first. ( audio )

[nothing]

[ The voice is hushed and small, but no less direct for it. ]

Reporting. Met with Ikari-kun and the pilot of Unit-02. [ Kaworu Nagisa, the Fifth Child - she omits him, as something unsettles her still. ] Housing was located, according to instructions. No status problems. I will wait.

[ Silence, as if she forgot to end the recording, until: ]

Requesting information on where to buy clothes. My plugsuit is not useful here.

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voice;

[nothing]

[ She once would have answered without hesitation. Now, though... ]

Training. A mission.

audio

[nothing]

Colleague... yes. We are all here.

[salvagedsoul]

Well, I can't stand in the way of a promise made to Shinji-kun.

Do as you like.

audio

[ex_symbioses706]

Ah....

( she hesitates, thinking about it. )

Isn't it bothering you to be asking something like that?

[nothing]

I intend to.

[Text]

[speakveryclearly]

[...]

Is That A Good Thing

audio

[nothing]

I don't mind.

audio

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In a sense. In another, it is not. Everything is this way.

[Text]

[speakveryclearly]

And Also Nothing Is Mightnt You Say

audio

[nothing]

I might.

audio

[ex_symbioses706]

( maybe surprisingly, she giggles a little )

Really? I keep watching the network in case someone I know comes, like my brother - I mean! ( the definition of her brother has changed for her recently, but it's not like rei would know about that. still, she stumbles. ) My friends and...around Christmas, one of them came here, so I've been keeping an eye out! You never know what might happen, right? Even a stranger from somewhere familiar would be kind of nice, I think, and it'd be good to stick together if someone like that came here. You said you're a pilot, and my brother a lot of friends are pilots too, so I was thinking - but that's silly, because there are different kinds of pilots even where I'm from, so there'd be even more with different worlds....

...oh! I'm sorry, you probably don't care about all that, though, and I kept talking anyway. My - someone from home would always say like, "Ranka, you talk too much!" and even if I'd get mad at him, it's true, huh?

audio

[nothing]

[...]

Ah.

audio

[ex_symbioses706]

Umm...oh, I guess I said it already, but my name's Ranka. What's your name?

[Text]

[speakveryclearly]

If I Cant Help You With Fashion Im Going To Go Now
Is That Ok

audio

[nothing]

My name...

Rei Ayanami.

audio

[nothing]

That is fine.

I'm sorry hahaha REI MAN...

[speakveryclearly]

[She does that.]

haha no it's... totally understandable here...

[nothing]

[ Just carries on, then. ]

[audio]

[galactically]

It's a pleasure to meet you, Rei.

[Courteous to all newcomers, that Sheryl. She's happy to meet her anyway.]

Do you have any questions about Exsilium? I might answer them for you if you like.

[audio]

[nothing]

They said the weapons are conscious.

[audio]

[galactically]

I've been trying to figure that out actually. Supposedly my voice will grow stronger and evolve, too.

[audio]

[nothing]

It may not be so different. From our world.

[ An unseen blink. ]

Your voice was used in combat?

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[ex_symbioses706]

Then! It's nice to meet you, Rei. You're new, right? I've been here for a few months, so you can ask me if there's anything you're wondering.

[inthejunk]

I might regret asking this, but what's Second Impact?

audio

[nothing]

Nice... to meet you. [ Parroted back. At least she wants to try. ]

If needed, I will ask.