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Post by pebble on Jun 2, 2017 20:55:49 GMT
They thought they were safe. Heck, she thought she was safe.
No. No. Titans would always find them. No matter what.
That's why, when the first thundering footstep was heard, she almost panicked. She knew exactly what it was, she just couldn't believe it. Soon after, people screaming. She had to defend them.
A shrill whistle cut through the air and Gus ran over. He didn't even stop and she already had her gear on and hopped on him. "Everybody get back!" She shouted, racing through the village towards the sounds. She could see Eve carefully running over the the village, slowly gaining in size until she was as big as the tallest titan. And she set out, disappearing a bit over a hill as she attacked the ones in the back, followed closely by Gru.
Pebble pressed her blade to her lips, wishing herself good luck before steering Gus to the first, closest titan. She clicked to him and shot off, hooking onto the titan. She sped, just barely off the ground, before leaning into a turn, bladed cutting deep into the heel of the titan. It crumpled, resting on one knee. There you go.
She adjusted her blades, one forward, one backwards before tucking in, becoming a spinning ball. She controlled herself still, seemingly teleporting and leaving deep gashes wherever she touched. She worked her way to the top, listening to it scream in pain before her blades sunk into the nape. It fell, shaking the earth.
And she fell. At first she panicked before slowing it, spotting Gus. He came running over and allowed her on, chasing the next titan. A smaller one. No more than 5 meters.
She took off again, swinging around the back of the small titan and taking it out in seconds before hooking onto the next titan near by.
In just a few seconds, it's arm came off and hit the ground. She swung around front, throwing her hands back and then forward, sending her dulled blades right into its eyes. She quickly changed mid air before swooping in for the kill.
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Post by dofferz! on Jun 2, 2017 21:58:43 GMT
Oh.
So much for a life free of titans. I guess it was too much to hope for, anymore. Something that was never going to happen.
She was actually enjoying her day, something that hadn't happened for a long time. Sure, it happened while she lived on her own, but years since it had felt like a normal life again. She had never had much time to peruse hobbies, but here she was playing (and winning, I might add) a simple game of chess with one of the town's citizens. Sure, she was still weary and alert for people around her (seeing that they obviously didn't arrive unthreateningly, no matter how hard they tried), but for once , it felt good to not have to worry as much as she used to. However, her stomach buckled as she heard an all-too-familiar footstep and felt the vibration of the ground shaking beneath. Even the marble pieces rattled with every step, growing closer and closer and closer.
Her heart rate shot up, and she reached the point to where she was drawing in quivering breaths. "nononononono.." She whimpered, squinting her eyes shut and looking back over her shoulder. The town was deathly silent, all until the silhouettes appeared on the horizon, and the town erupted into chaos.
The girl immediately jumped to her feet and bolted, headed towards where she kept her gear out of instinct, shouting to the people she passed by in the process. "GO, GO." Silent curses were muffled under her breath, and her panic noises returned as strong as ever. She immediately slipped on the gear in mere seconds. Her eyes darted to an object, and she paused for a moment before stanching up and shoving her gloves into her pocket.
It felt like forever, but she eventually mounted Jean, heading towards the beasts in a fully fledged gallop, terror gnawing at her stomach. As bad as she wanted to stick back and attempt to help the others flee, she couldn't leave the others to this alone—they were the only four. Seven, if you count the colossi. Yeah, she was still stubborn with the deer. DAMG it, Doff.
Jean skittered to the side as Pebble's Titan fell, followed not too long with another from Levi. Nono, this certainly wasn't happening. It couldn't be. Just a dream, just a dream...! But as each and every next Titan fell, the fact that this was really happening again sunk in.
Gibberish spewed out of her mouth, and she let out a screech, immediately shooting away off of Jean as a nine meter shot it's hand forwards in an attempt to grab her. She cleared herself with a good distance to spare, but that obviously didn't mean she was in the green just yet. Biting down hard on her gums, the girl unsheathed two of her blades, holding one in each hand. She was gonna destroy this Titan. She could, oh yeah, she was—
Well, Nasuada beat her to the deed, and she fell backwards with a screech of a surprise. Although secretly glad that the panther had her covered, the features on her face went dark. "I can take care if myself." She grumbled, shooting the stone beast what was practically a death glare. Grateful, much?
//rip, ending
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Post by pebble on Jun 2, 2017 23:02:10 GMT
Looking back, the brown eyed girl noticed that the titans were gone near the back and Gru and Eve were rushing back. "Pebble move it!" She heard Armin shout. Horror struck her as she titan literally dove at hef, jaws opened before blood splattered the ground. It's features fell and skidded to a stop right before her, armin landed next to her. "Your welcome." He huffed, helping her up. His baby blue eyes scanned hers as before noticing the titan. They both looked each other in the eye before curtly nodding, for once understanding each other. They shot off in separate dirtections.
Pebble came around the left and held up her arm, touching just at the base. She saw Armin nod and the two worked in unison, taking the arms away. Pebble rushed to the ground, running along it as the grapples pulled her closer. Steam rose as she cut the heel and jumped back as the titan fell, Armin killing it. They shared a look before going their separate ways, Pebble rushing towards Levi to help.
She tucked herself in, using the move Levi taught her, and spun. She rocketed up the titan's arm, eventually reaching it's neck. She heard another titan fall and watched as Eve savagely tore the head off of one, taking the nape with it. She snarled, looking at Pebble. Her eyes were locked on, a fiery orange. Pebble pointed to the nearest titan, watching as Eve took off.
Pebble hopped back on Gus, making her way towards another titan when she spotted Doff. Irritation pricked at her, but more concern was there. She rode over, pulling Gus to a trot and trotting a circle around Doff. "Are you hurt or something?" She asked, interested as to why Doff was failing at killing titans.
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Post by dofferz! on Jun 2, 2017 23:38:32 GMT
She gripped the blades harder in her hand, turning around and preparing herself to head back into the fight. Like she would do much, anyways. Nevertheless, her gaze shifted to the body of Gus and Pebble approaching, which only added to her field day of emotions. "No, I'm fine..!" she snapped, whipping her head around to face the two, acting out mainly out of fear. However, her facial expression melted into what was more regret. Disappointment.
"It's too much to ask for! Sure, you and Levi are strong, but the four of us will never beat them! Not even with the three of them!" she screeched, starting off with a controlled voice, but fumbling at the end. "You know sure as hawk I'm useless!" oh, no, doff. Self confidence issuesssss.
She spoke fast, slurring the majority of her words in the process, "This is our fault! We brought this to them! They're not prepared, they don't know what to do! This is because of us! We're selfish and we always want what we can't have, and we don't care how it effects others!" and even after this, she went on in a rant, unable to hold back pathetic, doff tears, drawing in heavy, painful gasps of air into her lungs. "Even if we do save the town, we're not heroes if we were the ones whom caused it! So if it answers your question, no! I'm not okay!" and with an angry yell, she sheathed one of her blades and drove the other one into the dirt.
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Post by pebble on Jun 3, 2017 2:18:16 GMT
Pebble had stopped Gus, listening to Doff over the blaring intense music. She calmly got off of Gus and walked to the shorter. With that, her hand pulled back and a good bitch slap was lain to Doff's face. "Get yourself under control, soldier." She hissed before mountain Gus again and taking off.
//RUSHED
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Post by dofferz! on Jun 3, 2017 2:58:29 GMT
damg it. She was so lost in her drowning worries that she didn't even notice her get off of Gus. She had her back to the girl, but spun around, mouth open ready to continue ranting on, when pain exploded. A silent scream stuck in her throat, and only a quiet gasp escaped from her mouth. "kinky" " thE HAWK?" she gasped, holding the side of her face with her palm. "you son of a squab.."
Her gaze followed Pebble and Gus, and face still stinging, she pulled the blade out of he ground and angrily whistled for Jean, hopping up on him.
//rushed whoops
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Post by pebble on Jun 3, 2017 6:12:46 GMT
Pebble's eyes landed on a titan heading straight for Levi. Not today. She spoke in her head, hopping off of Gys and sailing right towards it. She performed a move she taught herself, blades cutting into the front of the titan. With that, she kept them in, running along side it's shoulder and across the nape before jumping off, hearing the steam explosion behind her. She was relentless as she spun around another, small titan, the head popping off accidentally. He blade broke and she cursed, changing them out quickly. There wasn't many left... six. They could do this. She heard another hit the ground and noticed Armin, nodding briefly. Five. She took off again, cutting deep into the shoulder of a titan, circling back around and doing it again to the other before going in for the kill. She did so successfully, but was late to notice the other tifan, one of the four remaining, swing at her. Her tethers retracted as they were designed to do as it hit them, throwing her off balance. She squealed a bit as she plummeted, letting off a pained grunt as she hit the ground, metal gear slamming against her hip painfully. She sprained her leg from what she could tell... but she had to move. Angrily, she stood back uo, favoring a leg before dodging as the titan swooped to grab her. She angrily tore into it, taking back her revenge and leaving deep gashes every where before she struck the nape. Two. Armin took down another. Just two more titans.
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