When the trainees first met each other, one of the first things they noticed about each other was the fact that they all talked funny. Armin informed all of them that they had all began to pick up on all the different accents people had.
Sasha was first. Armin listened intently to Sasha's accent. It was particularly heavy and strange to his ears. He took out his small book and started writing down words that her accent affected to his ears. If she noticed him, Sasha said nothing about it, electing to continue to babble on.
Reiner came next. His accent was very bold and loud. Very different to Armin's own accent. There were lots of words that his accent affected. To Armin's ears at least. Sasha took up one page of his book, and Reiner took up four. Bertholdt was going to be the next victim- subject. He definitely meant to say subject.
Bertholdt had a much softer version of Reiner's accent. It didn't even take up half a page of Armin's book. Or, rather, it couldn't even take up more than that. Bertholdt had asked what Armin was doing half-way through. Armin had explained, and Bertholdt got embarrassed, and asked him to stop. Annie was next.
Annie had a very odd accent. It was loud like Reiner's, or soft, but was somewhere in the middle. She took up a page and a half with the words that sounded strange to his ears. She had been strangely cooperative when he'd asked her to say different words for him. He decided he liked her accent.
Ymir was quite difficult to collect data on. To hear her talk a lot, he had to be near her when she was privately talking to Christa. Which was not an easy task to do. He'd gotten a considerable amount of data on her when Ymir found him out and decided to chase him. All Armin ever says of that incident is that he was glad he was wearing his gear, and she wasn't.
Christa wasn't hard to get data on at all. She was the easiest one of his victims to collect from. Wait, Armin didn't say victim. He definitely said subject. (He is definitely going to need you all to have your ears checked. You all might have problems if you keep hearing victim when he says subject.) Her information only took up about three-quarters of a page. She readily held a conversation with him, allowing him to write down everything that sounded strange to him.
Mina was the next victim.
No, she was the next subject. Get your hearing checked already, guys. Mina was also pretty easy to collect data on. Her accent was quite soft and was one of the ones Armin actually cared to hear. She held a conversation with him for hours, allowing Armin to write two whole pages of words on her.
All of the information gained about Connie happened in the dining hall just like Sasha. Connie spoke fast, resulting in Armin only collecting about a quarter page on him. His accent was light and fast with barely any words that sounded strange to Armin. Onto the next victim. (I believe we've already been over this. You all need new ears or something if this is going to continue.)
Jean had an accent that was slightly similar to Christa and Mina's. It wasn't the softest of accents, and yet, it wasn't the thickest of accents. It sounded a little bit strange to hear an accent like that come from the mouth of the trainee dubbed 'Horseface'. Jean got a page and a half on his accent. Onto the next subject. (There. Have you guys all gotten your ears checked? Good. You heard subject this time instead of victim.).
Eren was one Armin really didn't need to do. The two of them had grown up in the same place, and therefore had the exact same accent. He didn't even write anything down in his book for Eren other than Eren's name at the top of a new sheet. One more to go.
Mikasa had probably the most foreign accent out of all the other trainees to Armin. He had gotten used to it ever since they'd been kids, but he'd never heard anyone else speak with the accent she had. Mikasa took up five whole pages in his book. He knew she spoke a language that had long been forgotten to everyone else in the walls, and he thought that was maybe why she had the accent she did. She had a tendency to mispronounce words, especially if they had an 'l' in them. She also said names differently. For example, most people said Armin Arlert, but she said Arumin Arureruto which was a little bit off from his actual name. She also sometimes added extra letters to words, making them sound extremely different to his ears. (See his name example above.) All in all, Armin decided he liked her accent the best.
A/N: So... Yeah, I'm not dead. I know I said expect the unexpected all the way back on Christmas Eve, but, uh, yeah. That was definitely unexpected wasn't it? Actually, I was really stoked and excited to post my Christmas chapters that I wrote, but then I logged on Christmas day, and found out that they all got deleted. All of them. Same with my New Year's chapters. So if anyone wants to read what I have for Christmas or New Years, (because I re-wrote the chapters, but not in time for them to still be relevant to the dates in reality), just shoot me a message. It would be much easier for both of us if you could PM me because that most likely means you've got an account here, and we can set up a DocX connection for me to send them to you. So that's that.
For the accents, I'll list what they all have, to make it less confusing. Sasha has a Scottish accent, Reiner and Bertholdt have Australian accents, Annie has an Irish accent, Ymir has a Liverpool English accent, Christa has a London English accent, Mina has a Surrey English accent, Connie has a Wales accent, Jean has a Norfolk English accent, Eren and Armin have American accents, and Mikasa has a Japanese English accent. The type of accent one would get from having Japanese as a first language, and then speaking English basically. Look it up on YouTube if you want to hear it.
And that was not Mikasa/Armin at the ending. Mikasa just has the longest little section in this chapter because it's her birthday today! February 10 is Mikasa's birthday. Happy birthday Mikasa! (If you can't tell, she's my favorite character.) That's why this chapter is going up today, because it's February 10 where I live. I wanted to do a birthday themed chapter for her, but I already did a birthday themed chapter, so I couldn't do that again. Thanks for reading!
See you later!