Meanwhile, far in the future, to show I'm still playing around with this. "Behind Blue Eyes"
It should be obvious. Shinji's working as The Mole... bringing the regime down from the inside. He's just received a list of people Future! Great Justice would like removed from the command structure, and replaced with those secretely still loyal to the old Queens, to make the eventual overthrow of the tyrant regime a far less bloody affair. And he doesn't have long to wait....
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Quote:The office was small and sparsly furnished, with a single flag looming opressively over its occupier, alongside the banner of the SSP. On the occupiers desk sat a simple workstation... unusual because it utilised a jealously maintained, sheaves of dataleafs, a pushbutton intercom and a single ornament of three monkeys.
One covering its eyes. One covering it's ears. One covering it's mouth. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. For the commander of the Secret State Police, it was a perpetual reminder of how precarious his position truly was.
On his desk were orders to locate, interrogate and then terminate in the most vicious manner. The purge was in full flow. Some of the regime's most ardent supporters had found themselves exiled to the surface. Army commanders, Naval admirals... all had been implicated in plots to overthrow the royal household. And all paid the penalty for their treachery.
In a way, it seemed oddly appropriate. Above all, there were orders to seak out the one they codenamed STARSCREAM.
The intercom on his desk buzzed. He answered with an irritated bark.
"What is it?"
"A woman to see you for you Commander. She gives her name as Tomizawa."
"She's expected. Check her for weapons and send her up."
"Yes Commander."
It clicked shut. He settled back into his leather chair, watching video footage of her purposeful stride... and visible irritation at being patted down. The guards were thorough beyond the call of duty. She was... in a word, stunning. The commander checked the mass readings for the elevator car. A small smile crept accross his lips for amoment, before he slammed it down with the mask his position demanded.
Fixing his AR glasses with a nudge from his finger, her settled down behind steepled hands in a pose that gave him the perfect poker face.
His door opened a moment later.
"Miss Tomizawa."
"Commander Ikari."
Her voice was like liquid silk. There was something safe and reassuring in it. He was in the presence of a friend. Someone who knew the truth.
"What have you found?"
"Names Commander. Of those who would work to undermine the regime. And evidence that proves their treachery."
A dataleaf emerged from her coat, being placed upon his desk. He gave it a cursory scan, recognising many colleagues among the list. A few commanders who'd escaped the last round. He felt himself smirk despite himself.
"The royal household thanks you for your loyalty citizen. It shall be rewarded."
"It is my pleasure to do my duty."
Shinji sighed, glancing out the window.
"I wonder, when can we expect a change in this weather."
Green eyes seemed almost sympathetic for a moment. "Soon." she assured him. "Clouds are gathering."
A genuine smile crawled across his lips.
"Thank you, Miss Tomizawa."
"Your mother would be proud to see you do your duty with such dedication."
She departed with the same purposeful elegance in her stride, the door slamming shut behind her. Commander Ikari quietly arranged the dataleaves on his desk, cross-referencing the information that'd just arrived with a list of the regime's most critical personnel. It would only serve to make the Emperor more paranoid to learn that those he thought were his closest allies were plotting against him. And the replacements, they were always far less competent... too busy showing their devotion to do any good.
But he, he was incapable of disloyalty. He had no spine. No will of his own. He was just Shinji Ikari... overwhelmed by circumstances and just following orders, doing what was expected of him.
Shinji took a few minutes to stare at Yuu's face on the monitor, asking her quietly if what he was doing was the right thing. The photograph didn't answer. It just smiled back at him with a warmth he no longer felt he deserved, dressed in a black uniform, with a pen in his hands that'd signed the Death Note for far too many.
He shut his monitor off, getting a good look at his reflection alongside the orders on the table, instructing him to deploy all possible resources to locate STARSCEAM.
Shini sighed. Found him.
It should be obvious. Shinji's working as The Mole... bringing the regime down from the inside. He's just received a list of people Future! Great Justice would like removed from the command structure, and replaced with those secretely still loyal to the old Queens, to make the eventual overthrow of the tyrant regime a far less bloody affair. And he doesn't have long to wait....
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