OMAKE: REI'S DREAMS
Nagisa Kaworu did not bleed as she diced his body into flaky white sashimi. He did, however, come onto her quite blatantly.
"You look so artful with that knife, Rei. You could make anything look graceful."
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She was Unit-00 and she was herself, towering over Tokyo-3. She dug the foundations of the Geofront and
buried Yui Ikari in the cement, before it is drowned in a flood of LCL. Commander Ikari watched and spoke, "So with this sacrifice will we stand against all forces."
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She was herself and she was small. Small and unimportant a dust mote. Two other dust motes came to her and proclaimed her as theirs and she grew alongside them, becoming a human. Her mind boggled at it's new space for thinking and feeling and loving and hating and so many things. She followed with her two to wherever they would, eager to keep this new feeling.
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Five men in matching suits danced and sang of heavenly beauty and love while puppets with cut strings fell from the ceiling. Asuka turned to her and smiled before hauling in the anchor with a "Shall we go home, Frau Ayanami?"
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A smiling Shinji flips a pancake and greets you from his position on the ceiling. "Good morning Rei! Did you sleep well?"
A crying Shinji hugs you as you sit at the table and pour yourself a glass of LCL. "I was scared you wouldn't wake up."
A furious Shinji stands in front of you as his father advances, unaware of the 12 angry men watching them all. "She's Ours! Not Yours!"
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It is 6 of the clock and all is not well. Lilith stares with a fiddle in her hand as Tokyo-3 burns.
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Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home, your planet is afire and your children all gone
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You are REI AYANAMI and it is your birthday. This is NOT PLOT SIGNIFICANT. Your bedroom is SPARSELY DECORATED, featuring only PICTURES OF PEOPLE YOU CARE ABOUT AND ALSO KAWORU as signs of life. You have a DIFFICULT CHOICE to make.
=-> (s) CAUSE THIRD IMPACT
=->
(s) PREVENT THIRD IMPACT
=-> (s) WATCH THEM ALL DIE ANYWAY
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Time has no meaning. All that has meaning persists as long as it may and time dies every second before returning with itself and infinite brethren to kill everything that kills it with perception. Every millisecond is a small cut on a piece of life, and all life can be considered a single piece. All life dies the death of small cuts and vanishes and is buried in oblivion without recall and it is gone gone
gone GONEGONEGONE
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KNOCKKNOCKKNOCK
Asuka awoke with a slight start. Inventory check. Shinji playing big spoon? check. Sheets over them both? check. Both clothed? unfortunately, check. So what's out of place?
KNOCKKNOCK
Ah, there it is. "Come in," she said, pitching her voice just enough to carry to the door, which opens and reveals Rei Ayanami, wrapped in a blanket and eyes redder than usual. Asuka's expression softens at the sight, taking in the thin sheen of sweat over her face and the trembling in her hands.
"Asuka, I have had an.... unsettling nocturnal experience. May I share you and Shinji's room for the night?"
Asuka smiled,"Of course, Rei. Climb on in." And as she lifted the linen to accept its newest occupant, she took the shaking girl into her arms and held her close.
And as Rei listens to Asuka's heartbeat from within her embrace,
she falls asleep in the arms of her love and dreams of falling asleep in the arms of her love.
