Night 25-???

[solitarysoul]

WHO: Levi (jr) and whoever's at the airfield
WHAT: New arrival in town
WHEN: Mid/Late Night 25, he'll likely stick around longer than that too
WHERE: Airfield village
WARNINGS: Nothing planned, if something comes up in-thread ill update
NOTES: make your own toplevels, am cool with group threads too

He wasn't all that much of a stranger to long walks, but it had been awhile since he'd walked through an entire day. He got a few hours of sleep in a bungalow, but he still looks exhausted by the time he arrives.
The dream he had--or didn't have, rather, kinda shook him up. No tower, no blue-faced winged jester telling him to kill people. He hadn't dreamed at all. So that must have meant the Festival was over, but what that meant eluded him. Was this a further trick of Per'kele and Rher? Or this was whatever was in that bunker, which he had even less of an idea about. There was a lot to think about, but for now he's just tired and very hungry. And psyching himself up to talk to whoever is here.

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Night 27

[wingbound]

It's halfway into the night, or perhaps already the wee hours of pre-dawn, when Levi finally makes it back into the airfield. He's still in his uniform, loose green cloak obscuring most of his body, and he's got a beach-towel-turned-rucksack on his back. One of his arms has a piece of another towel tied around it like a bandage.

He's headed for the hangars when he spots a lone figure wandering about the outskirts -- he would expect somebody to be keeping watch, but he doesn't recognize them at all. Could be a new person, or it could be an intruder, so either way, he walks toward then in determined step.

"Looking for a place to take a shit?" Well, talk about icebreakers.

[solitarysoul]

No one every really asked him to do patrols, but was something he fell into naturally. Sitting still when things were calm often left him restless, his mind going back to all the problems he could have expected on the front. Was there an enemy just out of sight, waiting for their chance to strike? No...he knows there isn't, if he thinks about it, but there were still animals. They probably wouldn't stray into camp en mass either, but it made him feel better to check. And to learn just where everything was.

So he's up walking, groggily trying to shake the nightmares from his head, when Levi finds him. He stops and looks at the man when he speaks. "Uh...n-no...I was just looking around."

That voice was familiar...

[wingbound]

That voice is familiar too -- and more so the tone, the uncertainty prevalent in it, but Levi isn't going to jump to assumptions without confirmation.

"Are you on watch?" It's easier to just jump into business-like conversation than search for proper introduction options or whatever. "I haven't seen you around here before."

Which, he supposes, the teen hasn't seen him around either, but he rarely feels the need to explain himself so he's not going to start without being explicitly prompted to one way or another.

[solitarysoul]

His tone is much more uncertain in person. The radios he could treat as some sort of official business, at least at the time, but in person any confidence it had is gone. He's much meeker without the under tone of serious business, but his military background is still there. More in the way he moved and carried himself than in his voice, but it was obvious to anyone who was paying attention and knew what to look for.

"...not officially. I couldn't sleep. And, um, I-I'm new here."

The voice...was it the same as the one who helped him on the radios? The one who kept their conversation private. What was that guys name? Did he ever get it? Would he sounds stupid if he asked now? Or if he was wrong...maybe this guy would say something about it if Levi didn't.

[wingbound]

Contrary to how he may appear, Levi is quite good at reading people or sussing out facts like occupation from body language (he's just not good with people, which is different). So, yeah, after observing the brat for a few more moments he figures he must have some military experience.

"You're the brat who was on the radios three days ago, right? Asking about the village?"

Well, it looks like he made it here and hasn't murdered everybody (probably, he'll hold that thought until he sees somebody else). That's a relief.

[solitarysoul]

Ah, good, suspicion confirmed and he didn't need to make a fool out of himself.

"Yes Sir. Thank you for your help."

[wingbound]

"Don't mention it," Levi says, apparently not thinking that he provided much help at all.

Then there's an awkward silence.

And then he reaches into his backpack, retrieves a wholeass pineapple and holds it out for Levi, clearly expecting him to take it.

[solitarysoul]

He looks between the pineapple and the other man, confused. Was there a meaning to this or was it just a gift? Nevermind why he'd be getting a gift in the first place.

After a moment's hesitaion he takes the pineapple. While watching carefully for Levi's reaction. Because wtf.

[wingbound]

Levi seems to let out a breath of relief, though very subdued, once the younger Levi takes his offering, but he still says nothing, instead just staring at him for a while longer.

And then he just. Sort of walks past him and starts heading for the hangars.

Good talk.

[solitarysoul]

...okay. That sure happened.

"...thanks," he says after the other man. He then returns to whatever route he was walking. How the fuck did you even eat a pineapple?

[wingbound]

Levi pauses, turning his head slightly so he could see the kid. Right. What do you say when somebody thanks you?..

"Sure," he says and then continues walking.