Rei Ayanami Raising Project
- Thread starter Sutekh
- Start date
- Location
- Earth
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I get that Rei is almost certainly not going to care about the trip, that's a pretty safe assumption, but I still want to talk about it with the kids before assuming what they want. Just talking it over with them, giving them a chance to provide some input, it worthwhile even if they agree to do what we'd already wanted to do.
JIMI94
Birdman with a cauldron on it's head
- Location
- The Garden of Earthly Delights
So like we could do...:
[X] Ask who wants to go on the trip, and who wants to stay with Misato and go galavanting through Tokyo-3.
-[X] If everyone wants to go, do ro sham bo for who stays.
Or whatever you want to say for 'basically set up a staycation and see what we haven't seen in town (that hasn't been busted by the angels).
Honestly might be a good idea, since we've already lost a lot to them, and if there's any cool stuff left we probably want to see it sooner rather than later.
Edit: added method to dodge responsibility. Lol like they'll care, since we are the ones enforcing it.
Edit2: Though if they all want to go then that helps us keep our hands off 'who wants it more' or 'who is okay with being at home more' and other prickly issues that we probably don't have a winning hand for even if we are psychic.
[X] Ask who wants to go on the trip, and who wants to stay with Misato and go galavanting through Tokyo-3.
-[X] If everyone wants to go, do ro sham bo for who stays.
Or whatever you want to say for 'basically set up a staycation and see what we haven't seen in town (that hasn't been busted by the angels).
Honestly might be a good idea, since we've already lost a lot to them, and if there's any cool stuff left we probably want to see it sooner rather than later.
Edit: added method to dodge responsibility. Lol like they'll care, since we are the ones enforcing it.
Edit2: Though if they all want to go then that helps us keep our hands off 'who wants it more' or 'who is okay with being at home more' and other prickly issues that we probably don't have a winning hand for even if we are psychic.
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Recovery V: Rain check
[X] If not all of them can go, nobody gets to go. Your conversation with Asuka has gotten you thinking about fairness, and you don't feel like it'd be right to let some of your pilots go on an amazing vacation (wistful sigh) while the rest of you are stuck here in Tokyo-3. Besides, it'd be a good chance to let them catch up on their studies. You've seen their report cards.
Probably for the best. You're definitely not relieved they also missed out on something you did or anything. That would be petty. And you're totally above that.
Anyway, sure enough, Asuka comes practically skipping through the apartment after dinner with a handout about the trip and excitedly begins detailing her plans to go scuba diving. She's never been, and she's very, very excited. Even Rei looks up from her probability book to listen attentively to Asuka gush about the wonders of tropical sea life for a bit. You wince as the smile instantly vanishes from Asuka's face when you shoot her down. She protests and demands Shinji and Rei back her up in persuading you to change her mind.
Shinji meekly sips his tea and says glumly he'd basically anticipated something like this would happen anyway, so it doesn't bother him that much. Asuka demands to know he could give up so easily. Shinji just shrugs at her. Asuka whirls on Rei, who gives her the classic blank stare. Asuka throws her hands up. Why does she even bother?
And with that, she tromps back into the new side of the apartment and disappears into her room to sulk. That could have gone better, though it probably could also have gone much worse. Rei sighs and goes back to her book.
You do feel a little bad, so you make a mental note to see if you can't get them a vacation a little closer to home sometime. It probably won't be as good as scuba diving in Okinawa, but they do work hard. No, this isn't just an excuse for you to also use UN funds to give yourself a vacation, too. You would never.
Conversation
Select one of the following for each:
Talk to Rei about:
Talk to Shinji about:
Talk to Asuka about:
Self
[ ] 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 for each pilot (if the same activity is selected for two pilots, they will attend that activity together):
[ ] Combat training (special development in progress)
[ ] Synchronization training
[ ] Physical training
[ ] Study
[ ] Arts program
[ ] Go out/free time
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. Note that this activity does not have to include the pilots.
[ ] Write-in
Probably for the best. You're definitely not relieved they also missed out on something you did or anything. That would be petty. And you're totally above that.
Anyway, sure enough, Asuka comes practically skipping through the apartment after dinner with a handout about the trip and excitedly begins detailing her plans to go scuba diving. She's never been, and she's very, very excited. Even Rei looks up from her probability book to listen attentively to Asuka gush about the wonders of tropical sea life for a bit. You wince as the smile instantly vanishes from Asuka's face when you shoot her down. She protests and demands Shinji and Rei back her up in persuading you to change her mind.
Shinji meekly sips his tea and says glumly he'd basically anticipated something like this would happen anyway, so it doesn't bother him that much. Asuka demands to know he could give up so easily. Shinji just shrugs at her. Asuka whirls on Rei, who gives her the classic blank stare. Asuka throws her hands up. Why does she even bother?
And with that, she tromps back into the new side of the apartment and disappears into her room to sulk. That could have gone better, though it probably could also have gone much worse. Rei sighs and goes back to her book.
You do feel a little bad, so you make a mental note to see if you can't get them a vacation a little closer to home sometime. It probably won't be as good as scuba diving in Okinawa, but they do work hard. No, this isn't just an excuse for you to also use UN funds to give yourself a vacation, too. You would never.
Conversation
Select one of the following for each:
Talk to Rei about:
Talk to Shinji about:
Talk to Asuka about:
Self
[ ] 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 for each pilot (if the same activity is selected for two pilots, they will attend that activity together):
[ ] Combat training (special development in progress)
[ ] Synchronization training
[ ] Physical training
[ ] Study
[ ] Arts program
[ ] Go out/free time
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. Note that this activity does not have to include the pilots.
[ ] Write-in
- Location
- Earth
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I just noticed that the Special Activity text mentions Rei specifically, as if we haven't picked up two more moody teenaged pilots.
[X] Rei: Well-Being
[X] Rei: Combat Training
[X] Rei: Art Program
Part of me wants to see if we can reach a more...productive conclusion to the conversation we had last week, but I think that trying would have the opposite effect. It's been a while since we've checked on her well-being or encouraged her art; both would be a good way to check on her mental state.
I don't have a strong reason for picking physical training. It just seems like one of the Evangelion things she needs to work on. I felt so not-strongly about it that VX was able to convince me to change my mind pretty easily.
[X] Shinji: School
[X] Shinji: Synchronization Training
[X] Shinji: Go Out
We haven't talked to Shinji about school in months. Good to touch base on basic things like that occasionally.
Shinji probably needs sych training. Definitely physical training, but doing the same thing multiple weeks in a row is probably worse for the pilot.
Shinji has arted and studied more recently than he's gone out. No strong reasoning here.
[X] Asuka: The Future
[X] Asuka: Physical Training
-[ ] See if you can give her some Kobayashi Maru scenarios—fights that she cannot win alone. Not only Kobayashi Maru scenarios, but try to reinforce the idea that she can't beat every Angel on her own.
[X] Asuka: Go Out
[X] Asuka: Study
-[X] Help her learn Kanji yourself
The Future is a pretty basic thing we haven't talked with Asuka about, and nothing immediate jumps out at me.
Giving Asuka a separate NERV training task,and seeing if I can't twist it into something that benefits her long-term character growth. VX makes a good argument. Solo Kobayashi Maru soon, I hope.
Cautiously optimistic that spending time with Shinji will help the two of them get along better. Foolishly optimistic that we can turn this into a way for Asuka and Rei to be less catty to each other.
Metalbard also brings up a good idea, with regard to teaching Asuka kanji. It will probably be frustrating for everyone involved, but in the long run it's probably good. And this Quest runs off approval voting, so I can vote for three things and hope two of them get picked.
[X] Talk with the pilots about a more practical local vacation. See if there's anywhere decently close to Tokyo-3 that all three pilots want to go to. (Barring that, see if there's anywhere Asuka wants to go to that Rei and Shinji don't dislike.)
Probably good to sort this out soon instead of locking it away in our collective skull, unknown to the moodiest of teenaged pilots (or the other two)
[X] Rei: Well-Being
[X] Rei: Combat Training
[X] Rei: Art Program
Part of me wants to see if we can reach a more...productive conclusion to the conversation we had last week, but I think that trying would have the opposite effect. It's been a while since we've checked on her well-being or encouraged her art; both would be a good way to check on her mental state.
[X] Shinji: School
[X] Shinji: Synchronization Training
[X] Shinji: Go Out
We haven't talked to Shinji about school in months. Good to touch base on basic things like that occasionally.
Shinji probably needs sych training. Definitely physical training, but doing the same thing multiple weeks in a row is probably worse for the pilot.
Shinji has arted and studied more recently than he's gone out. No strong reasoning here.
[X] Asuka: The Future
[X] Asuka: Physical Training
[X] Asuka: Go Out
[X] Asuka: Study
-[X] Help her learn Kanji yourself
The Future is a pretty basic thing we haven't talked with Asuka about, and nothing immediate jumps out at me.
Giving Asuka a separate NERV training task,
Cautiously optimistic that spending time with Shinji will help the two of them get along better. Foolishly optimistic that we can turn this into a way for Asuka and Rei to be less catty to each other.
Metalbard also brings up a good idea, with regard to teaching Asuka kanji. It will probably be frustrating for everyone involved, but in the long run it's probably good. And this Quest runs off approval voting, so I can vote for three things and hope two of them get picked.
[X] Talk with the pilots about a more practical local vacation. See if there's anywhere decently close to Tokyo-3 that all three pilots want to go to. (Barring that, see if there's anywhere Asuka wants to go to that Rei and Shinji don't dislike.)
Probably good to sort this out soon instead of locking it away in our collective skull, unknown to the moodiest of teenaged pilots (or the other two)
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[X] Rei: Home
[X] Rei: Combat Training
[X] Rei: Arts Program
[X] Asuka: The Past
[X] Asuka: Combat Training
[X] Asuka: Study
[X] Shinji: Rei and Asuka
[X] Shinji: Arts Program
[X] Shinji: Study
[X] Rei: Combat Training
[X] Rei: Arts Program
[X] Asuka: The Past
[X] Asuka: Combat Training
[X] Asuka: Study
[X] Shinji: Rei and Asuka
[X] Shinji: Arts Program
[X] Shinji: Study
Comrade Future
Man from Zeerust
- Location
- USSR
- Pronouns
- He/His/Him
[X] Rei: Well-Being
[X] Rei: Physical Training
[X] Rei: Arts Program
[X] Asuka: The Past
[X] Asuka: Combat Training
[X] Asuka: Study
[X] Shinji: Rei and Asuka
[X] Shinji: Arts Program
[X] Shinji: Study
[X] Talk with the pilots about a more practical local vacation. See if there's anywhere decently close to Tokyo-3 that all three pilots want to go to. (Barring that, see if there's anywhere Asuka wants to go to that Rei and Shinji don't dislike.)
[X] Rei: Physical Training
[X] Rei: Arts Program
[X] Asuka: The Past
[X] Asuka: Combat Training
[X] Asuka: Study
[X] Shinji: Rei and Asuka
[X] Shinji: Arts Program
[X] Shinji: Study
[X] Talk with the pilots about a more practical local vacation. See if there's anywhere decently close to Tokyo-3 that all three pilots want to go to. (Barring that, see if there's anywhere Asuka wants to go to that Rei and Shinji don't dislike.)
Time to have some fun in Tokyo! They may not be able to go on the trip but we should treat them to some fun
[X]GreatwWyrmGold
- Location
- Germany
[X] Rei: Well-Being
[X] Rei: Physical Training
[X] Rei: Art Program
[X] Shinji: School
[X] Shinji: Synchronization Training
[X] Shinji: Go Out
[X] Asuka: The Future
[X] Asuka: Combat Training
-[X] See if you can give her some Kobayashi Maru scenarios—fights that she cannot win alone. Not only Kobayashi Maru scenarios, but try to reinforce the idea that she can't beat every Angel on her own.
[X] Asuka: Go Out
I like GreatWyrmGold's arguments, especially that we need keep on training Shinji. He's feeling useless, and we need to make him realize it isn't.
[X] Rei: Physical Training
[X] Rei: Art Program
[X] Shinji: School
[X] Shinji: Synchronization Training
[X] Shinji: Go Out
[X] Asuka: The Future
[X] Asuka: Combat Training
-[X] See if you can give her some Kobayashi Maru scenarios—fights that she cannot win alone. Not only Kobayashi Maru scenarios, but try to reinforce the idea that she can't beat every Angel on her own.
[X] Asuka: Go Out
I like GreatWyrmGold's arguments, especially that we need keep on training Shinji. He's feeling useless, and we need to make him realize it isn't.
- Location
- United States
[X] Rei: General well-being
[X] Rei: Physical Training
[X] Rei: Art Program
Not much needs to be said here, look into how she is doing/focus on physical training
[X] Asuka: General well-being
[X] Asuka: Go out/free time (with us accompanying her)
[X] Asuka: Physical Training
Same as with Rei, but trying to spend some time with her, like we did with Rei last week, and already had Asuka do combat training last week, so do not want to have her do it again this week.
[X] Shinji: School
[X] Shinji: Physical Training
[X] Shinji: Study
[X] Learning a written language is hard enough on its own, it is even harder when there is no reason/incentive to learn one, so issue Asuka a challenge, if she can learn Kanji with a selective number of months then she wins a number of no questions asked (within reason) requests/tasks we will do for her, the number of which is to be determined on the number of months it will take her, (one month will equate five/six tasks, two month four/five tasks and so on) but to add some competition to it we will attempt to learn German in the same time frame, with requests/tasks we can have her do for us depending on number of month it takes us to learn it, the competition ending when Asuka or us has learned either written language first.
[X] Rei: Physical Training
[X] Rei: Art Program
Not much needs to be said here, look into how she is doing/focus on physical training
[X] Asuka: General well-being
[X] Asuka: Go out/free time (with us accompanying her)
[X] Asuka: Physical Training
Same as with Rei, but trying to spend some time with her, like we did with Rei last week, and already had Asuka do combat training last week, so do not want to have her do it again this week.
[X] Shinji: School
[X] Shinji: Physical Training
[X] Shinji: Study
[X] Learning a written language is hard enough on its own, it is even harder when there is no reason/incentive to learn one, so issue Asuka a challenge, if she can learn Kanji with a selective number of months then she wins a number of no questions asked (within reason) requests/tasks we will do for her, the number of which is to be determined on the number of months it will take her, (one month will equate five/six tasks, two month four/five tasks and so on) but to add some competition to it we will attempt to learn German in the same time frame, with requests/tasks we can have her do for us depending on number of month it takes us to learn it, the competition ending when Asuka or us has learned either written language first.
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Mechasaurian
Big Bossu
- Location
- Lost among fields of history
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Well, That males me feel sad. Wish we had sent Asuka and Shinji on the trip.
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Stealing GreatWyrmGold's plan with some modifications for reasons that probably don't make sense but I felt are important:
[X] Rei: Well-Being
[X] Rei: Combat Training
[X] Rei: Art Program
We highlighted our lack of combat training after the last Angel, so let's do some of this for now; she can then join in when our special project comes in.
[X] Shinji: School
[X] Shinji: Synchronisation Training
[X] Shinji: Study
I'm leery of talking too much about the others with him, we've had feedback from him before about that, so I'm going with GWG's suggestion there. I think we should make some one-on-one leisure time with him soon, but since it's Asuka's turn this week he can do it next week.
[X] Asuka: The Future
[X] Asuka: Physical Training
[X] Asuka: Go Out
We've got a special combat programme in the works that allows us to pull of the Kobayashu Maru scenario, so I'd rather wait for that. I've chosen Physical because I think they could all use some undivided attention for self-improvement; this or having them all participate comes across as a bit fairer than excluding one from an activity to me.
[X] Talk with the pilots about a more practical local vacation. See if there's anywhere decently close to Tokyo-3 that all three pilots want to go to. (Barring that, see if there's anywhere Asuka wants to go to that Rei and Shinji don't dislike.)
I normally try to come up with a unique write-in (they're not voted for!) but honestly we do kind of need to jump on top of this ASAP lest it become like finding a new apartment
[X] Rei: Well-Being
[X] Rei: Combat Training
[X] Rei: Art Program
We highlighted our lack of combat training after the last Angel, so let's do some of this for now; she can then join in when our special project comes in.
[X] Shinji: School
[X] Shinji: Synchronisation Training
[X] Shinji: Study
I'm leery of talking too much about the others with him, we've had feedback from him before about that, so I'm going with GWG's suggestion there. I think we should make some one-on-one leisure time with him soon, but since it's Asuka's turn this week he can do it next week.
[X] Asuka: The Future
[X] Asuka: Physical Training
[X] Asuka: Go Out
We've got a special combat programme in the works that allows us to pull of the Kobayashu Maru scenario, so I'd rather wait for that. I've chosen Physical because I think they could all use some undivided attention for self-improvement; this or having them all participate comes across as a bit fairer than excluding one from an activity to me.
[X] Talk with the pilots about a more practical local vacation. See if there's anywhere decently close to Tokyo-3 that all three pilots want to go to. (Barring that, see if there's anywhere Asuka wants to go to that Rei and Shinji don't dislike.)
I normally try to come up with a unique write-in (they're not voted for!) but honestly we do kind of need to jump on top of this ASAP lest it become like finding a new apartment
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grommile
nasty-minded old cynic
- Location
- NERV-Mercia
- Pronouns
- Traditional/Animate
No you haven't, you've chosen sync for both Shinji and Asuka.
- Pronouns
- She/Her
...Welp, I had made some changes and thought I'd caught them all. Editing...
- Location
- Earth
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I mean....most big cities have so many fun places that a typical resident will be able to find something new, but most big cities haven't been attacked by several eldritch abominations in the past few months. That decreases both the number of fun places that haven't closed down or relocated and the amount of fun you can have at them.
Argh, we've got too many tasks piling up.I normally try to come up with a unique write-in (they're not voted for!) but honestly we do kind of need to jump on top of this ASAP lest it become like finding a new apartment
Maybe we should give consideration to trying to that clone-Misato plan I mentioned a while back. If we believe Kaiji, someone must have figured out how to clone humans, right? Seems like having another Misato would make it easier to get all these things done. What's the worst that could happen?
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Well, that reaction could have been worse. Now we just have to figure out how to make up for it.
[X] Rei: School
[X] Rei: Physical Training
[X] Rei: Art Program
I picked school to see how Rei's growing fame has affected her classmates treatment of her. Has the bullying got worse? Has it stopped? Based on that clerk reaction, she has fanboys now, and i'm worried not all of them are harmless
[X] Shinji: Friends
[X] Shinji: Physical training
[X] Shinji: Synchronization training
We hadn't heard much from Toji and Kensuke in a while, and i think they could be a good distraction for Shinji right now, taking his mind away from how he's feeling inadequate as a pilot. Also, Physical training because he seemed to have a good reaction to training last turn, so let's keep with the self improvement.
[X] Asuka: The Future
[X] Asuka: Go out/free time
[X] Asuka: Study
-[X] Help her learn Kanji yourself
I don't think we had tried to teach Asuka how to write and read japonese ourselves yet. And since Misato knows German, maybe she'll have more success than Shinji did.
Special Actitivity:
[X] Offer Asuka to pay for boxing gym membership for her.
So, a bit of out of nowhere idea, i know, but hear me out. Asuka's biggest problem right now besides her competitiveness, is her loneliness. She doesn't have any friends at school, or at home (Misato's an adult and her guardian, so she doesn't count). We are working on her relationship with her fellow pilots, but we all know it will take some time and a lot of work before it happens, and her classmates aren't treating her much better than they treat Rei. Ad Nerv doesn't seem to be much found of her either, with the exception of Kaji.
So i was thinking, she needs a place to socialize, were she can do something she enjoys, and she hasn't left a bad impression yet. Why i picked a boxing gym of all things? Well, we've seen Asuka enjoys physical activities, her competitiveness won't be as big of a issue there, neither will her lack of Kanji skills, and the whole thing could be a great stress relief for her. Also, finally getting some friends of her own.
I know it's a long shot, but i think it's worth a try.
[X] Rei: School
[X] Rei: Physical Training
[X] Rei: Art Program
I picked school to see how Rei's growing fame has affected her classmates treatment of her. Has the bullying got worse? Has it stopped? Based on that clerk reaction, she has fanboys now, and i'm worried not all of them are harmless
[X] Shinji: Friends
[X] Shinji: Physical training
[X] Shinji: Synchronization training
We hadn't heard much from Toji and Kensuke in a while, and i think they could be a good distraction for Shinji right now, taking his mind away from how he's feeling inadequate as a pilot. Also, Physical training because he seemed to have a good reaction to training last turn, so let's keep with the self improvement.
[X] Asuka: The Future
[X] Asuka: Go out/free time
[X] Asuka: Study
-[X] Help her learn Kanji yourself
I don't think we had tried to teach Asuka how to write and read japonese ourselves yet. And since Misato knows German, maybe she'll have more success than Shinji did.
Special Actitivity:
[X] Offer Asuka to pay for boxing gym membership for her.
So, a bit of out of nowhere idea, i know, but hear me out. Asuka's biggest problem right now besides her competitiveness, is her loneliness. She doesn't have any friends at school, or at home (Misato's an adult and her guardian, so she doesn't count). We are working on her relationship with her fellow pilots, but we all know it will take some time and a lot of work before it happens, and her classmates aren't treating her much better than they treat Rei. Ad Nerv doesn't seem to be much found of her either, with the exception of Kaji.
So i was thinking, she needs a place to socialize, were she can do something she enjoys, and she hasn't left a bad impression yet. Why i picked a boxing gym of all things? Well, we've seen Asuka enjoys physical activities, her competitiveness won't be as big of a issue there, neither will her lack of Kanji skills, and the whole thing could be a great stress relief for her. Also, finally getting some friends of her own.
I know it's a long shot, but i think it's worth a try.
This isn't a bad idea, but I'd probably go for some sort of Track and Field option, or maybe girls wrestling if we're dead set on some sort of combat form, instead of the one that involves getting punched in the head.
- Location
- Earth
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Ooh, I like this idea. If we don't end up doing it this week (and there's not a midweek event long enough that I forget about it), I'm going to vote for it next week.
I agree with SpacePaladin's point about being punched in the head, and would like to add that this feels like something we should involve Asuka in. As a point of comparison, how do you think Shinji would have liked it if we signed him up for drum lessons instead of letting him play the cello? He probably wouldn't complain, but I don't imagine he'd like it.
It is the nature of Raising Sim games that we end up making decisions for the kids we take care of (with a few exceptions where the player character is also the kid), but it's also the nature of this game that Sutekh
I'm probably not going to vote for this option either way, because we only get one special action per week per Misato. Speaking of which..
Dang, I hadn't thought of that. What a clever trap that cloning option (To be fair, that's the nature of the quest; there'll always be more that needs doing than we can do. Of course, having another Misato around would help... but then we'd just have another person to manage
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Fair point. I'm fine with changing to either track or wrestling, as long as it isn't a school club or something similar. Being outside thr school is one of the main points.
I know, that's why I put offer her in the vote, instead of just 'sign Asuka in a gym'. If she isn't interested, we won't do it. Maybe i should've been more clear about it. I will try to edit the vote later on.
[X] Rei: Well-Being
[X] Rei: Combat Training
[X] Rei: Arts Program
[X] Asuka: The Future
[X] Asuka: Go out/free time
[X] Asuka: Study
-[X] Help her learn Kanji yourself
[X] Shinji: Friends
[X] Shinji: Physical training
[X] Shinji: Study
[X] Talk with the pilots about a more practical local vacation. See if there's anywhere decently close to Tokyo-3 that all three pilots want to go to. (Barring that, see if there's anywhere Asuka wants to go to that Rei and Shinji don't dislike.)
[X] Rei: Combat Training
[X] Rei: Arts Program
[X] Asuka: The Future
[X] Asuka: Go out/free time
[X] Asuka: Study
-[X] Help her learn Kanji yourself
[X] Shinji: Friends
[X] Shinji: Physical training
[X] Shinji: Study
[X] Talk with the pilots about a more practical local vacation. See if there's anywhere decently close to Tokyo-3 that all three pilots want to go to. (Barring that, see if there's anywhere Asuka wants to go to that Rei and Shinji don't dislike.)
Recovery VI: Love Letter?!
[X] Talk to Rei about General Well-being
You catch Rei in the middle of a DDR session with Pen2. You patiently wait until she's done (which takes slightly longer than you anticipate), and then you ask her how she's doing. Rei is doing fine. Yes, yes, you know. But what else?
Rei is feeling…bothered by Shinji. It takes a few back-and-forth questions to understand that by "bothered", Rei means "concerned about". She goes on at length about all of the ways his behavior has been different since the previous Angel attack. These range from things as broad as his general demeanor to highly specific things such as his gait, how much longer it takes for him to prepare dinner, the frequency of him greeting classmates and the amount of time he spends in the bath. It kind of weirds you out, but this is Rei. Few things are really normal about her. It's difficult to get her to talk about anything else other than Shinji's well-being.
Rei is keeping an eye on him, but she does not really know how to "fix" Shinji. The feeling is…unpleasant. And it's distracting her from concentrating on more important tasks. She declines to enumerate what those tasks are. That's classified.
Rei feels like she is not doing enough for Shinji or the Commander right now. But she will keep trying.
[X] Talk to Shinji about School
You find Shinji in the kitchen with some tea late one night. He looks tired. You tell him so, and he admits that he hasn't been sleeping very well with a sheepish expression. You tell him he should get some rest, but he says he's going to finish his tea first. You tell him Rei's worried about him. Shinji makes a face and sighs. He's been feeling kind of guilty about that. He hates bothering her like that.
You tell him it's okay to have other people worry about you. You tell him that you've been concerned too. Shinji apologizes almost reflexively. You tell him not to worry about it. Shinji says sorry. You refrain from running your hand over your face.
You ask him how school's been going. He tells you it's…honestly not been going great. He's having a hard time focusing on the material lately, and well, you've seen his test scores. They're mediocre. Shinji has been scraping by so far, but as the material gets more challenging, he worries he's going to fall behind and not be able to catch up. The small comfort he has is that his housemates also have pretty bad grades; Asuka's smart but she can't read the test questions and Rei just doesn't seem to care that much about her schoolwork. He wishes he could be like her, but honestly, getting bad grades does bother him quite a bit.
Other than that, school's been going fine. It's a little weird now that everyone is focused so much on Rei and Asuka's quasi-celebrity status, but he doesn't mind. He's worried about what will happen once PR rolls out his marketing campaign. He's not sure why they're taking so long, but he suspects it's because his performance has been lacking. So, um, sorry for that.
He briefly mentions things being pretty much fine with Aida and Suzuhara and Horaki before finishing his tea and going to bed.
[X] Talk to Asuka about The Future
Asuka is going to be an Evangelion pilot, duh.
Well, yes, but what about after the Angels are all defeated? Asuka replies she's going to be an Evangelion pilot, duh. You don't really think they're going to just get rid of the Evas after the threat is gone, right? The nerds from NERV-Berlin seemed fully expectant that they're going to be incorporated into the UN's military forces eventually, so Asuka figures she'll just be on standby for Unit-02 once it gets folded into the UN's armed forces. After that, she'll retire and live a life of fame and luxury, and also, she'll marry Kaji. So there.
She says this with utter confidence, not really seeming to understand the implications for the world at large if the Evangelions are mobilized as weapons of war. Either that, or she does not care. She's happy as long as she gets to stay with Unit-02. She might actually be kind of thrilled she's essentially a living deterrent weapon. Either way, she seems very set on her future plans right now, childish as they seem.
[X] Rei: Combat training
To prove a point to yourself, you throw Rei into a simulation fight with Ananiel by herself and see how she does. To your utter lack of surprise, Rei does just fine. She makes a few tactical mistakes here and there based on which ships she decides to hop to and gets sunk once or twice, but in most runs she's able to reach the Angel's oral disc and successfully attack it. Overall, the results aren't as good as Asuka's, but they're not concerning or to the point where you think having Rei onboard Unit-02 greatly detracted from Asuka's performance. You are a little concerned about her odd psychological symptoms that come up in real fights, though. While none of the simulation fights have caused any odd behavior from Rei, you've noticed in a number of the previous fights Rei faced a setback with an unknown cause.
During this fight, Rei became extremely nauseous. You don't believe it's motion sickness, as she's never demonstrated it since, but still, very concerning. Ritsuko is, of course, really unhelpful, and remains tight-lipped about Rei's psychological state. You're becoming increasingly convinced that Rei and Ritsuko are hiding something from you.
[X] Rei: Arts program
Rei draws pictures of Shinji. A lot of pictures of Shinji.
You ask her somewhat teasingly what that's all about. Rei shrugs. She's drawing what's on her mind right now. You see.
When she's not drawing Shinji, she's drawing Rei plush or the previous Angel. Unlike previous Angel sketches, which Rei usually did in charcoal, this Angel is not scribbled out or horribly mutilated. Rei uses some pastels to add splashes of color to represent its glowing spheres, and thin black pencil lines emerge from its legs like spiderwebs. It's almost beautiful. You know, were it not a picture of an Angel. You don't particularly like this one. It's skilled and, out of context, aesthetically pleasing, but you think Angels are too ugly to be represented like this.
Rei, seemingly seeking your approval, seems a little disappointed and goes back to drawing Shinji.
[X] Shinji: Synchronization training
Shinji seems anxious as he enters the plug. Ritsuko gives you a look as if this is somehow your fault, and then starts the test. His sync rate is not as stable as previous sessions or in combat, and ebbs and flows in waves. Ritsuko occasionally intervenes to tell him to focus on the test when she can tell his mind is wandering. You're not entirely sure how she can tell, but something in the numbers and graphs flashing on her computer screen must be off.
You try to get her to talk about psychographs a little bit more. Ritsuko says it's a bit too technical to get into all the details, but they essentially measure mental energy being spent on goal-directed activities, in this case, piloting the Evangelion. You ask if it's measuring how motivated the pilot is. Ritsuko shakes her head. Not exactly. It's measuring the pilot's will to live. If they lose the will to live, they won't keep fighting.
Shinji's sync score is down five points, sitting at 63.1%. Ritsuko isn't terribly surprised, but she's disappointed anyway. You better straighten him out before he loses more ground. It is your responsibility to manage him.
Shinji seems depressed about his results.
[X] Shinji: Study
Shinji hits the books to try to catch up on his schoolwork. You do your best to help him out when he has a question. You weren't the best student growing up either, but you can handle most of his questions without any real issues. NERV didn't hire no dummy. Shinji isn't feeling very confident, but he thinks he gets some of the material he was struggling with. Maybe he can do this after all.
[X] Asuka: Physical training
You put Asuka through some climbing and crawling exercises, as you feel like she could have reached the Angel's core somewhat more efficiently. Asuka bitches and moans that she already knows how to crawl; it's the first thing they teach you how to do, but she eventually shuts up and does the exercises. She pushes herself hard to prove that she can do it no sweat. Her results are impressive, so you move on to increasingly more difficult exercises until her arms and legs are screaming for her to stop. She calls you a sadist and pouts a little bit, but you're pleased with the results. You feel like Asuka, deep down, appreciated the challenge. Way deep down, based on the dirty look she's giving you now.
[X] Asuka: Go out/Free time
You let Asuka have some free time. You're kind of curious about what she does with herself when you're not watching her. It seems that she reads back issues of German magazines (mostly aimed at high school girls, though she also has a few motorcycle magazines that look well-loved), listens to her music (again, mostly German NDH bands and American industrial rock and grunge) or watches TV (her main choice being really crappy romance dramas. You have no idea what she gets out of them, as she looks bored or disgusted by most of them). She also plays games on the most beaten-up GameBoy SP you've ever seen. Her routine is best summed up as "consciously slacking off", but she seems overall content with her hobbies right now. You wish she'd interact with the other pilots a little more, but most of her hobbies are solo activities.
She spends an equal amount of time in both halves of your apartment doing these things, though she generally avoids speaking to Rei, obviously. She also only ever watches TV on your side of the apartment. But it seems she's at least learned to tolerate being around them, and being around the Rei plush army (though she still privately complains about them to you).
You come home late one evening to find Rei standing in the middle of the new apartment holding an envelope in her hands. This is unusual for her. Unlike you and the other pilots, who have more or less adjusted to the apartment's two halves and go freely between them, Rei usually avoids this half of the apartment and prefers to stay in the old one. Asuka is sprawled on the couch, occasionally looking over the top of her fashion magazine to warily eye Rei. Rei ignores her.
Rei hands you the envelope wordlessly. You notice that it's already been opened, and that it was sealed with a heart-shaped sticker. You blurt out that this is a love letter without thinking, and Asuka suddenly closes the gap between you at speeds thought impossible by mortal men.
The letter is pretty bland; the author says they've had Rei on their mind a lot lately, compliments her complexion and hair, and would like to meet her on the roof after school tomorrow, because they have something very important to tell her. The author did not leave a name. Eh, you'd rate it a 6/10 love letter.
Rei seems a little lost about what to do. She seems to have some kind of grasp that this letter is of sentimental importance but is unsure how to respond. It appears that she has come to you for advice. You really wish she had gone to Horaki for advice. But here she is.
Asuka tells Rei that she shouldn't bother meeting this person in a slightly condescending but not mean-spirited tone. Asuka gets like five of these a week. Asuka says she'd never date someone who did something so wimpy and lame as send an anonymous love letter. She doesn't get this country. If someone likes her, they should just say it to her face! None of this wishy-washy stuff.
Rei isn't sure. She feels like she should respond to them, but…she doesn't know what to do. What do you think, Major?
[ ] Tell Rei to stand the author up. You don't think she should get involved in this stuff, and you sort of agree with Asuka. You also prefer men who take charge.
[ ] Tell Rei to meet up with this person and hear them out by herself. There will probably be more of these in the future, and it's probably best she learn how to deal with this sooner, rather than later.You're also morbidly curious to see what would happen.
[ ] Tell Rei to meet up with this person and recruit Asuka to be a chaperone in case Rei needs backup if things get out of hand. You know they don't get along, but Asuka obviously has more experience with this kind of thing, and she's a fellow girl.
[ ] Tell Rei to meet up with this person and recruit Shinji to be a chaperone in case Rei needs backup if things get out of hand. Rei is more comfortable around Shinji than Asuka and would appreciate his presence. He is, however, inexperienced and may give this person the wrong impression.
[ ] General advice for Rei (write-in, keep it concise)
You catch Rei in the middle of a DDR session with Pen2. You patiently wait until she's done (which takes slightly longer than you anticipate), and then you ask her how she's doing. Rei is doing fine. Yes, yes, you know. But what else?
Rei is feeling…bothered by Shinji. It takes a few back-and-forth questions to understand that by "bothered", Rei means "concerned about". She goes on at length about all of the ways his behavior has been different since the previous Angel attack. These range from things as broad as his general demeanor to highly specific things such as his gait, how much longer it takes for him to prepare dinner, the frequency of him greeting classmates and the amount of time he spends in the bath. It kind of weirds you out, but this is Rei. Few things are really normal about her. It's difficult to get her to talk about anything else other than Shinji's well-being.
Rei is keeping an eye on him, but she does not really know how to "fix" Shinji. The feeling is…unpleasant. And it's distracting her from concentrating on more important tasks. She declines to enumerate what those tasks are. That's classified.
Rei feels like she is not doing enough for Shinji or the Commander right now. But she will keep trying.
[X] Talk to Shinji about School
You find Shinji in the kitchen with some tea late one night. He looks tired. You tell him so, and he admits that he hasn't been sleeping very well with a sheepish expression. You tell him he should get some rest, but he says he's going to finish his tea first. You tell him Rei's worried about him. Shinji makes a face and sighs. He's been feeling kind of guilty about that. He hates bothering her like that.
You tell him it's okay to have other people worry about you. You tell him that you've been concerned too. Shinji apologizes almost reflexively. You tell him not to worry about it. Shinji says sorry. You refrain from running your hand over your face.
You ask him how school's been going. He tells you it's…honestly not been going great. He's having a hard time focusing on the material lately, and well, you've seen his test scores. They're mediocre. Shinji has been scraping by so far, but as the material gets more challenging, he worries he's going to fall behind and not be able to catch up. The small comfort he has is that his housemates also have pretty bad grades; Asuka's smart but she can't read the test questions and Rei just doesn't seem to care that much about her schoolwork. He wishes he could be like her, but honestly, getting bad grades does bother him quite a bit.
Other than that, school's been going fine. It's a little weird now that everyone is focused so much on Rei and Asuka's quasi-celebrity status, but he doesn't mind. He's worried about what will happen once PR rolls out his marketing campaign. He's not sure why they're taking so long, but he suspects it's because his performance has been lacking. So, um, sorry for that.
He briefly mentions things being pretty much fine with Aida and Suzuhara and Horaki before finishing his tea and going to bed.
[X] Talk to Asuka about The Future
Asuka is going to be an Evangelion pilot, duh.
Well, yes, but what about after the Angels are all defeated? Asuka replies she's going to be an Evangelion pilot, duh. You don't really think they're going to just get rid of the Evas after the threat is gone, right? The nerds from NERV-Berlin seemed fully expectant that they're going to be incorporated into the UN's military forces eventually, so Asuka figures she'll just be on standby for Unit-02 once it gets folded into the UN's armed forces. After that, she'll retire and live a life of fame and luxury, and also, she'll marry Kaji. So there.
She says this with utter confidence, not really seeming to understand the implications for the world at large if the Evangelions are mobilized as weapons of war. Either that, or she does not care. She's happy as long as she gets to stay with Unit-02. She might actually be kind of thrilled she's essentially a living deterrent weapon. Either way, she seems very set on her future plans right now, childish as they seem.
[X] Rei: Combat training
To prove a point to yourself, you throw Rei into a simulation fight with Ananiel by herself and see how she does. To your utter lack of surprise, Rei does just fine. She makes a few tactical mistakes here and there based on which ships she decides to hop to and gets sunk once or twice, but in most runs she's able to reach the Angel's oral disc and successfully attack it. Overall, the results aren't as good as Asuka's, but they're not concerning or to the point where you think having Rei onboard Unit-02 greatly detracted from Asuka's performance. You are a little concerned about her odd psychological symptoms that come up in real fights, though. While none of the simulation fights have caused any odd behavior from Rei, you've noticed in a number of the previous fights Rei faced a setback with an unknown cause.
During this fight, Rei became extremely nauseous. You don't believe it's motion sickness, as she's never demonstrated it since, but still, very concerning. Ritsuko is, of course, really unhelpful, and remains tight-lipped about Rei's psychological state. You're becoming increasingly convinced that Rei and Ritsuko are hiding something from you.
[X] Rei: Arts program
Rei draws pictures of Shinji. A lot of pictures of Shinji.
You ask her somewhat teasingly what that's all about. Rei shrugs. She's drawing what's on her mind right now. You see.
When she's not drawing Shinji, she's drawing Rei plush or the previous Angel. Unlike previous Angel sketches, which Rei usually did in charcoal, this Angel is not scribbled out or horribly mutilated. Rei uses some pastels to add splashes of color to represent its glowing spheres, and thin black pencil lines emerge from its legs like spiderwebs. It's almost beautiful. You know, were it not a picture of an Angel. You don't particularly like this one. It's skilled and, out of context, aesthetically pleasing, but you think Angels are too ugly to be represented like this.
Rei, seemingly seeking your approval, seems a little disappointed and goes back to drawing Shinji.
[X] Shinji: Synchronization training
Shinji seems anxious as he enters the plug. Ritsuko gives you a look as if this is somehow your fault, and then starts the test. His sync rate is not as stable as previous sessions or in combat, and ebbs and flows in waves. Ritsuko occasionally intervenes to tell him to focus on the test when she can tell his mind is wandering. You're not entirely sure how she can tell, but something in the numbers and graphs flashing on her computer screen must be off.
You try to get her to talk about psychographs a little bit more. Ritsuko says it's a bit too technical to get into all the details, but they essentially measure mental energy being spent on goal-directed activities, in this case, piloting the Evangelion. You ask if it's measuring how motivated the pilot is. Ritsuko shakes her head. Not exactly. It's measuring the pilot's will to live. If they lose the will to live, they won't keep fighting.
Shinji's sync score is down five points, sitting at 63.1%. Ritsuko isn't terribly surprised, but she's disappointed anyway. You better straighten him out before he loses more ground. It is your responsibility to manage him.
Shinji seems depressed about his results.
[X] Shinji: Study
Shinji hits the books to try to catch up on his schoolwork. You do your best to help him out when he has a question. You weren't the best student growing up either, but you can handle most of his questions without any real issues. NERV didn't hire no dummy. Shinji isn't feeling very confident, but he thinks he gets some of the material he was struggling with. Maybe he can do this after all.
[X] Asuka: Physical training
You put Asuka through some climbing and crawling exercises, as you feel like she could have reached the Angel's core somewhat more efficiently. Asuka bitches and moans that she already knows how to crawl; it's the first thing they teach you how to do, but she eventually shuts up and does the exercises. She pushes herself hard to prove that she can do it no sweat. Her results are impressive, so you move on to increasingly more difficult exercises until her arms and legs are screaming for her to stop. She calls you a sadist and pouts a little bit, but you're pleased with the results. You feel like Asuka, deep down, appreciated the challenge. Way deep down, based on the dirty look she's giving you now.
[X] Asuka: Go out/Free time
You let Asuka have some free time. You're kind of curious about what she does with herself when you're not watching her. It seems that she reads back issues of German magazines (mostly aimed at high school girls, though she also has a few motorcycle magazines that look well-loved), listens to her music (again, mostly German NDH bands and American industrial rock and grunge) or watches TV (her main choice being really crappy romance dramas. You have no idea what she gets out of them, as she looks bored or disgusted by most of them). She also plays games on the most beaten-up GameBoy SP you've ever seen. Her routine is best summed up as "consciously slacking off", but she seems overall content with her hobbies right now. You wish she'd interact with the other pilots a little more, but most of her hobbies are solo activities.
She spends an equal amount of time in both halves of your apartment doing these things, though she generally avoids speaking to Rei, obviously. She also only ever watches TV on your side of the apartment. But it seems she's at least learned to tolerate being around them, and being around the Rei plush army (though she still privately complains about them to you).
Random Event
You come home late one evening to find Rei standing in the middle of the new apartment holding an envelope in her hands. This is unusual for her. Unlike you and the other pilots, who have more or less adjusted to the apartment's two halves and go freely between them, Rei usually avoids this half of the apartment and prefers to stay in the old one. Asuka is sprawled on the couch, occasionally looking over the top of her fashion magazine to warily eye Rei. Rei ignores her.
Rei hands you the envelope wordlessly. You notice that it's already been opened, and that it was sealed with a heart-shaped sticker. You blurt out that this is a love letter without thinking, and Asuka suddenly closes the gap between you at speeds thought impossible by mortal men.
The letter is pretty bland; the author says they've had Rei on their mind a lot lately, compliments her complexion and hair, and would like to meet her on the roof after school tomorrow, because they have something very important to tell her. The author did not leave a name. Eh, you'd rate it a 6/10 love letter.
Rei seems a little lost about what to do. She seems to have some kind of grasp that this letter is of sentimental importance but is unsure how to respond. It appears that she has come to you for advice. You really wish she had gone to Horaki for advice. But here she is.
Asuka tells Rei that she shouldn't bother meeting this person in a slightly condescending but not mean-spirited tone. Asuka gets like five of these a week. Asuka says she'd never date someone who did something so wimpy and lame as send an anonymous love letter. She doesn't get this country. If someone likes her, they should just say it to her face! None of this wishy-washy stuff.
Rei isn't sure. She feels like she should respond to them, but…she doesn't know what to do. What do you think, Major?
[ ] Tell Rei to stand the author up. You don't think she should get involved in this stuff, and you sort of agree with Asuka. You also prefer men who take charge.
[ ] Tell Rei to meet up with this person and hear them out by herself. There will probably be more of these in the future, and it's probably best she learn how to deal with this sooner, rather than later.
[ ] Tell Rei to meet up with this person and recruit Asuka to be a chaperone in case Rei needs backup if things get out of hand. You know they don't get along, but Asuka obviously has more experience with this kind of thing, and she's a fellow girl.
[ ] Tell Rei to meet up with this person and recruit Shinji to be a chaperone in case Rei needs backup if things get out of hand. Rei is more comfortable around Shinji than Asuka and would appreciate his presence. He is, however, inexperienced and may give this person the wrong impression.
[ ] General advice for Rei (write-in, keep it concise)
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My reflexive move to sau for it, but Asuka ain't wrong. This is a wimpy way of asking someone out. Still, it's an experience she should go for even with the high likelihood she'll turn them down.
If there's a write in I'd go with this.
[X] Tell Rei to meet up with this person and recruit Horaki to be a chaperone in case Rei needs backup if things get out of hand. She's both someone who knows Rei pretty well and is a fellow girl, best of both worlds. Though yes Asuka, you can skulk in the shadows too. Maybe you'll see what everyone else in this country does doing things this way.
If there's a write in I'd go with this.
[X] Tell Rei to meet up with this person and recruit Horaki to be a chaperone in case Rei needs backup if things get out of hand. She's both someone who knows Rei pretty well and is a fellow girl, best of both worlds. Though yes Asuka, you can skulk in the shadows too. Maybe you'll see what everyone else in this country does doing things this way.
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