terreifying: on the doors of your heart (Even though the blue winds now knock)
Rei Ayanami (Evangelion Nobody Dies AU) ([personal profile] terreifying) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2012-12-07 05:13 pm

Dies Irae

Characters: Rei, Hojo, Jade!Eridan, and the rest of you
Setting: Floor 27, then the rest of the tower
Format: any
Summary: Rei has finally fully embraced her Angelic side. Details here.
Warnings: Body horror, possible graphic violence

Floor 27 (locked to Hojo)

There was no warning when Rei Ayanami's body changed. The girl didn't even have time to gasp before her mind and her body finally gave out before the overwhelming energy of her core.

Her body collapses into a white, constantly shifting mass. The only thing it has in common with her form seconds ago is its mouth filled with jagged teeth and the thousands of eyes that litter whatever shape it takes. Sometimes it has wings, other times arms and legs spouting at strange angles, and other times spines and tentacles. Once, the center of the mass even turns into Rei's normal eyes and face. No matter how it shifts, the glow of its core shines from within its body. It is too bright. It seems to be something that might explode any second.

Heeee~ey. Brothers? Where are you?

The gaping maw sings in a language unfamiliar to the ears, but all too comprehensible to the mind

Come back. Come stay with me. Let us all be one.

It reaches out, trying to find its brethren. At the same time, it is listening for anyone to possibly respond to its message.

Throughout the Tower

The thing that once was Rei creeps through the tower, sometimes walking on strange limbs, other times shuffling forward because it can't hold a form. Those in the area may feel the heat radiating from its body. Every few "steps," it stops, as if it has thought of something or entered a familiar place.

Those are the only moments that "Rei" can actually think. But what remains of the girl's mind has too many questions and too few answers. What is she now. Where is she. What is she doing. And even that moment is all too brief before the Angel's songs fill her mind again, leaving her with only on urge.

She has to take her brothers back. Back to the womb of their Mother. All of humanity must be one existence again. Even if she must destroy their bodies, she will take them back.

When she encounters a human, her body will shift and lash out. If they are unfortunate enough to get too close, she will devour them with her jaws or envelop them with the ever-changing mass of her body. But her core glows. It is like what remains of Rei is giving those who would resist a chance to stop her.



[OOC: Jade!Eridan will be the one to finally kill Rei]
chronomancer: (♒ I must be warmer now)

[personal profile] chronomancer 2012-12-15 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
[He's counting seconds. He's counting fractions of seconds while she makes up her mind.]

Fuck.

[He dodges some, shoots others and very nearly loses a horn in the process. Yeah, about having a really shitty day? You're not making it better, Rei.]
chronomancer: (♒ for blue delusions)

[personal profile] chronomancer 2012-12-15 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Lady.

[Eridan snarled.]

You can take your shittastic scourge and your grubfucking sword and shove them up your goddamn nook for all I care. Stop trying to kill me.
chronomancer: (♒ apres moi le deluge)

[personal profile] chronomancer 2012-12-15 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[...fuck this shit, Eridan is just going to let out a strangled, incoherent scream of sheer frustration.]
chronomancer: (♒ another heartache)

[personal profile] chronomancer 2012-12-16 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
You're making me want to hurt you.

[This is a bit of facetious statement, but everything about Eridan is facetious so it's okay.]
chronomancer: (♒ inside my heart is breaking)

[personal profile] chronomancer 2012-12-16 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
[He shoots one of the spikes and dodges the other, though not perfectly. He winces as he stumbles a little, as his side bleeds a little where he got grazed by the spike.]

Fuck no, I'm not letting you hurt anyone!
chronomancer: (♒ you can't break that)

[personal profile] chronomancer 2012-12-16 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Something very much like unease starts crawling up and down Eridan's spine, as his grip on the rifle turns almost painful.]

Good.

[By which he means excellent, but he's staring at the mass that's sounding a little bit more like Rei, or what little he actually saw of Rei, and...

And then his mind went quiet. Ominously so.]

What do you want me to do?
chronomancer: (♒ I must go on standing)

[personal profile] chronomancer 2012-12-16 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Shoot.

Shoot. Right. Because it's so easy. And it is easy. She's a static target at relatively close range. It's easy.

Pull up the rifle, take aim, shoot.

Don't cry.

Then it's done.

Clean and methodical, no big deal. No big deal, even if he suddenly feels like they hollowed him out with acid. Just shoot.

Because what else is he good for, if not that?]
chronomancer: (♒ abandoned places)

[personal profile] chronomancer 2012-12-16 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Well. This sure as fuck was a thing that just happened. Eridan swallows hard, staring at the mess for a long long time.

And then he turns tail and runs like the hounds of hell are running after him. The only problem is that they're inside his head, so there really isn't anywhere to hide from the howling. But damn if he's not going to damn well try.]