:Methinks I'll never look at Hikari the same way again.  Well, then again
... no, never again.



Giving the grin o' tar n'nicotine, she jerked her thumb back at the
direction of the kitchen.



:the grin o' tar thing ... does it need a space between "n'" and "nicotine"?



He could yet the faint whirl of servos in the mechanical limbs as his friend
approached.



:he could yet what now?





"What?" asked Rei through all that rice and veg, her red eyes calmly
surveying the faces of her companions.



:Hehehe.

:Hm, Wraith Squadron ... prowlers ... Star Wars fan?  Timothy Zhan?



"Her biosoft dossier in MAGI was almost empty. Just a name. Baroness 2Asuka
Sohryu-Langley Von Rikthofen. And a date of birth in 2040."



:That "2" before "Asuka" supposed to be there?



Rei blushed slightly. "I could not help myself. I apologize," she said
softly as she fingered the mini-disc recording, in her pocket, of 'The
Imperial March' from an ancient 20th century sci-fi movie.



:Ya, we have a Star Wars fan here.



"Call me 2Asuka," smiled the auburn haired woman who looked in her mid
twenties, "quite an impressive vessel you've got here."



:ah, so the "2" is supposed to be there.



"As in, that I'm remarkably well preserved?" said 2Asuka pointedly, flashing
another smile. "It's amazing what technology can do these days."



:Br...



Gendou frowned slightly as he tapped a side panel at his desk. "The sensors
say that there is someone one else in the room. Are we able to speak
freely?"



:extra "one" after "someone"



Ghost reporting," came a smooth male voice as a man faded into view. He wore
an overcoat over an old-style salaryman suit. The rest of his appearance was
anything but conventional. Five o'clock shadow framed his roguish smile and
he wore a short pony tail. Aside from the sheathed katana strapped to his
back, Gendou's security sensors reported a mix of ancient and modern
weaponry concealed on the man's person.



: Starcraft fan.  And Katana?  Oo oo, I want to see a lightsaber duel!



"Yes, I know," sighed 2Asuka, "unfortunately Uraga died from a myocardiac
infarction just before we left. Good help is sooo hard to find these
days..."



:"infarction"?  Do you mean "infection"?



"I'm not that highly rated but I must confess to be more than a little
surprise to get a transfer order to work on Project E.



:think "surprise" should be "surprised"



"Now now, Gendou, don't you have any faith in your dear late wife's work?"
smiled Asuka sardonically and added after the briefest of pauses, "I mean
her scientific work, of course."



:dun dun dun.



Gendou ignored the barbs. "I value my life highly. Unlike some, I cannot be
ressurrected. Isn't that right, _2_Asuka?" he said, stressing the numerical
prefix.



:DUN DUN DUN.



"Nonetheless you can't afford to let me be in anything but the pink of
health, Baroness."



:"pink" of health?  You mean "peak"?  Or was that meant to be there?



"Wow wow wow!!!" exclaimed Kensuke, just on the verge of total esctasy as he
and Maya worked side by side on the prowlers mounted with EVA Units One and
Zero.



:"esctasy" shold be "ecstasy"



"But she is Dr. Akagi's bitch," offered Rei.



:*falls over and dies*



"She has already chosen Dr. Akagi as her horizontal mumbo

partner."



:you really beginning to scare me, man.



"I resigned my commission when I was ordered to slaughter civilians when
Earth Central moved to reclaim the outlying colonies, Ikari,"



:perhaps the second "when" could be "while"?



"Don't under-estimate me, Gendou. You can hand both your asses over and I'll
spare the ship and its crew. Otherwise..."



:I believe "under-estimate" is one word.



"Let me know when you come to your senses, before you let your crew go down
with your own worthless hides." With that, Earle terminated the comms
channel.



: I think "comms" should be "comm", for "communication" channel, unless you
meant "communications" channel.  Wee, I'm being a nit-picky rat today, ain't
I?



"Enemy battlecruiser's reactor has going critical!" came Maya's

voice calmly over the general broadcast.



: "going" should be "gone"



"Valkyrie to NEGEV. Mission accomplished," said 2Asuka whose image appeared
on the main bridge screen, with an extremely flustered Shinji seating on her
lap.



:"seating" should be "seated"



"All three EVAs and the NEGEV itself be ready," said Gendou, his face leaned
lazily against the back of his left hand as he made another move.



:"will" before "be"?



Fuyutsuki paused for a moment. "I would have more confidence in your
plotting and scheming if you were better at chess." A final move.
"Checkmate."



 "Doh!"



:hehehehe.



"Well, that's the only thing you've been able to beat me at. Who managed to
marry your favourite idol and enjoy the marital fruits with her, huh? Huh!?
Who's da man, huh!?" taunted Gendou.



 "_Shut_ _up_."



:I loved this ending, ge hehehehe.



Pretty fun, this one, albeit a bit rushed, perhaps.  Never seen Farscape or
even heard of Neuromancer, but oh, well, smooth nonetheless.



- Jon

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