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driftfleet2016-03-12 07:01 pm
astrobleme) wrote in driftfleet2016-03-12 07:01 pm
002. text + action.
Who: Shinji Ikari and you?!
Broadcast: Fleetwide.
Action: SS Heron.
When: 3/12.
[network.]
[Shinji rewrites this about a dozen times before he finally decides to post it. It reads:]
Hello. My name is Shinji Ikari. I'm a pilot that's stationed on the Heron. I'm sorry if I'm not using the network as it's intended, but I don't know how else to distribute this message. I've been a member of the Fleet for over a month now and I've met quite a lot of people who have treated me well. It's something I wasn't expecting at all. I haven't been in the best frame of mind, but people have gone out of their way to reassure me, offer to help me, or just talk to me. That's something else I wasn't expecting. I don't know why anyone bothers to talk to someone like me.
The point of this message is to say that I'm grateful. I'd like to thank all of those people, and repay them, if at all possible. I don't know some of their names or contact information, though. I do have an easier time of thanking my crew - I'm doing that now - thank you, everyone, for putting up with me. And hello to anyone who's newly assigned. Anyway, I'm on the Heron, like I said, and I have small tokens of my appreciation to give out if people want them. I'll be in the cargo bay all day by the gym equipment. Although it's kind of pathetic, a single conversation is enough to qualify for this. (Talking to people is helping my ratings...)
Kaworu-kun and Asuka, I have things to give you too. I know it's a little early for White Day.
Unrelated question: Is it possible to delete any content that's posted to the network? I'm guessing not, but maybe I missed an option for that.
Thank you for your time.
[action, aboard the Heron.]
[Shinji can be found sitting in the cargo bay, on a stretching mat, nearest to the gym equipment. He's young-looking and more than a little sleepless, wondering if he shouldn't have made that embarrassing post. He's in the middle of nervously, repeatedly digging his fingers into a netted bag of colorful marbles that he won from the arcade on the Starlight. They're beautiful glass marbles, each crafted to resemble a foreign galaxy.
This isn't much of a gift, but he hopes it isn't a stupid one.
He looks up whenever he has a new visitor. Before he says anything, he pauses his music player and takes out at least one of his earbuds.]
Hey.
Broadcast: Fleetwide.
Action: SS Heron.
When: 3/12.
[network.]
[Shinji rewrites this about a dozen times before he finally decides to post it. It reads:]
Hello. My name is Shinji Ikari. I'm a pilot that's stationed on the Heron. I'm sorry if I'm not using the network as it's intended, but I don't know how else to distribute this message. I've been a member of the Fleet for over a month now and I've met quite a lot of people who have treated me well. It's something I wasn't expecting at all. I haven't been in the best frame of mind, but people have gone out of their way to reassure me, offer to help me, or just talk to me. That's something else I wasn't expecting. I don't know why anyone bothers to talk to someone like me.
The point of this message is to say that I'm grateful. I'd like to thank all of those people, and repay them, if at all possible. I don't know some of their names or contact information, though. I do have an easier time of thanking my crew - I'm doing that now - thank you, everyone, for putting up with me. And hello to anyone who's newly assigned. Anyway, I'm on the Heron, like I said, and I have small tokens of my appreciation to give out if people want them. I'll be in the cargo bay all day by the gym equipment. Although it's kind of pathetic, a single conversation is enough to qualify for this. (Talking to people is helping my ratings...)
Kaworu-kun and Asuka, I have things to give you too. I know it's a little early for White Day.
Unrelated question: Is it possible to delete any content that's posted to the network? I'm guessing not, but maybe I missed an option for that.
Thank you for your time.
[action, aboard the Heron.]
[Shinji can be found sitting in the cargo bay, on a stretching mat, nearest to the gym equipment. He's young-looking and more than a little sleepless, wondering if he shouldn't have made that embarrassing post. He's in the middle of nervously, repeatedly digging his fingers into a netted bag of colorful marbles that he won from the arcade on the Starlight. They're beautiful glass marbles, each crafted to resemble a foreign galaxy.
This isn't much of a gift, but he hopes it isn't a stupid one.
He looks up whenever he has a new visitor. Before he says anything, he pauses his music player and takes out at least one of his earbuds.]
Hey.
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Come with you?
[As in... going shopping with Asuka? For clothes? As a chaperone? Shinji doesn't know the first thing about fashion, other than a quietly held belief that Asuka is stunning in yellow. The red plugsuit is all right, but he's uncomfortable with too much exposure to red anything. Reminds him of what he's trying to forget.]
What do you need me for...?
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[She's starting to recover herself a little. Just a little. But it isn't quite enough. She wants to tell him how long it's been since she's bought clothes, but, well, he'll probably decide it's his fault if she does. After a moment, she lets go of his hand.]
I've got some money, you know. I can get more than an outfit or two.
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[More like she wants to buy things that will appeal to him. His cheeks are still red and not getting any better. He doesn't reach for her hand, but he has leaned in closer, his voice lower, confidential. He thinks about kissing her again. And even while he's thinking about it--weirdly enough, he's too afraid to do it. He doesn't like having such an effect on her.]
I have no idea what's fashionable or not.
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[He's dead right. Nobody has cared what she looked like in a long time, least of all herself. She lets him lean in closer without tenseness or protest.]
But you're going anyway.
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