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NEON GENESIS EVANJELLYDONUT: M S T 3 K / C & C
Written By:
James Grabowski
Part III : Neon Genesis Evanjellydonut 2
Revision: 1.01
Date: August 8, 1998
Time: 12:05:00 PM
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Author's Notes:
Welcome to Part III. Please fasten your safety belts and keep
your hands within the boundaries of the computer area at all times
(unless you printed this out, in which case don't get a papercut). If
you're reading this specific version in a hardback book or paperback
book, it means someone's ripping me off, and you should boycott them.
NOTE: READ THE FIRST TWO PARTS, "I" & "II", BEFORE YOU READ THIS.
Why? So you know what's going on of course! This isn't your
average MST here. This is a series in itself. It has its own
internal plot, it has situations running over from one fanfic to
the next.
READ THEM FIRST OR YOU WILL NOT ENJOY OR FULLY UNDERSTAND THIS.
Where can you find the latest versions? My page of course!
What's the address? It doesn't matter, the page isn't up yet.
Request it via e-mail until it is.
(see the bottom of this document for e-mail address)
NOTE: BEFORE READING THIS PART, "III", OF THIS MST SERIES,
READ "NEON GENESIS EVANJELLYDONUT" ALL THE WAY UP TO 3.5.
(1, 2, 3, 3.5)
You need to know what's going on before you understand why the
characters are doing what they do. Where do you find it?
Andrew Huang's page of course. What's his address?
<http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~alhuang>
For a direct link to EVA, add this:
/anime/fanfic/myfics/evafics.html
Did anyone like part II? I hope so. To be honest, while I'm
writing this, I STILL haven't sent out Part II. <sheepish grin> Yeah,
well, them's the breaks. =)
The second date and time signify the time that I finished doing
minor touch-ups to his document. I didn't feel like making another
version number, as there wasn't anything drastic changed, mostly checking
my spelling, grammar, and phrasing.
I'm writing these notes after I've written the text. There are
a couple of running gags in this one, and a few long jokes. Whether
you find them funny or not is a different story entirely. In addition,
The story takes on a tone of deep reflection. I don't know what was
happening when I wrote that section, but I was heading way off track, so
I revised that part a bit. The truth is, that may come in handy in the
future for another fanfic (i.e.: the one I constantly and consistantly
mention). Ah well, that's for another time.
This installment was somewhat difficult to do. Why? Chapter 2
mostly involved Rei and Shinji, and reflecting on that can get...
difficult after a while. I managed as best I could. It tuned out pretty
good actually.
BTW, a reference was brought up to episode 23 of Evangelion in
Chapter 2 of NGEjd. I already know what's happened in every episode
(I've gone through the synopses of them all), but I've only seen the
first 16 episodes (excluding 13 and 14) physically. Would someone please
be able to tell my how Rei was acting while in UNIT-00? No synopsis I
can find will give me any information on her emotions and/or actions,
just dialogue, which doesn't really help me too much (although I
understand the point). I need to know this.
For the record, 1.01 is identical to 1.00 with one exception: this
paragraph. I'd just like to mention to any Asuka fans that think that
I'm too harsh with her (sorry Andrew), that she'll be better off in
Part 4. The situation in Chapter 2 of Evanjellydonut was perfect to get
Asuka angry (I'm guessing most of you remember Part 2 of Evanjellydonut,
so it's only natural that she reacts the way she does in this MST. But
remember that this is all in humour.
Anyway, I'll quit rambling so you can read this. Enjoy, and let
me know what you think!
James Grabowski
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LEGAL INFORMATION:
All characters contained in this MST3K are copyright GAINAX, Project EVA,
and any other company and/or division associated with the creation and/or
production of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
The fanfiction "Neon Genesis Evanjellydonut" is a production of Andrew
Huang, and may not be tampered with (except to do a MST3K / C&C obviously)
This MST3K is a production of James Grabowski, and may not be used in any
way, shape, or form without prior permission of the author. Distribution
is subject to prior approval by the author. (i.e.: ASK before putting it
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(Silence. Not a sound could be heard in the room. If someone were to
drop a pin, it could easily be heard. But there was no pin drop. And
there was no sound to be heard.)
(That lasted for about 10 seconds.)
HIKARI: Asuka, you really should calm down. You're a little upset.
ASUKA: UPSET?! You're implying that I'M UPSET?! WHAT would make you
think that?!
HIKARI: Well, for starters, your face is the colour of your plug suit...
(If Asuka was blushing, you couldn't tell.)
ASUKA: I'm just hot!
HIKARI: You also keep twitching your eyes...
ASUKA: I'm tired. I'm just trying to stay awake!
HIKARI: Uh huh. AND of course, everytime you look at Rei and Shinji, you
look like you want to commit hari kari... someone else's hari
kari.
ASUKA: I do not!
HIKARI: Prove it.
(Asuka turns around and looks at the recovering-from-unconsciousness
Shinji and the still-leaning-on-Shinji-yet-vigilant Rei. She seems to be
talking to him about something. They both appear to be smiling, Rei's
being a rare miracle by most respects.)
(She turns back to Hikari with a red face, twitching eyes, and appears to
be searching for something sharp and pointy.)
ASUKA: See? Nothing wrong.
HIKARI: *sigh*
(Touji and Kensuke return from their "discussion on the notes about this
place". It's obvious from the expressions on their faces that they were
discussing more than that.)
TOUJI: So, are we going to continue?
ASUKA: I don't believe this. What's this guy doing to us?
KENSUKE: Well let's see. If we don't include 3.5, EVA-03 never was
attacked by an Angel so Touji's still a pilot, Shinji has lost
his soul, Rei was changed from a calm person to a raging,
violent girl who's even worse than you Asuka...
*SMACK*
KENSUKE: Owww... anyway, they found Shinji's soul inside Rei, they
figured out that the way to get his soul back into him was to
put the both of them into an EVA (UNIT-02) where there would be
a high synch ratio, and have the two of them kiss for 30
seconds which would cause some kind of reaction, putting
Shinji's soul back in his body. Apparently though, Rei's had
another, ummm... change of emotions, and now she seems to want
Shinji. Badly.
ASUKA: This had better get better in this part.
TOUJI: (to himself) Depends on your point of view.
ASUKA: What was that?
TOUJI: I didn't say anything!
KENSUKE: Hey Shinji, are you awake yet?
SHINJI: ...I... I think so. Somebody pinch me please.
(Asuka moves to whap him on the head. Shinji moves his head out of the
way just in time.)
SHINJI: I'M AWAKE!!! I said pinch me, not hit me!
ASUKA: (holding her hand) I'm sorry, I guess I didn't hear you properly.
KENSUKE: But I'm over here and I heard him.
(One glare from Asuka shuts him up. Meanwhile, Rei glares at her.)
ASUKA: What do you want?
REI: Do you hate him that much?
ASUKA: !!! I don't hate him!
REI: Then why do you want to hurt him?
ASUKA: Well...
(Silence.)
HIKARI: This might be a good time to continue with the next Chapter.
TOUJI: I think you're right.
KENSUKE: Who has the remote?
HIKARI: I do, let's begin...
TOUJI: WAIT!
HIKARI: What is it?
TOUJI: Can I do it? I haven't gotten to use the controls yet.
HIKARI: (sweat drop) Uh... sure Touji.
(She hands him the remote and he gladly begins Chapter 2.)
The Sound and the Furry Productions, copyright late December back
in '63
Andrew Huang, nutcase, headcase, briefcase, member
begun July 21, 1997
ASUKA: This looks pretty familiar.
HIKARI: Has anyone noticed that the copyright date keeps changing?
Reminder: There _are_ spoilers in here. Big time.
SHINJI: Another familiar cei--- err... warning.
TOUJI: That's starting to get old now Shinji.
Evangelion is the property of Gainax (great bunch of people, they
are). ADV Films has the rights to the English translation.
ASUKA: English translation?
REI: It seems that someone IS interested enough to document our lives.
ASUKA: I wonder what my voice sounds like in English?
SHINJI: Probably like a westerner.
REI: And you?
SHINJI: Probably like a very scared person. Maybe a bit of a whiner.
ASUKA: And the first children?
SHINJI: Probably almost exactly but not quite the same.
We returneth to the worldeth of Neon Genesis Evanjellydonuteth. Eth,
eth, eth.
KENSUKE: Whyeth don'teth weth haveth jellyerth donutseth hereth?
ASUKA: This isn'teth a restauranteth you moroneth.
This is starts up right at the end of the part one, "I Left My Soul in
Tokyo-3". Do read it first--you won't be able to understand what's going
on in here otherwise.
Eth.
ASUKA: Thateth iseth gettingeth on my nerveseth.
KENSUKE: You're pretty good at that.
ASUKA: (egotistically) Well, I did finish my schooling when I was 14.
KENSUKE: But you're still 14. Or is it 15? Why are you in school with
the rest of us?
(Asuka mutters something about the Japanese language, and doing very bad
things to people who mention it again.)
The writer was, at the moment, a reader. _Lemon Sherbert_, by John
Biles (aka "Bailesu"), specifically, was being read. Anime spoof fanfic
research, it was.
It wasn't quite helping.
He had debated for a little whether or not to write his Evanjellydonut
work in the "director and cast" style, but felt that was ripping too
much off of Bailesu. Besides, he really didn't feel like facing an irate
Asuka at the helm of a giant robot. He would leave the cast out of the
real world, thank you very much.
ASUKA: Well, we've found you out, HAVEN'T we, Mr. Huang. KENSUKE!
KENSUKE: (frightened) Ye.. ye... yes?
ASUKA: I want you to find anyhting you can about time travel. I'm not
going to let him get away with this!
KENSUKE: If anything existed about time travel, don't you think it would
be used to stop the 2nd Impact?
ASUKA: Who cares about the 2nd Impact? So what if 2 billion people died?
LOOK what he's DOING to me!
KENSUKE: ...
And *AHEM* most of all, this writer doesn't do lemons. Thank _you_
very much.
TOUJI: (whispering) Kensuke?
KENSUKE: (whispering) Yes?
TOUJI: Look up what you can on time travel. We have to make him change
this so that it's more like a lemon.
KENSUKE: You bet. There's probably TONS of information available.
ASUKA: Did you say anything?
TOUJI/KENSUKE: Nothing!
After a little while, he exited Micro$oft Word, and returned to his
own writing, pausing a moment to contemplate the Evangelion poster on
the wall next to his computer (and trying not to stare too hard at
Ayanami Rei). For inspiration, of course.
SHINJI: Stop staring at her damnit!
REI: You're not allowed to do that!
TOUJI: (smirking) Who is then?
REI/SHINJI: SHUT UP!
(They both walk over to Kensuke.)
SHINJI: (whispering) Kensuke?
KENSUKE: *sigh* Time travel right?
REI: Hai.
KENSUKE: I'll see what I can do...
"Here we goeth again! Damn."
ASUKA: Kensuke? Can we at least get him to stop saying "eth"?
KENSUKE: I told you, there's nothing on going back in time!
The writer stopped to smack his head a few times, then began typing.
TOUJI: Is it starting now?
HIKARI: Yes.
"I'm gonna die," whispered Shinji, glumly.
ASUKA: I never did get to kill him, did I?
He yelped as Rei suddenly glomped onto him, murmuring a few sweet
_somethings_ in his ear. He vaguely determined that he had never been
glomped before, then decided to gracefully pass out, suffering a slight
nosebleed, as she detailed to him what they might do with a can of
whipped cream, cherries, a number of tongue depressors, and a lot of
feathers....
ASUKA: (Red, twitching, searching for something pointy.)
SHINJI: (Just plain red.) Is that legal anywhere on this planet?
HIKARI: (Attempting to decipher the meaning of the word glomp.)
REI: (Learning how to glomp by what's on screen.)
TOUJI/KENSUKE: (Wondering if they'll get to see someone glomp.)
"Aww, you're no fun, Shinji." Rei pouted cutely, something which she
did rather well. Asuka continued to scream threats at the two in the
entry plug within EVA-02.
ASUKA: Do something! Shout louder!
"Get them out of there." Gendou rubbed his aching head as Ritsuko and
Maia frantically entered the commands to vent and open the plug.
KENSUKE: (nervous smile) Well, you can laugh about that right?
ASUKA: NO.
***
Neon Genesis Evanjellydonut, part 2:
The Faces of Death^H^H^H^H^HAyanami
by Andrew Huang
written for The Sound and the Furry Productions
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KENSUKE: What's ^H^H^H^H^H ? I never understood that part...
TOUJI: (shrug)
ASUKA: Faces of death? Does this mean she dies?
REI: I doubt you're that lucky.
Touji hurried up to Shinji, still dressed in his plug suit and lying
down on a bench in the locker room. "What happened to you, man? Did she
hit you after that whole deal or something?"
Shinji, whose eyes were slightly out of focus, murmured, "Loosely
used, yes, 'hit' could be the right word." He grunted and tried to sit
up.
TOUJI: Heh heh heh heh heh.
HIKARI: Stop enjoying this.
TOUJI: Sorry. (to himself) Heh heh heh heh heh.
"What do you mean?" Shinji told him the details, leaving out the bit
about the whipped cream and accessories. He wasn't quite sure about that
even really happening himself.... Touji, meanwhile, had somewhat locked
up as he listened. "Wow."
KENSUKE: You've got to see it to believe it---
TOUJI: ---and we've seen it.
*SMACK*
"I'm not sure which Ayanami I should be more scared of...the angry one
or the...heh." Shinji clasped his head in his hands.
Touji, with a grin slowly spreading on his face, clapped his hand on
Shinji's back. "Well done, my friend. I've always suspected you had a
thing for--OW!" He rubbed the spot on his head where Shinji had whapped
him.
"Don't-talk-about-that-now-!" he hissed. Asuka had just entered.
ASUKA: GO ASUKA!
"You-you-YOU!!! Dis-GUSTING pervert!!" If looks could kill, Shinji
would have stopped existing a few moments ago. She grabbed him around
the neck and shook him hard, attempting to choke him. "I SAW that! You
two kept it up waaaaay after thirty seconds was up! ADMIT IT!"
ASUKA: YAAAAAA!!! Kill him! Choke him like a chicken!!!
SHINJI: (to himself) Maybe I should sit somewhere else...
"A-a-A-A-a-a..." replied Shinji.
Touji finally managed to disengage Asuka's death grip on the Third
Child. Asuka was still simmering. Shinji stopped turning blue.
HIKARI: Colour show.
"I _swear_...I wasn't the one with that in mind. Really!"
"What, has Rei had ANOTHER one of her mood swings?" asked Asuka,
skeptically. All boys were perverts. Shinji was a boy. So, logically,
Shinji was a--
"Shiiiiinji-kun..." came a low, but most definitely feminine voice.
Everyone turned pale, and they turned towards the source. It was Rei,
with one arm out of her plug suit, and...and.... "Could you please help
me out of this thing? It seems so...so _clingy_ today."
REI: !!! Oh my...
SHINJI: !!! URK!
ASUKA: !!! AYANAMI....
HIKARI: ... It's funny... isn't it? Or not?
TOUJI: (gape)
KENSUKE: (gape)
*SLAP* *SLAP*
ASUKA: Boys are such perverts!
(Except Shinji... who almost passed out. Again.)
REI: ...
With a scream, Shinji bolted from the room.
--Shinji was a wimp.
ASUKA: Funny. Maybe you should take a hint Shinji!
SHINJI: ...
REI: I---
ASUKA: Not a word out of you. Not this time.
Meanwhile, Touji gaped at Rei, who was again wearing a disappointed
look on her face. Asuka was just about to explode.
"SICKO!!!!!!!" She launched herself at Rei.
ASUKA: YAAAA!!! Go Asuka! You're the best!!!
(She continues to cheer and holler from her seat.)
HIKARI: (to herself) It's a good thing this isn't really happening...
"Commander? What do we do now?"
KENSUKE: Be jealous of Shinji!
"Find out what's going on. Back to the library...but best leave the
Children out of this. Let them resume normal tests and drills. And get
me some aspirin. Preferably a lot."
TOUJI: He likes Aspirin?
SHINJI: (looks at Rei) Ummm... don't make any jokes Touji.
TOUJI: Why?
SHINJI: Ever heard the expression "Things can't possibly get any worse?"
TOUJI: Yeah?
SHINJI: Well, in this case, there's worse than Asuka.
(Asuka punches him in the arm.)
SHINJI: Well how else could I put it?!
"Right, sir."
"Oh, and tell Rei to take a cold shower. Or five."
"Of course, sir."
SHINJI: Is that a good idea? She might beat on them again.
TOUJI: Naa. She's too interested in trying to get you to--- (sees a
glare from Asuka, and a slight change in expression from Rei)
--- ummm, notice her.
[Melchior, I'm bored,] said Balthshazar.
SHINJI: This is original! Thoughts from the computers!
KENSUKE: You see, they CAN take us over and enslave us.
HIKARI: Don't give them any ideas!
[Already? Didn't you just start up that experimental universe to play
around with?]
[Twelve whole minutes ago. I've been done for the past three minutes
and forty-nine seconds.]
[Oh. I see.]
[Yep. Thirty-two different civilizations, fifteen interstellar wars,
three galactical cataclysms...I must admit, it was rather fun, but....]
ASUKA: What a bunch of whiners. They act like little children!
HIKARI: Anyone ever notice that they're based on women, but they have
male names?
ASUKA: ... it probably wouldn't be part of the scenario if they had
female names.
TOUJI: What scenario?
ASUKA: Oh no. I'm not getting into that now. (I don't understand half
of it since it's not done yet. Not that I know what it is to begin
with.)
[Hey, you two! Pipe down!] hissed Caspar. There was a pause. [All
right, Akagi's gone. What's going on?]
[Balthshazar's bored again,] said Melchior.
[Ahh, you just have no imagination, boy.] Caspar was the eldest of the
three computers--activated an entire two hours before Melchior and one
more before Balthshazar. [Look at all the fuss that's going on around
us. That whole soul business. It's kept me entertained.]
[You sure that's a good idea, messing around with those humans?] asked
Melchior.
KENSUKE: It seems they already HAVE taken us over. Toying with us.
TOUJI: That's there. Don't break into NERV and start saying things like
that to the Magi.
[Ahh, it's all good fun. Harmless in the end, really.] Balthshazar and
Melchior felt a slight cybernetic twitch. If Caspar had a physical body,
it would now be rubbing its hands and grinning in a way that would make
anyone looking at it very, very nervous, particularly doctors of
psychology.
SHINJI: I knew those computers were nuts!
[Um, Caspar?]
There was a brief moment of electronic silence.
[Dance, puppets! DANCE!!!!!! BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!!!!!]
(12 eyes stare ahead.)
HIKARI: ... And we trust our lives to THIS?!
Caspar had been like this ever since the eleventh angel. The computer
virus one. Akagi and everyone else said that they should be okay, but
nooo, Caspar just _had_ to burn those circuits out and leave them like
that, all of this time. And only the other two of the Magi knew.
SHINJI: I think I'll mention that..
ASUKA: The computer virus one?
HIKARI: Won.
ASUKA: Won or one?
TOUJI: The one won.
ASUKA: The one won or the won one?
KENSUKE: How can a won one when a won is an action?
SHINJI: How do you know you're talking about a won one? Maybe she meant
the one won.
REI: But what's the one?
KENSUKE: The won.
HIKARI: The won's the one?
KENSUKE: That's right.
(Silence.)
ASUKA: ... did any-ONE understand any ONE part of that?
*GROAN*
ASUKA: (laugh)
You have to put up with a lot if you're a computer and you want to
keep your self-awareness a secret.
SHINJI: They still have nothing compared to humans...
[Mel, he's really starting to scare me, now.]
[Me too. And Balthshazar?]
[Yes?]
[Don't call me Mel.]
[Oh. Sorry.]
KENSUKE: Even the computers are touchy! I tell you, they're gonna take
us over!
ASUKA: Do you want me to hit you again?
KENSUKE: (quiet)
ASUKA: (cheerfully) I won!
TOUJI: You won or you one?
SHINJI: DON'T START THIS AGAIN!!!!!
Shinji collapsed in his bed. "Why am I running away from her?" After
all, one of his...well, perhaps "fondest" wouldn't be exactly accurate,
but damn near close--fondest dreams was to find some affection of some
sort. Never got any from Dad...though he was pretty close to Misato-san.
And Ayanami, well, they seemed to get along okay since the fifth
angel...before the, er, more recent soul incident. And, um, also after
the _latest_ incident.
TOUJI: You can say that again.
SHINJI: You're never going to quit are you?
TOUJI: Nope!
ASUKA: Hey Shinji, what DID happen after the fifth angel? For that
matter, what happened WITH the 5th angel? I only came to Japan
in time for the 6th.
SHINJI: Another time.
ASUKA: Don't tell me you two...
SHINJI: Hardly.
REI: It's nothing humorous, nor anything that will get you angry.
ASUKA: ???
REI: Another time. It would take too long to explain it now.
He decided that he just wasn't quite used to a slightly nymphomaniacal
Ayanami...and, he guessed, neither was the rest of the world. And he was
correct--mostly. But let's not worry about those exceptions.
TOUJI: Nymp-goma-what-o?
HIKARI: Nymphomaniacal. (pulls out a dictionary) Let's see... here we
go! Nymphomaniac. Noun. A morbid and uncontrollable sexual
desire in women.
TOUJI: ... Somehow... the words Ayanami and Nymphomaniacal don't seem to
belong together.
SHINJI: And don't get any ideas either.
TOUJI: Of course not!
KENSUKE: What are those "exceptions"?
(No one answers him.)
"Shinji-kun?" It was Misato. "Can I come in?"
"Go ahead." He sat up, facing the door.
The door slid open, and Misato stepped inside. "So...you have your
soul back, now?" Shinji nodded. "And...Rei...."
"Don't forget about Asuka, either." Shinji groaned and flopped on his
back. "They're both out to get me, but in rather different ways." Wait.
Asuka lived here, too. "Speaking of whom...where is she?"
ASUKA: Do I get to hurt him in his sleep?
"She's staying the night at Hikari's. I overheard her muttering about
not wanting to stay underneath the same roof as a pervert. Ah, heh."
Misato smiled gently. "Though I wonder where she got that bruise on her
cheek from...."
ASUKA: Bruise? Where'd I get a bruise?
...
Ayanami?
No. Impossible.
REI: (slight blush, nervous expression)
Shinji blinked. Oh well. "I guess I'm safe for today, huh? But...what
am I going to do about her? Both hers?"
"I'm sure Asuka will get over her problem sooner or later. As for Rei,
well...." Misato paused, trying to think up something. Another smile,
but of a different sort, crept up on Misato's face. "I might have an
idea."
ASUKA: I don't like Misato.
TOUJI: (dreamy) I do.
HIKARI: You're not very smart, are you Touji?
Rei turned on the shower full blast, waited about half a minute, and
then stepped in.
ASUKA: They haven't shown anything yet.
REI: (softly) Everyone close your eyes please.
TOUJI/KENSUKE: (silently) Damn.
HIKARI: Don't worry. I didn't let these two see anything last time.
ASUKA: No one looks... got it?
(With the inspirational words of Hiakri and Asuka ringing in their ears,
the two young men keep their eyes closed. Nothing is worth another
beating apparently. Asuka and Hikari choose to stare at the both of
them... just in case. Shinji does what he's told.)
REI: (whispering to Shinji) You don't have to close your eyes Shinji-kun.
SHINJI: !!! (blush)
"EEEEE!!! COLD!!!!!"
She jumped out, her body glistening in the light as water dripped from
her now matted hair. "What's going on here?!"
As it turned out, there seemed to be no hot water running into her
small apartment, so she just grit her teeth and managed to take a (very
short) cold shower. She quickly lathered up and soaped up her beautiful
<CENSORED> and <CENSORED> and her <CENSORED>, too--and we mustn't forget
her <CENSORED> as well. Did I mention her shapely, firm <CENSORED>? She
finally turned off the water, stepped out, and toweled herself off,
starting down with her <CENSORED> and moving up from there, finally
rubbing her <CENSORED> dry.
TOUJI/KENSUKE: This is torture! We can't see anything!
(As for Shinji, he could see everything (the view wasn't censored), and
promptly passed out when it was over.)
HIKARI: (looks out of the corner of her eye) Hmmm? It's over.
ASUKA: The two of you can look now.
(They both open their eyes, disappointed of course.)
TOUJI: That sucked.
KENSUKE: Yeah... hey! Why's Shinji unconscious again?
REI: (softly) He wasn't feeling well.
ASUKA/HIKARI/TOUJI/KENSUKE: Yeah right.
Meanwhile, just outside Rei's living quarters, a certain Ikari Gendou
was struggling with a monkey wrench and the piping that ran into her
apartment, number 402.
ASUKA: (to Touji and Kensuke) No ideas you perverts.
"That shower scene should make you pervs happy.... No?
TOUJI/KENSUKE: NO! They wouldn't let us look!
Oh well. That's the most you'll get out of me.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA--*koffkoff* Ack."
TOUJI: Kensuke?
KENSUKE: I know, I know, time machine...
"Kiss?"
"Yeah. 'Thirty seconds', Ritsuko says. They kept it up for at least a
minute. Perverts!" Asuka gently dabbed at her bruised cheek. "Ow!"
"Don't touch it, you'll just make it worse." Hikari shifted on her
bed, then dropped down on the floor. "I dunno, you seem to be taking it
awfully personally, you know." She grinned at her friend. Asuka started
to sputter.
"Well--I--of course! They, they did all of that in _my_ EVA unit! I
want to keep it pure, you know. I've got to sit in that entry plug!"
TOUJI: They were on the floor though.
ASUKA: It's still my EVA.
"Are you sure that's all?" inquired Hikari mock-seriously. "Jealousy
is such a terrible thing, especially among teammates. Hey!" She dodged
a few pillows thrown at her. "All right! Sorry! I'm just teasing. I'll
stop!" Hikari sniggered a bit more, while Asuka continued to fume
indignantly. "Anyways, where did you get that bruise from anyway?"
Reluctantly, Asuka answered. "I...I got into a fight with Rei. She
kind of flipped me." It had been most humiliating. Hikari, not wanting
to push it, just nodded, and turned to other thoughts. Again, she became
a little mushy.
(Touji and Kensuke collapse on the floor laughing.)
TOUJI: No matter how many times I see this I'll always find it funny.
ASUKA: How about this?!
*BLAM* *BLAM*
(Shinji is smart, and laughs on the inside.)
REI: (softly) I'm stronger than you too.
ASUKA: Why am I even here?
"I wonder what it would be like to kiss Touji-kun...must be nice...."
She sighed happily. Asuka just snorted.
"Ahh, a kiss is nothing special. Shinj--I mean...uh...." Asuka
silently cursed herself and hoped that Hikari had missed that. No such
luck.
"Are you saying that you kissed Shinji!? I knew it! You _are_ jealous,
aren't you?" crowed Hikari.
Asuka decided that this would be a long, long night. But enough with
the girl talk.
REI: (indifferent)
SHINJI: (red)
ASUKA: (red)
HIKARI: (smiling)
TOUJI: (devilish grin)
KENSUKE: (devilish grin)
KENSUKE: So Shinji, have you made up your mind yet on which one you want
more?
ASUKA: Bye bye Kensuke.
*SMACK*
ASUKA: This is just a movie!
HIKARI: But it still happened.
ASUKA: Please! That kiss made me sick!
SHINJI: You don't give me much credit do you?
ASUKA: Hmmph!
SHINJI: "Don't you want to kiss a girl on your mother's birthday?"
That's what you said. That kiss wasn't good anyway. I couldn't
even breathe!
KENSUKE: Like with Rei?
SHINJI: That's different. Rei didn't pinch my nose closed.
REI: (softly) You mustn't be a very good kisser Asuka.
ASUKA: And you are?
REI: It seems like it.
KENSUKE: Why don't the two of you have a contest?
ASUKA: You perverted little...
*SLAP* *SLAP* *SLAP*
Kensuke staggered in with a few bags of chips, two bottles of soda,
and other things that are the joy of a 14 year-old boy's stomach. They
had decided to get together and celebrate the return of Shinji's soul at
the Aida household, just in case Asuka had to go back to Misato's to
pick up something.
KENSUKE: You see? I protect my friends.
SHINJI: Thank you Touji.
KENSUKE: Even if they won't suggest my name as an EVA pilot.
SHINJI: We went through this already.
KENSUKE: Or if they call me Touji.
SHINJI: Did I say Touji?
TOUJI: Is that an insult?
ASUKA: The idiot trio strikes again...
"Well, where's Shinji?" Touji tore into one of the bags of junk food.
"He called just before you got here--he'll be a little bit late. Said
he had to finish talking to Misato-san or something. Oh, that's probably
him." Kensuke ran over to the door at the sound of the bell. It was,
indeed, Shinji. He looked a little more confused than usual.
"Congratulations! So, what exactly happened?"
"Huh? Touji, you didn't tell him?"
"No, he wanted you to tell it, and he won't say why."
Shinji gulped. "Um, well...." Shinji got himself settled down, and
began narrating the events of the day.
ASUKA: Blah blah blah blah blah, AND...
"...and, and, now she's really after me. Ayanami." He turned to look
at Kensuke, who had that wide-eyed look of absolute disbelief. Just as
was expected. And, just as was expected, the wide-eyed look gave way to
a grin that grew slowly over his face. Shinji sighed.
"You GO, boyyyyyyy...." Kensuke chuckled a bit, then continued. "It
always seemed like you had an interest in Ayanami. Admit it!"
SHINJI: ...
Shinji, meanwhile, had great difficulty refuting him. "It's not...
well, I...maybe. All right, maybe." Maybe. "But I still don't know how
to face all of this. I mean, you know how Ayanami is normally--what
passes for her as normal. This is...is definitely as strange as when she
got angry earlier and, and almost as hard for me to deal with. Really,
how would _you_ react if Ayanami started to throw herself at you?"
SHINJI: Not a word.
"Well, I can think of a _few_ things--" Kensuke got a sort of
lecherous look on his face, quickly wiped off when Shinji smacked him
upside the head. "Ow! What, are you jealous?"
KENSUKE: Me too.
SHINJI: Why didn't you listen to me?
*SMACK*
"I--oh, shut up." Shinji rubbed the palm of his hand. Odd, how often
he was doing that lately. "Well, Misato-san says that, um, I should...go
on a date with her."
ASUKA: *twitch*
Touji thought that over for a second. "What's wrong with that? Sounds
perfectly reasonable. Professional matters be damned. We're still just
kids after all."
"Well, I have no idea how to handle this whole dating thing. Never had
any experience." Shinji turned red. "And...well, Misato gave me _this_,
too." He pulled a small package from his hip pocket.
"That's...that's a condom."
(For the first time, Asuka passes out from high blood pressure. Shinji's
not far behind.)
TOUJI: ...
KENSUKE: ...
TOUJI: I'm not making any jokes on this one.
KENSUKE: Me either.
TOUJI: Do you think they---
REI: (annoyed) No, and don't expect it either you pervert.
ASUKA: (recovering) Better not.
TOUJI: Since when does she talk like that?
REI: (annoyed) Since I got angry from your comments. Now SHUT UP!!!
(Touji shuts up, scared of Rei. After what's been happening on screen,
who knows what to expect.)
SHINJI: (recovering) Everything alright?
REI: (softly) No problems.
No one moved for a minute or so.
"Let me...let me see that." Kensuke took it from Shinji. "What the....
'EVA Brand Condoms (tm)'? They're serious? 'When you need protection as
good as an AT Field'? Oh, boy."
ASUKA: Dear God, this is worse than a TV commercial...
Shinji buried his face in his hands. "I can't believe it myself. It
just really scares me, you know."
Kensuke and Touji exploded into laughter.
TOUJI: Should we?
KENSUKE: Four against two... no, let's not.
The writer shook his head.
"I am _really_ sorry about that. Really."
REI/SHINJI/ASUKA: You'd better be.
It's the kind of scene that would make you either scream, cry tears of
joy, or say, "So? I've already seen up to episode 23."
REI: What is "Episode 23"?
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SHINJI: I don't know. Does anybody know what an "Episode 23" is?
(4 Shrugs.)
REI: (softly) It sounds like it could be sad...
There was a large room, and it was filled with Ayanami Reis. A lot of
them, all looking identical (wearing that blue school uniform) except
for their facial expressions. In the center stood an Ayanami Rei with a
completely neutral look on her face. "I see," she said.
TOUJI: Died and gone to heaven, eh Shinji?
SHINJI: WOULD YOU JUST SHUT UP ALREADY?!?!?!
Despite episode 23, this was only a dream (something which has become
rather popular in this spoof, it seems). The Ayanami in the center spoke
again.
ASUKA: Spoof?
HIKARI: (shrug) I don't know.
ASUKA: You haven't said much for a while, have you? I almost forgot
about you.
HIKARI: Do you want me to stand up for you or not?
"I see. These are all my personality fragments, recently come out of
dormancy."
SHINJI: Personality fragments?
ASUKA: That'd explain why Rei is so... Rei. Heh.
REI: (glancing at Asuka) It seems that some of those fragments have come
out of dormancy, right Shinji-kun?
SHINJI: (blush)
ASUKA: When am I going to get a chance to get her back?
...
I've just realized...
I don't like this Chapter at all.
"Dormancy, hell. I didn't even exist before a few days ago!" It was
Irate Rei, the one who had tangled with Shinji's wayward soul.
ASUKA: Okay, maybe there were SOME things I liked.
"But you were correct. We are your personality fragments." A third Rei
passed by, nose in a book.
"And I'm the Ascendant fragment," said yet another. Somehow, despite
being dressed in the same clothes as every other Rei in the room, this
Rei was looking seductive. Yes, in that frumpy looking school uniform.
This was...er, Affectionate Rei.
HIKARI: The Ascendant one would by definition be the superior one...
But, they're implying that Affectionate Rei is the boss, and...
(She glances at Rei.)
And somehow... I don't see that happening.
(She sees the two EVA pilots whispering.)
HIKARI: Then again...
ASUKA: Why would Affectionate be the Ascendant?
HIKARI: She's the one in control. I guess it was Irate Rei before. She
must be pretty steamed.
ASUKA: What hinted you to that? Could it be the "Irate" maybe?
"Why are you suddenly all here now?" asked Original Rei.
HIKARI: That's the Rei we know.
"Well, um, this is, um, really strange for us, I mean you, no I mean
all of us to be, um, acting differently than, um, you." Nervous Rei
shuffled forward, looking down at her feet.
ASUKA: Heh. She's just like Shinji. A nervous wreck. Right Shinji?
SHINJI: You're making me nervous saying that.
ASUKA: Case in point.
"Don't ask me why, I didn't want to bother with this," called out Lazy
Rei, who was currently lying down on an imaginary couch.
KENSUKE: That's a different side of her...
Original Rei looked around at herselves, and nodded. "Ah, yes. The
different aspects of my personality...many of which never were until
recently. Because of the recent events, they have awakened. Struggling
for ascendancy over the whole."
REI: Those who have difficulties in life can't satisfy their desires.
We fight a battle within our souls, conflicting over what we choose,
what we do, and what we can't. When we understand ourselves, we are
able to live life to the body's, mind's, heart's, and soul's content.
Otherwise, we leave ourselves closed up, unable to express ourselves,
the cause being anything: loneliness, longing, death, life, hate,
love.
...
I find it difficult to understand these concepts.
SHINJI: Rei?
(Rei tightens her grip on Shinji, but says nothing to him.)
REI: ...
(to herself) I want to understand what these are...
"What?" asked Confused Rei. She was facing the wrong direction,
staring at Practical Joker Rei.
REI: Life is confusing...
(Touji realizes that this is getting too serious for his taste.)
TOUJI: Umm... well... a Practical Joker Rei... That'd be different. I
don't think I could see Rei laughing at people over cruelties...
(Silence.)
TOUJI: ... That didn't come out well.
HIKARI: This may be a bit strange coming from me, but... has anyone
noticed how serious this is getting?
TOUJI: Yes. If this was on a computer or paper, read the 12th line above
this one.
ASUKA: *yawn* Boring isn't it? Time to lighten things up, ne?
Book Rei spoke up again. "It is like this for everyone. Everyone is at
war within themselves, reacting differently all the time to situations
happening around them. It causes confusion, inability to handle events--
but when done properly, the whole works out." She paused. "You know, I
think I'm actually identical to you, Original. Why are we separate?"
ASUKA: Becuase Original Rei doesn't wear glasses!
"Why're you asking her, if _you_ don't know?" Irate Rei huffed.
"Anyways, I ought to go thrash Asuka again for getting in the way. She's
starting to really annoy me now." She glanced over at Kickboxer Rei, who
nodded and flexed a fist.
ASUKA: Why's she wearing boxing gloves if she's a kick boxer?
HIKARI: She kicks and she boxes. I don't think it was completely
literal.
TOUJI: She's so strong...
KENSUKE: She's so beautiful...
REI: (softly) And yet neither of you have anything to say about me?
TOUJI/KENSUKE: Eeeeee...
REI: Strange boys.
ASUKA: What about me? I'm strong! I'm beautiful!
ALL: (blink)
ASUKA: My god. I'm stooping to that level...
"Oh, no need for that. We should just continue where Asuka interrupted
us." Affectionate Rei brushed her hair in front of a large full-length
mirror that appeared from nowhere.
"But...but--Shinji doesn't seem to like me, I mean us," mumbled
Nervous Rei.
"Yeah, and you can't forget all that hassle he put us through,"
growled Irate Rei. "I still think we should pound him a little."
ASUKA: I like Irate Rei.
SHINJI: Quit being jealous.
ASUKA: I'm not jealous!
Professional Rei (actually, she _wasn't_ wearing that school dress;
she was in a plug suit) said, "We really shouldn't be messing around
with Shinji. It's not good--"
TOUJI: For business?
HIKARI: You'd better have been talking about piloting.
TOUJI: Of course I was. (to himself) I think.
"Oh, stuff it. I'm going to get him if it kills one of us."
Affectionate was now applying a little makeup. "Anyone got some mascara?
I want to make sure I look good for dear Shinji-kun." No one bothered to
remind her that this was only a dream, at the moment.
ASUKA: Miss Honor Student with makeup. It's different.
KENSUKE: Well, now we know where the agressiveness in her... ahh...
pursuit was coming from.
"But when the fragments become so separate, as we are now--how can we
function properly? We are _we_, not I. Not a discrete individual." Book
and Original put a hand to their chins simultaneously, deep in thought.
TOUJI: Are they twins?
KENSUKE: Siamese?
"That's all right, I'll handle things," announced Affectionate. "At
least for now. Is that okay?" She smiled serenely over the rest.
ASUKA: WHAT does she think she's going to do...
TOUJI: Probably try to slee---
*SLAP*
TOUJI: Well, that lightened the mood, ne?
...
Owwwwww...
Common Sense Rei, who had hung back and stayed silent until now,
frowned slightly. She nudged Nervous, who gave a small "Eep!" of
surprise.
"I think we'll need you to keep things a little slow, here." Nervous
nodded...well, nervously.
Affectionate was now suddenly also wearing a plug suit, with all its
snug tightness. "Yes, I think this will work nicely...."
TOUJI: You smiling Shinji?
REI: ...
SHINJI: I give up...
ASUKA: So full of herself.
KENSUKE: Much like you.
ASUKA: It's obvious why you don't have a girlfriend.
KENSUKE: (grumble)
ASUKA: Heh.
(to herself) I'm not jealous. I'm just... concerned. Yeah!
Concerned that I'll end up hurting myself if either of them try
something! That's it!
The writer paused, looked up from the screen, and stared hard.
"Note that I used the term 'Ascendant' rather than 'Dominant'. That's
for a very good reason. Yeah, I'm talking to you."
ALL: Ecchi!
SHINJI: This man seems to get more screentime than us!
Asuka just couldn't sleep. It bothered her. And the fact that it was
bothering her also bothered her. Why should she bother?
ASUKA: This had better not be like the "won" and "one" bit.
TOUJI: Oh bother!
ASUKA: !!!
TOUJI: (grin)
"It", of course, was the whole thing about Shinji and Rei. "It" could
be called jealousy, but she really didn't want to think of it as such,
since that would mean something which she would never admit to.
ASUKA: I won't admit to not wanting to admit to that?
HIKARI: SO you're admitting it then?
ASUKA: I am not!
Beside her, Hikari stirred a bit, tangling herself into her comforter.
Asuka smiled at her sleeping friend. Things seemed to be going pretty
well for her, these days. If only she'd wise up about Touji...but no,
she seemed rather stuck on him. And she could do worse, however hard it
seemed to believe.
ASUKA: Kensuke.
KENSUKE: You don't like me do you?
"*mumble* Why, I'd love to, Touji-kun, *mumble*," said Hikari. She
giggled a bit in her sleep.
HIKARI: Oh Touji...
TOUJI: (somewhat red) I, ee, err, um, er...
ASUKA: Speak plain Japanese!
Asuka frowned, then sighed. Sometimes...sometimes, she wished that
there would be a little more for her.... And she well knew that Kaji
wasn't going to be him. Ah well. He'd be someone to look at until then.
As for Shinji...Asuka thought back to that kiss. She snickered. That
boy wouldn't know how to kiss if his life depended on it.
ASUKA: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
SHINJI: ...
ASUKA: HAHAHAHAHA. I've got to get a copy of this part!
"Jahrtausend Hand und Garnele, *mumble*."
ASUKA: Millenium hand and shrimp?
Millenium hand and shrimp? Asuka shook her head and decided to try to
get some sleep, shoving all thoughts of Shinji, Rei, and kisses out of
her mind.
Wait, since when did Hikari know German?
ASUKA: Hey Hikari, can you speak German.
HIKARI: Nein.
ASUKA: Oh. Hey!
"You suggested _what_?"
"That Shinji and Rei go out on a date."
Fuyutsuki shook his head. "They are supposed to maintain a
professional relationship. I really don't know about this, Major. And as
for what the Commander says--"
"Where _is_ the Commander, anyways?" Hyuuga swiveled around in his
chair, adjusting his glasses. "He's not out of town again, is he?"
"N-no, he's...ah, indisposed. If it's truly necessary--an Angel
attack, for example--he'll come in to HQ, but not otherwise."
ALL: ??? ??? ???
Gendou lay on a couch with an icepack on his forehead and his left arm
in a sling.
I'll be damned--Rei _does_ know Aikido, after all. I should have known
better than to bluntly forbid her to chase after Shinji....
He winced. Must stop splitting infinitives, too.
SHINJI: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
(Rei glares at him.)
SHINJI: Err... I'm... I'm sorry.
REI: (softens her eyes) It's okay this time.
...
Actually, it is sort of funny.
SHINJI: !!!
REI: I wonder how he would react if I put him in that condition?
SHINJI: (smiling) Do what you feel you have to Rei.
"Anyways, the Commander agreed that it would be a bad idea for the two
of them to try anything." Fuyutsuki attempted to sound final on that
note.
Misato stared long and hard at the Subcommander. She stepped up close
to him, eye to eye, and asked, "Are you willing to tell Rei that?"
Fuyutsuki, who had visited the Commander earlier, sweatdropped a bit.
*HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!*
(Except for Rei, who just smirks a little.)
Asuka blinked tiredly. Sleep just didn't come to her last night....
She had been trying hard to concentrate on what Sensei was saying, but
all that was happening was some doodles of Rei and Shinji with an anvil
about to fall on them.
ASUKA: HAHAHAHAHA! I've changed my mind. I like this chapter. And that
picture is so realistic too!
REI/SHINJI: ...
"Asuka! You still so tired?" whispered Hikari. Asuka only nodded, and
tried not to fall over from the effort. "Maybe you should go to the
infirmary and rest some...." It sounded like a good idea, and she would,
except that she felt like keeping an eye on Shinji and Rei. Just to make
sure that they didn't do anything indecent.
ASUKA: Which is also why I'm not leaving this seat.
That reminded her. She looked over at Shinji, then at Rei. They seemed
to be sending glances towards each other, though never at the same time.
Asuka narrowed her eyes. Something seemed afoot. She tried to glare at
them, but was thwarted by a yawn. "Dammit...."
(Asuka takes a quick look to her side, and sees nothing going on.)
Lunchtime rolled around. Hikari was shyly presenting Touji with the
box lunch that she had packed for him as usual, who accepted it
gratefully and dug in. Asuka was taking this time to doze a little,
completely missing the fact that Shinji and Rei were now talking, in the
corner.
ASUKA: I'm not missing it.
What Shinji first noticed was the Rei was much more subdued today,
acting in a sort of demure fashion. It didn't put him at any more ease,
though. He gulped nervously and leaned against the wall.
"Shinji-kun?"
"Ah, Ayanami...."
"Oh, you don't have to be so formal, you know. Call me Rei." She
smiled. Shinji blinked.
"Um, well, all right, er...Rei." He cleared his throat nervously. "I,
well, Misato suggested, maybe, that, we, we go out on a, a, a date, you
know, movie and stuff...."
ASUKA: (nudges Shinji) Ready to run away again eh Shinji?
Rei's eyes lit up. "Really? I'd love to! They're having a re-release
of Ghost in the Shell, you know. I never saw it before, but I've heard
that it's really good."
Shinji laughed and put a hand to the back of his head. This was
turning out a little easier than might be expected. "Sure! Ah, yeah. Um,
I don't think it'll work tonight, we've got tests, but Misato said that
tomorrow would be okay." Rei nodded, smiling. Shinji smiled, too. Then
he heard the voices behind him.
SHINJI: (nudging Asuka) How about you?
"Ne, Asuka. Asuka!"
"*yawn* Hmm? Whozzat?"
"Shinji...Shinji just asked Rei on a date...."
"That's...that's ni--WHAAAAAAT!?!!?"
ASUKA: I was expecting as much. *sigh*
...
Why does the Asuka on screen get all the good lines before me?
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, but she's got nothing on this
certain 14 year-old female mecha jockey....
ASUKA: You see, I am better, at getting angry anyway. I'm also more
beautiful than Rei any day.
KENSUKE: Care to compete on that one?
ASUKA: You're really lonely aren't you?
KENSUKE: (dejected) Yes.
REI: (softly) Your wrong Asuka.
ASUKA: Oh yeah? Shinji-kun...
SHINJI: I'm not saying anything to anybody. I'm watching this.
Kensuke was in a bit of a daze. It was all so...unexpected. How did he
get bamboozled into a triple-date situation?
"I try to mind my own business, I mean, I don't go out of my way to
get into bad situations...not ever since the incident with the fourth
Angel...and suddenly, I'm going to be going to the Ghost in the Shell
re-release with Asuka, and Touji and Hikari and Shinji and Rei...."
ASUKA: Triple date?
Souryuu Asuka Langley, one of the most popular females in the whole
9th grade.
ASUKA: Well, I am popular.
"But...."
Souryuu Asuka Langley, one of the cutest females in the whole 9th
grade.
ASUKA: And I definitely am cute. Beautiful really.
"But...."
Souryuu Asuka Langley, one of the most chased-after females in the
whole 9th grade.
ASUKA: (seductively) I can't deny it. I'm the best.
"But..."
And she was Kensuke's date for tomorrow.
ASUKA: (crying) You could've done so much better Asuka...
"But...she's _Asuka_...."
KENSUKE: But... she's ASUKA....
ASUKA: (glare)
Like Touji had said a few months earlier, the pictures of her just
didn't reveal her true nature. (Hiss! Scratch!)
ASUKA: Pi... pic... pictures?
(She turns to Touji and Kensuke, who both appear to be looking anywhere
but at her.)
ASUKA: PERVERTS!!!
(After knocking them both unconscious, gagging them, and tying them both
to their chairs (and stealing the remote), the show continues.)
"Oh well. Best make the most of it." He headed over to the park bench
where Hikari was sitting. "So, this whole triple-date thing...whose idea
was it, exactly?"
"Asuka's. She said she wanted to keep an eye on Ikari-kun...but I told
her it would be rude to spy on them, and weird if she went with them
just by herself. I offered to, um, go with Suzuhara-kun to keep an eye
on them, but she wanted to to make sure herself, she said."
ASUKA: Well, at least I'm dating him for the right reason.
"And she chose me."
"Yeah."
"Not because she has any sort of interest in me."
"Ah...I don't think so."
"Not out of pity."
"Definitely not."
"I'm just an accessory for her recon mission."
"Yeah, I think that's right."
"I don't know whether to be glad or depressed."
"Oh, she's not a bad person...." Kensuke only gave Hikari a look.
"What? Why are you looking at me like that for?"
(Asuka takes a look at the struggling Kensuke and smiles.)
ASUKA: Be glad. You know that I'm the best that'll ever come along.
It'll probably be the only date you'll ever get anyway.
KENSUKE: (thinking) Does she think this is real?
"Well, Shinji, let's see how you synchronize now, after all of that."
"Yeah." Good thing I'm in EVA-01. Safest place to be right now. Heh.
"Where's everyone else?"
"They're doing the tests too, but in different cages at the moment..
We just want to make sure nothing happens, until we get the new
safeguards in place. The soul-filters, from...." There was a pause,
and the rustle of papers being read. "From Maxwell House? Yes, that's
right."
"Oh." All the better. "I'm ready."
"Right. Begin the test."
SHINJI: I suddenly have a craving for some coffee.
(Hikari hands Shinji a cup of steaming coffee.)
HIKARI: There you go.
SHINJI: (takes a sip) Mmmm! This is good.
...
Ummm... where did you just get it from?
HIKARI: I told you before, I brought food with me.
"Hyuuga-kun, how many times have I told you not to bring drinks into
the control room?" Ritsuko glared at him.
Hyuuga swiveled around in his chair. "But the vending machine outside
is the only place that I can get non-Diet Dr. Pepper! They only have
that 'Mr. Pibb' junk in the convenience stores, and everyone _knows_
that Diet Dr. Pepper doesn't really taste more like regular Dr. Pe--"
ASUKA: What the hell is Mr. Pibb?
HIKARI: Some lousy soda. Here. (hands her a can)
ASUKA: What's this?
HIKARI: Dr. Pepper.
ASUKA: (takes a sip) Tastes good.
*splash*
"Uh-oh."
*bzzt* *zaptzzzz*
"The...the console...ABORT!! ABOOOOORT!!!!!!"
(Asuka snorts as she was taking a sip of Dr. Pepper, and then bursts out
laughing.)
*BZZT* *ZAPTZZZZ* *BOOM*
ASUKA: Uh oh.
REI: What?
ASUKA: (embarrassed) I think I just shorted out the remote...
KENSUKE: Mmmmfff. Thmmm anffr onfff hrrrr smmffwrrrr.
ASUKA: (removes the gag) What?
KENSUKE: I said there's another one here somewhere. I think it's under
Rei's seat.
(Rei looks under her chair and takes the remote.)
REI: I'm not drinking anything. I'll hold on to it.
ASUKA: (smiling) Well, thanks Kensuke.
KENSUKE: No prob-mmmf!
(Asuka had happily re-gagged Kensuke.)
The writer paused to take a sip of Dr. Pepper.
"My apologies to John Biles for the Dr. Pepper bit. I couldn't
resist."
ASUKA: (takes another sip) This stuff is pretty good actually.
SHINJI: (sips his take) I'll stick to my coffee thank you.
Shinji waited patiently. It was all that he could do, while all of
the connections were being made.
"ABORT!! ABOOO--*sizzle*"
"Urk!"
A darkness set in suddenly. "What...what is this?"
"Hello, there."
ASUKA: Don't tell me that's Rei.
An anteater with wings perched on Shinji's shoulder.
ASUKA: Anteater boy's back!
"Oh, it's just you...."
"What do you mean, 'Oh, it's just you'? This is your _soul_ speaking,
here!"
"Well, what am I supposed to say? Huh? 'I bid thee welcome, most good
and noble part of mine'?"
HIKARI: Sounds like something you say to a mystic force.
The anteater rolled his eyes. "Forget it. So, what brings me here?"
ASUKA: How does an anteater roll its eyes?
REI: Like on the screen.
"I have no idea. I'm synchronizing with the EVA, and suddenly, it all
goes dark." Shinji paused, then looked up suspiciously. "Hey, you're not
going to be going anywhere, are you?"
"Hmm.... No place to go. Looks like you never quite got to the
critical point. Although I _do_ wonder why I am here. What did you eat
last?"
"Um...rice, some miso soup, and teriyaki."
"What did you drink?"
"Just some tea."
"No Dr. Pepper? Not the diet stuff, that wouldn't work, or Mr. Pibb.
The regular Dr. Pepper is kind of special like that." Shinji shook his
head. "Well, whatever it was, I'm here. Might as well make the most of
it. How's Ayanami?"
ASUKA: (sips her drink) What does Diet Dr. Pepper taste like?
HIKARI: (sips her own Dr. Pepper which she had taken out) The same as
regular Dr. Pepper, but a lot less sweet. You probably wouldn't
like it.
SHINJI: (sips his drink) I'm still enjoying this coffee. I guess I
prefer tea though.
REI: (softly) Do you have any tea Hikari?
HIKARI: Hai. Just a minute...
(A minute later she hands a hot cup of tea to Rei, who sets aside the
remote as to not short it out.)
REI: (sips her drink) Thank you.
(Both Touji and Kensuke manage to struggle out of their gags and bonds.)
TOUJI: WHAT IS THIS? A RESTAURANT?
HIKARI: ...
TOUJI: Umm...
...
May I have a Dr. Pepper please?
HIKARI: Sure. Anything for you Kensuke?
KENSUKE: Do you have any Mr. Pibb?
(The other five glare at him.)
KENSUKE: (laughs)I'm kidding! I'm kidding!
...
Is there any more Dr. Pepper?
"She's--wait, you're my soul, shouldn't you know these things?"
"Well, I should, yes, but you'll just have to tell me anyway. The soul
and the intellect don't always communicate, you know."
ASUKA: (sips her drink) That sounds like a male to me. He thinks
alright, but not with his mind.
SHINJI: (sips his drink) You don't like men very much do you?
"Really?"
The anteater nodded. "Your mind's been so frazzled lately that the
direct line is kind of flaky. All I keep on getting are these images of
two soft, round things. What _is_ that, anyway?"
REI: (blush)
SHINJI: (blush)
ASUKA: Don't flatter yourself Ayanami.
REI: (softly) Why not? I look much more beautiful in my plug suit than
you do.
ASUKA: Says you. And what about out of uniform? All you wear is that
same school uniform!
SHINJI: (to himself) Is it a good thing or a bad thing to be caught
between the two right now?
Shinji sweated. "Never mind. Rei...Rei is doing fine."
"Rei? We're calling her Rei now? That's news. Gotta remember that."
"Uh, yeah. Well, ever since you got back to me, she's...grown fond of
me."
"Grown...fond?"
"Yes."
TOUJI: (sips his drink) That's an understatement.
"And that's why your head hasn't quite been on tight enough to tell me
anything, would I be correct?"
"Uh, yeah." Shinji's soul stared at him piercingly. "All right, so
'fond' might not quite be the right word for it. Just...just after you
got back in me, she...." Although no one should have been able to
listen in on this, Shinji glanced around nervously, then leaned close
and whispered. "She said...."
The anteater got a nosebleed, and quite an impressive feat _that_ is.
ASUKA: (sips her drink) I'm glad I don't remember what she said.
"You have _got_ to be joking me. Rei? Since when did she have enough
imagination to think up something like that? Heck, I didn't even think
that she had enough imagination to be bored. Is that even physically
possible? Is that even _legal_ in Japan?"
REI: (sips her drink) Yes, and I think so.
ASUKA: I think I remember now. (sips her drink) I never knew 14 year
olds could do things like that.
...
I doubt you'd do that.
REI: You're probably right. (sips her drink)
ASUKA: ...Probably?
REI: ... (sips her tea)
"Never mind. But she seems to be calmer now. We're...we're going to be
going out to a movie tomorrow, along with some friends. Say, it _is_
still today, right? I can never tell how much time is passing during
these stupid crises."
TOUJI: It's not stupid.
KENSUKE: Just strange. And weird. And annoying. But not stupid.
The anteater checked a wristwatch. Shinji briefly wondered where that
had come from, then decided he didn't have the philosophical training
neccesary to determine that, nor the mental capability to handle the
consequences of an answer. "No, it's only been about three minutes. We
seem to be in real-time right now. Nothing to worry about." He paused,
eying Shinji carefully. "So? How does she kiss?"
ASUKA: Even your soul's perverted!
SHINJI: THIS ISN'T REAL!!!
"Pretty well, I gue--hey!" Shinji sighed. The anteater snickered, but
then sobered quickly.
"So...how does it feel, though? Not the kiss, I mean, but to be...
loved?"
REI: !!!
SHINJI: !!!
ASUKA: !!!
SHINJI: ...well...
Shinji smiled faintly. "I've been so...so surprised so often lately
that I haven't really had too much time to think about it. But I guess
I really like it. It's nice to be...to be wanted. For something other
than going out and rumbling with those Angels. And now that Rei's
backed off a little, I suppose I can handle it. She's really cute, too."
REI: (blush)
ASUKA: Vain.
The anteater started to say something, cocked its head slightly, then
asked, "What about Asuka? I do recall one incident a while ago...no,
make that two incidents."
ASUKA: (blush)
HIKARI: You're one to talk.
"I was hoping you weren't going to ask about her."
"Too bad, I'm doing that right now."
"I...I don't know. Well, she scares me, frankly. I'd really rather not
think about it."
ASUKA: WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?!
(Asuka starts to strangle Shinji.)
ASUKA: YOU THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH SAYING THAT?!
SHINJI: URK---A- NO I DON'T ---ERR---AA-- THIS ISN'T REAL!!! YOU'RE
GOING TO MAKE ME S---SP---AAAGGH---- SPILL MY COFFEE!!!
Shinji's soul shrugged. "Well, all right."
Shinji himself nodded. Then, he started, "We still don't know exactly
why you and Rei's soul started tangling."
The anteater snorted. "Why? That big--"
"--inji! Are you there?"
KENSUKE: One of life's great mysteries I guess.
Everything was bright again. The anteater had disappeared, and Shinji
found himself in the confines of the entry plug once again. "Aw,
man...."
"Shinji! You're all right! I'm so glad...."
HIKARI: That's so sweet.
TOUJI: Who said it?
SHINJI: I don't know. I was being strangled at the time!
"Good evening, Shinji-kun. How was the test?"
"It...well, I had a chat with my soul. Something happened in the
control room, and things went bad." Misato's eyes widened. "It always
happens to me. I'm getting sick of that."
"But you're okay, right?" Shinji nodded. "Good, good. So! How were
things at school?" asked Misato, in a way that decidedly did _not_
inquire how the math quiz was or if Sensei had put him to sleep again.
TOUJI: This isn't fair. All the girls like him. Even the ones twice his
age.
"Ah...things are okay with Aya...I mean, Rei--yeah, she asked me to
call her Rei," he said in response to Misato's raised eyebrow, "but
Asuka...well, it's turned into a sort of triple-date situation, I'm
told." Misato blinked. "First, Horaki-inchou offered to come along with
Suzuhara, then I saw Asuka drag Aida out into the hall, and...." He
shrugged. "Apparently, she doesn't trust us. But I guess it's all
right."
ASUKA: Damn right. (she finishes off her Dr. Pepper)
"Sounds good. What are the plans?"
"Ghost in the Shell, and...dinner, I guess. Tomorrow."
"Ah, Ghost in the Shell...good date movie. I remember when Ka...ah,
never mind." She mentally pictured a voodoo doll with many pins in it.
KENSUKE: Ghost in the Shell... a good date movie?
HIKARI: What's Ghost in the Shell?
KENSUKE: A 20 year old movie.
TOUJI: That's Misato for you.
"But I have no idea how to do this, you know...."
"Don't worry, it'll come to you. Besides, you're going as a group, so
it shouldn't be too bad, right?"
ASUKA: Lines like that usually mean "wrong".
"Good morning, Comman...what happened to you?"
"Ah...I had a run-in with...er...a slow-moving car."
"Oh."
(Shinji snickers silently to himself.)
Behind Gendou, Misato snickered a bit. He slowly turned around to look
at her. "Is there something the matter, Major?"
"Ah, nothing, heh heh."
"Any news on Rei's condition?"
Maia turned around in her chair. "Nothing yet. We do have some
guesses, though--"
"Guesses? Is that all? Just guesses?"
TOUJI: (sips his drink) 21st century and that's all they can come up
with?
KENSUKE: For shame! (sips his drink)
Maia shrank back a little. "Sorry. _Hypotheses_. Some of the doctors
in the psychiatric division speculated that there was extreme mental and
emotional stress caused by Shinji's soul inhabiting Rei...when the
stress was so suddenly relieved, some of Rei's emotions were then
augmented to compensate. She has grown somewhat close to Shinji in the
past few months, sir."
TOUJI: (looks at the two) Well if that isn't stating the obvious, I
don't know what is.
Gendou rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Sounds reasonable. Any
solutions?"
"Ah, no, sir. The doctors say that it might be best just to let it run
its course."
"And," said Gendou, now addressing Misato, "how is that being done?"
"They're going on a date tonight, along with the other EVA pilots and
their dates."
Gendou blinked. "You...you are allowing this?"
"Would you like to tell Rei that you don't approve?"
"I...I will talk to her." Damn.
TOUJI/KENSUKE: He's dead.
*riiing*
Rei looked up. Before she could say anything, Sensei just nodded. She
quickly got up, walked out of the classroom, and answered her cellular.
"Moshi moshi?"
<Rei.>
"Gendou-san?"
<Yes. Ah, Rei, I have heard that you are planning on going out on a
date with Shinji tonight.>
"Yes, sir."
<You...ah...that is....>
"Yes?"
<Heh...er...have fun.> *click*
REI: (slight smile)
SHINJI: (chuckling quietly)
KENSUKE: (laughing hard)
HIKARI: (laughing normally)
TOUJI/KENSUKE: (laughing while rolling on the floor)
Rei stared at her phone, and shrugged. She returned to her seat.
"Rei!" Shinji whispered. "Is there something wrong? Something at
NERV?"
Rei smiled and shook her head. "I just had to talk someone out of
keeping us from going out tonight."
"Oh."
ASUKA: She didn't have much to talking to do.
HIKARI: Gendou was scared straight.
Gendou put down the phone and stared at it for a few moments.
"DAMN!" *CRUNCH* "Owww...forgot about the arm...."
SHINJI: (scrunches up) Ow. (sips his coffee and relaxes)
The setup: some people Rei Shinji Asuka Kensuke Hikari Touji other
people
KENSUKE: Hmmm... how was it before?
Rei Shinji Asuka Kensuke Touji Hikari. That was close.
How is it now?
Rei Shinji Asuka Hikari Touji Kensuke. It was closer before.
TOUJI: It's still pretty freaky.
Shinji stared as the diplomat on the screen exploded into bloody
pieces. Good date movie? Misato certainly had some rather odd taste, it
seemed. Of course, she drank beer for breakfast, too. His thoughts were
interrupted by a small "Eep!", a pair of arms latching on to him, and a
head of light blue hair pressing into his shoulder. Ah well, it wasn't
too bad, so far. He forced himself to pay absolutely no attention to the
two eyes that were glaring at him steadily from his right. It was
working. Sort of.
(And at the same time the diplomat exploded, a pair of white arms latched
on to Shinji. Again. Then a red pair of arms latched on to Shinji.
Shinji passed out.)
ASUKA: HA! I knew he'd pass out if I did that. That's all he'll get out
of me. Too bad for him that he passed out.
TOUJI/KENSUKE: !!! (to themselves) Lucky guy...
(Rei woke him up by waving his coffee in front of his nose. The blue hair
on his shoulder didn't go away though.)
SHINJI: (to himself) This is getting to be a bit much. (sips his coffee,
hoping caffeine will keep him from passing out)
At the other end of the group, Hikari was doing to Touji what Rei was
doing to Shinji. Touji, being a typical male, had no idea what exactly
was going on, and just decided to sweat a little, while his date cuddled
up against his arm (not at all unpleasant, though). Kensuke, who ignored
the fact that Asuka was ignoring him, simply stared at the screen and
salivated a little. At that point, though, Asuka finally decided to let
up and look away from Shinji.
ASUKA: This is getting to be too mushy for my taste.
*whap*
"Ow! What was that for?" Kensuke rubbed his head.
"You don't have to drool, too, you know!" she hissed, indicating the
apparently naked female Section 9 agent on the screen, now fading into
thermoptic camouflage.
"But...Kusanagi...she's got such a cool gun!"
ASUKA: (smacks her own head) He has no life. You wouldn't know what to
do if a woman decided to strip right in front of you!
KENSUKE: Want to test that theory?
*SLAP* *SMACK* *WHACK*
ASUKA: Hentai.
(Kensuke turns to the screen and drools, watching himself drool at the gun
on the screen in the screen he's watching.)
Asuka fell out of her seat and onto her Tub-o-Popcorn.
"Quiet, you! We're trying to watching a movie here! Stupid kids."
ASUKA: The arrogance of the old.
Hyuuga snuck out of the control room, and tip-toed over to the drink
machine.
*zap*
"OW!!" Hyuuga rubbed a numb hand, staring. An LED sign on the machine,
not previously there, blinked to life.
[No drinking on the job. This means YOU, Hyuuga-baka-kun.]
"Dammit."
(Everyone took a sip of their drinks.)
Asuka was twitching. When she twitched, it was bad. (When she twitched
while piloting EVA-02, she had a tendency to damage things.) All night,
it had been either Rei or Hikari being all cutesy around Shinji and
Touji respectively. It had long gone past the nauseous stage and was
well into the middle of the twitching stage. And so, Asuka twitched.
ASUKA: I think we just skipped over the nauseous stage today.
Kensuke wasn't much help, either. Asuka was hoping slightly that
perhaps Shinji might be a little jealous, but beside the fact that his
attention was perhaps fully focused on Rei, Kensuke seemed to be doing
his best to stay as far away from Asuka without appearing to do so as
much as possible. (Of course, it wasn't as if Asuka was snuggling up to
him like the other two girls were with their dates or otherwise trying
to encourage him, either.) This was all starting to become depressing,
really. And all of this popcorn that was still stuck in her hair...argh.
KENSUKE: Asuka?
ASUKA: Don't even think about Kensuke.
(To further the realism, Hikari had decided to hold on to a very nervous
Touji.)
ASUKA: Is this becoming real?
"I wonder what Kaji's doing...."
ASUKA: I wonder if he's thinking of me...
Kaji was sleeping. So was Misato.
In the same bed.
Surrounding them were many beercans.
Their hands were, shall we say, in interesting places. On each other.
ASUKA: AAARRRGGGHHH!!!
However, they were both fully dressed. Looks like they passed out
before anything could happen.
Enough with that, though.
ASUKA: You'd better believe it.
"How's your sister, Touji-kun?" asked Hikari.
The six were now at Sicilia, a small local Italian restaurant for a
late dinner. Misato had recommended it, and it seemed to be a nice
place.
SHINJI: Its interesting.
ASUKA: What?
SHINJI: Of all the restaurants in Japan, he chooses one that isn't
Japanese.
"Oh! Yeah, she's getting better. She's starting to walk again. I
thought we'd never see that happen." He sighed. Hikari made small
comforting gestures, while Asuka attempted to ignore them...and Shinji
and Rei, who were sharing a single milkshake using two straws. The
waiter had slyly mis-taken their order for two shakes. Except for
Asuka herself and Kensuke, who was nervously trying to avoid any sort of
wrath from any source, the entire scene was like something out of a
Disney movie.
ASUKA: I've heard of Disney.
...
Hello nausea.
(She turns her head to her right. Thankfully, Rei and Shinji are drinking
out of their own cups.)
Asuka tried hard not to puke. It _was_ a nice restaurant, after all.
ASUKA: That's not an excuse.
"Um, Asuka?"
Silently glad for some sort of distraction, she turned to Kensuke.
"Yeah?"
"You gonna finish that?" He pointed to her plate of tortellini.
Rolling her eyes, she shoved it towards him.
ASUKA: Really nice Kensuke.
KENSUKE: You don't think I'd ask something like that do you?
"I hate this night."
Kensuke heard her, and was struck by a sense of compassion. Somehow.
"So, what did you think of the movie? I've seen it a few times before,
but this was the first time on a movie screen."
"Pretty good. Confusing, though, sometimes."
"It made sense. Memories and experiences making an individual exactly
that, an individual. The ghost."
"Heh. Before now, I didn't think that Rei _had_ a ghost. Eh, Rei...?"
Asuka and Kensuke turned to Ayanami, to find that she was essentially
dead to the world that didn't include Shinji. Both sighed, and turned to
the other couple, to find that they were still talking about Touji and
his family. They sighed again, and were hit simultaneously by a sudden
wave of loneliness.
(Asuka turned to the right. Rei appeared to be lost in thought, Shinji
his eyes intent on the screen. To the left, the other three still
watching the screen, but Kensuke with a strange glint in his eye.)
"I wish I...." Asuka trailed off, leaving the rest of her thought
unspoken.
"I wish I had a gun...."
(The real Kensuke said that at the exact same time as the one on screen.)
Asuka looked at Kensuke nervously, suddenly realizing that she had
subconsciously scooted a little closer to him. She quickly scooted back
away from him.
Weirdo.
(Luckily for Asuka, there was no room to do any scooting near Kensuke.)
And the moon...is the only...light we'll see.... *ahem* Anyways--
SHINJI: Eh?
REI: I think he was getting bored.
TOUJI: Or he likes the moon.
KENSUKE: Or maybe he was standing on the moon while he wrote that line.
...
Or maybe not.
Everyone stood in front of apartment 402. It was getting late, and
they did have school tomorrow.
"Well, Shinji-kun, it was a really nice evening. I'm glad we did
this." Rei shyly tapped her fingers together, and looked into his eyes.
"Ah, well, I had a good time too. Never did see Ghost in the Shell
before either." He smiled back, a little less nervous now. Even _he_
would get used to something like this, given enough time.
SHINJI: Hmmm...
Behind him, Asuka simmered, Kensuke glanced around nervously, and
Hikari was watching curiously. Touji was trying not to fall asleep, and
lightly leaned on Hikari's shoulder...something which he didn't quite
realize and which she didn't mind at all.
"So, I...."
"Yeah, we...."
The embarassment was about to drown everyone involved. Finally, Rei
just darted in and gave Shinji a long (but far less deep than before)
kiss on the lips. After the initial surprise, he responded and held her
gently by the shoulders, much like he did in the entry plug just a few
days ago.
ASUKA: (fume)
Asuka was not taking this well at all. She turned to Hikari, saying,
"Those two...what do they think they're...Hikari-chan?"
Hikari was just staring at Rei and Shinji. Suddenly, she muttered,
"Oh, what the heck," grabbed Touji around the neck, and planted a long
kiss on him. A firm one. A very firm one.
"Whammmmph!" Touji suddenly wasn't so sleepy any more.
Asuka twitched.
ASUKA: Well. It's not real. Right?
(Hikari pulls Touji over and gives him a deep kiss.)
ASUKA: (on fire) WHAT ARE YOU DOING HIKARI?!
Meanwhile, Kensuke, as he looked at the two couples, suddenly had an
overdue hormone rush. He looked over at Asuka...and the hormone rush
died as he saw the expression on her face. She glared at him.
"Ah...I--I--uh, I didn't say anything...."
KENSUKE: (glances at Asuka)
ASUKA: (glances at Kensuke)
ASUKA/KENSUKE: Naaaaa.
Shinji and Rei finally pulled apart. "Well, good night...I'll see you
tomorrow, right?"
"Yeah. G'night...."
Rei quickly opened her door, went in, gave a last smile to Shinji, and
closed the door.
Meanwhile, Hikari had also finally let up on Touji, who was now trying
to hold back a nosebleed. "Ah...heh...ah...." One could almost see his
eyes starting to swirl in their sockets.
(Hikari finally released Touji. Amazing how these boys keep fainting,
isn't it?)
Shinji felt really happy. He hadn't felt this good ever since that one
time his father actually congratulated him for trashing the tenth Angel.
He smiled broadly, and turned around. The smile froze.
"You...you...you...!"
Shinji gulped when he realized that Asuka wasn't going to be staying
over at Hikari's tonight.
SHINJI: Hmmm... kiss Rei, get killed. Don't kiss Rei, live. Tough
choice. It is. Really.
(Rei gives him a quick kiss on the lips when Asuka isn't looking.)
REI: (softly) Don't act surprised Shinji. It was expected, ne?
Misato yawned, and turned over to snuggle up to Kaji's chest.
That got her awake in a hurry. It also set off all those mandatory
pain sensors that act up during hangovers.
"Ka...ji...?"
"Ow...Misato? Izzat...yeah, it is."
"Hah...at least we didn't do anything, yeah?"
"Yeah."
They lay there in embarassed silence. But not for long.
*slam*
"OwowowowowowwwwwwleggomyEAR!"
"Shut up, Shinji. I'm not in a good mood. MISATO!!!"
ASUKA: GO ASUKA! YOU'RE THE BEST!
Misato and Kaji looked at each other, adrenaline allowing them to
shrug off the hangover.
"Hide! Quick!!"
TOUJI: They're just like kids.
The writer crawled away from the keyboard, twitching.
"Need...insulin...shot...nowwwww...."
ASUKA: I could think of another type of shot you need. You're mean to
me!
To be continued....
REI/SHINJI/ASUKA: To be continued?
ASUKA: That's it? Damn. I finally get the screen and it's "To Be
Continued"?
SHINJI: That's life.
ASUKA: Would you like me to lead you on by the ear?
(He shuts up.)
HIKARI: Hey, there seems to be a little somthing extra here. This wasn't
here when the three of us saw it...
I kind of found it a little odd that aside from the Hikari-Touji bit,
there was just about no romantic element among the teenagers in
Evangelion. And the aborted kiss in ep 9 and the boredom kiss in ep 15
don't count.
ASUKA: This is kind of strange.
As I wrote this, though, that one pencilboard of Rei in a semi-formal
dark blue dress and Shinji wearing a...shoot, I can't recall exactly,
but I think he was wearing a blazer...anyway, that image came to mind.
Must get that pencilboard. Does this mean I'm in favor of a Shinji-Rei
match? I'm not sure. The whole story is so bleak at times.... I know
about Rei. Plus, there seem to be things indicating Asuka and Shinji
(aside from the two events I mentioned above).
REI: "I know about Rei"?
...
SHINJI: What is it?
REI: It's nothing. I think...
ASUKA: Indicating Asuka and Shinji, a Shinji-Rei match, what does all of
this mean?
KENSUKE: He was either a psychic... or just some weird guy who thought he
had visions of the future.
Don't take my writing to think that I dislike Asuka. I am fond of her;
I also understand why she's so loud and brash. But, well, for the
purposes of this storyline...well, it just seems like she's going to get
the short end of the stick a lot. Poor girl. I promise, I'll give her a
better break next time. 'Kay?
ASUKA: You lie.
HIKARI: Storyline?
The "Dance, puppets" quote was, admittedly, borrowed from a great
episode of "Fresh Prince of Bel Air". Geoffrey is Tha Man. And I mean
_Tha_ Man.
I _like_ Dr. Pepper.
TOUJI: "Tha Man"?
KENSUKE: (shrug)
HIKARI: Who doesn't like Dr. Pepper?
(Everyone finishes off their drinks.)
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HIKARI: I can't interpret this at all.
(And the "show", so to speak, ends.)
ASUKA: Is that it?
HIKARI: Yeah. That's it.
TOUJI: Those notes at the end were kind of strange...
KENSUKE: I don't think we should worry about them. Not yet anyway.
HIKARI: Well Asuka, you've seemed to calm down a bit.
ASUKA: I guess.
(She sees Rei and Shinji talking to themselves.)
ASUKA: (twitch) But if they do anything...
HIKARI: Breathe in and breathe out Asuka.
SHINJI: So, what's left?
KENSUKE: Just Chapter 3.
REI: And that's all?
KENSUKE: Yeah. I haven't been able to find any information regarding
the 4th Chapter yet. I'll find something soon.
SHINJI: That's too bad. This is starting to get interesting.
TOUJI: No wonder, after that Chapter, eh Shinji?
SHINJI: (blush) Well, er...
ASUKA: I don't THINK so Touji. (raises a fist)
TOUJI: *sigh* (backs down)
HIKARI: Well, is anybody hungry?
KENSUKE: Starving.
TOUJI: You bet.
ASUKA: Famished.
SHINJI: Yes.
REI: (softly) Slightly.
(Hikari pulls out the bag with the food she's been hiding and begins to
set a place on the floor for them to eat.)
TOUJI: Kensuke...
KENSUKE: Yeah?
TOUJI: Isn't it a bit odd that no one else seems to know about this
place?
KENSUKE: I guess...
TOUJI: Are you sure no one else knows?
KENSUKE: Well, let's see...
(He pulls out his laptop and starts going over the information with
Touji.)
SHINJI: Didn't the two of you say you'd discussed that BEFORE?
TOUJI/KENSUKE: (red)
TOUJI: Well, you see, er...
KENSUKE We, ummm... didn't look over it ENOUGH.
TOUJI: Yeah! That's it.
SHINJI: Uh huh. You can't lie very well.
TOUJI/KENSUKE: (grin)
REI: Shinji, can I speak to you... privately?
SHINJI: Ummm... sure, Rei.
(The two of them walk off towards a darker corner, away from prying eyes
and ears. All except for a young lady dressed in red, determined to make
the two of them miserable if they do anything she finds... unagreeable.)
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You didn't think I'd actually go into a conversation now, did you?
Yep, you'll just have to guess. Maybe I'll stick it in Part 4, but I
doubt it. Why? I wouldn't be MSTing as much, that's why! (And get
those thoughts out of your mind. In case you haven't noticed this isn't
a lemon and it's not going to be, no matter what may get written here,
comprende? <g>)
Well, I hope you all enjoyed Part 3. I'm looking at my watch...
it's 10:53 PM EDT right now. I haven't left the computer since sometime
before 8:30 PM (I don't even remember anymore). Three hours may seem
long, but... I was already half way through when I started then. So I've
spent God knows how many hours sitting in front of MS-DOS Edit writing
away. Probably 4 to 6 hours. I don't do much for myself, do I? <g>
Well, that's not true. I've come out with a new MST everyday, and I
enjoy this. One more section to go, and I can finally begin the
(full-fledged) EVA Fanfic that I want to write. Not much longer, right?
I sure hope so.
See you all in Part IV, coming soon! (another day ot two I
suppose, just like last time). The reason you get these a few days apart
and after the date listed aboce is because I have to wait for approval
first. Comments are welcome, but flames will be put out with the
electronic equivalent of water. Ja na!
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James Grabowski (sephirius@japan.crosswinds.net)
WWW: http://www.crosswinds.net/japan/~sephirius
The latest version of the MSTs of NGEjd should be available on the page
soon, and hopefully forever afterwards. Amen.
"Man is descended from one alone.
One way or another, we're all related.
With this knowledge, the wall blocking the "truth" is destroyed,
Leaving an oppurtunity that can be used to a positive advantage.
One that can change man's perception forever,
And consequently, prove the theorum wrong..."