[X] Talk to Rei about You
You decide to tell Rei a little more about yourself now that you're a little closer. You're flattered Rei would punch a boy in the face for your sake. You briefly go over your service history and background; you gloss over some of the less pleasant details of your childhood (like being at Ground Zero for the ongoing mass extinction event and spending around three years in a quarantine facility). Rei doesn't really need to know those details. You tell Rei that you joined NERV for the sole purpose of destroying the Angels. You quickly add that this is, of course, to protect humanity and ensure world peace, blah blah blah, but deep down you know that those are abstract concerns to you. Rei looks at you blankly. You hope she didn't think anything of that little slip-up.
At the very least, Rei seems to like staying with you immensely and likely considers you the closest person to herself (apart from perhaps Gendo). She finds you a little confusing at times, but appreciates your efforts to expose her to new stimuli. It's very educational.
Well, okay then.
[X] Talk to Shinji about Home
Shinji tells you that he's living by himself in the Geofront. It's…okay. He's used to being by himself. He used to live with a teacher of his, but the teacher was pretty old, and they didn't really spend much time with each other. It's not like they were family or anything. It's fine. Shinji's used to it. Anyway, he's not allowed to live anywhere else right now until his father decides what to do with him. Shinji clenches his fists. He hates that his father has so much control over his life right now, after spending so much time not even acknowledging that he existed. It isn't fair. Shinji says he's going to just wait this situation out and keep out of the way. It's worked so far. Maybe his dad will forget about him soon. Shinji would like that.
How do you respond?
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[X] Physical training
A pilot really needs to keep in shape. The greater their physical capabilities, the easier it is to imagine the Evangelion performing those same feats. Of course, a high synchronization rate helps, but there's a limit to unrefined talent.
At the moment, you're trying to work on Rei's stamina and endurance, which is, based on her performance after you asked her to drop and give you 50, frankly pathetic. Granted, the girl was wheelchair-bound for almost a month and may have been slowly dying of malnutrition before you taught her how to cook stir-fry, but this is
weaksauce. You're not sure how the Marduk Institute determines pilots, but it's clearly not based on any physical attributes, given how scrawny Shinji looks and how waifish Rei generally is. You feel some pity for the girl as the grunts with exertion, but this will not do at all.
You spend the week doing mostly cardio and compound exercises. Running on a treadmill, squats, jump rope, running up flights of stairs, that sort of thing. You're sure Rei absolutely hates you after every session, because after a certain point during each session she fixes her gaze on your face like an annoyed cat. You'd rather not think about what she's imagining about you. Regardless, she seems to improve with each session, so it's doing something. Rei takes to doing a few simple exercises in her room each morning as well.
You also make sure Rei remembers to hydrate herself. You're pretty sure her hydration routine was…erratic, prior to your intervention. It gets hot in Tokyo-3, and a lot of water is lost through sweat. The last thing you need is for her to get heat stroke.
[X] Go out
As a treat for putting up with your torture sessions, you take Rei out for shave ice after each session. Rei begins experimenting with different combinations of syrup. She doesn't talk much about her results, or really much at all, but she seems less annoyed with you after she takes the first bite. You assure her that it gets easier over time. She gives you a dubious look but doesn't object. She understands why she needs to do it.
In the remaining free time, Rei uses her new watercolor set to draw pictures of Pen
2 and some rather abstract pictures of what you assume are clouds. She also occasionally fiddles with her mahjong tiles and tries playing against herself.
Random Event
Gendo calls your apartment phone.
He is en route to your apartment to inspect Rei's living situation for himself.
He will be there in around ten to fifteen minutes.
You look around your apartment. Detritus from Rei's "birthday party" still remains scattered around the kitchen; you were both
meaning to get rid of it, but working out takes so much out of both of you, you know? There's a weird smell coming from the trash. Your fridge is stuffed to the gills with beer. Pen
2 is walking around with one of your less socially-acceptable undergarments caught on one of his weird little claws,
warking pathetically. Meanwhile Rei is lounging on the couch in nothing but a towel, flipping through the channels with a bored expression. Also, both your and Rei's bedrooms look like bombs went off in them. You've been keeping the communal areas of the apartment clean, but each of you took your own rooms as chores assigned to their respective owners and whoops! You suck at keeping your room tidy!
Oh god, oh no, oh
shit! Rei notices your growing panic quickly and asks what's wrong, without taking her eyes off the television.
You have to triage this. You do not have time to make your entire apartment presentable in the remaining interval before Gendo's arrival.
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