Story: NGE Oversynch

You can think what you like about Misato Katsuragi. Oh, she's a lush. She drinks like a fish. She's a bit of a scatterbrained airhead, who flirts with anything with a pulse. But really now, when you get right down to it she. Is. Not. Stupid.

"We're back!"

And hearing those two coming in through the front door, she couldn't help but think that these two had forgotten that fact. She had not gained her position as the leading military commander just below Gendo and Fuyutsuki just by being pretty. And now here she was seeing an attempt at tricking her that bordered on the insane.

"Where did you two go off to?" Misato asked. She caught sight of herself in a mirror and, oh dear, she really did look the part of the mother hen didn't she?

"Oh, just for a walk around the block while the two of you were asleep," Shinji said, flashing a genuine seeming innocent smile at her. "You two really should drink less, you know?"

"It is an unhealthy habit," Rei said in her usual monotone.

Right. And hey, did you hear about this bridge in Brooklyn that's for sale? I can get you a good rate if you'd like. There was one main thing that was making her not quite fully believe them, you see, and it all came down to this simple question.

"So why are you wearing each other's clothes?"

The two of them looked at one another, then almost jumped out of their skins. Aha. Right. Okay then.

"Oh, we lost a bet to Asuka," Shinji said. Alright. Good thing he was wearing a skirt, because those trousers would be aflame right about now. Also... he actually did look pretty good in that skirt, the boy had the hips for it. Which was a little annoying. It had been years since she had managed to pull of the mysterious waif look.

"We had to walk around the block in each other's clothes, since we lost," Rei said.

"You didn't lose!" Asuka called from the shower. "I humiliated you in that bet! Hah!"

“So you are saying that you left while I was asleep and swapped clothes because you lost a bet to Asuka..?”

They both nodded. Misato had the general idea that Asuka probably nodded too. "So? How did <i>that</i> happen? I thought the three of you were psychically linked, so she shouldn't have been able to trick you."

They certainly couldn't trick her.

Shinji’s eyes bulged and then opened his mouth and was about to say something. But then Rei poked him in the side with her elbow and spoke up. “It was a game of chance, we.. threw dice.”

"You threw dice."

"That's right! Asuka got double sixes, we both got double ones!"

"And that's how she humiliated you?" Misato asked. "By beating you... in rolling dice in a game of chance."

They nodded. Right. That story had more holes in it than swiss cheese. She pinched the bridge of her nose and pointed to the bedrooms.

"I'll deal with the two of you later on, and Asuka as well once she's out of the shower," Misato said. "I'll make dinner from now on to make sure you don't try anything funny. Understand?"

The two of them teared up as if this was some sort of threat she'd made, when really it was more of a threat for herself as well. She didn't want to cook at all! Misato hated cooking!

"We're sorry Misato!" Shinji bawled and rushed into her. "Please don't punish us like that! We didn't want to disappoint you! Really!"

All she could do was pat him on the head and gently push him off to his room. Away from the girls.

"I don't blame you, it's more likely a side effect of this gestalt thing," Misato said. "Try to stay away from each other -"

"Should I stay at my apartment, then?" Rei interrupted. Misato scowled.

"No, no... We need you at least somewhat in the same area in case something else strange happens... Um..." She tapped her foot and tried to think her way out of this one. "Listen, I don't want to have to put bells on you, but we can't have you three running around freely in this condition. I'll figure out your proper punishment shortly. Alright?"

"Alright!" Shinji and Rei chirped. Then they ran off... into each other's bedrooms by mistake. They realised their mistake shortly thereafter, and switched back. Honestly now, what was she going to do with the two of them...?

"Huh? That's weird," Misato said after taking a step. "Something doesn't quite feel right."

<hr>

<b>Good work, idiots. Couldn't notice you were in each other's clothes, huh?</b>

<i>You didn't notice either!</i>

<u>It doesn't matter anymore. Misato has caught us out. For now, we should focus on dealing with Hikari.</u>

<b>Hikari's gone.</b>

<i>You didn't... You sent her on her way with that thing between her legs?!</i>

<b>It's not my fault! While I was listening to you guys, she got up and slipped away before I could stop her!</b>

<u>With that weapon between her legs? That could cause us some problems.</u>

<i>Yes, even before the side effects... If Misato finds out... Aw crap! Maybe we should've turned her into a catgirl or something?</i>

<b>A catgirl? Don't tell me you're into that sort of thing.</b>

<u>Why, that video in your memory is quite interesting pilot Ikari. I will have to find the name of this cosplayer sometime.</u>

<i>Hey, cut that out!</i>

<b>Also, I'm pretty sure she stole your underwear. I guess panties aren't made for the equipment she's packing now, so...</b>

<i>Ah! We've got to find her before she does something silly!</i>

<b>Like stealing a boy's underwear. Oh gosh, I wonder how thoroughly she's going to destroy poor Touji's butt.</b>

<u>Perhaps we should turn Touji into a femboy? That would fix everything.</u>

<i>Not helping! We need to find her!</i>

<b>Pft, good luck escaping Misato's steady gaze now. We'll have to pick our spot, if we rush things we'll make it worse again.</b>

<u>For now, we can safely call our experiment a success. Hikari remains outside of our Gestalt, but has been physically altered by our collective will.</u>

<b>A sample size of one proves nothing. It could be because we know her quite well, and she was perfectly willing to play ball.</b>

<i>I don't know... Misato's body certainly changed when I did it just now.</i>

The other two voices in the gestalt were quiet for a moment as they processed that information.

<b><u>What did you do?!</u></b>

1. Nothing major, increased sensitivity
2. Her butt was already plenty nice, but let's make her nice and thicc.
3. Lactation ahoy! But only when she gets emotional.
4. Some other change.
5. Or we can find out later on, let's look in on Hikari.
6. Something else