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[ There's a knock on Armin's door. ]

[ Maybe he's been conditioned by now to check the time and see if he's late for Annika again (he's not), but this time it's not Eren or a note behind his door. It's Levi himself, standing there awkwardly with a tiny brown paper package. ]

[ (It's a Safety Pin. Nearly all of their people have it at this point, and it may be in big part courtesy of Levi.) ]

[ The silence stretches for a few moments, then he shoves it at Armin's chest. Hopefully instructions of use are included in the package because Levi doesn't seem to be feeling particularly wordy just now. ]

Figured you should have one, too.

[Jean's aware Armin's birthday is around the corner, so he made sure to finish his present in time. He has a package with him that has a sword and sheath (colors on it are closely resembling Armin's eye color and the ocean blues).

Knock knock, you've got a visitor.]

[ Whenever Armin opens his door, he'll find a nondescript brown paper package waiting for him. It's definitely the shape and weight of a book, though. ]

[ Inside he'll find "The Sights Of Ellipsa", about two-hundred pages of full-sheet, high definition photos of various local landscapes, cityscapes and the segments' natural beauty with some blurbs of info about the locations. ]

[ A green sticky note on the front of the book says, Thought you might like this. Levi. ]

[ The message comes the day before, just as promised:

Hello Armin. It is Nenonen. The flowers and peanut butter will be ready tomorrow around noon. Please come to [address] at noon for photos!

It's the address to Shigeru Miyata's house, and where they live. They'd had some help getting everything together since Nenonen's never been part of a photo shoot before and isn't entirely sure what to expect, but Nen's excited nonetheless. The day of they've prepared as best they can, awaiting his arrival with anticipation. ]

[ The week of 12/24, Armin will find a square wrapped present on his doorstep. On top of the package is a plastic-wrapped paper plate of cookies; they appear to be sugar cookies with cranberries mixed in. The bottoms are a bit more brown than golden, but they taste delicious!

Inside, there's a deep sea exploration book that has a lot of details about the ocean of a planet called Earth, and pictures. It appears more technical in nature, and is quite thick. It comes with a poster inside that unfolds into the various oceanic zones and what lives inside them. There's also a glass jar that is upside down, using the lid as a base; there's tiny plastic fake fireflies inside that are charmed to float around. They throw off a glow if you tell them "Light up!"

There's also a little handwritten post-it from Marco. ]

Armin!

It's tradition to give gifts at this time of year, apparently, so here are some things for you. I thought you might like the light after our discussion about fireflies.

- Marco

Edited 2023-12-22 00:28 (UTC)

On 12/24, a delivery is made by a Fairy service.

There are two presents from Jean. One is a big magically reinforced package that says "Gear Blades for when you need them" that has, like the name suggests, ODM gear blades, made with different steel than their normal ones are. The note attached to the package says they're good against monsters in this world and are more durable. It also says that he can make more later, if necessary.

The second present is much smaller; a book with pictures and information of oceans from different worlds, as well as a gift card for a photography shop.

The card simply says: "Happy Holidays from Jean"

Edited 2023-12-21 17:59 (UTC)

[ On the Solstice, a package appears on Armin's doorstep. It contains a bottle of Feel Invincible potion, as well as a handmade metal amulet with a spiraling circular design.

A note accompanies it, written in Reiner's neat (Eldian) script: ]

Armin,

The potion is called "Feel Invincible." It will create a physical barrier around you for two hours, protecting you from any physical harm. [ Alas, Reiner doesn't know that said barrier is also "glitter and bling," causing the user to glitter everywhere for two hours. Oh well! ] The amulet provides moderate protection against slashing and bludgeoning damage.

- Reiner

[A book about photography and its various techniques, use of the golden ratio in layouts, use of perspective, etc. etc.]

I hope this is useful and/or not stuff you already know. Happy holidays! -Evangeline

Armin -

Galliard mentioned you're going to be taking a picture of him when you do your photos. If it's not too much of a pain, do you think I could get a copy of his?

- Marco

[ Usually he'd provide a reason for such a request - Marco likes to explain his reason for doing things, after all. This time it's suspiciously light on explanation. ]

[After sorting out his thoughts and despairing a little about Reiner and Bertholdt, Jean decides to contact Armin. Not through text, but by an audio. He can't be bothered with more text right now.]

Where are you? I want to meet.

Hey. You okay?

[ Reiner is trying.

He's trying because if he stops trying, he'll vanish into another Segment, this time alone. He's trying because there are still people who need him. He's trying because he told Galliard he couldn't do it, and Galliard told him he didn't have a choice. He's trying because his feet keep carrying him forward, and he keeps staggering after them.

But fuck, it feels impossible.

He winds up in a bar for the first time since his eighteenth birthday, having a drink to take the edge off. Then another drink for Bertholdt, who can't drink again. Then another for no particular reason. Why not? It's not like he has a mission in the morning. Who cares if he winds up shitfaced?

He wanders out of that bar eventually. Wanders through a few more until he ends up who knows where. He's still in Coldreach, which is good; he hasn't liked the cold since July, so no one will think to look for him here.

Which is all the more reason to be surprised when he looks up from his latest drink to see, ]

Armin?

IC Inbox for seasonsrpg

end of october

very early Nov; action

mail/delivery, november 3rd

Picture Perfect Calendars

Gift Delivery!

Delivery

gift delivery

gift delivery

text; post brainblast/christmas, this will actually be about brainblast but lets start cute

voice; un: jean

text; un:jaeger (after Reiner texts Eren about Bertholdt)

action;