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Day 308 || Video || Asgard

[5thchild]

Shinji-kun, are you alright?

Day 308 || Video || Asgard

[themortalhalf]

[There's a pause as the message comes to his inbox. He might choke it up to the wires getting crossed again—wouldn't be the first. But this one is different. The face on the other end knows his name—though hell if he's actually ever gotten called Shinji-kun before, not in ten goddamn years—but he apparently knows who he is. Theoretically. And there's something familiar about him. Maybe they had crossed paths briefly in the castle, that's probably it, though Shinjiro's never one to foster interaction with passersby and the other teen had probably gone ignored. But Aki could have run into him. And he knows how Aki is. Sticks his nose into things. Might be introverted, but he's friendly.

So he suppresses a sigh, grits his teeth, and returns the message. Doesn't see a reason not to be blunt and to the point.]

Did Aki send you?

[5thchild]

[ aaaaaand he wasn't really expecting someone else. Aha, that's right, the network is still not working at 100%.

Kaworu smiles and shakes his head ]

I'm sorry, it seems I sent the message to the wrong person.

[themortalhalf]

There's another Shinji here, huh? Great.

[Hopefully there aren't other mix ups. Not that people call him Shinji on a daily basis. He doesn't want it to start.]

Who're you?

[5thchild]

Yes, there is. Shinji Ikari.

I'm Kaworu Nagisa. And you?

[themortalhalf]

Shinjiro Aragaki.

[Said almost with an invisible shrug.

There's a beat as he stares at the screen.]

You were in the castle.

[5thchild]

Yes, I was. It's because I died.

[themortalhalf]

[Well, that was forthcoming and nonchalant of him. Shinjiro wasn't going to ask where the blood came from.]

That how it works here?

[5thchild]

When a traveler dies in Asgard, the gods bring them back. They will wake up alive in the castle.