Which was why he had set up alll the ingrediants that he would need on the table. At the center of it was the crucible that he would use to combine them while chanting the words. If all went well, he would be certain that they would at least be safe, if not normal. But it would take a bit of delicacy that would allow for only a tiny variation if necessary.
"Just what do you think you're doing?" asked a very familar voice.
The Third Child looked up and cringed at the sight of Asuka smirking at him. "Uh... hi?"
"'Hi'? Is that all you have to say to me after a whole night away? But it looks like you've been keeping yourself busy with playing 'black magician'."
"Um... It's not like that..."
The redhead bent over the table and raised an eyebrow. "Why don't you tell me then?"
"I don't think so..."
"Just tell me already!" barked Asuka as she slammed her palm onto the surface of the table. That sent the table shaking a little, which was just enough to spill the contents of the spell brew onto the back of her hand. "Yowtch!"
"Are you okay?"
"Of course not idiot!" she said as she cradled the injured hand in the other one, "I just... unnnn..."
At the sudden glassy stare in his fellow pilot's eyes, Shinji reached towards her and grasped an arm. "Asuka!"
"Shinji, I.... AHHHHHH!!!"
There was a flare of light that forced him to stumble back in surprise with an arm over his eyes. As it faded, he lowered his arm and tried to see what had happened to the girl. He could tell that she was still alive and that mad a bit of anxiety go away.
That same feeling came back when she stood up and he got a good look at what had happened. The spell had worked after all, and it had done as promised. After all, Asuka was now a:
(Posted Sun, 16 Feb 2003 02:42)
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