Fleightfire
Read to Live - Live to Read
- Location
- California
Someone give the poor girl a hug.
Rei Ayanami Raising Project
- Thread starter Sutekh
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Videogamer921
oh god it’s him
- Location
- 10th circle of Hell; Ohio
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Hug Rei.
Hug the child. Do it, now
Hug the child. Do it, now
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Glad we made it through this week, and legitimately not sure if the multi-layered approach helped keep the guy off balance enough for one of them to work. Does seem like we're not out of the woods yet, and we've caused a dozen other problems for ourselves, but we are at least slightly better prepared for Gendo to be suspicious. I'll probably advocate for us to keep doing something sidewaysly-disruptive, because a flurry of activity that suddenly stops is pretty suspicious, but nothing on the same level as last weeks'.
Those conversations were pretty painful, but that's kind of what I expected to happen; on the plus side, we're getting to the core of Shinji's self-worth issues at least. Also, I think we can see an outline of Hikari's issues - she's way too willing to put others ahead of herself.
Sketching out a write-in. There's a lot of different angles to cover but I don't want to unload the emotional equivalent of a battleship broadside into the girl when she's obviously panicking, so I'm trying to keep this relatively short.
EDIT: finishing this up to a point where I'm happy with it.
[X] Write-in:
-[X] Hug Rei. Let her calm down before continuing.
-[X] She's not going to be alone. You accepted her, Angel and all.
-[X] You've spoken to Shinji - you haven't told him the secret, but you've sounded him out on the subject of secrets in general as subtly as you can and he was pretty positive about it.
-[X] He shares her fear of rejection. Yes, Rei has a pretty big reason to be worried - but these worries are also just a natural part of getting closer to someone.
-[X] With the last Angel battle and everything else, Shinji's probably aware something is up. It'll be a lot better for you both if you talk about it now instead of having it hover over your head like a literary metaphor of her choice.
Those conversations were pretty painful, but that's kind of what I expected to happen; on the plus side, we're getting to the core of Shinji's self-worth issues at least. Also, I think we can see an outline of Hikari's issues - she's way too willing to put others ahead of herself.
Sketching out a write-in. There's a lot of different angles to cover but I don't want to unload the emotional equivalent of a battleship broadside into the girl when she's obviously panicking, so I'm trying to keep this relatively short.
EDIT: finishing this up to a point where I'm happy with it.
[X] Write-in:
-[X] Hug Rei. Let her calm down before continuing.
-[X] She's not going to be alone. You accepted her, Angel and all.
-[X] You've spoken to Shinji - you haven't told him the secret, but you've sounded him out on the subject of secrets in general as subtly as you can and he was pretty positive about it.
-[X] He shares her fear of rejection. Yes, Rei has a pretty big reason to be worried - but these worries are also just a natural part of getting closer to someone.
-[X] With the last Angel battle and everything else, Shinji's probably aware something is up. It'll be a lot better for you both if you talk about it now instead of having it hover over your head like a literary metaphor of her choice.
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Mechasaurian
Big Bossu
- Location
- Lost among fields of history
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Well, Operation Stir Shit Up has been a roaring success. 🥳
- Location
- Lost in the internet
Well, we succeeded in pushing Gendo away from Rei long enough but I fear that we might have brought too much heat on ourselves (Misato).
While telling Shinji was safe about Rei, telling Asuka might had been a mistake, it will bite us in the ass...
As for Rei, well, for a murder alien, she's pretty chill, she need to be reassured that, at least, we (Misato) is in her side.
While telling Shinji was safe about Rei, telling Asuka might had been a mistake, it will bite us in the ass...
As for Rei, well, for a murder alien, she's pretty chill, she need to be reassured that, at least, we (Misato) is in her side.
Solark
sun-chaser
I wonder how JSSDF are able to play a victim, I'd expect lots of footage of that battle.
Hikari seems to misunderstand who hurt her, blaming the wrong person. Would telling her about the dummy plug system solve her issues with Rei?
Persuading Rei to tell her secret to Shinji might go better if we mention what Shinji thinks about their relationship. Two "creeps" flocking together might work better than the beauty and the beast, whatever the role assignment.
Hikari seems to misunderstand who hurt her, blaming the wrong person. Would telling her about the dummy plug system solve her issues with Rei?
Persuading Rei to tell her secret to Shinji might go better if we mention what Shinji thinks about their relationship. Two "creeps" flocking together might work better than the beauty and the beast, whatever the role assignment.
- Location
- Irradiated Wasteland
Good to know.
Good that this part of Misato's plan is working.
Not that this is the best time and place to talk about it, but we do not have much choice.
Maybe he should ask Rei for the opinion then?
Let's hope he will understand it.
Seriously Rits, you know how to bring the mood down...
This phrasing really has some dark implications...
Does NERV have the Lance already?
We always do, Rits.
Well, at least we have one good news.
I hope our relations with Kodama will not get worse at least.
Forget I said anything.
Sorry Rei. No can do.
First draft. Not a big fan of direct speech, but here I think this is a good way to stay more or less concise. Even then, it is big, considering how difficult the situation (and Rei's resistance) is now.
[X] Sorry Rei. This is too dangerous information, which could be used against us.
-[X] Imagine then if somebody wanted to hurt Rei or Shinji. They would take Shinji down to Terminal Dogma. They would show him the clones. They would wait till he breaks down. They would tell him that you didn't say anything because she didn't trust him. Because she didn't care for him enough to be truthful with him.
-[X] And because Rei's reluctance, they could be right.
-[X] Gendo doesn't care about his son emotions. Don't deny this, Rei. You know this is true.
--[X] If he decides it fits his plans, he will order Ritsuko to take him to the Terminal Dogma instantly
-[X] Asuka already connected the dots anyway. We don't know how but she did.
--[X] She will tell this to Shinji ASAP. Considering how he feels about you he will obviously defend you against her.
--[X] How will he feel, when he learns, that the person he cares about, openly lied and didn't trust him about something so important? What do you think Rei?
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- Location
- Earth
- Pronouns
- He/Him
So she could rig the psychological evaluation to send her home early.
In retrospect, I guess that's obvious.
Hm. That doesn't actually sound all that complicated. Especially since we already know Gendo's a bit of a control freak.
Good news: We've made things harder for Gendo and the rest of NERV's command staff.
Bad news: We're NERV command staff.
Footage of the JSSDF shooting first. Also footage of the Evangelions tearing into ordinary humans like King Kong tearing into New York. Hopefully not footage of Rei-00 eating the Angel's core and starting to march on the Geofront...
Point is, there's a lot of ways to spin this, and whoever started the fight, NERV ended it pretty brutally.
High-reward, but also high-risk. That seems like something that Rei wouldn't know how to handle. I don't think anyone, including Rei, could predict her reaction to that news.
Solark
sun-chaser
But they have chosen "we didn't attack first" as their primary argument, and this is what we actually can refute. Let the society judge NERV on excessive self-defense after that.
- Pronouns
- She/Her
RE: The JSSDF, I think it's also a case of how well the respective PR departments play the game - I've seen far weirder narratives somehow take hold in real life.
Pretty decent; I chose to focus more on the emotional side of things myself but the logical side is a viable alternative.
Finished mine above as well.
Pretty decent; I chose to focus more on the emotional side of things myself but the logical side is a viable alternative.
Finished mine above as well.
BethofDeath
Girls just wanna have pun
- Location
- Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Rei deserves to know what she'll face, and that we'll continue to stabilize things as much as we can.
[X] Write-in, extended Pilot Unit Cohesion edition:
-[X] Hug Rei. Let her calm down before continuing.
-[X] She's not going to be alone. You accepted her, Angel and all.
-[X] You've spoken to Shinji - you haven't told him the secret, but you've sounded him out on the subject of secrets in general as subtly as you can and he was pretty positive about it.
-[X] He shares her fear of rejection. Yes, Rei has a pretty big reason to be worried - but these worries are also just a natural part of getting closer to someone.
-[X] With the last Angel battle and everything else, Shinji's probably aware something is up. It'll be a lot better for you both if you talk about it now instead of having it hover over your head like a literary metaphor of her choice.
--[X] Asuka seems to know something is up as well, from the impression she gave you. You don't know how, you don't know how much or if it's correct. Knowing her from recently and when she was a child, however, you are convinced she never would have flat-out attacked Rei, if not for the Angel inflicting a foreign mental state of bestial rage. Giving her the full story, once she's recovered and in her right mind, may go either way depending on how it's framed. Not giving her the story at all, you suspect, has zero chance of things going well at all.
---[X] In short, taking the other pilots into her confidence is frightening for very good reasons, but it's also the best way of ensuring they stand with her in this as on any other battlefield.
Och yeah... I honestly didn't see how this could be avoided, otherwise I would've added yet another thing to try and do so.
Do I mean the Scottish Gaelic, or the Swedish, "Och"? ...both? Both. Both is good.
I see Misato doesn't know about asexual people... :/ I suppose the Post-Impact years led to a lot of forceful suppression of anything which didn't fit older, incomplete-information values, tho, so I'll try not to judge her for it.
So, a 100% Canon-Characterization CompliantKeikaku from Misato! 
Edit: Okay how the heck do I do the "tiny word over a regular word" thing some people manage to do, here? The editor shows the word spaced to the right place, but upon saving deletes the spaces even if I try right-justifying with a fullstop at the end! It's ruining part of the joke.
Edit squared: Thanks!
[X] Write-in, extended Pilot Unit Cohesion edition:
-[X] Hug Rei. Let her calm down before continuing.
-[X] She's not going to be alone. You accepted her, Angel and all.
-[X] You've spoken to Shinji - you haven't told him the secret, but you've sounded him out on the subject of secrets in general as subtly as you can and he was pretty positive about it.
-[X] He shares her fear of rejection. Yes, Rei has a pretty big reason to be worried - but these worries are also just a natural part of getting closer to someone.
-[X] With the last Angel battle and everything else, Shinji's probably aware something is up. It'll be a lot better for you both if you talk about it now instead of having it hover over your head like a literary metaphor of her choice.
--[X] Asuka seems to know something is up as well, from the impression she gave you. You don't know how, you don't know how much or if it's correct. Knowing her from recently and when she was a child, however, you are convinced she never would have flat-out attacked Rei, if not for the Angel inflicting a foreign mental state of bestial rage. Giving her the full story, once she's recovered and in her right mind, may go either way depending on how it's framed. Not giving her the story at all, you suspect, has zero chance of things going well at all.
---[X] In short, taking the other pilots into her confidence is frightening for very good reasons, but it's also the best way of ensuring they stand with her in this as on any other battlefield.
Och yeah... I honestly didn't see how this could be avoided, otherwise I would've added yet another thing to try and do so.
Do I mean the Scottish Gaelic, or the Swedish, "Och"? ...both? Both. Both is good.
I see Misato doesn't know about asexual people... :/ I suppose the Post-Impact years led to a lot of forceful suppression of anything which didn't fit older, incomplete-information values, tho, so I'll try not to judge her for it.
So, a 100% Canon-Characterization Compliant
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I'm in general agreement with giving Rei a hug and trying to gently explain that this secret appears to be on the verge of getting out regardless of what either of us do and that while her fears are justifiable and understandable they're also normal and a natural part of relationships and that we're there for her regardless.
- Location
- Earth
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Hm. Doesn't look so good when you put a sentence over a sentence. But for
BethofDeath
Girls just wanna have pun
- Location
- Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Thanks, that did it! ^_^ Couldn't find a guide on that anywhere.
Mechasaurian
Big Bossu
- Location
- Lost among fields of history
- Pronouns
- They/Them
It's difficult to know what to vote for here because...
We've landed ourselves in a sticky situation by telling the others "Rei has a big secret that she needs to tell you." Without bringing Rei in on that plan.
And now Rei is all but begging us to help keep that same secret, a secret.
We've landed ourselves in a sticky situation by telling the others "Rei has a big secret that she needs to tell you." Without bringing Rei in on that plan.
And now Rei is all but begging us to help keep that same secret, a secret.
- Pronouns
- She/Her
In that regard, it's part "we ended up talking to Rei last" and part "trying to get things done before something else hits us and we have to scramble" - which is not a good place to be in, in terms of addressing problems in a healthy manner, but this is where we are.
In terms of planning - I'm aiming for a combination of addressing Rei's direct concerns without straying too far from those, in part because I don't want to hit the QM with another long write-in and because I think it'd be too much in-character. I might change it up a bit, to emphasise that Rei doesn't have to reveal this on her own and can do it in roughly her own time, but that's my line of thinking.
In terms of planning - I'm aiming for a combination of addressing Rei's direct concerns without straying too far from those, in part because I don't want to hit the QM with another long write-in and because I think it'd be too much in-character. I might change it up a bit, to emphasise that Rei doesn't have to reveal this on her own and can do it in roughly her own time, but that's my line of thinking.
- Location
- United States
[X] Write-in, extended Pilot Unit Cohesion edition:
-[X] Hug Rei. Let her calm down before continuing.
-[X] She's not going to be alone. You accepted her, Angel and all.
-[X] You've spoken to Shinji - you haven't told him the secret, but you've sounded him out on the subject of secrets in general as subtly as you can and he was pretty positive about it.
-[X] He shares her fear of rejection. Yes, Rei has a pretty big reason to be worried - but these worries are also just a natural part of getting closer to someone.
-[X] With the last Angel battle and everything else, Shinji's probably aware something is up. It'll be a lot better for you both if you talk about it now instead of having it hover over your head like a literary metaphor of her choice.
--[X] Asuka seems to know something is up as well, from the impression she gave you. You don't know how, you don't know how much or if it's correct. Knowing her from recently and when she was a child, however, you are convinced she never would have flat-out attacked Rei, if not for the Angel inflicting a foreign mental state of bestial rage. Giving her the full story, once she's recovered and in her right mind, may go either way depending on how it's framed. Not giving her the story at all, you suspect, has zero chance of things going well at all.
---[X] In short, taking the other pilots into her confidence is frightening for very good reasons, but it's also the best way of ensuring they stand with her in this as on any other battlefield.
-[X] Hug Rei. Let her calm down before continuing.
-[X] She's not going to be alone. You accepted her, Angel and all.
-[X] You've spoken to Shinji - you haven't told him the secret, but you've sounded him out on the subject of secrets in general as subtly as you can and he was pretty positive about it.
-[X] He shares her fear of rejection. Yes, Rei has a pretty big reason to be worried - but these worries are also just a natural part of getting closer to someone.
-[X] With the last Angel battle and everything else, Shinji's probably aware something is up. It'll be a lot better for you both if you talk about it now instead of having it hover over your head like a literary metaphor of her choice.
--[X] Asuka seems to know something is up as well, from the impression she gave you. You don't know how, you don't know how much or if it's correct. Knowing her from recently and when she was a child, however, you are convinced she never would have flat-out attacked Rei, if not for the Angel inflicting a foreign mental state of bestial rage. Giving her the full story, once she's recovered and in her right mind, may go either way depending on how it's framed. Not giving her the story at all, you suspect, has zero chance of things going well at all.
---[X] In short, taking the other pilots into her confidence is frightening for very good reasons, but it's also the best way of ensuring they stand with her in this as on any other battlefield.
[X] Write-in:
-[X] Hug Rei. Let her calm down before continuing.
-[X] She's not going to be alone. You accepted her, Angel and all.
-[X] You've spoken to Shinji - you haven't told him the secret, but you've sounded him out on the subject of secrets in general as subtly as you can and he was pretty positive about it.
-[X] He shares her fear of rejection. Yes, Rei has a pretty big reason to be worried - but these worries are also just a natural part of getting closer to someone.
-[X] With the last Angel battle and everything else, Shinji's probably aware something is up. It'll be a lot better for you both if you talk about it now instead of having it hover over your head like a literary metaphor of her choice.
-[X] Hug Rei. Let her calm down before continuing.
-[X] She's not going to be alone. You accepted her, Angel and all.
-[X] You've spoken to Shinji - you haven't told him the secret, but you've sounded him out on the subject of secrets in general as subtly as you can and he was pretty positive about it.
-[X] He shares her fear of rejection. Yes, Rei has a pretty big reason to be worried - but these worries are also just a natural part of getting closer to someone.
-[X] With the last Angel battle and everything else, Shinji's probably aware something is up. It'll be a lot better for you both if you talk about it now instead of having it hover over your head like a literary metaphor of her choice.
- Location
- Lost in the internet
[X] Write-in:
-[X] Hug Rei. Let her calm down before continuing.
-[X] She's not going to be alone. You accepted her, Angel and all.
-[X] You've spoken to Shinji - you haven't told him the secret, but you've sounded him out on the subject of secrets in general as subtly as you can and he was pretty positive about it.
-[X] He shares her fear of rejection. Yes, Rei has a pretty big reason to be worried - but these worries are also just a natural part of getting closer to someone.
-[X] With the last Angel battle and everything else, Shinji's probably aware something is up. It'll be a lot better for you both if you talk about it now instead of having it hover over your head like a literary metaphor of her choice.
I think that hinting at Rei's nature to Asuka was a bad idea in hindsight but if Rei and Shinji trust eachothers it might help in that matter
-[X] Hug Rei. Let her calm down before continuing.
-[X] She's not going to be alone. You accepted her, Angel and all.
-[X] You've spoken to Shinji - you haven't told him the secret, but you've sounded him out on the subject of secrets in general as subtly as you can and he was pretty positive about it.
-[X] He shares her fear of rejection. Yes, Rei has a pretty big reason to be worried - but these worries are also just a natural part of getting closer to someone.
-[X] With the last Angel battle and everything else, Shinji's probably aware something is up. It'll be a lot better for you both if you talk about it now instead of having it hover over your head like a literary metaphor of her choice.
I think that hinting at Rei's nature to Asuka was a bad idea in hindsight but if Rei and Shinji trust eachothers it might help in that matter
- Location
- Earth
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] VX-145
This plan doesn't cover the Asuka situation, but I don't know if there's a good way to explain that while also trying to calm Rei down.
This plan doesn't cover the Asuka situation, but I don't know if there's a good way to explain that while also trying to calm Rei down.
[X] VX-145
[X] Write-in:
-[X] Hug Rei. Let her calm down before continuing.
-[X] She's not going to be alone. You accepted her, Angel and all.
-[X] You've spoken to Shinji - you haven't told him the secret, but you've sounded him out on the subject of secrets in general as subtly as you can and he was pretty positive about it.
-[X] He shares her fear of rejection. Yes, Rei has a pretty big reason to be worried - but these worries are also just a natural part of getting closer to someone.
-[X] With the last Angel battle and everything else, Shinji's probably aware something is up. It'll be a lot better for you both if you talk about it now instead of having it hover over your head like a literary metaphor of her choice.
-[X] Hug Rei. Let her calm down before continuing.
-[X] She's not going to be alone. You accepted her, Angel and all.
-[X] You've spoken to Shinji - you haven't told him the secret, but you've sounded him out on the subject of secrets in general as subtly as you can and he was pretty positive about it.
-[X] He shares her fear of rejection. Yes, Rei has a pretty big reason to be worried - but these worries are also just a natural part of getting closer to someone.
-[X] With the last Angel battle and everything else, Shinji's probably aware something is up. It'll be a lot better for you both if you talk about it now instead of having it hover over your head like a literary metaphor of her choice.
Comrade Future
Man from Zeerust
- Location
- USSR
- Pronouns
- He/His/Him
[X] Write-in:
-[X] Hug Rei. Let her calm down before continuing.
-[X] She's not going to be alone. You accepted her, Angel and all.
-[X] You've spoken to Shinji - you haven't told him the secret, but you've sounded him out on the subject of secrets in general as subtly as you can and he was pretty positive about it.
-[X] He shares her fear of rejection. Yes, Rei has a pretty big reason to be worried - but these worries are also just a natural part of getting closer to someone.
-[X] With the last Angel battle and everything else, Shinji's probably aware something is up. It'll be a lot better for you both if you talk about it now instead of having it hover over your head like a literary metaphor of her choice.
-[X] Hug Rei. Let her calm down before continuing.
-[X] She's not going to be alone. You accepted her, Angel and all.
-[X] You've spoken to Shinji - you haven't told him the secret, but you've sounded him out on the subject of secrets in general as subtly as you can and he was pretty positive about it.
-[X] He shares her fear of rejection. Yes, Rei has a pretty big reason to be worried - but these worries are also just a natural part of getting closer to someone.
-[X] With the last Angel battle and everything else, Shinji's probably aware something is up. It'll be a lot better for you both if you talk about it now instead of having it hover over your head like a literary metaphor of her choice.
