[X] Move Rei into your apartment immediately. You will fight tooth and nail to get this girl out of here.
-[X] Talk to Rei about why these accommodations are unsafe. You care about her and will not see her life and living situation abused through negligence.
--[X] If Rei needs further convincing, reiterate the dangers this place poses to her health and, therefore, her ability to fight Angels.
-[X] Find out who approved this.
You give Rei's shoulders a little squeeze. Then you tell her to get dressed. Rei does so without question, though she puts on a clean bra and a clearly unwashed school uniform. You look in Rei's fridge and cabinets while she does so. The fridge contains mostly cans of fruit juice and bottled water. You check the tap water. It's cloudy. Ugh. The cabinets mostly contain packets of instant noodles and cans of condensed soup. Not really what a girl her age should be eating. It's not like your kitchen supplies are too much better. But you eating junk food and beer for dinner is a choice, and you can stop whenever you want.
Rei finishes dressing and frowns at you. She's clearly dismayed by your reaction to her…you hesitate to even call it a home. You tell her gently that the accommodations she lives in are unsafe. The neighborhood is run-down and has few passers-by. You tell her that it's very important to lock her door at night in places like this. Rei informs you that the lock on her door doesn't work properly. You clench your fist. You also tell her the place is basically a biohazard and you're not too sure about how structurally sound the building is either. Rei nods. She tells you in a neutral tone that her balcony has partially detached. You grit your teeth.
Captain, what's wrong? Are you unwell? Rei asks you. You realize you've probably been glaring at her with clenched teeth during this entire lecture. You tell her that you care about her and you're upset that she's being neglected. Rei doesn't understand. She's always lived in places like this. She has food and shelter from the elements here. And even if this place was unsafe, she can always be repl—
You grab her by the shoulders tightly, trying very hard not to slap her. Whenever she says that, you feel angry. Obviously, part of that is because you resent the forces that have shaped someone the same age as you when you had your incident into a person who doesn't value herself. Though a darker part of you resents her for reminding you that you too are ultimately replaceable, should something go wrong. You feel the same force whenever Gendo calls you into his office, or whenever you think about Angels.
Captain, that hurts, Rei tells you. You loosen your grip and straighten yourself. You make a logical argument. You tell her that first off, it is unacceptable that an important asset such as a pilot is living in a state that could compromise her health and therefore, her ability to fight Angels. It's important for you to pilot the Evangelion, right Rei? Rei nods. It is very important to her that she can keep piloting. Furthermore, you tell her that knowing she's in a place like this causes you immense anxiety. Not only because she's a pilot, but because you care about her. This will affect your ability to do your job as well. Rei pauses, but nods. She hadn't considered that. You close by saying that if she moved in with you, she would have a better home life and feel physically and mentally stronger than she would if she stayed here. Rei isn't as sure about that, but it's important for your job that she be as strong as possible.
You remind her of the meal at the restaurant. Remember when Rei wanted to just eat the hospital paste instead of solid food, because food is food, and it doesn't matter what form it comes in? And remember how much better it was when she went with you instead? Rei nods. The same principle applies here.
Rei considers this. For a while. She sits down on her bed, which creaks horribly, furrowing her eyebrows. Her eyes dart around the room. You sit on the bed next to her and wait.
Alright, she says. She will go with you. But the Commander should be informed as soon as possible. You swear you'll talk to him as soon as you can. Which is uh, not today, because you've got to help her move, of course. Rei nods. Of course, you will speak to him tomorrow. You also resolve to find out how this even happened. Who approved this? Rei goes with you to your car, and you go back to your apartment to get some of the moving boxes you haven't thrown out yet.
You apartment is…well, it's not the cleanest either, but it's mostly just messy, rather than "unfathomably dismal". A lot of your possessions still haven't been unpacked yet, so there's a bunch of boxes everywhere. The bigger issue is you have kind of a teeny-weeny little issue with forgetting to throw stuff away. Just like Rei! Anyway, your kitchen table and counter have a lot of empty bottles and cans of beer stacked on them. Also, a few garbage bags are on the floor in the corner. They haven't gotten ripe yet and mostly just contain empty bottles and wrappers and things, but you should probably throw those away. There's a couple of dirty dishes that have been sitting on the table for…a couple days?
The more you think about how much of a slob you are, the worse you feel. Rei seems completely unbothered by the mess and picks up a few boxes and heads out to your car. She doesn't remove her shoes in your apartment, which annoys you, but you can straighten that out later. You decide to take out the garbage bags at the least. You can put off the other tidying for later.
You go in for more boxes but Rei tells you that what she took is more than adequate. This concerns you, and your concerns are validated upon returning to Rei's apartment. Her only possessions are her rather small book collection (consisting of medical textbooks, two books on riichi mahjong, a datebook, three books on probability, and a book about animals clearly aimed at much younger children), six identical school uniforms, a dozen sets of plain white underwear and socks, two brown towels, a toothbrush, a razor (which you convince her to toss out), antiperspirant, and a tattered pair of house slippers. The only other possession of note is the eyeglasses, which she seemingly keeps on her person at all times. You offer to buy her new glasses, but she shakes her head. No thank you, Rei does not want new glasses. She's extremely firm on this issue, so you decide not to press it. You're concerned that Rei doesn't seem to own any casual clothing at all, though.
You load all this and the copious amounts of medication Rei keeps into these boxes. Rei dumps out the grocery bag serving as her trash can and puts the remaining fruit juice in her fridge inside. You notice she does not take any of the food. Rei does not look back when you leave the apartment.
After this, you return home and show Rei her new bedroom. After she removes her shoes, that is. You tell Rei it's better to not track dirt in your home, and it's polite. Rei doesn't argue. You spend most of the day helping Rei unpack her things and finally getting around to tidying up a bit. Rei helps. Mostly just by holding the trash bags open, but it's helping all the same.
The two of you share some takeout for dinner. You realize you're going to have to learn how to cook vegetarian meals for Rei as you watch her eat her stir-fry. Are you going to have to give up meat too? You hope not.
After that, Rei runs into Pen2, your pet hot spring penguin. Yes, really. Look, a girl has to hold onto some of her childhood dreams, right? He warks at her suspiciously until Rei warks back at him. Her impression of him is uncanny. This seems to satisfy Pen2, who has now accepted her as his new roommate.
Rei takes a forty-five minute shower. After you complain about how she's hogging the bathroom she explains that her old apartment did not have hot water. Well, okay. You guess. There's no hot water left for you now though.
With that, Rei goes straight to bed from her shower. Good night, Captain.
Good night, Rei.
Conversation
Select one of the following:
Talk to Rei about:
Rei
[ ] General well-being
[ ] Mood
[ ] The past
[ ] The present
[ ] The future
Others
[ ] Yourself
[ ] Friends
[ ] Romance
Environment
[ ] NERV
[ ] School
[ ] Home
[ ] Tokyo-3
[ ] The World
Activities
Select two of the following:
[ ] Combat training
[ ] Synchronization training
[ ] Physical training
[ ] Study
[ ] Arts program
[ ] Go out
Special Activity
You may do one special activity of your choosing each week. It won't raise Rei's stats, but you can use it to bond with her, affect her mood, or solve her problems. Additionally, you can also use this slot to pursue your own projects, if any. This is not controlled by majority vote. The QM will merely choose the most entertaining one.
[ ] Write in
Note: this week, this special activity will be in addition to the previous, unresolved special activity. ([X] Special Activity: Introduce Rei and Shinji to each other (under your supervision))
