Smoke from the firebox polluted the skin around her goggles. The coal that flickered at the plunge of her shovel. "He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon." One of the hostages glowered up at Hanji who frowned. "What do you think? It'll be a first for us devils... the steam locomotive..." Hanji seated herself opposite the two Marleyan engineers, Armin shoved coal into the hotbox whilst she brushed her eccentric fingers over the interior of the train.
"No difference to the steam we use to power our boats only this... is powered on land." Levi frowned at the two engineers. "Levi... our boats cannot create steam at this velocity." Hanji rose up to her feet and unlocked the door to cross her way over to the carriage for passengers. "Oi... wipe that shit off your face... be presentable for the people of the walls in the least." Levi frowned and caught onto her arm despite the gust echoed by the speed of the vehicle.
"Aye, aye, Captain Levi." Hanji collected her pearl-grey hat and marron coat from between Levi's hold after she had rolled down the sleeves of her white shirt. She clothed herself in order to hide the smudges of soot on her uniform. "Oi..." Levi tugged her back by the arm before she unlocked the door to the carriage. Levi wrenched out his cravat and began to polish her face as if it were his boot. "Levi!" Hanji staggered under the hold on the cloth, Levi bought her close by the waist, afraid she'd fall.
The closeness caused both of their hats to tilt when they drew near. The blemished cravat was stolen by the wind, Eren unlocked the door from the inside. "Commander... your face... it's..." Eren pointed at his own face to illustrate the difficult ash around her glasses. Hanji pinched the bridge of her nose, irritated at both men for their obsession over cleanliness, proceeded forth into the carriage but was dragged back by the might in Levi's arms.
He flickered his tongue across both of her cheeks and rubbed the dirt off her face with his thumbs whilst he held onto the sides of her face. Hanji nonplussed by the abnormality, Eren burned under his eyes after what he had witnessed and Mikasa tugged at the ruby curtains behind them all for the sake of privacy. Levi spat out the taste in his mouth outside of the carriage, locked the door to it and shoved Hanji through the red curtains. Jean wore his rose coloured waistcoat with a bouquet of marigolds in hand beside Connie who wore his pea-green suit along with Sasha who wore her coffee-coloured jacket, both of their mouths were full of spaghetti.
The carriage had surprised the Commander with a banquet between the hostages and engineers from Azumbito. The people of the walls clapped for the 14th Commander's arrival. Hanji grinned and straightened up the red tie under her coat and rested her gaze upon the man beside her. Levi noticed their was soot on her nose and pinched the dirt off before anyone realised and neared her ear. "Shitty glasses... give us all a good speech before I bathe you with my tongue... you're still covered in the shit." Levi muttered under his breath, Hanji blushed crimson colours and murmured back, "I hate water." Yelena heaved one bucket of water over both of them. "Get a room both of you..." Yelena sighed before their deathly glares, "Yelena! Why would you do that?!" Onyankapon cried out and the bucket dropped from her hand, Levi confronted the tall woman with the greatest scowl.
"I hate you and your God."
Zeke sneezed twice and the baseball dropped from his hand. "Two times? Mr Jäger... something bad must've been said about you..." Colt chuckled and scratched his head.
"It must be... Levi." Zeke gulped.
