Post by Mizagium on Dec 24, 2010 10:43:32 GMT -5
"Cap the point guys."
Shinji's eyes felt as though they were made of lead. You ever seen alien? You know that one scene with the chest-burster and the British guy? Yeah, well Shinji's head was the British guy's stomach. I actually this bit of talking to the reader. Do it more often if you can
"SPY PYRO SPY PYRO!" and the continuity DIES
Rei sat in the corner, cuddlingcuddled, not cuddling., Don't go switching verb tenses on me, now. around her laptop. Evidently, the team wasn't doing too well today.
"Dammit Calfrun! I don't care about how cheap it is, just get out the FAN already!" Oh, Zac. If I see Moniko or any of your guy's names...
Shinji reached over the glass of water on the shelf. "You know," he said between sips, "I think in the fourteen years we've known each other, you've said more to that mic than you have to me." What, no hangover?
"It seems as though the entire enemy team has switched to Heavies with Natashas. I hope you guys are happy."
'Ignoring me. As always.' Shinji plopped himself next to his sister. For twins, they really didn't look all that alike. She looked more like her mother than anyone else. Something she tried to make people forget through the dyed hair and red contacts. Bitch!
"I still can't believe that people still play this," he said, " It came out how many years ago again? Like 7? Jeez." Still nothing. She was utterly absorbed by this round. Eventually her team lost. She figured it was time to quit.
"Those kraut That's actually a slur no one's used since WWII. players must be map hacking," she said as she closed her laptop. "I think I saw a stairway disappear..."
"That one player seemed to be kicking your ass," said Shinji, letting some (I need an emotion here. Help me Tyler. Like a mix between Smug and teasing. There's a word for it, but I just can't think of it) I'd say teasing, but the word you're looking for is "taunting" I think. enter his voice.
"The Red Baron? Yeah, she's impossible to beat. I think she has no life outside of Steam." Rei sighed and rubbed her eyelids. Calling it.
"Don't we have school today?"
"Yeah, in like 20 minutes."
Shinji froze. "We need to go. Fast."
"First day at a new school and I have a hangover. Challenge accepted." Well, I guess my wish is partially granted...
And with that, the two children raced to see who could get the shower first. Rei. Duh.
-
"Rise!... Sit."
Shinji and Rei found themselves sitting smack dab in the middle of the classroom. The rumor mill was already churning out wild mass guesses about where they came from. The sad truth is that the one kid who suggested that they had something to do with NERV and the monster attack got shot down for being 'too out-there.' the perfect disguise!
'Whatever. I just want to get through today as quickly as possible.' Shinji took a sip from his water bottle, noting on the metallic taste. 'Don't tell me they're putting LCL in the water supply.' ITS A CONSPIRACY!
The teacher was an older gentleman. The first 3 hours of the day seemed to be devoted to the world before Second Impact. It wasn't too bad, seeing as how the guy used to work for G-Force and thus fought giant monsters for a living. Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait...awesome.'Join the club. Just please tell me that you're not going to do this everyday.' Shinji snarled slightly as he finished the thought.
Rei seemed to be absorbed by something on her monitor. It looked like... Sound editing software? He'd need to ask her about that later.
Shinji glanced down on this desktop monitor, surprised to see that he had an IM invite.
"Alright," he said to no one in particular, "I'll bite."
-
ShinjiI: Uh...
ShinjiI: Hi?
Ken: Sup.
ToeG: Hey.
ManaPotion: Hi!
ShinjiI: So does he spend everyday talking about this?
ToeG: yeah
ManaPotion: Sadly.
ShinjiI: This is going to be a fun year. I can already tell.
ManaPotion: So... Where are you from?
Ken: Yeah, most people are trying to move away from this place,
Ken:*.
ShinjiI: I used to live with my uncle up north. (Can someone check this? Just where the hell did Shinji used to live?) Nobody fucking knows. Charles Bhepin had him live out in the coutry somewhere, but I put him in a nameless city apartment complex. The point is that he lived with...shit. I've seen aunt and uncle mostly, but the Eva wiki says "sensei". So...yeah
ToeG: play any sports?
ShinjiI: Not really. I play the Cello though.
*ToeG has logged out*
ShinjiI: Oh come on!
ManaPotion: He's like that.
Ken: Yeah, I honestly don't understand why he hangs out with us.
ManaPotion: Cause you two are locked in a bromance it's guy love, that's all it is!
Ken: Damn Straight.
ShinjiI: Am I missing something here?
ManaPotion: So... Why did you move here?
ShinjiI: I'm not sure if I'm allowed to say.
*Reistep has logged in* Rei's IM name is the only one I don't get
Reistep: I figured I'd say hey
ManaPotion: Hi, this your sister?
ShinjiI: Yeah.
Reistep: You know NERV never said that we couldn't talk about our job
Ken: NERV!?
ShinjiI: Rei!
Ken: JOB?!
ManaPotion: Great. Now you've got him started D:
Ken: Ok. I have to know what you guys are here for!
ShinjiI: I don't really know if we're allowed to talk about it.
Ken: THE BALANCE OF THE UNIVERSE DEPENDS ON IT!!!1
ManaPotion: Ugh >.<
Reistep: We pilot giant cyborgs.
ManaPotion: wat
Ken: You do what?
ShinjiI: I guess the cat's out of the bag now.
Reistep: I pilot the big golden one that looks like a turtle
ShinjiI: I'm stuck with the Mardi Graszilla.
Ken: So you mean the things that attacked the other day were actually you?
ShinjiI: More or less. And what do you mean by attacked? We saved the day.
Ken: Toji's sister almost got stepped on you know.
Reistep: What was she doing out at a time like that?
Ken: I was there too!
ShinjiI: Did you have some sort of death wish or something?
Ken: BUT IT WAS AWESOME.
ManaPotion: I have to admit, it was pretty neat.
Reistep: Nice to know that we have fans
ShinjiI: Et tu?
ManaPotion: You were the one shooting lazers everywhere, right?Man, that was amazing to look at! I could see the fight through my eyelids!
Ken: Where have I heard that line before?
*Class Rep H*
Class Rep H: Shouldn't you guys be listening to the teacher?
Ken: BUT THE NEW KIDS PILOT GIANT ROBOTS!
Class Rep H: He's starting a video about Godzilla. You may want to watch this.
Ken: Fine.
*Ken has logged out*
ManaPotion: Hey Shinji. Find me after class.
*ManaPotion has logged out*
Reistep: Looks like Shinji has an admirer
ShinjiI: Shut up.
*Reistep has logged out*
*ShinjiI has logged out*
Kensuke's such a nerd.
-
The rest of the day went by without any real incident. Aside from people asking him questions about 'the return of the king,' he really couldn't complain. His real problem was trying to figure out who "ManaPotion" is. After asking around a bit he was pretty sure that the student populace was pulling his leg. They had to be. After all, who the hell names their daughter Mana? Excellent question. Damn hippies.
But there she was. Brown/red (is there a word for that?) auburn, perhaps. hair cut short in a style not too dissimilar from Rei. The thing that caught his eyes the most though was her necklace. A simple artificial leather braid with a butterfly pendant. 'Oh god. She's one of those.'
The sixties were a really turbulent time for everybody. Monsters were all over the place. The Americans and Russians were trying ever-so hard to out maneuver each other. Not to mention the counter-culture that sprung up across the globe. However, most historians agree that the most lasting impact was the appearance of the Great Moths. Mothra and Battra appeared across the globe fighting monsters and helping the downtrodden wherever they went. A multitude of cults sprang up around the world. Eventually the cults gained enough popularity to become one of the major world religions. Wouldn't that make her parents at least 50ish? Or are they second generation?
"Hey!" she waved out to him, "Thought you could sneak away from me, eh?"
"Not exactly," he replied. His uncle was pretty distrusting of 'them Bug People' and Shinji would just be lying to himself if he said that his perception of them wasn't without some bias. "So you thought that the fight was cool?"
"Cool doesn't even begin to describe it," she replied clearly reveling in the memory.
"I always thought that you Mothra folks were all for non-violence," Shinji said.
"Mothra and Battra destroyed plenty of cities when we had it coming. We only hate violence that doesn't get anywhere."
"Right." There was something about her necklace that seemed off. They were the tell tale sign of a Moth worshiper, most having rainbowesk designs. There were the telltale signs of a Moth worshiper - the rainbow shaped designs - but hers was different. Hers seemed to be a mix of darker colors towards the center with the more typical colors around it. He discovered that he was staring at her chest a little too late.
"I made it myself," she said twirling the charm between her fingers, " I got tired of the same old designs and I figured I'd make a hybrid necklace." She held it up for him to see.
"See," she continued, "it has Battra's colors as well. Unless you were staring at something else."
This accusation turned Shinji into a gibbering frenzy, trying his hardest to say something to the effect of 'I wasn't'.
"I-I-I flurgen... Ugh." Making up words like his mother.
Mana giggled. "Just kidding."
"I... uh," Shinji just shut down. How do you recover from that? In Shinji's case, you just can't. What followed was a somewhat awkward silence. Shinji kept his eyes down. Mana continued to analyze him.
"Tell me," She said, breaking the ice, "What's it like... Piloting that thing?"
Shinji gulped. "To be honest, it really sucks."
"Really? How so?"
"Well..." Shinji winced slightly as he began to mentally tally up his information. "First off, you have to wear this really tight suit. It's like a second skin almost. The cockpit is also flooded with this liquid. You can breathe the stuff like air, but your body tries to retch it back up. After all, our lungs aren't exactly made to breathe liquid. That and it tastes like blood."
"No that you mention it, that really doesn't sound too nice."
"The strangest thing though is that you don't really control the thing with buttons or levers, but with your mind." That's an excellent point. How do two back-and-forth butterfly controls even move an Eva? I think Simon explained it best in Gurren Lagann. You just move the controls and the thing sort does what you want.
Mana's eyes widened with this new information. Those of the Children of the Earth were fascinated with telepathy. Their high priests were able to psychically link with their gods on a regular basis. And now NERV had found a way to do it artificially? Weird. She better get to pilot SOMETHING
"How do you do that?" her voice was somewhat distraught when she asked this, "Do they wire your head into a machine or something?"
"Kinda. They have these things called nerve clips," Shinji winced slightly as his brain recognized the pun. "They're basically these big... barrettes. Its kinda weird."
"Like the other stuff isn't?"
"The problem with linking with the eva-"
"Eva?"
"Yeah, it's called an Evangelion."
'Like the greek word for angel?' Mana's mind was quick to make the connection.
Shinji continued, "Anyway, the problem with mentally linking yourself to one of these things is that you end being talked back to."
"By whom?"
Shinji's voice became cold. "The eva."
'So they have made artificial telepathy,' Mana's thoughts swirled with the implications of such a development. 'Interesting.'
"So," Mana began, "When the... Eva talks to you what does it say?"
"Nothing nice. It isn't too fond of people."
You are weak. I am strong.
The words echoed inside his skull. Angry. Judgmental. But worst of all, true.
"I take that back," Shinji started back up again, fear in his voice, "It actively hates me. Hates us."
Mana nodded in response. "Mothra fought Godzilla a few times. She always said that he personally blamed us for everything wrong in this world. But that's a thing of the past. Godzilla died during Second Impact."
"Yeah," Shinji gulped down some air, "Too bad we decided to bring him back."
"Do you really think that the thing you're piloting is Godzilla?"
"No," he shook his head, "At least not the one we're familiar with."
"How do you know?"
Shinji didn't know how to respond to this. After a couple seconds of standing idly, he responded with, "I just do."
Someone whistled in their direction. Shinji turned his head to see who it was. Rei was standing near the gates waiting for him.
"Looks like I gotta go. Nice meeting you."
"Yeah, back at 'cha."
Shinji smiled and waved goodbye as he headed towards his sister. Mana remained where she stood, trying to piece together everything he told her.
"Fascinating."
-
"Sorry to keep you waiting," said Shinji as he caught up to his twin. "Ready to go home?"
"We can't," there was a hint of apprehension in her voice.
"Why not?"
"There's an angel inbound."
Final Notes: The characters all seem pretty...normal. I mean, I guess this is justified on every account. I've just got to put myself out of the mind of the original series when I read this. Like I do with Nobody Dies.
Rei being Shinji's sister is something I find interesting. In a good way.
lol Mana
that's it.
Shinji's eyes felt as though they were made of lead. You ever seen alien? You know that one scene with the chest-burster and the British guy? Yeah, well Shinji's head was the British guy's stomach. I actually this bit of talking to the reader. Do it more often if you can
"SPY PYRO SPY PYRO!" and the continuity DIES
Rei sat in the corner, cuddlingcuddled, not cuddling., Don't go switching verb tenses on me, now. around her laptop. Evidently, the team wasn't doing too well today.
"Dammit Calfrun! I don't care about how cheap it is, just get out the FAN already!" Oh, Zac. If I see Moniko or any of your guy's names...
Shinji reached over the glass of water on the shelf. "You know," he said between sips, "I think in the fourteen years we've known each other, you've said more to that mic than you have to me." What, no hangover?
"It seems as though the entire enemy team has switched to Heavies with Natashas. I hope you guys are happy."
'Ignoring me. As always.' Shinji plopped himself next to his sister. For twins, they really didn't look all that alike. She looked more like her mother than anyone else. Something she tried to make people forget through the dyed hair and red contacts. Bitch!
"I still can't believe that people still play this," he said, " It came out how many years ago again? Like 7? Jeez." Still nothing. She was utterly absorbed by this round. Eventually her team lost. She figured it was time to quit.
"Those kraut That's actually a slur no one's used since WWII. players must be map hacking," she said as she closed her laptop. "I think I saw a stairway disappear..."
"That one player seemed to be kicking your ass," said Shinji, letting some (I need an emotion here. Help me Tyler. Like a mix between Smug and teasing. There's a word for it, but I just can't think of it) I'd say teasing, but the word you're looking for is "taunting" I think. enter his voice.
"The Red Baron? Yeah, she's impossible to beat. I think she has no life outside of Steam." Rei sighed and rubbed her eyelids. Calling it.
"Don't we have school today?"
"Yeah, in like 20 minutes."
Shinji froze. "We need to go. Fast."
"First day at a new school and I have a hangover. Challenge accepted." Well, I guess my wish is partially granted...
And with that, the two children raced to see who could get the shower first. Rei. Duh.
-
"Rise!... Sit."
Shinji and Rei found themselves sitting smack dab in the middle of the classroom. The rumor mill was already churning out wild mass guesses about where they came from. The sad truth is that the one kid who suggested that they had something to do with NERV and the monster attack got shot down for being 'too out-there.' the perfect disguise!
'Whatever. I just want to get through today as quickly as possible.' Shinji took a sip from his water bottle, noting on the metallic taste. 'Don't tell me they're putting LCL in the water supply.' ITS A CONSPIRACY!
The teacher was an older gentleman. The first 3 hours of the day seemed to be devoted to the world before Second Impact. It wasn't too bad, seeing as how the guy used to work for G-Force and thus fought giant monsters for a living. Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait...awesome.'Join the club. Just please tell me that you're not going to do this everyday.' Shinji snarled slightly as he finished the thought.
Rei seemed to be absorbed by something on her monitor. It looked like... Sound editing software? He'd need to ask her about that later.
Shinji glanced down on this desktop monitor, surprised to see that he had an IM invite.
"Alright," he said to no one in particular, "I'll bite."
-
ShinjiI: Uh...
ShinjiI: Hi?
Ken: Sup.
ToeG: Hey.
ManaPotion: Hi!
ShinjiI: So does he spend everyday talking about this?
ToeG: yeah
ManaPotion: Sadly.
ShinjiI: This is going to be a fun year. I can already tell.
ManaPotion: So... Where are you from?
Ken: Yeah, most people are trying to move away from this place,
Ken:*.
ShinjiI: I used to live with my uncle up north. (Can someone check this? Just where the hell did Shinji used to live?) Nobody fucking knows. Charles Bhepin had him live out in the coutry somewhere, but I put him in a nameless city apartment complex. The point is that he lived with...shit. I've seen aunt and uncle mostly, but the Eva wiki says "sensei". So...yeah
ToeG: play any sports?
ShinjiI: Not really. I play the Cello though.
*ToeG has logged out*
ShinjiI: Oh come on!
ManaPotion: He's like that.
Ken: Yeah, I honestly don't understand why he hangs out with us.
ManaPotion: Cause you two are locked in a bromance it's guy love, that's all it is!
Ken: Damn Straight.
ShinjiI: Am I missing something here?
ManaPotion: So... Why did you move here?
ShinjiI: I'm not sure if I'm allowed to say.
*Reistep has logged in* Rei's IM name is the only one I don't get
Reistep: I figured I'd say hey
ManaPotion: Hi, this your sister?
ShinjiI: Yeah.
Reistep: You know NERV never said that we couldn't talk about our job
Ken: NERV!?
ShinjiI: Rei!
Ken: JOB?!
ManaPotion: Great. Now you've got him started D:
Ken: Ok. I have to know what you guys are here for!
ShinjiI: I don't really know if we're allowed to talk about it.
Ken: THE BALANCE OF THE UNIVERSE DEPENDS ON IT!!!1
ManaPotion: Ugh >.<
Reistep: We pilot giant cyborgs.
ManaPotion: wat
Ken: You do what?
ShinjiI: I guess the cat's out of the bag now.
Reistep: I pilot the big golden one that looks like a turtle
ShinjiI: I'm stuck with the Mardi Graszilla.
Ken: So you mean the things that attacked the other day were actually you?
ShinjiI: More or less. And what do you mean by attacked? We saved the day.
Ken: Toji's sister almost got stepped on you know.
Reistep: What was she doing out at a time like that?
Ken: I was there too!
ShinjiI: Did you have some sort of death wish or something?
Ken: BUT IT WAS AWESOME.
ManaPotion: I have to admit, it was pretty neat.
Reistep: Nice to know that we have fans
ShinjiI: Et tu?
ManaPotion: You were the one shooting lazers everywhere, right?Man, that was amazing to look at! I could see the fight through my eyelids!
Ken: Where have I heard that line before?
*Class Rep H*
Class Rep H: Shouldn't you guys be listening to the teacher?
Ken: BUT THE NEW KIDS PILOT GIANT ROBOTS!
Class Rep H: He's starting a video about Godzilla. You may want to watch this.
Ken: Fine.
*Ken has logged out*
ManaPotion: Hey Shinji. Find me after class.
*ManaPotion has logged out*
Reistep: Looks like Shinji has an admirer
ShinjiI: Shut up.
*Reistep has logged out*
*ShinjiI has logged out*
Kensuke's such a nerd.
-
The rest of the day went by without any real incident. Aside from people asking him questions about 'the return of the king,' he really couldn't complain. His real problem was trying to figure out who "ManaPotion" is. After asking around a bit he was pretty sure that the student populace was pulling his leg. They had to be. After all, who the hell names their daughter Mana? Excellent question. Damn hippies.
But there she was. Brown/red (is there a word for that?) auburn, perhaps. hair cut short in a style not too dissimilar from Rei. The thing that caught his eyes the most though was her necklace. A simple artificial leather braid with a butterfly pendant. 'Oh god. She's one of those.'
The sixties were a really turbulent time for everybody. Monsters were all over the place. The Americans and Russians were trying ever-so hard to out maneuver each other. Not to mention the counter-culture that sprung up across the globe. However, most historians agree that the most lasting impact was the appearance of the Great Moths. Mothra and Battra appeared across the globe fighting monsters and helping the downtrodden wherever they went. A multitude of cults sprang up around the world. Eventually the cults gained enough popularity to become one of the major world religions. Wouldn't that make her parents at least 50ish? Or are they second generation?
"Hey!" she waved out to him, "Thought you could sneak away from me, eh?"
"Not exactly," he replied. His uncle was pretty distrusting of 'them Bug People' and Shinji would just be lying to himself if he said that his perception of them wasn't without some bias. "So you thought that the fight was cool?"
"Cool doesn't even begin to describe it," she replied clearly reveling in the memory.
"I always thought that you Mothra folks were all for non-violence," Shinji said.
"Mothra and Battra destroyed plenty of cities when we had it coming. We only hate violence that doesn't get anywhere."
"Right." There was something about her necklace that seemed off. They were the tell tale sign of a Moth worshiper, most having rainbowesk designs. There were the telltale signs of a Moth worshiper - the rainbow shaped designs - but hers was different. Hers seemed to be a mix of darker colors towards the center with the more typical colors around it. He discovered that he was staring at her chest a little too late.
"I made it myself," she said twirling the charm between her fingers, " I got tired of the same old designs and I figured I'd make a hybrid necklace." She held it up for him to see.
"See," she continued, "it has Battra's colors as well. Unless you were staring at something else."
This accusation turned Shinji into a gibbering frenzy, trying his hardest to say something to the effect of 'I wasn't'.
"I-I-I flurgen... Ugh." Making up words like his mother.
Mana giggled. "Just kidding."
"I... uh," Shinji just shut down. How do you recover from that? In Shinji's case, you just can't. What followed was a somewhat awkward silence. Shinji kept his eyes down. Mana continued to analyze him.
"Tell me," She said, breaking the ice, "What's it like... Piloting that thing?"
Shinji gulped. "To be honest, it really sucks."
"Really? How so?"
"Well..." Shinji winced slightly as he began to mentally tally up his information. "First off, you have to wear this really tight suit. It's like a second skin almost. The cockpit is also flooded with this liquid. You can breathe the stuff like air, but your body tries to retch it back up. After all, our lungs aren't exactly made to breathe liquid. That and it tastes like blood."
"No that you mention it, that really doesn't sound too nice."
"The strangest thing though is that you don't really control the thing with buttons or levers, but with your mind." That's an excellent point. How do two back-and-forth butterfly controls even move an Eva? I think Simon explained it best in Gurren Lagann. You just move the controls and the thing sort does what you want.
Mana's eyes widened with this new information. Those of the Children of the Earth were fascinated with telepathy. Their high priests were able to psychically link with their gods on a regular basis. And now NERV had found a way to do it artificially? Weird. She better get to pilot SOMETHING
"How do you do that?" her voice was somewhat distraught when she asked this, "Do they wire your head into a machine or something?"
"Kinda. They have these things called nerve clips," Shinji winced slightly as his brain recognized the pun. "They're basically these big... barrettes. Its kinda weird."
"Like the other stuff isn't?"
"The problem with linking with the eva-"
"Eva?"
"Yeah, it's called an Evangelion."
'Like the greek word for angel?' Mana's mind was quick to make the connection.
Shinji continued, "Anyway, the problem with mentally linking yourself to one of these things is that you end being talked back to."
"By whom?"
Shinji's voice became cold. "The eva."
'So they have made artificial telepathy,' Mana's thoughts swirled with the implications of such a development. 'Interesting.'
"So," Mana began, "When the... Eva talks to you what does it say?"
"Nothing nice. It isn't too fond of people."
You are weak. I am strong.
The words echoed inside his skull. Angry. Judgmental. But worst of all, true.
"I take that back," Shinji started back up again, fear in his voice, "It actively hates me. Hates us."
Mana nodded in response. "Mothra fought Godzilla a few times. She always said that he personally blamed us for everything wrong in this world. But that's a thing of the past. Godzilla died during Second Impact."
"Yeah," Shinji gulped down some air, "Too bad we decided to bring him back."
"Do you really think that the thing you're piloting is Godzilla?"
"No," he shook his head, "At least not the one we're familiar with."
"How do you know?"
Shinji didn't know how to respond to this. After a couple seconds of standing idly, he responded with, "I just do."
Someone whistled in their direction. Shinji turned his head to see who it was. Rei was standing near the gates waiting for him.
"Looks like I gotta go. Nice meeting you."
"Yeah, back at 'cha."
Shinji smiled and waved goodbye as he headed towards his sister. Mana remained where she stood, trying to piece together everything he told her.
"Fascinating."
-
"Sorry to keep you waiting," said Shinji as he caught up to his twin. "Ready to go home?"
"We can't," there was a hint of apprehension in her voice.
"Why not?"
"There's an angel inbound."
Final Notes: The characters all seem pretty...normal. I mean, I guess this is justified on every account. I've just got to put myself out of the mind of the original series when I read this. Like I do with Nobody Dies.
Rei being Shinji's sister is something I find interesting. In a good way.
lol Mana
that's it.