Quote: Riiiiing… Riiiiing… Riiiiing... Riiiiing… Riiiiing…From Chapter 7 of Taking Sights. I swear, for a story
"SHINJI!" shouted Misato from the bathroom. "Take a message!"
"I have my hands full!" he yelled from the kitchen.
"REI! Take a message!"
The First Child blinked. "I see." She walked over to the ringing phone and picked it up.
Click
"Hello. You have reached the Katsuragi Residence," said Rei tonelessly, pen and paper ready. "If you would like to leave a message, please
tell me your name and telephone number so Captain Katsuragi will be able to return your call."
The voice on the other end of the line stumbled a bit. "Uh… hi, Misato. It's me, Asuka. I was just calling about the 4th Angel battle. I was
hoping you could forward some video to me. The asshats here are strangling me in red tape. So, um, yeah. Bye."
Click
After Rei transcribed the message she wandered back to her bedroom for a short nap.
Meanwhile, around the world in Germany, Asuka Langley Soryu snapped her cell phone shut. "Damn," she said.
"What?" asked Kaji, not looking up from the spy novel in his hands.
"Misato wasn't home. I got her answering machine."
"Huh."
"Really fake, robotic voice too. I thought the Japanese were supposed to have all that hi-tech shiny crap."
"Katsuragi's probably just cheap."
built around Gendo Ikari getting a second shot at things, this is a remarkably funny fic.
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."