Idle thought... The Evas themselves are riddled with metaphors of motherhood and sexuality. How would all that change in a gender flip....
Don't follow....
If I bring cookies, will you let me hide there too?
Advice and Trust [NGE]
- Location
- National Capital Region, USA
Boy, if I didn't know what was going on, that would be a really strange statement to try and parse...
Update shorter than I'd like, but the next scene will be a big bear, so I think what I've got is getting posted once the beta checks it out. Brace for WAFF, and savor it, since not so happy times are coming...
How scared should you be? I've been sharing hints at what's coming with two fonts of pure feminine evil, @LilithPrime and @Aleph... and they both approved.
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Have you seen the mecha design in ZoE? (Zone of the Enders)
FlyingScanian
Tea Addict
- Location
- Land of Eternal Night
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- He/Him
I dunno. What kind of cookies?
How scared should you be? I've been sharing hints at what's coming with two fonts of pure feminine evil, @LilithPrime and @Aleph... and they both approved.
I'm scared now...
Turing Decidable
𝕘𝕒𝕣𝕗
- Location
- Belgium
- Pronouns
- He/Him
We'll be calling for Gendo's head on a pike soon, won't we?
grommile
nasty-minded old cynic
- Location
- NERV-Mercia
- Pronouns
- Traditional/Animate
All according to the scenario.
Chapter 9.11
- Location
- National Capital Region, USA
Art!
@WiredNavi, @trob030490, @Apalos, @Godzillaslayer10, your trigger.A couple of others, but I can't find where I wrote down the names. Found 'em!
Chapter 9.11
Everything I Do...
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They were deep into another duet that Kaworu had wheedled out of him when Rei appeared from the entryway. She didn't bother to knock on her own door, instead silently ghosting in until she was standing right behind Nagisa, frowning. "You are not supposed to interrupt his work on her present with your own desires to play, Nagisa-san," she said coldly.
Shinji marveled at how Kaworu didn't jump at all when Rei spoke from right behind his shoulder. She hadn't made a sound audible over the music, so how had Kaworu known she was there? He was so relaxed. Shinji envied him that.
Kaworu stopped playing and turned his head far enough to smile at Rei. "Welcome home, Ayanami-san. We were just playing a little piece. I know it is about time for me to leave, and wanted to end on a high note."
Shinji grinned a little. Well, they had been playing in E…
Rei did not appear to share his amusement. She fixed Nagisa with a flat stare. "You shall depart. Shinji and I are needed at dinner."
"I am not invited?"
"No. It is 1830. Leave here and return to your accommodations. Our practice will resume tomorrow evening, if not abrogated by events."
Shinji cocked his head. "Events? Is something going on tomorrow, Rei?"
"Major Katsuragi returned home early to inform us that Unit-02's repairs are complete. The reactivation test is tomorrow."
Shinji's eyebrows shot up. Asuka must be… "Ah. Right. That might take up the afternoon. I guess we'll resume on the day after."
Rei swung her stare back at Nagisa. "You will leave now."
Kaworu just smiled, picked up his now packed away violin, and gave her a tiny bow. "As you wish."
For some reason, this made Rei's glare at him turn to liquid nitrogen. "What was that?" she hissed.
Kaworu halted in his move towards the door. "I am doing as you said. Is there something wrong?"
"Are you…" Rei seemed to fight for the right word. "Quoting at me?"
"….no?"
Rei still looked like she wanted to throw things at him. "Fine. Go. Away," she bit out, and turned her back on him.
"Goodnight, Shinji-kun," Kaworu smiled back at the Third Child. "Convey my good wishes to the Second Child for a successful reactivation test."
"Goodnight," Shinji called as the grey-haired boy left. He looked at his friend, who was still looking like a bristling cat. "Rei… are you alright?"
"If I find out he was quoting at me…" Rei muttered. "Nnggg! That stupid fish!" She shook herself. "I am alright, Shinji. We should return to Major Katsuragi's apartment immediately. Asuka is excited at the prospect of the reactivation test tomorrow, but also… agitated, due to… other factors."
He nodded. 'Her mother… gods, I hope this goes well. Her mother means even more to her than I do.'
"Right." He left his cello on the stand. "Let's get back."
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Being in love had let Shinji learn a lot, and let him pick up some new skills: German cooking, massage, and now reading his girlfriend's mood in the dark by touch alone.
Asuka was taut as a string on his cello.
He knew why. Dinner had been far more subdued than usual. Asuka had swung between giddy anticipation and worried introspection. Asuka had given Rei a brief hug before she'd left, then grabbed Shinji and hauled him straight to their room and an early bedtime.
She'd hardly said much, just got dressed down for bed and under the covers to cling to him, nearly vibrating. He hadn't said anything either. He could tell she'd talk when she was ready. And it wasn't like laying quietly holding her wasn't one of his favorite things anyway.
It was more than 30 minutes before she said a word. "Thank you," she said softly, and kissed the side of his neck.
He just stroked her back.
"I'm doing my best to freak out now, because we can't afford it tomorrow. I can't give Commander Asshole and Doctor Bitchface any sign I know Mama's in there, or they'll… I don't know, but I bet something terrible. They've kept this secret so long, they can't want anyone to know. So I've got to have a perfect poker face tomorrow."
He nodded. He could tell she just needed to vent the tension where no one but he would see.
She held up a hand in front of his face, just visible in the moonlight through the window. It was almost vibrating. "Look at me. I'm shaking like I just drank three pots of coffee…" She brought her hand back down to his chest right over his heart. It stilled a little.
Abruptly, Asuka rolled so she could get up on her hands and knees. She leaned down to plant a wild, fierce kiss on Shinji's lips. He was surprised, but didn't object at all, enjoying the kiss for a long moment before she stopped and laid back down next to him.
He looked the question at her with a smile.
"Shinji, at pretty much any point in the last ten years I would have happily sawed off my left arm for the chance to see Mama and talk to her again. Now I'm about to. I wouldn't even know she's in there if you and I hadn't started talking, and we figured out that there were too many coincidences in our stories. If we weren't together, I'd never have had this chance to see Mama. And it's all because you got dizzy and held on to me. So… you get a 'thank you' kiss."
He gave a soft laugh in the dark. "You're welcome? Asuka… I can't take all the credit. We're here right now because you were the one brave enough to demand a kiss. I'd never have been brave enough to ask my impossibly hot roommate like you did."
"Let that be a lesson to you, Third Child: Always kiss me. It leads to good things."
"I can see no reason to disagree at all." He closed his eyes and took a deep whiff of her scent. He could nearly feel his own tension floating away. "I'll… make sure I'm there when the test starts. I'll… I don't know, try to talk to you or something if it looks like you're going to let slip something Doctor Akagi would pick up on."
"Good. I… Gott, Shinji. Mama! I… I still can't believe this is real. And not only do I get her back, I get to tell her I've found you." She squeezed him tight. "This… I don't want to get my hopes up too high, but this might be the happiest day I've ever had tomorrow."
Shinji smiled again. "Yet. Try 'yet'."
She nipped the side of his neck. "You, turning into an optimist? The end of the world must be near."
"Until the end of the world, you and me," he said. "Promised."
"Baka." She smiled and let sleep claim her.
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@WiredNavi, @trob030490, @Apalos, @Godzillaslayer10, your trigger.
Chapter 9.11
Everything I Do...
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They were deep into another duet that Kaworu had wheedled out of him when Rei appeared from the entryway. She didn't bother to knock on her own door, instead silently ghosting in until she was standing right behind Nagisa, frowning. "You are not supposed to interrupt his work on her present with your own desires to play, Nagisa-san," she said coldly.
Shinji marveled at how Kaworu didn't jump at all when Rei spoke from right behind his shoulder. She hadn't made a sound audible over the music, so how had Kaworu known she was there? He was so relaxed. Shinji envied him that.
Kaworu stopped playing and turned his head far enough to smile at Rei. "Welcome home, Ayanami-san. We were just playing a little piece. I know it is about time for me to leave, and wanted to end on a high note."
Shinji grinned a little. Well, they had been playing in E…
Rei did not appear to share his amusement. She fixed Nagisa with a flat stare. "You shall depart. Shinji and I are needed at dinner."
"I am not invited?"
"No. It is 1830. Leave here and return to your accommodations. Our practice will resume tomorrow evening, if not abrogated by events."
Shinji cocked his head. "Events? Is something going on tomorrow, Rei?"
"Major Katsuragi returned home early to inform us that Unit-02's repairs are complete. The reactivation test is tomorrow."
Shinji's eyebrows shot up. Asuka must be… "Ah. Right. That might take up the afternoon. I guess we'll resume on the day after."
Rei swung her stare back at Nagisa. "You will leave now."
Kaworu just smiled, picked up his now packed away violin, and gave her a tiny bow. "As you wish."
For some reason, this made Rei's glare at him turn to liquid nitrogen. "What was that?" she hissed.
Kaworu halted in his move towards the door. "I am doing as you said. Is there something wrong?"
"Are you…" Rei seemed to fight for the right word. "Quoting at me?"
"….no?"
Rei still looked like she wanted to throw things at him. "Fine. Go. Away," she bit out, and turned her back on him.
"Goodnight, Shinji-kun," Kaworu smiled back at the Third Child. "Convey my good wishes to the Second Child for a successful reactivation test."
"Goodnight," Shinji called as the grey-haired boy left. He looked at his friend, who was still looking like a bristling cat. "Rei… are you alright?"
"If I find out he was quoting at me…" Rei muttered. "Nnggg! That stupid fish!" She shook herself. "I am alright, Shinji. We should return to Major Katsuragi's apartment immediately. Asuka is excited at the prospect of the reactivation test tomorrow, but also… agitated, due to… other factors."
He nodded. 'Her mother… gods, I hope this goes well. Her mother means even more to her than I do.'
"Right." He left his cello on the stand. "Let's get back."
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Being in love had let Shinji learn a lot, and let him pick up some new skills: German cooking, massage, and now reading his girlfriend's mood in the dark by touch alone.
Asuka was taut as a string on his cello.
He knew why. Dinner had been far more subdued than usual. Asuka had swung between giddy anticipation and worried introspection. Asuka had given Rei a brief hug before she'd left, then grabbed Shinji and hauled him straight to their room and an early bedtime.
She'd hardly said much, just got dressed down for bed and under the covers to cling to him, nearly vibrating. He hadn't said anything either. He could tell she'd talk when she was ready. And it wasn't like laying quietly holding her wasn't one of his favorite things anyway.
It was more than 30 minutes before she said a word. "Thank you," she said softly, and kissed the side of his neck.
He just stroked her back.
"I'm doing my best to freak out now, because we can't afford it tomorrow. I can't give Commander Asshole and Doctor Bitchface any sign I know Mama's in there, or they'll… I don't know, but I bet something terrible. They've kept this secret so long, they can't want anyone to know. So I've got to have a perfect poker face tomorrow."
He nodded. He could tell she just needed to vent the tension where no one but he would see.
She held up a hand in front of his face, just visible in the moonlight through the window. It was almost vibrating. "Look at me. I'm shaking like I just drank three pots of coffee…" She brought her hand back down to his chest right over his heart. It stilled a little.
Abruptly, Asuka rolled so she could get up on her hands and knees. She leaned down to plant a wild, fierce kiss on Shinji's lips. He was surprised, but didn't object at all, enjoying the kiss for a long moment before she stopped and laid back down next to him.
He looked the question at her with a smile.
"Shinji, at pretty much any point in the last ten years I would have happily sawed off my left arm for the chance to see Mama and talk to her again. Now I'm about to. I wouldn't even know she's in there if you and I hadn't started talking, and we figured out that there were too many coincidences in our stories. If we weren't together, I'd never have had this chance to see Mama. And it's all because you got dizzy and held on to me. So… you get a 'thank you' kiss."
He gave a soft laugh in the dark. "You're welcome? Asuka… I can't take all the credit. We're here right now because you were the one brave enough to demand a kiss. I'd never have been brave enough to ask my impossibly hot roommate like you did."
"Let that be a lesson to you, Third Child: Always kiss me. It leads to good things."
"I can see no reason to disagree at all." He closed his eyes and took a deep whiff of her scent. He could nearly feel his own tension floating away. "I'll… make sure I'm there when the test starts. I'll… I don't know, try to talk to you or something if it looks like you're going to let slip something Doctor Akagi would pick up on."
"Good. I… Gott, Shinji. Mama! I… I still can't believe this is real. And not only do I get her back, I get to tell her I've found you." She squeezed him tight. "This… I don't want to get my hopes up too high, but this might be the happiest day I've ever had tomorrow."
Shinji smiled again. "Yet. Try 'yet'."
She nipped the side of his neck. "You, turning into an optimist? The end of the world must be near."
"Until the end of the world, you and me," he said. "Promised."
"Baka." She smiled and let sleep claim her.
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The Fourth Monado
S U B A R A S H I I
- Location
- Away
And the shadow looms...
Always Late
Lacking in coffee, sleep, and brains
- Location
- Ohio
1. Appropriate, given later things.
2. That's... extremely affectionate. Like, mother-daughter affectionate.
3. "Ok, you kissed my daughter goodbye yet, I'm seeing the anger get back up."
Music puns.
Use the Chainsaw Rei, the Great Communicator calls to you...
rofl:Fear and anticipation.
Yup.
And that 1st pic makes sense now.
No arguments the-*smack*
... be careful what you wish for, Shinji. You just might get it.
samdamandias
Apprentice Plane Wizard
Isn't that the one where they stuck the nose and cockpit of a fighter plane on the crotch of the mecha for some reason?
Turing Decidable
𝕘𝕒𝕣𝕗
- Location
- Belgium
- Pronouns
- He/Him
These quiet talks between Shinji and Asuka are probably my favorite parts.
Not that anyone could ever be confused, but the second sentence is a bit ambiguous. Maybe "Her mother means even more to her than mine does to me" would be better?
I see this one all over the place in A Crown of Stars. Is it simply spelled "taught" where you grew up?
The Englanderish
Schrödinger's Kuudere Kitty Caliph(a)
- Location
- Califat de Chats
I did consider casting Jin in Mari's place for Harmonic Bending A.V.A.T.A.R. to reflect Mari's actual relevance...
I never wrote any more and it's somewhat unlikely that I will any time soon, unfortunately since there are other projects I want to do. Consider any further Doom!Rei things up for adoption for anyone to write.
Well wasn't that convenient. As I was formulating a reply.
No, it's 2015.
I feel like this should be 'sawn'.
Heh, Kaworu doesn't know how to respond.
Minor typo here, should be "taut".
Well, maybe not so much Dr. Akagi these days, but I have no doubts that Gendo would either indefinitely incarcerate or (more likely) kill her.
They say this in a joking manner, but unknowingly and unfortunately for them, said end of the world may be closer than they imagine.
Nice update!
Always Late
Lacking in coffee, sleep, and brains
- Location
- Ohio
I don't see a link in there. I need my Doom!Rei!
I see buttons for "Like," "Hugs," "Informative," "Insightful," and "Funny." I do not, however see a button for "I am soiling my pants in terror." Why is there not an "I'm soiling my pants in terror," button? We need an "I'm soiling my pants in terror," button.How scared should you be? I've been sharing hints at what's coming with two fonts of pure feminine evil, @LilithPrime and @Aleph... and they both approved.
Now that you mention it... I suppose the umbilicals are non-gender specific. There was an article I saw about 9-10 years back, maybe it was a chat log, or an interview transcript. I almost want to say it was on evageeks but it it was it prior to it becoming a wiki. But one of the folks there commented that they noticed vaginal characteristics in a couple locations. The two that come to mind was when Unit 1 regenerated its eye in Ep 2 and GNR's forehead during EoE. You could just tack something phallic on to GNR's head and have it spraying whatever, but the eye thing doesn't work quite as well......
Chocolate cookies with peanutbutter chips. Homemade too
You mean we weren't doing that already?
Please see the beginning of my post.
The Englanderish
Schrödinger's Kuudere Kitty Caliph(a)
- Location
- Califat de Chats
Advice and Trust [NGE] | Page 435
Hey, Stryp, could you be an absolute dear and threadmark the DOOMake plz?
Ranma-sensei
Sorcerer
- Location
- Citrix Receiver
- Pronouns
- Weatherdependent
Way to go jinxing it, Asuka!
- Location
- National Capital Region, USA
Thanks. There's a lot of them, but most don't get screen time unless they're plot or character relevant. And like she told Misato, this kind of thing is what they both need and want, even more than the sex. Just being able to hold the other, and let down their walls with the one person they trust utterly.
No, my brain is just tired, and spells 'taught' correctly, without noting it's the wrong word. Fixes made.
- Location
- Kyiv
Give your own arm to meet someone, who trapped in Eva? Sounds... Gendoish.
FlyingScanian
Tea Addict
- Location
- Land of Eternal Night
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Wonderful, wonderful chapter, Strypgia. But I am now utterly scared of how this will go south. I foresee a broken Asuka in dire need of a hug tomorrow, and that's one of the less depressing scenarios
Get in. We'll need them to weather this storm.Chocolate cookies with peanutbutter chips. Homemade too
If it's good enough for Fumio Kirisaki, it's good enough for Rei.
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M. H. Fuzzball
Aperture Science-certified Horrible Person
- Location
- Sector 2814
That, and AL's already given all his shotguns to Asuka.
- Location
- Australia, mate
Nah it's... not bad I guess, but not as good as I wished it was.
1) Fucking AWESOME
2) Why is there no love for Running from Evil, the E1M1 music from Doom 2?
3) Does that Revenant in the background have a freaking trumpet?!
Number6
Unrepentant Like Addict
- Location
- The Village, Scotland
I find myself wondering how an artificially-grown alien-human hybrid living in postapocalyptic Japan managed to watch The Princess Bride. And why do I get a sense that the Pilots are going to find their undeclared war with NERV escalating whether they like it or not?
As always, @Strypgia, you leave me eagerly anticipating what comes next.
As always, @Strypgia, you leave me eagerly anticipating what comes next.
