towerofanimus | Building mailboxes...for love!~

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Building mailboxes...for love!~

Characters: [au1] Rei Ayanami, Tohko Amano, and anyone else who wants to wander in!
Setting: Floor 15
Format: Prose, but we'll take action as well.
Summary: Having come up with a matchmaking scheme, Tohko and Rei start making mailboxes that they'll use in it. However, will they succeed?
Warnings: Rei might give players some nightmare fuel with her jaw, and there might be some injuries while making these things.

Tohko finally arrived at room fifteen, and caught her breath. Rei's ability to dislocate her jaw was creepy, but she thought she'd finally managed to get past that. Looking around the room, she saw that there were plenty of tools to help get the pair started with their mailboxes-lots of wood, nails, and a few hammers, as well as other materials and tools were scattered about the room. While Tohko wasn't used to physical labor, she promised herself that she'd do her best, and picked up a hammer, pondering how she should start.

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Tohko chuckled a little. "It's great that you love all those people..but do you have someone you love romantically? You know, someone you'd want to spend the rest of your life with?" She asked as she started on another mailbox. So she wasn't the only one who confused romantic love with various other types of love.

This makes Rei go silent again. It takes a longer while before she answers.

"Maaaaaybe."

Tohko chuckled nervously again. "It's alright if you don't want to tell me. It is a pretty personal question."

"Thanks."

Rei's voice is more subdued than it had been before. The truth was she did love someone, but that love was forbidden.

"No problem." Tohko, reminded of the fortune teller she had gone to, and her state of romantic slaughter, sighed.

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"Then, what about Tohko? Do you have a family or friends you love?"

"Let's see..I lived with my aunt, and her son, Ryuto, and while Ryuto's girl-chasing was annoying, he was pretty nice. And I had a friend at school who helped me solve a mystery!..As for love.." Tohko sighed and looked at Rei sadly.

"I'm in a state of romantic slaughter. A few months ago, I went to see a fortune teller, and she told me that if I ever fell in love, it would crash and burn, and even if the other guy accepted me, it would be short-lived, and my heart would shatter into itty-bitty pieces." Tohko paused for a moment to hammer in another nail before continuing.

"However, she did say that in seven years, I'd get rid of my romantic slaughter and meet the man of my dreams. I'd meet him in the summertime in front of a bear with a salmon in it's mouth, while he'd be wearing a white scarf. The fortune teller made it clear that our love would be really short, so I had to make the most of it while it lasted. So, I'm sworn off love for seven years." Tohko finished off another mailbox as she spoke. Five down, two to go.

Rei listens, nods, and then bursts out laughing.

"So you're just gonna believe what a fortune-teller told you? Nothing is set in stone, not even destiny. You know, someone said that ADAM was destined to destroy the world, but Shinji kicked his ass and later I did it too. As long as you've got enough willpower, anything can work out!"

Tohko stood there, frozen in shock for a moment before pouting a little. This reaction, in some ways, was much worse than the one Konoha had given her, and it didn't help that she had no idea who ADAM or Shinji were.

"But, if the fortune-teller was right, wouldn't that make a great bittersweet love story?" Tohko asked. Even though she was pouting, she knew that Rei was, in a way, right. Even fortune-tellers were wrong sometimes in the stories, and sometimes..even the best stories were about the characters kicking destiny in the face.

The truth was..that she wasn't quite sure how she felt about that 'friend', Konoha. On the one hand, she had some feelings for him. Not a whole lot, but some. On the other, he didn't seem to like her in that way.

Rei stops working on her box and leans close to Tohko.

"Would you rather tell a good story? Or would you rather be happy with the man you love?"

Tohko bit her lip and thought. Waiting seven years would make a good story..but if the love was short, would she really be happy with that? After a few moments, she responded, blushing slightly.

"I suppose..that the better story would come from me being happy with the one I love. Not that I know who that is yet."

"Of course. Just because you have trouble now, doesn't mean you can't still love. And you don't have to fall in love with the same person only once."

Though Rei hasn't dated anyone yet, she's seen enough people falling in love and being in love around her to get some gist of the situation.

"I bet you'll know when you see him. Or if you stay around him long enough, he'll endear himself to you."

"That's true..and yeah. I'll probably know after I've been around him for awhile. Hopefully he'll be a nice guy, like The Master, or The Prince." Tohko smiled as she looked Rei in the eye.

"Thanks. That..helped me out a lot." She said, smiling.

"Is he here? Maybe you'll even get his letter!"

She's glad that she could help at least one person today.

"None of my friends or family are here." Toko replied. "It'd be nice if Konoha came here though. His stories were always nice to read..even if they were a bit too spicy sometimes. Although..it would be nice to get a love letter in this box." Tohko said happily.

"And Rei, if you ever need help in your love life, talk to me, alright?" It was the least she could do for what Rei had done. Besides, Rei was a nice girl.

"I've been trying to find Shinji and 'Suka. I'm sure somehow they'll find me and try to take me home. Either that or they'll keep me company here."

Rei shakes her head.

"I think I know enough about my own love life."

"Ah, alright then.." Tohko said. Oh well. If she ever did have problems, the offer would come up again.

"Hopefully your friends will come here and find you soon then. It'd be nice." Tohko replied, smiling. Plus, meeting Rei's friends would be rather interesting.

"It would be really nice to meet Tohko's friends too. I bet all our friends would like each other."

And if they didn't, Rei would take them on boding exercises.

"Yeah..that would be nice. If they ever manage to come over here, I'll introduce you to them!" She wasn't sure if everyone in the two groups would get along, but if they didn't, she would try to help any issues they had.

Unfortunately, Rei's definition of "bonding exercises" included killing monsters together.

"What do they look like? I know Shinji looks a little bit like me, but he's got brown hair, just like Mommy and Daddy. Asuka is German and she's got red hair and blue eyes. And then there's a whole lot of people. I think I should get some paper and write a list."

Tohko finished off another mailbox as she spoke. "Let's see..Konoha is about my height with short brown hair, Ryuto is a little taller than me with scruffy light brown hair, Nanase is a really nice girl who's popular with the boys, and Chia..she has short blond hair and is really short." Tohko described the important friends and family members in her life before starting on the final mailbox.

"Yeah..a list might be helpful, but at least I know what your two friends look like now. If I spot them, I'll be able to drag them over to you now!" Tohko chirped happily.

"And I'll drag any and all of Tohko's friends over if I ever meet them. But I hope Ryuto doesn't flirt with me too much."

Or else she would have to traumatize him for life.

"Thanks..and don't worry. If you run into Ryuto, pretend that you do like him and be really nice to him. For some reason, he likes really cold and sadistic girls, so if you act warm, you won't be involved in his three-timing schemes." Tohko said. That idiot was always causing trouble back home.

Finally, after a few more nails and good whacks, the final mailbox was done. "Alright! I'm finished! All these need now are the locks and we can start putting them everywhere!"

"Is that so?" The atmosphere of the room seems to freeze over as Rei's tone turns cold. "I don't think that's very nice of Ryuto, three-timing all those girls."

But the coldness goes away when she sees the final mailbox finished.

"I'll need scrap metal for the locks."

Tohko shivered in the cold atmosphere and quickly agreed with Rei. "No, it's not nice of him at all. He seems to enjoy it when a girl gives him a hard time. I keep telling him to stop, but he never listens to me. It's really quite frustrating."

Tohko looked around for some scrap metal, and found a pile of it lying in the corner. She grabbed some of it and handed it to Rei. "Here you go! This room seems to have everything for things like this."

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