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I wonder if adding something soothing and gentle to Asuka's playlist would calm her down a bit. Also does she have headphones? With the amount of people living together and her behavior, I'm surprised she only got her neck snapped once.

Is Rei having a midlife crisis? Or just considering her coming-out hard?
 
Everyone is different flavours of unhappy at us, which is to be expected. Glad to see we may have gotten through a bit to Shinji though.
I might mess with a plan tomorrow, when I've had time to consult the spreadsheet and so on.
 
[X] Insert Clever Name Here

-[X] Talk to Rei about: The future,
--[X] specifically telling the other pilots, she can not just hide away and pretend nothing is happening, that nothing happened, the secret is out for 2/4s of the pilot core, and pretending otherwise is only going to lead to pain and problems down the road.

-[X] Arts program
-[X] Go out/free time


-[X] Talk to Shinji about: Home
--[X] specifically about the girls, one doesn't need a inner eye to see that there is a problem, and he is caught right in the middle of all of it
[X] Combat training
[X] Synchronization training
Training, with two of our units out of commission, and the other one effectively out of the fight unless it is a emergency, Unit 1 is our only remaining strength left.


-[X] Talk to Asuka about: The present
--[X] specifically about what ever is bugging her, obviously something happened during Misato's time out of the city, as the kids (the girls) where getting along well, now their relationship is back to the same vitriolic level it was before

[X] Synchronization training
[X] Go out/free time
--[X] Try to spend time with her,
She needs some sort of distraction, preferably away from the apartment, but beggars can't be choosers.


-[X] Talk to Hikari about: General well-being
Self explanatory, she has been through a lot.
--[X] Synchronization training
--[X] Study
 
Metalbard said:
We haven't addressed the "Rei is half-Angel" issue yet, have we?
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I'm not sure Rei wants us to address it. We need to get her onboard first.

Well, we don't need to need to. But it would make everything worse if we didn't.


Solark said:
I wonder if adding something soothing and gentle to Asuka's playlist would calm her down a bit.
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Sometimes when you're feeling down, you play upbeat music to try and lift you up. But sometimes, you play MCR or Fallout Boy or that one Tokyo Ghoul song, music that feels what you're feeling.
Also, I don't think Asuka feels open to suggestions.

If we had a really good suggestion, I'd support it—it could become something Asuka and Misato have in common. But this is too vague.
Also does she have headphones?
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We can hear her music in the other apartment,* and Asuka isn't deaf. If she has headphones, she hasn't told Misato about them.

*Not specifically confirmed, but I assume Misato isn't poking her head into Asuka's room to monitor her music, so it's at least piercing a couple walls
 
Metalbard said:
I think it could have the opposite effect. The music seems to be Asuka's way of venting her frustration, something she uses to redirect her anger. I think it's best to not touch that for now.
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Unless she secretly performs headbanging dance, I'd say it's more of a one-way street when the music feeds her mood. It's a scientific fact that music affects dopamine and serotonin levels, and relaxing music is used effectively as a stress-management tool. Worth trying I think.

GreatWyrmGold said:
We can hear her music in the other apartment,* and Asuka isn't deaf. If she has headphones, she hasn't told Misato about them.
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That was my way of saying that she should use headphones instead of bothering her roommates. Maybe gifting her a pair would be a good opportunity to inject some calming pieces into that metalhead playlist too.

GreatWyrmGold said:
If we had a really good suggestion, I'd support it—it could become something Asuka and Misato have in common. But this is too vague.
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You mean literally naming some calming pieces? I probably could do that, but I'm not sure it's the appropriate level of detail for this quest.
 
Solark said:
That was my way of saying that she should use headphones instead of bothering her roommates. Maybe gifting her a pair would be a good opportunity to inject some calming pieces into that metalhead playlist too.
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While, yeah, she really should be considerate, personally I think this is her way of venting by deliberately being inconsiderate. We've been pretty unpopular with Asuka recently (and in general) so I'd rather not push too hard on this issue.


Looking at the sheet, most of the things I would otherwise make a plan for are already covered by Rebuilding, so I'll vote for that.

[X] Team (Re)building

Still need a special activity, so...

[X] Special Activity: Spend some one-on-one time with each of the kids in a non-stressful, non-drama way. Try to find somewhere in this city each of them would like to visit; maybe take Asuka shopping, Rei to an art gallery, Shinji to a music shop and Hikari on a "looking for date spots" tour?
-[X] Also encourage Kensuke and Toji to visit from time to time. See if Hikari or Asuka have any friends they'd like to see (...maybe ask Hikari for both of them).
 
Sutekh said:
Just a reminder that the pilots' movements are heavily restricted right now!
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...y'know, you'd think I'd remember that.
Amending:
[X] Special Activity: Spend some one-on-one time with each of the kids in a non-stressful, non-drama way.
-[X] Also encourage Kensuke and Toji to visit from time to time. See if Hikari or Asuka have any friends they'd like to see (...maybe ask Hikari for both of them).
 
Sutekh said:
Just a reminder that the pilots' movements are heavily restricted right now!
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[χ] Special Activity: Spend some one-on-one time with each of the kids in a non-stressful, non-drama way. Try to find somewhere in this city each of them would like to visit; maybe take Asuka shopping, Rei to an art gallery, Shinji to a music shop and Hikari on a "looking for date spots" tour?
-[χ] Don't tell Shinji where you're taking the girls, and maybe get a wig for Asuka so no one recognizes her.


[X] Team (Re)building
 
Sutekh said:
He's not your only source of stress. Far from it. If anything, working with him is one of the easier parts of your extremely complicated life.
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This is reassuring... Somewhat... I suppose...
Sutekh said:
That does not strike you as someone who has their life figured out.
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Poor, ignorant Misato.
Sutekh said:
Who knew the best treatment for getting your arm viciously ripped off by the target was to get your neck cruelly broken by your own teammates? Asuka says while glaring at Rei, who ignores her.
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Then Asuka should be grateful to Rei. She solved one of her biggest problems.
Metalbard said:
We haven't addressed the "Rei is half-Angel" issue yet, have we?
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Unfortunately not. Rei makes it difficult.
Solark said:
That was my way of saying that she should use headphones instead of bothering her roommates.
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Bothering her roommates is the point.

[X] No Time Like The Present
-[X] Talk to Rei about:
--[X] The future
--[X] Arts program
--[X] Go out/free time
-[X] Talk to Shinji about:
--[X] Romance
--[X] Arts program
--[X] Go out/free time
-[X] Talk to Asuka about:
--[X] Present
--[X] Synchronization training
--[X] Go out/free time
-[X] Talk to Hikari about:
--[X] NERV
--[X] Synchronization training
--[X] Go out/free time

[X] Special Activity: Spend some one-on-one time with each of the kids in a non-stressful, non-drama way.
-[X] Also encourage Kensuke and Toji to visit from time to time. See if Hikari or Asuka have any friends they'd like to see (...maybe ask Hikari for both of them).

Let's give all kids time to regain some sanity, so they will not end like during EoE. Team (Rei)building is not bad, but I think it can be improved in some areas.

  • Rei obviously hopes to hide in the room, so nobody could talk with her (and she hopes for Misato forgetting her origins after some time). Calling her out and reminding her about long-term consequences should qualify as "Future" (long-term problems) or "Present" (problematic behaviour happens now)? I will stick with "Future" for now. We should address this, but we can give her a time to decompress.
  • We never ever asked Asuka about present. Time to fix this. Her most performed activity actually is Combat Training, and lack of Synchronization already bit us in the ass.
  • We also never talked with Shinji about NERV, but I think this may not be the best time.
  • Hikari should know what she has signed for.

Not sure if Asuka (or Rei) wants to see Kensuke and Toji but I do not have better ideas for now.
 
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I'd suggest trying to find a cooperative board game for them to play as a group activity. Structured interaction that is positive and not competitive.

Remind them indirectly that they are, for better or worse, a team.
 
[X] Team (Re)building
[X] Special Activity: Spend some one-on-one time with each of the kids in a non-stressful, non-drama way.
-[X] Also encourage Kensuke and Toji to visit from time to time. See if Hikari or Asuka have any friends they'd like to see (...maybe ask Hikari for both of them).

My only real opinion is the special activity should include each of the pilots and not leave any of them out. (Or, I guess hypothetically, involves none of them and is a Misato thing)
 
To be fair, I was actually tempted to write "fuck it, take a day off and leave the kids to themselves".
...I am not averse to someone else doing so, I think Special Activities work on "what's more appealing to the QM" than "popularity".
 
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