An inoccuous series of letters exchanged between an address in Tokyo-3 and an undisclosed location.
A typed letter, delivered by normal mail carrier.
Shinji,
Since I can't get a straight answer from Misato about what's going on in Tokyo-3 now, I'm writing to you directly. How are you?
It's a week now since I left. I can't say where I am or what I'm doing, they tell me security reasons, but they did tell me I can write to you. So I'm doing that.
I heard about the latest battle there, and you were MIA for two days. Did you get another kill or not? Misato's being evasive when I talked to her on the phone and I don't have any other means of communicating. What the hell happened?
I don't want to keep it brief but I've run out of things to say, so, your turn. Just use the return address in the envelope, they tell me that's how I can get your response.
Asuka Soryu Langley
Second children.
A handwritten letter
Asuka,
Thank you for your letter! I never get letters, so I'm sorry if I'm not any good writing them. Misato said I should try. And I want to write back to you.
I don't know how much I can talk about the battle because of security, too. You probably would have done it better than I did. I messed up pretty badly and got eaten? It was strange, not like anything we faced before you left. I'm still trying to understand what happened to me but there isn't anyone I can really talk to about it.
I thought of you a lot when I was trapped in there, about where you where and what you were doing and whether you would have done a better job. Miss Misato told me the day before that I broke sync record scores, but I didn't feel all that amazing when I was trapped.
You probably find all of this pretty boring, but I wanted to answer your question. This place isn't the same without you Asuka, I hope you're doing well. Please write back when you can, I enjoyed reading your letter.
Shinji
Third children
A typed letter, delivered by normal mail carrier
Shinji,
Ever hear of a non-answer? You didn't tell me anything relevant about the battle, idiot. Believe me when I say, I've got nothing to do in stretches and I don't have anybody around me my age. You're all i got, it turns out. Tell me anything.
I wish I could tell you what's going on with me so I can have something to talk about. I have a new plugsuit, I guess I can say that. I included a picture of me wearing it, and if security doesn't destroy it, you'll get a good look. What do you think?
Please find a way to tell Hikari that I miss her. And tell her from me that she needs to get over her hangup and talk to Toji.
a/n: a small outgrowth of my ww3 fic idea I've shared on the Asushin Discord. the entire story would be told in these exchanged letters. interesting, but I moved on.