We're goin' to the Meadow and we're gonna get maaaaaaarriiieed.

[provenworth]

Characters: Elena, Reno, and YOU!
Setting: Meadow, Floor 25
Format: ANY
Summary: It’s the Tower’s first ever wedding and most of you are invited to watch! Come and participate in a rare event. Watch out, though, there's rumor that the Admins are attending.
Warnings: …..Ruana. 'Nuff said


Pre-Ceremony Gathering

[Anybody attending the ceremony would be surprised to find that the suspiciously warm and innocent looking meadow had the capability of transforming into the perfect wedding spot. Chairs borrowed from another floor were arranged in meticulously aligned rows ten seats across and nearly ten rows seats deep, a five foot passage cutting down the center. Small balls of equally meticulously arranged flowers in various shades of yellow and white hung from the backs of the aisle-side seats by thick white ribbons. Clearly there has been a lot of activity going on the twenty-four hours to get this organized.

At the end of the aisle, where eventually the bride, groom, and officiate would stand, was a small round table covered in a simple white cloth, similar yellow and white flowers tied together with ribbon and a single verdant green ribbon curled up at the very center.

Attendees will have plenty of time to congregate and enjoy the scenery before the ceremony begins while both bride and groom prepare themselves for the big day.]



Ceremony:

[Just shy of an hour has passed and the final seconds are dwindling. Its time for the groom to take his place 'cause his bride is on her way. Everybody take your seats, the show is about to begin!]

Comments

[terreifying]

If you're awesome enough, you can kick fate's ass and make a miracle.

[She had seen it happen enough times in her world.]

[prayed]

Yeah, but how much is it gonna cost you? Those things called miracles aren't free, you know.

[nottheonly]

I think...if I knew my friends would be able to live happy lives, I'd give up both my life and my body. That's how much I'm willing to pay.

[prayed]

Tch. You really think you could make anyone happy like that? That's no way your friends would want you to throw away your life is the best way to fix their circumstances! Do you know how much it pisses people off when you just up and decide things like that on your own? That sort of selfish betrayal cuts deep, y'know!

[Her voice rises as she goes on, growing more and more frustrated, but she seems to remember where she is after a moment and lowers it once more. Rei managed to stumble upon an unfortunately sore spot. Even though she did just that. Twice.]

The worst part is that in the end it probably wouldn't even fix a single thing. Your friends would still have to deal with their problems, it's just that with you gone they'd have a few more to deal with.

[terreifying]

[Rei frowns.]

I saved them from Adam. They knew I wanted to do it. I know I didn't fix their circumstances, but I also know they're strong people. They can pick themselves up and move on because I gave them the time to do it!

[It's not selfish. Rei has done it and Shinji has done it and both of them loved living. They just valued their friends above all.]

[prayed]

What good is being saved if everything you were living for is gone? Hell, why bother giving your life up for people who won't even appreciate you? Something like that is too much!

[It's a question she's been forced to ask herself since the day she lost her powers, again and again, as everything precious to her fell away one by one. Her father's love, her family, Mami...Sayaka...even people here had given themselves up. With that thought, something else occurs to her.]

Just what were you facing that you'd have to die just to take care of it?

[nottheonly]

...God.

[prayed]

Haah?

[That confused noise is the only response that Rei will get. She's left completely dumbfounded by Rei's answer and it shows. God is an eternal creature who simply exists; He has no end or beginning to speak of. Something like that, which is on such a different level that humans could never hope to understand it, isn't something that can be killed.

This girl seems pretty serious though. Maybe she's referring to something else...?]

[nottheonly]

My job at home was to fight Angels. But our success rate led to their predecessor, ADAM, the being we would call God, to turn his eye toward us.

[She'll spare Kyouko the details of ADAM waking up in the Arctic, causing Second Impact, and then being captured and experimented on.]

At first, we were able to seal him away in the Dirac Sea, but when we were forced to travel the Dirac Sea again, he detected us. So I fought him to mak sure Shinji and Asuka and Mommy all got away. I had to.

[It was a battle that, from the beginning, she had been prepared to lose. Winning would be awesome, but against the power of ADAM, there was only a very slim chance. Whether she achieved that chance or was killed, she didn't care. She just had to keep him from going after anyone else.]

[prayed]

[Ah. It wasn't God, but merely a monster taking on his name. That makes more sense.]

And how'd that work out for ya?

[terreifying]

I got transported here before I knew for sure if I lived or died. But I think I did stop ADAM.