DKN117
Citadel Special Tactics & Recon
- Location
- Southern California, L.A. Area
I was just worried because of the whole global pandemic, places being shut down, borders being closed, thousands-of-people-dead thing going on right now.
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Advice and Trust [NGE]
I was just worried because of the whole global pandemic, places being shut down, borders being closed, thousands-of-people-dead thing going on right now.
- Location
- United States
Real talk. Panicking is litterally the worst thing you could do. Shit got real, and this isn't the best place for discussion, but it important to know that remaining calm is vital. Let the writers worry of their issue and we worry of ours.
AustSakuraKyzor
Confused Librarian
- Location
- Bhaile
Stryp's situation is different from most just because of what his job is, as for BG - I wouldn't worry too much, their area has likely shut everything down for the next few weeks to essentially force quarantine as much as they can: school, museums, libraries - basically any public building in my city all closed down about a week after the first confirmed case - so far it's been effective, if boring
BG_Character_592
The Fisherman
- Location
- Australia
Don'tworry, I haven't caught Coronavirus
Pretty much. 800 to 1600 weekdays (sometimes more hours), whereas before I was a student with plenty of free time up my hands.
I feel motivation and energy factors into it as well. Don't wanna write if I don't feel up to it, y'know. And surprisingly enough, Megas XLR has been giving me some difficulty in filtering through the minds of the pilots and company. The absurdity of Megas becomes repetitive after a while, and you can't really keep mentioning it.
It's still fun to write for it, don't get me wrong. But it's pretty difficult, and I want to be in the right mindset when I do write for it.
This sort of thing kinda happened with After End of Evangelion, as well. Asuka being overly tsun to Shinji is fine and all, but over 600 pages of it gets really difficult to write for without sounding repetitious yourself
If anything, you guys would get more content if I was either quarantined for or actually caught Coronavirus
M. H. Fuzzball
Aperture Science-certified Horrible Person
- Location
- Sector 2814
Had a bit of a scare about that myself this week. Started the week out coughing, by Tuesday night I'd added a sore throat and feeling feverish to my list of symptoms (and I have a continuously runny nose), so I was more than a little scared. So Wednesday morning I went to urgent care to be checked out. Turned out to just be bronchitis from my two days the previous week where I was out in sub-30 (F) temps and moderately high winds at 5 AM at work.Don'tworry, I haven't caught Coronavirus
- Location
- The Midlands.
According to his most recent profile comment, Strypgia was at a small airbase in Bumfuck Nowhere, Iraq waiting for the next available seat on a transport back to the US. That was on the 1st of March, so he's probably still there. Also, he's been posting and commenting in other threads every so often so nothing untoward has happened to him while on deployment. Chances are he just has limited access to the Internet (they probably have to take turns with one PC that's hooked up to ethernet or something) and hasn't had time to check in with us.
AustSakuraKyzor
Confused Librarian
- Location
- Bhaile
That IS the most likely situation - every tour my uncle did in Afghanistan was a similar situation. Perhaps - I don't know for sure because it's not like he'd be allowed to tell me
Limited access, limited time - and now there are possible restrictions on travel due to the coronavirus.
The Englanderish
Schrödinger's Kuudere Kitty Caliph(a)
- Location
- Califat de Chats
Stryp's on a discord with me - he's back home but been busy getting caught up with all sorts.
Wixelt
NGE Fic plan 490 pages and counting...
- Location
- England, UK
- Pronouns
- He/They
That's good to hear. Hope all's well with him and his family.
- Location
- Canada
I do hope both BG_Character_592 and Strypgia stay safe. To everyone here, I wish you good health.
Wixelt
NGE Fic plan 490 pages and counting...
- Location
- England, UK
- Pronouns
- He/They
Ditto on this. Stay safe out there, folks.
That said, in an effort to both try to take our minds off the encroaching epidemic and get things a little back on thread topic...
What do we reckon? Will Rei try to reason with her new duplicate once there's a confrontation, or will she recognize Gendo's trademark placating bullshit at work and decide it'll be easier to 'knock out now, deprogram later'?
Dragontrapper
Homeless Draconis
- Location
- A Tower in the middle of nowhere
"To use a phrase Asuka seems fond of, 'I do not have time for this shit.'"
- Location
- United States
Hear, hear. Don't take any unnecessary risks out there.
I'd argue it would depend on when and how they meet. Rei 4 is effectively pre-Ramiel Rei in terms of behavior and priorities, so now that she has orders she will go in a straight line to her objective. She won't have any Section 2 backing her since Gendo knows they are compromised and wouldn't trust them.
Rei 4 won't find Kaworu alone. Rei is glued to him thanks to their blooming relationship and isn't likely to keep him out of her eye. BUT in the event that she is seperated, (Gendo might call Rei to his office for an "assignment") Misato won't leave him unattended as she is on complete edge due to his angelic nature.
I can't really say how the conflict would go. I fully expect the MP EVAs or the military to begin their raid right then and there and remove the simple and easy answers.
- Location
- Australia, mate
Why do I get the horrible feeling that at some point Rei will end up saying, "I found you, faker!"
BG_Character_592
The Fisherman
- Location
- Australia
"I think you are the fake Rei around here. You are not even good enough to be my fake."
And then Rei IV exploded for no reason whatsoever.
Thing is, SA2 probably wouldn't have been released in the Evangelion world, unless they found a pre-release version somehow.
...Or it came through a Rift of some sort
Though on the topic of explosions, I doubt Rei IV would be too effective against Rei III and Kaworu. Of course, once you add the MP-Eva and the JSSDF to the mix, things get complicated.
And remember, Gendo might not even need Rei IV to do anything other than be a vessel for Adam and himself, like he tried in EoE with Rei III. Kaworu might complicate things regarding this, but perhaps Gendo is counting on everything else occupying Kaworu enough for him to end the world in peace.
I wonder if Lilith herself could reject Gendo, in this case. Or Rei III catches on and takes matters into her own hands. Either way, interesting times are approaching.
- Location
- Australia, mate
Well the only reason everyone's waiting for the Angels to die is to guarantee they won't interfere in the process. Hmm. But could even Zeruel do anything if Third Impact has already finished? If NERV knew exactly when Angels would attack, they could have potentially started and finished Third Impact a long time ago.
Wixelt
NGE Fic plan 490 pages and counting...
- Location
- England, UK
- Pronouns
- He/They
Well, it depends on whether the Angels themselves would survive Third Impact. Assuming no, then Zeruel wouldn't be able to do anything, but there's still the chance one could intervene mid-event if they were able to act quickly enough.
Three-way Gendo/Lilith/Angel tug-of-war would not be pretty, though I imagine the concerns about the Angels mucking things up would be well founded given Gendo would likely be obliterated immediately.
- Location
- Colorado
The thought of Rei III having to absorb/unite with Lilith in order to save her loves is actually very enticing. However, I'd be worried about her suffering some kind of power overload issue afterwards. Lilith is too big, metaphorically speaking, for a human-sized vessel to hold her.
- Location
- Australia, mate
Well we don't really know where the Angels come from. Space? A dimensional rift in the Pacific? Do they just suddenly exist when and where they choose? What would actually happen if Third Impact happened immediately after Zeruel? There's at least a month of inactivity, then who knows how much more time before Armisael showed up. Surely by then Third Impact would be complete, and all the remaining Angels could do would be to splash about in the humanity-flavoured Kool-Aid.
AustSakuraKyzor
Confused Librarian
- Location
- Bhaile
Now I'm imagining Zeruel, Areal, Armisael, and Kaworu all splashing around in the humanity-flavoured tang with a beach ball.
This is not an agreeable image.
Wixelt
NGE Fic plan 490 pages and counting...
- Location
- England, UK
- Pronouns
- He/They
I think Sandalphon gave us our best representation of the state Angels are in before the awaken and/or attack. My best interpretation of that situation is that the Angels lie in somewhat dormant, "unhatched" states around the world as they grow, undetectable by normal means for the most part (Sandalphon was a fluke discovery that SEELE could have had certain knowledge of from the Scrolls to make locating easier), until they emerge. I doubt being in that state would shield them from the Anti-AT Field, though.
- Location
- United States
That might be exactly the problem. SEELE and Gendo don't want to JUST cause third impact, but be in effective control of the God created by the end of it. The Angels, with their S2 cores, would override any human attempting this and all the remaining angels would simply be the ones in control.
- Location
- National Capital Region, USA
I'm home in the US now, and ironically this had meant less time to write, since I've had to dive back into RL. LilithP dealt with the stress of handling the Imps while I was gone, but had no time to clean, so the house is... a bit of a mess. My top accomplishment yesterday was cleaning the floor of the living room until you could actually see the rug again. (And the Persian rug I got in Baghdad the last tour is definitely showing the signs of having been hard used by the Imps while I was away.) On the night I got home I spent 2 hours doing dishes to clean out the sink and kitchen, for example.
This is in addition to a dental visit that got me another crown, and having to spend a weekend hurriedly finding and buying a car to replace my 2003 that was dying before I even deployed. I do now have a new-ish 2016 vehicle, and have signed out of my office. I have a week between now and the start of my next contract. Might be two, and that's before we even factor in the coronavirus quarantines, etc.
So yes, thank you all for your concern, but I am alive and kicking, and trying to write. I got most of the remainder of the KSK scene done on the plane, and with a week ahead of me stuck at home, I plan to get the whole update done. ...in between still cleaning up the family room, stairs, basement, Imps' room, etc...
Preview? SURE!
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Kensuke tried not to swallow too hard on sighting Sayaka laid out on the bed, ginning seductively.
"Hi~~, honey. Come into my office, have a seat." She patted the bed next her. Since she'd rolled herself over to the far side, this would put Kensuke in the middle once Kyoko laid down too.
He laid down with some trepidation. They'd had to work out some habits, making their tentative triad function, and the middle spot was the choice spot, allowing the lucky one to be cuddled from both sides by the other two. Generally, it rotated, unless someone had won it as a forfeit in a bet or one of their mock battles. For Sayaka to order him into that spot right off the bat signaled she had something important to say, and wanted him comfortable. The three of them had also discovered whoever was in the middle was pretty agreeable to a lot of things.
Kyoko laid down herself on his other side, throwing her bare leg over on top of his. He was pinned. He settled down, then shrugged mentally. So far, staying cool and communicating like Rei had taught him had worked out pretty well for the three of them. He trusted them. Hell, he was way past liking them. His life was out of his control anymore, and he was just fine with that. As long as he got to be the one in the middle sometimes.
Sayaka nuzzled his left ear and giggled. "So, let me tell you, the vote is already two for, so it's probably going to pass, but we wanted your thoughts on Plan Crazy."
"Plan what?"
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Rei IV: "Oh? You're approaching me?"
Rei III: "I can't beat the shit out of you without getting closer..."