OK, thanks sent commentary of any sort in on the preview..it seemed well-recieved, and I'm feeling inspired. Here goes..to everyone who sent C&C, thanks...I also got a request to collaborate from somene..sorry I lost your email address!!! Anyway, I think I want to rough this out on my own for right now, but I'll keep it in mind...Thanks though!
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Eva: New Genesis- Chapter 1 "In the Beginning..."
_ - + * Prelude * + - _
There was a terrible, ghastly silence.
There was a terrible, ghastly noise.
There was a terrible, ghastly silence.
Somewhere in between these three events, an entire
platoon of troopers, six fighter squadrons, a dozen heavy
artillery batteries, and a full wing of AB-21 N2 bombers
underwent the transition from fully-organized UN task
force to a smoldering pile of rubble.
Sachiel cocked his head. It was an almost comical
movement, save the sheer fact it was done by a 60-foot
tall nightmare out of a Japanese monster flick. It re-
garded the little broken machines, scattered and burning
at its feet, as little more than a slight delay. After
all, SHE called. And when mother called, her children
would return to the mortal world to greet her.
Or die trying.
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Book 1, Chapter 1 of the New Genesis of Man
-"My first thoughts on how this all started?
Honestly, I wanted to get to Tokyo-3, or die trying. If
my Fath...er, Holy Father Ikari, wanted to speak to me
that badly, after all that had happened in the past,
then it was time I confronted him and that sick, twisted
dementia he called a religion. Little did I know I'd end
up its poster child."
-Interview with Shinji Ikari, roughly 5 months
before his assasination in 2020.
The phone continued to stay dead, despite Shinji's
continued attempt to glare it into submission. A whiny,
"Oh, man..." did little to convince it to work either.
Shinji sighed. "It figures," he said, "That my father
would ask for me, then schedule our meeting on a day when
everything breaks down....there aren't even any trains
running. How strange."
Apparently, all of the Kanto district, maybe even
all of Tokai, was under some sort of special alert. Noone
was around, the lines were all dead, the trains weren't
even running. So here he was, stuck in the middle of
nowhere, in an abandoned city, waiting for a ride, from a
total stranger, who was supposed to meet him two stops
down the line from here, and whom he couldn't contact.
So far, situation normal, as far as Shinji Ikari was
concerned.
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At that moment, the person Shinji was looking for
was uttering a few choice phrases that, if he had been
there to hear, would have permanantly turned him beet
red.
So far, it was situation normal, as far as Misato
Katsuragi was concerned. Anyone unfortunate enough to
be riding in her brand new blue sportscar would likely be
more concerned with the fact they were hurtling down
train tracks, the opposite way any potential trains might
be coming, at something in excess of 120 mph. The fact
that there were no trains running in this district mattered
little.
Misato was an accident waiting to happen, all by
herself.
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Sachiel would have parted his lips in a smile, had it lips,
or even a mouth for that matter. He was almost there. It
redoubled its efforts at pushing past the pesky mites in
its path.
Misato grimaced and cursed again. She was almost there.
Shinji HAD to be at Goura station, as that was were he
was scheduled to pick up the train in the first placed.
She cursed louder and pressed down on the accelarator, hard.
Shinji sighed. Just when he thought things couldn't
get worse, the boom of thunder and bright flashes from near
the sea let him know a big storm was headed his way. Funny
though..they almost looked and sounded more like explosions...
To be continued.....
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Well, what do you think? I know it hasn't really
differed much from the origianl beginning, but that's
going to change in the next chapter..when Shinji arrives
in Tokyo-3, the religious capitol of the entire known
world, for a fateful meeting with his father, who happens
to be the equivalent of the Pope there...
You probably noticed the 'Angel-vision' (tm), a.k.a.
seeing the world through Sachiel's..um..eyes. Hopefully
this will work out well...I mean..ever wonder what was
going on in Ishamael's head when Unit-01 went berserk in
ep. 19?
Also semi-unique are the interviews with various
people from the Eva world. you may recognize the style from
Frank Herbert's Dune; a partial inspiration for this series.
OK, last bit of info...anyone recognize the first three
lines? Ten points to anyone who did..to the rest, it's from
Douglas Adams' "Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy".
Argh!!!! Two last things, and I mean it this time! My notes
are bigger than the fic itself...Anyway...Anone know where
I can find a translated copy of the lyrics to the Eva song "Shiawase
no Tsumi no Nioi?" I've found a dozen copies in Romanji, but as I don't
understand Japanese grammar all that well, I'm having no luck. Secondly,
I'm a little iffy about the title..anyone got suggestions? please mail me at
ravemn0548@msn.com if you have answers to either conundrum..please!
Thanks!
Send all C&C to ravemn0548@msn.com
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Thank you, and Boo-bye!
Rav