singillatim | Greater Analyze

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Greater Analyze

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

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"Oh, I see... well, that was.. a good training time, at least?" He tilted his head to the side, sliding just a bit closer, eyes focusing on his friend, but also keeping the rifle in range.

"Wouldn't it be nice to explore, though? Just a little now and then?" A pause as he considers what to chat about. "You know. The master of one of my friends-" what a terrible way to put it, yet he's not talking about anything negative, merely of what he thinks to be another person's summon. "is known as The Traveler. And my best friend adores them so much, too... they always bring me wonderful stories about their journeys, maybe we could find interesting things to talk about too."

"I...it was...y-yeah, I guess." He learned a lot, though he'd rather he hadn't needed to.

"Um...y-yeah, we can explore...I-I'm not sure where we are right now, though." Levi really has no idea what to make of the 'master' bit, but his mind focuses on something else anyway. "......I don't have any good stories."

He would probably understand the feeling better if he wasn't completely invested in his studies and rarely saw learning as something bad.

"We're... near the city. Exploring now it's probably not a great idea, I'm not wearing good boots, but maybe we can get to the city hall and plan things out? I'd rather know what to bring with myself." A pause, then. Okay, he does have a few non scary stories about his workplace. "Mh.. well I do have a few. Want to hear about the time I was given the honor of riding on a literal fire bird? And it didn't burn me at all!"

His eyes scan the forest for a few moments before he flinches at nothing and turns his attention back to Erich. "Uh, y-yeah. Lets go back do that. Um, if you, uh, that is if you don't m-mind leading the way?"

He must have something wrong with him, he should know they way back to Milton from here. But then Erich should be reacting to the things he was hearing and seeing and the other man clearly wasn't. Or was really good at hiding it.

Do not trust random mushrooms, lesson learned there. Erich may now be so thin his ribs are starting to stick out, but at least he never had mushrooms that caused hallucinations. He hesitates before getting up and offering the other man his arm, should he choose to lean against him. He's warmer than the average person and, well, this wouldn't be an awkward touch? Since it'd be a display of assistance.

"Finding the way to town is one of the few things I can confidently do, even if I spend little time in it."

Erich did glance around now and then but no, he couldn't really see anything 'weird' around. Not more than usual, at least.

Levi takes this assistance in standing and very carefully slings his rifle over a shoulder. He doesn't want to, it doesn't look safe, but he knows he's jumpy. And Erich isn't experiencing what he is...he likes Erich, but he might mistake that black cloak for a priest again and shoot. He doesn't want that, even if he didn't care about hurting the other man it'd leave him lost in the woods.

"Y-yeah." He's generally not touchy feely, but while he doesn't lean on Erich he leaves a hand on his arm. Something to ground him, especially if he loses track of the other man or starts hallucinating (more).

Well, Erich isn't touchy either, but he does like Lavi and he doesn't mind if this is the first actual touch he had with a living creature he had in months, he merely accepts it and brings one hand over the other man's. Good, stay there, don't follow weird sounds and noises or whatever you're seeing, friend. At least, thanks to his '''blessing''', he's running hot and the hand is warm.

"I know tyhe are some things you're probably seeing but... it may be a side effect of something you ate-" A glance to the rifle, but all he does is starting to move toward the city with small and slow steps. "Do you want to tell me about it? Or me to try to distract you?"

"N-no. No. Y-you don't want to know. Nobody needs to know what I've seen."

"... I'm not... going to force you to talk, my friend. Just know that if you feel like it could help, I'd be glad to listen. I have seen plenty of things, I doubt you can shock me too much."

He shivers, "N...no. Its better to try and forget."

"That... is fine too." He doesn't certainly want to bring up too many bad memories when the other is already distraught. The only comfort the can offer is brushing his thumb against the other's hand "Why don't you tell me of things you'd like to see instead? Good ones. I would love to see Monoceros, for example. Ceroses-" horses. "With a horn. And with fur as white as snow..."

"I...uh...I-I..." what would he like to see? He doesn't know. He's not even sure what pleasant things look like.

"...what's a mon...o...ceros?"

That doesn't really answer Erich's question, but he's .... going to entertain the whole thing.

"A monoceros is a semi-domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal." A horse. "They're large enough to carry people, I've seen pictures of mooses and they do look slightly like that?" Fortunately enough they're moving toward the city now and hopefully Levi will feel safer there.

"They were created to be the steed of less evolved civilizations, with some winged vesions being available too." Unicorns and pegasi, that's what he'd like to see someday, basically. "What about the creatures of your world?"

"Uh..." Levi has seen plenty of horses, but he doesn't really know their anatomy (especially hoof = single toenail) so whatever he's picturing is not correct.

"W-we didn't have animals people created. I-I think." After what Stitches created hes not sure, but animals were usually not as...grotesque at those things. "W-we just have natural animals. Sometimes people breed them for things."

It's okay, Erich's orld had not a single name that matched modern ones and sometimes this creates some issues in that sense. I mean, who the heck calls butterflies 'petaloudas'? His kin, that's who.

"... in my world everything was made for a reason, from plants to animals to creatures in between." Yes, they had those too. "Breeding sounds like a wild concept, but I know it's.... applied in some facilities. Your people must have very fascinating ways toobtain the same results some people in my world can obtain just by snapping their fingers." A pause "I'm not one of them, just saying."

A small sigh. The city is approaching. "Town hall? Or do you have a place you'd rather be in?"

"That's so weird. So you guys created everything? It must have taken a lot of work."

He blinks, taking a moment to notice they're near the town. Good. "Y-yeah. That's where I sleep. Its usually safe."

"Well, not me. I was merely working in a research facility in my world. We studied creatures that...." how to put it? "didn't quite fit any enviorment, for one reason or another. "They were just too dangerous. "I never had any kind of magical skill, basically. And it's a lot of work, but we did our best in the name of a better world to live on. I can hardly imagine leaving everything to random chance."

"To the Town Hall we go." At least that was a building he was familiar with. "Let's make some tea and drinks and warm up, mh? Things will only get better with a bit of time."

Why would they make things that were too dangerous to put anywhere? Probably for the same fucked up reason those things in Prehevil were made. ...they weren't here, right? He isn't sure if he just saw one or not.

No, no, don't think about that. He tries on what Erich was saying. "That sounds good. I get tea or coffee there a lot. Back where I came from they had hot chocolate too...but I don't think I've seen that here." Not that he'd recognize it if he did.

Because they could, of course. And because sometimes things just didn't go as planned but the final results were so fascinating people decided to study the final creature instead of simply eliminating it.

"Mh... never had chocolate, but coffee and tea are old friends. Come on... let's go find something nice, mh?" He smiles widely, even if it's a bit forced, while bringing the other inside and looking for a good seat. "What about me bringing you a blanket and a drink?" He's very paternal in his ways, somehow, but he's not trying to patronize the other, just trying to be useful.

"Chocolate is good. We'd get it with rations sometimes, but only rarely. I know there were chocolate bars here before, but people may have eaten them all."

Levi has no real frame of reference for paternal, but he just sees Erich as being nice. "I don't need a blanket. Its a lot warmer inside."

"Sounds better than our cafeteria food. I've been able to taste better things here than I did in most of my life. Those... granola bars? By the creation, they were delightful. Quite better than the pureed nutritional meals we were offered on regular basis!"

It's just Erich being Erich, probably. He is just making sure Levi steps inside, there, it's his only priority.

"Gotcha. I do admit I have a skewed perception of cold and warm lately- so I'm not always sure of that. But as long as you think it's fine, I'm trusting you."

"Rations usually weren't very good. Sometimes they were the worst. But every so often we got something nice."

Levi heads into the hall, looking around. He's pretty sure he's not seeing it right, but hes going to try not to focus on that. "You did feel...warm."

"I guess we had something in common, then, food could have been better for us." a nod. His only advantage was the fact that he didn't feel guilty about meat back there, it was mostly magically grown with the occasional lab created patty."

He glances in Levi's direction, studying how his eyes seem to dart around for no real reason considering they're basically alone and the place is silent for the moment "I've been warmer for some time, yes. I had a strange dream and I did wake up with this.. weird feeling of running warmr than before." A small shrug as he started collect cups. drinking was going to help the liver or the kidneys to deal with whatever was assaulting them, right?

"What about you? Any weird dream that changed you, perhaps?"

"Oh...I had a dream like that. I turned into a deer and was just running. It was like I could run forever. I can run a lot further and faster since then. Its...weird. I guess the god that's fighting against the Darkwalker decided to help us. That's kind of what she said, right?" That they could take too. He doesn't really get it.

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