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[forevalone]

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[fossils]

[ Out of all of his rovermates, Shinji's the one Steve worries about the most. ]

I'm fine. Got locked in a couple of rovers down.

Wish I had some music though.

[ The noise outside is about to get bad. ]

[forevalone]

_{[Probably with good reason too, all things considered.]}

Ah, I'm glad.

Music? To pass the time with?

[fossils]

Yeah. Anything but It's A Small World.

[ That was a nice wake-up call the other day. ]

[forevalone]

That song is really annoying.

[fossils]

You're telling me.

Keep in touch, okay?

[ In case he needs someone to panic on. ]

[forevalone]

_{[He just might need someone to panic on.]}

Ah, okay. I will.

Thank you.

_{[For being concerned, that is. It isn't often people check in on him. Only Misato ever did.]}

[sponsorigami]

... It's... something that only you can do... (._. )

[ He may not realize the importance of the phrase he has just typed. It's something Ivan has heard said to him, something he has clung to and repeated in relation to his own power.

Ivan just... never thought that "something" could be such a horrible thing for someone. That "something" could be an action he doesn't want to do but has to. ]

[forevalone]

_{[It's something Shinji's been struggling with ever since he got in the cockpit of Unit 01, torn between hating it and clinging to it as something that defines him when nothing else does.]}

Unfortunately.

[sponsorigami]

... I'm sorry. I didn't realize...

[forevalone]

It's not your fault. You don't need to apologize.

[sponsorigami]

Still, I'm sorry

[ He nearly leaves it at that, but Shinji shared something that painful with him. Ivan should explain why he became a hero. Continued on being a hero. ]

My friend was arrested for murder because he tried to save a hostage. He called for my help, and I just froze and watched it happen

We were going to become heroes together... but now he can't become one

[forevalone]

...So now you're a hero in his place.

_{[Ah, well that makes sense. Shinji can understand that.]}

Sometimes when bad things happen no matter how badly we want to move, our bodies just won't budge. It's awful.

[sponsorigami]

Yes. I have to be a hero worthy of his friendship

But I worry that I'll freeze up again when someone needs me the most. Again

[forevalone]

All you can really do is do your best.

[sponsorigami]

I guess that's the only thing we can do here now

[merged]

FROM: dasilva.sharon@cdc.org
TO: ikari.shinji@cdc.org

What rover did you get moved to?

[forevalone]

_{[Oh. Well that's a message he wasn't really expecting. He hasn't really spoken to Sharon much, being the quite introvert that he is, but the fact she's wondering where he's been moved to means maybe he wasn't such a ghost after all.]}

Rover 015.

[forevalone]

I think so.

[sponsorigami]

I hope it'll be enough (._. )

[forevalone]

Me too.

Day 15

[sponsorigami]

FROM: karelin.ivan@cdc.org
TO: ikari.shinji@cdc.org

Are you doing okay in your new rover?

[merged]

Do they seem cool? I mean, do you think you'll get along with them?

[ Sharon wouldn't know what to do with herself if she'd been moved so suddenly, and Shinji wasn't exactly the most outgoing of kids. ]

[forevalone]

I'm okay.

_{[Unfortunately "okay" for Shinji encompasses a wide range of not being okay, but the last thing he's going to do is complain.]}

[forevalone]

_{[Were they cool? Honestly, Shinji's not really sure what to make of them all yet. All he knows is that he wishes he hadn't moved.]}

I'm not sure...I hope so.

later on day 15

[fossils]

FROM: rogers.steve@cdc.org

Did you get settled in all right?

[ To the new rover. Does Steve need to talk to anyone for him? ]