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Ashley Brown ([personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost) wrote2025-02-08 05:47 pm
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;IC CONTACT

[TEXT/VOICE/VIDEO/ETC.]

Hi! This is Ashley. I, um, can't come to the phone- gear right now? Leave me a message and I'll get back to you ASAP, okay? Bye!

*Let me know the time/date of your message!
crimsonchin: finally hit just right (Feel it deepening the rift)

[personal profile] crimsonchin 2016-04-04 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
That's a pretty good guess, actually. And it's true, they do have a lot to do with it. But the reason's a bit more complex than that. It's difficult to explain, and you'll probably think it's just science fiction or something stupid, but if you choose to believe me, here's the deal:

For some reason, only 14-year-olds are able to harmonize properly with the Evangelion units. And one day, I was selected to test a new unit, Unit-03. Unfortunately, the unit was contaminated by an Angel, and the entire mecha was infected and essentially controlled by the Angel, with me inside of it.

No one really knows how the Eva units work, but there's a part of them called a core, which is essentially where the vital point, the heart of the Eva is. Angels have them too, actually. The core is basically the primary power organ of the unit: break the core, and the whole thing shuts down. Now, I was in the cockpit of the Eva at the time: when the unit was taken over by the Angel, it assimilated me into its core, which did...something to me, biologically. When that happened, two things changed about my body.

The first is that I'm contaminated by the Angel. I have traces of Angel DNA in my body, and no one quite knows if that's negatively affecting me or what, because I'm the only person in the world who has ever had this happen to them. So that's special.

The second is something the Eva did to me. When I reached that level in the core, the Eva also changed me on a biological level, and somehow changed my body to keep it in a state where I'm permanently fit to pilot.

...Don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with that. Piloting is what I do best, after all.
charcoalfeather: (I uh...)

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[personal profile] charcoalfeather 2016-04-04 04:53 am (UTC)(link)





Oh
You really think so?
Edited 2016-04-04 04:59 (UTC)
crimsonchin: a simple "right or wrong" (This part of me that wants)

[personal profile] crimsonchin 2016-04-04 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, it was something else. After Unit-03 was destroyed, with me inside of it, I was comatose for quite some time. When I woke up, it was the middle of another apocalyptic event, so that was...a bit of a shell-shock, naturally. But that's another story.

So, if you were wondering why I became a Captain at such a young age, you pretty much have your answer now. I found out at a very young age that I was going to pilot Unit-02. And I'm very proud to be its pilot, even now. But I entered the military when I was about 11, just so I could be as experienced as I could by the time I turned 14 and grew fit to pilot it. ...It was a pretty worthwhile experience, all things considered.

To be frank with you...I miss being in the cockpit of Unit-02. I miss it quite a lot, actually. ...It was something that only I could do, something I dedicated my life to. So to be without it is...well, I imagine it's as close to something like "pining" as someone like me could be.
quadrangle: (I'M RUNNING OUT OF SYNONYMS)

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[personal profile] quadrangle 2016-04-04 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
[...]

BASICALLY? YES. EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID.
HOW THE FUCK DO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS SHIT SO EASILY, I DON'T GET IT. IS IT JUST BECAUSE OF THE WRITING THING?
WHATEVER, NOT THE POINT. ANYWAY, YEAH, I'LL... DEAL WITH THAT, I GUESS. AND YOU AND JOHN WILL SEE EYE TO EYE EVENTUALLY.
charcoalfeather: (How could you think of doing that?)

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[personal profile] charcoalfeather 2016-04-04 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
I
um
I don't know. How do pokemon work when they're ghosts??
Edited 2016-04-04 06:41 (UTC)
crimsonchin: will always be false (And I feel that everything I choose)

[personal profile] crimsonchin 2016-04-04 08:13 am (UTC)(link)
For a few months, yeah, I was out cold in quarantine, basically. But they had to take me out when HQ was under attack, so they stuck me in Unit-02 and put me at the bottom of a lake. Figured the inside of it would be the safest place for me. ...I can respect that opinion, to be honest.

As for being fine with it...I've never had anything else to exactly compare it to. I was born in a world with a bloodstained ocean. And right now, the entire planet is a bright red rock, hanging on by a thread, not fit for life but too stubborn to die.

And that's the place I'm fighting to protect, because I'm also too stubborn to die. But it's not a fight any of us can exactly win, at this stage of the game. I'm just trying to cut the losses as much as I can from here.

If you asked me whether or not I think we can do it, I couldn't tell you. But piloting is the reason I exist. I was born to fight in that scarlet mess. ...Either I keep fighting, or I lay down and die. Those are my options.
crimsonchin: science, math I like (So good with numbers)

[personal profile] crimsonchin 2016-04-04 08:54 am (UTC)(link)
It's very, very strange for me. And to be honest, I'm not sure if I like it. You shouldn't apologize, though. It's not like you're responsible for any of it. If anything, I should be apologizing to you. Talking to people about it like this isn't my M.O.

But to be fair that's just because talking to people about anything isn't my M.O.
crimsonchin: Hey, someone tell me! (Just who could it be?)

[personal profile] crimsonchin 2016-04-04 09:09 am (UTC)(link)
Ashley. If living in the world I'm from has taught me anything, it's that you're all you have.

Letting someone in just opens the door for someone to get hurt. That's how I've lived my life. I've stood on my own two feet and my own two feet alone for as long as I can remember. That's not changing just because now I'm somewhere where shit isn't as bad, sorry to say.
quadrangle: (weh)

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[personal profile] quadrangle 2016-04-04 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"INHERITING FRIENDS?"

[What the fuck does thoh right. Yeah, he knows what that is.]

I HAD A FEW FRIENDS LIKE THAT
AND YEAH, I CAN SEE WHY. SORRY AGAIN ABOUT HIM.
charcoalfeather: (How could you think of doing that?)

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[personal profile] charcoalfeather 2016-04-04 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
oh no You can do it, Ashley!! Just be calm!

Or uh there's a ghost right here
Maybe I could do it??
crimsonchin: saying how we're lonely (Saying how we're sad and)

[personal profile] crimsonchin 2016-04-05 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
...

If nothing else, I'll admit that Happiny is better company than I thought she would be. Some of the Pokemon are actually pretty cool in general, like Gyarados. ...And it's a bit nostalgic, walking through grass and seeing a flourishing earth that isn't a crimson deserted mess. Reminds me of my childhood, back before I found out I was selected to be a pilot.


[ Before she started seeing the world in hues of red. ]

It'd be a bit nicer, though, if I didn't have the constant feeling looming over my head of "there's something I need to be doing right now". I have an obligation to a place where I can't be right now. But there's nothing I can do about that, and it bothers me. Makes me feel powerless. ...I'm the sort of girl that enjoys the feeling of being in charge of her own destiny. So you can imagine the idea of being whisked away to a different world by some higher power doesn't sit very well with me.
crimsonchin: (Can you even say the formula)

[personal profile] crimsonchin 2016-04-05 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ...Maybe she's just lonely after all. ]

Just something you can throw yourself into, right? That you can put your all into? Just competitive enough to make for a good way to keep yourself occupied?

Yeah. That's how I feel. As long as I'm stuck here, might as well just be the best fucking Pokemon trainer I can be. That's all.

Sometimes life has a way of throwing curveballs at us and expecting us to just roll with the punches. It's happened to me more often than I care to admit, actually. ...I guess it's to test your character.

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