Opening sequence to AU2, get!
In other words, I've completed section one of...Several. The completed piece is due in by the 1st of June for
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springkink, so I figured I'd show what I have for progress, thus far. It will likely be completed far before then, but I figured I should post some form of writing, seeing that I have neglected to do so for...About a week or so. Title: Pax: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
Series: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Genre: AU; eighteen-year-old Ikari Shinji has never hefted a gun in his life, but with the world verging on WWIII precisely thirteen years after the first nuclear bomb was detonated during the Cold War, he is drafted. Fighting for allied countries under the direction of NERV, he is sent to Berlin for his first battle with the enemy, SEELE. It is either do, or die--And he fears it may be the latter.
Rating: R, for: Blood, general disturbing imagery, death, stream of consciousness, distorted thoughts, et cetera.
Notes: Say hello to a line pulled from Pink Floyd's "A Good Day for Freedom" (evidenced clearly enough), obscure references to things that will be outlined further in the future, obscure references to "Komm, Susser Tod" (irony is good), and a question posed in Esperanto (translation should be evident by the answer given). Oh, haha. R. does love that fact of the Cold War. ♥
Also, for some fun history: Esperanto was originally supposed to be the world-wide language, but ended up becoming rather stunted. Many individuals do use it, and it is something interesting to at least take a look into. Esperanto was actually very popular with countries behind the Iron Curtain, so it seems more than practical to continue the usage, here.
Interestingly, the creator of Esperanto and his family, as well as the fellow speakers, were also targeted during the Holocaust due to the believed threat that they held.
Also, to clear up the alliances for the mean time:
NERV = Japan, China, Russia.
SEELE = Germany, USA, and the UN.
(Hence, if you understand Esperanto? I'm going swing it that you're not part of SEELE. Or at least Germany.)
Russia and the USA are pretty much rubble in this. Germany's been subsequently weakened due to proximity. China, Japan, and the UN (some of it) managed to be rather lucky -- If you consider anything after a nuclear war lucky.
( His voice is trapped fast behind his teeth. Words clamped down upon. Mutilated. )
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