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[Accidental videos don't happen to Rei often. She makes sure of that by keeping her device in a drawer unless she wants to use it.

Today, though, the device is sitting on what stands in for her dresser, recording Rei at an odd angle as she looks into the mirror above the dresser. She unfolds and puts on a broken, somewhat warped pair of glasses, looking at her reflection.

Though it's hard to see from that angle, words begin to appear in red on her mirror as she looks on.]


THEY DON'T SUIT YOU.

[Rei's expression doesn't change. She picks up the device and smacks it against the mirror. Her hand obscures the camera, but there's a crack and subsequent sound of tinkling glass before the feed goes out.]

Date: 2011-12-31 06:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] second-first.livejournal.com
Yes.

I do not like it when she watches me.

Date: 2012-01-01 07:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com
Mm. But the glasses are broken, Rei. [She says this very nicely and carefully, aware that there's probably more going on here than she knows.]

Date: 2012-01-01 07:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] second-first.livejournal.com
They broke when Commander Ikari saved me.

Date: 2012-01-01 10:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com
Ikari? [The name sounds familiar.] Was he one of those... people who wanted to turn everyone into orange juice? [She tries to keep the disgust out of her voice and fails slightly.]

Date: 2012-01-02 01:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] second-first.livejournal.com
...Yes. He was the leader of Nerv.

Date: 2012-01-02 09:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com
...Saved you. I didn't know that. [She looks down for a moment. She knows what its like- the devotion involved- to be saved by someone, even someone who you know does things you don't agree with.]

[Private]
Lucifer saved me, you know. [She shrugs.] For a long time I didn't know what to make of that. Or I thought I did. [Her look at Rei is as much questioning as it is full of... accusation.]
Edited Date: 2012-01-02 09:41 am (UTC)

Date: 2012-01-02 08:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] second-first.livejournal.com
[Private]

I exist because of Commander Ikari. This body and this soul.

Date: 2012-01-03 01:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com
[Private to infinity and beyond!]

That's very different from existing for him. [She tries to calm down. Knowing that it's different in Rei's world helps.]
Edited Date: 2012-01-03 01:57 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-01-04 12:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com
...Yeah. [Rei seems to be good at knowing that. Although, Elaine doesn't even raise her voice, and her tone more sad than angry.] I know it's your decision, Rei. But... [She shrugs.]

Date: 2012-01-04 01:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com
[Elaine's expression becomes angrier, and her voice is harsher now.] I'd be happier if you had. That's wrong, Rei.

Date: 2012-01-04 01:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] second-first.livejournal.com
[Rei is quiet for a minute, thinking about how to explain this.]

What decision should I have made?

Date: 2012-01-04 01:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com
Just to... walk away. To leave, even if it kills you. At least you die by your own choice!

Date: 2012-01-04 01:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] second-first.livejournal.com
I should have abandoned the world?

Date: 2012-01-04 01:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com
Sure. [She almost smiles, hearing Rei understand it.] If you have to leave the world to save it... Why not?

Date: 2012-01-04 04:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com
Because you won't help them-... [She stops short, and hesitates slightly.] They'd have just made another Rei, wouldn't they? Even so.

Date: 2012-01-04 09:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] second-first.livejournal.com
Angels must be stopped.