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Guardian Angel - Prologue
In the
year 2395, a set of documents were unearthed near the site of 21st
century Tokyo
3. Written in cryptic figures that at the time no one could decipher, they
puzzled those who discovered them. Years later a connection between Nerv, an
organization working under the Japanese government, and the Dead Sea Scrolls was
made. Upon comparing the documents to the Scrolls, it was discovered that while
they were not the same scrolls that historians had pieced together centuries
before, but they were written in the same text.
At
first the scientific community was shocked, for they assumed that these were
none other than the missing volumes of the Dead Sea Scrolls, having apparently
fallen into the hands of Gendo Ikari and Kozo Fuyutski. Translation of the new
scrolls began immediately.
At the
same time though, one group of historians insisted that they had to be fake.
They insisted that the new scrolls were simply some kind of forgery planted near
the site of their discovery to further some neo-archeologist's personal agenda.
After some time the argument was finally to be settled as one of the scrolls was
submitted to radio carbon dating.
Now it
appeared that the scrolls were in fact NOT authentic, as the tests concluded
that the parchment they were inscribed on was made some time between the 21st
and 22nd centuries.
Again
the scientific community was puzzled. If the scrolls were a forgery, then who
made them? And how did they end up near the ruins of Nerv headquarters?
Finally
in 2403, a rough translation was released to the public. The findings were more
shocking than historians had originally imagined. The writer of the scrolls
makes himself known from the beginning, and they were scribed by none other than
Professor Fuyutski himself.
Why the
professor took the time and how he was able to write the scrolls by hand in an
ancient dead language is unknown. But it is believed that they give an
eyewitness account of the great Angel War, and the prevention of the Third
Impact. A time period that still remains a mystery, as no official records of it
are known of today. It is our hope that by completely deciphering the new
scrolls, that we may fully understand the events of 2015, and learn more about
the men and women who chose to stand against the forces of heaven itself. -Taken from The False Scrolls by Professor Keichi Takahashi
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Those
were indeed hard times for all of us. I was fortunate enough to have not been
involved with the fighting itself, but we all felt the impact of the attacks.
Some of us had to sit by, huddled away in shelters while our friends fought
those monsters on the surface. I almost lost two of the most important people in
my life to the angels. But we did the only thing we could do, survive. We'd wait
out each attack, and when it was over we'd pick up the pieces and get on with
our lives. We made the best of it, and a few of us managed to create some fond
memories to remind us that things weren't all bad. Times were hard, but they
were such a part of my life that I can't imagine having grown up without them. -Taken from Surviving Heaven by Hikari Suzahara (Unedited Version)
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What
you are about to read is an account of what is known as the Angel War. No
accurate account of these events exists, save for the above mentioned scrolls.
The book by Mrs. Suzahara is one of very few literary works that still survive
from that era. But years after the war it was deemed a threat to international
security and censored accordingly. As it is in print today, it tells little or
nothing about what really happened and what IS in it is considered to be largely
fabricated. A few 'underground' copies of the true book still exist though. I
was lucky enough to find one of these rarities and enjoyed reading Hikari's view
of the war. But she wasn't directly involved in it, so her story isn't very
informative and a little biased.
Please do not question how I know what I do of the things that happened in 2015.
Even
today, scientists do not believe the stories that are told about the war. They
claim that it is impossible that angels really exist, and that at one point they
engaged in a brutal struggle with humanity over the fate of the earth. However I
assure you that the angels WERE real. I know this because one of those angels
proved to be humanity's greatest ally.
Contrary to popular belief, the major players in this story AREN'T the two
commanders, Ikari and Fuyutski. They had a great deal to do with what happened,
but in the end Ikari realized just how far out of his control things had gotten.
As for Fuyutski, he was more or less an observer to the events, having very
little impact on them directly.
The
real story is that of two young girls and one boy. Each of them would walk away
from the conflict, but not without paying a heavy price first. They were all
changed by what they saw and did. One found a soul she didn't even know she had.
One faced emotional trauma the likes of which no human has ever had to endure.
And the boy, the true hero of the story, he became earth's savior. He didn't do
it because he wanted to, or for personal gain. He did it because he HAD to. When
we needed a hero, a scared child rose up to become our guardian angel.
This
is their story.
This
is HIS story.