AoT: The O.N.I. Squadron

Hi guys,
I got bored, so I decided to write something here.

This story is, to give a quick hint, about our little group, the one that plays the Attack on Titan Tribute Game, we have here, but in this case, they'll actually be placed INTO the AoT world.
No more infinite respawns or something.
Also, I did change personalities to make a more interesting story.
I did also make sure every person in this was okay with the changes and they got to change things if they weren't okay with it.

This first prologue is basically to give people that don't know much about the Attack on Titan series some info (I'm sharing this with my English teacher, who might use it for practice material for our class.

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Several hundred years ago, most of humanity was wiped out by a strange species of giant humanoids, which are now known as Titans, which range from three meters to an astounding twenty meters in height. How these Titans came to be is currently unknown to the surviving part of humanity.

To stop the Titans from eating the humans, the humans built three 50 meter high circular walls, which are known as, starting from the center: Wall Shina, Wall Rose and Wall Maria, with at least 100 kilometers between the walls.

To protect the thousands of humans left, humanity created a military composing of three branches: The Military Police Brigade or M.P.B., the Garrisson Squad and the Survey Corps. The M.P.B. is focused on guarding the royalty of humanity, which is residing inside the safety of Wall Shina.
Next is the Garrison Squad, which focusses on guarding the individual towns of the outermost walls.
The final and often regarded as the bravest part of the military is the Survey Corps. These soldiers will venture outside the walls in an attempt to retake the world from the Titans.

Before anyone may join one of these three branches, they will have to be of the age of twelve and will be put through harsh training in the Training Corps, where they will be trained to increase their stamina, their strength and most importantly, their manouverability and use of the Three Dimensional Maneuver Gear, or 3DMG for short.
Mastery of the 3DMG is essential for any of the three branches of the military, for it is the only way any human could harm a Titan. Titans are nearly invincible with an incredible regeneration ability, even able to regrow their heads in mere minutes, if it were blown off. They are, however, not invincible, for if you cut off the nape of their neck, their regeneration ability is stopped and they will evaporate instead. While this seems simple, humans won’t easily be able to climb up to a Titan’s neck, for the Titan would simply grab the human and devour it. For this reason, humans developed a way to move quickly and effectively in three dimensions at once, so they could fly up at the Titan’s neck and slice it off.

Our story begins in the Training Corps, where over 200 people are lined up for their first day of training. During this first day, the instructor, Keith Shadis, has everyone yell out their name, town of origin and their reason for coming to the Training Corps. If there are too many things wrong, the trainee can already be sent back with their future set as a normal person in their town. Even in the back row, you can hear the yelling at the front: “You there!” yelled Keith Shadis, “Who are you?” The trainee in question then responded with a softer voice: “Katrix Komeiji, from Trost district, sir! I am here to join the Survey Corps and aid them in driving back the titans, sir!” “Good resolve, Katrix, you’ll work quite well as bait for Titans.” Shadis replied, wearing the same scary face as usual, “Next!” The next trainee wasn’t a loud one, he was almost mumbling his lines: “Leon Walfes. Shiganshina district.” The instructor then marched closer to the trainee, staring into his eyes and remarked: “What’s that, kiddo? Lost the ability to talk, or are you just stupid?” The trainee then let out a sigh, breathed in heavily and yelled, louder than even Keith Shadis: “Leon Walfes! Shiganshina district! I’m going to kill those Titans!” After that yell, Leon slumped back down a bit again and stared blankly into Shadis’ eyes, saying: “That good enough for you?” Keith stepped back a bit, before walking to the next trainee: “Next!”

The list went on and on, until everyone was sent back to their sleeping quarters. In one of these quarters, a group of four was talking in secret, introducing themselves to one another. The shortest of the bunch, with oddly green hair then said: “If you need a runner, I can be of service for that.” after which he was hit on the back by the one next to him, who said: “Aw, don’t try and make yourself look too good, Nuclear! We’re only just starting! Anyways, the name’s Andrew Sustic and if we’re talking specialities, I guess mine would be strength, so if anyone of you is getting bullied, just call my name.”
Next to him was a blonde girl, wearing a long, black and red dress. “My name is Regina and I have come from the royal districts of this town to help you filthy simpletons with your battles.” she said, letting out a soft giggle at the end. Andrew then asked: “Hey, aren’t girls supposed to be in different quarters?” Just as Regina was about to answer Andrew, a soft laugh could be heard from the other side of the room, where Leon Walfes was sitting on top of his bed. “You guys do know that she’s a guy, right?” Leon said. The three then fell back a bit in surprise, while the fourth guy, Katrix Komeiji, simply raised his head from the book he was reading. Regina then asked: “W-what nonsense is this?!” “It makes sense." Leon said, using a monotone voice, "No girls are here. I already figured it out back in Shiganshina. You lived two blocks away. Theodore Robertson, the town’s fool.”
While everyone was still confused, Katrix asked: “So what about you?” Leon then got down from the bed and walked over to the group of four, sitting down between Theodore and Nuclear. “The name’s Leon Walfes. I’m average, but I can see patterns in things and people.” he said, “Even if it seems random, there’s either a rhythm or a motion that shows what they’re going to do, which I can find in an instant.” As Theodore was about to yell again, Andrew asked: “So, what’s your story, Katrix?” Putting down his book, Katrix said in response: “My name is Katrix Komeiji and my speciality is my speed.” From that night on, the five would chat about their findings every night.

After a few months, Nuclear suddenly said: “Hey, guys! How about we form a little group. One that will remain, even if we all go to different squadrons!” Theodore then replied, while still trying to act like Regina: “That sounds like a marvellous idea! A group of servants just for me.” “But what should we call our group?” Andrew asked, but his question remained unanswered for the following 5 minutes, after which Katrix suddenly said: “I got it! I once read a book about some sort of spirits, which were refered to as onis! They would keep away evil or something.” After which Leon replied: “Then I guess it’s settled. We will from now on be the ‘O.N.I. Squad’.” The group then swore an oath to protect each other in battle and to stick together, even if they were to split into different branches, and after the two years of training were done, the five all managed to join the Survey Corps, making it easier to keep their group alive.

Chapter One:
New Recruits

It has been four full years since the O.N.I. squad had been formed. The O.N.I. squad, following the rest of the Survey Corps, went outside the walls, in an attempt to find information about the Titans and a way to defeat them more easily. This mission, like all the others, caused some soldiers to lose their lives, but for this mission, that number was only fifty-three, which is conciderably less than the usual amount of losses that is present when battling the Titans. The average rate of lives lost to Titans defeated is around six to one. To put that into perspective, that would mean an entire modernday class would be lost to defeat five Titans, which is the main reason that the Survey Corps is the military branch with the least members.

After re-entering the city, civilians were, yet again, shivering in shock, while staring at the sight of so little survivors. Many of them fell down in tears, when noticing a family member of theirs, who joined the Survey Corps, was not present in the group of survivors. The Survey Corps then made their way back to their base of operations, where the units were told they could go rest. The O.N.I. squad went back to their hut, where they talked about their findings: “The key to dodging is to see how the titans pull back their arms. They most oftenly will swing with their right arm first, swinging to their left leg, so when you see him do that, simply grapple onto it’s right leg, swing around it and grapple onto the neck. If you see them turning, however, you’ll have to use a gas burst to escape, which costs a lot of gas, so try to avoid those situations.” Leon said, answering Nuclear’s question, “Also, thanks for saving me back there, Andrew. I’d be a goner if you weren’t there.” “No problem,” Andrew replied, “anyone here would’ve done the same for each other.”

While the O.N.I. squad was talking, loud knocking was suddenly heard at their doorstep. “I’ll get it.” Nuclear said, while getting up from his chair. When he opened the door, two new recruits were standing in front of him. They were both wearing the standard Training Corps uniform, marked with the two crossed swords, but one was wearing a big blue hat, while the other was wearing a pair of big goggles. “Can I help you?” Nuclear hesitantly asked. The boy wearing the goggles then replied: “Is this the residence of the O.N.I. squad?” After confirming this, the boy replied: “Awesome! Can we ask you some questions about the Survey Corps?” “Sure.” Nuclear said, while leading the two boys to the rest of the squad. “Hey guys!” Nuclear yelled at the rest of the squad, “These two want to ask us some questions about the Survey Corps.” “Sure, go ahead.” Katrix said, putting away his latest book. The boy with the blue hat then asked: “Are Titans as scary as they say?” Andrew then responded: “They’re indeed scary at first, but after a while, you get used to it. Just remember, there are humans scarier than even Titans.” The boy with goggles then asked “What are the best ways of reaching the Titan’s weak spot?” Katrix then started talking, mentioning his many, many techniques, which lasted for four minutes, before being cut off by Leon, who said: “Okay, that’s enough, Katrix. Basically, fly past the Titan, turn 180 degrees, and fly in for the kill. Any other questions?”

After about an hour, the boys asked their final question: “Now, as our final question, would it be able to join your awesome squadron?” the blue hatted boy asked. The O.N.I. squad was silent for a moment, after which Andrew said: “Eh, let us discuss this in private for a second.” after which the squad moved to a different room, quickly deciding how to respond to their question: “Why would they want to join us? We’re just another group here!” Nuclear said. “They must think we’re something special, remember that you got interviewed and they called us Special Ops?” Leon responded. “I think it would be delightful to have two more servants to do my chores.” Theodore said with Regina’s voice, letting out a soft giggle at the end. Katrix then replied: “How about this? We get them to go along with our next mission, if possible, and if they survive, they can join, but before that, we should see their skills first and if they don’t even pass that qualification, they won’t join.” Leon then replied: “We should not only test their skills, but also their knowledge on both technique and Titans. Katrix, you and I will make those written tests, while you three go set up a skill test.” The group then nodded and went back to the two recruits. “We’ve decided that we’ll have to test you at first, to see if you are worthy of joining the O.N.I. squad. You’ll be tested in both knowledge and skills.” Andrew said, “If all of that is okay, then you two will get a field test. If you can survive that, you can join us. Report back to us in one week. Got it?” The boys nodded and went home for studying, after thanking the squad for their time.

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Exactly one week later, the two recruits returned to the residence of the O.N.I. squad, where they were greeted once again by Nuclear, who guided them to the rest of the squad. After being greeted by the rest of the squad, Leon said: “Let’s get down to bussiness.” While pointing at the recruit with the blue hat, Katrix said: “Would you mind introducing yourself?” The recruit then stood in the proper salute position, moving his legs together and placing his right fist on his heart, and replied: “Nick Matser! I came from Karanese district to aid the battle for humanity!” After writing in his little notebook, Katrix turned to the other recruit and said: “And what about you?” The second recruit then stood in the salute position too and said: “Kootra Smel from Karanese district! I followed Nick in order to help him with helping humanity!” While Katrix was once again writing in his notebook, Leon suddenly said: “You two will be tested on three fronts firstly and, if you manage to pass at least two of them, you will be required to pass the fourth and final test. Understood?” The recruits then nodded in responce. “You two must first follow Nuclear and Theodore, by whom you two will be tested on your speed and technique. To pass, you must at most be three seconds slower than the slowest of the two. Any slower, and you will fail this test. Do I make myself clear?” Leon said. The recruits, still in the salutation position, then yelled: “Sir, yes sir!”

After the conversation, the recruits were brought to one of the forests with giant trees, where the O.N.I. squad had set up indicators for where to go the night before. “It’s simple. You use your 3D Manouver Gear to fly through the forest, while following the path that is layed out for us. Just don’t go above the tree tops and don’t take shortcuts. The rest of the squad is looking at us, so they’ll see if you cheat. Any questions?” The recruits had no questions, so everyone stood at the starting line. From the treetops you could hear a voice: “On your marks. Get set. GO!!!” and as soon as they heard the signal, the two O.N.I. squad members flew off with great velocity, with the two recruits launching a fraction of a second later. As they were flying through the air, Nick reached into his pocket and grabbed something from it. “What’s that, Nick?” Kootra asked. Nick didn’t respond and followed to eat the item, which, somehow, made Nick’s speed increase exponentially. “Woah! Wait up, Nick!!!” Kootra yelled, as Nick flew forward with tremendous speed, even flying past Theodore. “Woah! Did that peasant just overtake me?” When Nick reached Nuclear, the latter turned around for a second, saying: “I see at least one of you is able to keep up.” After around five minutes of flying, the finish line was visible, with Andrew and Katrix standing next to it. Increasing his gas output, Nuclear made a dash forward and placed first, followed by Nick. Theodore managed to catch up, but still only placed third by a few seconds. After waiting for two more minutes, they could finally see Kootra flying in, who almost crashed downwards as he was trying to land, but was stopped from crashing by Leon, who flew down after him. “I think it goes without saying that you need to work on your 3DMG skills.” After Kootra got back on his feet, the two recruits stood next to each other, with the members of the O.N.I. squad standing in front of them. Nuclear, who was standing in the middle of the O.N.I. squad, stepped forward and said: “For this test, only one of you has passed. It goes without saying who that is. The two of you should go back to your dorms for now, for the test tomorrow will require you to be fully concentrated.” The recruits were then brought back to their dorm, who spent most of their night being excited about their preformances and seeing the two O.N.I. squad members in action, but they were also anxious about the following day.

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On the next day, the two recruits returned to the O.N.I. squad’s base of operations. They were yet again greeted by Nuclear and were brought to a different room, which on first look looked like a classroom. Nuclear then told the two to take a seat, pointing to the two benches in the middle of the room. After about three minutes of waiting, the recruits noticed a second door opening, from which Katrix and Leon emerged, who moved to the front of the room. “The two of you will now be tested on your knowledge. To do so, we have thought up one hundred questions, of which you will have to awnser 55 correctly, if you wish to pass this test.” Leon said. Katrix then sat at the seat in front of the classroom, grabbing a book to read, while Leon gave each of the two recruits a pencil and two stacks of paper, one with questions and one to put their answers on, and he then sat down in the back of the classroom. “You have three hours,” Katrix said, “good luck to you two.” The recruits then grabbed their pencils and started writing. The questions they had to answer came in a large variety with an unlogical sequence. ‘What are the dimensions of a Titan’s weak point?’ ‘How long are the wires in your 3DMG?’ ‘What are the three branches of the military?’ The recruits struggled for three hours, after which Katrix suddenly put down his book and said: “Okay you two, time’s up.” He then grabbed the sheets from the two recruits and went to a different room. Leon then got up from his seet and said: “You two wait here, while we grade your tests.” He then walked through the same door Katrix used. The two recruits then asked eachother how they did on the test, while in the other room, Leon and Katrix rapidly looked for mistakes in the recruits’ test forms. After thirty minutes, the two members walked back into the room. “You two have done well enough on this part, however, I must inform you that only one of you has passed. In this case, that person is Kootra. I suggest that both of you should study a bit more, just in case, but before that, you can go back to your dorms and prepare for the next test tomorrow.” Nuclear then came into the room and escorted the two recruits back to their dorm, where the recruits talked yet again about the previous and the next test.

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The following day, the recruits woke up too early, got ready for the final test and headed out to the O.N.I. squad. They arrived at the building and were greeted by all five members, who were lined up outside of the building. Andrew then stepped forward and exclaimed: “Today, the two of you will be taking your third test. No Survey Corps member would be who they are, if they weren’t able to complete this easy test. You will be flying around a forest, where four wooden dummies, shaped like Titans, are placed. Your task will be to cut off markers, which represents a Titan’s weak point, from each of the dummies. If you manage to do this within thirty minutes and your techniques are worthy enough, you will pass the test. Do I make myself clear?” The recruits jumped back into the salute position, yelling: “Sir, yes sir!” Andrew then slowly led the two recruits to the forest, while the other four members raced over there. after a seventeen minute walk, Andrew and the recruits finally arrived at the edge of the same forest that was used during the racing test. Andrew then turned to the two recruits and said: “Your task is simple: Find the wooden Titans; Cut of their ‘napes’; Repeat for the other three wooden Titans. I’ll be standing on top of some branches to observe you two, got it?” The recruits nodded and took off, flying into the forest. After a minute of flying, Nick spotted one of the wooden Titans. “Kootra, I see one!” Nick said, before flying over to the wooden Titan. Nick flew around a few trees, aimed himself at the nape and as he was about to hit it, the wooden Titan turned toward him. Shocked, Nick quickly pulled himself away from the wooden Titan, after which he regrouped with Kootra. “Kootra, these wooden dummies aren’t like the usual dummies they use during training sessions. These actually move!” Nick said, while hanging next to Kootra on a tree. “We’ll have to attack it from two angles if we want to get it. The dummies try to aim their nape away from us, so while one of us flies in as usual, the other waits until it turns, okay?” Kootra said. Nick then smiled, nodded and said: “Okay, I’ll go be the bait.” after which he flew off towards the wooden Titan. Nick flew at the Titan, just like before, which made the wooden Titan turn like before, but unlike last time, Kootra flew at the ‘nape’ of the Titan and cut it off without stopping, which caused the wooden Titan to stop moving. The two recruit then flew off to find the other three wooden Titans. About twenty minutes later, the two recruits finally cut down the final wooden Titan and returned to where they had started the test, where they met up with Andrew and the rest of the members. “It’s good to see that both of you managed to pass this test, thanks to your teamwork, which was another part of this exercise that we wanted to see.” Andrew said, “And with that, both of you have passed this half of the requirements of joining the O.N.I. squad. All that’s left is for you to beat the final test. A survival test, where you will be going along with us on a mission outside the walls. The only thing you two will have to do is take part of our mission and survive. Do you have any questions?” Nick raised his hand, saying: “So this mission will be with real life consequences, where if we fail, we won’t get a second chance?” Leon then stepped forward and said: “That is the whole reason we put these three tests before this. These three tests were to see if you would be able to survive against the Titans. Got it?” Nick then nodded and lowered his hand. “We will be doing this mission in two weeks time. Be ready to leave right after lunch.” Katrix said. And with those words, everyone walked back home.

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NOTE!

Hey guys, Léon here...
Sorry for the delay, but things are busy as heck for me.
The week of 20/10 to 26/10 was holiday, so I was kept away from writing by numerous things, so I'd like to use a delay claim for that, namely the "Holidays keep people too busy to write!"
The week of 27/10 to 2/11 was the week before exam week, so I was kept away from writing by learning and dad, so I'd like to use a delay claim for that, namely the "The week before exam week is for learning, so no writing!"
Please excuse the long delay of chapter 3, which is in the works. I'm about 1/3rd of the way done with it.

author's note

After literally a MONTH of writing (and being kept away from writing), I've finally finished this...
Next chapter will have a bit of a different direction and/or something else that will make it take a bit longer, but it should be done in a week or maybe two
Anyways, have fun reading, everyone

For two weeks, the two recruits trained for the parts they fell short on, so they would be more prepared for their first expedition outside the walls. During that period of time, they were also taught how to ride the specially bred horses, which are used on expeditions by the Survey Corps, for they are the only way of possibly outrunning a Titan when they’re on a wide field with little to no hills, trees or buildings. The recruits trained for days on end and before they knew it, the day of the final test had arrived.

The two recruits grabbed their horses and started their long journey of 100 kilometers, from the southern city of wall Rose, Trost, to the south of the southernmost city of wall Maria, Shiganshina, where they found the O.N.I. squad, who brought their own horses with them, as well as a small carriage in which they placed gas tanks, in case they use the gas from their Three Dimensional Manouver Gear too quickly. As the recruits walked up to the cart, Leon started explaining the test, with little detail: “To complete this mission, the only thing you’ll have to do is survive. We’re going to go south on our horses and slay any Titans that will come our way. We’ll keep doing this, until we find a forest. In that forest, we’ll try and kill a few Titans, after which we’ll head back. Understood?” The two recruits nodded, as they made sure their saddles were fastened correctly. While everyone waited near the horses, checking their equipment and the cart if everything was there, Nuclear was having the gate opened. After another ten minutes of waiting, the O.N.I. squad stood ready as the gate was slowly rising. As soon as the gate was sufficiently open, Katrix yelled out: “Let’s go!” and everyone started riding forward on their horses, heading south to the nearest forest. No sooner had they left, or they could see five Titans approaching. Quickly responding, Andrew, Leon and Katrix jumped from their horses and swung past the Titans and flew upwards, cutting down Titan after Titan.
While the recruits stood in awe, Theodore, who was driving the cart in the midst of everything, yelled at the recruits: “You two! You’ll be no good here if you keep staring at all the action! Stay focussed or your safety cannot be guaranteed! We wouldn’t want to lose two possible servants, now would we?” After listening to Theodore’s wise words, the recruits started focussing on where they were going.

After two hours of riding horses and killing about thirty two Titans, the O.N.I. squad had finally managed to reach one of the giant forests outside the walls. They set up camp on a branch, fourty three meters from the ground, where no Titan could reach them. While Katrix, Andrew and Leon refilled their gas tanks, Theodore dropped down to Nuclear and the recruits, who were tying down the horses at the bottom of the giant tree, to whom he then said: “Okay, simpletons, listen to me. After everyone has refilled their supplies, we will look through this forest, where we will kill any Titan we see. Do you understand?” Kootra then looked up and asked: “Didn’t they already say this before we left?” Theodore looked surprised and replied by saying: “Sh...shut up, peon! I’m just saying it again, so we won’t lose any potential helpers!” The recruits then finished tying down the horses, after which they joined the other members on top of the branch, where they had set up camp. Filled with exitement, Kootra quickly said: “Okay, we finished tying down the horses. Does that mean we finally get to kill some Titans?” After sighing, Katrix replied: “You’re being too fast, Kootra, so just try and take it easy like the rest of us. We’re going to make sure we’re not missing anything, because when we go from this camp to the Titans, we won’t be back here until we reach this mission’s quota of fifteen Titans.” After this, Kootra and Nick quickly checked their equipment, before returning to the group. “We’re ready to go.” Nick said after standing in the typical salute position. The whole squad, including the recruits, then discussed where they would fly to in the forest, which had been mapped out in earlier expeditions. After this, everyone jumped from the branch and flew away with their 3DMG.

Flying through the forest, the O.N.I. squad faced many Titans of varying size, but they still cut them down one after another. At a few instances, a member was grabbed by a Titan, but they would be saved by the other members, who either cut of the Titan’s arm or simply ended it’s existence by slicing the back of it’s neck off. This continued for about an hour, in which they managed to defeat twenty-one Titans, after which they arrived back at the camp they had set up before, where they would now refill the gas tanks that are attached to their 3DMG, before jumping back on their horses and setting course for Shiganshina. While they were traveling back to Shiganshina, the O.N.I. squad fought another fourteen Titans, which ran after them when they saw the humans. The ride back to Shiganshina, just like the trip to the forest before, took them two and a half hour, after which they slowed down, as they were entering the city. Paying little attention to both the angry citizens as well as the cheering crowds, the squad simply continued their journey, as they still needed to get back to their house in Trost, which meant another hour of riding on horseback.

After arriving at the O.N.I. squad’s house, Nuclear told the recruits to sit in the living room, while the rest went upstairs to discuss the results of the final test. As the recruits were impatiently waiting for the results, they tried to distract themselves somewhat by talking about the mission, but sadly enough, it was not enough to distract them from the anticipation. After five minutes of waiting, the recruits finally noticed that the O.N.I. squad was walking downstairs. As they saw them walk into the room, the recruits stood up from the bench and they placed themselves in the military stance of salutation. As the O.N.I. squad stood next to eachother in front of the recruits, Andrew said: “Let’s see, the two of you took the final test in order to join our squadron.” After this, Katrix read from a sheet of paper: “The two of you followed us on a mission outside the walls, where the two of you together killed a total of five Titans in the forest. Keeping in line, you both managed to keep up as we flied through the forest while we were scanning for Titans.” Putting the paper down, he looked up to the recruits and said: “These results have given the two of you the privilege of being part of the O.N.I. squad.” As those words were said, you could see the faces of the two recruits, or ‘former-recruits’ as they are now no longer recruits, lighten up with happiness, as if a dream had come true, after which Leon said: “Something the two of you will have to do now, is think of some sort of title which would fit you. For example, Theodore over there is the ‘O.N.I. Mahou Shoujo’, as he seems like a character straight out of a kid’s show, while Katrix is the ‘O.N.I. Techni’, for he specialises in using fancy techniques to kill the Titans, which you most likely already noticed during the last mission. The two of you can think of them for as long as you’d like. Just make sure to not take a year or somehting, because that would just be rediculous.” Theodore then stepped forward, holding two green capes and a few Survey Corps sigils, after which he said: “Here are your new uniforms. The two of you can keep wearing the same clothes as usual under these, but you’ll have to change it a bit, because you are now full fledged Survey Corps members.” after which he handed both former-recruits their new uniforms. “The two of you should pack your stuff, because you can move out of the recruit quarters and get a room in this area, so come back tomorrow with your bags packed.” Nuclear said, “We’ll see the two of you back here tomorrow.” After that, the two new members went back to their place, where they would stay the night before moving to the O.N.I. squad’s house.”

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