video, both courts.

[andallbite]

[ It's been a couple of weeks since he's last shown up over the lockets (gone mostly forgotten thanks to other events), but when Eren finally makes another appearance, he seems a little exasperated. ]

I need a mechanic. [ Yeah, that's the greeting. ] Or—just anyone who can repair something for me. My maneuvering gear is busted, and I can't get it to work again on my own, so I'm looking for anyone who's willing to give it a shot.

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[andallbite]

... Maneuvering gear.

[ this isn't that hard junpei ]

[slugout]

How does gear let you maneuver? Are they like... mecha shoes or something?

[andallbite]

Huh? No, you—it's something you wear around your waist. It's got cables and hooks.

[slugout]

[ junpei fails to see how that helps people maneuver?? ]

Ah. So what do you do? Hook it onto a car and let it pull you around on a skateboard or something?

[andallbite]

[ Nevermind Shijima, you are officially the most confusing person Eren has ever had to talk to, Junpei. Car?? Skateboard??? Ugh. ]

Can't you speak more simpler for once? [ SHEESH. ] Its purpose is to reach a high points quickly and travel across rooftops or trees.

[slugout]

Dude, I tryin' to — it's not like you were being really specific about it!

[andallbite]

I'm not sure there's a whole lot else someone would need it for...

[ ... To him, anyway. ]

[slugout]

You were basically describing a toolbelt with strings attached. Nobody was gonna get what it is that way.

[andallbite]

Most of what you say doesn't make sense to me, either.

[slugout]

... Fair enough. What happened to your stuff that it's broken?

[andallbite]

[ Sigh... ]

It got roughed up pretty badly. I'm guessing all the water it was in didn't do it any favors, too.

[slugout]

You jump in the bay or something? [ hahaha he's so funny, what a good inside joke from gekkou ]

[andallbite]

[ Uh... erm. ]

It—wasn't a bay.

[ For the nth time, it's said in that "I'm not even sure what that is" manner. ]

[slugout]

Lake? River? Really big bathtub? Just stood out in the rain too long?

[andallbite]

[ It's kind of sad, watching a goofball try to talk with the ultimate buzzkill... ]

The sea. It's a long story, but it was the sea.

[slugout]

[ poor eren. ]

Yeah, it doesn't sound like there'd be many trees or buildings to climb in the middle of an ocean.

[andallbite]

There wasn't anything like that out there.

[ ... Duh, Eren. ]

And it wasn't my fault. Stop thinking I jumped in it.

[slugout]

Somebody pushed you in? Pretty rude, if you ask me.

[ nobody asked you, junpei ]

[andallbite]

Yeah, it was something like that...

[slugout]

So? Show me your thing. I'm all interested in what it looks like now.

[andallbite]

Er—but it's broken. Assembling it together and putting it on feels kinda pointless.

[slugout]

... I thought it was just a belt?

[andallbite]

There's a lot more parts to it than that.

[slugout]

... Like?

[andallbite]

Like the fan, cable reels, scabbards, gas canisters, triggers, spare blades...