Vodka likely won't cut it for something like that. I'll grab some absinthe and cognac. It's not a gargle blaster, but it should still feel like getting your brains smashed by a large gold brick. Sans lemon slice.
Advice and Trust [NGE]
Vodka likely won't cut it for something like that. I'll grab some absinthe and cognac. It's not a gargle blaster, but it should still feel like getting your brains smashed by a large gold brick. Sans lemon slice.
- Location
- RWBY Wiki
Keep in mind it's Dark Souls 3, the most recent one. It's also hosted on FF.net and Ao3, as well as here.Well, I don't know RWBY, but I'm in a Dark Souls craziness now (actually playing the first). XD
Gonna take a look on It!
As for A&T, I'm not sure about Kaworu losing his memories on death. He has mentioned before his vague recollection of past lives (or perhaps that's just universes). Perhaps Rei can jog his memory of one where he loved her...and maybe one where she loved him.
Evangelion: The Hangover pt 3
- Location
- National Capital Region, USA
Hangover 3 is go! Screw waiting for Friday!
Evangelion: The Hangover pt 3
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"I'm glad you talked me into that minivan for our rental, Kaworu."
"I knew we'd need the space, Shinji," Kaworu smiled. He bit his lip for a moment, then sidled a little closer to Shinji and took his hand as they walked.
Shinji jumped slightly, but quickly relaxed. No one was really staring at the two young men walking hand-in-hand through the nicely air-conditioned lobby of the hotel-casino as they headed for the parking garage. Shinji started to sweat anyhow. "Kaworu?"
"I... want to... show off," Kaworu replied haltingly. "I am still confused as to how this came about, but I am... happy? I... Shinji, you know I have... loved you since I arrived, yes? But... anyone could see you and Asuka were something only a fool would interrupt. So I didn't. But... the idea that I could be added to your pairing was... I wish I'd thought of it before. Beyond wild dreams, I mean."
Shinji tried not to blush too much. Kaworu's hand in his was warm and strong, the surprising strength of another musician's fingers easy to feel. "I... um... I kind of noticed, yeah. How you... liked me. You know how I'm... bad at... believing that, though. Asuka had to practically tackle me to the floor the first time we... er... got serious. And I wasn't much better with Rei. You... come on, a third person who liked me? And... it took nearly a straight liter of sake before I could admit I wanted to kiss you, remember? If Asuka hadn't dared me to, I probably would still have chickened out."
"I'm glad you did not..." Kaworu's smile was almost perfectly innocent. Only someone who'd known him for years could spot the wicked edge to it. "I found Rei was right. Kissing someone you love is... different. And sex even more so."
Shinji did blush this time. It had taken a couple of years of intermittent intimacy before he'd even admitted to Asuka alone that he found men attractive too. Or at least Kaworu. He'd never felt too much pull towards other men. Not like the one he'd felt for his gray-haired friend, anyway. Asuka, happily, had found the news more arousing than shameful, the latter being something he'd feared. She'd happily bragged about Europe's 'more enlightened' attitude about it. Shinji had rebutted with a simple look in the direction of Asuka's surprisingly extensive collection of Japanese yaoi manga. She'd retaliated by grabbing a hold of his groin and starting to whisper how she'd like to see him and Kaworu together, and the discussion had wandered from there. Still, actually acting on the attraction, or admitting it to anyone else had waited until that very drunken birthday party last year. He'd never minded that Asuka and Rei had always been there when they did, eagerly watching and cheering.
Hell, both girls had been firmly encouraging. Everyone knew Rei was a considerable voyeur, but Asuka... she'd been whispering in his ear the entire time he and Kaworu had first... gone further. Whispering how hot she found it... but also whispering encouragement. Emotional encouragement. Telling him not to be afraid of admitting you liked someone, not to fear showing it, that she and Rei would never mock him for it.
And yes, sex with Kaworu had been... as intense and exciting as he'd imagined. Asuka being there, whispering in his ear, had quieted his fears even more than the alcohol had numbed them. The morning after, waking up next to the man who'd done his best to be Shinji's friend from the day they met, despite the darker whispers of the Call, Shinji hadn't felt any of the shame or regret he'd feared. Only warmth that both Kaworu and Asuka had been as happy with the night as he was.
Right up until Kaworu's weakness to hangovers had reared it's head, and he'd fled the room in haste for the bathroom. Kind of like this morning, really. ...Except for the part where Kaworu was now apparently his husband. That did start his legs trembling, and more sweat rolling down his temples than the mere heat of the Las Vegas sun on the parking garage could account for. Husband. And his two wives were right behind them. He... was he allowed to be this happy?
That exact insecurity had cause more than one breakup between him and Asuka. Sometimes, the better things were going, the less Shinji felt like he was worth it, like Asuka could do better than him, and that always led to him withdrawing from her right when they were getting closer than ever, and ta-da, breakup again. Made worse each time by the way it was triggered by Asuka lowering her walls a bit more. She hated the way him doing that hurt her, he hated himself for hurting her... There were reasons that they'd taken five years to reach this point, despite how much they loved each other.
And now here he was, walking along holding his husband's hand while his wives, plural, watched the two of them with smiles. He wondered if this was some attempt by his subconscious to 'go berserk' on its own and try to overload his insecurity until it surrendered. He wasn't sure if he deserved this, but it looked like Rei wanted it, Kaworu was content with it, and Asuka... She'd been overjoyed when he'd said 'I think we got married.' And he wanted her to be happy more than anything. Was their happiness with this enough to override his fears of reaching for it? They'd all four of them been the closest of friends and lovers for years. Could he... could he do this? For them?
He shook his head. Maybe the... gulp... wedding video would reveal some answers. The address wasn't far away. Even in Las Vegas Traffic, they'd be there quickly once they got in the...
"Dude, where's my car?"
Kaworu looked at the empty parking spot in the vast garage. "Where's your car, dude?"
"Dude, where's my car?" Shinji repeated.
"Shin-dude, the car is missing!" Touji belatedly observed. In his arms, Hikari looked around in confusion.
Their suite, for a small additional fee of course, came with a reserved parking spot in the attached parking structure, right near the elevators. The last Shinji could remember, they'd parked the nice, new-model Honda minivan right there the day before. Right now, however, the spot was entirely devoid of cars, trucks, minivans, limousines, or even scooters.
"Shinji, where's the car?" Asuka joined in.
"I... I have no idea. We left it here... last I can remember." Shinji dug the keys out of his pants pocket and tried clicking the fob. No locating beep returned.
Rei walked past them and examined the spot from close up. "Dude, there is no car."
"Rei, since when do you use 'dude'? I expect that from the boys, not you," Asuka said wryly.
"I wanted to participate." She knelt down. "I believe I have data."
"Eh? What have you got, Rei?" Asuka walked over to see what Rei had picked up.
"It appears we left ourselves a message as to the disposition of our vehicle, and left it pinned here under a small rock," Rei said calmly. She examined the small scrap of paper.
Asukan looked over at Rei's shoulder at it. "It's... a drunken doodle of a car on top of a.... house?" She looked at Kaworu and Shinji. "Ok, which one of you two drunken ninnies did this? I call 'not it'. And what the flurgen is this supposed to tell us?"
"We... parked the car on the roof?" Kaworu guessed.
"Why wouldn't we park it here?" Shinji asked.
Asuka held up the paper. There was indeed a sloppy, ball-point pen drawing of something that vaguely resembled a car sitting on the roof of a cartoonish rendering of a house, right down to a chimney with a little curlicue of smoke coming out of it. "This is all I'm working with, baka. You tell me. You've still got the keys. You were therefore probably the driver."
"Er... Shall we go to the roof deck and see if it's there?" Kaworu suggested.
For lack of a better idea, the group headed up the stairs to the top floor of the parking garage. There were few cars on the top deck while there were still spaces open lower down and in the shaded floors, but none of them proved to be the missing rented minivan.
Asuka surveyed the handful of non-minivans in sight with a frown. She spun around to glare lightly at Shinji. "No car. Next bright idea?"
Shinji frowned back. "How should I know?" he grumbled. The hangover and the blazing sun overhead were making him irritable. "I may have the keys, but we can't remember getting married, which is just a little more significant than 'where did we park?', so I think not knowing how to interpret a drunken doodle is forgivable!" He held up the keys and clicked the fob again.
There was a very faint 'beep-beep' from far overhead.
The quartet and the couple blinked at each other before slowly looking up in unison.
Far, far above them, the main tower of Caesar's Palace loomed over the parking garage. Shinji clicked the key fob once more, and was rewarded by another faint 'beep-beep' coming from the top.
"The car..." he said slowly.
"...is on the roof," Asuka finished, equal disbelief in her voice.
"This was an excellent note," Rei observed. "Concise and accurate."
Kaworu rubbed his face with his hands. "Why did we... nevermind. I'll go take a look." There was a faint frisson of energy as he lightly flared his AT-Field, and he floated swiftly up into the air.
Once he was level with the roof of the casino, he took a look and shouted back down to them. "I found it. It's on the roof, alright. Hang on, I'll bring it down."
The Nephilim raised his hand towards the roof of the casino. A moment later their missing minivan appeared, floating gently through the air on another AT-Field. Kaworu drifted downward alongside it, letting it settle to the concrete of the parking garage with hardly a bounce.
The other three stared at it. "Um..." Shinji said slowly. "Why..."
"...is there a bear in the driver's seat?" Asuka finished again.
"Ah, good morning, Mrs. Growlski!" Rei said, in what passed for brightly from her.
The other three slowly shifted their stares to Rei. "Rei... how did you... 'Mrs. Growlski'?" Shinji asked.
"She's wearing the pink fez. That's how you tell them apart."
"Rei, how do you know that?"
"I don't know."
"That just raises further questions!" Kaworu protested.
The polar bear blinked awake and gave them all a suspicious squint. She rolled the window down and growled and harrumphed at them for a moment.
"Yes, that's probably a good idea," Rei said. She turned to her spouses. "She's offering to do the driving if we're going somewhere, since she's betting we're all either still drunk or really hungover."
The wind blew a small tumbleweed across the garage's sunlit roof.
"Rei," Asuka said carefully, "Since when do you speak 'bear'?"
Rei gave a tiny smile and shook her head. "I don't speak 'bear', Asuka. That would be silly. I speak decent Russian, though. And Lieutenant and Mrs. Growlski are from Siberia, of course." Rei walked over to the minivan, opened the passenger door, and got in. "I will sit up front and help navigate."
Shinji and Kaworu shared a glance. "When did you learn Russian?" Shinji asked.
"Last year. I developed a taste for numerous Russian porn sites, and available translations were poor or nonexistent." She pulled a pair of sunglasses out of the sun visor and put them on. She looked out at the rest. "I believe the appropriate quote here is 'get in, losers, we're going cruising.'" She waved at the back of the van.
"I guess that explains why Rei got really into vodka that year. This day just keeps getting stranger," Kaworu said, shaking his head. He opened the side door and got in the back row.
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Asuka gave her friend an apologetic look. "I'm really sorry we can't remember your wedding, Hikari."
The brunette shrugged. "That's what the video is for, I suppose. And I'm pretty sure we're still going to do a traditional Japanese one once we're home, so our families can come. I am sorry I missed yours entirely! I was expecting to be your maid of honor since about 2016! Well, me or Rei."
"Does it bother anyone else that the polar bear is driving?" Shinji said worriedly.
"And where did she get the spare keys?" Touji added.
"Take the next left," Rei told the driver. She turned back to look at Shinji. "Better her than us, I think. You are all quite hungover, and I might still be slightly intoxicated."
"This remains extremely unfair," Kaworu muttered. Even the mild motion of the car through traffic was making him look green and nauseous. "I always have the worst hangovers."
"Yes, but you are a very happy and snuggly drunk, and utterly amazing in bed when you're well lit," Rei replied without missing a beat, still totally deadpan. "Flexible, too."
Hikari covered her mouth, partly smothering a laugh. "Rei, I think you are still a little drunk. Your verbal filters go right out the window when you are, and you're sounding like that now."
"I'm also affected by the sheer emotional overload of the morning. I am quite giddy at the prospect of being married to the three people I love the most in the world, and have extensive, regular, and extremely fulfilling sexual encounters with in addition to less directly active periods of pure emotional intimacy. I am currently experiencing the most fascinating combination of arousal and romantic joy. I would prefer that this state last as long as possible."
Hikari blinked. Rei had said all that with no change of tone or expression. "Um... good to hear, then? I take it you are, ah... one vote for staying married, and not trying to undo this?"
"Quite. I postulate that the tattoos may have been my idea, since they help underline the permanence."
"You sure? I mean..." Hikari looked at the others. "A.. four-way marriage? That... well, it might be legal here, but back home it's going to get a lot of funny looks."
"I have blue hair, red eyes, am part space alien, and am already globally famous for my part in the Angel War and the defeat of SEELE. I submit to you that state of affairs makes any additional worries about being stared at moot."
"....point," Hikari conceded. "I just... mostly figured it was going to be you and Kaworu one day, right along with Shinji and Asuka. Not... this."
"I am happy. Among other things it means I do not have to cease sexual relations with any of them, or combinations thereof. I can continue this, and deepen the far more fulfilling emotional intimacy as well. I with to do this extensively with all of them."
Shinji blushed. "Rei, filters..."
"This marriage may be a surprise, but I am content. I do not wish to undo this. I love them all beyond my ability to verbally express, and have for some time, Hikari. While I may not be able to express it to my satisfaction, I wish to spend the rest of my life trying," Rei stated firmly.
Hikari opened and closed her mouth a few times. "Well," she said eventually. "I can kind of understand that feeling, I suppose." She looked at Touji and gave him a kiss.
"Hee hee, babies," Touji mumbled happily, a goofy grin on his face. "What she said, too. Same for me."
"I'm pretty sure you're not interested in sex with Kaworu, Touji," Asuka snarked. "Or even cuddling."
"Nope. Just Hikari. Lots and lots. So married. Mweee..."
Mrs. Growlski harrumphed something more, pointing with one paw.
"We are here," Rei interpreted.
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Evangelion: The Hangover pt 3
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"I'm glad you talked me into that minivan for our rental, Kaworu."
"I knew we'd need the space, Shinji," Kaworu smiled. He bit his lip for a moment, then sidled a little closer to Shinji and took his hand as they walked.
Shinji jumped slightly, but quickly relaxed. No one was really staring at the two young men walking hand-in-hand through the nicely air-conditioned lobby of the hotel-casino as they headed for the parking garage. Shinji started to sweat anyhow. "Kaworu?"
"I... want to... show off," Kaworu replied haltingly. "I am still confused as to how this came about, but I am... happy? I... Shinji, you know I have... loved you since I arrived, yes? But... anyone could see you and Asuka were something only a fool would interrupt. So I didn't. But... the idea that I could be added to your pairing was... I wish I'd thought of it before. Beyond wild dreams, I mean."
Shinji tried not to blush too much. Kaworu's hand in his was warm and strong, the surprising strength of another musician's fingers easy to feel. "I... um... I kind of noticed, yeah. How you... liked me. You know how I'm... bad at... believing that, though. Asuka had to practically tackle me to the floor the first time we... er... got serious. And I wasn't much better with Rei. You... come on, a third person who liked me? And... it took nearly a straight liter of sake before I could admit I wanted to kiss you, remember? If Asuka hadn't dared me to, I probably would still have chickened out."
"I'm glad you did not..." Kaworu's smile was almost perfectly innocent. Only someone who'd known him for years could spot the wicked edge to it. "I found Rei was right. Kissing someone you love is... different. And sex even more so."
Shinji did blush this time. It had taken a couple of years of intermittent intimacy before he'd even admitted to Asuka alone that he found men attractive too. Or at least Kaworu. He'd never felt too much pull towards other men. Not like the one he'd felt for his gray-haired friend, anyway. Asuka, happily, had found the news more arousing than shameful, the latter being something he'd feared. She'd happily bragged about Europe's 'more enlightened' attitude about it. Shinji had rebutted with a simple look in the direction of Asuka's surprisingly extensive collection of Japanese yaoi manga. She'd retaliated by grabbing a hold of his groin and starting to whisper how she'd like to see him and Kaworu together, and the discussion had wandered from there. Still, actually acting on the attraction, or admitting it to anyone else had waited until that very drunken birthday party last year. He'd never minded that Asuka and Rei had always been there when they did, eagerly watching and cheering.
Hell, both girls had been firmly encouraging. Everyone knew Rei was a considerable voyeur, but Asuka... she'd been whispering in his ear the entire time he and Kaworu had first... gone further. Whispering how hot she found it... but also whispering encouragement. Emotional encouragement. Telling him not to be afraid of admitting you liked someone, not to fear showing it, that she and Rei would never mock him for it.
And yes, sex with Kaworu had been... as intense and exciting as he'd imagined. Asuka being there, whispering in his ear, had quieted his fears even more than the alcohol had numbed them. The morning after, waking up next to the man who'd done his best to be Shinji's friend from the day they met, despite the darker whispers of the Call, Shinji hadn't felt any of the shame or regret he'd feared. Only warmth that both Kaworu and Asuka had been as happy with the night as he was.
Right up until Kaworu's weakness to hangovers had reared it's head, and he'd fled the room in haste for the bathroom. Kind of like this morning, really. ...Except for the part where Kaworu was now apparently his husband. That did start his legs trembling, and more sweat rolling down his temples than the mere heat of the Las Vegas sun on the parking garage could account for. Husband. And his two wives were right behind them. He... was he allowed to be this happy?
That exact insecurity had cause more than one breakup between him and Asuka. Sometimes, the better things were going, the less Shinji felt like he was worth it, like Asuka could do better than him, and that always led to him withdrawing from her right when they were getting closer than ever, and ta-da, breakup again. Made worse each time by the way it was triggered by Asuka lowering her walls a bit more. She hated the way him doing that hurt her, he hated himself for hurting her... There were reasons that they'd taken five years to reach this point, despite how much they loved each other.
And now here he was, walking along holding his husband's hand while his wives, plural, watched the two of them with smiles. He wondered if this was some attempt by his subconscious to 'go berserk' on its own and try to overload his insecurity until it surrendered. He wasn't sure if he deserved this, but it looked like Rei wanted it, Kaworu was content with it, and Asuka... She'd been overjoyed when he'd said 'I think we got married.' And he wanted her to be happy more than anything. Was their happiness with this enough to override his fears of reaching for it? They'd all four of them been the closest of friends and lovers for years. Could he... could he do this? For them?
He shook his head. Maybe the... gulp... wedding video would reveal some answers. The address wasn't far away. Even in Las Vegas Traffic, they'd be there quickly once they got in the...
"Dude, where's my car?"
Kaworu looked at the empty parking spot in the vast garage. "Where's your car, dude?"
"Dude, where's my car?" Shinji repeated.
"Shin-dude, the car is missing!" Touji belatedly observed. In his arms, Hikari looked around in confusion.
Their suite, for a small additional fee of course, came with a reserved parking spot in the attached parking structure, right near the elevators. The last Shinji could remember, they'd parked the nice, new-model Honda minivan right there the day before. Right now, however, the spot was entirely devoid of cars, trucks, minivans, limousines, or even scooters.
"Shinji, where's the car?" Asuka joined in.
"I... I have no idea. We left it here... last I can remember." Shinji dug the keys out of his pants pocket and tried clicking the fob. No locating beep returned.
Rei walked past them and examined the spot from close up. "Dude, there is no car."
"Rei, since when do you use 'dude'? I expect that from the boys, not you," Asuka said wryly.
"I wanted to participate." She knelt down. "I believe I have data."
"Eh? What have you got, Rei?" Asuka walked over to see what Rei had picked up.
"It appears we left ourselves a message as to the disposition of our vehicle, and left it pinned here under a small rock," Rei said calmly. She examined the small scrap of paper.
Asukan looked over at Rei's shoulder at it. "It's... a drunken doodle of a car on top of a.... house?" She looked at Kaworu and Shinji. "Ok, which one of you two drunken ninnies did this? I call 'not it'. And what the flurgen is this supposed to tell us?"
"We... parked the car on the roof?" Kaworu guessed.
"Why wouldn't we park it here?" Shinji asked.
Asuka held up the paper. There was indeed a sloppy, ball-point pen drawing of something that vaguely resembled a car sitting on the roof of a cartoonish rendering of a house, right down to a chimney with a little curlicue of smoke coming out of it. "This is all I'm working with, baka. You tell me. You've still got the keys. You were therefore probably the driver."
"Er... Shall we go to the roof deck and see if it's there?" Kaworu suggested.
For lack of a better idea, the group headed up the stairs to the top floor of the parking garage. There were few cars on the top deck while there were still spaces open lower down and in the shaded floors, but none of them proved to be the missing rented minivan.
Asuka surveyed the handful of non-minivans in sight with a frown. She spun around to glare lightly at Shinji. "No car. Next bright idea?"
Shinji frowned back. "How should I know?" he grumbled. The hangover and the blazing sun overhead were making him irritable. "I may have the keys, but we can't remember getting married, which is just a little more significant than 'where did we park?', so I think not knowing how to interpret a drunken doodle is forgivable!" He held up the keys and clicked the fob again.
There was a very faint 'beep-beep' from far overhead.
The quartet and the couple blinked at each other before slowly looking up in unison.
Far, far above them, the main tower of Caesar's Palace loomed over the parking garage. Shinji clicked the key fob once more, and was rewarded by another faint 'beep-beep' coming from the top.
"The car..." he said slowly.
"...is on the roof," Asuka finished, equal disbelief in her voice.
"This was an excellent note," Rei observed. "Concise and accurate."
Kaworu rubbed his face with his hands. "Why did we... nevermind. I'll go take a look." There was a faint frisson of energy as he lightly flared his AT-Field, and he floated swiftly up into the air.
Once he was level with the roof of the casino, he took a look and shouted back down to them. "I found it. It's on the roof, alright. Hang on, I'll bring it down."
The Nephilim raised his hand towards the roof of the casino. A moment later their missing minivan appeared, floating gently through the air on another AT-Field. Kaworu drifted downward alongside it, letting it settle to the concrete of the parking garage with hardly a bounce.
The other three stared at it. "Um..." Shinji said slowly. "Why..."
"...is there a bear in the driver's seat?" Asuka finished again.
"Ah, good morning, Mrs. Growlski!" Rei said, in what passed for brightly from her.
The other three slowly shifted their stares to Rei. "Rei... how did you... 'Mrs. Growlski'?" Shinji asked.
"She's wearing the pink fez. That's how you tell them apart."
"Rei, how do you know that?"
"I don't know."
"That just raises further questions!" Kaworu protested.
The polar bear blinked awake and gave them all a suspicious squint. She rolled the window down and growled and harrumphed at them for a moment.
"Yes, that's probably a good idea," Rei said. She turned to her spouses. "She's offering to do the driving if we're going somewhere, since she's betting we're all either still drunk or really hungover."
The wind blew a small tumbleweed across the garage's sunlit roof.
"Rei," Asuka said carefully, "Since when do you speak 'bear'?"
Rei gave a tiny smile and shook her head. "I don't speak 'bear', Asuka. That would be silly. I speak decent Russian, though. And Lieutenant and Mrs. Growlski are from Siberia, of course." Rei walked over to the minivan, opened the passenger door, and got in. "I will sit up front and help navigate."
Shinji and Kaworu shared a glance. "When did you learn Russian?" Shinji asked.
"Last year. I developed a taste for numerous Russian porn sites, and available translations were poor or nonexistent." She pulled a pair of sunglasses out of the sun visor and put them on. She looked out at the rest. "I believe the appropriate quote here is 'get in, losers, we're going cruising.'" She waved at the back of the van.
"I guess that explains why Rei got really into vodka that year. This day just keeps getting stranger," Kaworu said, shaking his head. He opened the side door and got in the back row.
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Asuka gave her friend an apologetic look. "I'm really sorry we can't remember your wedding, Hikari."
The brunette shrugged. "That's what the video is for, I suppose. And I'm pretty sure we're still going to do a traditional Japanese one once we're home, so our families can come. I am sorry I missed yours entirely! I was expecting to be your maid of honor since about 2016! Well, me or Rei."
"Does it bother anyone else that the polar bear is driving?" Shinji said worriedly.
"And where did she get the spare keys?" Touji added.
"Take the next left," Rei told the driver. She turned back to look at Shinji. "Better her than us, I think. You are all quite hungover, and I might still be slightly intoxicated."
"This remains extremely unfair," Kaworu muttered. Even the mild motion of the car through traffic was making him look green and nauseous. "I always have the worst hangovers."
"Yes, but you are a very happy and snuggly drunk, and utterly amazing in bed when you're well lit," Rei replied without missing a beat, still totally deadpan. "Flexible, too."
Hikari covered her mouth, partly smothering a laugh. "Rei, I think you are still a little drunk. Your verbal filters go right out the window when you are, and you're sounding like that now."
"I'm also affected by the sheer emotional overload of the morning. I am quite giddy at the prospect of being married to the three people I love the most in the world, and have extensive, regular, and extremely fulfilling sexual encounters with in addition to less directly active periods of pure emotional intimacy. I am currently experiencing the most fascinating combination of arousal and romantic joy. I would prefer that this state last as long as possible."
Hikari blinked. Rei had said all that with no change of tone or expression. "Um... good to hear, then? I take it you are, ah... one vote for staying married, and not trying to undo this?"
"Quite. I postulate that the tattoos may have been my idea, since they help underline the permanence."
"You sure? I mean..." Hikari looked at the others. "A.. four-way marriage? That... well, it might be legal here, but back home it's going to get a lot of funny looks."
"I have blue hair, red eyes, am part space alien, and am already globally famous for my part in the Angel War and the defeat of SEELE. I submit to you that state of affairs makes any additional worries about being stared at moot."
"....point," Hikari conceded. "I just... mostly figured it was going to be you and Kaworu one day, right along with Shinji and Asuka. Not... this."
"I am happy. Among other things it means I do not have to cease sexual relations with any of them, or combinations thereof. I can continue this, and deepen the far more fulfilling emotional intimacy as well. I with to do this extensively with all of them."
Shinji blushed. "Rei, filters..."
"This marriage may be a surprise, but I am content. I do not wish to undo this. I love them all beyond my ability to verbally express, and have for some time, Hikari. While I may not be able to express it to my satisfaction, I wish to spend the rest of my life trying," Rei stated firmly.
Hikari opened and closed her mouth a few times. "Well," she said eventually. "I can kind of understand that feeling, I suppose." She looked at Touji and gave him a kiss.
"Hee hee, babies," Touji mumbled happily, a goofy grin on his face. "What she said, too. Same for me."
"I'm pretty sure you're not interested in sex with Kaworu, Touji," Asuka snarked. "Or even cuddling."
"Nope. Just Hikari. Lots and lots. So married. Mweee..."
Mrs. Growlski harrumphed something more, pointing with one paw.
"We are here," Rei interpreted.
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The Englanderish
Schrödinger's Kuudere Kitty Caliph(a)
- Location
- Califat de Chats
Itsune
Eldritch horror, Ship's Cat, Emergency Gunner.
- Location
- Somewhere in King County Washington
Hey! You forgot the BBQ sauce.
Hangover 3 is go! Screw waiting for Friday!
Evangelion: The Hangover pt 3
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"I'm glad you talked me into that minivan for our rental, Kaworu."
"I knew we'd need the space, Shinji," Kaworu smiled. He bit his lip for a moment, then sidled a little closer to Shinji and took his hand as they walked.
Shinji jumped slightly, but quickly relaxed. No one was really staring at the two young men walking hand-in-hand through the nicely air-conditioned lobby of the hotel-casino as they headed for the parking garage. Shinji started to sweat anyhow. "Kaworu?"
"I... want to... show off," Kaworu replied haltingly. "I am still confused as to how this came about, but I am... happy? I... Shinji, you know I have... loved you since I arrived, yes? But... anyone could see you and Asuka were something only a fool would interrupt. So I didn't. But... the idea that I could be added to your pairing was... I wish I'd thought of it before. Beyond wild dreams, I mean."
Shinji tried not to blush too much. Kaworu's hand in his was warm and strong, the surprising strength of another musician's fingers easy to feel. "I... um... I kind of noticed, yeah. How you... liked me. You know how I'm... bad at... believing that, though. Asuka had to practically tackle me to the floor the first time we... er... got serious. And I wasn't much better with Rei. You... come on, a third person who liked me? And... it took nearly a straight liter of sake before I could admit I wanted to kiss you, remember? If Asuka hadn't dared me to, I probably would still have chickened out.
"I'm glad you did not..." Kaworu's smile was almost perfectly innocent. Only someone who'd known him for years could spot the wicked edge to it. "I found Rei was right. Kissing someone you love is... different. And sex even more so."
Shinji did blush this time. It had taken a couple of years of intermittent intimacy before he'd even admitted to Asuka alone that he found men attractive too. Or at least Kaworu. He'd never felt too much pull towards other men. Not like the one he'd felt for his gray-haired friend, anyway. Asuka, happily, had found the news more arousing than shameful, the latter being something he'd feared. She'd happily bragged about Europe's 'more enlightened' attitude about it. Shinji had rebutted with a simple look in the direction of Asuka's surprisingly extensive collection of Japanese yaoi manga. She'd retaliated by grabbing a hold of his groin and starting to whisper how she'd like to see him and Kaworu together, and the discussion had wandered from there. Still, actually acting on the attraction, or admitting it to anyone else had waited until that very drunken birthday party last year. He'd never minded that Asuka and Rei had always been there when they did, eagerly watching and cheering.
Hell, both girls had been firmly encouraging. Everyone knew Rei was a considerable voyeur, but Asuka... she'd been whispering in his ear the entire time he and Kaworu had first... gone further. Whispering how hot she found it... but also whispering encouragement. Emotional encouragement. Telling him not to be afraid of admitting you liked someone, not to fear showing it, that she and Rei would never mock him for it.
And yes, sex with Kaworu had been... as intense and exciting as he'd imagined. Asuka being there, whispering in his ear, had quieted his fears even more than the alcohol had numbed them. The morning after, waking up next to the man who'd done his best to be Shinji's friend from the day they met, despite the darker whispers of the Call, Shinji hadn't felt any of the shame or regret he'd feared. Only warmth that both Kaworu and Asuka had been as happy with the night as he was.
Right up until Kaworu's weakness to hangovers had reared it's head, and he'd fled the room in haste for the bathroom.
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Right up until Kaworu's weakness to hangovers had reared it's head, and he'd fled the room in haste for the bathroom.Kind of like this morning, really. ...Except for the part where Kaworu was now apparently his husband. That did start his legs trembling, and more sweat rolling down his temples than the mere heat of the Las Vegas sun on the parking garage could account for. Husband. And his two wives were right behind them. He... was he allowed to be this happy?
That exact insecurity had cause more than one breakup between him and Asuka. Sometimes, the better things were going, the less Shinji felt like he was worth it, like Asuka could do better than him, and that always led to him withdrawing from her right when they were getting closer than ever, and ta-da, breakup again. Made worse each time by the way it was triggered by Asuka lowering her walls a bit more. She hated the way him doing that hurt her, he hated himself for hurting her... There were reasons that they'd taken five years to reach this point, despite how much they loved each other.
And now here he was, walking along holding his husband's hand while his wives, plural, watched the two of them with smiles. He wondered if this was some attempt by his subconscious to 'go berserk' on its own and try to overload his insecurity until it surrendered. He wasn't sure if he deserved this, but it looked like Rei wanted it, Kaworu was content with it, and Asuka... She'd been overjoyed when he'd said 'I think we got married.' And he wanted her to be happy more than anything. Was their happiness with this enough to override his fears of reaching for it? They'd all four of them been the closest of friends and lovers for years. Could he... could he do this? For them?
He shook his head. Maybe the... gulp... wedding video would reveal some answers. The address wasn't far away. Even in Las Vegas Traffic, they'd be there quickly once they got in the...
"Dude, where's my car?"
Kaworu looked at the empty parking spot in the vast garage. "Where's your car, dude?"
"Dude, where's my car?" Shinji repeated.
"Shin-dude, the car is missing!" Touji belatedly observed. In his arms, Hikari looked around in confusion.
Their suite, for a small additional fee of course, came with a reserved parking spot in the attached parking structure, right near the elevators. The last Shinji could remember, they'd parked the nice, new-model Honda minivan right there the day before. Right now, however, the spot was entirely devoid of cars, trucks, minivans, limousines, or even scooters.
"Shinji, where's the car?" Asuka joined in.
"I... I have no idea. We left it here... last I can remember." Shinji dug the keys out of his pants pocket and tried clicking the fob. No locating beep returned.
Rei walked past them and examined the spot from close up. "Dude, there is no car."
"Rei, since when do you use 'dude'? I expect that from the boys, not you," Asuka said wryly.
"I wanted to participate." She knelt down. "I believe I have data."
"Eh? What have you got, Rei?" Asuka walked over to see what Rei had picked up.
"It appears we left ourselves a message as to the disposition of our vehicle, and left it pinned here under a small rock," Rei said calmly. She examined the small scrap of paper.
Asukan looked over at Rei's shoulder at it. "It's... a drunken doodle of a car on top of a.... house?" She looked at Kaworu and Shinji. "Ok, which one of you two drunken ninnies did this? I call 'not it'. And what the flurgen is this supposed to tell us?"
"We... parked the car on the roof?" Kaworu guessed.
"Why wouldn't we park it here?" Shinji asked.
Asuka held up the paper. There was indeed a sloppy, ball-point pen drawing of something that vaguely resembled a car sitting on the roof of a cartoonish rendering of a house, right down to a chimney with a little curlicue of smoke coming out of it. "This is all I'm working with, baka. You tell me. You've still got the keys. You were therefore probably the driver."
"Er... Shall we got to the roof deck and see if it's there?" Kaworu suggested.
For lack of a better idea, the group headed up the stairs to the top floor of the parking garage. There were few cars on the top deck while there were still spaces open lower down and in the shaded floors, but none of them proved to be the missing rented minivan.
Asuka surveyed the handful of non-minivans in sight with a frown. She spun around to glare lightly at Shinji. "No car. Next bright idea?"
Shinji frowned back. "How should I know?" he grumbled back. The hangover and the blazing sun over head were making him irritable. "I may have the keys, but we can't remember getting married, which is just a little more significant than 'where did we park?', so I think not knowing how to interpret a drunken doodle is forgivable!" He held up the keys and clicked the fob again.
There was a very faint 'beep-beep' from far overhead.
The quartet and the couple blinked at each other before slowly looking up in unison.
Far, far above them, the main tower of Caesar's Palace loomed over the parking garage. Shinji clicked the key fob once more, and was rewarded by another faint 'beep-beep' coming from the top.
"The car..." he said slowly.
"...is on the roof," Asuka finished, equal disbelief in her voice.
"This was an excellent note," Rei observed. "Concise and accurate."
Kaworu rubbed his face with his hands. "Why did we... nevermind. I'll go take a look." There was a faint frisson of energy as he lightly flared his AT-Field, and he floated swiftly up into the air.
Once he was level with the roof of the casino, he took a look and shouted back down to them. "I found it. It's on the roof, alright. Hang on, I'll bring it down."
The Nephilim raised his hand towards the roof of the casino. A moment later their missing minivan appeared, floating gently through the air on another AT-Field. Kaworu drifted downward alongside it, letting it settle to the concrete of the parking garage with hardly a bounce.
The other three stared at it. "Um..." Shinji said slowly. "Why..."
"...is there a bear in the driver's seat?" Asuka finished again.
"Ah, good morning, Mrs. Growlsky!" Rei said, in what passed for brightly from her.
The other three slowly shifted their stares to Rei. "Rei... how did you... 'Mrs. Growlsky'?" Shinji asked.
"She's wearing the pink fez. That's how you tell them apart."
"Rei, how do you know that?"
"I don't know."
"That just raises further questions!" Kaworu protested.
The polar bear blinked awake and gave them all a suspicious squint. She rolled the window down and growled and humped at them for a moment.
"Yes, that's probably a good idea," Rei said. She turned to her spouses. "She's offering to do the driving if we're going somewhere, since she's betting we're all either still drunk or really hungover."
The wind blew a small tumbleweed across the garage's sunlit roof.
"Rei," Asuka said carefully, "Since when do you speak 'bear'?"
Rei gave a tiny smile and shook her head. "I don't speak 'bear', Asuka. That would be silly. I speak decent Russian, though. And Lieutenant and Mrs. Growlsky are from Siberia, of course." Rei walked over to the minivan, opened the passenger door, and got in. "I will sit up front and help navigate."
Shinji and Kaworu shared a glance. "When did you learn Russian?" Shinji asked.
"Last year. I developed a taste for numerous Russian porn sites, and available translations were poor or nonexistent." She pulled a pair of sunglasses out of the sun visor and put them on. She looked out at the rest. "I believe the appropriate quote here is 'get in, losers, we're going cruising.'" She waved at the back of the van.
"I guess that explains why Rei got really into vodka that year. This day just keeps getting stranger," Kaworu said, shaking his head. He opened the side door and got in the back row.
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Asuka gave her friend an apologetic look. "I'm really sorry we can't remember your wedding, Hikari."
The brunette shrugged. "That's what the video is for, I suppose. And I'm pretty sure we're still going to do a traditional Japanese one once we're home, so our families can come. I am sorry I missed yours entirely! I was expecting to be your maid of honor since about 2016! Well, me or Rei."
"Does it bother anyone else that the polar bear is driving?" Shinji said worriedly.
"And where did she get the spare keys?" Touji added.
"Take the next left," Rei told the driver. She turned back to look at Shinji. "Better her than us, I think. You are all quite hungover, and I might still be slightly intoxicated."
"This remains extremely unfair," Kaworu muttered. Even the mild motion of the car through traffic was making him look green and nauseous. "I always have the worst hangovers."
"Yes, but you are a very happy and snuggly drunk, and utterly amazing in bed when you're well lit," Rei replied without missing a beat, still totally deadpan. "Flexible, too."
Hikari covered her mouth, partly smothering a laugh. "Rei, I think you are still a little drunk. Your verbal filters go right out the window when you are, and you're sounding like that now."
"I'm also affected by the sheer emotional overload of the morning. I am quite giddy at the prospect of being married to the three people I love the most in the world, and have extensive, regular, and extremely fulfilling sexual encounters with in addition to less directly active periods of pure emotional intimacy. I am currently experiencing the most fascinating combination of arousal and romantic joy. I would prefer that this state last as long as possible."
Hikari blinked. Rei had said all that with no change of tone or expression. "Um... good to hear, then? I take it you are, ah... one vote for staying married, and not trying to undo this?"
"Quite. I postulate that the tattoos were may have been my idea, since they help underline the permanence."
"You sure? I mean..." Hikari looked at the others. "A.. four-way marriage? That... well, it might be legal here, but back home it's going to get a lot of funny looks."
"I have blue hair, red eyes, am part space alien, and am already globally famous for my part in the Angel War and the defeat of SEELE. I submit to you that state of affairs makes any additional worries about being stared at moot."
"....point," Hikari conceded. "I just... mostly figured it was going to be you and Kaworu one day, right along with Shinji and Asuka. Not... this."
"I am happy. Among other things it means I do not have to cease sexual relations with any of them, or combinations thereof. I can continue this, and deepen the far more fulfilling emotional intimacy as well. I with to do this extensively with all of them."
Shinji blushed. "Rei, filters..."
"This marriage may be a surprise, but I am content. I do not wish to undo this. I love them all beyond my ability to verbally express, and have for some time, Hikari. While I may not be able to express it to my satisfaction, I wish to spend the rest of my life trying," Rei stated firmly.
Hikari opened and closed her mouth a few times. "Well," she said eventually. "I can kind of understand that feeling, I suppose." She looked at Touji and gave him a kiss.
"Hee hee, babies," Touji mumbled happily, a goofy grin on his face. "What she said, too. Same for me."
"I'm pretty sure you're not interested in sex with Kaworu, Touji," Asuka snarked. "Or even cuddling."
"Nope. Just hikari. Lots and lots. So married. Mweee..."
Mrs. Growlsky harrumphed something more, pointing with one paw.
"We are here," Rei interpreted.
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This... I, seriously... I didn't know if I Laugh or Hug this post, since I can only do one of those, and it was hilarious and heartwarming. Just needed to bear with it and give it a Like. S2
The Englanderish
Schrödinger's Kuudere Kitty Caliph(a)
- Location
- Califat de Chats
~later~
"What do you mean 'the Growlskys are both certified Children'?!"
"Polar bear. In plug suit; *sigh* may as well check that off the 'never thought I'd see' bucket list. ... Should I be worried that list is getting exceedingly short?"
- Location
- National Capital Region, USA
Welp, guess that means I better keep writing for next Friday.
Also, I love how no one here seems to be surprised at all for any of the silliness going on. Rei knows Russian because she found Russian internet porn? Bears in fezzes? No one even blinks!
Astray Spiral
Potential Evil Incarnate
- Location
- C:\Windows\explorer.exe
800 words of Hangover 3 done so far. A&T is going to need more time, since this is a complex battle coming up, and I need to work out how to make all the events I want to happen line up.
Shinji is going to quote Ashton Kutcher.
That quote, I just knew it! I was laughing the moment I saw it! :lol
Nice chapter Stryp!
Heh, Mrs. Growlsky, and fezzes are still cool.
Lone Courier 6
Devilish Fool
- Location
- United States of Quests
That's because of the 100% pure and glorious WAFF Crack.lso, I love how no one here seems to be surprised at all for any of the silliness going on. Rei knows Russian because she found Russian internet porn? Bears in fezzes? No one even blinks!
SeaSirocco
Formerly 'Sanae Aran' / Aspiring Artist
- Location
- The Seaside
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Is it just me or does Hangover!Rei act kinda like the Rei in Walking in the Shadow of dreams?
Given that Adam got here first, Rei is the alien one.
Meanwhile at NERV Siberia
"You see comrade, you teach bear to get in robot and you don't have to deal with teenagers!"
- Location
- Canada
Very fun update. Shinji's initial shock wearing off a bit to reveal his inevitable anxieties and fears is interesting. Rei being an adorable wildcard is hilarious. Must be a bit awkward for Hikari and Touji but I think they have probably gotten used to a bit of crazy when it comes to those four. Hikari's statement about them having another ceremony back in Japan where they can invite their families makes me hope that the four will do the same. The car on the roof was funny but also made me think...
Rei: "I have not forgotten, I have detailed plans for how to use our powers to... enhance the experience."
Shinji: "As long as it does not involve me turning into orange juice I think we can work something out."
Shinji: "You know, given how much of a goofball he is normally. It is easy to forget that he can do that sort of thing."
Rei: "I have not forgotten, I have detailed plans for how to use our powers to... enhance the experience."
Shinji: "As long as it does not involve me turning into orange juice I think we can work something out."
octobersanctuary
Self-appointed Master of Ceremonies
- Location
- New Zealand
Oi, hold your horses!
No eating the new guy until after we've sacrificed him to the gods of WAFF
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Itsune
Eldritch horror, Ship's Cat, Emergency Gunner.
- Location
- Somewhere in King County Washington
Ok, Orange glaze then?
All exist to feed mine essence, mortal.
...
Dang it' that was my Lunch
octobersanctuary
Self-appointed Master of Ceremonies
- Location
- New Zealand
Welp, guess that means I better keep writing for next Friday.
Also, I love how no one here seems to be surprised at all for any of the silliness going on. Rei knows Russian because she found Russian internet porn? Bears in fezzes? No one even blinks!
Surely you haven't forgotten the tragic and terrible voyage of @Naughtilus through the entire A&T thread?
Madness is the stuff we breath
Hey @Strypgia , unless 10.18 was a preview, I think you forgot to threadmark it. Though considering what you've had to deal with, it doesn't surprise me that it happened.
That said, the newest installment of the Hangover-'verse was a nice pick me up for the end of my workday. Thank you for the story and the time you put in. It's very much appreciated.
That said, the newest installment of the Hangover-'verse was a nice pick me up for the end of my workday. Thank you for the story and the time you put in. It's very much appreciated.
octobersanctuary
Self-appointed Master of Ceremonies
- Location
- New Zealand
"Wait, you mean there's a difference?"
7734
Trust and verify.
- Location
- Philmont
Poor Growlski is getting promoted soon, I fear. He's already proven the three most useful aspects of an officer- an ability to stick around through dangerous encounters (the wedding), acquire suitable provisions at short notice (vodka) and to have a wife just as useful as he is.
octobersanctuary
Self-appointed Master of Ceremonies
- Location
- New Zealand
Wait...
Are you trying to say that Kaworu is actually Spongebob in disguise?
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