat that mushroom. Finding a lot of them seemed good, he started picking them so he could bring them back into town for easier access. But they all looked so good, he just had to have one.
He really wishes Olivia was here, though, she could have told him which ones not to eat. Under normal conditions, at least. Because as it turned out the one he picked as a snack was a horrible choice.

He doesn't notice anything at first, then it was just small things he could try to avoid looking at. (Because if something was wrong with him, he needed to not be in the woods.) He almost gets back to town before it all becomes too much. Before the sights and sounds and smells of the front line trenches and Prehevil intrude too much for him to continue.

The mushrooms have been forgotten, dropped on the ground in a little trail that will lead to Levi himself. He's huddled under a tree and clutching his rifle like the security blanket it is.


Wildcard?
((feel free to make up some way to run into him and/or plot with me on discord @ nvrknwsbst or ConnectiveTrick

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[solitarysoul]

He points to a tree. "There. Did you see it?"

There is nothing there. Whatever he thinks it is has really shaken him up.

[desperate_times_right]

“Not unless that tree’s got something going on that I don't know about.”

Now she's really starting to worry about him.

“Did you eat or drink anything weird today?”

[solitarysoul]

He doesn't put his gun down but he turns part of his attention to Chole. "No, I...uh, well, there was the mushroom."

[desperate_times_right]

Oh, great. “You ate a mushroom?”

[solitarysoul]

"Yeah...I found a lot of them. I was going to bring them back to town, but they looked really good. So I ate one." And...he's pretty sure he dropped the others. Should he go back for them?

[desperate_times_right]

“Oh.” Not good. “Maybe I should be taking you to the doctor, then.”

[solitarysoul]

"I...is that bad? I had mushroom stew the other day and nothing bad happened."

[desperate_times_right]

“Well, some mushrooms are safe to eat and some aren't, right?” Chloe certainly wouldn't trust herself to pick a safe mushroom in these woods. “And it seems to me like you're hallucinating.”

[solitarysoul]

"Hallucinating..." he mumbles, looking around. Was that it? Why he couldn't be sure where he was because things kept shifting around? It probably made sense.

"I-i guess. You can take me back to Milton, right?" Becuase no matter what woods these were it wasn't safe to be in them if he couldn't trust his senses.

[desperate_times_right]

“Yeah, I'll take you to the hall. You'll be okay.” Poor kid, what a place to be having a bad trip. “You might want to give me your rifle.”

The last thing they need is for him to panic and shoot someone.

[solitarysoul]

"Uh..." He looks down at his gun. His grip on it hasn't loosened at all, but she's right. He doesn't want to shoot at something that isn't there, or worse yet was a person. Still, its his gun and he doesn't think he'd feel right without it. Especially since sights and sounds and smells from the war kept popping up.

There was a compromise, though. He carefully unloads the gun, checking and double checking to make sure its truly empty, before looking back to Chole. "I'll, um...I'll follow you?"

[desperate_times_right]

Chloe nods. That'll have to do. She starts walking.

“I'll tell you if I see anything weird.”

[solitarysoul]

He follows after her, trying his best to focus on just her and not everything else hes experiencing. He flinches a few times, but mostly seems fine.

[desperate_times_right]

“Okay, we’re on the outskirts of town now.” Who knows what it looks like to him? She's pretty sure he said before that he's from the 40s, so he's probably seen some horrible things.

[solitarysoul]

He's not sure if the town is Milton or Prehevil since it seems to have become a mix of the two. Milton was safe, right? Except for the wolves, but that was a long time ago. No monsters or moonscorched though. So it should be safe.

"O-okay."

[desperate_times_right]

“Still doing okay? We’re almost to the hall.” Chloe hardly ever goes there but every time she has they've had a fire going.

[solitarysoul]

He just nods. He is not doing okay, but he doesn't want to talk about it or delay their trip.

[desperate_times_right]

From those huge eyes, she's not so sure, but they're close now so it's fine. Probably.

“Okay, here we are. You go get warmed up and I'll get you something to drink. You're probably just going to have to ride it out.”

[solitarysoul]

"O-okay...you're sure its safe?" He is seeing things that are not safe.

[desperate_times_right]

Chloe’s always joked about people asking whether things she's doing are safe since they usually aren't, but this place is pretty chill.

“Totally safe. Biggest risk in here is dying of boredom, I think.”

[solitarysoul]

"...I read. But at some point I'm going to go through the whole library."

[desperate_times_right]

“Let's hope we’re not stuck here that long.” Not that she's holding out much hope for that.

[solitarysoul]

"I don't really know what to expect on that. I hope that at least it gets easier to travel when the winter is over."

[desperate_times_right]

“I want to know where that old guy goes off to, for sure.” Oh, it bugs her that the guy from the cabin got to see all that and she didn't!

[solitarysoul]

"Some people have traveled with him. I don't know where they go...I'm not sure I'd go with him." He most certainly doesn't trust Methuselah, but it might be good intel.