Oh my gosh...not what I expected. What the heck is going on?! When you set your mind on writing eerily, you hit the nail smack on its head. The first bit that made me uneasy was Zackly's letter. What does he know? What has he done? His not-so-veiled threat of harming Historia, or worse still, Julia, has me on edge. I mean, exactly like he wants, right? I totally forgot that Annie may know details of Cee's dad! What does she know? I wish I could tell where Annie's real alliances lie. Okay, and then the end! It went from creepy to what the actual fuck is going on?! The imagery of that massacred white horse in the twilight is just ... *shudder* ... and then the scouts? Where is JEAN? DON'T HURT HIM. And what is up with these flowers? I need the next chapter, please.

Oooooh, Julia. Glorious Julia. She's hilarious - "Is that you, God?" - I especially appreciate that she believes God would call her 'Ms. Carello' because He would. (I mean, He definitely would!) I flippin' adore the little detail of her treasure trove of hair, as well. And I also love her "onward, brave steed!" I actually chuckled at that one, haha! Seriously though, after having written that I appreciate, adore, and love all these things about her, she's one of my all-time favorites. She's a gem. DON'T KILL HER. On a more serious note, something that always jumps out at me as a hallmark of your talent is how deftly you transition from playful character banter to quick dramatic action; it happens so quickly and yet, it isn't jarring in the slightest. It's talent, definitely, but you can also tell that you are a trained writer. That sort of thing takes skill, not just talent, so brava to you. I also really like the details of Annie's failed Titan transition ... I feel like we'll revisit this later. Hmm? Yes? And lastly, ooOOooOOoo things gettin' creepy, but boi do I have *feelings* on how this chapter ends: "Annie said, 'I'll go first.'" Yea-uh, buddy. Here we goooOOoooo!

So happy to have gotten an email alert for a new chapter. I've read many fanfics on here and you are one of my favorite writers! I hope you are doing well and I can't wait for the next chapter.

Yay! Thanks for the update.

Hope you get back to updating this story soon... I've really enjoyed the entire saga.

Wait. What? No! You can't just end a chapter like that, on some marvelous bit of witty and ferocious dialogue that is killing me in the very best way. How dare you. How dare you! You clever, brilliant writer. Makes me sick. Pixis's character is just perfection, this chapter is just stupidly perfect, riddled with wonderful details that bring everything to life. And then Julia. Oh I do love her! Your talent really shines through the interaction between her and Zackly. Not only is it humorous, the reader is also anxious for her safety. You deftly navigate the murky water of entertaining discomfort, which, my dear, is a very hard feat. Well done! I cannot wait to see what Zackly has in store - I haven't the foggiest, and it's driving me crazy.

God I love Pixis! You write him so perfectly. He's pretty much the only one I can really see going up against Zackly anyway, and you've done such a marvelous job with their confrontation. I also love the little details about him and his family that you've thrown in - the house and the wife and the 'riot of grandchildren'. It's just perfect!
OH MY FUCKING - JULIA! What the actual fuck?! How does Zackly not even really react to being shot? TWICE?! What the hell! But... it seems plausible, and that, I think, is the terrible thing. Her reaction to him being so close, though... That was excellent and very well done. The flood of emotion and memory was just spectacular.
Fucking Zackly. You've written him so well he disgusts me. It's going to be hard to separate the Zackly you've created here from the cannon Zackly in the manga (though I'm fairly certain he's just as fucked up in the manga as he is here - if not even more so).
Amazing chapter, dear! Wonderful! I very much enjoyed it, and I look forward to the next one. :)

I love how you're exploring what's going on inside of the walls while 'Cee is outside. I know you have something planned for when she and the others returned, but I haven't figured out what yet. I like that you're building up this suspense, though! Zackly has something planned for her, I'm sure, and I want to know what that something is! You've given us so many different points of view on this whole issue and still no real answers, damn you! :D I love it, I do.
Now, time to go to the next one!
(I'm sorry this review is so late in coming, btw.)

I literally devoured the "The burning Titan" series And i cant express how thrilled and grateful I am that you Continue with the epic Tale of Mercedes Carello. I personaly Feel like Mercedes is really a character of the Show not just an OC, thats how well she fits in , in the whole Setting of Attack on Titan. Your writting skills and especially your Storytelling skills are really impressive. Good work. Keep it up

The plot thickens! Yes! The setting for this encounter was perfection, the beauty of Historia's terrace and the ugliness of Zackly's heart. We saw the way he treated Gustav (that enhance was brilliant) and the bit of irony when he asks the queen who opened the gate for Cee is so effective here. Honestly. This is amazing. I can't wait to see what Historia does, bless her. ((And now I want quiche.)

DIALOGUE! You're so, so good at dialogue. I have to say that I watched the last part of Star Wars Episode V before I finished this chapter and I can hear the London Symphony Orchestra striking up as I was reading this. So, there's that. It fit well! The pacing of this was really excellent, especially in the last section, and the beats of the dialogue were well done and so well in character for Annie. I love deftly done internet recaps so this is great here, Annie's wanting to know about the world. I love how complex she is as well. Plus there was this part: "the smell of pine and fungi engulfed them in woody musk" and the part were you say the sky having thoughts of morning...oh joy, that is so beautiful to read. I think this is the best chapter yet! Story is moving along really well.

I really loved how your worked in the trick riding at the beginning of the chapter and how useful it was to 'Cee. That was brilliant. I loved the pacing too. It all flowed very well. I feel like Oliver's going with her has so much more meaning after that drabble you posted and I just sort of feel sorry for the poor guy. :( He will go back to nothing and it's two days before his birthday! How terrible for him... and he's doing it all for 'Cee. Once again, your chaterization of Annie was flawless. You write her so perfectly and I love it. The way she's trying to figure out the current world situation and the little comment she made about Zackly being 'Cee's boss was just epic. It's really something to think about! Please don't hurt Julia or Baena or Fhalz anymore than you already have! I need them to live and be adorable! Wonderful chapter. I loved it. :)

Oh! Oh my gosh. I was NOT expecting that a bit. Zackley (that creepy bastard) scared me! And I was shocked to read that Gustav got hurt, ugh. I should have known. You made me feel for him with all his talk of his future and what he wanted and that was his house. Ugh. Oh, and then the little mention of future life through Marga as she informs them of Adrienne's engagement. Truly. Masterfully fine, dear. What I loved about that scene in parent ocular was the little flirt of Oliver and Marga and then of course the imagery as the scene opens: "The amber light of evening filtered through the small, mostly overgrown orchard, as though carried on the breeze that smelled of apples and plums." That's just lovely. Really, really, stupidly lovely. Oh, oh. And then the complexity of Annie's character always thrills me, and you write her so very well. All in all, I'm nervous and excited to see what happens now! Eek!

Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. HERE WE GO! Okay, this chapter was great - I love that Gustav is going with them now, and I love how he came to warn them. I was feeling nervous from that moment until the end because I was sure they were going to be stopped by Zackley's men, but I'm so glad I was wrong. I'm afraid now, though, for those left behind because Zackley's men will be coming to the house after Annie. Speaking of Annie, I love the bit of Baena's character when she ran inside and got the scarf because Annie would be seen. Actually I loved all of these characters' interactions because you've got extremely different personalities working together, who don't really like each other, and yet it goes. Like it is written in such a way that you can't help but to be amused at all the different characters, all the different personal goal for going to Karanese, etc...and yet they are all linked by one common enemy - Zackley. Well done, yet again, my friend. It's so lovely reading the small pieces of plot unfolding one chapter at a time.

Oh, Anka! It is ANKA! That part made me especially sad, for whatever reason. I feel so badly for Gustav, but I'm also glad he has decided to ride to the Carellos to warn Cee. I like what you did with that confrontation though, between Anka and Gustav. How you set it up, sort of highlighting the easy relationship that they had with one another - comfortable silence, her pouring his coffee, her asking about the news, etc - in order to make the betrayal that much more stinging. As always, the dialogue is wonderful - everything is always wonderful.