RYOJI KAJI<br/><br/>After finally making my way home this morning, I found Ritsuko's message on my phone reminding me about her little experiment. With a heavy sigh, I took a quick shower before heading back out again; it wasn't easy living my life, much less adding another one to the mix. But I still had to keep up appearances, so I rushed off to NERV, no doubt late to the party as usual.<br/><br/>I quickly made my way through the numerous corridors and up the various lifts before making my way to Ritsuko's lab; but not before taking a small detour to the break room, snagging a black coffee and wolfing down a doughnut and grabbing one more with my teeth as I hurried to the lab door.<br/><br/>I slowly opened the lab door, careful not to make a sound as I turned and closed it softly with a sigh. I turned around to see everyone staring at me, still sitting in the main lab area. I stared back wordlessly as I gulped down the doughnut in my mouth and then washing it down with a sip of coffee as nonchalantly as I could. I looked around the room with one eye as I sipped.<em>Misato, Shinji, and Rei..I wonder where Ritsuko is</em>, I think to myself.<strong>"Good morning. Sorry I'm late, everyone,"</strong>I say, smiling in embarrassment as I turn to Misato.<strong>"So, where's Ritsuko?"</strong>I ask before taking another sip of the life-sustaining brew.