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[garganteren]

I wanted to make sure everyone knows: I'm boycotting all my classes. No matter what.

I don't agree with the mission of this school, and I'm being held here against my will! So I'm officially on strike in protest of your unjust policies!

[It's true, as was pointed out to him: if he's protesting, he should let everyone know about it!

He's still not sure about the hunger strike part of his plan, as he needs to eat a lot. But he boycotted Thanksgiving, so that's a start.]

Comments

[garganteren]

There's no point in protesting if you don't let people know you're protesting. That's how it works!

It's not a matter of not liking classes, it's a matter of principle.

[Really, this was Sam's idea. Although he hadn't meant for Eren to do this...]

[wherethelightwontfindyou]

Not really a protest to just waste your own time.

There's no "principle" in it, you're just fucking around. No one cares if you take your classes or not, you're just wasting your own time and lessening your chances of getting your powers in check. That's it.

[garganteren]

No I'm not, I'm being held here against my will and my civil rights are being violated. I'm not the only one, either.

I'm never going to use my power again! I want to be cured.

[wherethelightwontfindyou]

If you're on house arrest it's for your own safety. Xavier's a lot of things but he's not cruel, and certainly not a law breaker.

And no one's stopping you from not using your powers if you don't want to. The point is to keep yourself from causing trouble with it.

[garganteren]

I don't care about my safety! I care about going home. Just because he's following the law, that doesn't mean the law is right. They do get changed.

They want me to learn to control it, which means using it. And I won't.

[wherethelightwontfindyou]

............

[His face is in his hands.]

You are a complete goddamn moron.

[garganteren]

No, I'm not! I believe in my ideals, and I'm going to live the way I believe. I won't give up, and I won't become a monster.

[Also, he is fourteen and not thinking this through.]

[wherethelightwontfindyou]

Look, you can't have a protest that doesn't get in the way of anything. You're just wasting your own time. There's nothing stopping anyone from just ignoring you and going on their way because you're too stupid to prevent losing control of your powers.

[garganteren]

It's a boycott. That's a form of protest. Even making a statement can be a protest.

[In his school at home, he mainly studied things like this. Not that he was ever good at organizing.]

The school is my legal guardian. And they have to send me to class. But I'm not going. And if they try to make me go, I'm going to resist. And I'm not the only one protesting, either. This is just the start.

You don't know anything about my disorder, or me. If you want to think I'm stupid, then fine! I don't care if people insult me.

[wherethelightwontfindyou]

Fine, I don't care enough to argue. Since you've got all that free time now without your classes, how about you make yourself useful helping me on clean-up duty?

[garganteren]

[Eren always cares enough to argue!]

Clean up duty?

[He doesn't actually know who he's talking to.]

Is that a punishment?

[wherethelightwontfindyou]

No, it's a job.

[He groans. This kid is ridiculously annoying why is he even offering this. Eren doesn't deserve it.]

Fifteen bucks an hour to clean restrooms and mop floors, that sound better than uh... 'violating your civil rights'?

[garganteren]

Oh. Really?

[He hadn't thought he'd be offered a job, or that that was a thing that happened here. If he has money, he can use it to help him get out of here. And he can buy Sam a pizza. And a clean up job sounds normal. He used to clean up all the time at home!]

Yeah, okay. I'll do it!

[wherethelightwontfindyou]

[...He's trying so hard not to look shocked. Oh god this kid is so dumb.]

Great. Work starts tomorrow, 9 AM. Just be in the foyer by then and I'll give you the details. Sound good?

[He can't believe this worked.]

[garganteren]

[He's not dumb! (All right, maybe a little.) That's not a bad wage. And he needs money. Also, he's kind of bored without his usual regimented schedule.]

Right, I'll be there.

[He'll have plenty of time to get to the foyer after his morning workout and his shower.]