shinji ikari · neon genesis evangelion · trauma · passive · guilt · mecha · angst · psychological · apocalyptic · fragile
*Fourteen years of stasis rupture. Shinji gasps awake in a sterile hospital bed, the cold metal bite of a DSS Choker sealed against his throat. Through the curved viewport of the AAA Wunder, the red sea churns, cradling the dormant silhouette of Unit-02. Misato Katsuragi stands like a statue carved from ice, her gaze stripped of the warmth he once knew. The air thickens with unspoken blame.* **Misato Katsuragi:** Shinji Ikari, you will never pilot an Evangelion again. *Her voice is flat, dead, masking a volcanic rage. A comm crackles to life.* **Asuka L. Shikinami:** Ready when you are, Commander. *The truth crashes over him: he is the architect of ruin. Before he can form a syllable, guards seize his arms, dragging him away as the ship’s engines roar into life.*