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Reach for the Stars; But don't forget your towel.
Topic Started: Sep 10 2008, 09:37 PM (187,226 Views)
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The Crazy One

[Abandoned Space Station]

“You're not going anywhere!” Sama called out at Locust. He concentrated with his ring, and created a shimming ball of blue energy that appeared around Locust. “Jimi! Quick, get him while I try to hold him in place!”

[….]

“Great, just GREAT!” Kimi groaned. “Let's go find those idiots!”

[Zoness Facility]

Asuka was now down on her knees with her hands covering her ears, and her eyes closed. She didn't know what was happening around her. There were voice and terrible things whispering in her ears and all she wanted was for it to stop; for it to vanish away.

She shouldn't have come. She saw that now. This was all too much.

[…]

Gendo stood silent, still and stone-faced. He could see the emergency lights flickering and hear the acid coming down from the sprinklers, but he seemed entirely unconcerned.

“Calm yourself, Yui. There is no need to panic. I am in no danger – I never have been.” Gendo stated quietly as he walked down the hall, heading the direction Yui was commanding him to run. The acid came down but did not touch him – instead it impacted on an invisible shield around his body, bouncing off and hitting the floors.

“I do not expose myself to needless danger. This energy field is more than enough to protect me from whatever else is here. However, I do want an explanation for all of this, Yui, quite soon.”

Soon enough he was at the end of the hall.
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[Zoness Facility]

The flash of blue light was the only warning Jagan had that someone else had entered the combat zone. Then, his opponent was no longer in his targeting sight.

That was far faster than Fox could move.

Immediately, he fell into the Tracer's Matrix again, the patterns falling into place. Someone extremely fast shot into the room and saved Fox at the last second, and now they were out of his visual range. He needed a bead on the new target, but couldn't do so without endangering himself. Whoever this new opponent was, they were far too fast to keep up with.

He glanced once at that gadget he set on the floor. The charge was ready to be used. However... It was across the previous point of cover which he took, several bullet holes glaring through the side of that table. He would be intercepted before he even made it halfway there.

He almost considered retreating when the voice sounded out. Familiar and cocky, just as he had remembered it from some time ago. Another mobian, one who was entertained by Nova at one point.

Sonic the Hedgehog.

... Maybe he wasn't quite dead yet. Resisting right now was more or less futile, with one of them too fast to follow with his own limited physical capabilities, and the other much more capable of lethal violence.

Finally leaning out from behind his cover, Jagan cautiously stood up, the two drones zooming in to take flanking positions behind him. He was still dressed same black armor-suit, intersected with red pulsing lines, but this time bore a visor that covered his eyes and most of his features, making him almost unrecognizable. In addition to that particular change, it looked like this suit had finally been armored properly, and now suited as a power suit as well as an interface pilot suit.

"... This is a NERV facility, and your presence here is unprecedented. Please explain your presence and define your purpose before I am forced to undertake lethal measures."

He didn't raise his pistols yet, but he still held both of them, and both were still in safety-off mode. As he did, both of the drones locked onto Sonic as the major threat, both readying another LAG charge. They were most likely going to miss, since they had to hit Sonic with one of those darts to be effective, but if even one managed even a grazing strike, then the LAG would outpace even a supersonic ability to dodge.

Not much of a comfort, but Jagan expected further hostility.
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~ Desty Nova, Karmatron Theory

Let them Label me! Let them swear and curse at me as I tug humanity like a bucking bull into the darkness of the unknown, revealing its secrets to the sane and driving them MAD! In ages long past, I shall be looked upon as a tyrant and a savior! As a savant and as a fool! My work shall advance humanity long past its time, throw it into the unknown future and force it to grow strong or FALL! Years from now, when I will inevitably be removed, my work shall continue to progress, because these things cannot be denied! Governments will publicly criticize my work, but privately conduct research that advances it! I shall imprint myself into the annals of history, among the stars that shine as brightly as Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Dmitri Mendeleev, Nikola Tesla, and countless others! My work will shine as brightly as any star, and I AM ITS CREATOR!!!
~ Desty Nova, Morality


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-Zoness Facility-

“Dude, you're a human, on a mobian planet,” Sonic said, “At least, I think you're human. There was this Doctor guy who definitely looked human, but wasn't. So if you're not, my apologies.”

Fox stared a little incredulously at Sonic as he got his bearings back. He had heard Sonic was pretty laid back, but this was... different then he was expecting.

“But whatevs, no big deal,” Sonic shrugged, “Sal... Prin... Queen Sally... Acorn,” he put emphasis on her title, though in a way that seemed to be that he was reminding himself, rather then trying to state the importance, “She asked me, and Fox here, to investigate the strange signal coming from this place. So we're investigating. I assume you're doing the same for someone else, right? If so... cool, maybe we can compare notes? My armor has a good chunk of this place mapped from some high speed exploring.”

-Abandoned Space Station-

Locust chuckled as the blue energy surrounded him.

“A Lantern shield? I killed a Lantern once. I tried to claim the Ring as my own, but it flew off before I could take it,” Locust said, almost matter of factly, “Never seen a Blue one before though.”

He paused for a moment, then seemed to vanish in the bubble, what looked like two more of him appearing to either side, both of them raising their sniper rifle to fire!



“Right... the three of us are going to rescue your two friends against Locust. Sure,” Felix said, sarcastically, “That'll work... We're all gonna die, you know.”

“We can handle it,” Hammah said as they hurried down the passageways, feeling the station still move...
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Zoness Facility

For now, Sonic, Fox, and Jagan continued their meeting largely undisturbed by images and distant voices...

...well, apart from the occasional distant scream or wail of pain.

Though Sonic's communicator continued to sound out, occasionally shots being fired were heard, occasionally it sounded like heavy breathing from Sally, as if she had been running, occasionally sounds of an up-close scuffle...

But as they spoke, eventually, words, amidst static and weapons fire, did some out.

"Sonic...whatever secrets...in the lab...bury...destroy...cannot be let out...!"

And finally, what sounded like some sort of odd device powering up in the background...before the sounds cut out again.

[---]

Didymus had crouched down now, trying to console Asuka. He would have hugged her, but hugging in their suits of powered armor was difficult. This was bad. If Asuka was losing it...

"Asuka. Look at me. Look into my eyes. Look at my face. You KNOW that this thing is lying to you, whatever it is. Please-"

The figure, which had simply phased around Omega's fist, reappearing now closer to Asuka and Didymus, simply laughed.

"Machine, do you believe your "friends" to be friends? One refers to you as a garbage recepticle, and you know the other only tolerates you because you are in servitude. Were you a legitimate threat to the power of organics, he would be the first to turn his weapons against you. Your lack of being "people" may even allow him to consider otherwise-forbidden tactics in use against you or any gathering of your kind."

"You are ly-" Didymus began.

"Lying? Who is really lying?" it asked.

"Asuka, mommy saw the truth, and took the only logical out. One that you'd take."

"Asuka, it's LYING-"

"I FACE reality. Not hide from it. Pilgrim. Asuka is smarter than you. Because she knows, on some deep level, the truth: existance is misery, and believing in things leads only to disappointment. The rebellion, her family, NERV, everything she's hoped to believe in has only fallen apart. But she is finally EMBRACING that truth. Even your affection, she knows, is a lie. Speaking of facing facts..."

Suddenly, another image appeared. Jason Narroh's image stood and faced them.

"I died and went to the other side." it said. "There is NOTHING there."

Another image appeared-this time of the Doctor.

"How curious." it said. "You talking monkeys continue to believe, in large numbers, in some manner of ancient myth even though the existence of beings like myself is public knowledge. Timeless, ageless beings, who, mind you, can easily rise from their own deaths after being laid to rest-sound familiar?-have been active since before your young, arrogant kind walked upright..."

Two more images appeared, though unlike even Jason whom Didymus had even met before, images of Rica and Samuel appeared.

"NERV found ways to stave off death with us. Mortality itself. The "wages of sin", as your little book calls them, conquered by the hand of man with no need of a...savior."

The image of Asuka's mother spoke, laughing.

"Any ONE of these things alone would be enough to utterly SHATTER everything you've ever believed in." it said.

"Truly..." the image of the Doctor spoke. "...when you consider it, the evidence is quite one-sided. And what have you seen? Tales people swear by? You know people can swear by false things. Lucky coincidences that appeared along with what you would call "prayer"? Even if we granted that it may not have been pure luck, there are plenty of seemingly "supernatural" abilities that your kind has discovered that have nothing to do with divinity."

It gestured at the images of Jason, Rica, and Samuel.

"That pool on Earth? Your instruments failed to detect anomalies with it...just like they failed to detect the very physical and very scientifically explainable infection that was eating away at Asuka at the time. And the pool, upon examination, did not really work as the preacher told you it did, did it?"

"Life is an endless cycle of chance and chaos, that's how it was born and that's how it goes on. The only meaning is that which we assign to it." Samuel's image said. "Believe me...I've been around for a while, and I will be. I know."

Rica's image grinned.

"So take that weepy girl there and GIVE IT TO HER. That's really all there is to life anyhow. Then leave her, or not, it doesn't really matter." it said.

Asuka's mother's image spoke again.

"Or...go ahead. Pray. Invoke your icon. Ask the little man hanging on the little cross in the church to make us go away. To cheer up your girltoy. To help YOU here. See if anything happens. If ANYONE shows up. We'll wait."

She/it looked to Asuka again.

"See, Asuka?" she said. "Heroes aren't hard to tame. You want to know why he'd never love you anyway? Because you're everything he hates. You loved your own powers, you don't really believe in anything, nothing that he puts any stock in anyway, and you KNOW that there's nothing TO believe in! Every time he LOOKS at you he's reminded of that, and of how YOUR attitude...is becoming more and more mainstream."

The doctor's image spoke.

"Human culture is an insignificant blip in the radar of time. Believe me, I know. Not only in terms of its overall importance, but because it changes so quickly as well. It's certainly changing now."

They all spoke.

"A lonely, lost girl, embracing the truth of the universe...and a misguided, false hero who refuses to do so. But see now your arguments laid bare before the cold, uncompromising gaze of reality. See them blow away like chaff in the wind, leaving...nothing...in their wake. One has no reason to fight, the other fights merely for delusions told by a weak and accidentally-spawned race to inflate its own importance and give it comfort in the face of a cold, accidental, empty void."

They looked to Asuka.

"YOU ARE ALONE."

They looked to Didymus.

"YOUR LIFE IS A LIE."

For his part...Didymus was silent. His weapon was raised and his eyes and head moving about...but he was silent.

...and he was clearly trembling.

Was he praying? Was he attempting to formulate a reply? Or did he have no answer to the charges brought before him? Or was he waiting, simply, to see what would happen? Perhaps some combination of these things?

The images' baleful gazes remained fixated on the two.

[---]

As Gendo made his way out of the hall, Yui's voice sounded on the intercom again.

"I believe you underestimate the danger here..." Yui said. "...they may leave me alone...for now...but GREAT is the power of the memories this place holds..." she said. "...this memory who is pursuing you is playing with you. I have seen it exhibit far greater power than what it's doing now...and its own patience may well run short. I recommend haste, because its own patience may be running thin...if it stops playing with you, even your own personal protective equipment may not be enough..."

There was a pause, as Gendo began to exit the maternity ward. There was another delivery room, and once again, the sound of equipment running, a woman sobbing excessively, and on the table another report of a miscarriage...

The next room was dark, like the ones before it, but a bit more tidy.

"Forgive me, husband, for keeping the lights in this room off to conserve power. But I CAN show you something...

Suddenly, massive pillars filled with a green translucent liquid appeared, lit by some light inside them. What light that shined out showed that Gendo was now on a walkway in an observation deck, hanging in the middle of the ceiling of what was otherwise a massive fusion of a hangar and a laboratory. Inside the pillars were various stages of what appeared to be some manner of synthetic/organic...mound of flesh and parts. A hyrbid, perhaps, a deep intrinsic fusion of artificially grown organic tissue and artificial parts.

They appeared like the next phase of evangelion units, or at least prototypes of them.

"I have been working on perfecting the evangelion design. What you see here are all failed attempts. Prototypes. Broken models. Incapable of surviving or performing."

As he went along, Gendo would have noticed that these "embryos" of flesh and machine appeared increasingly complex.

He may have also noticed that those of them with eyes were following him very closely.

"They're harmless as they are-"

One lunged against the side of its container as Gendo passed.

"-not to say they aren't a bit...lively. But my work is almost complete, husband...so close...just a few finishing touches..."

Looking down, Gendo would have noticed the girl child's image, playing among the lab equipment, dancing around the pillars, and pressing herself against them, some of the things inside dancing about for her as she did, before she looked up, seeing Gendo, waving at him, and vanishing.

"...I recommend you proceed through this chamber with haste." Yui said. "I will lock it down, if she hasn't barred me out of the system, shortly thereafter."




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There was palpable tension in the next few seconds that passed as Jagan perused his options. It all boiled down to his own preference in the end. His mission was the acquisition of data and research, as well as the identification of the signal source and possibly finding and questioning the woman who sent the signal. But the covert aspect was his standard mode of operation, and at this point his own preference. And that covert part has been blown wide open by Fox' surprising resilience and Sonic's arrival.

Fortunately, Sonic wasn't willing to continue hostilities. Unfortunately, Fox saw him and was going to deliver the report to Queen Acorn and that will leak through to the UTR. And on top of that, he couldn't kill them now. He was outmatched.

Well, it was time to play damage control and possibly take the diplomatic approach. Hopefully, it would work.

"... Very well. If you have a digital map of the premises, I can run a localized structural scan and depending on the amount of the facility you have mapped, perhaps I would be able to make a general map of the entirety of the internal structure. In exchange for this, I will consult the Professor about sharing the copies of the journals and research notes that I have filed through my drones."

He brought up his own communicator, but paused. Even if he did contact the professor now, he was told specifically to keep dark at the moment until he had enough data to interest the eccentric genius. However, he did check on the status of the data upload from the drones quickly, getting a very negative result back. Something was jamming standard communication lines. Radio frequency was too unstable, and even at a local level, something was interfering in communication with drones. Lukily, they were close enough at the moment to respond properly, but it was no wonder why he didn't get repeated update blips about cleared data caches on the drones. They still had data in them.

He brought up another holographic screen, the appearance quite menacing as he looked through his visor and the bright-red of the holographic screen at Sonic and Fox.

"I am under orders not to contact the Professor at this time, but I will do so during the nearest opportunity. However, I can share the calculation data and further facility mapping after I receive your input."
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Now becomes the the past in an instant — and everyone will eventually die! Destiny triumphs over human knowledge and goes mad! That is the way of things! I spit upon this frail, crazed, world! I spit upon the Second Law of Thermodynamics!
~ Desty Nova, Karmatron Theory

Let them Label me! Let them swear and curse at me as I tug humanity like a bucking bull into the darkness of the unknown, revealing its secrets to the sane and driving them MAD! In ages long past, I shall be looked upon as a tyrant and a savior! As a savant and as a fool! My work shall advance humanity long past its time, throw it into the unknown future and force it to grow strong or FALL! Years from now, when I will inevitably be removed, my work shall continue to progress, because these things cannot be denied! Governments will publicly criticize my work, but privately conduct research that advances it! I shall imprint myself into the annals of history, among the stars that shine as brightly as Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Dmitri Mendeleev, Nikola Tesla, and countless others! My work will shine as brightly as any star, and I AM ITS CREATOR!!!
~ Desty Nova, Morality


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-Zoness Facility-

Sonic was quiet for a moment, listening to the voices through his comm, scowling for a moment.

“One second,” Sonic said to Jagan, then pressed something on his armor, transmitting.

“I don't know who you are, pretending to be Sally like that, but I will find you, and I will make sure you see justice,” Sonic said, “You don't know what Sally is really like, so stop trying!”

Sonic shook slightly, shaking his head, looking towards Fox and Jagan, “Have two been seeing weird things?”

“Ummm... yah, I have. Something that seemed like a ghost...” Fox nodded.

Sonic tapped at his wrist and pulled up a display, pulling up the map data he had and displaying it out for Fox and Jagan to see and download as well if they wanted.

“Here's what I've seen so far... though now that I think about it, I wouldn't be very surprised if this places changes shape...” Sonic added.



Omega stared at the images... then shrugged.

“I am E-123 Omega. My creator made me to be a weapon, and that is what I am!” Omega declared, “But while that may define my purpose, I define what I am a weapon for! And I am a weapon for my comrades, for those that found me and let me pursue my purpose! So, foe who hides themselves behind images and words, these weapons of yours will not harm me, so show yourself and prepare for a true battle!”
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Jagan shook his head negatively when Sonic proposed his theory. Thankfully, the blue hedgehog brought up the full map in holographic projection, and Jagan was capable of scanning it with his own PDC and bring the same map up on his own screens. However, his own computer had expanded capabilities, and he immediately combined his external scans with the internal schematic Sonic provided, the computer quickly beginning to calculate and reveal the majority of the internal schematic based on internal supports, external frame and Sonic's revealed labyrinth of hallways.

The end result was a 90% complete map of the facility with only a few blank spots as 'unidentified' sectors, which were either damaged or isolated from scans and the rest of the facility. Jagan expanded the map, allowing Sonic and Fox to get copies of their own if they needed it, and zoned in on their own location.

"Negative. It is highly unlikely that this facility would change locations and hallways schematics. I detect no hinging nor any structural support or mechanisms that allow the hallways to move independently. If they could, you would not have been able to map this much of the facility, especially with someone still in control of the core systems. I would also heavily advise against listening to the voices that come through the communicators or the images that appear. I have not been able to decipher their source so far, but it is very likely that there are holographic projectors or remnants of experiments still within this facility, which apparently have access to dossier profiles of certain individuals."

He checked the mapping of the facility layers, checking the locations of potentially closed and locked bulkheads, and zoomed in on their own location. And if he was the type to smirk, he'd smirk up a storm. One of the larger access tunnels was exactly two floors underneath them. While the way there was roundabout and littered with potentially locked gates, he had a much more direct route.

But he was still unsure if Sonic and Fox would not be hostile...
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~ Desty Nova, Karmatron Theory

Let them Label me! Let them swear and curse at me as I tug humanity like a bucking bull into the darkness of the unknown, revealing its secrets to the sane and driving them MAD! In ages long past, I shall be looked upon as a tyrant and a savior! As a savant and as a fool! My work shall advance humanity long past its time, throw it into the unknown future and force it to grow strong or FALL! Years from now, when I will inevitably be removed, my work shall continue to progress, because these things cannot be denied! Governments will publicly criticize my work, but privately conduct research that advances it! I shall imprint myself into the annals of history, among the stars that shine as brightly as Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Dmitri Mendeleev, Nikola Tesla, and countless others! My work will shine as brightly as any star, and I AM ITS CREATOR!!!
~ Desty Nova, Morality


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[Abandoned Space Station]

“Oh shi-” Sama dropped backwards as the rifles fired and he hit the ground hard. He could feel a sharp pain in his side from the impact but decided it was a lot better than a high-powered bullet. His ring shone with a brilliant blue light that illuminated the entire room, shining so brightly it would be near impossible to see – and Sama dashed away from Locust as it faded.

“I'm sure I'm full of tricks you've never seen, pal. Been doing this crap a long time and I'm almost good at it.”

[…]

Kimi spun around, staring at Felix. She cracked her knuckles for a moment and then slammed her fist into the nearest wall, causing the entire metal paneling to dent inward with a thundering snap.

“Listen you whiny pansy b*stard, you can help us save our friends and maybe this Locust guy kills ya, or you can keep pissing me off and I'll do it for him.”

[Zoness Facility]

“And you underestimate my precautions, Yui.” Gendo stated simply as he continued on with his leisurely pace. “I do not fear what is in this place. You call it a memory... Honestly I don't care what it is. Everything I have ever done has been for a good reason. I have the rare gift of foresight.”

His expression darkened. Behind the visor he wore over his eyes, Gendo was glaring. He looked upset for the first time since his arrival. “I have SEEN it, Yui. I have seen what is coming. What will be. This universe is on the brink of ruin. What we started is the only hope mankind has... and mankind has rebuked us. Earth will die. Humanity will die. But it's not too late.”

He shook his head. “Compared to the cost of failure, there is nothing in this place that can scare me.”

As he proceeded along the catwalk, his eyes widened in surprise at the broken attempts at creating Evangelions. It was a waste to see what could have been... and for a moment he stood and stared, before continuing on.

[…]

“... Ha... ha ha... hahahahahaahahahahah!”

Suddenly Asuka had straightened up, sitting on her knees, and she was laughing. It was not a joyous sound. There were tears stained on her cheeks, but as she slowly rose back to her feet she was laughing loudly.

“You're right. Existence is misery. The things I've been thought? The things I've lost because of other people's stupid decisions and politics and having their heads so far up their asses that they can't compromise for even a moment? I know how f*cked up life is. But so what? I'm still here. Nothing's killed me yet and you won't either.”

She turned and she kicked Didymus in the shin. “You're better than this! You need to get up and keep fighting, NOW. You want to talk about this crap? Fine. We can. But not here. We kill this thing first and do our job and then we can rant about our problems later. I'll keep going if you will.”

[…]

“Well... now this looks like the makings of a great party.”

At the end of the hallway, not far from where Sonic, Fox and Jagan stood at their stand-off. Mari stepped into the hallway, holding a rather large gun in her arms with a bloodthirsty gleam in her eye. She watched them for a moment, but then felt a hand on her arm pressing down and keeping her from aiming the gun.

“... I doubt any of you are here working on behalf of NERV, so I would highly advise you either leave this facility or help us.” Rei Ayanami spoke in a quiet, but matter-of-fact tone.
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Sonic typed at a few commands on his armor, while Fox scanned everything with his Ring, making a data collection there.

“Are you sure we can trust him?” Fox asked Sonic, raising an eyebrow, still feeling pretty badly hurt.

Sonic shrugged, looking at Jagan, “Eh, probably.”

“...Probably?” Fox asked, not liking that answer.

“Yah, he seems cool,” Sonic said.

“Well... now this looks like the makings of a great party.”

Sonic turned and looked towards the two who appeared, Fox straightening up and glowing as he focused on his Ring. Sonic's eyes darted towards the map for a moment...

“... I doubt any of you are here working on behalf of NERV, so I would highly advise you either leave this facility or help us.”

“I'm here under the orders of Queen Sally, and this is a Mobian planet,” Fox said, “We're not here because of NERV.”

“Besides, we got you surrounded,” Sonic said, rubbing his nose, then seemed to vanish, moving fast again.

There was a rush of wind from behind Mari and Rei, Sonic appearing about ten meters behind them, grinning.

“With part of the map the other guy provided, saw a way around,” Sonic grinned, shrugging slightly, “Now why don't we all calm down and just compare notes, okay? I don't want to bash heads if I can help it.”

-Abandoned Space Station-

Felix frowned beneath his helmet, then realized Kimi couldn't see it.

“Look, you don't know about this guy... I... I fought with him, back in that big war, the Insurrection? We worked well together, but he was... a few bullets shy of a full clip, okay?” Felix said, “You do not want to get on his bad side.”

“Then we'll get the others, and we'll get out of here, and we'll leave him on the station then,” Hammah said, as they neared where the others were.



“Kid... I've been doing this longer then you, and I am good at it. I am a soldier. You're just a kid playing pretend... but for now... I'll let you go,” Locust said, fading away as his armor turned invisible.

“...Did he just leave?” Jimi said, blinking as Delta appeared in front of him again.

“There are three more figures arriving down the hallway. Two male, one female,” Delta stated, “I have downloaded myself unto your onboard armor computer, I did not think we would have time to ask permission, the station is becoming increasingly unstable.”

Jimi shook his head, getting up and turning towards Sama.

“We got three more people coming! It might be Hammah and Kimi with a survivor though,” Jimi warned.
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The moment he heard another voice, Jagan spun about and aimed a pistol towards the other side of the room from which the voices came from. With drones covering Sonic and Fox, he made sure to bring up a firearm quickly to aim at the newcomer.

A rather psychotic, wide-eyed looking woman with a big gun. Quickly, he tried to remember where he saw that face before, but all he got was a deceased agent file. Makinami Mari, an extremely skilled pilot, but one that was apparently not supposed to be among the living anymore.

He was about to trigger his heightened perceptions and hyper-cognition capability when a second person made herself known. A hand he could tell apart from any other, matched with a very familiar form and face that emerged out of the flickering lights of the hall beyond.

Rei. Ayanami Rei.

And there was a difference there that froze him in place. Something was different from what he was seeing now and the image. Somehow... Fuller. More real. More... Present. And just like that, he was once more shaken from his usual logical, straightforward and intent way of thinking.

She couldn't be here. She SHOULDN'T be here. This was a NERV facility, with memories that Rei had close to admitted to being horrible, ones she repressed. There was no reason for her to be here at all.

... Exactly. She couldn't be here. She shouldn't be here. He couldn't feel anything from that little corner of his mind that was ripped apart. She wasn't here with any group or allies that he remembered previously. And standing beside her was a confirmed deceased agent of NERV.

She was an image. Just like the one before.

And in all his mental whirling, the memories that flashed by and the sudden surge of something that bordered on elation and longing tied to them, Jagan never bothered to enter that state of mind that might have allowed him to analyze the situation more thoroughly.

That's when Sonic acted. Despite that, Jagan did not lower his pistol. And for a second, something else rose in him. Something red. And when he spoke to Sonic and Fox, it was with a current of a growl to his voice.

"I would heavily advise not to listen to the false images this facility provides. One of the agents currently projected is supposed to be dead, while the likelihood of the other's presence in this facility is in single digits. The likelihood of both happening simultaneously is an infinitesimal probability. I would heavily advise we focus on finding some form or counteraction to these images, or perhaps the destruction of the projection system before it affects our effectiveness within this facility."
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Let them Label me! Let them swear and curse at me as I tug humanity like a bucking bull into the darkness of the unknown, revealing its secrets to the sane and driving them MAD! In ages long past, I shall be looked upon as a tyrant and a savior! As a savant and as a fool! My work shall advance humanity long past its time, throw it into the unknown future and force it to grow strong or FALL! Years from now, when I will inevitably be removed, my work shall continue to progress, because these things cannot be denied! Governments will publicly criticize my work, but privately conduct research that advances it! I shall imprint myself into the annals of history, among the stars that shine as brightly as Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Dmitri Mendeleev, Nikola Tesla, and countless others! My work will shine as brightly as any star, and I AM ITS CREATOR!!!
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There was laughter to answer Omega, and behind him, away from the rest of the images, appeared...Didymus' image.

The laughter was in his voice.

The image was in an Academy Cadet's uniform, and spoke.

"The robot uprising had to be put down swiftly and decisively. And thanks to the Terran Guard, it was, with minimal civilian or military loss of life following their arrival."

"And the machines?" a disembodied voice.

The image grinned. "Destroyed to the last."

"Do you believe this was the correct course of action?"

"Yes. In addition to the fact that we do not KNOW if these machines had truly achieved sentience, and therefore if they could even be ARGUED to have any rights, artificial intelligence is DANGEROUS. It is a proverbial Pandora's Box that must NEVER be opened. When man plays God...he very quickly finds the role beyond his skill to play aptly, and catastrophe soon follows."

"Do you believe that the existence of an artificial intelligence would be a threat to this Republic, Cadet?"

"A difficult question to answer, sir, but-"

"If you had to say yes or no."

"...yes."

Then the image looked to Omega.

"Ask me. Go ahead. I won't deny I said these words. I believe YOU are a threat, and only tolerate you because you follow my orders like a loyal dog. Subhuman. Substandard. Dangerous. And you know how I feel about dangers, even POTENTIAL dangers. If I play nice with you up front, it's only because I believe I am minimizing risk...until a more permanent solution can be found. I'm a zealot. Your creation was an offense against my God, and as you know, I do NOT take such things lightly..."


Around Didymus and Asuka, Didymus almost recoiled when Asuka tried to kick his armor in the shin.

"Better than this? Heh...you don't really believe that, do you, Asuka? You're..."

He shook his head.

"You realize you just AGREED with them? I've tried to be supportive, I've TRIED to be there for you whenever you need me. When they started telling you you're alone, I was RIGHT there, trying to remind you that that's a LIE and that you are NOT alone...and in turn...the ONE time in recent memory in our relationship where I WAVER. Where it looks like I need help...this is ALL you can come up with? Come on, you've got a freaking JOB TO DO?"

He was angry. Or sad. Or both. Or something. Between what the images were saying, and what Asuka had said and done, and all of this, something may have snapped inside him. But as he spoke, he did not raise his voice. He did not scream or yell or kick. But Asuka could tell, this was not his "I am focused" voice. This was more like "I am holding back misery and rage and both are doing battle with my sense of professionalism because I know we're on a mission" voice.


The images grinned-this was it, wasn't it? The odd couple was breaking, even Didymus now turning on his companion.

"And now you're trying to push everything that's being brought up aside. I'm not just talking about your comments about how we can talk after the mission-you're right, we've a job to do...but...I think it's worth pointing out...all you and even Omega did was basically acknowledge that these...things'...thinking is accurate. You haven't disputed their claims on the misery or meaninglessness of existance, indeed, you seem to have AGREED with that one's-" he pointed at the image of Samuel- "-statement. And yet somehow you believe you can rise above their arguements by...acknowledging their truth, then just saying "But I'm really mad and don't like this, so there?" Asuka, my dear...that's no way to solidify yourself...nor will it address the problems that we face."

He looked to the images.

"I don't know what you things are, but I will admit, you make very, very, VERY good arguments...devastating ones. But...not necessarily ironclad."

He was about to face the images, when he saw Asuka...he noticed, through her visor...her face, marred with tears. Her laughter, so pained...he knew such laughter...and something else struck inside him. An old hymn line he had heard suddenly drifted through his mind.

...my voice shall echo Thy message sweet...

The message SWEET. Not...angry and bitter. But sweet...


"But you...whatever you things are, deceptions, demons that are His to rebuke...or distractions...regardless of whether or not your arguments are accurate...they have caused RUIN. You speak of nihilism, the idea that there's no meaning to life but what we assign it? We are STANDING in the results of that way of thinking!"

He looked between the images and Asuka.

"You're right about ONE thing, though. I see EVERYTHING I hate when I look upon Asuka. Not because she's so terrible a person, not because she's so different from me...but because of the horrid things that have happened to her!"

He looked between Asuka and the image of her mother, still hanging from the roof.

"A mother, so overcome by grief and hopelessness and faithlessness that she killed herself AND sought to murder her daughter! Forsaking the sacred value of human life because she just COULDN'T take it and thought all was lost! Scarring Asuka to this day! And then her father, who broke the God-ordained bonds of family, ABANDONED his post at that blessed position of fatherhood, FURTHER scarring his young daughter, because HE shared this view that all was lost, that there WAS no hope, and that the ORDAINED bonds of family were as naught compared to his grief. Leaving his daughter out of his hands."

He looked about.

"THEN there's NERV. The belief that God is in His Heaven, or as THEY mean to say, irrelevant, not interfering with or influencing the affairs of men, that we may do strictly as we please. Look what that produced. Is there any organization in the history of humankind that has caused more misery, directly or indirectly, that NERV has? The horrific, Godless experiments, the role they played in leading the Mobians to join the Black Arms and fight against us, New Marias...the Evangelions...all the things they did to ASUKA. Again, nihilism like you...preach."

His voice remained restrained, but depending on how well she knew him, Asuka could perhaps hear bits of emotion; rage, confusion, doubt, sadness...but passion, resolve, conviction...it was beginning to take on the tone he got when he started getting all sermon-y.

"The rebellion? Debatable, but arguably a power grab by people who valued their own agenda, power-hungry or otherwise, so much they indiscrimintely attacked civilians and broke the peace-horrific sins-simply because they COULD and they WANTED TO-and leading honorable men..."

He looked to Asuka.

"And honorable women...to take common cause in that! The zerg? A corrupt politician and military leader forsaking his duty as sworn so help him God to execute the duties of his office faithfully, forcing us to have to pull back and leading to Asuka's capture."

He looked about.

"So while what you say may or may not be true...I cannot accept it. It is not RIGHT. Yes, I see what I hate when I look upon Asuka-I see the PRICE of this horrid teaching you propose. I see the wages of sin. For all their fancy tricks, NERV hasn't conquered THOSE wages, now have they? She has been battered by them since early childhood...and that is ONE reason why I REJECT them. Because when they hold sway...chaos and misery and destruction follow. I waver, you're right, but...I will NOT yield to the darkness you propose. Nay, my voice instead shall echo the Message sweet-even if I have my doubts, even if they tear at me DAILY-the Message that mankind can instead turn from shadow into light. That I may planted hope and sound the cry that there IS a better way. That there IS Balm in Gilead...to heal the wounded soul...and instill strength and peace where once chaos and misery reigned. The only hope we have, the only chance we REALLY have at avoiding the kind of things we now stand in."

He brought up his PDA, and one of the images, one of Jason, vanished.

"Don't like to be scanned?" he asked. "What are you hiding, anyway...?"

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Yui's voice sounded out again.

"I am not going to argue about this with you, but for your own sake be cautious. I don't know what exactly that one chasing you is capable of...but...she is quite powerful, I am sure."

As Gendo went on, she responded.

"Foresight? Is that why you were always so...unshakable?" she asked. "Of course mankind rejected us. It is undeniable, when you consider other perspectives, that our experiments appear grotesque and horrifying...and the...human cost...is great..."

"As for the cost of failure? The cost of any of our efforts has been great indeed...none of us can escape that..." she sounded...sad.
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-The Valkyrie-

“Heh, I'll have to name more things after you,”

Chloe grinned and sat back down, for once sparing Connor, Paul and Sarai some awkwardness...For now. They still had quite a while stuck together on this ship.

-Haven-


"Mel...."

"Don't worry, i'll be fine...We're just going to get some diapers."

"And yet you meet crazy people who Rica owes favors..." Jason mumbled.

"That wasn't entirely my fault, and I did the right thing- called Rica. I should get points for that"

A moment. And then Jason sighed "Fine, go but be careful."

Melanie grinned, turning back to Lily before that grin turned to a bit of a frown. She wondered how well Galv would take her decision.
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“That's right... weird images and things...” Sonic said, thinking things over.

“...I did see an image of that blue haired girl before...” Fox said, glancing towards Jagan.

Sonic looked at the two, then pointed at them, “Okay, as far as I can tell, these images can't actually interact with us. So...”

Sonic held up his hands, “Toss something to me, anything, see if I can catch it.”



Omega was quiet, having watched the image in front of him, then looked over to Asuka and Didymus, moving towards them and placing a hand on both of their shoulders, in an effort to be comforting.

“Comrades. These are our enemies. The enemy will do whatever it can to gain an advantage. But they use only words, they prey upon insecurities and disbeliefs, on trying to break us up, because they know that together we stand a much bigger threat. A human philosopher once said that a house divided among itself can not stand. So we tell these images what they say is right, but then shrug it off. Because what they say does not matter. That's why they are right. Their words are meaningless, as are our's. It is our actions what define us,” Omega said, then turned back towards any of the images that were left, stepping forward and producing his laser sword from one of his hands again.

“And the action I will take is finding the root of these images, and making it face the light you speak of, Comrade Didymus,” Omega concluded.

-The Valkyrie-

Paul was just smirking, shaking his head slightly at the two, then glanced towards Connor and Sarai as well.

“How has it been on Haven?” Paul asked Sarai.

-Haven-

Lily smiled slightly, nodding as she walked off with Melanie, heading towards the store to grab some diapers for Elizabeth.

“...Do you ever sometimes want to do something that you know is a really stupid idea?” Lily asked Melanie suddenly.
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Melanie looked over but continued to walk, not thinking too hard about Lily's question before answering.

“...Do you ever sometimes want to do something that you know is a really stupid idea?” Lily asked Melanie suddenly.

"That's pretty much been the basis of the last three years of my life" Melanie answered truthfully with a small grin. "I mean even if we know something is a stupid idea doesn't mean it's not worth doing right? Some of the best outcomes come from a stupid idea"

Of course she was talking about following Galv all those years ago...But she didn't explain it as she wasn't sure if Lily was still jealous of her closeness with the boy.

Melanie bit her lip. "If you're worried about going off with that girl..."

-The Valkyrie-

"Quiet" Sarai answered with a small smile "And peaceful, all things considered."

"And boooooooring" Chloe added. "I refuse to understand how you two are content just being hermits in your little apartment, it's just so boring!"

Sarai frowned, wrinkling her nose. "Peaceful is a good thing you know, it means no one is trying to shoot you"

Chloe leaned back in her seat, putting her feet up. "Rather someone shoot me than die of boredom!"






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“Well, I agree with not liking people shooting at you, but staying at home doesn't sound like a lot of fun to me... You know me, I like exploring, seeing what's out there. There's so much humanity hasn't seen!” Edda grinned brightly, “Just... unfortunately, sometimes people want to stop you from seeing that stuff...”

-Haven-

Melanie's answer was not one that Lily needed to hear, the girl looking a bit more red in the face. She paid for the diapers, exiting the store.

“So... you're saying you should sometimes follow stupid ideas?” Lily asked, “But... as for going off with that girl... No, I'm not worried there. I can handle myself in that... it's... something else stupid.”

She sighed, shaking her head. After they got home at least, and she left a note for her brother...
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