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*Jay is waiting for something to happen, while Ken, Suzuki and Sou left to find clues*

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Jay: *tap tap* damn..... Miyu..... *grits his teeth and crosses his arms* ..............

Meanwhile

Sou: WHERE DID THEY GO?!?! O_O;

Ken: .............................Heck...How am I posed to know dammit!?!?

Suzuki: I didnt even get to meet Chatty! >.< Ill rip Miyu off Limb by Limb! >.<

Both: Now I know why they call her a cat... O_O;

Suzuki: BLOW OFF! >.<;

Jay: ........Lyn...... Nah.... I dont think so..... *shrugs*..... *walks back to where FM and Jen are*

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Lilith: *Smiles coldly* Do you see now, Miyu? All challenges to the rule of God are crushed by His warriors, the Brethren of the Sephiroth.

*The sphere of energy Miyu has manifested as pulses in a decidedly angry manner* Miyu: I find it quite interesting that you, the rebel, would support the others!

Lilith: The conflict you refer to was a personal one, between myself--or rather, between the true Lilith--and Adam.  I am still dedicated to the missions of the Sephiroth. And as you seek to usurp our place, Miyu, you must be destroyed.

Miyu: That's it, then? That's all this boils down to? No celestial motives at all! Your so-called mission is nothing more than pragmatism! What a delicious irony!

Lilith: Our mission is to prevent mortal beings from suffering at the hands of monsters like you!

Miyu: So you claim! In reality, you and I are more alike than you want to admit!

Lilith: NEVER!!! *Lilith concentrates, sending tendrils of her own awareness creeping through Miyu's consciousness*

Miyu: Trying to assimilate me again? It won't work a second time!

Rei: *Communicating telepathically: Not this time, monster....this time I'll tear you apart from within!*

Miyu: But what you do to me, I can do to you....and tearing you apart from within carries a high price, does it not? *Miyu's psychic presence begins seeping into Lilith as well*

*Lilith's eyes widen at the invasion, as her memories are read like an open book.  The visions she sees within Miyu are what she expects--violence, death, lust for power--but she barely notices through her own feelings of violation.  To anyone walking by, it would seem that nothing is truly happening--but anyone privy to psychic energy would know otherwise....*

Miyu: *Flashes through memory after memory* Interesting...very interesting....so this is your life, Lilith? *Images flash by: the other pilots, Eva-00, the memories of her creation* Your friends.  Your Eva, your psychic mate....and....your birth....if it could be called that! *And then a new image appears--Rei in Hugh's arms, kissing him* And....your lover? Tell me....how does he make you feel? What is it like being in his embrace? Kissing him? Sharing a bed with him? How can you claim to protect mortals when you indulge in mortal vices?

Lilith: *Steps back, putting a hand to her head* You....you will not win this way....Love is not a mortal vice!

Miyu: *Sphere pulses in a way that suggests laughter* But I already have.  It doesn't matter that the others were defeated--they are but pawns to me.  And you and your allies are mere obstacles.

Lilith: *Clenches hands into fists* No, Miyu....we are much more than that.

Miyu: *Sphere pulses wildly as her grip on Lilith's mind slips* Nani?!! What are you doing?!!

Lilith: Isn't it obvious? *A cold grin twists her lips* We are far more than what you think we are, Miyu.  We are tools of Heaven's vengeance.  But our true purpose is that we are trials.  We are tests of the worthiness of mortals to attain immortality.  You, Miyu, have failed.  And the penalty for your failure is annihilation! *Lilith's wings spread wide* DIE, BLASPHEMER!!! *Lilith's psychic presence thrusts itself into Miyu's mind, penetrating the screen of violent thoughts to the core--to the subconscious.  As the memories flood into the Angel's mind, her eyes go wide in realization....* So then....we are alike, you and I....but the difference is what is important.  You call yourself a controller of destiny....but I _create_ destiny!

Miyu: I-WILL-NOT-BE-DEFEATED!!!! *Miyu lashes out in vain against Lilith, but the Angel's mind is sealed.  Her screams of outrage fading into moans of defeat, Miyu's spherical from explodes in a blinding flash for an instant before contracting into a pea-sized globe which disappears with a shrill hiss*

Lilith: *Puts a hand to her stomach as she returns to her human form* Arigatou....once again, you've saved my life....

All yours, Chats!

Lina: (*sigh*) This is boring! I want to kick butt!

Ailith: Dora-Mata, don't be foolish!

Phyria: Hai, Lina-san.  The first Miyu was the match of several brigades alone ...

Lina: Yeah, but still ... I'm Lina Inverse, geni--

(*Suddenly, a guy that looks like Sephiroth wearing slightly more present era clothing, a navy blue trenchcoat, and wielding a wicked looking waveblade runs around one the corner of Makoto St. and Sutedja Ave. ...*)

????: Hey! I've been looking for you guys everywhere!

Lina: Jack-daishou!! How'd you get here?

Jack: Took a left turn at Lodoss.

Phyria: You didn't get lost?

Jack: Well, I did, but that guy back there helped me out.

Kaji: (*poking his head around the corner*) You find the ladies you were looking for, Jack-san?

Jack: Hai!

Kaji: Okay, good.  I can go back to the bar now. (*walks away*)

Ailith: JA~~~CK!! Didn't I tell you to stay home?!

Jack: Hai, but this time I have a good reason for being here.

Ailith: Lemme guess ... kicking Miyu's butt?

Jack: No, really ... well, I would like to do that, but anyway ...

Ailith: (*crossing her arms*) Try me. (*He takes a deep breath and ...*)

Jack: The cat got out.

Ailith: NANI?!

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(*Meanwhile, down the widest street of EG City (which would be Broadway), a black cat walks along past the ooey-gooey remains of EVA 06'.  Apparently EG Crew no Sanitation has been slacking off.  Anyway, on the cat's back sits Primera, the infamous yousei (faerie) from Magic Knight Rayearth ...*)

Primera: Are we there yet?

The cat: Not yet, Primera.

(*pause*)

Primera: Are we there yet now?

The cat: (*laughing*) No, we'll never be there.  It'll always be here wherever we go. ^.~

Primera: Yuna-puka!!

Yuna-puka: Ah ... eager, aren't we?

Primera: Hai, but I want to kick some archmage butt NOW.

Yuna-puka: Not every bird can catch the worm.

Primera: Why?

Yuna-puka: Walls.

Primera: Oh ...

(*a pause*)

Primera: (*dreamily*) Do you think we'll see VoidStar-sama?

Yuna-puka: (*same tone, without a bit of cynicism*) Do you think the walls will fall?

Primera: Damn walls.

Yuna-puka: My sentiments exact-- (*stops, fluffs fur up*)

Primera: What is it, Yuna-puka?

Yuna-puka: (*agitated*) There many ... many ... many walls here.

Primera: Heibon. >_<

Yuna-puka: Hai.

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*Slowly the scene opens, as if with great difficulty*

Lyric: Ok, we have radio comm with the rest... and consiqently, i have both good and bad news...

Shinobi: Worse than already...?

Lyric: Yes... apparently we are in another dimension... similar in all ways to First Tokyo, but subly different...

Shinobi: Yes, that would explain the plugsuit... i've gotta get out of this thing... *Zzzzzipppp* On the other hand, mayhaps NOT... ok, somebody have some clothing waiting for me on the surface... this thing leaves _nothing_ to the imagination... How goes the Miyu battle, Lyric?

Lyric: The Shito Sentai are locked in combat with Miyu... i can't get the exact particulars, but it seems that they are in yet another pocket dimension...

Voodoo: Argh, dammit, what's with all this dimension shifting recently... i mean that last thing messed with my sence of direction somefing fierce...

Lyric: Yeah... that's why we are lost... i can't seem to find any of my beacons. Its as if we aren't in First Tokyo anymore... and i know we are...

Shinobi: Hey, ummm... people, not to interrrup anthing, but we have a tenuous radio contact we were supposed to use to make a distress call?

Reno: Yeah, like we are in trouble...

Girl: We may be lost, but that just means we can get some time alone... ECCHI! *Slaps self*

Plant:  ... (*Thinks* That is one crazy chick)

Bub: Arrrrgh...

Plant: ... (*Thinks* You said it, buddy!)

Shinobi: Anyhow you two... ummm... *To ECG at large through radio* Guys, we appear to have been sidetracked, and are in some labryinth beneath the gym where Chats's body is *Aside to Voodoo* The bathroom's down this way indeed... *Static Crackle*

Lyric: That's about *Snap* radio power i *Crackle* get out of the hi-fi *Pop*...

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Shinobi: Wonderful... cut off from the others and decidedly lost... damn...

Voodoo: What's that?!

Reno: What's what?

Voodoo: That!  *Points down* That ring we are all standing in...

Shinobi: Uh oh... this practically reeks of foreboding...

*And well it did, as suddenly the ring flares to silvery brilliance, the fills with line after line of runic script... eventually, after filling in several concentric rings of golden script on the silver circle, seven of the sigils grow to punctuate the circle, and from those seven, a seven pointed star forms*

Lyric: Ah, crap... its a teleport!

*Finally a column of golden-silver light sources up from the floor to the ceiling, forming a clyander encompassing the whole of the Shinobi Party...*

Shinobi: I don't think i can ever remember you cursing, Lyric, for all the time i've had you...

*And then... with a clap of thunder, and that more apparent for its bizzare silence... They vanish...*

*And re-appear...*

Girl: Fudge! Fudge, Shoot, Darn!

Shinobi: I am almost scared to ask where we are...

Lyric: We haven't moved on the x or y axis... so that means we are...

Shinobi: Deeper in the maze... damn...

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*Weeping Hysterically* We're lost... lost, lost, lost...

Gendou: Worried, Montreseur?

Yes, i do know the referance... and i can't spell, so sue me... First post in the new 'room! Somebody break out the celebratory beverages...

*Flying Monkey attempts to calm the overzealous Jen and Asuka down*

FM: Listen, you two.. Lyn did not burn Chatty!

Asuka: We've heard enough outta you! Where's your PROOF?

FM: THERE. *points to several small dots of ash leading away from the pile*

Asuka: So.. what's that supposed to be?

FM: Roach tracks.

Lyn: I TOLD YOU!

FM: It's my.. informed hypothesis that the Roaches did the deed, and our answer.. lies with them.

Asuka: Grrrr...

FM: I will hurt you if necessary.

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Ah HA! Watch as Flying Monkey dances around Asuka and Jen going "Neener Neener Neener!"

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INDEMNITY / Tsugunai

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(*Very few visitors to EG City ever realize that there is, in fact, a religious-type sector off to the southeastern corner or so.  How a circular city manages to have corners is anybody's guess.  Anyway, there's all sorts of shrines, temples, churches, cathedrals, synagogues, and park benches up that-a-way.*)

(*Guess where the five Miyus rematerialized.*)

Vicious Miyu: That lousy, good-for-nothing, (bleep)y two-cent (bleep) of an Angel!! If I ever see her again, I'll ... I'll ... spontaneously combust her eyeballs.  Or squish them barehanded. (*sadistic grin*)

Reluctant Miyu: (*about ready to puke*) I don't want to do this anymore.

Bored Miyu: (*yawns*) Right.  Let's get a Slayers tape or something. (*leans against the single tree in the middle of the sector*)

Vicious Miyu: Is that all you think about?

Pessimistic Miyu: As if a failure could think of anything better.

Vicious Miyu: (*turning to face Pessimistic*) Will you shut up?! We are not a failure!

Pessimistic Miyu: Oh yeah? What kind of omniscient manifestation of itself can't remember simple parts of creation? Shouldn't we not even have to do this at all if we were a perfect deity?

Vicious Miyu: (*in Pessimistic's face*) I oughta slug you for saying that!

Ultimate Miyu: Stop it.

(*The Four other Miyus turn their heads and straighten up.*)

Ultimate Miyu: We have not lost.  We are all and everything is contained within us.  As such, we cannot lose.

Bored Miyu: (muttering: Hai, and our brains are made of horse doo, too ...)

Ultimate Miyu: (*grimacing*) I should have known better than to let you fools fight alone.  Without my leadership, you are idiots --

Vicious Miyu: (*vehemently*) And without our strength, you're nothing at all!!

(*There is a long pause as the more arrogant Miyus glare at each other.  It's fairly clear that they can just barely stand each other, and even that is wearing thin ...*)

Ultimate Miyu: We will go back to fight them, together, once more.

Reluctant Miyu: No, please ...

(*Ultimate and Vicious turn their hostile glares toward Reluctant, and she quickly hushes up.*)

Ultimate Miyu: We must reform.

Bored Miyu: Whatever.  Let's get it over with.

(*Ultimate sends out a burst of blinding light.  When the flash subsides, there is one Miyu, standing in the center of the empty plaza, staring up at the single tree ...*)

Miyu: .....

(*There is the sound of running behind her, and then there isn't.*)

????: This is it.

????: This?

????: Hai, this.  I knew it would come here eventually.

(*Miyu doesn't turn around.  She, as well as anybody else, can identify the strangers by their voice ...*)

Miyu: (*blankly*) You ...

Mayuri: (*ignoring her*) This ... this is the artificial EvaDP pilot.  Original designation "Naoko".  Designation changed to "Miyu" when it was transferred over to the Kaisei Project.

Miyu: .....

Gendou: Kaisei Project?

Mayuri: (*clears her throat*) The suicide cover-up.  It was thought that using a disposable being for her replacement would be better than admitting to the public that their great archmage was manic depressive.

Miyu: .....

Mayuri: Of course, the Academy was stupid, as usual.  Instead of cloning the dead tissue, or programming a blank one, they just had to insist on using the one I had already finished.

Gendou: .....

Mayuri: Fools.

Miyu: I ... no. (*turning to face Dr. Sencha*) I am not what you say I am.  I am Miyu.  I am all.

Mayuri: I think not.

Miyu: (*viciously*) But I am!!

Mayuri: (*coldly*) If you are all there is, and yet I do not think so, then does that mean you doubt yourself?

Miyu: .....

Mayuri: And if you doubt yourself, does that not make you imperfect? And thus, through doubt, you become what you so vehemently deny?

Miyu: ... make your point, Ablim.

Mayuri: I have only one, Lilim, and it is not mine. (*reaches into the pocket of her labcoat and pulls out a small, nasty looking dagger*) It is yours.

Miyu: (*sarcastically*) Oh, how original ...

Mayuri: Listen to me, Miyu.  If you are all, then I am at least the voice of a part.

(*Miyu listens, watching boredly*)

Mayuri: (*approaching very slowly*) Fear is an illusion.  If you are the universe, you need fear nothing.  The loss of one part will be replaced by another.  (*finally stopping in front of Miyu, holding the knife out handle outward*) Prove it.  Prove it to yourself.

(*Miyu stares at the knife a little while.  She reluctantly accepts the knife, and examines it a little more.  After a while, her face sets into an expression of determination that, oddly enough, doesn't correspond to any of the Miyus at all.*)

(*She grips the knife securely, and with one clean slash, Miyu ends herself ...*)

(*.....*) (*.....*) (*.....*)

Mayuri: .....

Gendou: .....

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Okay, that was pretty controversial as posts go, but I have my reasons: 1. I needed to get out the essential Miyu spoilers officially, and 2. get rid of Miyu in such a way that she can't come back.  In case you haven't noticed, there is an unspoken rule that suicides simply do not cameo.  Thus, Naoko never showed up. Dang it, if this wasn't such a rush job, I could have shown ye guys Miyu's natural form!! Ah well ... maybe I'll do a director's cut someday ...

Spirit Transferrence

*Flying Monkey examines the roach tracks for any clues*

FM: Hmm.. I'd say... no more than ten of them.. traces of gasoline, so at least one of them was carrying a flamethrower...

Asuka: Brilliant deduction, Holmes.

FM: Ahem.. as I was saying.. this was an act of pure pettiness, really. But not all hope is lost.. there's always spirit transferrence.. we may not have much time, though.

Asuka: Spirit transferrence?

FM: What are you, a parrot? Spirit transferrence. We find a suitable body and plunk the spirit of the deceased right down in it. No muss, no fuss. Possibly some psychological repercussions, though. Temporary insanity and the whatnot.

Asuka: That sounds pretty easy..

FM: It sounds TOO easy. We need to find a suitable body. We wouldn't want Chatty returning as a banana slug, or something.

Floyd: *steps out of the shadows* We wouldn't want her ending up like me, you mean.

Asuka: What??

Floyd: Oh that's right, Monkey.. you never told them. I wasn't always a robot.

Asuka, Kii, Lyn and Jen: GASP!

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Even I wasn't expecting that. Stay tuned!^_^

A SUITABLE BODY FOR CHATTY?!

Though to the complete shock about Floyd Jen walks up to Flying Monkey-sensei*

.....'ll do it.

Yumi:WHAT?!0_0

Lyn: *sniffles*;_;

*shrugs*heck,sure!^_^

*VoidStar stiffens a little and cocks his head to the side, as if listening to something*

I sense....I sense....a familiar power....

*And all of a sudden!* O_O;;;; God help me.

*Thinks about it* No....no, I don't think that's very likely.  But someone help me!!!! SHE'S HERE!!!!! SAVE ME FROM THE LOVESTRUCK FAERIE!!!!!

*Starts to run in a random direction but, out of pure coincidence, runs in Primera's direction*

* out of the sky drops a girl who lands on Voidstar's head* eek! gomen... eh... where am i? *notices several people around her* um... konnichiwa mina-san... i am Czarina *bows*