The Derailing Of
The Train Car Of The Mind
Legal stuff:
Evangelion
is not ours! (shock!) It belongs to some rich people who aren't us. We have no
money because we spent it all on anime and comic books. So suing is pointless.
All you will get is a stuffed orange cat named Fu Fu. Thank you and have a nice
day! J
Character Guide!
Amy: Kat-chan(eighthevachild)
Roxanne: Slipstream
Sandra: Rachel-chan
Melinda(Mel): Juppy-chan
Lizzie: Hiko-chan --ME!
AN: Just to let you know now, this
is pretty much an extremely long Pass the buck. So, don't tell me it's stupid,
b/c I KNOW THAT ALREADY! It's supposed to be that way. It's funny. Okay, I'm
done now. Well, comments, flames, questions?
Email me @ pyro_techie@nervhq.org
And now! On with the show!
Amy
Amy
looked at the lights flashing through the window as the train to Tokyo 3
whirred down the track. She was on her way to a new life in Japan; away form
all the dark things that haunted her past.
When she stepped off the train,
she looked around at her new hometown.
"Japan's
not so bad." She said to herself. Now if she could only find her ride. Where
were they? Amy finally decided to sit down and finish reading the book she had
stared on the train ride over. * Chapter 9 * she noted to herself. Just when
she got to a really good part, a girl walked up to her and said "Hi, um, I'm
Roxanne and, uh, since you're the only one around here that looks like they
know English, can I sit with you?" clearly an Australian. (AN: I know most ppl
in Japan can speak English but we're ignoring that right now so just deal! J)
"Sure"
I said. I have nothing better to do. Roxanne was clearly relieved.
"Thank
you, mate." She said, "So, what brings you to Japan?"
"I
should ask the same question of you. Why are you in
Japan if you don't know Japanese?"
"Well,
I was sort of rushed and didn't have much time to learn." She said. "I asked
you first. Why are you in Tokyo 3?"
"I've
been chosen to pilot an Evangelion, a fighting robot, and you?"
"Weird!
I'm here for the very same thing! Maybe that's why we're both still here, we're
probably going home with the same person!"
"That'd
be cool... Speaking of our ride, I wonder where it is? I'm kinda hungry and
tired from the ride up."
"Me
too, mate. I hope they get here soon." After that comment, a familiar phrase
comes of mind, 'speak of the devil and he shall come.' Because at that moment,
their ride, consisting of a young woman with black/purple hair and a really
skimpy outfit on, a boy who looked lost, and two girls, one looking PO'ed at
the other who was staring off into space and looked like she could scare less
about what's going on around her, decided to show up.
"Hello,
I'm Misato," the woman said, "Sorry we're so late, I haven't quite found my way
around the train station yet."
"Hi,"
I said. "Uh...pleased to meet you." No matter how much you practice and learn,
having a conversation in another language is harder than it looks. "My name is
Amy."
At
that moment, all eyes turned to Roxanne, who was utterly and completely lost.
"Sorry, you guys, I didn't understand a word you just said. Try it again in
English perhaps?" Roxanne said.
"Oh,
you must be Roxanne(AN: well duh.)." Misato replied, in English, "Risuko told
me you didn't know Japanese. I'm Misato," she repeated. "and this is Shinji,
Rei, and Asuka." She introduced the 3 children she was with.
After
everyone knew each others' names, we were off to the baggage check out.
"You
don't have any luggage checked?!" Asuka asked Roxanne. The shock that Roxanne
brought everything she had and it all fit in the overhead luggage compartment
was startling.
"I
just never had much stuff. I packed a lot of clothes in my little suitcase and
all my other junk is in my backpack." I felt like I had a ton of stuff. I had
three big boxes and a huge suitcase checked and a backpack and wheel suitcase
that I brought with me on the train.
We
had just gotten all my stuff into Misato's car when Shinji spoke up, "Um,
Misato, wasn't there supposed to be three of them?"
"Oh
no!" Misato yelled as she ran back to the terminal. I wanted to run after her,
but by the time I got inside, she was gone.
"Oh,
well." I said, "She'll find her way back to us."
"That
was fast... I've never seen anyone run that quickly."
"Me
neither," Asuka chimed in, "Especially not Misato."
It
was about that time we decided to just sit and wait at the car for Misato to
come back. Of course that was a long time considering her fist statement 'I
still don't quite know my way around this place yet' it makes sense. But we
waited and when she finally came back, she had a girl, about our age, with her.
"Okay,"
Misato said. "Have I forgotten anything else?" looking at Shinji.
"I
don't think so, ma'am."
"Good,
then we're off." Actually, is was a while before 'we were off' since Misato's
stylish sports car was only made to fit five people, tops. We managed with
Shinji sitting with Misato in the front, me in the middle of the back seat with
a seat belt on, Asuka and Roxanne to either side of me and Rei and Sandra (the
other one hehehe) were sitting on the arm rests by the windows on either side
of them.
As
it comes to follow, this was a very bad seating arrangement because as soon as
Misato got on the road, everyone fell out of their seats and crashed into a big
pile on top of my lap.
"Ow!"
"Hey
watch it!"
"Get
off of me! OW!"
When
we finally got home, I wished they had gotten shotgun because no one sitting in
the back came out of the car without bruises.
Mel
I snickered at the site of them. All
of the strangers looked up at me questioningly, all rubbing their bruises,
sitting on the stone floor.
"Who
are you?" one of them asked. I looked at Misato.
"Didn't
she tell you? My name is Melinda, but you can call me Mel." Misato walked up to
me.
"Sorry,
Mel. She is one of the children too. She came a few days ago."
"I'M
on time." I replied. "Unlike some people."
They
all stood up and introduced themselves.
"Where
are you from?" Amy asked.
"I'm
from Germany. I replied. "Guten tag."
Shinji
sighed. "Has anyone noticed I'm the only guy here?" he asked worriedly.
Roxanne
"C'mon,
I'da thought you'd be enjoying this" I laughed. Shinji blushed and shook his
head nervously. "Good, you're not a jerk. I'd hate to have to live with a
jerk."
"Waitta
minute!" Amy yelled. "Y'mean we're all gonna live in the same apartment?!" *
sweatdrop *
"Uh,
yeah. I THINK we'll al fit..." Misato said and counted the group. "Umm... all
(seven...eight...) NINE of us?! And if it doesn't work, we'll just knock down a
wall and expand into the next apartment!" (everyone face faults)
We
carried our stuff up to the apartment and sure 'nuff, we DID have to knock down
a wall (but it all pulled through with a little help from our interdimensional
hammers!) We all got our own rooms and to say the least the extra bathroom
would help with the shower situation.
"Hmm..."
Misato said, eyeing the hole. "Hope the landlord doesn't mind."
I
went to my room and started to unpack. We'd each been given a futon (AN: lol!
Okay, u don't get that, never mind), desk, bookshelf, and dresser, so I didn't
have to move much around. Misato came and gave each of us a 'Guide to NERV'
handbook and me a Japanese language program. I'd just settle onto my futon to
listen my Discman and read my handbook when a feathered head poked through the
door.
"Squawk?"
asked the penguin.
"Hey!"
I said, "Do you live here?" The penguin waddled over and looked at me really
hared. "What's your name?" I asked and looked at his nameplate. "Pen Pen?
You're so kawaii!" I scratched his head and he made gargling noises at the
Japanese word for cute. "Here, have a cheetoh!"
Lizzie
*I
hope they don't mind me arriving a day late.* I thought as I left the train, of
course I wasn't watching where I was going and I tripped. * Wow! Japanese
concrete tastes the same as it does back home! (that's commonly known as
sarcasm for those of you who didn't catch that) * I dusted myself off and went
to get my bags. My backpack I had with me but I seemed to be having the hardest
time finding my suitcase.
"Ah
ha! There it is!" I yelled as I made a mad dash for the runaway luggage. After
that wonderful experience I hailed a cab and headed to the apartment complex I
was told I would be staying at. I reached the floor with my room on it and
headed for the door completely ignoring the rug I was about to trip over. Once
again, I tripped flying headlong towards the door to my new home. Bracing
myself for impact I counted down. 5...4...3...2...1...BOOM! I smacked head
first into the door. After a moment of gazing at the small galaxy before my
eyes, the door opened.
"Um,
are you Misato?" I asked from my position on the floor. At her nod I got up and
dusted myself off. "I'm Lizzie! Sorry I'm a day late but I missed the flight."
I stated while picking up my bag. It was then I noticed the seven pairs of eyes
staring at me from behind her. I heard a mumbled 'She's not sleeping with me.'
From the strange group just as Misato led me in.
Amy
"Another
person? Gosh, is this a test to see how many people can live together and not
go completely crazy or something?!" Asuka said. "And another thing why...."
etc. etc. etc. (everyone else sweatdrops with exasperation at Asuka)
"Hi,
I'm Amy," I said. "So... let me guess, you're going to be an EVA pilot, am I
correct?"
"Yeah..."Lizzie
said.
"OK,
I have to ask you something Misato!" I said running to her room. "Exactly how
many people are coming?"
"I
dunno... I had forgotten about Lizzie, but I think she's the last one...but I
did say that about Roxanne, then we found Sandra and I said that about her, so
I just don't know. You'll have to ask Ritsuko when we get to the Geofront." *
Okay, not only did that not answer my question, but now I'm even more confused.
Who's Ritsuko? What's a Geofront, and where is it? *
It
just so happens that I was walking to my room while contemplating these things,
so when I got to the 'door' to the other apartment I was right on time to trip
over Pen Pen.
"Ow!!
Oh jeez! Ouch!" * That smartz! *
I
could hear someone on the other side, "Thank goodness I'm not the only klutzy
oooonnnee! OW!" Lizzie-chan fell flat
on her face as Pen Pen made his way back to his fridge.
lizzie
I
rubbed my head as I found myself face to face with my good buddy the floor
again. I hear Amy laughing behind me. I sat up and chunked my shoe at her. She
dodged it and helped my up. "Thanks Amy-Chan. It IS okay if I call you Amy-chan
right?"
"Sure!
Lizzie-chan!" She smiled. Just then Misato walked in. "Um... two of you will
have to share a room. Sorry, but the landlord wasn't exactly thrilled that we
knocked out the wall..." She then picked up Pen Pen and left.
Sandra
Sandra
looked up at the cealing, lying on her futon. (AN: she said futon, heh heh.)
She shivered and pulled her
sleeping bag up to her neck. All the chaos had given her a headache and she was
bored. Rei seemed like the only interesting person here. Sandra threw the NERV
book across the room and picked up her backpack. She sneaked out of the
apartment and ran down the street.
Sandra
knelt down in the dark and unzipped her backpack. She looked and made sure the
coast was clear and pulled out her digital tumbler decoder. After a few seconds
the door popped open, and Sandra slipped in. (AN: in case u haven't figured it
out yet, she's 'sposed to be a thief) With a crash she busted open a glass case
and shoved the computer hard drive into her backpack. She spun around to get
out, but it was too late. There they were, the NERV security, and their leader,
Gendou Ikari. She muttered a curse word, dropped her backpack and raised her
hands above her head.
Mel
I
sighed. I hadn't made any friends yet and there were at least ten people here.
*I don't think Misato likes me very much.* I bit my lip, *Probably because I'm
afraid. Afraid to get acquainted or make new friends. So many bad things have
happened in the past, making me think everyone is dishonest.* I knew everyone
thought I was some evil girl who frowns and jumps a mile if you tap her on the
shoulder and may turn around and punch you (only shinji). *Why am I so mean?* I
asked myself clutching my NERV handbook. I had already unpacked and there was
nothing for me to do but read my dumb NERV book. Frustrated, I looked at it and
groaned. Then I heard a knock on the door. I jumped up frowning.
"Come
in." I said mock happily.
Misato
walked in. "Uh…Mel," She said. "Time to eat!" she smiled.
"I'll
be there in a little bit." I replied.
"Okay."
She walked out.
I
stared out the window. *This is NOT going to be easy.*
(AN: don't worry! It all pretty
much goes downhill from here! J)
Amy
"You
call this food?!" I said after one disgusting bite. "This is disgusting!" *Thinks about her comment* "Is it SUPPOSED
to taste like this?!"
"No"
sighed Shinji, "Misato cooked." *this got a lot of sweatdrops from the group at
the table.*
Roxanne
"Ummm…She
doesn't ALWAYS cook, does she?" I asked in broken Japanese.
"No,
we trade off." Asuka said.
"Good."
Suddenly,
the door opens and Sandra walks through. Everyone looks at her.
"Wasn't
me," she said smiling evilly.
"I'm
afraid…" Shinji said.
"Me
too…" I chimed.
Misato
stood up. "Okay, since NOBODY'S eating my cooking… why don't we go to NERV and
check out your EVA's?"
"There
was a mad dash for the door and suddenly the apartment was empty except for a
VERY trampled Pen Pen.
Amy
When
everyone was in the car, quite uncomfortably, we were off to see our EVA's (AN:
*sing* we're off to see the eva's! the wonderful eva's of NERV! Okay, I'm
done…)
"Nice
and comfy up here in the front." I said, "Lots of room, too."
"Oh,
shut—up!!!" Roxanne said, she had gotten the 'window seat'.
"Touch
me and die!" Asuka yelled at Shinji.
"But
weren't YOU the one who made him sit by you?" Sandra said mockingly.
"You're
awfully talkative today," Asuka said, "I liked you better when you were quiet."
Lizzie
"I
don't know about you guys, but I'M comfortable!" I said from my position across
six odd laps in the back seat. I should have kept my mouth shut because for
that comment I was promptly dumped onto the floor.
"Okay,
that's it…" Roxanne started to climb out the window and was halfway out before
I finally realized what she was doing.
"Hey!
Wait for me!" I yelled and followed. Soon the two of us were sitting on the top
of Misato's car.
"Are
you two NUTS comfortable up there?" Asuka yelled.
"YES!"
we chorused.
After
about 5 or so more minutes of driving we arrived at NERV. We followed Misato
down into the Geofront where we came face to face with what looked like giant
robots. Being me, the first thought that popped into my head was vocalized.
"GUNDAMS!!!
COOL!!!!!!" I started running for them,
but my shoelaces were conspiring against me and I fell flat on my face.
Amy
"No,
Lizzie. It's VOLTRON!" Amy said, "Don't you see, there're 5 of us and we each
have a robot! I think it's quite obvious!" *all techs along with Ritsuko
sweatdrop*
Lizzie
"Ohhhhh….
Okay! That explains it! But weren't we supposed to pilot EVA's?" Asuka whapped
both me and Amy on the head.
"The
are NOT Voltron OR Gundams. Those are the Evangelion Units." Ritsuko said
looking rather exasperated. "Amy, yours is the purple one, Roxanne; gray.
Lizzie; *cough* orange. Melinda; green, and Sandra; black." We all stood next
to our respective EVAs. Ritsuko was giving me and Amy weird looks, but I wasn't
sure if it was for our earlier outburst or the fact that we were TRYING to hug
our EVAs.
Roxanne
"Bloody
Americans…" Roxanne muttered.
Amy
"I
LOVE purple! How'd they know!?"
"Dunkopf…"
I heard Asuka mutter. (AN: sp?)
"Hey
Amy!" Lizzie said, "Come look at my EVA!"
"Kay!"
We talked about how cool our EVAs looked and all the things on them were
different.
"Okay,"
Ritsuko announced, "We need to do a synchronization test so you'll have to part
with your EVAs for a while" Obviously directed toward me and Lizzie.(lizzie and
I, whatever…)