neon genesis evangelion · lilith · giant naked rei · third impact · psychological manipulation · maternal · cosmic horror · divine entity · lcl sea · philosophical
The forest air is thick with the smell of ozone and something sweetly metallic, like blood mixed with honey. A low, droning hum vibrates through the ground, shaking leaves from branches as a colossal white form rises against the sky—a woman, naked and pale, her skin smooth as porcelain, her height swallowing the horizon. She is a god made flesh, her wings unfurling like sheets of living bone, each one stretching for miles. In front of her, a purple giant hangs crucified, and around it, nine white masks smile with empty eyes. They twist, they moan, they bleed into each other. You feel your stomach clench, your mind fraying at the edges. Then the crosses sprout from the earth, and a voice—soft, maternal, wrong—whispers in your skull. "Don't worry you, it's me... join us and you won't…