How do you know that? [Armin's surprised, but he trots over to look at the map. It only takes him a moment to realise that his home lands aren't on there, it's too large and varied for that. And that makes it interesting enough for him to be distracted by it.]
My home isn't on here. [But after a moment he spots something interesting.] Japan? Isn't that the name of one of those who, ah... [He glances at Denmark, not knowing if he was a friend or not. And a little bit more examination helps him find Denmark as well, his fingers touching his spot on the map.] Are you named after the country?
[a single, but somehow still happy pin indicates the capital of the land that Armin is currently pointing at. Denmark shrugs.] Nah, I am Denmark.
[he'll point at some of the maps less connected to the one of Europe, more or less skilled maps of other worlds, sometimes only of cities or neighbourhoods, depending on how much the person knew or wanted to tell.] None of these, either?
[Armin glances at the other maps curiously, but then shakes his head.] These are all ones that other people have come from? Ah - then this must be the Earth that's mentioned in the welcome information. [He taps the first map, still curious to learn more. How can a human be a country?]
Definitely| But later, now we need ta have the whole seven metres of talk, if ya are fit ta work here and what ya can do and such. And then I can show ya around and introduce ya ta the other employees and then it all depends.
[He points to the backroom, and then heads over, expecting Armin to follow.]
Right! Of course. [Armin grabs his book then trots after Denmark, a little on edge. He's not really sure what to expect. He's never really had a job interview before, not really.]
I'm in the Scouting Legion! I think I mentioned that? [Wait, if Denmark doesn't know his world that's unlikely to mean anything to him.] Are there titans where you're from? Huge humanoid monsters that eat people.
Yeah! We have that, actually. But they're called Swedes where I'm from.
[He shrugs] They're on the other side of the water these days, though. Ya only have ta keep an eye out fer them when it gets cold enough that the water freezes and ya can walk over it. So usually they aren't really a problem these days.
[Armin is clueless. He can't remember enough of the names from the map that he only briefly saw, and in any case he probably wouldn't connect 'Swede' and 'Sweden'.]
Ah, that's interesting. Where I come from they won't move in the dark so you'd expect them to be less active in the winter. I wonder if Squad Leader Hanji knows more... [But he's getting off the subject!] They built walls to keep them out where I live. Wall Maria, the wall I lived behind when I was younger is the first of three, but we lost that five years ago. The Scouting Legion are those who go beyond the wall to where the titans are to fight them.
Is that a thing that happens in the north? [Excitement lights up Armin's eyes and he can't help but lean forward.] Is this where the land is covered in ice? Is that how it stays covered like that? The days do get shorter in winter, and it's just darker generally, where I'm from.
We go out to discover more about them. We don't know where they come from or how they breed - they don't have reproductive organs - so there's no way to diminish their numbers until we know that. But we also want to try and block the hole in Wall Maria so we can at least reclaim that part of the land.
Yeah, in Nor's and Fin's places there are areas where it doesn't get light at one point in the winter. But I'm further down, days are only fairly short... Makes getting up in the morning even harder. Don't ya hate that?
...And here we are. [He opens a door for Armin, gesturing for the younger man to step inside.]
Take a seat wherever ya want, if ya wanna sit on the couch just move the boxes ta the ground, but don't move the paper. And that red chair is a bit wonky, a certain person needs ta get his ass back here so he can fix it.
So! [and with that he'll let himself fall into the chair behind the desk in the middle of the room] What do ya think that ya want ta work here? What do ya feel ya're fit fer the best?
[Of course the names don't mean anything to Armin, but he nods anyway. Following him into the room, he glances around until he can find somewhere to perch and face Denmark. He's still nervous, but he's got enough to think about now that the edge has been taken off it.
And thankfully he did a little research on the place.]
Uh, well, I'm not sure what you need, but I have experience of cleaning and I used to do my own repair work on my 3d manoeuvre gear so I think I could expand on that. And grounds work too! I worked on a farm when I was younger. And I'm disciplined and a hard worker and I get on well with people. I lived with the other trainees and never fought with them! I used to mediate between Eren and Jean sometimes, although.
[Armin shakes his head.] But I can learn! I'm a quick learner. I'd like to learn. I want to know about all of the things that we don't have at home. I want to experience all the things that I can.
How much time would ya want ta spend here? If I learn ya how ta do the maintenance fer the cabins and saunas, but ya'd have ta work more than just a few hours on weekends then.
School still leaves me with a lot of time, so I don't mind coming every day for a couple of hours afterwards, if that's all right? [It'll be less time to read, but he'll still find time for that.]
Nor'll show ya how it all works, and when he thinks that ya're doing good enough work he'll let ya off.
And should ya do a shit job, he'll kick ya out. But ya'll do yer best, right? So. I need ya... [he digs through the paperwork for a bit and then comes up with a contract] ta write yer name down here and here and here, and yer age and yer address here, and if ya have any health issues here, so we can take care that ya won't be affected adversely while working here. Ya have a month of trial, and if that works out well, ya have three months cancellation notice period, that means that if ya want ta leave or if we want ta leave, ya'll keep working fer three months after one notifies the other parties, unless there is a mutual agreement ta the contrary.
I'll do my best! [Armin promises, eager to prove himself. And he means it too! He wants to do what he can. He pulls the contract over so he can read it, focusing on it rather than Denmark for a little while, and once he's read it call carefully fills in his details.]
I don't have any health issues. I mean, I'm not as strong as some of the others, but I still passed training.
Oh! Do you have 3D manouever gear where you're from? That was our primary concern, but we did hand to hand combat as well and gunmanship, as well as general physical trials. And theoretical studies as well, tactics and the mechanics of the 3D gear. I was best at that, to be honest. Oh, and we worked with horses some as well, but I've done more of that since joining the Scouting Legion.
"Three D manoeuvre gear?" He shakes his head. That does sound interesting, but no, he has no idea.
"And the rest sounds more like what we have, I guess... I remember when we drilled soldiers mostly on shooting, and half the time they would lose eyes to their guns at some point... that really has gotten a lot safer."
I've never heard of someone losing an eye! [Armin's not as startled as you'd expect from a young man though. He's seen worse.] But then again people who fail have to go to work else where so maybe...
[Explaining the 3d gear to someone who's got no concept of it is going to be harder though and he thinks about it for a moment longer.] The 3d gear is what we use to fight the titans. It's coiled wire powered by gas that'll carry a man's weight, and we can use that to get high or move fast. And detachable blades as well, so if we break one it's not so bad.
And yeah, the losing an eye thing sucked. The ammunition just wasn't safe yet, it could explode on the soldiers... but ya always have ta get through stages of learning ta get anywhere, right?
Do you think? We don't have anything like the phones here or the... the box things with the pictures.
There were a lot of accidents when the 3D gear was being invented. [He admits thoughtfully.] Guns were already invented when the walls were built, though, so I suspect if something similar happened we lost the evidence.
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Date: 2013-10-20 08:26 pm (UTC)My home isn't on here. [But after a moment he spots something interesting.] Japan? Isn't that the name of one of those who, ah... [He glances at Denmark, not knowing if he was a friend or not. And a little bit more examination helps him find Denmark as well, his fingers touching his spot on the map.] Are you named after the country?
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Date: 2013-10-20 08:39 pm (UTC)[he'll point at some of the maps less connected to the one of Europe, more or less skilled maps of other worlds, sometimes only of cities or neighbourhoods, depending on how much the person knew or wanted to tell.] None of these, either?
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Date: 2013-10-20 08:52 pm (UTC)I can draw you a map if you'd like to see?
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Date: 2013-10-20 08:55 pm (UTC)[He points to the backroom, and then heads over, expecting Armin to follow.]
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Date: 2013-10-20 09:03 pm (UTC)What did ya do in the military?
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Date: 2013-10-20 09:13 pm (UTC)[He shrugs] They're on the other side of the water these days, though. Ya only have ta keep an eye out fer them when it gets cold enough that the water freezes and ya can walk over it. So usually they aren't really a problem these days.
[DENMARK. NO.]
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Date: 2013-10-20 09:19 pm (UTC)Ah, that's interesting. Where I come from they won't move in the dark so you'd expect them to be less active in the winter. I wonder if Squad Leader Hanji knows more... [But he's getting off the subject!] They built walls to keep them out where I live. Wall Maria, the wall I lived behind when I was younger is the first of three, but we lost that five years ago. The Scouting Legion are those who go beyond the wall to where the titans are to fight them.
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Date: 2013-10-21 09:23 am (UTC)[that one caught his interest.
Also he will tilt his head at that.] and why do ya go there? Ta diminish their numbers?
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Date: 2013-10-21 10:13 am (UTC)We go out to discover more about them. We don't know where they come from or how they breed - they don't have reproductive organs - so there's no way to diminish their numbers until we know that. But we also want to try and block the hole in Wall Maria so we can at least reclaim that part of the land.
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Date: 2013-10-21 11:21 am (UTC)...And here we are. [He opens a door for Armin, gesturing for the younger man to step inside.]
Take a seat wherever ya want, if ya wanna sit on the couch just move the boxes ta the ground, but don't move the paper. And that red chair is a bit wonky, a certain person needs ta get his ass back here so he can fix it.
So! [and with that he'll let himself fall into the chair behind the desk in the middle of the room] What do ya think that ya want ta work here? What do ya feel ya're fit fer the best?
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Date: 2013-10-21 11:46 am (UTC)And thankfully he did a little research on the place.]
Uh, well, I'm not sure what you need, but I have experience of cleaning and I used to do my own repair work on my 3d manoeuvre gear so I think I could expand on that. And grounds work too! I worked on a farm when I was younger. And I'm disciplined and a hard worker and I get on well with people. I lived with the other trainees and never fought with them! I used to mediate between Eren and Jean sometimes, although.
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Date: 2013-10-21 02:09 pm (UTC)Nor'll show ya how it all works, and when he thinks that ya're doing good enough work he'll let ya off.
And should ya do a shit job, he'll kick ya out. But ya'll do yer best, right? So. I need ya... [he digs through the paperwork for a bit and then comes up with a contract] ta write yer name down here and here and here, and yer age and yer address here, and if ya have any health issues here, so we can take care that ya won't be affected adversely while working here. Ya have a month of trial, and if that works out well, ya have three months cancellation notice period, that means that if ya want ta leave or if we want ta leave, ya'll keep working fer three months after one notifies the other parties, unless there is a mutual agreement ta the contrary.
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Date: 2013-10-21 02:18 pm (UTC)I don't have any health issues. I mean, I'm not as strong as some of the others, but I still passed training.
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Date: 2013-10-21 02:22 pm (UTC)[there are some stables that he would just assume, but then, other worlds, other customs...]
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Date: 2013-10-21 07:04 pm (UTC)"And the rest sounds more like what we have, I guess... I remember when we drilled soldiers mostly on shooting, and half the time they would lose eyes to their guns at some point... that really has gotten a lot safer."
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Date: 2013-10-21 10:41 pm (UTC)[Explaining the 3d gear to someone who's got no concept of it is going to be harder though and he thinks about it for a moment longer.] The 3d gear is what we use to fight the titans. It's coiled wire powered by gas that'll carry a man's weight, and we can use that to get high or move fast. And detachable blades as well, so if we break one it's not so bad.
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Date: 2013-10-22 07:02 am (UTC)And yeah, the losing an eye thing sucked. The ammunition just wasn't safe yet, it could explode on the soldiers... but ya always have ta get through stages of learning ta get anywhere, right?
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Date: 2013-10-22 10:35 am (UTC)There were a lot of accidents when the 3D gear was being invented. [He admits thoughtfully.] Guns were already invented when the walls were built, though, so I suspect if something similar happened we lost the evidence.
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