Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan Fiction ❯ Past, as it will be tomorrow ❯ Chapter 5
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By: shanejayell 
Anime/Manga: Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Romance | Type: Yuri | Uploaded On: 06.17.2009 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.1K | Visits: 278 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Romance | Type: Yuri | Uploaded On: 06.17.2009 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.1K | Visits: 278 | Status: Completed
Past, as it will be tomorrow
Five
Maya looked up from her meal as the black haired girl nervously asked, "You were the first test subject, Ritsuko-senpai?"
Ritsuko stirred her own meal as she casually said, "Just call me Ritsuko, okay? There's no need to be formal, we're all teenagers here."
Maya blushed faintly, "All right."
'Damn that's cute,' Misato thought with some amusement, the black haired young woman casually popping open the can of beer she had begged from the cafeteria staff. "Yup," she nodded, "Naoko had Ritsuko lined up to be her crash test dummy till she quit."
"Crash dummy?" Ritsuko looked amused by that mental image.
Looking over at Ritsuko in surprise Maya asked her, "Why would you quit? I mean, it's such important work...."
Ritsuko frowned, looking down at her food thoughtfully, "It's complicated." Deciding not to burst too many of the girl's illusions she said, "I felt that my mother's priorities and my own didn't match."
"Oh," Maya blinked.
"So what do you think of the plugsuit?" Misato had to ask, peering impishly at the girl dressed in the form fitting blue garb. The blue 'cat ear' interface devices she wore on her head gave her a oddly kittenish look, going well with her youthful appearance.
Maya went red, "It's very embarassing."
Misato snickered, "You should see it with someone who's a little more full figured...."
Maya looked at her blankly, then over at Ritsuko as her eyes widened. "Oh," she breathed out.
"I think you broke her brain," Ritsuko complained good naturedly, wincing as she remembered how much jiggling she had done in her plugsuit. 'When I design them,' she vowed, 'I'm building in a good bra.'
Misato smirked, "My memories will keep me warm."
"Pervert!" Ritsuko scolded jokingly as she slapped her arm.
Maya shook her head, the younger girl smiling shyly. "Have you two known each other long?" she probed gently.
'She's sharper than she looks,' Misato silently mused, firmly reminding herself that this child was probably smarter than she was. 'Not that that's hard....' she added wryly.
"We've known each other since we were kids," Ritsuko told Maya honestly, "our mothers have worked together for nearly forever."
"Ah," Maya nodded.
Before the conversation could continue Misato frowned as she felt her phone buzz gently at her side. "Excuse me," she told the others as she answered it.
"Misato," Yui Ikari's gentle voice came through, "I think I have a compromise worked out with Naoko."
"What does the mad doctor plan now?" Misato asked dryly.
Yui bit back a soft laugh, "Please don't call her that." With a certain amount of amusement she added, "If she hears you, she'll have a stroke."
"Tempting," Misato noted, "but I'll try to restrain myself." More seriously she asked, "So what's the plan?"
"A neural test outside of the experimental entry plug," Yui said, "then a controlled link up with LCL involved. Once those both test out as safe, we try the plug itself."
"That...," MIsato quickly ran through what she understood of the technologies they were working with, "sounds reasonable. Do you mind running it by Ritsuko too?"
"Put her on," Yui sighed.
Maya watched Ritsuko listening, the blonde nodding her head every few moments. "Do you really think it's dangerous?" she had to ask Misato.
"I don't think so," Misato admitted, "but the truth is we don't know. Some of this has been tested on animals but we can't check the combination of technologies without a human involved, and there's no way to know if they'll interact with each other in unpredictable ways."
"I see," Maya nodded. She smiled faintly, "You explain things like this very well... have you ever thought about going into the sciences?"
Misato laughed, "No, not my thing." She smiled faintly, "Maybe management, considering how chaotic this place can get sometimes."
"All right," Ritsuko said as she hung up the phone and gave it to Misato, "it looks like we'll be doing a more gradual program of tests, okay?"
"All right," Maya nodded eagerly as they abandoned what was left of their lunches and trooped back to the lab.
Naoko had a decidedly pinched look on her face as they entered, her expression rather sullen. "Welcome back," she said sarcastically.
Yui calmly elbowed her in the side, making the other woman yelp in surprise. "Now then," Yui said, "this should be simple. We'll need you to sit over here...."
The testing, thankfully, was relatively simple if time consuming. They made Maya sit in a chair while they monitored the data feed from her interface equipment, then tested the flow as they caused her to react to various stimulus. Both Ritsuko and Misato joined in, Misato especially enjoying trying to startle the younger student in the tests.
"You are very evil," Ritsuko muttered as Yui wrapped things up.
Misato shrugged, "Hey, I was helping."
Naoko nodded thoughtfully, her irritation temporarily derailed by the test results. "So far you test out fine," she noted to Maya, "in fact my only complaint would be a variance in your heart rate when you deal with Ritsuko."
"Ehh!" Maya squeaked, blushing.
Yui bit back a laugh even as she saw Ritsuko blushing too. "I wouldn't be too concerned," she noted, "I think it's a teenage thing."
Naoko blinked, then shrugged slightly. "All right," she said, "we'll have to schedule the next test tomorrow. Okay?"
"No problem," Maya murmured, still blushing.
Yui nodded as she fought back a smile, "If you like, I could ask Ritsuko to assist again too."
Maya paled a bit, "No, that won't be necessary, really."
"Excuse me," Naoko said flatly. She didn't look at either Ritsuko and Misato as she walked off, back straight and her head held high.
Maya clearly didn't get the personal interactions, "Uhm...."
"I think we better get going," MIsato said apologetically. "Can you have someone guide Maya out?"
"No problem," Yui agreed, "I'll see you two at dinner."
"Right," Ritsuko nodded as she left.
"You'll see both of them at dinner?" Maya asked timidly as she and Yui unhooked the extra sensors.
"Yes," Yui noted calmly as she helped, "both of them live in Misato's room now."
Maya's eyes went round,. "EH?!!"
To be continued!
Five
Maya looked up from her meal as the black haired girl nervously asked, "You were the first test subject, Ritsuko-senpai?"
Ritsuko stirred her own meal as she casually said, "Just call me Ritsuko, okay? There's no need to be formal, we're all teenagers here."
Maya blushed faintly, "All right."
'Damn that's cute,' Misato thought with some amusement, the black haired young woman casually popping open the can of beer she had begged from the cafeteria staff. "Yup," she nodded, "Naoko had Ritsuko lined up to be her crash test dummy till she quit."
"Crash dummy?" Ritsuko looked amused by that mental image.
Looking over at Ritsuko in surprise Maya asked her, "Why would you quit? I mean, it's such important work...."
Ritsuko frowned, looking down at her food thoughtfully, "It's complicated." Deciding not to burst too many of the girl's illusions she said, "I felt that my mother's priorities and my own didn't match."
"Oh," Maya blinked.
"So what do you think of the plugsuit?" Misato had to ask, peering impishly at the girl dressed in the form fitting blue garb. The blue 'cat ear' interface devices she wore on her head gave her a oddly kittenish look, going well with her youthful appearance.
Maya went red, "It's very embarassing."
Misato snickered, "You should see it with someone who's a little more full figured...."
Maya looked at her blankly, then over at Ritsuko as her eyes widened. "Oh," she breathed out.
"I think you broke her brain," Ritsuko complained good naturedly, wincing as she remembered how much jiggling she had done in her plugsuit. 'When I design them,' she vowed, 'I'm building in a good bra.'
Misato smirked, "My memories will keep me warm."
"Pervert!" Ritsuko scolded jokingly as she slapped her arm.
Maya shook her head, the younger girl smiling shyly. "Have you two known each other long?" she probed gently.
'She's sharper than she looks,' Misato silently mused, firmly reminding herself that this child was probably smarter than she was. 'Not that that's hard....' she added wryly.
"We've known each other since we were kids," Ritsuko told Maya honestly, "our mothers have worked together for nearly forever."
"Ah," Maya nodded.
Before the conversation could continue Misato frowned as she felt her phone buzz gently at her side. "Excuse me," she told the others as she answered it.
"Misato," Yui Ikari's gentle voice came through, "I think I have a compromise worked out with Naoko."
"What does the mad doctor plan now?" Misato asked dryly.
Yui bit back a soft laugh, "Please don't call her that." With a certain amount of amusement she added, "If she hears you, she'll have a stroke."
"Tempting," Misato noted, "but I'll try to restrain myself." More seriously she asked, "So what's the plan?"
"A neural test outside of the experimental entry plug," Yui said, "then a controlled link up with LCL involved. Once those both test out as safe, we try the plug itself."
"That...," MIsato quickly ran through what she understood of the technologies they were working with, "sounds reasonable. Do you mind running it by Ritsuko too?"
"Put her on," Yui sighed.
Maya watched Ritsuko listening, the blonde nodding her head every few moments. "Do you really think it's dangerous?" she had to ask Misato.
"I don't think so," Misato admitted, "but the truth is we don't know. Some of this has been tested on animals but we can't check the combination of technologies without a human involved, and there's no way to know if they'll interact with each other in unpredictable ways."
"I see," Maya nodded. She smiled faintly, "You explain things like this very well... have you ever thought about going into the sciences?"
Misato laughed, "No, not my thing." She smiled faintly, "Maybe management, considering how chaotic this place can get sometimes."
"All right," Ritsuko said as she hung up the phone and gave it to Misato, "it looks like we'll be doing a more gradual program of tests, okay?"
"All right," Maya nodded eagerly as they abandoned what was left of their lunches and trooped back to the lab.
Naoko had a decidedly pinched look on her face as they entered, her expression rather sullen. "Welcome back," she said sarcastically.
Yui calmly elbowed her in the side, making the other woman yelp in surprise. "Now then," Yui said, "this should be simple. We'll need you to sit over here...."
The testing, thankfully, was relatively simple if time consuming. They made Maya sit in a chair while they monitored the data feed from her interface equipment, then tested the flow as they caused her to react to various stimulus. Both Ritsuko and Misato joined in, Misato especially enjoying trying to startle the younger student in the tests.
"You are very evil," Ritsuko muttered as Yui wrapped things up.
Misato shrugged, "Hey, I was helping."
Naoko nodded thoughtfully, her irritation temporarily derailed by the test results. "So far you test out fine," she noted to Maya, "in fact my only complaint would be a variance in your heart rate when you deal with Ritsuko."
"Ehh!" Maya squeaked, blushing.
Yui bit back a laugh even as she saw Ritsuko blushing too. "I wouldn't be too concerned," she noted, "I think it's a teenage thing."
Naoko blinked, then shrugged slightly. "All right," she said, "we'll have to schedule the next test tomorrow. Okay?"
"No problem," Maya murmured, still blushing.
Yui nodded as she fought back a smile, "If you like, I could ask Ritsuko to assist again too."
Maya paled a bit, "No, that won't be necessary, really."
"Excuse me," Naoko said flatly. She didn't look at either Ritsuko and Misato as she walked off, back straight and her head held high.
Maya clearly didn't get the personal interactions, "Uhm...."
"I think we better get going," MIsato said apologetically. "Can you have someone guide Maya out?"
"No problem," Yui agreed, "I'll see you two at dinner."
"Right," Ritsuko nodded as she left.
"You'll see both of them at dinner?" Maya asked timidly as she and Yui unhooked the extra sensors.
"Yes," Yui noted calmly as she helped, "both of them live in Misato's room now."
Maya's eyes went round,. "EH?!!"
To be continued!