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[personal profile] peripheries 2025-03-25 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
[He reaches out, pauses, and then takes Shinji's hand.

He does not think this is Shinji Ikari. Shinji Ikari would never come to help him of his own free will. Shinji Ikari is not so bold. If something were unfair, he would not speak out.

But why does it matter? Everyone may be happier without him in back in heaven. At least this is something else to try for a bit before it also crumbles apart.]
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[personal profile] spiritbalm 2025-03-25 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ no, it's probably not shinji ikari. but it could be something better. as he takes the hand, he is filled with a sense of love, a comforting presence, a warm embrace. so strong it is enough to displace all of the memories of rejection and despair.

shinji - or whatever is wearing his face - smiles. he gets the sense he has agreed to something here, and the sensation fills him with peace and warmth.
]

Don't tell anyone, okay?

[ and then shinji pushes him out of the doorway, and into the light. ]