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justhugalready2013-05-14 01:12 am
rekindlemods) wrote in justhugalready2013-05-14 01:12 am
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Test Drive Meme!
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[He looks away. The problem is that he is no good at making conversation either.
Yet despite that he nods hesitantly.]
...I guess it would be.
[It would be definitely easier than hugging someone.]
Yet despite that he nods hesitantly.]
...I guess it would be.
[It would be definitely easier than hugging someone.]
Aye, and it makes their job more official if they join.
[ looking surprised and confused]
Really? There's a guild like that? How does that work? Is this without profit?
[ looking surprised and confused]
Really? There's a guild like that? How does that work? Is this without profit?
Everyone gets a room when they arrive here.
[Not sure if that's a good idea.]
[Not sure if that's a good idea.]
[ Viki. He didn't even get to see her before bumping into her, but her voice alone gave her away.
Luc was lethargic and dizzy, but he was still better off than Viki. He caught her by the shoulders to keep the two of them from falling over and making a bigger scene. ]
Luc was lethargic and dizzy, but he was still better off than Viki. He caught her by the shoulders to keep the two of them from falling over and making a bigger scene. ]
[She nods enthusiastically.]
You can think of us like mercenaries, doing odd jobs for hire, but we're more interested in what people need us to do, instead of how much we get paid. People come by with requests, and they get listed on the board. Then any member who's available can check out the list and take whatever job interests them.
People offer what they can offer, and usually, that's enough. And even if it isn't, most of them are nice enough to give something else with their money, like food or useful items they don't need.
You can think of us like mercenaries, doing odd jobs for hire, but we're more interested in what people need us to do, instead of how much we get paid. People come by with requests, and they get listed on the board. Then any member who's available can check out the list and take whatever job interests them.
People offer what they can offer, and usually, that's enough. And even if it isn't, most of them are nice enough to give something else with their money, like food or useful items they don't need.
[ —Ow. Luc stumbled back from the impact, hand covering his mouth. Well, it didn't seem like any of them are loose, at least... ]
The parks are outside, you know.
The parks are outside, you know.
Then a conversation it is!
[She puts her sign down, then kind of. Stares at her hands as if she doesn't know what to do with them.]
I don't suppose you have a preferred way of going about this? [mumbling:] Holding hands? No, that's still kind of... or how about? No...
[She puts her sign down, then kind of. Stares at her hands as if she doesn't know what to do with them.]
I don't suppose you have a preferred way of going about this? [mumbling:] Holding hands? No, that's still kind of... or how about? No...
[ooc: That moment when all the canons get mixed in your head late at night. My bad! Pretend I never mentioned the mass produced Evas aaa.../)_(\]
[Asuka has always been callous and sharp; rough around the edges would be an understatement. She could be cruel and overbearing and really, she did get on Shinji's nerves a lot. She was, to put it lightly, a bully.
But that didn't mean that Shinji didn't care about her well being. Her and Rei were in the same sinking boat as he'd been. They were all Chosen Children, and while they might've not gotten along, they still endured the same hardships from piloting the Evas. Asuka herself had seemed to fall into a pit of despair after her defeat which had been quite frankly worrying. If strong and abrasive Asuka couldn't shake her depression then what was left in store for the rest of them?]
...My fault?
[The words sting and he falters at them, digging his toes into the sand. Sure, a lot of things could be his fault and were his fault...but this too? How would it be his fault?]
What do you mean 'another one'?
[Asuka has always been callous and sharp; rough around the edges would be an understatement. She could be cruel and overbearing and really, she did get on Shinji's nerves a lot. She was, to put it lightly, a bully.
But that didn't mean that Shinji didn't care about her well being. Her and Rei were in the same sinking boat as he'd been. They were all Chosen Children, and while they might've not gotten along, they still endured the same hardships from piloting the Evas. Asuka herself had seemed to fall into a pit of despair after her defeat which had been quite frankly worrying. If strong and abrasive Asuka couldn't shake her depression then what was left in store for the rest of them?]
...My fault?
[The words sting and he falters at them, digging his toes into the sand. Sure, a lot of things could be his fault and were his fault...but this too? How would it be his fault?]
What do you mean 'another one'?
Edited 2013-05-22 20:02 (UTC)
[yet enemies they are. He worked and piloted for NERV. He helped cause the Fourth Near Impact. They can never be anything else.]
I'm fine. Was this your doing?
I'm fine. Was this your doing?
naw, the more the merrier! took me by surprise, though, that's for sure XD
pushingthreeseven
2013-05-22 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, very curious." This was Pippin here, after all. He was curious about everything. "I've tried to look around and ask people, but no one seems to want to talk about it, or else they just don't know. I don't think they mean to hurt us, though. Why give us fancy towers and all the food we can eat just to hurt us, after all?"
He was also an optimist and generally trusting. Obviously.
He was also an optimist and generally trusting. Obviously.
((ooc: IT'S ALL GOOD at least he didn't say it out loud. Pre-EoE Shinji, then?))
[Asuka keeps on walking up. If you're paying attention, her plugsuit will look notably different; red and white rather than red all over. Slightly longer hair. Without, of course, mentioning the eyepatch.
If nothing else, you have the air. This isn't some tantrum. This isn't some child beating against the walls of her own psyche. This is a very specific, personal loathing, aimed directly at you.
She stops, quite within punching distance, hands balled into fists by her side.]
Fourth Impact. You wanted to run away that badly? What had it been, two weeks?
[Asuka keeps on walking up. If you're paying attention, her plugsuit will look notably different; red and white rather than red all over. Slightly longer hair. Without, of course, mentioning the eyepatch.
If nothing else, you have the air. This isn't some tantrum. This isn't some child beating against the walls of her own psyche. This is a very specific, personal loathing, aimed directly at you.
She stops, quite within punching distance, hands balled into fists by her side.]
Fourth Impact. You wanted to run away that badly? What had it been, two weeks?
Well. My hair is wet, I think that counts!
[Hey, he'd almost gone under entirely, mister nit-picking elfy-pants! Still, as soon as Legolas is in range, he leaps into action. And by leaping, one really means leaping: he makes his best attempt to tackle Legolas and cling like a little hobbit-y burr.
The water hampers his attempt a little.]
[Hey, he'd almost gone under entirely, mister nit-picking elfy-pants! Still, as soon as Legolas is in range, he leaps into action. And by leaping, one really means leaping: he makes his best attempt to tackle Legolas and cling like a little hobbit-y burr.
The water hampers his attempt a little.]
Kili wasn't sure why they would give fancy towers and food to hurt them. Perhaps, this was just a friendly place after all.
"I am Kili, son of Dis. What might your name be, master hobbit?" He wanted to act friendly to the hobbit. He was, after all, new to all of this. Making friends sounded like a good idea.
"I am Kili, son of Dis. What might your name be, master hobbit?" He wanted to act friendly to the hobbit. He was, after all, new to all of this. Making friends sounded like a good idea.
[ooc: Yup! End of episode 24, more or less ;w;/]
[The subtle differences, the tiny nuances that should be picked up on, are on some level registered. They're mostly ignored however by the shock triggered by her words. Fourth Impact. Not Third. Fourth. He can't help but stare, confusion clearly evident on his face.]
Fourth impact...? What are you talking about? There hasn't even been a Third! You shouldn't say such things, Asuka...
[Her demeanor toward him is clearly full of loathing. This isn't childish jealousy or rivalry. This is hatred.
He'd shrink back from it if he wasn't so confused.]
[The subtle differences, the tiny nuances that should be picked up on, are on some level registered. They're mostly ignored however by the shock triggered by her words. Fourth Impact. Not Third. Fourth. He can't help but stare, confusion clearly evident on his face.]
Fourth impact...? What are you talking about? There hasn't even been a Third! You shouldn't say such things, Asuka...
[Her demeanor toward him is clearly full of loathing. This isn't childish jealousy or rivalry. This is hatred.
He'd shrink back from it if he wasn't so confused.]
Edited 2013-05-22 20:36 (UTC)
[The brat's words dig in... never a Third Impact? Never a fourteen-years-ago that saw the world end and stained the Blue Planet red? Never a humanity that fell apart until all that was left was a ragtag fleet that still laughably allied itself the United Nations?
Like all that had never happened?]
...What the hell are you talking about. You caused both of them.
Like all that had never happened?]
...What the hell are you talking about. You caused both of them.
[There were a lot of things Shinji Ikari would let himself be blamed for. There were a lot of things that he'd done that were his fault. There were a lot of things that weren't even his fault but he'd blame himself for anyway.
This however...this was ridiculous. He had caused not only Third but Fourth Impact as well? That was insane! Sure, Impact might've started and had happened if Kaworu had followed his instincts and Shinji hadn't the spine to actually crush him but he'd done so. He'd killed the Angel, someone who supposedly loved him, to save a world that hated him.
Instead of trigger it, he'd done the complete opposite.]
No...No I didn't.
[It isn't denial, at least, it isn't completely. This boy, this Shinji is free from that sin for now. It may be tacked onto his list of sins later on, but for now he's free of the guilt.]
Why would you say something like that? I...I killed the angel. I killed Kaworu-kun. I didn't trigger anything!
This however...this was ridiculous. He had caused not only Third but Fourth Impact as well? That was insane! Sure, Impact might've started and had happened if Kaworu had followed his instincts and Shinji hadn't the spine to actually crush him but he'd done so. He'd killed the Angel, someone who supposedly loved him, to save a world that hated him.
Instead of trigger it, he'd done the complete opposite.]
No...No I didn't.
[It isn't denial, at least, it isn't completely. This boy, this Shinji is free from that sin for now. It may be tacked onto his list of sins later on, but for now he's free of the guilt.]
Why would you say something like that? I...I killed the angel. I killed Kaworu-kun. I didn't trigger anything!
...
[Something isn't right..
There's something definitely wrong. Something in his words, something in his stance, something in the way he looks at her.
Denial doesn't fit. Kaworu? Not a name she knows. But Angels didn't have names; certainly not the one he fought to set off Third Impact. She'd know. They'd know. It'd be in all the documents they recovered when WILLE and the UN dismantled the old NERV headquarters.
Something isn't right.
She falls silent, watching, glaring, ticking things over in her mind and trying to find a conclusion that actually makes sense. Time travel? Hah, she must be getting senile. Memory suppression? But that doesn't add up.
...Trauma? Memory creation? Couldn't hide in the past so he invented something new...
Her eyes narrow.]
[Something isn't right..
There's something definitely wrong. Something in his words, something in his stance, something in the way he looks at her.
Denial doesn't fit. Kaworu? Not a name she knows. But Angels didn't have names; certainly not the one he fought to set off Third Impact. She'd know. They'd know. It'd be in all the documents they recovered when WILLE and the UN dismantled the old NERV headquarters.
Something isn't right.
She falls silent, watching, glaring, ticking things over in her mind and trying to find a conclusion that actually makes sense. Time travel? Hah, she must be getting senile. Memory suppression? But that doesn't add up.
...Trauma? Memory creation? Couldn't hide in the past so he invented something new...
Her eyes narrow.]
Edited 2013-05-22 21:00 (UTC)
[Chizuru spun around in surprise, and a hand quickly went to her forehead. That wouldn't do. That only made her dizzy...]
Y...yes, thank you...
[There was never much conviction in her voice to start with, but now with the light-headedness to add to it.]
Y...yes, thank you...
[There was never much conviction in her voice to start with, but now with the light-headedness to add to it.]
[One of these things is not like the other....
There's something eerie about Asuka. She's...quiet. She isn't yelling or screaming or grabbing him by his collar. She isn't threatening to punch him in the face. The details he'd ignored until now start to be picked at by his mind. Eye patch - something happened here. Her hair is longer, even though she'd probably berate him for noticing such a fact. Her suit too is different in parts. It's not the same. Maybe it's a spare?
Things aren't adding up. It's starting to make him nervous.
If there's one thing Asuka can't deny it's that the way Shinji presents himself right now, the way he still manages to stand despite wanting to curl away, the fact he still, despite his own self loathing, is still standing and living and still very much facing her head on that is unmistakably different from the boy she dragged out of the entry plug and through a desert.
This boy still has a will, despite how fractured and damaged it may be. He hasn't fallen over the edge just yet.]
...Blame me for whatever you want, call me a coward or any awful names you can come up with...but don't blame me for causing something that hasn't even happened yet.
There's something eerie about Asuka. She's...quiet. She isn't yelling or screaming or grabbing him by his collar. She isn't threatening to punch him in the face. The details he'd ignored until now start to be picked at by his mind. Eye patch - something happened here. Her hair is longer, even though she'd probably berate him for noticing such a fact. Her suit too is different in parts. It's not the same. Maybe it's a spare?
Things aren't adding up. It's starting to make him nervous.
If there's one thing Asuka can't deny it's that the way Shinji presents himself right now, the way he still manages to stand despite wanting to curl away, the fact he still, despite his own self loathing, is still standing and living and still very much facing her head on that is unmistakably different from the boy she dragged out of the entry plug and through a desert.
This boy still has a will, despite how fractured and damaged it may be. He hasn't fallen over the edge just yet.]
...Blame me for whatever you want, call me a coward or any awful names you can come up with...but don't blame me for causing something that hasn't even happened yet.
Edited 2013-05-22 21:13 (UTC)
[And now she'll just stare.]
You...you don't know who I am.
[The island? The collars? Nothing?]
You...you don't know who I am.
[The island? The collars? Nothing?]
[Third Impact hadn't happened...?
Third Impact hadn't happened...
There's one, very easy, response to that.
Wordlessly, without breaking eye contact with her one good eye, she uncurls her fist. With very forced, very deliberate calm, she silently raises her hand, and taps the eye patch under her hair.
Third Impact never happened? Then explain this.]
Third Impact hadn't happened...
There's one, very easy, response to that.
Wordlessly, without breaking eye contact with her one good eye, she uncurls her fist. With very forced, very deliberate calm, she silently raises her hand, and taps the eye patch under her hair.
Third Impact never happened? Then explain this.]
Edited 2013-05-22 21:16 (UTC)
[She's too calm. It's frightening, more so than any fist to the face from the girl could be. When she taps the eye patch he's forced to keep eye contact, forced to continue to stare. He understands the gesture, but at the same time it's lost on him. If she means to say her eye was damaged thanks to the Third Impact then...
But it makes no sense.]
I don't understand...
[He's talking to himself rather than her at this point.]
It never happened...Third Impact never happened...I killed Kaworu-kun...Misato-san spoke with me after...how could it have happened?
[He shakes his head, wanting to step back, wanting to distance himself from Asuka, but stands firmly in place. This is worse than any phantom, worse than any ghost.]
...I don't know what happened to your eye. I don't. But I'm not lying when I say Third Impact never happened yet. I would never lie about that. Never. I don't even know how someone could lie about that...
But it makes no sense.]
I don't understand...
[He's talking to himself rather than her at this point.]
It never happened...Third Impact never happened...I killed Kaworu-kun...Misato-san spoke with me after...how could it have happened?
[He shakes his head, wanting to step back, wanting to distance himself from Asuka, but stands firmly in place. This is worse than any phantom, worse than any ghost.]
...I don't know what happened to your eye. I don't. But I'm not lying when I say Third Impact never happened yet. I would never lie about that. Never. I don't even know how someone could lie about that...
Edited 2013-05-22 21:30 (UTC)
...He was the Fifth Child. [He wants to say 'is' but that'd be wrong. Kaworu is dead.] He was also an Angel.
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