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[neopianangst]

[Whoops hello everyone, someone's been mopey lately(dead significant others will do that to you) and boy does it show. Shinji's currently sitting on his bed hugging his knees with his laptop in front of him.]

So...if I told the FBI I didn't want anything to do with the robot I got back anymore, what do you guys think would happen?

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[lowres]

I do not think anything would happen. That decision is yours, isn't it?

But why do you not want to pilot it?

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[neopianangst]

I don't think it's that simple.

I never wanted it in the first place, and...what convinced me to go along with it anyway doesn't really matter anymore.

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[lowres]

It is that simple. If you do not want to do it, then do not do it. Your feelings matter more than anything else--no one can or should try to force you.

[orangehoodie]

... Would anything happen?

I mean. You're saying you don't want it. It's not like you're saying you want it back to go on a rampage with.

[neopianangst]

I'm supposed to pilot it for them.

[And Asuka kinda convinced them he's the only one who can use it...which is close enough to being correct. All that mom's soul and synch rate shit.]

[talkshitgetsis]

I don't think they'll want one of the robots to not have a pilot, Shinji.

[neopianangst]

Yeah. [He sighs. Loudly.] I kinda figured.

[saviorsoul]

[ Wow, this guy looks depressed... ]

Uh can't they just find another pilot?

[neopianangst]

If they could, they probably would've already. I'm really not good at it.

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[mimicery]

I don't think anything would happen. They would just go and do their own thing. You're not obligated to do anything for them.

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[neopianangst]

I don't know, I've been under surveillance for months now. I even had to leave my house for awhile.

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[epimethean]

What kind of robot? One of the giant ones?

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[neopianangst]

Yeah. It was the big purple one that didn't do anything.

[amajin]

I dunno if that's a gamble I'd take. They might take you up on it and then what'll happen if you need it?

[He frowns. There are so many sad, messed up kids on this network. He trusts the government... well, he trusts the government enough, though he knows his other self well enough by now to realize that he didn't really trust anyone or anything save a precious few people and the reliability of the tech he built himself.]

More to the point, what's got you worried about all that? Just because you've got numbers doesn't mean you're obligated to fight... Nobody can make you do anything, kid.

[neopianangst]

Lots of people have been telling me I'm supposed to fight.

[Not today but in the time he's been on the network...]

I don't really see why I'd need it, though.

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[hotshots]

You know, on the one hand - can't really say I blame you, and I can't really say I'd expect them to make you do anything. Whatever, say... Eugen and I have been doing? We've done it 'cause that's what we chose to do.

If you don't want to fight, no one's going to make you.

The question is, on the other hand... If something happens that needed the Evangelion to fight, and you weren't there - are you okay with that?

[ To be certain, Neil doesn't want kids embroiled in all of this. Shinji's close enough to his sister's age that it's hard not to project. But... he doesn't want to just tell someone to quit, either. ]

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[neopianangst]

[He just lets out a sigh in response to that.]

I don't think I'd be able to make much of a difference myself, anyway.

[wonk]

theyd probably take it apart

try 2 see how it works

make more

[neopianangst]

...Well, they were already studying it.

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[imbibing]

Hey, are you okay, Shinji?

[Clearly, Misato is worried.]

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[neopianangst]

[Shinji knows this is the part where he's supposed to lie and say he is, but he doesn't really have the energy to care about that sort of thing, so...]

Probably not.

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[scarlet_devil]

[The image of a teenager a few years older appears. She looked otherwise normal were it not for her blood red eyes and fangs...]

And what exactly is stopping you? There are more than a few giant robots around, so it's not like they'll be worse off without you.

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[neopianangst]

I don't know...[It seems harder to put into words the more he tries talking about it, at this point.] Before people were saying it was my responsibility.

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[guitar_case_vagabond]

[Raye pops up in her room as usual with Senketsu's scarf resting around her neck. She's drinking from a way oversized soda cup.]

Who cares? If they don't like it, they can eat a bag of shit.

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[neopianangst]

They're the FBI.