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( The first image on the screen when it lights up with activity is the ever-gazing, wide eyes of a relatively expressionless Espurr. It's definitely unsettling. As the frame pans out, one can see Levi in the background—seated on a couch—and it becomes obvious that the aforementioned Espurr is the one who's not only turned on Levi's PokéGear, but is moving it as well.

A beeping from the device is what gets Levi's attention; Espurr is silent, something he's thankful for, although that only gives the Pokémon more unwarranted freedom. An impatient 'tch' is heard as Levi gets up from his spot and closes in on the frame to lift the device and take it into his own hands. His brow is furrowed, and he's about to shut off the feed before he realizes 'Well, this is as good an opportunity as any to take advantage of an audience.' ) Oi.

This one's fucked up. ( He gestures to the Espurr—still endlessly gazing, although its wide eyes have now focused on Levi, who'd stolen its toy. Who even does that? How do you know Espurr didn't have important shit to say?

Levi's expression, when he turns back to the camera, is a cross between a grimace and a sneer. ) It doesn't make any noise. It doesn't fucking blink. It just looks like this, all the time. Is this shit normal?

( After a second, Levi makes a sound like a sigh. ) But then it gets up to shit like this when I'm not looking. My other one doesn't do that. Is it bored? Am I not feeding it enough? Fuck.

( Narrowing his eyes a bit, Levi glances at the Espurr once more, then back at the camera as he holds his finger on the 'END' button. )

It's creepy as hell. ( Another 'tch' sound, then the feed shuts off. )

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_{[So, guess what Bertolt wasn't expecting when he settled in with his Tyrantrum? Hearing that voice. Sure, Bertolt knew he should be lucky to find another person from his world but he didn't expect it to be him. For a minute or two all he does is stare until the Tyrantrum nudges his hands with its snout, and he finally shakes his head and looks down at the gear. Alright, Bert. Deep breath...

And turn the video function on.]}

...T-They all have different personalities.

_{[Stay calm. Maybe he doesn't know about what he really is.]}

[ At this point, Levi had hardly expected to encounter anyone even vaguely familiar to him--because of that, it takes him an extra moment to register Bertolt's identity. Once he does, however, his eyes narrow slightly. Is he accusing? Annoyed? Confused? Who the fuck knows!! ]

You.

[ oh. Yeah, he knows. Granted, he was only present for the aftermath, but it doesn't take him too much Sherlockian investigation to manage the process of elimination. That said, he's not angry ~~just disappointed~~. Not visibly so, at the very least. This shit is complicated; more complicated than he'd like to admit, and their present arrangement and location in Poke-land is enough to momentarily halt a great deal of his displeasure. ]

--I've learned as much. Still, I thought there'd be some overlap in the same species.

[ squint. ]

Why is yours huge?

[ o-oh. ]

...I haven't found anything like that and I've got three of those. A-And five Bloo--Goomy.

_{[That are still stashed away in his box because they keep dripping goo on everything. Including his poor Ninetales and Arcanine.

Bertolt scratches the Tyrantrum under the chin, toying with the scruffy beard that fluffs out at the end. Maybe he'll have to try grooming this guy one of these days to see if it'll always be scruffy like this... Either way, it's a really good distraction and it calms him down enough to get his voice under control. He's far, far away from Levi (or so he hopes), so he's safe.

For now.]}

And, um... He's big because he evolved. A-And he's a different kind, obviously...

[ Levi is just taking in these Pokemon names like they're moonspeak, with a furrowed brow and a momentarily skeptical expression. Eventually he straightens himself up and makes an irritated sound. Meanwhile, Purrloin has entered the frame, although clearly only with the intention of investigating Bertolt. LEVI SURE SEEMS WEIRD ABOUT THIS GUY, NOT LIKE THE OTHERS. WHY IS LEVI BEIN A DICK? Purrloin has many questions... ]

Evolved. The fuck does that mean, evolved?

_{[sweats.]

...Like, um... Getting older, I guess. Sort of like tadpoles and frogs?

_{[LOOK that's the easiest way he can explain it! It's pretty hard to give a good definition while he's being looked at like that!]}}

[ let's be real here, levi is probably the most obnoxious person to ever have to explain anything to at any point and at any time. he probably has zero patience also

but your explanation makes a bit of sense so he'll accept it

he's visibly straightening himself up and adjusting his expression; cool, he's at about an 8 now down from an 11 on the scale ]

And there's benefits to doing that?

_{[Maybe he should explain it with cleaning supplies. Look, the tiny soaps turn into lots of bubbles. ...Gods, and knowing how this world worked he wouldn't be surprised if there was a Pokemon like that. There's already swords and keys.]}

Well... Yeah. They're really strong on their own, but sometimes it's easier for them to protect and fight for you when they're bigger. This guy, uh... Moose, he was really small when I first got him.

_{[He points to his 'gear to where the Purrloin is on his screen.]}

I don't really know anything about those ones, but that one'll probably evolve too. One of my other Pokemon was about that size until he evolved, now he's as tall as me.

[ LMFAO ok levi so when a mommy soap and a daddy soap love each other vry much--

he'd be so down w/ pokemon that doubled as cleaning supplies i'm pretty sure it'd split his frustration in half ]

That is not a moose. [ shit wait ] Unless you've--you gave it a name, didn't you? Do they even listen to names?

[ levi seems to be taking a breath like he needs to gather his thoughts outside of his frustration. the fact that bertolt knows more than him in this weird place is insulting and levi hates every second of asking questions that he's sure are stupid questions but god damn it at least you're not a stranger even if you're not exactly his favorite individual ]

I'll have to keep an eye on them so they don't get any more ideas once they're larger, I'm sure.

We're allowed to name things here. I even named one of mine after Marco.

_{[And Annie, but he's going to keep her under wraps until he can't avoid it anymore.]} A-And yeah, they listen to names. They're really smart, even smarter than the horses back home.

_{[Bertolt reaches off-screen for a small book and flips it open, then he turns it towards the gear. In that book? Pictures. Lots of pictures. He took a bunch over the year and he's just starting to get some of them developed, and the one in question is a picture of a tiny Growlithe pasted next to another picture of an Arcanine.]} See? They can get bigger.

[ At the comment about the horses, Levi seems deeply intrigued. He nods. ]

I can see that.

[ Then, with a tone that's almost suspicious: ]

How long--have you been here?

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_{[Seemingly satisfied, he sets the book down and looks at Moose, moving to scratch just behind his crest.]}

...A year. I got here about a month ago, give or take a couple days.

[ Levi can't really help but eyeball Bertolt for a few more moments. His expression is, well, the standard level of frustrating to decipher. ]

A year. [ He's repeating this incredulously. ]

That's fucked up. Are you really the only one here from home?

There've been a couple others but they didn't say for very long. Jean and Mikasa were here when I first got here, but they vanished shortly after that. And Reiner... He was here until last month. He was only here for a little while.

[ frown. sigh. frown again. ]

Well. This doesn't make us friends.

[ Then, after a few thoughtful seconds, his voice is a bit low when he speaks again; ]

I'm not going to kill you. I could. But I won't. So sleep tight, or whatever.

[ levi i'm pretty sure if you read like one book in your lifetime you'd realize this isn't how you are supposed to have conversations with people ]

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