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Rei Ayanami Raising Project

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[X] Pick up the weapon

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-[X] Kick the gun away into a far corner of the room.

[X] "What the fuck's wrong with me!? What the fuck's wrong with you?! You are trying to murder a child, and that child is asking not to be murdered. How did you get like this, Rits? Executing children, talking like a cultist? We went to university together! If it wasn't for me, Rei would already have gunned you down. You're welcome, by the way."
-[X] "Rei, please continue to refrain from shooting her, despite...everything. You're doing well so far."
-[X] "Now, I want answers. What's this business about Rei's soul? What's that thing about a donor for Unit-02? What else am I being kept in the dark about!?"
-[X] "Rei, what's the plan?"


[X] "What the fuck's wrong with me!? What the fuck's wrong with you?! You are trying to murder a child, and that child is asking not to be murdered. How did you get like this, Rits? Executing children, talking like a cultist? We went to university together! If it wasn't for me, Rei would already have gunned you down. You're welcome, by the way."
-[X] "Rei, please continue to refrain from shooting her, despite...everything. You're doing well so far."
-[X] "Now, I want answers. What's this business about Rei's soul? What's that thing about a donor for Unit-02? What else am I being kept in the dark about!?"

@Solark @Pillowsperky if you also vote for the version of your votes without the bolded portion then we tie for first place. Otherwise we are falling behind the other popular write in.
 
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-[X] Kick the gun away into a far corner of the room.
 
Solark said:
GreatWyrmGold said:
She's an obstacle to Rei XI surviving more than an hour. I wouldn't be surprised if Rei had a plan, but I also wouldn't be surprised if she was sacrificing future security so she could have a future.
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I think there might be more than this. Rei is a smart girl and knows that killing Ritsuko doesn't solve her problem, just postpones it for, like, 30 minutes. In case Gendo actually ordered this and it's not Ritsuko's own decision.

And if she doesn't have a plan, we need to know it so that we can come up with our own.
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There might be; like I said, I wouldn't be surprised if Rei had a plan. But postponing your problems for 30 minutes is objectively better than dying in ten. It's important to confirm Rei's plan (or lack thereof), but Rei's actions are reasonably reasonable even if she doesn't have one.
 
In a nutshell, we need Ritsuko to see that she has helped to cause the problem that is an unstable Rei, and we need Rei to understand that Ritsuko's treatment of her stems from fear as much as anything else, and that she could be an ally if only Rei didn't behave in ways that make others feel threatened. Ralakesh's take is good, I have just refined their focus a little bit. Changes highlighted in bold.

[X] Do not
-[X] Kick the gun away into a far corner of the room.

[X] Write-in:
-[X] Tell Rei that you, too, are intimately familiar with the feeling of wanting justice for dead predecessors - your father's demise was the very reason you took up arms and joined NERV. Killing the Angels was your way of attaining it, and you were afraid there was no other way. Now, you've become someone who sends the children they love into battle, too blinded by vengeance to wonder if you were doing more harm than good. From someone who walked that path, you can attest to Rei that if she wants to live and keep the memories of her predecessors alive with her, she needs to take a risk and trust that others will see and value her humanity if she opens up and shows she's not dangerous to them.

And that means putting the gun down.

-[X] Ask Ritsuko what she means when she says that Rei "could lead to the extinction of mankind". If she is going to be treated like a menace to be kept under control, it's no wonder she feels like violence is the only option. If Rei doesn't feel like she can trust anyone, and you don't feel like you can trust Rei, there's no reason to think the same thing won't happen with the next Rei. And if Rei is somehow "dangerous" in a way that goes beyond merely being an Eva pilot, it's even more important for her to feel like she can trust us. Because she certainly can't trust Gendo, but she might be able to trust us. There has to be a better way then just recreating the same problem over and over again by killing her.

--[X] You don't believe that Ritsuko truly wants to do that.
-[X] There's a chance to break that cycle now - but only if both parties agree to lay down their arms and make peace. If Rei can do what you could not and walk away from her revenge, if Ritsuko can accept that as proof that Rei is more in control of herself than Misato and is less deserving of death than you are.
 
[X] "What the fuck's wrong with me!? What the fuck's wrong with you?! You are trying to murder a child, and that child is asking not to be murdered. How did you get like this, Rits? Executing children, talking like a cultist? We went to university together! If it wasn't for me, Rei would already have gunned you down. You're welcome, by the way."
-[X] "Rei, please continue to refrain from shooting her, despite...everything. You're doing well so far."
-[X] "Now, I want answers. What's this business about Rei's soul? What's that thing about a donor for Unit-02? What else am I being kept in the dark about!?"

Please let's keep the speechifying to a minimum.
 
I still feel we should secure the gun, but I like extherian's alterations.

[X] Write-in:
-[X] Tell Rei that you, too, are intimately familiar with the feeling of wanting justice for dead predecessors - your father's demise was the very reason you took up arms and joined NERV. Killing the Angels was your way of attaining it, and you were afraid there was no other way. Now, you've become someone who sends the children they love into battle, too blinded by vengeance to wonder if you were doing more harm than good. From someone who walked that path, you can attest to Rei that if she wants to live and keep the memories of her predecessors alive with her, she needs to take a risk and trust that others will see and value her humanity if she opens up and shows she's not dangerous to them.

And that means putting the gun down.

-[X] Ask Ritsuko what she means when she says that Rei "could lead to the extinction of mankind". If she is going to be treated like a menace to be kept under control, it's no wonder she feels like violence is the only option. If Rei doesn't feel like she can trust anyone, and you don't feel like you can trust Rei, there's no reason to think the same thing won't happen with the next Rei. And if Rei is somehow "dangerous" in a way that goes beyond merely being an Eva pilot, it's even more important for her to feel like she can trust us. Because she certainly can't trust Gendo, but she might be able to trust us. There has to be a better way then just recreating the same problem over and over again by killing her.

--[X] You don't believe that Ritsuko truly wants to do that.
-[X] There's a chance to break that cycle now - but only if both parties agree to lay down their arms and make peace. If Rei can do what you could not and walk away from her revenge, if Ritsuko can accept that as proof that Rei is more in control of herself than Misato and is less deserving of death than you are.

Please let's keep Picard's Third Maneuver to a maximum. :V
 
Okay so the tally system is choking on the number of small variations here. Please consolidate. Also, include the choice whether to take or leave the weapon in your responses as part of the same block.

Thanks.
 
Sutekh said:
Okay so the tally system is choking on the number of small variations here. Please consolidate. Also, include the choice whether to take or leave the weapon in your responses as part of the same block.

Thanks.
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You can first tally votes by line and see what the result of the weapon vote was. Then you can tally by block and see what the result of the write-in vote was.

Adhoc vote count started by Ralakesh on May 21, 2024 at 12:31 AM, finished with 55 posts and 24 votes.
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    [X] Write-in:
    [X] Pick up the weapon
    --[X] You don't believe that Ritsuko truly wants to do that.
    -[X] There's a chance to break that cycle now - but only if both parties agree to lay down their arms and make peace. If Rei can do what you could not and walk away from her revenge, if Ritsuko can accept that as proof that Rei is more in control of herself than Misato and is less deserving of death than you are.
    [X] "What the fuck's wrong with me!? What the fuck's wrong with you?! You are trying to murder a child, and that child is asking not to be murdered. How did you get like this, Rits? Executing children, talking like a cultist? We went to university together! If it wasn't for me, Rei would already have gunned you down. You're welcome, by the way."
    -[X] "Rei, please continue to refrain from shooting her, despite...everything. You're doing well so far."
    -[X] "Now, I want answers. What's this business about Rei's soul? What's that thing about a donor for Unit-02? What else am I being kept in the dark about!?"
    -[X] Kick the gun away into a far corner of the room.
    -[X] Tell Rei that you, too, are intimately familiar with the feeling of wanting justice for dead predecessors - your father's demise was the very reason you took up arms and joined NERV. Killing the Angels was your way of attaining it. But look where that has gotten you - you are an alcohol addict who marches children into battle, landed two of them in hospital and nearly got killed at the start of the last Angel attack. From someone who walks that path, you can attest to Rei that if she wants to live and keep the memories of her predecessors alive with her, starting down that road of revenge by pulling the trigger will not be conducive to a happy ending.
    -[X] Remind Ritsuko that part of the reason Rei is pointing a gun at her now is as much for revenge as it is out of fear. If Ritsuko were to kill the current Rei, what would stop the next incarnation from eventually developing the same feelings about her predecessors' fates? Ritsuko would have to kill that one too, to stop her from taking revenge. And the next, when it happens again. And the next. You wonder if that wasn't the reason a number of the earlier Rei clones were killed to begin with.
    -[X] If Rei shoots, that means she dies. That means Misato dies. That likely means Shinji, Asuka, Hikari, Toji and the whole of humanity dies. You're not going to tell her to let go of her hatred - what NERV has done to her is beyond criminal - but she has to weigh up her courses of action. Is blind vengeance worth that? Is it worth failing to keep the memories of the other Reis Ayanami alive?
    --[X] Rei hasn't crossed that line yet - you and her can figure out how to move forwards from here.
    -[X] You're defending a child who has been murdered over and over from someone who's trying to kill her, Ritsuko. Try and be actually objective for once - examine her behaviour here. She's trying to argue why she should be allowed to murder a child while that child is asking not to be murdered. What the fuck is wrong with her? Does she hate Rei that much?
    -[X] "Rei, what's the plan?"
    -[X] Tell Rei that you, too, are intimately familiar with the feeling of wanting justice for dead predecessors - your father's demise was the very reason you took up arms and joined NERV. Killing the Angels was your way of attaining it, and you were afraid there was no other way. Now, you've become someone who sends the children they love into battle, too blinded by vengeance to wonder if you were doing more harm than good. From someone who walked that path, you can attest to Rei that if she wants to live and keep the memories of her predecessors alive with her, she needs to take a risk and trust that others will see and value her humanity if she opens up and shows she's not dangerous to them.
    -[X] Ask Ritsuko what she means when she says that Rei "could lead to the extinction of mankind". If she is going to be treated like a menace to be kept under control, it's no wonder she feels like violence is the only option. If Rei doesn't feel like she can trust anyone, and you don't feel like you can trust Rei, there's no reason to think the same thing won't happen with the next Rei. And if Rei is somehow "dangerous" in a way that goes beyond merely being an Eva pilot, it's even more important for her to feel like she can trust us. Because she certainly can't trust Gendo, but she might be able to trust us. There has to be a better way then just recreating the same problem over and over again by killing her.
    -[X] Rei, just like you, Ritsuko also deserves to feel safe which she cannot while you point a loaded gun at her - put down the gun first and then I will do so and collect both.
    -[X] Tell Rei that you will not do this until she lowers her weapon
    -[X] Move between Ritsuko and Rei.
    -[X] Ask Rei if she is really ready to kill Misato only to get Ritsuko? What about killing Shinji? Hikari? Asuka?
    -[X] Remind Rei about your promise. Remind her that she has friends. What they would say if they saw her killing somebody?
    -[X] Shoot and destroy the Reiquarium, here, no reason to kill Rei and Rei have no reason to kill Ritsuko
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Binged this quest over the past two days. I am really on the edge of my seat with this one! Hopefully no one else noticed Misato snooping into the most classified part of NERV HQ. Also poor Rei must be living an existential nightmare. I hope we can rescue her in the long term, but I don't know how that would be accomplished with the Angels and the whole Third Impact looming over everything.
 
I also binged the quest the past week and really enjoyed it... though it seems I've arrived just in time for everything to start tumbling down tumbling down. :V

Since this vote seems to be winding down I'll probably sit it out - though the "What the fuck is wrong with you!?" vote feels like it hits more on the general vibe I get from Misato. Not sure what's the best way to get Ritsuko to stand down here though which is probably the most important thing from a "Angels don't win" standpoint given how critical she is. She seems to be letting her personal dislike of Rei and her clinical (possibly coping?) attitude towards the Rei "system" to let her depersonalize Rei to the point where she is treating Rei like a mere tool and yet is objecting to perhaps the most genuinely human display from Rei she's (Ritsuko) seen right here - self-preservation - as proof that she's "broken" rather than evidence that "oh shit this contradicts my assertion that Rei is inhuman."

If we could pierce through that, I think it might help and I feel like the "What is wrong with you?" vote leans a bit more in that direction. I'd almost suggest taking a crack at comparing it to the MAGI and going, "Damn, congrats Ritsuko, guess that means your mom didn't die. After all, she made AI copies of herself. Oh, wait - that doesn't count? You mean copying someone's personality and putting it somewhere else isn't the same person?" but the whole nature of the soul and how Rei has one and the MAGI don't (AFAIK) would give Ritsuko a lifeline to try and keep using technobabble to justify her position to herself.
 
[X] "What the Hell wrong with me!? What the Hell wrong with you?! You are trying to murder a child, and that child is asking not to be murdered. How did you get like this, Rits? Executing children, talking like a cultist? We went to university together! If it wasn't for me, Rei would already have gunned you down. You're welcome, by the way."
-[X] "Rei, please continue to refrain from shooting her, despite...everything. You're doing well so far."
-[X] "Now, I want answers. What's this business about Rei's soul? What's that thing about a donor for Unit-02? What else am I being kept in the dark about!?"
We are, after all, characters on a television show and guardians of a teenager. And honestly - I hate foul language.
 
[X] Pick up the weapon

[X] "What the fuck's wrong with me!? What the fuck's wrong with you?! You are trying to murder a child, and that child is asking not to be murdered. How did you get like this, Rits? Executing children, talking like a cultist? We went to university together! If it wasn't for me, Rei would already have gunned you down. You're welcome, by the way."
-[X] "Rei, please continue to refrain from shooting her, despite...everything. You're doing well so far."
-[X] "Now, I want answers. What's this business about Rei's soul? What's that thing about a donor for Unit-02? What else am I being kept in the dark about!?"

Comrade Future said:
We are, after all, characters on a television show and guardians of a teenager. And honestly - I hate foul language.
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I get what how you feel, but Misato is relatively foul mouthed and has sworn repeatedly when speaking with the pilots, not to mention Asuka's absolute lack of a filter. This isn't the show and it doesn't make sense to suddenly start self-censoring especially in such a high tension moment.
 
Alcor said:
Not sure what's the best way to get Ritsuko to stand down here though which is probably the most important thing from a "Angels don't win" standpoint given how critical she is.
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Reminder that it's not enough just to get Ritsuko to "stand down".

She actively needs to help cover up the fact that Rei was not replaced as scheduled. If she fails to do that, Gendo will just replace Ritsuko too and get someone else to do it - or simply roll up his sleeves and do the job himself. He's entirely capable of it.

While it might be in-character for Misato to throw a tantrum like she did with Gendo, I expect that's going to be about as productive as it was with that man.

Screaming at someone accusing them of being screwed in the head when they are already feeling betrayed at you for encouraging someone else to point a gun at them is.... not conducive to eliciting their support for a cover-up.
 
DragonOfAtlantis said:
I get what how you feel, but Misato is relatively foul mouthed and has sworn repeatedly when speaking with the pilots, not to mention Asuka's absolute lack of a filter. This isn't the show and it doesn't make sense to suddenly start self-censoring especially in such a high tension moment.
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Ok - maybe I overlooked this. But for me, this is not self-censorship - I really don't speak like that (adjusted for language) even during times of great stress. I have a very strong prejudice against this manner of communication, and I would prefer to avoid it in any case.
 
PistachioCookies said:
Reminder that it's not enough just to get Ritsuko to "stand down".

She actively needs to help cover up the fact that Rei was not replaced as scheduled. If she fails to do that, Gendo will just replace Ritsuko too and get someone else to do it - or simply roll up his sleeves and do the job himself. He's entirely capable of it.

While it might be in-character for Misato to throw a tantrum like she did with Gendo, I expect that's going to be about as productive as it was with that man.

Screaming at someone accusing them of being screwed in the head when they are already feeling betrayed at you for encouraging someone else to point a gun at them is.... not conducive to eliciting their support for a cover-up.
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I feel we're well past the point of being able to execute a cover-up and the reason is simple: Rei.

What's "supposed" to happen here from Gendo's PoV is that Rei 11 is destroyed and Rei 12 activated. Given Ritsuko's analogy of it being a "system restore" from a backup of Rei's memories it's clear that Gendo seeks to rid Rei of her memories for a certain period of time. At a minimum that surely includes the last Angel fight, but I suspect he wants to reset her memory back to a state before she entered Misato's care. He has been opposed to that arrangement from the very start and only grudingly allowed it to continue and in his mind all his fears came true just now - Rei not only ignored his orders - but defied them - and in a way that impacts his grand plan since now the S2 engine is in the "wrong" EVA.

So if we're trying to pull the wool over Gendo's eyes here we would need to make it appear that that happened. Yes, obtaining Ritsuko's cooperation would be essential to do that - otherwise she can just report us once we leave the Reiquarium - but it is not at all sufficient IMO. Rei would have to pull off the acting job of a lifetime to maintain this fiction, and given that Rei is someone he keeps tabs on she'd have to maintain it basically 24/7. I don't know that she can manage this, and frankly even if she could, I don't think it'd be at all good for her mentally because she'd have to basically pretend to be Rei 12 even to Shinji and Hikari and that feels like it'd be incredibly hard on her.

If we're being honest and coldly pragmatic, I think our best plan for getting out of this without us and Rei getting killed by Gendo is to essentially crib canon Ritsuko's idea - destroy the Reiquarium, ideally securing Ritsuko's cooperation in the process. It would protect Rei by making her the only Rei he's going to get and since Rei is a vital piece in his plan she can probably leverage that to secure Misato's safety (but perhaps not freedom, we might get the canon Ritsuko treatment of being locked up and only let out to deal with Angels/emergencies - maybe a bit more freedom than that to maintain the fiction to Shinji by pretending that part of the debriefing punishment was that we got confined to HQ as our punishment.) Canon Ritsuko already established that she was too important for Gendo to simply kill on the spot when she destroyed the Reiquarium in canon so she is likewise also probably safe - but it would help to have her on our side.

But that's cold pragmatism - I'm not sure how Rei would take the destruction of the Reiquarium. She already considers the previous Reis as some kind of family, would she think the same of the ones in the Reiquarium? But I'm not sure there's any other way out of this for Misato and Rei. There could be and I've just failed to think of it.
 
Alcor said:
If we're being honest and coldly pragmatic, I think our best plan for getting out of this without us and Rei getting killed by Gendo is to essentially crib canon Ritsuko's idea - destroy the Reiquarium, ideally securing Ritsuko's cooperation in the process. It would protect Rei by making her the only Rei he's going to get and since Rei is a vital piece in his plan she can probably leverage that to secure Misato's safety (but perhaps not freedom, we might get the canon Ritsuko treatment of being locked up and only let out to deal with Angels/emergencies - maybe a bit more freedom than that to maintain the fiction to Shinji by pretending that part of the debriefing punishment was that we got confined to HQ as our punishment.) Canon Ritsuko already established that she was too important for Gendo to simply kill on the spot when she destroyed the Reiquarium in canon so she is likewise also probably safe - but it would help to have her on our side.
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Canon Ritsuko was gunned down by Gendo, after she was locked up for doing that. The man is proven to have no qualms in killing her if he thinks it is warranted.

Destroying all of Rei's clone sisters is also likely to get Rei very unhappy with us and put her in an even poorer state of mental health than the idea of pretending to have been replaced - which honestly, I doubt would be that stressful since Gendo would be ordering her to act like she HASN'T been replaced to everyone else.

Meaning the only one she would really need to act in front of is Gendo himself. Maybe Fuyutsuki.
 
PistachioCookies said:
Canon Ritsuko was gunned down by Gendo, after she was locked up for doing that. The man is proven to have no qualms in killing her if he thinks it is warranted.

Destroying all of Rei's clone sisters is also likely to get Rei very unhappy with us and put her in an even poorer state of mental health than the idea of pretending to have been replaced - which honestly, I doubt would be that stressful since Gendo would be ordering her to act like she HASN'T been replaced to everyone else.

Meaning the only one she would really need to act in front of is Gendo himself. Maybe Fuyutsuki.
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I mean, wouldn't destroying the altRei in the Reiquarium kinda reassure Rei that their wont be any replacement ? That she is the last one remaining ?
 
Undeadmuffin01 said:
I mean, wouldn't destroying the altRei in the Reiquarium kinda reassure Rei that their wont be any replacement ? That she is the last one remaining ?
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I mean, yes, but it would do so by killing an awful lot of Reis. Maybe Rei would be fine with it. She probably wouldn't be happy if we just killed Rei's siblings(?) for Rei's own good without asking Rei first, though.
 
A couple of points: the process of re(i)placement is not a factory re(i)set, as per Ritsuko's earlier rant. Gendo is going to expect and accept an amount of continuity in Rei's behaviourl; if he's confused about this being too quick, and we have Ritsuko on side, she can probably say some bullshit. This process is intended to make Rei more "mentally stable" (i.e. obedient) but if push comes to shove there either things have spiralled out of control again (in which case, coup Gendo) or we can - through Ritsuko - claim the process is beginning to lose its effectiveness.
 
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Nothingness IX: Impasse
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    You inform Rei that you're not going to pick up the gun. Rei gives you a look you're having a hard time reading, but you think it's a mixture of disappointment and contempt. Not very encouraging. Rei steps towards Ritsuko, who backs up, her eyes darting between Rei's firearm and her own discarded weapon. Ritsuko again questions what the fuck you think you're doing. How many more ways does she have to threaten her before you decide to act?

    [X] "What the fuck's wrong with me!? What the fuck's wrong with you?! You are trying to murder a child, and that child is asking not to be murdered. How did you get like this, Rits? Executing children, talking like a cultist? We went to university together! If it wasn't for me, Rei would already have gunned you down. You're welcome, by the way."

    I'm sorry, do you not see that Rei Ayanami is pointing a loaded weapon at her? This is exactly the kind of safety issue Ritsuko's been referring to. The current situation is that Rei threatened to harm nearly the entire senior staff at NERV, tampered with her Evangelion to make it impossible to control, initiated what can reasonably be interpreted as a mutiny that, if it had been successful, likely would have wiped out NERV's Central Command, then stole a weapon from her immediate superior (that's you, if you've been keeping track) and is now brandishing it at one of her other superiors, all while vaguely threatening you should you try to step in.

    Why do you persist in defending Rei? Is it because the current vessel she's in is shaped like a teenager? Are you being willfully ignorant of the fact that this thing in front of you is not human, despite the overwhelming evidence of such literally surrounding you at the moment?

    What happened to you? Weren't you all about getting vengeance on the Angels for what they did to your father? To the planet? To you? Rei has all but stated her intention to destroy the instruments of the Angels' destruction, and is currently pointing a firearm at, not to put too fine a point on it, one of the most important people in the organization dedicated to that purpose. That doesn't make you even a little angry? Or worried? Who the hell even are you? Don't give her that bullshit about you and her being friends when you can't even muster up some concern for her well-being. If you weren't being careless Rei wouldn't even have your weapon.

    Everything Ritsuko has done has been in everyone's best interest. The Dummy Plug program was so the pilots would no longer have to put themselves in harm's way. Making copies of a pilot ensured that the system could exist. And in case of failure, NERV would always have a pilot on hand to kill the Angels. You know, your purpose? Perhaps you've forgotten that.

    The Dummy System failed. It was not ready for use, but she had to install it. There wasn't a choice. And it turns out that the primary asset for it was compromised. Who knows how or why, but it seems to correlate with you.

    -[X] "Rei, please continue to refrain from shooting her, despite...everything. You're doing well so far."

    Rei doesn't say anything, only continues to glare at Ritsuko. She runs one of her fingers along the trigger guard. Still, she seems content to let you and Ritsuko argue. Rei is nothing if not patient.

    -[X] "Now, I want answers. What's this business about Rei's soul? What's that thing about a donor for Unit-02? What else am I being kept in the dark about!?"

    Ritsuko says that she's been keeping things from you to protect you, and she knows this sounds hard to believe, but it was for Rei's own good too. She didn't think you'd be able to handle the truth about Rei's body, and she still thinks that. But you're giving her very little choice here.

    Would you like to know how Rei was born?

    Rei extends her arms and points the gun at Ritsuko's chest. Ritsuko places her finger over the screen of her PDA in response. Rei says she will fire. Ritsuko says if Rei shoots she's going to push the button. No more do-overs. It takes you a second to put two and two together. If Ritsuko pushes that button, all the clones leering at you from beyond the glass will be destroyed.

    Ritsuko looks at you. She wears a defeated look on her face. If Rei shoots her, she'll probably shoot you too, and if you're both lucky, she'll shoot herself. Either way, any hope of perpetuating her existence will be lost when Ritsuko pushes the button. Rei can enjoy the remaining time she has left before her body destroys itself and limbs rot off. Ritsuko wonders how Shinji and the Commander will feel about her when her face melts off. Will she still have a chance to win their hearts over from an oxygen tent? Rei's grip on the firearm tightens.

    There is a fundamental rot at the heart of NERV, and that rot is called Rei Ayanami. Ritsuko has tried to compromise and show it kindness, mercy and understanding. Do you think this is something she takes joy in? Do you think that she likes having to do these things to Rei, who wears the skin of a young woman? Ritsuko has done everything she can to prevent the current situation from unfolding, and painstakingly worked to ensure that Rei was afforded some kind of comfort and freedom. She knows that it wasn't enough for a teenager, but that's the best she was able to do. Pragmatically, Rei should have been kept in the room you passed through on the way here. Because Rei isn't just a teenage girl.

    Rei moves her fingers to the trigger.

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