Just looking at the two author's names makes my instincts cry out to delete
this. But since I am a masochist at heart...
C+Cing as I go along.
Warning: Some people will find certain elements of this
fanfic disturbing. The authors will not be held
accountable for any mental and/or physical damage
caused due to the reading of this fic.
Isn't that sort of like siccing a pack of wild dogs on someone and then
saying 'don't blame me if they bite you'? ^_^
"Do I have to do this?" Shinji whined.
"What are you complaining about? I thought
you'd enjoy it," Asuka told him.
"Maybe. But do I really have to wear this
outfit? It's chafing me."
"Stop complaining, dummkopf! This is to help
us get into the mood. Now bend over!"
nice dialogue.
Outraged, Misato burst into the room, only to
walk in on Asuka, dressed as Commander Ikari,
straightening out the collar of Shinji, dressed as Sub-
commander Fuyutsuki. They both turned to look at her
in surprise.
That's just what I though they were doing.
Really.
Asuka adjusted her glasses and asked, "What
seems to be the problem, Misato?"
Misato didn't know how to respond to that.
Grab a beer.
The
only thing that she did know was that she needed a beer
and fast.
See.
***
"Well, at first I thought they were doing...
you know, something weird.
Dressing up as Gendou and Fuyutsuki, weird? Nonononono.
I bust in, and I thought I
was going to have a heart attack."
Ritsuko was giving her friend a faintly amused
look as she explained what had happened the previous
day. "What were they doing? Having a civil
conversation?"
Nothing that unbelievable.
Misato nodded guiltily, spared one glance back
at the commander, and found something else to do.
I'd recommend getting another drink. I doubt if it's going to get any
better for her.
Shinji, beet red, finally gave in. "All right,
I'll do it. I'll ask her!"
Asuka smiled and patted him on the head in a
both affectionate and condescending manner.
A perfect blend of words there to characterize Asuka. Very nice.
"Um..." Shinji started.
Rei only stared back at him.
"Um..."
"Get to it, you idiot!" Asuka shouted from a
concealed location.
Shinji glanced around, startled, while Rei
continued to stare.
heh. Still perfect interaction with the three of them.
The answer was slow in coming. "I will admit,
I am interested in seeing them interact. We must also
determine if this is something dangerous."
"Dangerous. Of course. Finally taking an
interest in your son?"
"This is not personal."
Rather, it is about personnel .
Shinji ignored Asuka, concentrating on the door
before him. How would Rei react, seeing him like he
was now?
She'll blink.
Oh yes. And breathe. She does that too.
Rei's only reaction was to blink once, nod, and
follow Shinji into the apartment.
You forgot to mention her breathing.
Rei nodded, took a seat on the couch, and as
Shinji turned away from her, asked, "Why are you
dressed like Commander Fuyutsuki?"
Shinji: I am? I hadn't noticed.
Though Kozo had to admit he was feeling a
little uncomfortable himself.
I don't know. This sounds like a run on, almost.
"No. Just..."
"You see it too. Disturbing, isn't it? And
you thought this was innocent."
Since neither of them are the two of you, it is.
"I still think it is, but... They
'they' (I think)
don't know
about Rei, do they?"
Gendo shake
shook
"Right in front of Rei. She _is_ our audience.
Don't you know anything?"
"You could help me at least. It's heavy!"
"Stop whining! All you ever do is whine.
Well, it's not like he has a spine.
There's only a few more feet to go."
Rei stood and helped Shinji with setting up the
desk as he entered the living room. She blinked and
nearly dropped it on his foot when she first saw Asuka,
dressed as Commander Ikari, carrying a chair.
Heh.
"Why is Asuka dressed like Commander Ikari?"
Shinji: She is? I hadn't noticed.
Hmm. Now that I think about it. I wonder just how much it would take to
drive Rei crazy.
Shinji sweated and
sweated, and
Rei nodded. "What am I to do?"
"Just sit there and tell us what you think at
the end." Asuka then turned to Shinji and said, "All
set? Right, let's start now."
Oh ho. This should be fun.
"Will you start the damn tape already!" Asuka
shouted, still keeping her eyes forward and hands out
before her.
hehehe. Nice imagery, even with the minimal wording here.
"I still do not understand. I did not find
your performance believable."
I thought it was good, but then, I'm not hard to please, either. ^_^
"All right, Wondergirl." Asuka was grinning,
but her teeth were clenched. "We'll do this again
tomorrow and
tomorrow, and
I'll be so good that you won't be able to
tell the difference between me and the real Commander
Ikari!"
Ohh. Asuka with a beard. This I must see.
"Pen-Pen," he said suddenly, "pretend you're
me."
The bird looked at him quizzically.
"But I have a spine. It'll never work" Pen-Pen thought.
Misato got home, needing a beer very badly.
Another day, another Angel, another dollar. "I'm
home," she called out, and in return, heard a ruckus
>from the kitchen.
For a moment, she said a silent prayer,
that would go unanswered
That was... new, and different...
The panicked squawking of Pen-Pen convinced her
to look over at the poor penguin's situation which was
even more new... and different. The clanking of pans
was his doing, as he stood on a chair at the stove.
He was dressed in a miniature commander's
uniform and someone had outfitted him with a penguin-
sized pair of glasses. He was working frantically with
a waffle iron, turning out waffle after waffle. In
fact, there was a plate of waffles at least a foot
high, and the tub of batter didn't look like it was
going to run out any time soon.
Well, I just felt a million or so brain cells die picturing that one.
"Make me some waffles!" Asuka screamed,
followed by Shinji's howl of pain.
"I..." Misato started quietly. "I mustn't run
away. I mustn't run away," she repeated, staring into
the kitchen.
Wah ha! Perfect.
As it was, he simply scowled at the fact that
people thought he did so little.
"That's just not right at all," he mumbled.
Heh.
Gendo pushed his glasses up as the two watched
chaos unfold
the chaos unfold (sounds better to me)
Misato grunted, clutching a can of beer to her
chest, and attempted to roll over. She ended up
depositing herself on the floor instead. That woke her
up immediately. "Shit!"
I've had days like that.
***
"Wait a minute, Asuka. You didn't say anything
about this before," Shinji said, almost panicked.
Asuka put her hands on hips and stared him
down. "Why? Don't think you can handle the both of
us? Do you want to go back in the refrigerator?"
Heh. It sounds so... bad.
"Well, after Shinji wimps out and refuses to
pilot Unit-01, Commander Ikari tells Fuyutsuki to have
Rei do it. We can try that scene."
"So I am to play myself?" Rei asked.
Now watch her screw up her lines. ^_^
Asuka was standing, dressed as Commander Ikari,
facing away from Shinji, who was dressed as Sub-
commander Fuyutsuki, with Rei, in her school outfit,
next to him. Asuka had an SDAT player concealed in one
of her gloved hands and a slight smile on her face that
Shinji was finding particularly disturbing.
She'll probably be running NERV when this is all over, and no one will be
able to tell the difference.
"Is that wise?" Shinji asked, anger seeping
into his voice. He was starting to think that the real
point of all this was for Asuka to find new ways of
humiliating him.
Probably.
Gendo was wearing. "She's doing it wrong, eh? And
just what about her performance is wrong?"
Gendo didn't change his grin. "It is
sufficient to say that her performance is... lacking."
This is...bad.
"So, do you think that you can do better,
Wondergirl? Why don't you play Commander Ikari this
time?"
Rei nodded, taking the dark glasses Asuka
handed her.
Ohhh. This is going to be good.
***
"Fine, we'll do this scene here. Rei is
Commander Ikari, I'll be Ritsuko, and Shinji will be
Misato."
"What?" Shinji practically yelled. "Why do I
have to play Misato?"
Becuase you're the only one that drink anywhere near as much as her.
play him?"
"Geez, he only has one line... Pen-Pen can
play him!"
And probably do a better job of it than Shinji.
"Of course. Unless we defeat the Angels,
mankind has no future."
"Wark?" Pen-Pen as Fuyutsuki queried.
Rei only smiled slightly in response.
Heh. She is good.
Gendo smiled. "Just thinking what they find so
interesting to go through this much trouble."
Fuyutsuki gave an answering grin. "Probably
the same thing we do to sit here and watch them," he
said with subtle irony in his voice.
Heh. I guess it is ironic.
"Wark?" the bird squawked, offering Shinji the
can.
"Um, no thank you," Shinji told him, waving the
beer away. Ever since the whole waffle incident, Pen-
Pen had been acting as if he were Shinji's pet instead
of Misato's.
Don't wanna know why.
Shinji was about to get up and put it back in
the fridge when the sound of mad laughter drifted in
>from Asuka's room. He felt another chill that had
nothing to do with the cold beer in his hands, and
suddenly didn't want to go anywhere near a fridge at
the moment.
Hehehehehe.
Another day and Shinji and Asuka were setting
up for their next scene while waiting for Rei to
arrive. Shinji was feeling particularly nervous, since
any time he asked Asuka what scene they were going to
be doing, she got this evil smile and told him that it
was a secret.
Shinji: I must run away. I must run away.
"So we're not going to be wearing uniforms?"
Shinji asked as he lined up the desk according to
Asuka's orders, trying to get some idea of at least who
they were going to play.
"Oh, we don't need to worry about that every
time," Asuka replied haughtily. "That was just to get
us started. I think we're fairly advanced now so
now, so (I think)
we
don't have to always wear them."
The doorbell rang. Shinji motioned to answer
it,
when you say 'motioned' it makes me think of someone indicating for someone
else to do something. MIght want to go with 'started'' or 'went'
Shinji gulped, nodded, and went back to setting
up. Asuka didn't look that strong, but he still had
the bruises from the last time and
time, and
Just what was really going on? More
importantly, did he really want to know? On the other
hand, it was Misato's apartment...
which means he already knows how weird she can get, so it wouldn't make any
difference. ^_^
Finding himself out-maneuvered again, Shinji
decided to try a different tactic. He told Asuka, "Why
don't we swap roles?"
"What? Are you crazy? I can't play Kaji!"
But it would be so much more fun that way.
"But didn't you say before that you didn't want
to play Misato?"
"That was before, this is now. But if it'll
make it easier for you, Rei and I can swap. What do
you think, Wondergirl?"
"It makes no difference to me what role I play
in this scene."
"it will be better than either of you could manage anyway.' Rei said.
Asuka was practically sneering when she turned
to face Shinji again. "So what's it going to be,
Shinji? Do you want me to play Ritsuko or Rei?"
Sounds like Asuka is offering to play Rei. How about:
"Do you want me or Rei to play Ritsuko?"
"Don't worry about that, just start the scene!"
Asuka shouted as she went to put back Misato's leg
razor.
Cute. Women's hygene jokes are usually good for a laugh (or slap, depending
on the mood of women around you.)
Shinji took a very deep breath and stared at
the back of Rei's head. Rei was siting
sitting
Shinji could feel his arms shaking as he
wrapped them around Rei from behind. Asuka had been
quite insistent that they couldn't just do the dialogue
>from this scene, they had to act it all out. Shinji
was very careful to touch Rei as lightly as possible
while avoiding certain parts of her anatomy.
Not that he had not already groped her once, and he hadn't been that
impressed anyway. ^_^
Shinji took another deep breath and used every
ounce of his will to stop his hands from shaking.
Then, very slowly, he touched Rei's chin and turned her
face towards him. Then he almost burst out laughing
when he saw the "mole" Asuka had drawn on Rei. It was
a little oval drawn in "chocolate"-scented brown
marker.
Heh. Nice touch on Asuka's part, though I still don't know what she's
really up to yet.
Shinji turned to face the direction that Rei
had indicated and started to instinctively hide behind
her. There in the hallway stood Asuka, wearing one of
Misato's jackets, and giving them both the full force
of her glare of death.
Not that I think her glare is all that different from Misato's to begin
with.
Kaji shook his head. How any healthy boy...
young man could be so timid around females like that
was simply a travesty. Obviously, ability
the ability
to deal with
women was not something passed on from father to son.
Of course, considering how Gendou has treated some of the women in his
life, perhaps that's a good thing.
A half-strangled noise that emerged from Shinji
got Rei's attention.
Heh.
plain and simple," he said to himself. That scene with
Rei had been... pitiful. Completely pitiful. If
Shinji couldn't handle himself with her, he couldn't
handle himself with any female...
In fact, it seemed that "handling himself"
would be as far as he ever got.
"Poor kid."
Of course, considering how Kaji handles the primary woman in his life,
perhaps that's a good thing. ^_^
***
Shinji looked down at the tan uniform Asuka had
forced on him. "So, um, which one of them am I going
to play?" He felt a little embarrassed that he
couldn't recall the names of the bridge personnel who
all wore a similar uniform.
'wore similar uniforms.' Works better for me, but that might be more a
style thing thann anything else.
There was Ritsuko's
assistant, and the guy with the glasses...
"Which one?" Asuka repeated
"You mean they aren't all the same?" she asked.
Shinji blushed slightly, thinking about Rei.
He had been avoiding seeing her ever since the last
"incident." He was sure that she had no idea what he
was trying
'had been trying' (I think)
studied him intently. Shinji was beginning to feel a
bit nervous under her scrutiny when she said, "Hmm...
Maybe we should stuff some toilet paper down your
shirt."
Heh. Could have been worse. She could have suggested he stuff a sock down
his pants to impersonate one of the guys.
"Are you doubting my judgment?" Asuka asked,
her tone bordering on angry.
"No," he replied, shoulders slumped.
"I don't have any doubts about thinking your judgement is shitty." Shinji
said
***
Shinji was soon finding out that Asuka made a
much better drill sergeant than an acting coach. She
had distilled the three characters down to a few basic
moves which she made him practice over and over again.
There was also the riding crop she had gotten from
somewhere.
Now all she needs is knee high, stiletto heel leather boots
and...nevermind.
Shinji had not liked Asuka's reply when he
asked how to do a "whiny" voice, 'Just like your normal
voice, only more so', but he didn't feel right about
complaining, as long as she held that riding crop, that
is.
Think 'Reichmistress Asuka,' Shinji, and just accept it.
"Switch to Maya!" Crack!
Shinji pulled off the glasses and put them in
his pocket. Ruffling his hair a bit, he said in the
highest pitch he could reach, "There's an Angel
approaching, sempai!"
"You forgot to bat your eyelashes!
Nah. She only does that for Ritsuko. ^_^
Misato approached Rei's apartment with some
trepidation. She had always felt uneasy around the
quiet girl, and not just because of her close
connection to Commander Ikari. Still, if she didn't
find someone who would believe what's
what was (sounds better to me)
happening with
Shinji and Asuka then she really would go mad.
Ritsuko had just laughed it off, twice. No
point in going to her a third time. The bridge bunnies
hehehehe. Shades of Robotech are now going through my mind.
Misato knew that Rei would patiently wait for
the whole story and simply accept it without a
question. Misato also knew that this was a dubious
comfort since Rei would accept anything a commanding
officer told her. *Any port in a storm,* Misato
thought as she rang Rei's doorbell.
Misa-chan is going to be sooooo disapointed.
Misato was wondering how Rei had gotten that
familiar black uniform, especially in her size, when
the First Child adjusted her glasses with a white-
gloved hand and asked, "Is something the matter, Major
Katsuragi?"
Misato did the first thing that occurred to
her. She screamed and ran as far away from "Commander
Rei Ikari" as she could.
It's time for Misato to retire, I think. She'll live longer.
Actually, you think she'd snap before too long and start playing along,
acting like Shiniji or Asuka or something. ^_^
"I would rather play Commander Ikari."
Asuka was a little taken aback by the steel in
Rei's normally apathetic voice. "Sorry Wondergirl,
he's just not in this scene. But you can be the
commander in the scene we do after this one, all
right?"
Asuka was even more surprised at Rei's slight
smile as the blue-haired girl nodded and said, "Thank
you, Langely-san."
Hmm. Methinks this bodes ill (or bodes more humor, as the case might be)
"Are you ready, Ikari-kun?"
Shinji was snapped back to reality to find Rei
staring right at him. She looked cute and somewhat
silly in Misato's red jacket, which was a number of
sizes too big for her. It made her seem smaller, more
vulnerable.
Hmm. Yes. I can see that. Nice visualization.
Fuyutsuki stopped in his tracks. Yes, they all
knew their lines quite well. Very well. And the SDAT
player with the sound effects... Something was not
quite right, yet he couldn't put his finger on it.
Walking slowly, the uneasy feeling staying with
him, Fuyutsuki headed back to his office.
Hmm. Curiouser and curiouser.
"So did
So, did (Again, I think)
"Perhaps a lapse in security?"
Realization dawned on the sub-commander.
"That's exactly it. The records of..."
"Everything that's gone on in the command
center up to this point. They've obtained them and
have studied them quite carefully."
"But... how? The security..."
Ah now, he knows Asuka is disgustingly bright (she has graduated from a
university, after all). If anyone could have figured out how to sneak those
tapes out, it would be her. She just needs motivation is all.
Ritsuko stared up blearily at the ceiling of
her apartment. A missing lab coat, Maya acting all
strange, Misato babbling at her, the techs looking like
frightened rabbits, Kaji's odd behavior, Shinji's
strange reluctance around women...
Ritsuko relaxed. Everything seemed disgustingly normal lately.
Asuka rolled her eyes. "Of course."
"Then I will accompany you."
Asuka stared at her fellow pilot, as if she
were trying to draw an explanation out of her from her
gaze alone,
This just seems awkward. 'of her from her'. I'd try to reword it, but
nothing is coming to mind.
Rei shook her head once again. "I already have
everything I require," she told them, holding up her
school bag for emphasis.
Really getting into it, I see.
To make things worse, the girls had swimming
had been swimming
again, causing Toji and Kensuke to have an argument
over who Shinji had been staring at this time, Asuka or
Rei, or rather which parts of them he'd been staring
at. Words he had normally associated with KFC had
taken on entirely different meaning.
Ah ha., So the guys accused Shinji of staring at the girls' 'cole slaw.'
He quickly glanced at Asuka, but she seemed to
not have noticed. She was, however, waiting for an
answer and
answer, and
same reason. Stuck in a corner, Shinji fell back on
his basic instinct whenever dealing with Asuka: just
agree with whatever she said.
Actually, that can be applied to all women.
Something was wrong with Shinji, that much
Asuka knew for sure, as she
I'd cut this into two sentences. 'sure. She...'
Shinji stood before Pen-Pen's private fridge,
wondering how to get the bird's attention.
Actually, Pen-Pen would probably be the best source for advice left to
Shinji.
Shinji decided to just go right to it, not like
this penguin could understand what he was saying
anyway. "You see I've got this problem..."
"Wark!" Pen-Pen exclaimed suddenly and then
raced over to the other fridge, where he pulled out two
beers, one of which he handed to Shinji. He accepted
the beer, remembering how Pen-Pen got violent if he
didn't,
Better than him walking around, going 'Doobie Doobie Doo" and stealing all
of the beer.
Asuka walked into what was for her a very odd
sight. Odd perhaps because of its relative
familiarity. Empty beer cans scattered over the
kitchen floor,
Ah, drunk Shinji. This should be a sight to behold.
"Wark, wark," Pen-Pen agreed, nodding his head.
"Always threatening me with stuff when I talk
back, half the time speaking in German so I can't
understand her. Well, I've had enough of it, you
hear?! I'm going to tell Asuka that --"
"Tell me what?" Asuka asked from the doorway,
having finally gotten over her shock.
Something tells me that for a change, she's about to find out.
With a nasty grin, Asuka walked over and took
his arm. "Here, allow me to help you." Then she
shoved his head in the sink and turned the cold tap all
the way.
"Waaaahhhh!" Shinji yelled,
Wimp.
To his surprise, she smiled. "All right, if
you don't want to play yourself, you don't have to.
I'm not going to force you to do it."
"You're not?" Shinji asked, growing more
surprised by the minute.
Hmm. Perhaps this is what Asuka wanted him to do all along.
Asuka stood up straight and smiled again,
though this time it was closer to a sneer. "How was
that? Not whiny enough?"
"All right, I'll do it, I'll play myself,"
Shinji told her, caving in completely. "Just never do
that again."
Heh. Nicely played by Asuka.
"I wonder what that was supposed to
accomplish?"
You'll see.
"Well, I got one of my questions answered." At
least Fuyutsuki had the grace to look a bit
embarrassed, but Gendo was as impassive as always.
"This is none of your concern."
"I don't think it's any of your concern either
then.
Touche.
"And in the meantime..."
"Waffles? Where'd you get those?"
"Misato brought in a whole bunch one day.
Hehehehe
the end, they had all blurred together to become him as
a kid being ordered around by a giant Rei dressed as
his father. It took him a while to get back to sleep
after that.
No kidding.
Shinji was panicked. Somehow Asuka's
Somehow, Asuka's (I think)
"Misato won't like that."
Asuka shrugged. "She's not here, never came
home last night for some reason. And I can get Hikari
to cover for us at school so she'll never know."
Hmm. This should be good.
shoulder. Suddenly remembering the dream from last
night, Shinji instinctively screamed and bolted.
Rei blinked as Shinji fled.
You forgot to mention she was breathing too.
"What are you doing, Wondergirl?" Asuka asked.
"I am calling Commander Ikari to see if it is
all right that we skip school today."
Oops. ^_^
Rei looked at the phone and then back at them.
She said nothing, but seemed uncertain.
Asuka told her, "If you skip with us, I'll let
you be Commander Ikari again."
"Very well," Rei replied, shutting off the
phone.
Hehehehehe. Asuka has at last figured out at least a little of how Rei
works.
Ritsuko entered the lounge and stopped short.
Misato was there, staring into a styrofoam cup filled
with steaming tea. She looked decidedly unhappy.
She's sober, no doubt.
"It does matter, because... I believe you."
Misato's eyes widened momentarily, then lowered
back to her tea. "It doesn't. Here, have a waffle."
She dropped four ziploc bags on the table, each one
almost bursting with waffles.
Heh. I wonder where she's living now.
"All right," Shinji said finally, his tone
still reluctant. "Let's do this."
"That's the spirit, Shinji!" Asuka enthused,
giving him a huge pat on the back.
The Third Child crumpled to the ground.
"Oops. Think I hit him a little too hard."
I'd say so.
"Shinji, we'll use the same props for those two
bridge crew guys. Misato's red jacket can be for her.
These dark glasses for the commander. Ritsuko can be
represented by the lab co... no, wait, I don't have
that anymore.
Oh? What happened to it?
question anyway. "Um, how about I take this gray
dishcloth and wear it on my head?"
That works
"What am I supposed to do with these?" he
asked.
"Stuff them down your shirt when you play Maya,
dummkopf!"
Shinji considered arguing, but changed his
mind. He knew it would be fruitless. "At least no one
else'll see me," he muttered to himself.
Famous last words if ever there were some.
Ritsuko boggled for another moment before
frowning.
"MAYA!"
Heh.
***
Asuka, Rei, and Shinji stood standing around
'stood standing?' Drop the 'standing'. It should work just fine.
Shinji cleared his throat, being careful not to
move his head, and
not sure if you need the comma after head
towel, Asuka the jacket, and Shinji had unbuttoned the
top buttons of his shirt. Pen-Pen tried to get the
gray dishcloth off his head, but no amount of shaking
would dislodge it.
Heh
Maybe because this time Asuka was standing next
to him and not staring him down, Shinji was able to
draw confidence from his role and tried to play it as
he thought Kaji would.
Hmm. Trying to give Shinji a spine, perhaps? Could that have Asuka's
purpose to this little exercise?
Rei silently started to put the props away,
aided by Pen-Pen who had been following her around ever
since she took the gray dishcloth off of his head.
Unlike Shinji, she was able to refuse the offering of
beer.
Tsk Tsk., Pen Pen is being so fickle. ^_^
"I can do this," Shinji replied, sounding like
he was trying to convince himself. "What scene are we
doing?"
"It's when you and your father visited your
mother's grave.
That was recorded? By whom? The guys in the chopper?
The two male techs froze in surprise.
Maya stood and straightened her uniform.
Taking a deep breath first, she approached the command
dais. She would find out what was going on, once and
for all.
Heh. This has the potential to be amusing.
"It's been three years since we were last
here," he told her, his voice solemn.
Asuka smiled a bit sadly. "That's when I ran
away. I haven't come back here since then. I just
don't believe my mom is resting here. I don't even
remember her face."
Hmm. Could be theraputic for her too.
Asuka stood suddenly and walked right up to
Shinji as he turned around to face her.
"Father! I mean, I..." And then Asuka leaned
over and very softly kissed Shinji on the lips. They
stayed like that for several moments until Asuka broke
contact with him.
Interesting. And surprising. didn't see that one coming.
Shinji could only stare back at her in
surprise, the dark glasses slipping down his nose.
Head bowed with a blush dotting her cheeks,
Asuka took a deep breath and told him, "I love you."
Shinji's eyes immediately bugged out.
Heh. Ah. and Perfect. ^_^
***
"Well, helloooo, nurse," Ritsuko said softly,
her eyes wide.
Fuyutsuki whistled in appreciation. He hadn't
seen that coming at all.
I don't think many did.
Someone said, "Whoa," and it wasn't Ritsuko or
Fuyutsuki.
"It's so... nice to see a son who really loves
his father, isn't it?"
Wahhahahahaha! Brilliant.
Gendo remained silent. He wasn't sure at all
how to react to what he had just seen. It had come
completely as a surprise, and he had absolutely no
response at all.
Call off your plans for Third Impact, perhaps?
Nah. Too much to hope for.
Rei watched passively. She didn't think that
was what happened in the scene originally; she was
almost positive. So why had the Second Child changed
it?
nice to see that as much as she has moved along, she still doesn't quite
get it.
Misato was there, passed out in the hall. She
must have witnessed the reenactment. Apparently, she
was not impressed by it.
Rei knew that if she had been Commander Ikari,
Misato would have reacted differently.
Hehehehehehehe. This is true.
A brilliant work. Didn't see that end coming until it happened. The
characters moved along nicely, and at a good and even pace. The story
itself seemed to drag a tad in the middle, but with a long work like this
one it is difficult to keep the pace even. Only a handful of grammar
errors, nothing major. Humor was kept at high levels, which added to the
enjoyment. All in all one of the best long one shot pieces I've read in
quite a while. And of course, I have a weakness for Shinji/Asuka match ups,
and this one was handeled much better than most, which makes it all the
more enjoyable for me. Ingenious work on Asuka's game of 'Role Playing'.
Perfect choice for the title.
Excellent work.
D.B. Sommer