Armin's Heart

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[soulping]

The list of subjects is as follows:

People (home)
People (Kyriakos)
Titans
The Walls
Kyriakos
Other worlds
Misc.

[acemedium]

[Checks out people (home)....]

[soulping]

You follow the map's instructions and locate a shelf with only two books on it. One has an image of a cracked mirror on the cover and looks much thinner, the other's cover has three concentric rings on it.

There's also another desk with a map here.

[acemedium]

[checks out the map, and then the first book]

[soulping]

The list on the map looks similar to the other one you saw:

People (home)
Titans
The Walls
Kyriakos
Other worlds
Misc.
True Heart

The first book seems to contain information on people from Armin's homeworld who are or have been in Kyriakos.

[acemedium]

[What kind of information]

[soulping]

For example, the first several pages are concerned with Eren (nee Galen) and describe how Armin met him, how the two of them grew together, and all the things Armin remembers them doing together before going into how Armin feels about him. There are a lot of deres there. Eren is pretty much the bravest and strongest and awesomest friend ever even if he is a bit of a reckless dumbass sometimes.

[acemedium]

[keep it in your pants, Armin]

[okay, she'll skim the rest and then go look at the section that contains people from home in Kyriakos]

[soulping]

Are you looking for any person in particular? You can find Liter, Cross, and Mushroom there.

[acemedium]

[LOOKS AT ALL OF THEM]

[soulping]

Okay I am not going to write the profiles in full here because I hate you Sipp

Liter's description is full of very complicated feelings - Armin misses their friendship, but there's the whole issue of Liter being humanity's greatest enemy and responsible for pretty much everything that's wrong with Armin's life? He's really not sure how he should feel or what he should do, but currently considers Liter kind of a sort of friend? Maybe?

Cross is mostly the same, though his description is much angrier because he is a dumb!! jerk!!!! And how does he dare to be so good at kissing anyway, what an asshole.

Both their profiles also note that if Armin ever wants to mess with them, pretty much all he needs to do is bring up Pikarin - though it might result in murder.

Mushroom's profile makes it clear that Armin respects him very much, but is also a little unsure when it comes to his methods. All that torture and murder is pretty unpleasant even if it's necessary. He seems to be less ruthless in Kyriakos, though. Armin's not entirely sure whether that's a good thing or not.

[acemedium]

[you love me]

[froooooooowns]

[flips back to look at the people in Kyriakos]

[endsintheocean]

sipp i am not going to write up every single person armin knows in this game

[acemedium]

[GET ON IT, BITCH.]

[Fine, do Eveningstar and Aoko and one or two others]

[soulping]

Eveningstar's profile mostly just describes her as a really good friend - she's goofy and funny, but also loyal and kind and a lot stronger than she thinks she is. There's also some confusion because there's the whole issue of Travis telling Armin that he should ask Star out, but he doesn't think that would be a good idea and it's not like he has any idea if she might like him that way??? But also she is cute and kissing her was nice??? ??????

Aoko's entry is another one that's full of dere. She's so sweet and nice and pretty and brave omg hearts all over the place!! And it's a little sad that Armin can only ever be a friend to her because she and Kaito are so ridiculously obvious about how much they like each other. But that's fine! It's totally absolutely fine and Armin is perfectly content with being her friend!! okay no he's a little sad about it.

Lace actually gets a properly written entry because I wasn't as burnt out on writing things last night: I met Lace in a game run by the Bone Witch, though our first conversation was anonymous. We became friends, and she has since become one of my best friends. She's very kind and considerate, but also intelligent and pragmatic. I feel I can tell her anything and she won't judge me, even if she disagrees with my choices.

[acemedium]

[god this nerdy heart is depressing]

[okay she's going to skim through the rest of the entries for anything of interest, just tell me if there's relevant shit or anything that stands out]

[i'll go easy on you]

[soulping]

There are a couple of notable things:

Armin doesn't like anyone on Takshaka except Wren, and considers Nightingale and Magpie annoying, judgemental douchebags. Especially Magpie.

Nightshade would be fine despite being a jerk except that she treats Madeline badly and that makes her literal undead garbage.

Kong is extremely dangerous and needs to be watched because there's no knowing what he might do or who he might get hurt.

Felix's real name isn't Poochy but he should be called that at all times anyway because it is hilarious.

[acemedium]

[that last one is extremely legit, GOOD JOB, ARMIN]

[okay gonna skim through Titans and then Kyriakos section, same deal]

[soulping]

These sections are super nerdy and contain next to no feelings. It's pretty much just all the information Armin knows about Titans and Kyriakos respectively. Which isn't very much in either case.

[acemedium]

[okay Misc and then she's done with the nerdiness]

[soulping]

The Misc section contains some scattered notes on things like the Library and other teamnesia places, and also some vague theories about things in common with different worlds. There's very little actual information and a lot of guessing and question marks.

[acemedium]

[WHAT IS THE TOP THEORY]

[soulping]

The top theory is that there are "clusters" formed by similar worlds that are almost, but not quite the same. A lot of people seem to be from worlds with high technology levels and the same kinds of countries and cultures, so that would be one such cluster?

Maybe restoring a world also helps restore others in the same cluster? Maybe the reason there are so many people from Armin's homeworld in Kyriakos is that there don't seem to be many other worlds like it?

[acemedium]

[hmm, interesting]

[is there anything about alternate versions of people....]

[soulping]

There's not much on that subject aside from a mention that sometimes that is apparently a thing that happens? And a bit of pondering on whether they are from actual different worlds or if there's something weirder going on there.