Following Emi/Logan/Gabriel ...
And, judging by the middle name of that composition, I briefly considered offering up a short prayer to whoever was listening consisting mainly of the words 'better him than me'. The last one, however, was something of a puzzle. One I'd address once I was somewhere else.
... I flipped the card I'd been presented with, and gave it a once over. Huh. I was still a little puzzled by my comprehension of the written and spoken word, no matter the language. It's not as if I had the wetware to run translation algorithms. Maybe the body had been pre-processed somehow. Or was there another explanation?
"So, how long have you been here?" I heard her ask.
"Under a month ... I think. A few weeks longer, if you mean this timeline in particular."
There was a brief silence, during which I considered whether or not to leave it at that.
"Amusingly enough, end of the world notwithstanding, this place isn't as bad as the last one was." I allowed. The Ayanami lookalike paused briefly.
"You mean this isn't the first world you ended up in?"
"Yeah," I nodded in reply. "What say we compare notes after we get out of here? This place still gives me the creeps."
When tact is required, use brute force. When force is required, use greater force.
When the greatest force is required, use your head. Surprise is everything. - The Book of Cataclysm
And, judging by the middle name of that composition, I briefly considered offering up a short prayer to whoever was listening consisting mainly of the words 'better him than me'. The last one, however, was something of a puzzle. One I'd address once I was somewhere else.
... I flipped the card I'd been presented with, and gave it a once over. Huh. I was still a little puzzled by my comprehension of the written and spoken word, no matter the language. It's not as if I had the wetware to run translation algorithms. Maybe the body had been pre-processed somehow. Or was there another explanation?
"So, how long have you been here?" I heard her ask.
"Under a month ... I think. A few weeks longer, if you mean this timeline in particular."
There was a brief silence, during which I considered whether or not to leave it at that.
"Amusingly enough, end of the world notwithstanding, this place isn't as bad as the last one was." I allowed. The Ayanami lookalike paused briefly.
"You mean this isn't the first world you ended up in?"
"Yeah," I nodded in reply. "What say we compare notes after we get out of here? This place still gives me the creeps."
When tact is required, use brute force. When force is required, use greater force.
When the greatest force is required, use your head. Surprise is everything. - The Book of Cataclysm