even though you are merely dreaming, you are (not) alone

[a_young_legend]

[inside Unit 01...]

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The most terrifying vision of all

[urzu2]

What the hell do you think you're doing lying around you **** piece of ****!? The best part of you dribbled down your mom's ****, and now it's MY job to transform what's left into something useful!? I'm gonna have to be a ****ing miracle worker!

You are a worm! You're worse than a worm, you ****! But maybe, just MAYBE I can turn you into a weapon! ONLY THEN will you be of any use to anyone! NOW PICK UP THAT WEAPON!

[a_young_legend]

But I don't want to be a weapon.

Can't I just be myself?

Why are you yelling at me? Stop. I don't want to hear it anymore.

I said stop it!

I'M NOT LISTENING TO YOU!

I HATE YOU!

Please... stop...

[urzu2]

As if you could stop me you worthless **** of ****! The only way you can have any control over your pathetic life, the only way you can have any worth at all is if you can KILL!

[a_young_legend]

Kill...

That's what I should do to enemies, right? I shouldn't show any mercy. Center the target, pull the trigger, and shoot. Center the target, pull the trigger, and shoot.

Is that why I exist? To fight and to kill? It seems so pointless, if it never stops. I don't have the heart for it, so maybe I should just die.

Did you see this one coming

[srw_u_mods]

Why is it so important for you to know who you are?

only when I saw the srw_u_mods has uploaded a new pic notif

[a_young_legend]

If I don't know who I am, then I am no one. Like I never existed, or mattered.

I made a difference to someone, didn't I?

Didn't I...?

[srw_u_mods]

But can't you still make a difference, without an identity? Isn't that just a way to guarantee your self-satisfaction?

[a_young_legend]

A faceless person... yes, maybe that is who I should be. I'm not sure. Just seeking happiness for myself, isn't it shortsighted? My friends are important, too. I want them to be happy, and if they don't know who I am, can I please them? What should I do?

[seedwlives2spar]

*Kira shimmers into existence as their room takes form.*

Shinji, I want you to come back. Come back to us.

[a_young_legend]

-He blinks, still huddled on his side. He sounds ghostly.-

Come back where? Who is Shinji? Is that me?

[seedwlives2spar]

*Kira seems confused that Shinji would even ask such a question.*

Of course it's you silly. Who else would it be?

[a_young_legend]

-Shinji seems to accept this, at least for the moment.-

If Shinji is my name, then I am Shinji. And you are...

-Shinji struggles to remember.-

You are somebody important to me, that I keep close to my heart. But I can't seem to remember what to call you.

[klan_klan_klan]

[This being the land of strange metaphors, Klan is hundreds of times Shinji's size, instead of just being like ten times his size.]

How can you pilot the Eva, if you don't even know who you are?

[a_young_legend]

-He tries his best not to shake upon sight of the strange giant.-

It's... it's because I have to. Father said so. If I don't pilot the Eva, it would be useless. Only I can do it. Only me. It means I have a purpose. Somebody wants me. If I stop piloting the Eva, then I...

-He trails off.-

[klan_klan_klan]

That's not a reason. A reason to fight has to come from you. Not your father, not your duty. Try again.

[a_young_legend]

-He snaps at her.-

Aren't you listening?! It doesn't matter why I fight, just that I do, okay?! Why do you even care? Why does anybody? Why won't people just leave me alone?

[pilotofsilence]

Wooooow, this is pathetic, really.

[There is an amused voice, as Shiro appears before Shinji looking quite fleshy.

So, who are you anyways?

Oh wait don't answer that, the answer is probably something like, you know, not to my expectation.

So talk, you trash. TALK

[a_young_legend]

Who am I?

I don't know.

Who are you?

-He shudders at the force behind the visitor's voice.-

I'm not trash. And you can't make me do anything! This is my world, not yours!

[pilotofsilence]

[There's a chuckle, there's a laughter, and then there's this.]

GYEeEHahAHaHAhAhAhaHA~

Your world? YOUR WORLD!?

HAH! Not knowing of your own existence, I don't think you even DESERVE to be in front of me, you miserable plankton.

But yes, if this is your world, why would I be here? WhY In the wOrlD WoUlD YoU ImaGINe me iN tHe FiRst PLAce!?

[a_young_legend]

You're here because we've met before. In this world, in the other world, somewhere, at some point in time. And at that point in time, you were important enough to remember.

-Shinji is eerily calm, all things considered. Maybe his previous conversations had something to do with it.-

Maybe I don't deserve anything. Even if that's the case...

-He shuts his eyes.-

I don't know how much longer I can remain here. I feel like I'm being pulled back... but should I go?