seasonsrpg | darling it's better

WHO: Reiner Braun & YOU
WHAT: open prompts for the "Under the Great Ocean Lake" event!
WHEN: september 15-30
WHERE: autumn guild (amberfall), the great ocean lake, nightwake
WARNINGS: noted in headers as needed

( starters in the comments! follow the links to specific top-levels )

🔆 ELEMENTAL WEAPONS

in which reiner discovers his element (light) and tries to figure out how to fight with it

🦭 MOUNT BONDING

in which reiner turns into a merman and babytalks a seal

🔱 CAVE EXPLORATION & GENERAL TRAVEL

in which reiner tries to remain on task, but occasionally detours to help someone or look at shiny things

💦 MERMAID TALES & SIREN CALLS

in which reiner is accidentally a wet blanket, then succumbs to a siren

⚔️ SIREN TERRITORY

in which reiner fights sirens and helps rescue captives

🍽️ FEAST

in which there is much rejoicing (yayyyy)

notes

reiner's info/permissions post
please feel free to use prose or brackets
if a starter doesn't quite work for your character/their cr, you're welcome to tweak it slightly or wildcard
for plotting, please use reiner's plotting comment

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Eren makes a half-amused little scoff at that. Imagine pulling a canon out of someone. Maybe if they were titans that would make sense; there'd be plenty of room then. But today they're just boys, as much as they ever can be.

Reiner's betrayal felt deep when he was 15. But the person Reiner betrayed most was always himself, wasn't it, shattering into pieces, trying to be someone else entirely, all of it? Yes, they had lived together. Yes, they had trained and fought together. But Reiner was true to his mission in the end. The betrayal part was…complicated.

Other than that, Eren hasn't actually known Reiner to lie to him on purpose. Under circumstances where Reiner had real choices, he doesn't think Reiner would ever have gone against him. That's as close to trust as he knows how to come, but it's enough.

"Somehow I doubt we're gonna pull cannons out. Doesn't seem easy to wield one. Too stationary." Of course he's mostly talking out his ass since he has no idea how this works.

"How do we know?" he asks. "I mean, which one of us takes a weapon from the other?"

That half-amused scoff isn't the laugh Reiner wishes to one day hear from Eren's lips. However, he considers it a victory nonetheless. A half-smile tugs at his own lips, and he casts Eren a quick look as they continue to walk, unaware (but wholly unashamed) of the warmth in his eyes.

"If it's a cannon, we'll have to ask any enemies to stay nice and still," he jokes. Then, more seriously, "Once we pull out the sword, its 'essence' will enter one of us. Whoever it doesn't enter wields the weapon."

Speaking of swords, they've reached one. The magic blade is buried deep in a rock, looking quite irretrievable. Reiner meets Eren's eyes as he reaches out, one hand grasping the handle.

"Ready, Eren?"

Eren's mouth twitches at the joke but it doesn't form into a smile. Someday. At least he can manage sceptical amusement. It's a step forward, if nothing else.

He can't guess which of them it will be, but in the end it doesn't matter. They're both weapons, so he figures it could go either way.

His eyes move up to Reiner's and he nods, reaching out with a hand to grip the sword as well.

"Yeah. On three," he says. "One. Two…"

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