"For every possible variable, every possible choice, and every possible solution and problem there is an alternate world. Not completely unlike from that which it was born, but unique none the less"
One of these variables, one of these problems, was a pebble on the sidewalk. This pebble would inevitably either save humanity or condemn it. In one reality a young woman would run pass it only to be crushed by a concrete slab knocked loose by the malevolent fifth angel as it drifts forward a block away. In another she stumbles as her foot slides over it. She is delayed a moment and continues onward to the next block.
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In one reality an angel/human hybrid was created by Seele, its purpose was to observe NERV's progress in the instrumentality project and intervene if necessary. In this same reality Ramiel (the fifth angel for the uneducated) would pass his divine light through the apartment building in which this half-breed dwelled. The result is the death of Seele's watchdog. In another reality a knock on the door of the apartment door of the half-blood saves his life from the disintegration that would result from the fifth's rage.
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In this reality we will observe the second reality provided….
The young woman sprinted down the street while the sirens wailed warning the citizens of the city that Ramiel had come to judge humanity. As she turned the corner to the district containing her shelter, she lost her footing on a pebble on the sidewalk. Her right foot slid out away from her and her body followed suit and slanted to the left. Her arms and left leg slapped the pavement and continued right two inches, blood formed pools and streams on her leg and arms. The young woman scrambled back to her feet and continued running.
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Ramiel hovered slowly closer to the center of the city unhindered, it brushes a building and a boulder of concrete falls to the street. The hybrid watched through the windows of his apartment as the Fifth proceeded towards its destiny. He turned away from the colossus that straddled the streets of Tokyo 3, until the Spawn of Lilith confronted Ramiel his observation would be fruitless.
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The forgotten woman is delayed again as a massive slab of concrete shatters the asphalt 15 meters ahead of her. She sprints down an alley and arrives before an apartment complex. Fearing for her life she runs inside and jogs up the stairs hoping to find a resident that will shelter her until the behemoth ended its rampage.
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End Prologue