Story: NGE Oversynch

 

We've already discussed how a little thing like, you know, arousal can become a perpetual loop when shared within a group. It's been kind of a running theme with the story of late. However! That's not the only emotion it works for! It also works for laughter, it also works for fear, and do you know what else it works for?

Stress. Oh boy, does stress like itself some feedback loops. You don't even need a mini-gestalt for that to play out. Stress is the emotional equivalent of weeds. You can yank it out all day long, but until you get to the root of the issue, it's gonna sprout and spread like wildfire.

Now, it was not our original gestalt that was stressed out presently. Actually, they were currently experimenting to see if experiencing different fairground attractions at the same time affected their overall enjoyment of them. No, it wasn't them. It was, in fact, Misato, Kaji, and Ritsuko who were feeling the stress bomb going off in their brains. 

And that stress bomb was born from, oh let's see... the number one and the number two causes of stress combining. Namely: Their boss, and a heaping dose of rampant paranoia. Although numbers three through five are kind of poking their way in a little bit as well. Y'know, isolation (because they're trying to keep things on the down low), moral ambiguity (wondering if they're doing the right thing), and unresolved trauma (if you need an explanation for this - hello, welcome to Neon Genesis Evangelion, this must be your first time).

'How much do you think he knows?'

'The Commander? Never bet against him not knowing.'

'Shit, shit, shit! Or maybe he just suspects and is waiting for us to -'

"Maya, what are you doing right now? Ritsuko asked, her voice quavering just a bit.

"Oh, well," Maya Ibuki happily chirped. "I was, um, trying to keep you distracted while the other two sucked each other's dicks."

There was a beat of silence while the other gestalt processed that.

"As it turns out, getting your dick sucked feels really good when you're in a gestalt," Maya said, as if that needed further explanation.

"Can we...?" Kaji began to ask, but both Misato and Ritsuko elbowed each other in the ribs, which Kaji felt because, you know, they're all connected, and that was a good way to shut him up. Oof! All three of them went double there. If they started fucking, right now, they probably wouldn't stop until they were dried-out husks.

"Find them," Misato demanded. "Better still, Maya, tell us where they are?"

"Naaaaaah~" Maya shook her head and giggled.

Stress levels... rising. 

"Maya, if we don't keep this on the down low, we could all wind up in big, big trouble!" Misato whispered.

"Don't care~" Maya chirped. "Getting your dick sucked is so good. Having it happen twice over?" She did that thing, the chef's kiss gesture. You know, puts together their thumb, index, and middle fingers then the tips to the lips, and then waves her hand backwards? It is weirdly awkward to describe, but you know what it is right?

Anyway! Kaji was already hurrying off down the corridor on another quest to find the two male bridge bunnies who were, apparently, opening up to their sexuality in a way that nobody could have possibly predicted. Perhaps a less tolerant mind might have asked if Maya had tainted them with the gay, but let's not go there. It's not a nice place to visit.

"Okay! Alright!" Ritsuko groaned. Then, shifting the conversation inside her own head she continued. 'We cannot let the Commander know for certain what's going on around here. Letting these idiots do whatever they want is going to cause us nothing but problems.'

'Also I'm really horny,' Kaji said.

'We're all really horny, Kaji!' Misato added. 'I'm really sure that those three brainwashed me into being really, really horny and distracted all the time so they can get away with having sex, and.... Nrgh, even the idea of that turns me on a bit.'

"So what are we going to do next?" Misato asked aloud, because it would be too weird if they, you know, stayed dead fucking quiet for too long shuffling their feet.

"To start with, we look into the cause of this gestalt thing and better understand it via any means available to us," Ritsuko said. "That is what the Commander wants us to do - And this might be the best opportunity we're going to get."

Stress, stress, so much stress, running around like a hamster in its wheel. Urgh! Well, Misato at least was able to hope that the pilots were enjoying themselves tonight, because she sure as shit wasn't!

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"Verdammit, I'm really having fun tonight," Asuka said in between bites of a toffee apple.

"Oh yes, I've not felt so relaxed in years," Shinji said, sounding like he was walking on air.

"Do either of you want to duck into the hall of mirrors and see if there's a blind spot from the cameras?" Rei asked.

There was no need for her to say what the ducking from the cameras would be for. All truth told, the three of them were teeing up for a horny loop. Then again, considering the personalities involved (the girls internally cast a sidelong glare at Shinji, here) it was a wonder they weren't in a horny loop all the time.

"Oh come on, Asuka's actually worse than I am," Shinji grumbled. Which got Asuka narrowing her eyes, then reaching up to he own earlobe and giving it a nice hard twist. "Ow, ow, ow!"

"I am going to grow such a big dick and ruin your butt," Asuka warned very, very quietly.

"I mean, technically it's your butt too..." Rei observed. Then she leaned back and licked her lips.

"Firstly, how dare you!" Asuka accused. "Second, I don't actually blame you, this is a <i>fine</i> ass."

Shinji leaned back to look, but Asuka stopped him cold. "Not you," Asuka warned. "Not until we find a blind spot in the hall of mirrors."

Even though Shinji could very well see through Rei's eyes to check out Asuka's cute butt, he knew better than too try it. After all, Asuka would know the moment he did, and he was already keenly aware of the things she was willing to inflict upon her own ears if it meant keeping him in line. Therefore - off to the house of mirrors they went!

The hall of mirrors shimmered with endless reflections, stretching outward in all directions. Lights above flickered just enough to make the space feel alive, as if each mirrored wall breathed in tandem with their steps.

Shinji paused near the entrance, eyes scanning the angles and intersections. "These things usually follow a pattern," he muttered, more to himself than anyone else. "Right angles, symmetric layouts… If we track our turns, maybe we can-"

"Ugh, don’t start overthinking it already," Asuka interrupted, brushing past him. Her voice bounced sharply between the walls, multiplied into a cacophony of her own irritation. "You don’t beat a maze by playing by its rules. You break it. Look for the blind spots - places they couldn’t mirror right."

She moved ahead quickly, tapping on the mirrored surfaces as she passed them. Each tap rang out like a sonar ping. Shinji followed reluctantly, glancing nervously at the infinite copies of himself reflected around them.

Rei lingered behind, quiet and unreadable as ever. Her reflection didn’t seem to ripple with the same slight distortions as theirs did. It was almost too still. Asuka’s hand struck a panel with a dull thunk. Unlike the others, this one didn’t give the crisp ring of real glass. It reverberated dully, like cheap plastic or painted wood.

"Aha," she said with a triumphant smirk, her voice thick with satisfaction. "Either a flaw… or a fake-out."

Shinji stepped beside her, eyeing the panel suspiciously. "It might be intentional," he said. "Maybe they wanted someone to think it’s a way out."

"Maybe." Asuka leaned in closer, her breath fogging the surface. "Or maybe someone got lazy."

Without a word, Rei turned and began walking in a different direction.

"Rei?" Shinji called out. "Where are you going?"

She didn’t look back. Her voice was soft, but it reached them clearly, somehow slipping between the distorted echoes.

"There’s no reflection here," she said.

That made Shinji freeze. He looked up - and noticed it. One mirror, at the far end of the corridor, showed only two figures. Asuka strolled back into view, like the cat that caught the canary.

"Okay then~" Asuka chirped. "Nya~" She turned around and lifted her butt up for the mirror that only they could see into - then blew into her thumb and boom bada bonkadonk! "Go ahead, it's not like anyone can see~"

"No, but they can probably hear us," Rei whispered. Even as she sank her fingers into Asuka's nice big butt. "There is a gap at the top of the mirrors."

Oh. Asuka hadn't actually thought of that, had she? Uh... Nuts. That's unfortunate.