http://prinzessinasuka.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] prinzessinasuka.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] paixaorpg2006-07-17 08:26 pm

Another Unfamiliar Ceiling [COMPLETED]

Character(s): Asuka, Rei, Death.
Content: After a frightening loss of sanity, Yuki took Asuka to the hospital, where she now awakens.
Setting: Aiches Memorial Hospital [H4]
Time: Early morning Wednesday.
Warnings: None.

She awakes to a white world.

White, sterile white, that familiar shade of huelessness, blank canvas walls like ghosts onto which shadows project.

For Asuka, waking up in the hospital is like reliving Groundhog Day. The same white walls, the same clinical odor clawing at her nostrils, the same pangs in her limbs as she rises to launch into battle again.

Except here there is no battle, and with that fact there is no purpose, and with no purpose, no reason for Asuka to be.

She tries not to think about it. She tries not to think about the fact that this hospital doesn't smell particularly medical, either; the air smells more like incense, or some kind of herb. The shattered candy swimmingness in her head seems to have cleared a little, anyway, though she still thinks the hospital walls would look a lot nicer painted a pretty shade of red. She giggles a little, lightly, to herself, though the motion stings her chest, and she soon has to lay back and draw breath.

[identity profile] seconddoll.livejournal.com 2006-08-13 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Three feelings went through Rei's mind. First, relief as Death walked into the room. Second, pain as the Second jerked her arm. And third, a quick flash of annoyance. None of these emotions showed on the First's face, of course, save for the subtle tightening of her jaw.

"Mm," Rei nodded at Death. The bills could be thought about later, but... Rei looked at Asuka. "Are you going to let my hand go?" It was said stiffly. Rei was careful with what words she chose, not the tone of her voice. This girl could be a key to getting back to NERV - or simply getting answers - but she was... so unstable Rei sensed a threat.