You know I can't say earnestly I can remember a single time where the external eject or shutdown signal ever actually works in canon. You'd think they'd have fixed that at some point.
Rei Ayanami Raising Project
- Thread starter Sutekh
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JIMI94
Birdman with a cauldron on it's head
- Location
- The Garden of Earthly Delights
Yeah, especially since they should be able to make that mechanical or whatever to prevent the EVA from having a say. Maybe it being attached to it and being inside it's AT field means they can affect it like how angels modify their own body?
- Location
- Earth
- Pronouns
- He/Him
It's like the Galaxy Quest self-destruct, but in reverse. And not a comedy.
[X] Follow him surreptitiously. You're curious as to what he's doing, and honestly? You'd also like to know what's down there. You want some answers.
Boiling Point X: Terminal Dogma
[X] Follow him surreptitiously. You're curious as to what he's doing, and honestly? You'd also like to know what's down there. You want some answers.
You follow him quietly down the corridor, slipping out of sight whenever he checks his rear for tails. He takes a route you're only vaguely familiar with, down into the bowels of NERV. The lower parts of NERV are convoluted and poorly lit. You feel like you're descending less into a secure bunker and more into the belly of a strange mechanical monster.
You feel cold and clammy as the darkness grows. Your surroundings remind you of that day fifteen years ago. Your chest feels tight. Still, Kaji continues down into the dark without slowing down. He walks with purpose. He knows exactly where he is going. You see lighted signs for facilities you know little about. SECOND APOPTOSIS CHAMBER, BOLGIA 7 DEFENSE PERIMETER MACHINE ROOM, DURA-BAKELITE STORAGE TANKS, TYPHON MONITORING STATION. You follow him down a long escalator to the very bottom of NERV.
A sign on the wall, stenciled in chipped maroon paint, reads simply, "Terminal Dogma". Kaji hurries past it, ignoring a brightly lit sign whose text is eerily familiar to you.
Kaji must have a death wish, you think to yourself. You hear a faint beeping sound echoing from the far end of the hall, where Kaji is fiddling with a keypad set into an enormous vault door. You shake your head. Kaji isn't a UN Inspector at all. You'd long suspected it, given how cagey he's been about his choice of meeting place with you. Obtaining and auditing documents on the finances and personnel of NERV and the Marduk Institute is one thing. You could buy that sure, maybe he had access to that sort of thing, or had a way of pressuring NERV personnel into giving it to him. But this is clearly espionage. Probably for the Japanese government.
You pull out your service weapon and point it at the back of Kaji's head. He doesn't even flinch. How's Shinji? You tersely say he's fine. You ask if illegally sneaking into ultrasecure NERV facilities is part of his job description, and if so, which job? His job for the United Nations or the one for the Japanese Department of Home Affairs? Kaji asks which one you think it is dismissively and starts rummaging through his pockets to remove a small key card. Does Commander Ikari have you running counterintelligence operations for him now in addition to babysitting his kids? He must really be shorthanded.
You retort that you came down here of your own accord. Oh good, then he doesn't know you're down here. That's useful. You say you're going to let him off with a warning. But if he keeps this up, he won't live long. You're fuzzy on the specifics, but NERV Intelligence does not seem like it's above making people "disappear". Kaji says Ikari has been using him to run a few errands for him here and there, so he's feeling optimistic about his prospects for the time being. He's sorry for not telling you about this, of course, but you know, a man's got to keep some secrets.
Speaking of secrets, do you want to see one of Ritsuko's and Ikari's? Before you can react, he slides the key card through the reader. It lets out a tired-sounding beep. Deep within the gigantic steel door in front of you, you hear a low groaning sound and the clunk of machinery. The door opens painfully slowly, revealing…something inside a vast underground chamber.
It takes you a moment to figure out what you're even looking at. There's an enormous blood red cross on the far side of the cavernous room the size of a skyscraper. Its base recedes into a purplish haze filling the room. But on the cross...a great white monster.
The creature is shaped like a human figure. The creature is missing the lower half of its body. The creature's hands are pierced by great nails. The creature's flesh is white and rubbery. The flesh hangs loosely from its chin and arms. The creature's head has several tubes protruding from its back. The creature is wearing a pitted dark purple mask. The mask has seven eyes. The lower half of the creature's torso is composed of a cluster of large, pale tumorous growths from which several pairs of white human legs protrude at strange angles. The creature's heart is pierced by an enormous red bident. A fine cascade of orange blood—LCL—runs down the front of the cross and into huge pools below. The creature is—
Adam, says Kaji, how big he has grown. Your throat closes up. You can't seem to breathe in enough oxygen. You hear the screams of the scientists. You feel the frigid air of the Antarctic rake across your face. The stench of blood fills the air. The ground shakes beneath your feet. You see the giant of light.
You snap back to reality. The only thing you can say is how it can't be possible that that thing is here. The killer of billions is being kept alive in NERV Headquarters. You thought it was destroyed in the Second Impact. But it's here, right in front of you. At first, you're not sure if it's alive, because it is unnaturally still, but in distance, you hear a whistling wind that echoes around the chamber. It is breathing. Your suspicions are further confirmed when one of its "legs" twitches.
A feeling of intense rage, disgust and confusion fills you. Wasn't NERV's mission to destroy the Angels? Why is the First Angel here, the slayer of half of mankind, alive? Why has nobody told you this?
Kaji says this is the key to everything since the Second Impact. The starting point of all of your misfortunes. It is indeed Adam, the First Angel. The Commander, Fuyutsuki and Ritsuko have been keeping this from you. He knew of it, because Ikari asked him to deliver the embryonic specimen of Adam here. It is how Kaji ingratiated himself with the Commander, and why he's been allowed to stay in Tokyo-3. It's the price he had to pay to have the opportunity to get closer to the truth. That's what he had with him during your fight with the Sixth Angel. Kaji whistles. He wasn't expecting it to have grown to such a massive bulk in such a short period, though.
You're unable to speak.
Kaji thinks that the evidence that NERV is up to something sinister speaks for itself here, don't you think? He wanted to tell you because he wanted to warn you, because you deserve to know. You deserve better. You clench your fists and look him in the eyes.
He's right. You don't know NERV at all. And you're going to get to the bottom of it, and make sure this thing is disposed of. Kaji grins at you, the way he used to when you were together. The way he always did when the two of you were going to get up to no good. You feel your face grow hot, but you repress the feelings. Now isn't the time for this.
Kaji says for now the best thing is to carry on as if nothing has happened. Focus on killing the Angels for now. He'll continue digging. You tell him not to do anything stupid. He says where's the fun in that.
You pick up Shinji from the hospital wing and drive home. He's apparently completely fine, and while shaken from the earlier events of the day, doesn't seem to remember much of what happened that well, beyond that it was something bad and that it hurt him. He says it feels more like a bad dream than something that really happened to him. Which is probably for the best. Still, you can tell he's feeling pretty down about it. He did just promise himself to be a better Evangelion pilot, so getting injured the literal next time he sat in the cockpit of one probably hurt his confidence a bit.
He looks out the window of your car in a very Reilike manner, with his hand pressed to his cheek. You resolve to do something nice for him. You never did have a welcome home from the hospital party for the poor kid, did you? Maybe you can do that. You want to try to be there more for your charges. And you need something to distract yourself from what you've just seen. You crave normalcy.
Who are you inviting? Select as many as you wish.
[ ] Hikari
[ ] Nozomi (must also invite Hikari)
[ ] Kodama (must also invite Hikari)
[ ] Aida
[ ] Suzuhara
[ ] Hyuga
[ ] Aoba
[ ] Ibuki
[ ] Kaji
[ ] Ritsuko
[ ] Fuyutsuki
[ ] Gendo
You follow him quietly down the corridor, slipping out of sight whenever he checks his rear for tails. He takes a route you're only vaguely familiar with, down into the bowels of NERV. The lower parts of NERV are convoluted and poorly lit. You feel like you're descending less into a secure bunker and more into the belly of a strange mechanical monster.
You feel cold and clammy as the darkness grows. Your surroundings remind you of that day fifteen years ago. Your chest feels tight. Still, Kaji continues down into the dark without slowing down. He walks with purpose. He knows exactly where he is going. You see lighted signs for facilities you know little about. SECOND APOPTOSIS CHAMBER, BOLGIA 7 DEFENSE PERIMETER MACHINE ROOM, DURA-BAKELITE STORAGE TANKS, TYPHON MONITORING STATION. You follow him down a long escalator to the very bottom of NERV.
A sign on the wall, stenciled in chipped maroon paint, reads simply, "Terminal Dogma". Kaji hurries past it, ignoring a brightly lit sign whose text is eerily familiar to you.
KEEP OUT
MAIN L.C.L. PLANT: CIRCULATION LINE NO. 3
TRESSPASSERS WILL BE SHOT ON SIGHT.
VIOLATORS WILL BE LIABLE FOR PENALTIES OF UP 10 YEARS' IMPRISONMENT, $100,000 FINE, OR BOTH.
MAIN L.C.L. PLANT: CIRCULATION LINE NO. 3
TRESSPASSERS WILL BE SHOT ON SIGHT.
VIOLATORS WILL BE LIABLE FOR PENALTIES OF UP 10 YEARS' IMPRISONMENT, $100,000 FINE, OR BOTH.
Kaji must have a death wish, you think to yourself. You hear a faint beeping sound echoing from the far end of the hall, where Kaji is fiddling with a keypad set into an enormous vault door. You shake your head. Kaji isn't a UN Inspector at all. You'd long suspected it, given how cagey he's been about his choice of meeting place with you. Obtaining and auditing documents on the finances and personnel of NERV and the Marduk Institute is one thing. You could buy that sure, maybe he had access to that sort of thing, or had a way of pressuring NERV personnel into giving it to him. But this is clearly espionage. Probably for the Japanese government.
You pull out your service weapon and point it at the back of Kaji's head. He doesn't even flinch. How's Shinji? You tersely say he's fine. You ask if illegally sneaking into ultrasecure NERV facilities is part of his job description, and if so, which job? His job for the United Nations or the one for the Japanese Department of Home Affairs? Kaji asks which one you think it is dismissively and starts rummaging through his pockets to remove a small key card. Does Commander Ikari have you running counterintelligence operations for him now in addition to babysitting his kids? He must really be shorthanded.
You retort that you came down here of your own accord. Oh good, then he doesn't know you're down here. That's useful. You say you're going to let him off with a warning. But if he keeps this up, he won't live long. You're fuzzy on the specifics, but NERV Intelligence does not seem like it's above making people "disappear". Kaji says Ikari has been using him to run a few errands for him here and there, so he's feeling optimistic about his prospects for the time being. He's sorry for not telling you about this, of course, but you know, a man's got to keep some secrets.
Speaking of secrets, do you want to see one of Ritsuko's and Ikari's? Before you can react, he slides the key card through the reader. It lets out a tired-sounding beep. Deep within the gigantic steel door in front of you, you hear a low groaning sound and the clunk of machinery. The door opens painfully slowly, revealing…something inside a vast underground chamber.
It takes you a moment to figure out what you're even looking at. There's an enormous blood red cross on the far side of the cavernous room the size of a skyscraper. Its base recedes into a purplish haze filling the room. But on the cross...a great white monster.
The creature is shaped like a human figure. The creature is missing the lower half of its body. The creature's hands are pierced by great nails. The creature's flesh is white and rubbery. The flesh hangs loosely from its chin and arms. The creature's head has several tubes protruding from its back. The creature is wearing a pitted dark purple mask. The mask has seven eyes. The lower half of the creature's torso is composed of a cluster of large, pale tumorous growths from which several pairs of white human legs protrude at strange angles. The creature's heart is pierced by an enormous red bident. A fine cascade of orange blood—LCL—runs down the front of the cross and into huge pools below. The creature is—
Adam, says Kaji, how big he has grown. Your throat closes up. You can't seem to breathe in enough oxygen. You hear the screams of the scientists. You feel the frigid air of the Antarctic rake across your face. The stench of blood fills the air. The ground shakes beneath your feet. You see the giant of light.
You snap back to reality. The only thing you can say is how it can't be possible that that thing is here. The killer of billions is being kept alive in NERV Headquarters. You thought it was destroyed in the Second Impact. But it's here, right in front of you. At first, you're not sure if it's alive, because it is unnaturally still, but in distance, you hear a whistling wind that echoes around the chamber. It is breathing. Your suspicions are further confirmed when one of its "legs" twitches.
A feeling of intense rage, disgust and confusion fills you. Wasn't NERV's mission to destroy the Angels? Why is the First Angel here, the slayer of half of mankind, alive? Why has nobody told you this?
Kaji says this is the key to everything since the Second Impact. The starting point of all of your misfortunes. It is indeed Adam, the First Angel. The Commander, Fuyutsuki and Ritsuko have been keeping this from you. He knew of it, because Ikari asked him to deliver the embryonic specimen of Adam here. It is how Kaji ingratiated himself with the Commander, and why he's been allowed to stay in Tokyo-3. It's the price he had to pay to have the opportunity to get closer to the truth. That's what he had with him during your fight with the Sixth Angel. Kaji whistles. He wasn't expecting it to have grown to such a massive bulk in such a short period, though.
You're unable to speak.
Kaji thinks that the evidence that NERV is up to something sinister speaks for itself here, don't you think? He wanted to tell you because he wanted to warn you, because you deserve to know. You deserve better. You clench your fists and look him in the eyes.
He's right. You don't know NERV at all. And you're going to get to the bottom of it, and make sure this thing is disposed of. Kaji grins at you, the way he used to when you were together. The way he always did when the two of you were going to get up to no good. You feel your face grow hot, but you repress the feelings. Now isn't the time for this.
Kaji says for now the best thing is to carry on as if nothing has happened. Focus on killing the Angels for now. He'll continue digging. You tell him not to do anything stupid. He says where's the fun in that.
Taking Shinji Home
You pick up Shinji from the hospital wing and drive home. He's apparently completely fine, and while shaken from the earlier events of the day, doesn't seem to remember much of what happened that well, beyond that it was something bad and that it hurt him. He says it feels more like a bad dream than something that really happened to him. Which is probably for the best. Still, you can tell he's feeling pretty down about it. He did just promise himself to be a better Evangelion pilot, so getting injured the literal next time he sat in the cockpit of one probably hurt his confidence a bit.
He looks out the window of your car in a very Reilike manner, with his hand pressed to his cheek. You resolve to do something nice for him. You never did have a welcome home from the hospital party for the poor kid, did you? Maybe you can do that. You want to try to be there more for your charges. And you need something to distract yourself from what you've just seen. You crave normalcy.
Who are you inviting? Select as many as you wish.
[ ] Hikari
[ ] Nozomi (must also invite Hikari)
[ ] Kodama (must also invite Hikari)
[ ] Aida
[ ] Suzuhara
[ ] Hyuga
[ ] Aoba
[ ] Ibuki
[ ] Kaji
[ ] Fuyutsuki
[ ] Gendo
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- Location
- United States
[X] Nozomi (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Kodama (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Aida
[X] Suzuhara
His friends are a must of course, and naturally Saint Hikari is also invited along side with Nozomi, also am going to try to invite Kodama as well since the other two sisters have been invited as well.
The bridge bunny team are out because I don't think it is a good idea to have to many people over to distract from the goal of cheering Shinji up (also because I'm not sure Shinji even knows them at all) and if Kaji is over then Asuka will have all her attention on him, alongside Rei not being happy that he is there, so don't want any drama in that direction.
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- Location
- New York
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Hikari
[X] Nozomi (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Kodama (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Aida
[X] Suzuhara
Let the little sister brighten up the party. Maybe not the other sister though? That's kind of awkward, none of them have met her… not sure.
[X] Nozomi (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Kodama (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Aida
[X] Suzuhara
Let the little sister brighten up the party. Maybe not the other sister though? That's kind of awkward, none of them have met her… not sure.
JIMI94
Birdman with a cauldron on it's head
- Location
- The Garden of Earthly Delights
[X] Hikari
[X] Nozomi (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Kodama (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Aida
[X] Suzuhara
[X] Kaji
He asked about Shinji, so he gets a pass. The secret with him will be after the party to tap him as the only other Asuka expert to try to get her and Rei to get along. A good way to obfuscate his actual existence as a spy (I'd also like to make this a secondary purpose of our meetings to get a kayfabe for future meetings).
[X] Nozomi (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Kodama (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Aida
[X] Suzuhara
[X] Kaji
He asked about Shinji, so he gets a pass. The secret with him will be after the party to tap him as the only other Asuka expert to try to get her and Rei to get along. A good way to obfuscate his actual existence as a spy (I'd also like to make this a secondary purpose of our meetings to get a kayfabe for future meetings).
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JIMI94
Birdman with a cauldron on it's head
- Location
- The Garden of Earthly Delights
Also double posting, but it seems very significant that he said this was Adam, and not Lilith, especially since it is a whole hell of a lot of growth for such a small embryo.
Also the fact that this thing was the central production facility for LCL and that the first angel fought was the third angel (or wait is it listed as the second angel?) should leave one to wonder. Even Misato should figure it out.
Also the fact that this thing was the central production facility for LCL and that the first angel fought was the third angel (or wait is it listed as the second angel?) should leave one to wonder. Even Misato should figure it out.
[X] Hikari
[X] Nozomi (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Kodama (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Aida
[X] Suzuhara
[X] Nozomi (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Kodama (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Aida
[X] Suzuhara
- Location
- United States
Well we have already invited the other two sisters so excluding the oldest would be (bad?) not right, and Kodama already doesn't trust us so this could be a good chance for her to get to know MIsato, and more importantly for her to meet the little ducklings, as a older sister figure could (ideally) have some positive development for them (more Asuka/Rei then Shinji probably)
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Comrade Future
Man from Zeerust
- Location
- USSR
- Pronouns
- He/His/Him
[X] Hikari
[X] Nozomi (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Kodama (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Aida
[X] Suzuhara
[X] Nozomi (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Kodama (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Aida
[X] Suzuhara
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- Location
- Earth
- Pronouns
- He/Him
...how?
"Jesus H. Christ."
"Good guess, but no."
"Rei fine or actually fine?"
"Are you going to ask me that every time I say I'm fine?"
"Not if Rei's in earshot."
I mean, yes, bringing Gendo to his son's party would be a terrible idea. But it sucks that it's a terrible idea.
[X] Hikari
[X] Nozomi (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Kodama (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Aida
[X] Suzuhara
[X] Kaji
- Location
- United States
Well my thought on that (besides the potential drama issue) was to keep it confined to at least five people or less, but after thinking about it Maya is someone that Shinji (and also Rei) knows (or at least is familiar with) when they and Hikari celebrated Rei's birthday party, so I am now thinking she should be invited as well (better her then Kaji at least)
[X] Hikari
[X] Nozomi (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Kodama (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Aida
[X] Suzuhara
[X] Ibuki
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- Location
- Irradiated Wasteland
Like Rei?
Hikari is also a very good negotiator, and Asuka will be calmer/happier with her fangirl nearby.
He was mistken about this in canon as well.
[X] Hikari
[X] Nozomi (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Kodama (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Aida
[X] Suzuhara
Sorry Kaji, you're out. Between gushing Asuka, glaring Rei and awkward Misato it won't bring any good inviting you.
JIMI94
Birdman with a cauldron on it's head
- Location
- The Garden of Earthly Delights
Okay but how did he make that mistake when this is the main LCL production facility, and they've been making the stuff for way longer than they had the embryo? Like I can see him telling that to Misato perhaps but I'd imagine he'd still be suspicious of if that is actually it or yet another freaky thing he might want to try getting info on.
- Pronouns
- She/Her
One of the big things that got me into Eva in the first place was shit like this. NERV has forgotten more dark secrets than other organisations have total. And, of course, infrastructure*. Good to know where vital things like bakelite and LCL come from; we should send Kaji a thank-you note for the tour.
As for votes... I'll play it safe:
[X] Hikari
[X] Nozomi (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Kodama (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Aida
[X] Suzuhara
*I can just imagine the Tom Scott video: "I am here, at the LCL Plant in NERV's Geo-Front..."
[X] Hikari
[X] Nozomi (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Kodama (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Aida
[X] Suzuhara
[X] Nozomi (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Kodama (must also invite Hikari)
[X] Aida
[X] Suzuhara
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Is this an intentional divination from canon, Kaji having incorrect information, lying to Misato for some reason or what? Because, in canon, the big white seven eyed angel on the cross is Lilith not Adam.
Comrade Future
Man from Zeerust
- Location
- USSR
- Pronouns
- He/His/Him
What's interesting is Kaoru too. He directly said that this is not Adam - this is Lilith. Because of this, his speech to Shinji doesn't make much sense either.
- Location
- Earth
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Alternate-universe Tom Scott videos are an underexplored fanfiction genre, one that works in any setting with both YouTube and a reasonably intact isle of Great Britain.
Or ones without that, if you don't include the literal Tom Scott.
- Location
- Irradiated Wasteland
Actually this is a quite good question. I think this was never explained in canon. I think he simply assumed that Nerv has somewhat bad quality synthetic LCL-imitation, but after he delivered Adam, they have access to "real LCL" with full potential.
JIMI94
Birdman with a cauldron on it's head
- Location
- The Garden of Earthly Delights
Feel like that would require an active coverup, since otherwise you'd notice the sudden improvement in synch scores.
Presumably if he could have access to the geological surveys of the Antarctica site and NERV headquarters he'd see the similar egg shapes and that would also raise suspicion.
Presumably if he could have access to the geological surveys of the Antarctica site and NERV headquarters he'd see the similar egg shapes and that would also raise suspicion.