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Well. My dreams had yet another surprise in store for me. My brother asked me to come back to London, and what do I find upon arrival? A city gripped by terror, for it is October 1888 and Jack the Ripper is committing his atrocities. My brother is no where to be found and everyone but me seems to think he's dead.

So I follow in the Ripper's wake, taking on the guise of Atropos in the process, with the goal of ending the reign of terror and finding my brother.

I've been having these dreams of living in this apartment every night since Sunday. It was all pretty normal, until I started having dreams in the dreams. I'm not sure how, but in my dreams, I dream about the apartment, but it's not my apartment. Someone else lives there and it's...I don't know how to describe it, but it's bad. It's all run down and covered in rust. At least I hope it's rust. And there's this....guy...zombie? who crawls out of the wall and comes after me! It just about grabs me and I wake up.

I don't think I like this.

Well it would seem that my mother still knows how to get me to do things. She wanted me to pick up riding again even though I live here. She couldn’t get me to agree through asking so she started by buying the girls and then Regulus horses, knowing full well that I wouldn’t be able to say no to any of the three of them asking me to go horseback riding with them. And that eventually my business sense would kick in and make me realize how foolish it was to keep renting a horse every time.

So allow me to introduce everyone to the newest member of our little family - ( “Cut )

I've married someone in the dreams.

He's a good man, and I know I love him. I think I'm in love with him. But here, I'm in love with someone else. I know it shouldn't matter, and that I'm not the same person here as I was there. The same way I know this is the only life I have any control over.

So why do I feel like I'm betraying them both?

I guess once you finally have the dreams, they keep coming whether you want them to or not.

Most of my dream dealt with the years I spent in training for the military. The use of the 3dmg gear, which lets us fly from trees and rooftops, hand to hand combat which is... kind of hilarious given the fact our enemies are generally... what? 50 feet tall? At the same time I'm actually really good at that part. I used to do kickboxing in high school, so it was really familiar to me, that part.

Where you go after graduation depends entirely on where you place. Those deemed the top 10 have the option of becoming part of the military police. Which mostly stay in the inner circle of the walls to protect the royal family. So... those best at fighting titans never have to see a titan. That... makes sense? Everyone else can choose between the Garrison who protect the walls and the Survey Corps who leave the walls. I fully intend on fighting them, so I'm wanting to join the Survey Corps no matter where I place. At the same time, I've never been one to do things halfway, and I wind up ranking number 5. My sister was top of our class. She and Armin both tell me they're going to join me, even though I tell them both not to. No matter what I do, I want them to be safe. She could be part of the Military Police, and he could be part of the Garrison. Not them out there risking their lives with me.

The day after the ceremony, before we can go and choose where we're going and join our new teams, we still have work to do as trainees. I was on top of Wall Rose when who should come back but the same 200 foot skinless giant that first started this whole nightmare?

And that's where I woke up.