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[Here's a rare sight, Rei on video. She has the usual bored expression on her face, if a little more tired than usual.]

Today is Shinji's birthday.

Mine too. We're twins, you know? But I'm not much of a birthday person. Maybe I'll go to the arcade and play some skeeball for a bit. Win myself some gummy worms or something. [And a stuffed animal for Shinji.] If you know his number, or see him around, I'd appreciate it if you could give my brother some kind words and wish him a happy birthday. He's a little worn down right now. [It's by far the most heartfelt tone she's ever taken on the network as she makes her request. She's trying hard not to make it seem like she's merely trying to get people to pity Shinji. This is a lot more important to her than anything else she's ever said on here.]

We're fifteen, by the way. [A deep sigh, and she'll try to change the subject.]

This is the part of my broadcasts where I usually talk about business and the state of affairs, but this time I don't feel like it. Touchy subject for me this time around. I'd rather you just let me know if there's anything I should keep in mind moving forward, or anything I might have missed lately. I'm not interested in going into my own feelings or thoughts about it, however. I haven't had any echoes lately, so at least that's good. I don't need to start looking any creepier than I already do.

...Until next time.

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Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

[What was that about not being a birthday person?]

I said I don't need your happy birthday.

But we gave it anyway!

That's your birthday present!

[The face of a girl roughly a year older appeared on the network.]

That... actually looks interesting, I wouldn't call that very creepy. Now, whatever's the matter with your brother?

It would be extremely disrespectful to talk about someone else's problems without their permission, you know. All you need to know is that he's having a very hard time right now.

[Emilia wasn't quite expecting that reply, but... she can see where Rei was coming from. Well, Emi couldn't know that whatever happened was to do with that monster car that nearly run her over.]

Ah, fair enough. [Rei didn't seem all that willing to indulge in small talk, so...] Other than that car, wherever it came from, I'm not sure you missed much. Were you around for that snake thing?

[Disregarding the car...]

You mean Tiny? Yeah, I was sitting in a skyscraper sized robot the entire time. I got a good view.

That was you? Rather hard thing to miss, and I suppose the city owes you one.

[Rei may or may not have seen a little girl with odd wings. That would be Dani, Emi's cousin.]

Eh, I didn't do much. I barely knew how to use the thing. All it's been for me is trouble. The government more or less owns me now.

What? Since when do they own you?

[If only she had the self assurance of her preincarnation.]

listen i kno that tone of voice

did one of ur guys friends drop

or die

That's incredibly nosy.

so what ur sayin is yes

That doesn't make it any less rude to inquire about it when I've already stated that I'm not interested in discussing what happened.

i was gonna give u some advice

speakin from personal experience

Did you see me ask for advice? I'm perfectly capable of coping on my own. I am a cold, emotionless coping machine.

k sure

give the advice 2 shinji then

tell him make sure he talks 2 someone about it

doesnt have 2 be u just somoene

bc otherwise it will hella fuck him up

Happy birthday to the two of you.

Is Shinji okay? He didn't have something weird happen to him, did he?

Worse than weird. Be gentle with him the next time you talk to him, please.

[Misato's expression is pensive.]

Yeah, I'll be sure to do that.

[However, that somber expression of hers quickly disappears.]

How have you been doing, anyway? I haven't seen you make a network post in quite some time!

So what you're saying is "Please bug me until I talk about the thing that I want to talk about. But I can't without you bugging me enough first because I want to look cool and/or secretive and/or like I actually give a shit about my/his privacy".

Just in a wordier way.

The idea that every word to come out of a teenagers mouth is driven by a desperate need for attention is, while not always untrue, very stereotypical.

I only want people to know that I don't want to discuss this at length. Therefore, hopefully, they won't try to.

And you really think that's the way to achieve that at all, or are you just denying really hard? Because either that or you're truly stunted in your understanding of how social interactions work.

Do you think it might be possible to bring something for the both of you? He has been very kind to me in the past.

I don't need anything. Truly. Please take whatever effort you might expend on me and use it for my brother's sake.

It would not be much effort!

However! I am not entirely certain of where you live...

Happy birthday. Mine was a few days ago too... and don't worry about it. Everyone's got to keep some things to themselves.

Birthdays really lose their luster upon learning you're a supernatural being.

Or if you grew up in a tube. That kinda sucks too.

A tube, huh?

Rough. [The funny part is that Rei has no idea that her other self spent great portions of her life in a glass tube.]

[you think that's funny? Jasmine has no idea she's a clone of someone else]

Yeah, pretty much.

We can identify on a bit, huh?

[clonestruggle life]

I guess so. It's not like we're going to be best friends now, but.

Never said that. We should probably start by exchanging names.

Jasmine, by the way.

Rei Ikari, property of the United States Government. Nice to meet you.

Wait.

What?!

Sorry, was that a weird thing to say?

I'm just being honest.

What do you mean property of the government? That's kind of a bomb to drop...!

I'm dangerous enough that they decided to take custody of me.

I'm not one of the people who had the luxury of being able to fade into the background when the curtain was dropped on us.

... And now I feel ragingly guilty.

I'm sorry, Rei. I don't... I don't know what to say.

[Rolls her eyes.]

Don't get like that. It's not like they're performing experiments on me, or anything. I'm fine. Just. Monitored. Often.

Yeah but... that has to suck, doesn't it? I... don't know how I'd live like that...

...We're already freaks. It's really not much crazier than our normal situation.

... Freaks. Heh.

I guess... if you're okay with it...

[A long pause. Oh jeez.]

...Was "freaks" too harsh?

Sorry.

... I called myself that for a while. Sometimes out loud. Sometimes in my head.

The person I used to be wasn't a good person. She was... she was evil. She was unnatural.

I don't want to be like her. Ever.

...

But that's not your problem, and I shouldn't dump it on you. Too late now, I guess, but... hrn...

Good thing you're not her, huh? [This is her trying to be legitimately reassuring. She SWEARS.]

That's what I try to be. [she's doing better than the real Rei at least]

Edited 2014-06-08 02:27 (UTC)

I know you don't want to talk about emotions, but I get the impression that your birthday's a difficult time. Any particular reason?

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