[Despite the pounding of Hanji's heartbeat & her breathing, you were still able to make out the voices]
Commander Erwin Smith: Evening ladies.
Captain Levi(Ackerman): Whatever being cooked here smells divine.
Eren Jaeger & Armin Arlelt: Hey Mikasa.
Mikasa Ackerman: Hey guys.
How'd the hunt go?
Jean Kirschtein: Great.
Conny Springer: Terrible.
Sasha Braus:[Sarcastically] Terrible?
Whatever do you mean by that?
Jean said as men, your natural hunters, far superior to a lowly huntress such as myself.
JK:😡
I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW WE CAUGHT SOMETHING TO EAT, POTATO GIRL!!
🔪😥[Seeing through Hanji's blouse, you see Sasha draw a chef's knife to Jean's throat]
SB: Call me "Potato Girl" again, and I'll mince your ass up and feed you to a titan myself...
ES: Recruit, stand down.
LA: Let's not interfere, Erwin...
This is some bad blood that they need to settle...
Berthold Hoover: She not really gonna kill him, right?
Reiner Braun: Don't underestimate her...
She's got more balls than most men...
JK: Hmph!
You wouldn't da-
🔪[Sasha twirled the blade near Jean's long face, drawing blood from his ear and trimming some of his hair, then bringing the tip to his groin]
SB: Come again?
Christa Lenz: STOP!
Please...
I know you two didn't get along all that well back at the academy, but we've been through too much, lost too many friends before they even had a chance to graduate to act like this!
We all haven't eaten as well as we'd like for a few days, but we can't turn on each other like bratty children...
So please, let's-
*Gurgle*
[The passionate blonde was interrupted by her own stomach]
Everyone:...
...
MA:😂
Everyone(-AD):😆
[With laughter, the tension had completely dissipated]
SB: Jean, I'm... I'm sorry...
JK: Don't apologize, I've been such a jerk...
Especially since Marco... Since he...
SB: I know.
Sooo, you said you actually caught something?
CS: Actually, Armin caught something.
BH: "Caught" is a little bit of an exaggeration...
RB: More like he crushed it...
AA: I didn't crush it on purpose, I tripped and fell on it by accident...
It's a...
It was just a little hare... No bigger than a boot...
😥 I think it was a baby... It didn't even die right away, I think I crippled it...
Captain Levi had to end it's suffering...
SB: So, where is it?
[Levi laid a little hare corpse on a dinning table]
Armin, that's not a hare, that's a rabbit.
AA: There's a difference?
SB: Yeah...
The biggest one being that rabbits are smaller than hares.
AA: So, you mean...?
SB: Yep!
It's just an adult rabbit.
AA: Oh, thank God...
I'm gonna go wash up...
Pretty sure I got some rabbit pellets stuck to me...
[Armin leaves]
EJ: Is that really a rabbit?
SB: Oh, hell no. This is definitely a young hare, not a rabbit.
Looks like this one won't make it to mating season...
I just didn't want to make him more upset...
Ymir: So that's it?
Hours of hunting and that's all you got?
CS: Other than a bag of edible mushrooms, yeah...
Ymir: We foraged the area for enough food to last a week, but we're supposed to all eat a single little rabbit?
SB: Not exactly...
[Sasha reveals the above average hare to the group]
EJ: A hare?
CS: A big one too...
MA: Sasha, how long did you have this?
SB: Hey, hey!
I'm not stowing food away from everyone...
I spotted this guy while we were foraging.
Managed to get within range an then...
👏
Caught the critter while it's grazing!
ES: Barehanded? Without any trap?
LA: Even I couldn't do something like that.
AD💭: A human catching a hare off guard? The physics & reflexes alone would be extremely difficult...
[Christa recalls the time a hungry Sasha leaped several meters to snatch bread from her]
CL: Sasha definitely can...
Ymir: Wow! Nice catch Braus.
Didn't even need a weapon of any sort to get meat on the table.
MA: Excellent work, Sasha.
SB: Thank you.[She grabs the small hare] Now, give me a few minutes and I'll add this hare to the stew.
AD💭: I hope she saves some hare liver for me...
[While Sasha got to preparing the hares, Christa served out the green salad with bread, oil & vinegar]
ES: This is a surprise.
LA: A welcomed one for sure.
JK: You sure this is safe to eat?
CS: Looks alright.
EJ: *Chew* Hmm...
Not bad, actually.
AA: I'm back.
What do we have here?
CS: Looks like some sort of salad made with wild greens.
CL: Would you like to try some Armin?
AA: I would.
Thank you Christa.
*Munch*
Mmm!
This is really good!
Not to mention refreshing.
SB: Don't fill up on bread and salad, because I just put the finishing touches.
[After all serving was done, every had eaten salad & had a hot bowl of stewed hare w/ vegetables in front of them, all except for you of course.
Since Hanji couldn't risk your discovery, you settled for eating some old jerky & tree bacon that you had on your person]
ES: So, Ms. Braus.
Any ideas for what you'll be hunting tomorrow?
SB: Well, as much as I'd like to try and get some wild boar, the closest area known to have them would take half day of horse riding alone...
There was some deer scat I spotted not too far, so I think I could get some venison, enough to feed us well after our resupply gets here.
At the very least some simple snares should get us a few rabbits or hares, although it's not good to eat their meat exclusively for a period of time.
I wonder if I might be able to bag a few lizards in this area.
AD💭: Ah, yes.
I know of where some warrens they inhabit nearby.
There eggs are perfect for breakfast.
AD: I wish I could go hunting too...
🙊[You accidentally spoke, risking discovery]
LA: What was that, Hanji?
HZ: Oh! Uh, I just wouldn't mind going out to observe a normal hunt.
I might be inspired to design new Anti-Titan weaponry.
ES: I never even considered that...
You're free to join Ms. Braus, assuming it's alright with you.
SB: Of course!
Ymir: Hey commander! I'm joining too!
No offense, but I need some time away from this place.
CL: I want to go too, sir!
AA: Are you going too, Mikasa?
MA:...
EJ: Mikasa...
You should go too.
MA: Eren...
Are you sure?
EJ: We found wolf tracks out there...
A bigger group is better against them in a confrontation.
We'll be fine.
MA:...
Alright, I'll go.
ES: I guess that settles it then.
The rest of us will stay here and keep things in order.
LA: And clean.
EJ: And clean.
Ymir: Then it's settled.
CL: Oh!
Sasha, we almost forgot about dessert.
Men: Dessert?
SB: Oh yeah!
Well, I sorta experimented with some fresh berries we found and a little something else...
And, well...
I guess we had a little...Inspiration.
[The Gnome Gelly was served to everyone, even Hanji covertly dropped a piece in her clevage for you to eat]
LA: Whatever this is, it's delicious.
MA: The flavor & texture is nothing like I've ever tasted before...
CS: It kinda melts in your mouth.
Ymir: There's still intact berries...
CL: Yeah, some of them burst in your mouth...
[After the dinner & dessert was over, Hanji took you into her private quarters, setting you on her work desk, poking, prodding & taking measurements on your little body]
AD: And that's how my telekinesis works.[You conclude, moving some loose currency in the air]
🚶👀
HZ: Ah... So you need to touch something physically to move it with your mind?
AD: Not necessarily...
Touching it just helps me hone in & focus in to move it.
HZ: Ah... So is that how you moved the rubble?
AD: Yes & no.
Since the rubble was primarily stone, I used geokinesis to move it.
Telekinesis is more for individual objects & objects outside of the magically kinetic materials.
I could show you if you had a rock or something like that.
HZ: Well, I do have this...
[Hanji took boots off, then tipped one over at you, causing a pebble to tumble out, then resting her feet on the desk]
AD: Uh... I guess this'll do...[Using geokinesis, you were able to not only move the pebble in the air, but mold it into whatever shape you desired like it was clay.
You settled on making a hammer fit for your size]
HZ:😍 Amazing!!
👃
AD: Uh, how long was this pebble in your boot?
HZ: I want to say...
2 weeks.
AD:😱 2 weeks!?
No wonder it smells so pungent!
HZ: Hey, my feet don't stink that bad!
👣🚶[Hanji put her odorous feet on either side of you]
Do they?
AD:😥...
HZ: You don't look disgusted, or grossed out, so maybe you like the smell...
AD:😳...
HZ: If so, I would be very grateful for a little massage, little guy.[She flexes her toes]
🚪💢💢💢
ES: Hanji? Could we have a talk?
HZ: Oh crap!
AD: Hey, what are you-
👣🚶⤵
👢👢[In a desperate act to hide you, Hanji pressed her bare feet onto you, adhering you to the bottom of her right foot, then slipped them into her boots]
HZ: Of course!
[You shrank down to be somewhat more comfortable trapped in her boot, hearing two sets of footsteps enter the room]
ES: I just wanted to discuss a plausible theory I had with you and Levi.
HZ: Huh!?
Theory?
LA: Let's hear it.
ES: With the discovery that Eren Jaeger has the ability to shift into a Titan, it's made me consider that he's not only the only one, but the others were involved in a plot to destroy us all...
Starting with Shiganshina.
It's possible that there's a collection of Titan Shifters banded together to wipe humanity as we know it off the face of the Earth.
HZ: I never even considered something like that as a possibility...
LA: You mentioned "Humanity as we know it"
Do you suspect that they may be associated with people beyond the walls?
HZ: If they even exist that is.
EJ: We can't rule out the possibility that such people exist...
As for why anyone would want to wipe us out, nothing solid comes to mind.
HZ: That's a good point...
We also can't rule out the possibility that they could be anywhere, or anyone...
Well, at least anyone without a solid history...
LA: So...
What are our orders, Commander?
ES: For now, well stay here until we have a solid plan of action.
We'll get out of your hair, Hanji.
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