羽根を焦がす無数の鳥が (open!)

[grice]

Who: falco grice & you!
When: march & april!
Where: gestures
What: post-surgical trauma, regains, flying (and crashing), snooping, and just general prompts to keep busy with during our pause! i’ll be adding more investigation oriented prompts later as well! absolutely free to tag in super late or backtag forever until may! hmu at liberos if you’d like to plot something specific and i’d adore to write a fresh starter for us!
Warnings: body horror, traumatic surgical descriptions, torture, aot spoilers, mentions of war imagery, will update as things happen!


top levels in the comments!

🐤 MARCH 1 - 4: general prompts with falco still carrying the worst of his living island mutilation; locations include library, diners, groceries or honeybees!
🐤 MARCH 5: open to housemates, neighbors or passerbys; falco gets his jaw implants removed and seems pretty normal. maybe just a little tense about the how.
🐤 MARCH 6: open for sightings or interactions! falco uses his titan form to survey the city and check his limits.
🐤 MARCH 10 - FORWARD: includes prompts for spring cleaning and topsy turvy, as seen on the tdm! 

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[grice]

[ falco pays her enthusiasm with the respect and attention it deserves, especially when she was taking the time to explain a little more, in better detail for him specifically because he asked. pride and prejudice is now wrapped neatly by his fingers into a careful hold, and at her final comment, his throat scratches. a chuckle! the signing that comes afterward is done only with a single hand:

have, girl, home, perfect

was that understandable? the tips of his ears that are poking out from the scarf's wrappings are bright red. ]

[peninhand]

[ What'd he say... Oh, got someone back at home. Then all's good! Wait. Wait wait wait. You mean to tell her that this kid got a girlfriend? He barely looks ten, maybe twelve...!

And she's still alone? A kid already knows love and she, who's been desperately trying for god knows how long, still hasn't seen the color of it?

Sighs. ]

Ah... Ahaha, well that's perfect then! Oh, I'm Monika by the way.

[ She's smiling as usual, she's not gonna show she's envious of a kid having somehow reached her goal. She's not that pathetic, yet. ]

[grice]

[ he’d object to calling her his girlfriend yet, but, his intentions are as clear as day when a twelve year old straight up tells u he wants to get married. the young woman’s name gets falco’s eyes to widen, with recognition, and quickly he retorts with spelling out his own:

F-A-L-C-O

he almost looks like he could speak, and excitedly past the nasty inflammation: ]

Radio—

[peninhand]

[ Falc-something? When he says radio, immediately she realizes. Yes of course, she's the boy she talked to. ]

Oh! [She beamed.] I was actually on my way to find a book for you. That's a pretty neat coincidence, ahaha!

[ She could tell trying to speak was painful for him... She didn't know the reason, but she brought a finger to her mouth as if to tell him not to speak. ]

Don't force yourself to speak, okay? I'm gonna try getting you something that may help, but it may take a couple days.

[grice]

[ neat, truly. and she was nice, on top of everything. even falco's cheeks sting, and the corners of his mouth where the bolts tighten the mandible are feeling pushed to a limit from how much he feels like smiling. signing:

Wish could talk more. Thank you. I will tell thoughts, Book Club. And poem.

he holds his new book up for emphasis. ]

[peninhand]

[ She could tell he was in pain just from smiling and that was when it hit her. Had he... Been in the bunker last month? Like Sayori? Her face shifted to much more serious features as the thought crossed her mind, but she then forced herself to smile anew.

She'd have to check Daylight's files and see if her hunch was correct. ]

Don't you worry about it. You go home and rest, alright? I'll handle the library stuff.

[ Working there had its advantage. She could fill in the sheets for borrowed books and extend deadline however needed. ]

[grice]

[ he didn't have to actually sign to convey this next gesture— a wave, content, nodding (fixing his scarf, because it nearly drops, and what's under there isn't anything pretty) and hugging the book close to his chest before making a getaway from the library to his temporary home.

he can't wait to show erwin and cassandra, even carmilla who had been the one to recommend it to him. ]