The Game of “Good Rei/Bad Rei”

Yukiko

"Now . . .you're going to be presented with three choices on how the rest of your Dark Elfy life is going to roll out from now on," Rei said, in a none too polite voice.

I wince at that one but manage to bite back any objection to my sister’s rather abrasive manners towards the newly minted (and somewhat naïve) drow maiden before us. It is just that we have rather backed ourselves into a corner here due to mistaken assumptions on our and other’s part. If we are to actually be successful in helping Buffy the angel with her “tertiary” goal: saving Willow from going “dark side”

. . .

Whatever exactly that means, anyway. I know it means something along the lines that Buffy wants Willow to NOT choose to go evil when presented with a choice of three destinies here coming up here in a moment. But first Lilith’s part in this piece is coming up just about . . .

Now!

Lilith

”Hey, wait a minute there Rei!” I protest, coming up and placing a restraining hand on my elder sisters shoulder. “Go a bit easier on here here for God’s sake! She is just a young girl who . . .Made a mistake. Assumed too much. She meant well and you got to remember our history, right? Back at NERV when we were merely the First Children I did not exactly cover myself in glory in the choices I made near the end. I would have destroyed everything I loved and cared for in the end, trying for Instrumentality!”

I and the others wince slightly at that one.

”Something I should add would have happened to both you and Reika if things had gone the way both Gendo Ikari and SEELE wished,” the white haired sibling added, shaking her head softly. “We all had or would have handled and mishandled a situation which could destroy a world and then some? While what Willow did was more than a bit foolish for she should have confirmed whether or not Buffy’s soul actually was dwelling in Hell before haring off as she had . . .”

Now Willow’s wincing a bit, looking like she wants to protest and LOUDLY protests this, but looking over at the silently watching angel in her midst? She cannot deny the truth, alas. As much as she would like to do, however.

”Can we really get on her case when we take our past history into account,” Lilith finishes, taking Willow’s hands into her own in what I can only think is a motherly gesture. She had BEEN the mother of Humanity at one time so it stands to reason she can BE motherly at times, even after everything.

”Yeah . . .you are one to talk Rei,” Willow snarks, finding not only her voice but something to turn back upon my sister, trying to salve a bruised ego I’ll wager.

But oh Hell no!!

”Willow . . .,” I hiss, seeing Rei bristle and the other siblings glare at her, striking a most sensitive nerve even nowadays with us all!

Others of our group groan soflty.

Ye gods, she would have to try throwing that back in our face. I am TRYING to be the good cop here to Rei’s bad cop but if she keeps THIS up I’m going to turn into the bad cop and then won’t we all be in a fine mess! She really better watch it here, damnit.

”I . . .and my sisters have the excuse of having been so screwed between mood altering drugs the likes of which could have ODed twenty Micheal Jacksons easily,” Rei growls, finding herself wanting to just drop the bad cop act. Stop trying to actually help Buffy here and instead leaving Willow to her fate and damn the consequences. Well maybe. Maybe not.

She was kind of irked at Willow, anyway.

”Who’s Michael Jackson?” Yukiko whispers softly to Reika, who’s standing back with her while we work out our issues.

”Dead American pop singer from pre-Second Impact times,” Reika whispers back softly, not wishing to break our stride. “Not important right now, sister.”

Too true that. Very much too true.

“That and add to the fact that part of MY and my SISTERS’ bloody ass SOULS had a bloody chunk stuffed in OUR damn EVA units, those cyber- psychotic warmachines! What is your excu . . .?!” Rei almost finishes up, ignoring the byplay behind her, only to be interrupted before she can make a volatile situation even MORE difficult.

Just as planned.

“Okay that is quiet enough, everyone!” Setsuna shouts, bringing the argument to a halt and quiet incidentally jockeying herself (and her husband) into being the peacemaker here in a moment, I HOPE!

1. This . . .could still tank, folks.

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