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[neighsaying]

INBOX (UN: OMNIDIRECTIONAL) text / audio / video / action This is Jean. Leave a message, and I'll reach back out when I'm available. [ Previously was thunderspear ] code credit

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[nohero]

I wanna try something. Don't freak out.

telepathy time

[nohero]

[ The next message comes not over the devices. It comes as Reiner's voice straight into Jean's head. ]

Can you hear me?

[neighsaying]

[ Jean genuinely isn't expecting the next message, and it makes him jerk his head slightly, looking around the room as if that will explain it. ]

Reiner?

[ he says out loud, hesitantly, before he tries the next thing that pops into his mind. ]

Reiner, [ He thinks ] Can you hear this?

[nohero]

Hell yes.

I mean, yeah. I can. [ Clearly excited: ] This is incredible.

[neighsaying]

Holy shit.

[ Jean thinks it rather quickly, then reins himself back in a little bit. Curiosity coloring the thought rather than a 'tone', he replies: ]

Are you talking in my head? How are you doing that?

[nohero]

I made a wish at the Crystal. [ Which may be news, as it's only the second time he's done so. ] I got the idea from the games going on. Different colored teams can communicate mentally. I thought, wouldn't that be nice when I'm in my Armor?

So I made a wish. And it works!

[ A bit of a rambling explanation, his excitement palpable throughout. ]

i'm dropping the italics since they're both talking in the head

[neighsaying]

Wow.

[ Jean is honestly impressed at the forward thinking, and then can't help laughing out loud, which probably manifests as some amusement. ]

So, I no longer have to try to figure out what you're thinking from the way you're tilting your head?

valid!

[nohero]

Come on, my head tilts are very expressive.

But you're right. I'll be able to "talk" [ yes, the quotes are audible ] as a Titan, or as a rhinoceros.

[ A spike of mischief: ]

Or when my mouth is full.

okay *I* think this is funny if it hasn't come up, if you feel different lmk

[neighsaying]

[ The full mouth comment is worth revisiting, a spark of interest crossing Jean's mind. But, first: ]

Wait, you can turn into a rhinoceros?

[ Jean only knows of them from books here. ]

LMAO THIS IS GOLD

[nohero]

Huh? Oh, yeah. That's the animal transformation I got from my potion.

It's actually fun to turn into one. Not good for enclosed spaces. But they can run really fast.

Jean perpetually out of the Loop

[neighsaying]

'Huh, I guess that fits you now that I think about it. There's a few of us that ended up with gold potions,' Jean thinks.

Then, with a laugh and not really meaning to send it, 'Heh, Reiner-ceros.'

[nohero]

[ Teasingly: ]

Ha, ha. You're hilarious.

[ Then: ]

Who else got gold potions? What can everyone turn into? I feel out of the loop.

[ That makes two of them! ]

[neighsaying]

'Connie has the gold potion; he turns into some kind of... Tiny red bear thing. Eren has two transformations, a dog and a seagull.'

He likes to sit on the windowsill and steal Jean's food, as if Jean wouldn't give him some anyways. There's a faint note of fondness.

'And now you and your rhinoceros. Levi had the healing powers, and Erwin and I have fire and electricity.'

[nohero]

Connie sounds cute. It's fitting.

[ Because Connie is very cute. ]

What about Historia? And what about you? Have you thought about getting a gold potion yourself?

[neighsaying]

It is pretty darn cute, not going to lie.

[ He tells Reiner what Historia's is, because I don't remember and it's not on her info, and then there's silence for a moment. ]

Not really. If I get a second potion, I'll probably get a blue one.

[nohero]

So you can heal people? That sounds good for you, Jean.

[neighsaying]

Yeah...

Mikasa had the blue potion, too. Now there's not anyone that has it here in our group. It'd be a good backup.

[nohero]

Yeah, it would. But what if you need healing, Jean?

Maybe I should get it, too. So I can take care of you.

[ Blame telepathy for the rapid-fire frankness. ]

[neighsaying]

[ Jean almost answers 'Dolph would heal me', and has to hold back the thought that Levi would as well. The instant response from Reiner, though? That has him flushing a little bit. ]

Careful now. You're gonna make me think you like me or something.

[ A beat. ]

That's a joke, obviously I know that, we're dating.

[nohero]

It's safe to say that I like like you.

[ He's teasing, but the fondness is real. ]

[neighsaying]

Oh no, like-like? Next you're gonna wanna hold my hand out behind the horse shed.

[ Joking, but the fondness is also clear in what he sends over as well. ]

[nohero]

It's like you can read my mind, Kirstein.

[ Get it. Since it's telepathy. Get it, Jean? He's trying. ]

nsfw-ish

[neighsaying]

Well, what am I thinking about right now?

[ Jean tries something different, just to be a little shit. He thinks back to the first time they had sex here, the way Reiner looked riding him, and tries to 'send' the image. ]

reiner, suffering!!! also nsfw-ish still

[nohero]

[ The image beams into Reiner's head loud and clear—himself, flushed and panting, riding Jean like he stole him—and causes the mental equivalent of a key mash. It translates as sending a sort of strangled noise, then: ]

Holy shit.

[ Then: ]

Jean!

[ Then: ]

I didn't know this could do that.

[ Then: ]

That's really how I looked?

still slightly nsfwish, also the L word

[neighsaying]

[ Jean sends the mental equivalent of a loud cackle Reiner's way, enjoying his surprise. ]

It was hot, not gonna lie. I mean, I love you for way more than how you look, but you are incredibly fucking distracting even when you're not naked.

[ He's so caught up mentally curating and beaming moments of staring at Reiner's arms, chest, and ass at him, that he completely misses he said love instead of like. ]