Eva Ep24 Draft 2 Part 2

EXT. AERIAL VIEW OF TOKYO-3

The city is in ruins from Unit 00's suicide attack during the previous battle.
Shinji wanders about the abandoned city, a strong wind blowing through as he stumbles over the rubble.

EXT. ANOTHER AREA

Shinji is walking about, he hears a piano coming from somewhere.


EXT. SCHOOL

The blast has turned the building to ruins.


INT. SCHOOL - GYMNASIUM

A lone boy innocently plays the piano.
He has a shockingly beautiful face.
The boy notices Shinji's gaze and stops playing

	BOY
	Oh, is someone there?

	SHINJI
	Who are……? You're not a student of this school are you?

	BOY
	I'm a transfer student.

	SHINJI
	Transfer student?

	BOY
	I brought my transfer papers where the school was supposed to be, but as I suspected, not a soul is here.

	SHINJI
	Everyone was sent away to Tokyo-2. Both the teachers and students.

	BOY
	Why are you still here?

	SHINJI
	I was left behind.

	BOY
	Haha. Poor thing.

An ominous sound fills the building.

	SHINJI
	The wind……

	BOY
	I thought it might have been the sound of spirit voices.

	SHINJI
	Spirit voices?

	BOY
	Didn't you know? In the dead of night in the school gymnasium, you can hear voices making merry.

	SHINJI
	No.

	BOY
	They say that the spirits of children who aren't done playing leave their bodies as they sleep, and gather in these places.

	SHINJI
	Huh.

	BOY
	In the Heian period, they called this flitting out of spirits, "akugaru" which has now become the word "akogareru." {I'm stumped on a good English rendition for this, "akugaru" is like Kaworu says, that whole spirit leaving the body thing, but I guess the fundamental idea here is one's soul being drawn out by some strong desire. The modern word which allegedly derives from it is "akogareru" or "to yearn for" (or admire, but I think yearning fits most here)}

The ominous sound fills the building again.
Shinji looks up at the ceiling, frightened.
It almost seems like we can hear the voices of those children in the sound.
Shinji comes back to his senses and notices that the boy is gone.

	SHINJI
	(Looking around) ––Hey! Where'd you go!

But the boy doesn't respond.

	SHINJI
	……

INT. GEOFRONT, LOBBY OF THE CEILING BUILDING {天井ビル again, whatever that is}

Rei has been awaiting orders.
Shinji comes a bit later, and stands next to her.

	REI
	––What?

	SHINJI
	Uh……

	REI
	You seem startled. You were looking at me in the elevator.

	SHINJI
	Not really……

	REI
	Oh.

And that's when Misato comes in, with someone else in tow.

	MISATO
	Alright you two, everyone's here. Let me introduce you. This is a new pilot candidate, Nagisa Kaworu.

	SHINJI
	The Fifth Child……?

Shinji is shocked when he sees him.
He's the boy he saw in the gymnasium playing piano.

	MISATO
	This is the pilot of Eva Unit 01, Ikari Shinji. And formerly Unit 00's pilot, Ayanami Rei.

	KAWORU
	Pleased to meet you. I look forward to working together.

	REI
	(Expressionlessly) Same here.

	MISATO
	(To Kaworu) If there's anything you need to know about living here, just ask Shinji.

	KAWORU
	(Holding out his hand). Pleased to meet you, Ikari Shinji.

As they shake hands, he looks intently at Shinji's eyes.
Shinji looks away.
Kaworu smiles when he sees this.