Inure

by Noc007

Being found outside the Walls was not a good thing. Finding out that you're in a fictional world with the foreknowledge of what's to come was also incredibly dangerous— for herself and everyone else. An enigma wrapped in an anomaly from the moment she opened her eyes, Isadora is forced to accept the ugliness of this new reality called life. {An OC - SI fic.}

Note:

This is my realistic take on a modern person of our time appearing in this dystopian world. I'll be writing the gritty truth of survival and the dark themes that come with it. Since all of my stories contain a certain amount of realism to them, this story will be no exception. This will be based on the anime and eventually the manga, so this is a spoiler-free story for the time being. If you're familiar with the butterfly effect, you'll have an idea of what to expect.

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Inure: to accept or grow accustomed to something undesirable

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{...Prologue...}

Debriefing Report

Year 843 of July 17

Conducted by Captain Erwin Smith

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Section IV: Female Child

To reiterate, under the command of Keith Shadis, the survey corps conducted our monthly expedition outside the walls with the purpose of surveying the surrounding lands as part of our quest for future human expansion.

On July 16, we experienced what can only be described as a peculiar weather phenomenon late in the afternoon. Though summer, the skies were overcast on this day and though not uncommon, there was a "heaviness" in the air that was palpable. It would be soon enough when we heard what could only be described as "rolling thunder" that we witnessed a strange phenomenon. A sudden jet of an almost blinding blue lightning shot down from the skies making direct contact with the earth less than a kilometer away from where we were temporarily stationed. It is to be noted this event had noticeably agitated our horses, animals specially bred and seasoned by battles in these territories.

As it were, the lands on this side of the wall were not the plains of the south. Sprawled through the landscape, we originally had a vantage point for all four directions for any potential titan sighting. Were it not for the lightning strike, we would not had noticed the titans in the vicinity of the aforementioned strike.

Due to the situation at hand (See Section V: Titans), neither of us had the luxury at the time to observe anything out of the norm as we focused on the task at hand. It wouldn't be until we started the process of departing that we noticed the child.

After the initial shock of seeing the young female child kneeling down in the midst of decaying titan carcasses, I called out to the girl but received no response. It wouldn't be until I approached her that I would get a better sense of the girl's situation. Wearing what I could only describe as a peculiar nightshirt, she was hunched over with her head lowered and cradling her left arm. On closer inspection, it was apparent her arm had been badly injured, if not broken. Even as I knelt before her and with my fellow comrades watching on, the girl had not reacted to us being there and much less acknowledged my presence despite how close I was to her. Given the circumstances on how we found her and what had transpired prior to it, it was to be expected the girl would be unresponsive and in shock. Cautiously, I reached out and touched her frail shoulder. What happened afterwards could only be described as a "sudden violent realization of her situation" the moment the girl made eye contact with me. This had clearly caused a shock to her system for she quickly fainted afterwards.

With the unconscious girl in my arms, the rest of the group immediately went in search of casualties. Despite knowing that no civilians should be on the other side of the Walls, much less a lone child, we expected to find evidence of some group. After a thorough search, no bodies or blood for that matter was found within the vicinity or within the decomposing titans.

With the evening fast approaching, we wrapped up our quest and headed to our nearest base camp for the night. With the abnormal titans that we dealt with and the child we found amongst them, Commander Shadis ordered our expedition to a conclusion and with the new order of leaving the next morning.

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AN:

I can only imagine writing the whole report by hand to be painful and considering you have to be detailed "enough", I can only say YIKES. No wonder the higher ups were always swamped with paperwork. That said, I'm definitely excited for writing this story and if you're familiar with my style, you know I'll stick to being realistic as possible. Granted, who in their right mind would even want to live in this world?

Thanks for reading!