CHAPTER 10
First compatibility experiment: Subject: Rei Ayanami
Rei jolted remembering where she was, she was piloting unit 01 for the first time as a compatibility experiment.
"So Rei how does it feel to be piloting unit 01 for the first time?" Ritsuko asked.
"It smells like Ikari," she said simply as if asking for someone to pass the salt.
"The sync ratio is almost the same as with unit 00. Unit 00 and unit 01 are almost identical in personal data" Maya stated reading the status reports from the Magi.
"That's what makes this experiment possible," Ritsuko stated. "No compatibility problems connected with Rei or unit 01" Ritsuko finished. "Ok Rei the experiment is over you can get out now"
"Understood" she said as wild colours flashed on neither sides of her.
87th joint operations experiment: Subject: Asuka Langley
"Data bank for unit 02 completed"
"Harmonics are all normal"
"Pilot status is normal"
"Of course" Asuka snapped under her breath.
First compatibility Experiment: Subject: Shinji Ikari
"What about unit 00 personal data?" Ritsuko asked.
"Already reconfigured, currently reconfirming"
"The subjects status?" Ritsuko required.
"A bit jittery but no problems in his nerve patterns"
"This is his first time in unit 00" Misato exclaimed.
"Stupid, why should he care which Eva he pilots anyway?" Asuka snapped.
"It makes a difference to Shinji" Misato answered.
"I know that and that is why he is stupid" Asuka retorted. "So why aren't you running one of these tests with me or Mia?" Asuka asked maliciously.
"Um, Mia is being tested for unit 01 and Shinji will be tested in 03. We didn't think that you would want to pilot any other Eva but your own" Misato lied.
"Yeah, that's true isn't it?" Asuka smiled.
'I don't know if unit 02 would ever be compatible with any other Eva.' Misato thought to herself.
"Entry has commenced"
"LCL electrolyzed"
"Commencing first connection"
"Shinji how do you feel in unit 00 entry plug?" Ritsuko asked.
"It feels kind of weird." he started
"Any sense of incompatibility?" she asked.
"Not like that but it smells like Rei" he answered feeling confused by it himself.
"It smells like what?" Asuka shouted.
"Data received, reconfirming, pattern green"
"Main power supply connection complete"
"All restraints are normal"
"Unit 00 will enter second contact stage"
"How is it?" Misato asked.
"As I thought, his sync ratio is lower than that of unit 01" Ritsuko answered. "Harmonics are all normal.but these are still good readings" she answered and Misato sighed. "This means we can implement our current plan"
"You mean the dummy system?" Maya asked. "I disagree"
"I understand your feelings but we need to be prepared, you'll see" Ritsuko answered but Maya was still unconvinced.
"Initiating third connection" As this was said Shinji grabbed is head and winced painfully.
"What the hell? Something is trying to get into my brain," he said grabbing at his head. "This feeling, this impression.it's Rei's!" as he said this the Eva went completely out of control breaking free of it's restraints.
The Eva pulled away punching at the glass window where Rei was standing. It profusely bashed its head on the wall as they disabled the power supply. Within seven seconds the Eva stopped dead leaning on the wall.
"Get the pilot out of there!" Misato ordered and the personal ran to rescue him from the Eva. Minutes later Shinji was brought up to the control central.
"Shinji are you OK?" Misato asked shaking him by his shoulders.
"Yes, it was just that. it was like an impression of Rei was trying to get into my mind." he said and she looked puzzled.
"Cancel the rest of the tests" Misato ordered.
"We can still check compatibility with Mia and unit 01" Ritsuko said and Misato reluctantly agreed.
First compatibility Experiment: Subject: Mia Zaharia
"How do you feel?" Ritsuko asked.
"Fine." Mia answered looking around. Her heart was thumping inside of her as she looked around the entry plug; it was so much more different than hers. She was used to the sense mechanism taking up the left hand side and the controls were smaller and more rounded.
"Calm down Mia, your nerve pulse will effect the experiment," Ritsuko said and Mia breathed slowly and deeply.
"Yes ma'am" she said closing her eyes and the plug filled with LCL. As she sat there she thought that she could see flickers of light but guessed that she was imagining it.
"Commencing first connection"
"Do you sense any signs of incompatibility?" Ritsuko asked.
"No.but it smells like Shinji" she said perplexed, do Eva's smell like their pilots or was it something else?
She looked behind her as she heard a deep voice much like that of commander Ikari. Shouting, "LEAVE!"
"What?" she said aloud confused. She found herself looking straightforward at a grave stone reading Yui Ikari and then of a bright flash of light that was almost blinding. Her mind felt death and fear as she tried to determine what was happening.
"The test is over now, thanks Mia" Ritsuko said and the Eva shut down. The images disappeared and Mia felt really confused. Was that Shinji's mind?
Second compatibility Experiment: Subject: Shinji Ikari
"Are you sure you want to do this Shinji?" Ritsuko asked again.
"I am fine" he assured her as the LCL filled the plug. He sniffed the LCL and could smell Mia. "Strange."
"Go to first stage"
"Data received, reconfirming, pattern green"
"Main power supply connection complete"
Shinji sat there as calmly as possible so that he would not have a repeat of unit 00. He looked around the Eva and realized how unfamiliar it was to him. On his left side was a whole bunch of controls he had never seen before; he assumed that they were the sense mechanism. He lightly couched the controls, which were slightly smaller than that of unit 01 and closed his eyes jumping.
He saw darkness and felt emptiness and pain as he tried to, open his eyes but it was all just darkness. He could smell blood and hear screams of pain over and over again and again. As he tried to pull himself away he felt as though he was watching something so horrific that his soul couldn't move as if it was frozen. There it was again. The smell of blood, it's taste and texture. He could feel it in-between his fingers.
Words that Mia had said repeated in his mind over and over. 'Disturbed mind', 'embedded in my soul', 'weak person' and 'loneliness'.
"It is attacking my mind!" Shinji screamed out as the emergency alarms went off.
"Contamination is spreading!" Maya shouted.
"What is wrong with him?" Misato screamed.
"It is like the Eva is attacking his mind, he is close to contamination!" Ritsuko shouted.
"Get him out!" Mia shouted.
"What?" Misato looked at her baffled.
"The Eva's mind is our mind, just get him out of 03" Mia warned and Misato turned and thought to herself. If the Eva's mind was like the pilot's.were Rei and Mia unstable?
"Get him out of the Eva!" Misato said and they aborted the experiment before Eva 03 could use its power supply. "What's Shinji's status?"
"He is normal with minimal contamination, but he is unconscious"
"Damn it!" Misato cursed.
First compatibility experiment: Subject: Rei Ayanami
Rei jolted remembering where she was, she was piloting unit 01 for the first time as a compatibility experiment.
"So Rei how does it feel to be piloting unit 01 for the first time?" Ritsuko asked.
"It smells like Ikari," she said simply as if asking for someone to pass the salt.
"The sync ratio is almost the same as with unit 00. Unit 00 and unit 01 are almost identical in personal data" Maya stated reading the status reports from the Magi.
"That's what makes this experiment possible," Ritsuko stated. "No compatibility problems connected with Rei or unit 01" Ritsuko finished. "Ok Rei the experiment is over you can get out now"
"Understood" she said as wild colours flashed on neither sides of her.
87th joint operations experiment: Subject: Asuka Langley
"Data bank for unit 02 completed"
"Harmonics are all normal"
"Pilot status is normal"
"Of course" Asuka snapped under her breath.
First compatibility Experiment: Subject: Shinji Ikari
"What about unit 00 personal data?" Ritsuko asked.
"Already reconfigured, currently reconfirming"
"The subjects status?" Ritsuko required.
"A bit jittery but no problems in his nerve patterns"
"This is his first time in unit 00" Misato exclaimed.
"Stupid, why should he care which Eva he pilots anyway?" Asuka snapped.
"It makes a difference to Shinji" Misato answered.
"I know that and that is why he is stupid" Asuka retorted. "So why aren't you running one of these tests with me or Mia?" Asuka asked maliciously.
"Um, Mia is being tested for unit 01 and Shinji will be tested in 03. We didn't think that you would want to pilot any other Eva but your own" Misato lied.
"Yeah, that's true isn't it?" Asuka smiled.
'I don't know if unit 02 would ever be compatible with any other Eva.' Misato thought to herself.
"Entry has commenced"
"LCL electrolyzed"
"Commencing first connection"
"Shinji how do you feel in unit 00 entry plug?" Ritsuko asked.
"It feels kind of weird." he started
"Any sense of incompatibility?" she asked.
"Not like that but it smells like Rei" he answered feeling confused by it himself.
"It smells like what?" Asuka shouted.
"Data received, reconfirming, pattern green"
"Main power supply connection complete"
"All restraints are normal"
"Unit 00 will enter second contact stage"
"How is it?" Misato asked.
"As I thought, his sync ratio is lower than that of unit 01" Ritsuko answered. "Harmonics are all normal.but these are still good readings" she answered and Misato sighed. "This means we can implement our current plan"
"You mean the dummy system?" Maya asked. "I disagree"
"I understand your feelings but we need to be prepared, you'll see" Ritsuko answered but Maya was still unconvinced.
"Initiating third connection" As this was said Shinji grabbed is head and winced painfully.
"What the hell? Something is trying to get into my brain," he said grabbing at his head. "This feeling, this impression.it's Rei's!" as he said this the Eva went completely out of control breaking free of it's restraints.
The Eva pulled away punching at the glass window where Rei was standing. It profusely bashed its head on the wall as they disabled the power supply. Within seven seconds the Eva stopped dead leaning on the wall.
"Get the pilot out of there!" Misato ordered and the personal ran to rescue him from the Eva. Minutes later Shinji was brought up to the control central.
"Shinji are you OK?" Misato asked shaking him by his shoulders.
"Yes, it was just that. it was like an impression of Rei was trying to get into my mind." he said and she looked puzzled.
"Cancel the rest of the tests" Misato ordered.
"We can still check compatibility with Mia and unit 01" Ritsuko said and Misato reluctantly agreed.
First compatibility Experiment: Subject: Mia Zaharia
"How do you feel?" Ritsuko asked.
"Fine." Mia answered looking around. Her heart was thumping inside of her as she looked around the entry plug; it was so much more different than hers. She was used to the sense mechanism taking up the left hand side and the controls were smaller and more rounded.
"Calm down Mia, your nerve pulse will effect the experiment," Ritsuko said and Mia breathed slowly and deeply.
"Yes ma'am" she said closing her eyes and the plug filled with LCL. As she sat there she thought that she could see flickers of light but guessed that she was imagining it.
"Commencing first connection"
"Do you sense any signs of incompatibility?" Ritsuko asked.
"No.but it smells like Shinji" she said perplexed, do Eva's smell like their pilots or was it something else?
She looked behind her as she heard a deep voice much like that of commander Ikari. Shouting, "LEAVE!"
"What?" she said aloud confused. She found herself looking straightforward at a grave stone reading Yui Ikari and then of a bright flash of light that was almost blinding. Her mind felt death and fear as she tried to determine what was happening.
"The test is over now, thanks Mia" Ritsuko said and the Eva shut down. The images disappeared and Mia felt really confused. Was that Shinji's mind?
Second compatibility Experiment: Subject: Shinji Ikari
"Are you sure you want to do this Shinji?" Ritsuko asked again.
"I am fine" he assured her as the LCL filled the plug. He sniffed the LCL and could smell Mia. "Strange."
"Go to first stage"
"Data received, reconfirming, pattern green"
"Main power supply connection complete"
Shinji sat there as calmly as possible so that he would not have a repeat of unit 00. He looked around the Eva and realized how unfamiliar it was to him. On his left side was a whole bunch of controls he had never seen before; he assumed that they were the sense mechanism. He lightly couched the controls, which were slightly smaller than that of unit 01 and closed his eyes jumping.
He saw darkness and felt emptiness and pain as he tried to, open his eyes but it was all just darkness. He could smell blood and hear screams of pain over and over again and again. As he tried to pull himself away he felt as though he was watching something so horrific that his soul couldn't move as if it was frozen. There it was again. The smell of blood, it's taste and texture. He could feel it in-between his fingers.
Words that Mia had said repeated in his mind over and over. 'Disturbed mind', 'embedded in my soul', 'weak person' and 'loneliness'.
"It is attacking my mind!" Shinji screamed out as the emergency alarms went off.
"Contamination is spreading!" Maya shouted.
"What is wrong with him?" Misato screamed.
"It is like the Eva is attacking his mind, he is close to contamination!" Ritsuko shouted.
"Get him out!" Mia shouted.
"What?" Misato looked at her baffled.
"The Eva's mind is our mind, just get him out of 03" Mia warned and Misato turned and thought to herself. If the Eva's mind was like the pilot's.were Rei and Mia unstable?
"Get him out of the Eva!" Misato said and they aborted the experiment before Eva 03 could use its power supply. "What's Shinji's status?"
"He is normal with minimal contamination, but he is unconscious"
"Damn it!" Misato cursed.