Embers of Rage

[aesopwarped]

[1]

[After everything that happened out in the field, Mad was... for all intents and purposes... quite murderous. Between Ayame, the Chalice Crew and Section 2 there was no way for Mad to get to close enough to Gendo to make the man swallow his own teeth. She felt regret, the wicked sting of despair at failing as a hero yet again... but she turned all that into anger. Anger she was attempting to use constructively as she repeatedly shot targets downrange. The kick of her pistol and the solid crack of gunfire growing more and more accurate each time she fired, and every time she imagined NERV personnel in her sights.]

Those. -BLAM- Motherfucking. -BLAM- savashri -BLAM- ASSHOLES!!!

-CRACKKK-

[The Target snaps into pieces from the last shot. Mad's taking deep breaths before she coldly reloads and brings up another.]


[2] [Locked to Mad's Roommates.]

[Mad seems to be looking over several schematics in addition to her notes. Papers litter the room as she continues to hammer out her plans for the Lambda's complete form. A few days ago she sent a pair of letters to Fuso. Hopefully the one that involved the Lambda would be sorted out in due time-]

Step on my notes and I'll step on your face. Move it.

[She motions to you without even looking. React to her?]


[3] [CR Only]

[Mad's at one of her usual spots, kicking her legs and singing softly. Like before, it was a sad, melancholy little ditty. Her expression wasn't anything sad though, it just looked tired... like she needed some sleep.]

[Talk to her?]

Comments

3

[gamenojikan]

[Yui just sits down next to Mad.]

...Long day?

[aesopwarped]

Like you wouldn't believe. "Mission Successful" my ass. We were this close to getting everything done on our terms... then that bearded fuckface hit some switch that made that Eva we have on board go nuts and make some kind of sea of duck thing that swallowed shit up like a black hole.

[She let out a frustrated sigh.]

Honest to fucking god I have no idea what the fuck is going on there. Its like that idiot has his head shoved so far up his own ass he's completely blind.

[gamenojikan]

...Eh?

You'll have to forgive me, I haven't had time to go over the records yet.

[aesopwarped]

Sure... its just a lot of craziness anyway... a lot of it doesn't make a lick of sense..

[gamenojikan]

It certainly sounds like that. I take it...you were about to save someone? And then a man at NERV did something to ruin that?

[aesopwarped]

The guy pretty much told us to wreck the shit out of the machine after some Angel thing took it over and made it go nuts. We could get the pilot out and take it down but he didn't want any part of that.

[Mad just shakes her head and grimaces.]

The more I think about it, the more I get the feeling its a set up for him to test that Berserk button he shoved onto the Eva on board.

[gamenojikan]

Mmm...That'd be very understandable. The Evangelions are very durable machines-were it not for the power supply, they'd be quite horrific. Removing the pilot as a concern is one step to putting their abilities under his direct control.

[aesopwarped]

Maybe... but I don't like being yanked around like that. I almost got crushed by the damn thing.

[gamenojikan]

Mmm.

...Is that really all that's bothering you?

[aesopwarped]

It's... I just hate feeling powerless. I'm just scared I'd screw up if it really mattered...

[She was looking at you Yui. No need to guess what she meant by that.]

[gamenojikan]

Relax. I can take care of myself.

[aesopwarped]

I know you can...

[There's an unsaid 'but' here. Remember how you nearly got flattened INSIDE Shemhazai Yui? Mad certainly does.]

[gamenojikan]

...

...And, should it come that...you'd be better at moving on than I would.

1

[zetahatsudo]

[Mad wasn't the only one trying to put her murderous impulses to constructive uses,though she might have been a good deal more effective at it.]

[Kamille was looking to put his own rage to use by internalizing it into what could only be described as a psychic bomb, the end result of which would effectively unleash hell on a person's brain regardless of -type.]

MOTHERFUCKER!

[It was going nowhere.]

[aesopwarped]

Just what the hell was up with that jackass!?

What the fuck was that dummy plug thing!? What the fuck is a Sea of Dirac and why the fuck did it turn up?!?

[zetahatsudo]

There are too many fucking unknowns about all of this, and it makes me sick. Why the fuck was it necessary for the Eva to be the one to deal the final blow? What the hell is that monster Ikari trying to play at? Does he honestly think we'll just lay down and take it, or does he believe himself to be so secure in his superiority that he can dance right in front of us and we won't do a thing because we can't?

[He gets up from his sitting position.] I'm tired of being left out in the dark. [Looks at Mad.] What's the damage on the Lambda?

[aesopwarped]

Goddamn... You and me both blue. Someone needs to break that bastard's face..

[She's pressing the gun down to a convenient surface.]

The Lambda's gonna need a few days in the shop... Nothing too bad. The data wasn't the best from this battle either... Barely anything usable..

[zetahatsudo]

[Sighs, massaging temples.] When the Lambda gets out of the shop, I'm more than willing to help you gather combat data through some practice battles. I need to start preparing to hand the Zeta off to Roux eventually, and some ready-made subroutines should help her ease into piloting it.

This entire battle felt like an exercise in futility, you know? I still need to check on Ken, too. [Yup, he knew the pilot.] He's in good hands, but I still need to apologize for not being more of a friend to him than I should have been.

[aesopwarped]

I'll keep it in mind... I've got a couple of ideas I want to use for it I got from a mechanic on board, but there's a lot of stuff I need to confirm before I can do them.

[She paused though, raising an eyebrow.]

You know the kid that piloted that monster?

[zetahatsudo]

[Nods] Kensuke Aida. He was just in it for the thrill of fighting in a giant robot. Our relationship used to be clear cut, but nowadays... [headshake] He didn't deserve any of this. What happened out there was in no way his fault, and yet he still has to bear the burden that his machine wouldn't listen to him and killed his friend. Quite frankly, it sucks ass.

3

[hominilupusinexilio]

Of course clannerdad would find her, looking dejected and not really all that interested in working on Lambda.

"Is...everything all right, Pup?"

Re: 3

[aesopwarped]

Just another failed mission... Goddamn...

I just... I felt like I was fucking useless out there. I hate that feeling. Didn't help that the fucker in charge kept secret after fucking secret from us...

[A mild grimace...]

I'd challenge the fucker, but he'd probably be the type to have my knees broken before it happens and have me shot in the head

Re: 3

[hominilupusinexilio]

He sat down next to her.

"Well, I reviewed the battle ROM. Your use of a PPC and LBX autocannon in a removable configuration was a stroke of genius. I would not give too much concern to the rest. One is only as good as one's CO."

He thought of what Sora had said, that her CO had fed new abilities to her in the middle of battle, piecemeal. He couldn't puzzle out why someone would do things like that.

[aesopwarped]

Thanks... its good to know big dog... still, it was kinda difficult to aim them...

[She takes a deep breath and leans back.]

Considering our CO for that battle has his own agenda there... I'd say a lot of us are lucky we didn't die.

3 - he counts by now, right?

[notruined]

[ Another forced shutdown, another nightmare. He's not in the best of moods either, but unless someone's threatening him, he mostly just broods to himself.

He sits down next to her, folding his hands in his lap. ]

... Are you okay, Mad? [ He knows by now not to call her by her real name. ]

Probably

[aesopwarped]

I'm fine... I can't say the same for the kids in the EVAs. One's dead and missing, the other's a sobbing wreck.

And to be honest you look pretty shitty yourself Cash. Something bugging you?

[notruined]

I don't know how they could use children for that. I'd heard about NERV while in the Ruin, but... apparently, even the angels avoid the Ruin.

[ A sigh. Maybe that's another reason he talks with her, she reminds him of home. For better or worse. ] Just the usual.

[aesopwarped]

Nightmares again... hmmh...

[She still has them sometimes. Hates it when it happens.]

What I'm guessing... maybe to the fucker that runs NERV... he doesn't give a shit... kids are probably just ammo for a gun as far as he's concerned.

[notruined]

I wouldn't know anything about their leader, but... the way people on this ship talk about him, he's an evil, evil man.