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Broken Wings [NGE]
- Thread starter Teen Spirit
- Start date
- Location
- Surrey
Ria will just get Ritsuko to own him again in another hacking war and then Iruel will self-terminate out of shame at being owned twice by a woman old enough to be his grandma.
Raiseth
I Find Your Lack of Memes Disturbing
- Location
- Russia
"Cannot... compile... so long... suxx0rz..."
Oh damn. Wish I'd seen it before posting.
Oh well. Double post!
"Strike her down with all you hatred, and with this your journey to the Dark Side will be complete!"
... Edit: Strypgia, it was you, wasn't it? How did you do that? I'm asking, so I'd know how to mash posts together myself next time it happens, and do it on forum in case anyone else is as ignorant as me about it. Wait. Cut and paste and delete works just fine. Haven't thought about that before.
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- Location
- National Capital Region, USA
Oh goddammit, Touji. You better not get yourself killed right here. Hikari has had enough loss already.
Bad memories, Misato?
How did Iruel get that recording? Okito gave it to them?
Oh goddammit, Misato... Traumatic memories have the wheel...
Dirtnap
Kanmusu Affecionado
...seriously? Like...Misato isn't this retarded. Except somehow now she is.
I get the murderboner fuck all angels mentality. I'd probably be the same until a moment like this, where my life would be literally saved by my worst enemy. Instead no she just up and points the gun at Ria. If I could roll my eyes any harder I'd break the sockets.
I dunno why this particular flaw of hers is being pushed to this extreme but whatever I guess.
I get the murderboner fuck all angels mentality. I'd probably be the same until a moment like this, where my life would be literally saved by my worst enemy. Instead no she just up and points the gun at Ria. If I could roll my eyes any harder I'd break the sockets.
I dunno why this particular flaw of hers is being pushed to this extreme but whatever I guess.
Raiseth
I Find Your Lack of Memes Disturbing
- Location
- Russia
I think she's having a panic attack right about now...
Not to say that her behavior will improve in the future, but imagine this:
You are a Jew. Someone tells you that your favorite granddaughter was Hitler. And proves it conclusively. While she is not Hitler anymore, you are left with a rather bitter aftertaste, to say the least.
SkyCrack
Hanging by a thread
- Location
- Little Red Dot
But Y tho, Zeruel can tank it no problem
Timerider
That guy who really should get out more.
- Location
- The End of the World.
Parental instinct knows no logic.
Alternatively, Shinji jumps onto Misato to pull the gun away and it goes off.
- Location
- supernatural
OK it's official... Iruel aside from calling us monkeys (even though your also one going by that logic) you are one of my favorite characters in this because of that "The Reason You Suck" Speech you gave alone.
Who indeed?
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Iruel slapped Misato and everyone else in the command center across the face with every reason they would have to not trust Zeruel. Sure Zeruel saved her now, Zeruel also came this close to killing her twenty years ago. To say nothing of how Shinji, Asuka and Rei were hurt by them. Those memories plague Misato hard. Not to mention Okito is living proof that just because you knew them, that doesn't mean you can trust an angel.
- Location
- supernatural
Ria... now that is a good potential mother in law.
- Location
- Chicago, IL
"Oh, that's why."
Bad situation all around, but I find something darkly amusing about that.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Admittedly it's more because shooting someone that powerful is a REALLY bad idea.Ria... now that is a good potential mother in law.
Especially when they just saved your life by beating the shit out of the guy who ripped through every security measure you've got like he was taking a leisurely stroll through the woods.
- Location
- Earth
I'm mildly curious how bug a hit Wille would take if Shinji, Asuka, and Ria all left because of this, even without Misato actually shooting Ria.
- Location
- State of Denial
Fixed for you.
Chapter 13 Part 3
- Pronouns
- He/Him
"Tell me the truth. Tell me that's all a lie," Misato's voice was trembling with fear and rage.
There was just no way this monster could be Ria. She knew Ria, Ria was one of the few people she knew she could trust. Ria had been alone with each of the Pilots. If she was an Angel, they would all be dead by now. There was just no way an Angel would just been okay with living that close to the people who had killed it for so long. There was just no way. That was a lie, Ria was with Hikari and Zeruel was someone else.
Her aim was swaying, but she kept it on the Angel as best she could, her finger on the trigger.
Zeruel stared at her, motionless. Despite everything, it's mask was still the same. The same soulless, expressionless mask that had come so close to killing her twenty years ago. Why did it save her? What possible reason could this Angel have for sparing her? It knew what she was going to do. There had to be something else at plan here.
"General, put the gun down," Mana begged. "This is exactly what Iruel wants."
"I know that!" Misato snapped. Her eyes never leaving the Angel.
This is exactly what the Angel of Fear wanted. They had baited her again. Still, she couldn't shake the images of Zeruel being moments away from killing her, Asuka's screams as it tore into her. The weeks she spent afterwards, hoping and praying for Shinji to return. More than any of them, this Angel had hurt her, had come closer than any of the others to actually winning. Only the JSSDF during Third Impact had been able to inflict more damage on NERV. She owed it a debt of blood, and yet…
"Tell me the truth. Tell me if you're her or not," Misato demanded. "Tell me that and you're free to go."
'You're not her! Don't be her. Can't be her, Please don't be her,' Misato's mind raced.
For a moment, the Angel was still. Perhaps they didn't understand, perhaps they couldn't actually hear.
"Are you Ria Soryu, yes or no?!" Misato shouted.
Slowly Zeruel nodded her head in confirmation.
"No," Misato whispered. Dread filled her, and her hands clenched tightly on reflex.
The pistol fired, a loud crack filling the air before the bullet harmlessly smashed against Zeruel's mask.
Misato lowered the pistol, horrified.
Ria took a step back, towering over those around her.
"You see Ria? Nothing you did mattered," Iruel's voice cackled, "You are just an Angel to them, and always will be."
"I didn't mean..." Misato whispered.
Zeruel let out an nearly deafening roar, choked with rage. In moments her hand was around Misato's throat, lifting her into the air.
/
The battle had gone like Touji had expected at first, bullets smashing into the Angel's AT-Field.
Then the Angel flicked a nail clipping at one of security guards, the nail glowing brightly then detonating like a small bomb directly in the guard's face.
The Angel apparently could turn any part of herself into a bomb, the strength of the explosion increasing with size. It turned the situation into a very disturbing game of cat and mouse.
Security would retreat, trying to mount a counter attack. Then Sahaquiel would throw a bit of blood, maybe some hair at them. And they would be forced to retreat again just to keep alive.
Touji saw an entire squad and most of a hallway wiped out when the Angel used one of her fingers.
He found himself hiding in a corner, gathered with what was left of his squad.
The Angel was wandering, playfully looking around for them.
He gritted his teeth in anger. This was a goddamn game for them?
He looked over what he had left. Bullets had proven useless so far. Regular grenades would likely prove just as ineffective. But he did have a few stun grenades.
It felt absurd. If lethal means had done nothing to harm them, what good would less than lethal equipment do?
...But they were human after all, they did have eyes and ears. Maybe, just maybe…
He pulled the pin on one of his stun grenades and tossed it into the hallway, clanging loudly against the floor as it landed.
Touji shielded his eyes.
A moment later, the grenade exploded, letting out a blinding light and an ear shattering bang.
"AHHH! MY EYES!" The Angel screamed.
He was surprised. He honestly almost expected the Angel would be able to handle it. But it appeared the stun grenade affected her like it would any other unprotected human. This changed things.
Touji poked out to see the Angel stumbling around, covering it's eyes and ears as it moaned in pain.
Wasting no time, Touji and his squad unloading their weapons on the Angel. Dozens of bullets tore into her.
One of them connected with her mask. It shattered it into a dozen pieces.
"No, no, no! This is not happening!" Sahaquiel screamed as she tried her best to hide her face. Blood stained her clothing and the floor around her.
One of the bulkheads opened slightly, barely enough for a person to slide under. The Angel wasted no time in doing exactly that, disappearing as the bulkhead slammed closed behind her.
Touji was grateful to be alive, though he couldn't help feeling disappointed. He had wounded her, had come close to actually killing an Angel. Close enough to scare it into running. If he could have gotten her, if he had just gotten a few more rounds in...
He sighed, worrying about what could have been was useless. And he still needed to get to the Command Center. Hopefully the General was still alive.
/
Asuka and Shinji had expected the worst when they arrived at the Command Center. But what they found surprised them.
Zeruel had lifted Misato up into the air and had slammed her against the wall. Misato, on her part was firing, aiming her pistol at Zeruel's head, telltale clicking making it clear the gun had run dry.
Asuka was completely baffled. Ria had come here to save Misato. Even if Misato had reacted poorly, which she probably had, this didn't make sense.
The rest of the room stood by, some training their guns on Zeruel, but not firing. While the rest stood by and watched, completely unsure what to do.
Maya snapped towards them. An angry expression across her face.
"You!" she shouted, "make her stop!"
So it seemed that cat was out of the bag, great.
Shinji approached Ria nervously.
"Put her down!" he urged.
Zeruel snapped towards him, Misato falling from her arms.
She howled, hot wind rushing over Shinji and Asuka
Shinji retreated. She was different then when Asuka and him had seen her fight against Shamshel. Her body language was hostile, downright animal-like. And most terrifying, there wasn't that sense that Ria was still behind all that. All they could see now was Zeruel.
"Ria, calm down sweetie," Shinji said, pushing down his fear. "It's okay, we're here. It's over."
She wasn't listening. For a brief, terrifying second, Asuka feared the worst.
A voice came out of every nearby computer. "This is Zeruel's anger, pure and undistorted. A rage so great and terrible it drives all sense from the mind. She had kept control of it, but then the General here had to go and shoot her. Confirming the girl's worst fear. Tragic, really."
"Would you kindly shut up?!" Mana snapped.
Zeruel turned towards one of the computers, smashing it to pieces. Then she went to the next one, and the next. Smashing every computer that had carried the Angel's voice.
Slowly, she began to shrink. Her features becoming distorted and bloated, before melting. Pools of black, red, and white flowed away from her, revealing Ria underneath.
Ria kept beating her fists into the broken remains of a computer, tears running down her cheeks as she howled in frustration and grief.
Shinji rushed to a side, grabbing jacket that had been laying on one of the nearby chairs and draping it on her.
"I didn't...I didn't mean for that…" she whimpered.
Asuka could see Okito, or what was left him, laying on the floor, barely alive. A member of security stood over him with her gun trained directly at his head.
At least Okito was dealt with, now they just had to worry about the remaining two Angels-
Asuka heard a pistol magazine hit the ground.
"Step away from her, Shinji," Misato warned as she picked herself up off the ground, pistol leveled at Ria.
Shinji immediately put himself between Misato and Ria. "No."
"I said step away!" she shouted.
"Gott in Himmel! What are you doing?!" Asuka shouted, her hand reaching towards her own gun.
'Don't do this, woman, don't make me do this.'
"She tried to kill me!" Misato shouted
"You tried to kill me!" Ria shouted, her eyes still bright red.
"Misato, Ria's the only reason you're still alive," Shinji desperately pointed out. "She's the only reason we're all still alive."
"She stopped Okito when he attacked our apartment. And she protected us from Shamshel less than half an hour ago!" Asuka added
"You knew?" Misato's voice broke with pain. "You knew all this time."
"Since Okito attacked," Asuka explained "We didn't tell you because we knew this is how you would react."
"She knew who Okito was!" Misato snapped back. "She knew he was behind the first attack and did nothing!"
"Because he insisted he wasn't behind them," Ria replied. "And I was an idiot for believing him."
Misato showed no sign of relenting.
"She nearly killed the entire bridge staff twenty years ago!" she declared. "And she hurt both of you! I can't just overlook that."
"She did," Shinji admitted, "And she died for it. I was there, Misato. Remember?"
"Not good enough!" Misato shouted, "Not nearly damn good enough! She hurt you before and she will hurt you again! "
"No, she won't," Asuka replied coldly.
Misato glanced at her. "You can't possibly know that."
"She's my daughter!"
"And Okito was Touji's son! Look where he ended up!" Misato barked.
"Okito lied to me to just as much as he lied to you!" Ria replied.
"Liar!" Misato's anger grew. "Why would he lie to you?"
"Why did Iruel provoke me into nearly killing Okito?" Ria shouted back.
Misato lowered her pistol slightly, considering Ria's words.
"Ma'am," Ritsuko spoke up, "Speaking of the 11th Angel. We're regaining control of our systems. It appears he's retreating. Officer Suzuhara is reporting that the 10th retreated after being heavily wounded and judging from the camera feeds, the others are pulling back as well."
Meaning the only Angels left inside of NERV were Ria and Okito, and Okito seemed at Death's door.
"Misato, please," Asuka begged. "It's over. Put the gun down before you create a whole new mess."
"Iruel drove both of you mad with rage. This isn't either of your faults," Mana observed.
'Well at least someone appears to be on our side,' Asuka mused.
"How…" Misato hesitated, "How am I supposed to keep you two safe with her around?"
"We don't need protection from our daughter," Shinji replied coldly.
With a sigh, Misato lowered her weapon and returned it to her holster.
"Everyone stand down," she ordered reluctantly.
One officer hesitated "But ma'am... You said we can't spare any of them."
"And I meant it. But it seems like we have an exception."
Shinji sighed in relief.
Misato turned towards Asuka, looking angry and hurt.
"Just to be clear. This doesn't mean I believe her, this doesn't mean I trust her. She's one of them, she will betray you sooner or later. She might not be allied with Ramiel but that doesn't mean she's on our side. None of them are. This is your folly, if you don't want my protection there's nothing I can do about that. Now get her out of here. I don't want her in my sight again."
Asuka glared at her, even now. Even knowing Ria was an Angel, Misato still couldn't see. She wasn't going to try and kill Ria or arrest her, but she had rejected her entirely.
"Understood, General," she replied evenly.
Misato turned towards Security.
"Secure the Third Angel," she ordered. "Keep him secured while you take him down to the Vault.Try to keep him alive if possible. He's worth far more to us alive."
Shinji and Asuka led Ria out of the room.
Most of the room was staring at her in hate. A few still seemed terrified of her. Some of the others whispered among themselves. Calling Ria a monster and Asuka and Shinji fools for protecting her. Asuka and Shinji did their best to ignore it but Ria seem to be struck by every glare and whisper.
Ria's expression was painful to look at. She was enraged, and yet utterly shattered by Misato's reaction. To say nothing of her shame for allowing her rage to get the best of her. One of her worst fears had come to pass. And soon she would have to deal with everyone else finding out as well.
Ria may have been spared, but she was a pariah now.
There was just no way this monster could be Ria. She knew Ria, Ria was one of the few people she knew she could trust. Ria had been alone with each of the Pilots. If she was an Angel, they would all be dead by now. There was just no way an Angel would just been okay with living that close to the people who had killed it for so long. There was just no way. That was a lie, Ria was with Hikari and Zeruel was someone else.
Her aim was swaying, but she kept it on the Angel as best she could, her finger on the trigger.
Zeruel stared at her, motionless. Despite everything, it's mask was still the same. The same soulless, expressionless mask that had come so close to killing her twenty years ago. Why did it save her? What possible reason could this Angel have for sparing her? It knew what she was going to do. There had to be something else at plan here.
"General, put the gun down," Mana begged. "This is exactly what Iruel wants."
"I know that!" Misato snapped. Her eyes never leaving the Angel.
This is exactly what the Angel of Fear wanted. They had baited her again. Still, she couldn't shake the images of Zeruel being moments away from killing her, Asuka's screams as it tore into her. The weeks she spent afterwards, hoping and praying for Shinji to return. More than any of them, this Angel had hurt her, had come closer than any of the others to actually winning. Only the JSSDF during Third Impact had been able to inflict more damage on NERV. She owed it a debt of blood, and yet…
"Tell me the truth. Tell me if you're her or not," Misato demanded. "Tell me that and you're free to go."
'You're not her! Don't be her. Can't be her, Please don't be her,' Misato's mind raced.
For a moment, the Angel was still. Perhaps they didn't understand, perhaps they couldn't actually hear.
"Are you Ria Soryu, yes or no?!" Misato shouted.
Slowly Zeruel nodded her head in confirmation.
"No," Misato whispered. Dread filled her, and her hands clenched tightly on reflex.
The pistol fired, a loud crack filling the air before the bullet harmlessly smashed against Zeruel's mask.
Misato lowered the pistol, horrified.
Ria took a step back, towering over those around her.
"You see Ria? Nothing you did mattered," Iruel's voice cackled, "You are just an Angel to them, and always will be."
"I didn't mean..." Misato whispered.
Zeruel let out an nearly deafening roar, choked with rage. In moments her hand was around Misato's throat, lifting her into the air.
/
The battle had gone like Touji had expected at first, bullets smashing into the Angel's AT-Field.
Then the Angel flicked a nail clipping at one of security guards, the nail glowing brightly then detonating like a small bomb directly in the guard's face.
The Angel apparently could turn any part of herself into a bomb, the strength of the explosion increasing with size. It turned the situation into a very disturbing game of cat and mouse.
Security would retreat, trying to mount a counter attack. Then Sahaquiel would throw a bit of blood, maybe some hair at them. And they would be forced to retreat again just to keep alive.
Touji saw an entire squad and most of a hallway wiped out when the Angel used one of her fingers.
He found himself hiding in a corner, gathered with what was left of his squad.
The Angel was wandering, playfully looking around for them.
He gritted his teeth in anger. This was a goddamn game for them?
He looked over what he had left. Bullets had proven useless so far. Regular grenades would likely prove just as ineffective. But he did have a few stun grenades.
It felt absurd. If lethal means had done nothing to harm them, what good would less than lethal equipment do?
...But they were human after all, they did have eyes and ears. Maybe, just maybe…
He pulled the pin on one of his stun grenades and tossed it into the hallway, clanging loudly against the floor as it landed.
Touji shielded his eyes.
A moment later, the grenade exploded, letting out a blinding light and an ear shattering bang.
"AHHH! MY EYES!" The Angel screamed.
He was surprised. He honestly almost expected the Angel would be able to handle it. But it appeared the stun grenade affected her like it would any other unprotected human. This changed things.
Touji poked out to see the Angel stumbling around, covering it's eyes and ears as it moaned in pain.
Wasting no time, Touji and his squad unloading their weapons on the Angel. Dozens of bullets tore into her.
One of them connected with her mask. It shattered it into a dozen pieces.
"No, no, no! This is not happening!" Sahaquiel screamed as she tried her best to hide her face. Blood stained her clothing and the floor around her.
One of the bulkheads opened slightly, barely enough for a person to slide under. The Angel wasted no time in doing exactly that, disappearing as the bulkhead slammed closed behind her.
Touji was grateful to be alive, though he couldn't help feeling disappointed. He had wounded her, had come close to actually killing an Angel. Close enough to scare it into running. If he could have gotten her, if he had just gotten a few more rounds in...
He sighed, worrying about what could have been was useless. And he still needed to get to the Command Center. Hopefully the General was still alive.
/
Asuka and Shinji had expected the worst when they arrived at the Command Center. But what they found surprised them.
Zeruel had lifted Misato up into the air and had slammed her against the wall. Misato, on her part was firing, aiming her pistol at Zeruel's head, telltale clicking making it clear the gun had run dry.
Asuka was completely baffled. Ria had come here to save Misato. Even if Misato had reacted poorly, which she probably had, this didn't make sense.
The rest of the room stood by, some training their guns on Zeruel, but not firing. While the rest stood by and watched, completely unsure what to do.
Maya snapped towards them. An angry expression across her face.
"You!" she shouted, "make her stop!"
So it seemed that cat was out of the bag, great.
Shinji approached Ria nervously.
"Put her down!" he urged.
Zeruel snapped towards him, Misato falling from her arms.
She howled, hot wind rushing over Shinji and Asuka
Shinji retreated. She was different then when Asuka and him had seen her fight against Shamshel. Her body language was hostile, downright animal-like. And most terrifying, there wasn't that sense that Ria was still behind all that. All they could see now was Zeruel.
"Ria, calm down sweetie," Shinji said, pushing down his fear. "It's okay, we're here. It's over."
She wasn't listening. For a brief, terrifying second, Asuka feared the worst.
A voice came out of every nearby computer. "This is Zeruel's anger, pure and undistorted. A rage so great and terrible it drives all sense from the mind. She had kept control of it, but then the General here had to go and shoot her. Confirming the girl's worst fear. Tragic, really."
"Would you kindly shut up?!" Mana snapped.
Zeruel turned towards one of the computers, smashing it to pieces. Then she went to the next one, and the next. Smashing every computer that had carried the Angel's voice.
Slowly, she began to shrink. Her features becoming distorted and bloated, before melting. Pools of black, red, and white flowed away from her, revealing Ria underneath.
Ria kept beating her fists into the broken remains of a computer, tears running down her cheeks as she howled in frustration and grief.
Shinji rushed to a side, grabbing jacket that had been laying on one of the nearby chairs and draping it on her.
"I didn't...I didn't mean for that…" she whimpered.
Asuka could see Okito, or what was left him, laying on the floor, barely alive. A member of security stood over him with her gun trained directly at his head.
At least Okito was dealt with, now they just had to worry about the remaining two Angels-
Asuka heard a pistol magazine hit the ground.
"Step away from her, Shinji," Misato warned as she picked herself up off the ground, pistol leveled at Ria.
Shinji immediately put himself between Misato and Ria. "No."
"I said step away!" she shouted.
"Gott in Himmel! What are you doing?!" Asuka shouted, her hand reaching towards her own gun.
'Don't do this, woman, don't make me do this.'
"She tried to kill me!" Misato shouted
"You tried to kill me!" Ria shouted, her eyes still bright red.
"Misato, Ria's the only reason you're still alive," Shinji desperately pointed out. "She's the only reason we're all still alive."
"She stopped Okito when he attacked our apartment. And she protected us from Shamshel less than half an hour ago!" Asuka added
"You knew?" Misato's voice broke with pain. "You knew all this time."
"Since Okito attacked," Asuka explained "We didn't tell you because we knew this is how you would react."
"She knew who Okito was!" Misato snapped back. "She knew he was behind the first attack and did nothing!"
"Because he insisted he wasn't behind them," Ria replied. "And I was an idiot for believing him."
Misato showed no sign of relenting.
"She nearly killed the entire bridge staff twenty years ago!" she declared. "And she hurt both of you! I can't just overlook that."
"She did," Shinji admitted, "And she died for it. I was there, Misato. Remember?"
"Not good enough!" Misato shouted, "Not nearly damn good enough! She hurt you before and she will hurt you again! "
"No, she won't," Asuka replied coldly.
Misato glanced at her. "You can't possibly know that."
"She's my daughter!"
"And Okito was Touji's son! Look where he ended up!" Misato barked.
"Okito lied to me to just as much as he lied to you!" Ria replied.
"Liar!" Misato's anger grew. "Why would he lie to you?"
"Why did Iruel provoke me into nearly killing Okito?" Ria shouted back.
Misato lowered her pistol slightly, considering Ria's words.
"Ma'am," Ritsuko spoke up, "Speaking of the 11th Angel. We're regaining control of our systems. It appears he's retreating. Officer Suzuhara is reporting that the 10th retreated after being heavily wounded and judging from the camera feeds, the others are pulling back as well."
Meaning the only Angels left inside of NERV were Ria and Okito, and Okito seemed at Death's door.
"Misato, please," Asuka begged. "It's over. Put the gun down before you create a whole new mess."
"Iruel drove both of you mad with rage. This isn't either of your faults," Mana observed.
'Well at least someone appears to be on our side,' Asuka mused.
"How…" Misato hesitated, "How am I supposed to keep you two safe with her around?"
"We don't need protection from our daughter," Shinji replied coldly.
With a sigh, Misato lowered her weapon and returned it to her holster.
"Everyone stand down," she ordered reluctantly.
One officer hesitated "But ma'am... You said we can't spare any of them."
"And I meant it. But it seems like we have an exception."
Shinji sighed in relief.
Misato turned towards Asuka, looking angry and hurt.
"Just to be clear. This doesn't mean I believe her, this doesn't mean I trust her. She's one of them, she will betray you sooner or later. She might not be allied with Ramiel but that doesn't mean she's on our side. None of them are. This is your folly, if you don't want my protection there's nothing I can do about that. Now get her out of here. I don't want her in my sight again."
Asuka glared at her, even now. Even knowing Ria was an Angel, Misato still couldn't see. She wasn't going to try and kill Ria or arrest her, but she had rejected her entirely.
"Understood, General," she replied evenly.
Misato turned towards Security.
"Secure the Third Angel," she ordered. "Keep him secured while you take him down to the Vault.Try to keep him alive if possible. He's worth far more to us alive."
Shinji and Asuka led Ria out of the room.
Most of the room was staring at her in hate. A few still seemed terrified of her. Some of the others whispered among themselves. Calling Ria a monster and Asuka and Shinji fools for protecting her. Asuka and Shinji did their best to ignore it but Ria seem to be struck by every glare and whisper.
Ria's expression was painful to look at. She was enraged, and yet utterly shattered by Misato's reaction. To say nothing of her shame for allowing her rage to get the best of her. One of her worst fears had come to pass. And soon she would have to deal with everyone else finding out as well.
Ria may have been spared, but she was a pariah now.
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Raiseth
I Find Your Lack of Memes Disturbing
- Location
- Russia
Oh, fuck. NGE, welcome back, long time no see.
Check this out, TeenSpirit.
Otherwise, great chapter! Here's to everyone talking their differences out and solving them like fellow civilized, sentient beings!
Yeah, like that's gonna happen.
Godamnit Misato. You just threw away one of the best weapons available to you in this war with the Angels. You keep doing that, BTW. First with Matariel and now with Ria. You KNEW Ramiel was trying to provoke you into killing Matariel with the Melbourne attack and you still ordered him shot when he was fighting Sachiel, which allowed Sachiel to fulfill his objective and escape. Now Iruel was obviously provoking you to get you to alienate Ria, and you try to kill her anyway. Face it Misato, you're emotionally compromised to the point that you are refusing to accept the possibility that some Angels might want to join your side if you would only stop trying to kill the ones who have rejected Ramiel's plan.
trob030490
Professor Kokonoe
- Pronouns
- she/her
Am I mis-remembering or is Israfel still running around somewhere in the base?
- Location
- Altamonte Springs, FL
I can't wait for the coup to take place.... As JumperPrime said, Misato is emotionally compromised.
trob030490
Professor Kokonoe
- Pronouns
- she/her
This did at least affect Misato's outlook enough that she's using gendered pronouns rather than the dehumanizing "it" for even Okito.