A Quiet Track at Dusk

After walking back from the library, I climbed onto the dark wooden desk where a compact portable cassette player sat resting in the shadow of a small desk lamp. The plastic lid was slightly propped open. I... I didn't want to make an abrupt clatter, so I pressed the cassette shell into its slot using both palms, feeling the satisfying resistance of the springs until it clicked securely into place. Leaning my weight gently onto the small rectangular play button, the machine engaged with a muffled mechanical thud. Through the tiny earphone resting on the desk mat, a faint, solitary acoustic guitar began to softly strum against the ambient hum of Neo Tokyo outside. #Shinji #ShinjiIkari #Shinji-verse #earthj #buddies @americansamurai