mk.05 (text)

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Who: Kaworu Nagisa, anyone else!
Broadcast: fleetwide
Action: his bunk, the Vanquish
When: this afternoon

Need advice for when one's body is trying to kill oneself

[Shipmates may notice how he hasn't left his bunk but a couple of times in the entirety of this past week. This means he's been of no use as an engineer, which is bad news considering this mysterious bug business. Even without that, he should at least be tending to the ship's overhead lights, which have been flickering on occasion... (The particularly astute might note that this seems to coincide with the muffled sounds of what could be... sneezes?)

But, alas, he is dying. He's pretty sure of it.]


(augment glitch = baby's first flu!)

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[Oh, leave me alone, Kaworu thinks in his angst and his achy irritability, but he doesn't actually want her to leave him alone at all. Shinji is leaving him alone. Kaworu already can't bear that; he doesn't want it to happen all over again, not even from her. Besides...]

It's just

You remind me of someone who taught me a lot.

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Who?

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[Of course she wants to drag it out of him. Of course.]

The first person whose opinion ever mattered to me.

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Shinji?

I remind you of Shinji?

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Here and there.

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How? We don't act anything alike!

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He was a bit different. He acted differently. I did, too. We didn't get along.

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So you don't even enjoy talking to me, you enjoy being reminded of him.

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[Ah, she's so straightforward, it stings.]

It's difficult to be reminded of him, but it feels good, too.

I liked his personality. Your personality is similar to what his was, so I like it, too.

Orange and yellow aren't exactly the same, but they're both pleasant.

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So I'm just a reject version to you? You're saying I'm not my own person, as far as you're concerned?

[God, she doesn't know why she's as upset by this as she is. She didn't-- doesn't-- like him. It shouldn't hurt her feelings to know what he thinks of her.]

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[His head still hurts, and he'd much rather be sleeping, and...]

I can tell the difference between the two of you. I'm not delusional. I'm just saying that parts of you are reminiscent.

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Fine.

Go get some rest.

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Thank you for

Thank you.