“We buy the Children enough time to get into their Evas and get to NERV-China.” You don't elaborate, and he doesn't ask you to. You both know what that would entail. Shinji, poor bugger, doesn't, so he asks what you mean, and you answer.

“We fight until you get into your Evas, and then we fight until you get out of here. That's what that means, kiddo.”

“W-what about afterwards?”

[]”That, Shinji, is up to the immutable and unknowable Lady Luck.”
[]”That's up to the command staff. I had my way, we'd keep fighting. Nobody invades this town and gets away with it.”
[]Write-in.

>>33131252
[]”That's up to the command staff. I had my way, we'd keep fighting. Nobody invades this town and gets away with it.”

>>33131252
[]”That, Shinji, is up to the immutable and unknowable Lady Luck.”

>>33131252
>[]”That's up to the command staff. I had my way, we'd keep fighting. Nobody invades this town and gets away with it.”

>>33131252
[x]Write-in.
"We die or give up, get interrogated and then die."

>>33131252
>[]”That's up to the command staff. I had my way, we'd keep fighting. Nobody invades this town and gets away with it.”

>>33131252
>[]”That, Shinji, is up to the immutable and unknowable Lady Luck.”

>all this Luck discussion

Fuck no.

Ain't got time for luck.

Also it's kind of out of character. We take what we want, we don't wait for luck to drop it in our lap.

[x]write in: Depends on what Command says, how many of them there are, and how well each side fights.

Also, the Russians may be forcing NERV's hand to sortie the evas outside of an angel attack in order to get political leverage.

>>33131252
>”That's up to the command staff. I had my way, we'd keep fighting. Nobody invades this town and gets away with it.”

“That's up to the command staff. I had my way,” you tell him, “we'd keep fighting. Nobody invades this town and gets away with it. You've put paid to any Angels so far, we'll put paid to any thing else.”

He seems to take some semblance of confidence from your words, and you continue puffing on your cigarette, thinking, despite its inherent danger.

The Russians had a pilot candidate. That means they were planning on getting an Eva somehow. Getting an Eva entailed having enough money to operate it. Since they weren't real big on the whole 'UN membership' gig, despite their spot on the permanent Security Council, beside harassing the UK and USA. The European Union had the Second and Fourth, while the USA provided Evas-03 and -04.

Despite the nuclear exchanges during the Impact Wars, the USA was still an economic and military powerhouse, even though half of the Great Plains were wasteland filled with raiders and bandits that was slowly being reconquered. Russia had actually come out ahead- with the rise in global temperatures, Siberia was now habitable for most of the year, and previously unarable land was now, if not extremely productive, then productive enough to help cover the rest of Russia's crop shortfalls.

What was their goddamn game, you wonder. Putin was too smart for this shit, he'd been near the top of the KGB once upon a time.

(1/2)

>>33131681
“So,” Agent Nakimura breaks in. “You think this is brinkmanship over their pilot-candidate, or what?”

[]”Brinkmanship, it's gotta be. Putin's too smart for this. He knows the EU and USA would love to get Russia's permanent status on the Security Council revoked.”
[]”Or what. The question is what, though? I can't see what they could be gaining by pissing off the USA and UN. Don't forget, the USA's promise to help protect Japan against foreign aggression is still law over there, even with Japan's rise in status following Second Impact.”
[]Write-in.

>>33131693
>[x]”Or what. The question is what, though? I can't see what they could be gaining by pissing off the USA and UN. Don't forget, the USA's promise to help protect Japan against foreign aggression is still law over there, even with Japan's rise in status following Second Impact.”

>>33131693
[x] A show of force meant to draw out an Eva sortie outside of an Angel attack so that Russia could negotiate for their own Russia-stationed Eva for "self defense."

>>33131693
>[x]”Brinkmanship, it's gotta be. Putin's too smart for this. He knows the EU and USA would love to get Russia's permanent status on the Security Council revoked.”

>>33131719

Oooh, could be.

>>33131744
The reasoning is pretty simple: "well, Japan isn't safe for our pilots, our embassy was raided, the spies weren't even ours, you guys are crazy. Also you have giant invulnerable death machines, and we want our own to protect us from you."

>>33131693
This >>33131719 has a point of sorts. So my vote goes for it too.

They already have (well, had) a pilot, so there's only one other piece missing.
At the very least, they'd want a consent from the other world powers (regardless of whether they like it or not) on building their own EVA.
It's probably built already, but kept under wraps. And if Japan deploys EVAs first, then that'd give the Russian an excuse to deploy theirs too.

>>33131693
>Putin
Wat

>>33131693
“It's a show of force designed to bait NERV into launching the Evas on a sortie against something other than Angels. Russia wants political capital to take to the UN with this, so they can get their own Eva. Think about it- for the five minutes they've got internal power, they're unbeatable. Figure out how to crack the problem of internal power, suddenly you've got a weapon of mass destruction that can't stop.”

“Also, their pilot candidate in Tokyo-2 winds up dead, someone that shall remain nameless forever cracks their embassy like an egg, and Main Intelligence Directorate is a tail wagging the dog, here. If I were Putin, I'd want the kind of deterrent an Eva provides, both against civil war, and external aggression.”

“The Commander's got balls of steel,” you finish. “He won't play Putin's game. You watch. Russia'll stand down their fleet and the US can go back to pretending they're still relevant, while the UN tries to pretend they're not slowly moving towards a singular world government.”

“Oh,” Nakimura and Shinji both say. “How'd you get so smart, Agent?” Nakimura asks while Shinji scuffles his feet and looks at the floor.

“I read the intelligence reports Section Three generates, and pay attention to the news.” You finish your current cigarette and toss it onto the walkway, then stand and grind your boot onto the butt so it extinguishes.

[]”Right, I'm going to walk the perimeter. Want to come, Shinji?”
[]”Go walk the perimeter, Nakimura.”
[]Write-in.

>>33131983
>Putin
>ever not leading Russia

>>33132017
>[x]”Right, I'm going to walk the perimeter. Want to come, Shinji?”

>>33132017
Going to go and walk the perimeter sounds like the plan, sitting on our ass isn't so! Shinji my boy wanna come along for a bit of practice eh? Can train ya in how to recognize small group tactics in case any of the Ruskies get in.

>>33132017
>[x]”Right, I'm going to walk the perimeter. Want to come, Shinji?”

>>33132017
>[x]”Right, I'm going to walk the perimeter. Want to come, Shinji?”

>>33132128
>>33132133
I don't think we should take a pilot on a perimeter check.

>>33132017
>[]”Go walk the perimeter, Nakimura.”
Standing orders for Shinji is to stand-by the EVA, so I think it's best not to risk unnecessary movement and potentially endanger the pilot.
May trigger Nakimura's deathflag though. Sorry about that, guy.

>>33132017
[]”Right, I'm going to walk the perimeter. Want to come, Shinji?”
Father figure the shit out of him, god knows he needs it.

>>33132215
More like cool big brother.
And we are going to help the boy deal with The Crimson Typhoon.

>>33132161
>>33132166

Agreed

>>33132247
The hell is crimson typhoon I keep thinking of the Chinese Jeager from Pacific Rim with the three brothers and the three armed robot...

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>>33132376
Sup?

>>33132376
Auska's PMS arc

>>33132017
Get Nakimura to do it.

Having a pilot go on a perimeter check is a bad idea.

>>33132408
>>33132420
...Oooh that, that makes a lot more sense now.

Jesus did no one ever tell this girl about her bodily functions beforehand or what?!

>>33132017
>[]”Go walk the perimeter, Nakimura.”

>>33132515
>>33132420
is pulling your leg.
>>33132247
was calling Asuka the 'Crimson Typhoon' because she's a redhead and she's...feisty.

>>33132017
You pick up the M4 and sling it across your chest, so you can bring it up to fire if you need it, and crack your knuckles.

“I'm walking the perimeter. Nakimua, you're in charge if shit hits the fan. If it does, call the Commander and ask for lawyers, guns, and money. Shinji, want to walk with me?” He nods and begins following you. First you head to the guys watching the elevators. They greet you and Shinji, exchanging nods with you and smiles and handshakes with the Third.

“If you had to assault the Cages, how would you do it?” Shinji looks startled at your question, and thinks it over. You give him all the time he needs, looking for blatant holes, small gaps, or even a possible gap, in the coverage Nakimura set up for you.

“Something not obvious,” he ventures. “M-maybe the vents? They do exit outside, don't they?” You nod, as you move on past the elevator guards, to a stairway leading up to the top walkway.

“The drawback of having a facility underground is that you need to pump air in from the outside, or generate it yourself. It's cheaper to pump air in, so that's what we do. NERV tries to cut as many corners on things like paint, furnishings, and flooring, because that can go to the Evas, or the vent system, or Bakelite. The vents are good, but you can only pipe one man, or two, at most, through the vent shaft entrances and exits. What else?”

He thinks, hard, and then seems to hit upon the light bulb. “The ceiling, right? The vents run through the ceilings of every level and room, don't they? And if you blow a hole in the ceiling, you can just drop out of the vents, behind their men, can't you?” You shoot him a grin and wink.

(1/2)

When the last two guys got their votes in I already had ~60% of the post written. I'll wait longer, this vote.

>>33132647
“Think in three dimensions. Always. It helps. Well, not with girls, but there's a reason the Kanji you use for 'her' means 'someone far away.' I think.” The guys on the topmost walkway report everything's clear, and you head back down for the next level. He nods, and then the internal announcement system crackles to life.

“All Evangelion pilots and Section Two Agents are to stand down. The Russian fleet as adjusted course according to the Japanese Naval Self Defense Force's radioed commands. Thank you for your cooperation.”

[]”Right, that's that, then. Go ahead and go get showered and catch some sleep, Shinji. I'll meet you in the morning.”
[]”Huh. I figured. All right, well, while we're all wide awake, you want to learn small unit tactics? We can play paintball capture the flag, or something.”
[]Write-in.

>>33132663
>[x]”Right, that's that, then. Go ahead and go get showered and catch some sleep, Shinji. I'll meet you in the morning.”

>>33132663
>[]”Huh. I figured. All right, well, while we're all wide awake, you want to learn small unit tactics? We can play paintball capture the flag, or something.”
After coming from that boredom filled stand-off, any excuse to goof off is a God send.
The learning part is an added bonus.

>>33132663
Ah yes the time honored tradition of Paintball! This we must do and if he gets hit just tell him to add another layer of clothes on and itll dull the impact!

WE are the bestest bro ever

>>33132663
>[]”Huh. I figured. All right, well, while we're all wide awake, you want to learn small unit tactics? We can play paintball capture the flag, or something.”

>>33132663
>[X]”Huh. I figured. All right, well, while we're all wide awake, you want to learn small unit tactics? We can play paintball capture the flag, or something.”

>>33132663
>[x]”Huh. I figured. All right, well, while we're all wide awake, you want to learn small unit tactics? We can play paintball capture the flag, or something.”

>>33132663
changing my vote >>33132711
to
[x]”Huh. I figured. All right, well, while we're all wide awake, you want to learn small unit tactics? We can play paintball capture the flag, or something.”

>>33132663
>[]”Huh. I figured. All right, well, while we're all wide awake, you want to learn small unit tactics? We can play paintball capture the flag, or something.”

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>>33132663
>”Huh. I figured. All right, well, while we're all wide awake, you want to learn small unit tactics? We can play paintball capture the flag, or something.”

“Oi! Who wants to play paintball outside?” The show of hands is disappointed, but it's enough to form two teams of five, including yourself and Shinji. You turn to him, and ask him the same. He thinks about it for a moment, and then-

“Will it hurt?”

“Nah,” you say. “We'll get you a black suit like ours to absorb some of the impact, and then we'll use bandanas as the flags and to differentiate teams. Red versus blue, how about it?” He nods at your assurance it won't hurt, and you ruffle his head. “A helmet and mask, too, I think. We don't want you losing your brains.”

The fellows that have volunteered to participate in the most ancient and glorious sport of paintball capture the flag follow you and Shinji to the armory, after he changes in the locker rooms beside the Cages. You all turn in handguns, rifles, carbines, and ammunition, in exchange for paintball guns. NERV got them standardized, so they all look like Steyr AUGA3s, in addition to having recoil and magazine changes in built in.

In fact, functionally, they were basically Steyr AUGs. That shot paintballs. NERV could spring for the coolest stuff, sometimes. Someone produces eleven bandanas of red and blue coloration, and you select captains.

[]Nakimura and yourself.
[]Nakimura and Shinji. (He gets you automatically.)
[]Yourself and Shinji. (He'll get Nakimura to help him out.)
[]Write-in.

>>33133064
>[]Nakimura and yourself.

>>33133064
Naikimura and yourself, Dibs on the third!

>>33133201
Makes the most sense.

>>33133064
>[]Nakimura and yourself.
Although eventually we're going to need to teach Shinji how to lead instead of just taking orders.

>>33133064
>[X] Nakimura and Shinji
Leadership skill development go.

>>33133064
>[x]Nakimura and Shinji. (He gets you automatically.)

He will learn.

>>33133064
>[x]Nakimura and Shinji. (He gets you automatically.)

>>33133064
>[]Nakimura and Shinji. (He gets you automatically.)
Gotta mold him into a proper operator.

>>33133064
>[]Nakimura and Shinji. (He gets you automatically.)
>>33133226
No time like the present.

>>33133064
[]Nakimura and Shinji. (He gets you automatically.)

Shinji might be able to use experience he gets in this with EVA combat.

>>33133342
I think that's the general idea. Get Shinji comfortable leading a team and he'll be able to lead the Evas into combat more effectively. Also it'll give him a chance to become a bit more independent and more stable.

>>33133064
>[]Nakimura and yourself.
Lets not put to much pressure on the kid.

>>33133544
*too

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>>33133064
>Nakimura and Shinji.

“Right,” you decide. “Captains will be Nakimura and Shinji. Shinji gets Red Team and myself to assist him, Nakimura will get Blue Team. You guys want to have one team assaulting, one defending, or both have flags?” The men begin sorting themselves out, taking bandanas from the pile, while you help Shinji get into the black kit all Section Two agents prefer to use when actually going into combat with more intelligence than 'oh fuck someone is attacking a Child or an installation'. It takes a little to find him a gas mask, helmet, and boots that fit, but finally someone has the brilliant idea of handing him female gear.

It works, if he's a little embarrassed. “Don't worry about it. You'll grow into male gear in no time.” He nods, and when everyone's on teams and sorted, you all troop to an elevator, rifles slung on shoulders, and cram in. The elevator dings, and it begins the journey to the 'outside' area of the Geofront.

“Right,” Nakimura says. “Since those Red fucks have got Cryan, and he's actually former SAS, we'll take the hill about a half klick to the south of the lake, and they get the lake side gazebo.”

“Fine by us,” you declare. “Red's gonna kick some Blue ass so hard, you'll think we're Angels.” The men in the elevator break out into a chorus of smack-talk and good natured ribbing, while you, Shinji, and Nakimura work out radio frequencies.

The elevator dings onto the level required of it, and everyone pours out, and then groups themselves into their selected team. Red team has the shorter distance to start point, and you begin walking, Shinji walking beside you. You're carrying both his and your ammo, so he can better keep up.

[]Turn full operational command over to Shinji.
[]Make suggestions but hint he needs to listen to them. A lot.
[]Write-in.

>>33133573
>[X] Let Shinji know we want him to lead, but we'll give him some advice if he asks.

>>33133573
>Make suggestions but hint he needs to listen to them. A lot.
But still let him fuck up and learn from mistakes.

>>33133615
this

>>33133573
>[]Make suggestions but hint he needs to listen to them. A lot.
Coach him through it.

>>33133611
Seconding

>>33133573
This:
>>33133611
>>[X] Let Shinji know we want him to lead, but we'll give him some advice if he asks.

>>33133573
>[]Turn full operational command over to Shinji.
That's the point of this right? We'll help him if he hesitates to much, makes a mistake, or asks for help.

>>33133573
>[X] Let Shinji know we want him to lead, but we'll give him some advice if he asks.

>>33133573
>>[X] Let Shinji know we want him to lead, but we'll give him some advice if he asks.

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>>33133573
>Let Shinji lead, but coach him if he needs it.

“All right, boyos. Rules of the game are simple; you get hit, you go down and stay down. First team to successfully grab the flag of the other wins. Shinji, you're in charge, but I'm here to help you if you need or want it. How do you want to play this?” Something goes across his face, and your eyes widen in recognition.

“They'll be expecting us to defend, because they've got the more defensible position, won't they? So we'll take seven guys, and leave three here. The three here will defend the flag,” which is the red bandana tied to a stick and shoved into the dirt beside the lake, “and we'll take the other five and attack them.” He's hesitant as he speaks, but becomes more confident when you nod at him approvingly.

“Can anyone climb trees?” He asks, taken by sudden inspiration. An American named Mayne raises his hand. Shinji grins, and motions him up. The trees are close enough for Mayne to go from the middle limbs to middle limbs, and Shinji gives him his orders. “I want you, Mayne-san, to climb the tree, and follow us from above. When we engage the enemy, you're to continue past them and take out their flag guards while we try to push through.” Mayne is taken by the idea as well, and shoots up the tree.

Shinji turns to the rest of you, and his grin worries you. “Shinji. What are you doing?”

“Thinking three-dimensionally, Cryan-san, like you said to.” Oh. OH. He's going to have Mayne flank them from above, just like the Second Para tried to go above the Royal Irish while you guys were engaged on the ground at Monrovia.”

[]”By God, it's brilliant!”
[]”Good thinking. Let's hit them now before they've had a chance to organize!”
[]Write-in.

>>33134017
>[X] "By God, it's brilliant!"
>[X] "Is there anything else you wanted to add to our plan, or should we get going?"

>>33134017
>[x]”By God, it's brilliant!”
Stroke that ego. Stroke it!

>>33134017
>[X]”Good thinking. Let's hit them now before they've had a chance to organize!”
The best compliment will be carrying out his plan and winning.

>>33134017
>[x]”By God, it's brilliant!”

>>33134017
>[X]”By God, it's brilliant!”

>>33134017
>[x]”By God, it's brilliant!”
>[x]”Good thinking. Let's hit them now before they've had a chance to organize!”

>>33134017
>[x]”By God, it's brilliant!”
>[x]”Good thinking. Let's hit them now before they've had a chance to organize!”

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>>33134017
>”By God, it's brilliant!”

“By God,” you tell him, “it's brilliant.” He flushes in pleasure at the compliment, and then his eyes widen as he realizes time is wasting.

“Let's go,” he orders. “Uh, what's the standard distance between guys on operations like this?” He asks you quietly, blushing because he didn't think to ask before. You wink at him.

“Ten meter spread, mates. Don't wanna get us all chewed up by a grenade, do we? And Shinji? Good idea on trying to take the momentum and keeping it. You never know what they'll come up with, so loose plans that you can easily change on the fly are as good, if not better, than plans organized down to the second. A good way for everything to be blown wide open.” He nods, and you take point, with everyone else spreading out behind you. You've got Shinji close, though, in case he has a question. He's silent on the first part of the approach.

You've ordered radio silence, but you show him the hand signal motions for the guys behind you to spread out a little more and to keep on the alert. Then Blue Team opens up and the first man goes down, screaming for his mother to simulate taking a hit. The rest duck behind trees and rocks, and you grab Shinji and pull him down behind a fallen log, which shudders under impact from paint balls.

Shinji looks like he's about ten seconds from panicking, the screams of the man doing nothing to help. Eyes clenched closed, lips trembling, chest going up and down at a rapid pace, you lay a hand on his chest.

[]”Relax, Shinji. You've got Mayne in the trees and we've still got four down here.”
[]”Don't panic yet. We haven't even come close to losing. Your canny old uncle Cryan's got a plan.”
[]Write-in.

>>33134488
>[]”Relax, Shinji. You've got Mayne in the trees and we've still got four down here.”
>[]”Don't panic yet. We haven't even come close to losing. Your canny old uncle Cryan's got a plan.”
Why not both? We need to do something to distract them for Mayne.

>>33134488
[x]”Relax, Shinji. You've got Mayne in the trees and we've still got four down here.”

>>33134488
If we choose the first, we might be overheard.
>[X] "Don't panic yet. We haven't even come close to losing. Your canny old uncle Cyran's got a plan."

>>33134488
>[x]”Don't panic yet. We haven't even come close to losing. Your canny old uncle Cryan's got a plan.”

>>33134568
has a point

>>33134488
>[]”Don't panic yet. We haven't even come close to losing. Your canny old uncle Cryan's got a plan.”
[]”Relax, Shinji. You've got Mayne in the trees and we've still got four down here.”

just in case we can't combine them, my top vote is first.

>>33134488
[]”Relax, Shinji. You've got Mayne in the trees and we've still got four down here.”
We don't want him relying on us we want him to take charge and be a man

>>33134488
>[]”Relax, Shinji. You've got Mayne in the trees and we've still got four down here.”

Take charge shinji

>>33134488
>[x]”Relax, Shinji. You've got Mayne in the trees and we've still got four down here.”

>>33134644
This.

So we're teaching Shinji to be a leader, and by extension be more assertive?
>Asuka's face when Shinji takes charge during the boredom kiss
>Asuka's face when she has no face

>>33134869

Thats assuming he doesnt make a move on rei first

>>33134869
>Implying he wants red
Nigga you cray cray

>>33134869
Considering that MC is from the home isles...

Should we teach shinji about 40k?

>>33134895
Or Mari doesn't make a move on him.

>>33134931
We're a jock anon

>>33134938
Is this rebuild?
Is this manga?
Is this anime?

>>33134895
Remember, she has a thing for older men.

>>33134959
Doesn't mean we never liked warhammer

>>33134488
>Both.

“Don't panic yet. We haven't even come close to losing. You've got the makings of a plan.” You draw his attention and point upwards, to the trees. His eyes focus on you, widen in surprise when he realizes who you're talking about, and he nods in determination.

“What do you suggest, Mr. Cryan?” You risk poking your head over the log, and catch glimpse of the black-clad enemy team moving around.

“Well... What do you think I would do in a situation like this?” He thinks hard for a moment, face screwed up in concentration, while your two remaining men, a Yamagata and Nobunaga, open fire to force the enemy down and buy Shinji time to think.

“Flank them,” he questions. You shake your head and tell him to try again. He's getting frustrated, you can tell.

“Victory is only grabbing the enemy flag, not annihilating them. A victory can be achieved even with one man left.” The emphasis you put on 'one man left' batters through his rising panic, and his eyes go closed.

“Pin them so Mayne can get the flag?” You nod confirmation, and he grins.

“All units,” he says into the radio. “Push forward!” You grin, clench your rifle, rise, and open fire in controlled bursts, meant to scare, not down. The other two do the same, coming out from their tree and rock, and Shinji stands next to you, firing wildly, but in the correct general direction. A quick rustle from the trees overhead informs you Mayne is taking advantage of the distraction you're giving him.

>>33134987
Yamagata pushes forward, and your eyes widen in horror as a paintball from Shinji takes him in the back. He goes down and starts screaming for a medic, on purpose, no doubt, the bastard, while the Blue Team guys ahead of you turn from their retreat and renew their fire. You take a paintball in the mask and go down, leaving Shinji, Nobunaga, and Mayne. The three guys back at the flag were told to defend it no matter what, so even though they can hear what's going on, they can't come up to support Shinji.

Nobunaga breaks cover and opens fire as well, before he gets drilled by two different Blues, and then Shinji goes down as well, cowering in fear. You can't tell if he's hit or not, but you're halted from speaking to him over the radio when a victorious cry erupts from the top of the hill. Mayne got the flag.

Cackling in glee, you rise and move to Shinji, where you kneel beside him. He got hit in the stomach by two different guys.

[]Help him up.
[]”C'mon, Shinji, up. The victor needs to accept the enemy surrender and you're the victor, here.”
[]Write-in.

>>33134981
anime, but tangfag said that Mari will be making an appearance.

>>33135015
>[]”C'mon, Shinji, up. The victor needs to accept the enemy surrender and you're the victor, here.”

>>33134981
Yes.

>>33135015
>[x]”C'mon, Shinji, up. The victor needs to accept the enemy surrender and you're the victor, here.”

>>33135015
>[x]”C'mon, Shinji, up. The victor needs to accept the enemy surrender and you're the victor, here.”

>>33134959
40ks a legit hobby in uk though.

The paintings something of a meditative exercise for some workout freaks i know.

>>33135015
[]”C'mon, Shinji, up. The victor needs to accept the enemy surrender and you're the victor, here.”

>>33135015
>Help him up
>"And to the victor go the spoils"

>>33135015
>[x]Help him up.
>[x]”C'mon, Shinji, up. The victor needs to accept the enemy surrender and you're the victor, here.”

>>33135038
Can we swallow Adam and have an AT field hand like Gendo then?

>>33135082
fuck no.

>>33134959
Various /tg/ hobbies, especially wargaming, are crazy popular with military personnel. At least in the US, I'm not sure about the brits.

>>33135015
>[x]”C'mon, Shinji, up. The victor needs to accept the enemy surrender and you're the victor, here.”

>>33135015
>[]Help him up.
>[]”C'mon, Shinji, up. The victor needs to accept the enemy surrender and you're the victor, here.”

>>33134931
I assume your referring to the fanfic "Shinji and 40k" wherein Shinji starts channeling the spirit of the god emperor and Rei gets in touch with her inner ork?

>>33135015
>[]”C'mon, Shinji, up. The victor needs to accept the enemy surrender and you're the victor, here.”

>>33135371
>not mentioning Techpriest Aida and Stormtrooper Suzuhara

>>33135015
>Both

You put an arm under his and help him stand. His legs are shaking and he's breathing like a racehorse that's just run a mile race, but he's smiling shyly.

“To the victor,” you yell, “the spoils! Let's go accept those Blue cunts' surrender, eh?”

“Yeah!” He adds, as the three defenders of the Red flag move up to join you, and Nobunaga and Yamagata stand to join you, while the man that went down and started screaming for his mother apologizes to Shinji.

You all place him on your shoulders and carry him up the hill, where Mayne is sitting in a tree with the Blue's flag, grinning, with Blue Team all lined and presenting arms. Shinji sketches them a haphazard salute, and they drop from the stiff formality to congratulate him, grins all around. Mayne drops from his tree and presents the bandana on a stick to Shinji.

“T-thanks, guys,” he says quietly.

[]”To the canteen! Gotta celebrate forcing the Russians to back down and a victory in paintball.”
[]”It's time for little Eva pilots to go to sleep. You've got school tomorrow, Shinji.”
[]Write-in.

>>33135449
>[]”To the canteen! Gotta celebrate forcing the Russians to back down and a victory in paintball.”

Just for abit.

We SHOULD get shinji back home soon.

>>33135449
>[x]”It's time for little Eva pilots to go to sleep. You've got school tomorrow, Shinji.”

>>33135449
>[x]”To the canteen! Gotta celebrate forcing the Russians to back down and a victory in paintball.”

>>33135485
yeah this

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>>33135449
My god he's adorable

>>33135371
>>33135408
>wanting that crap anywhere near this quest

>>33135485
this

>>33135449
>[]”It's time for little Eva pilots to go to sleep. You've got school tomorrow, Shinji.”

A little late but we should invite Rei next time with Shinji, better to have her opening up to others early the better right?

>>33135449

[x] School tomorrow

Right, long day for shinji!

>get Shin home late
>Misato is waiting up for him
>"And just where have you two been?"
>"Apologies Commander, you know how us cunts get when we're riled up."
>"Watch your language around Shinji."
>"I said grunts."

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>>33135546
Agreed.

>>33135721

Maybe we'll be tired and fall asleep there too

>>33135793
We are now best Irish Dad.

>>33135804
No, we're the Bad Uncle.

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>>33135449
“Right,” you say after a moment's deliberation. “I'm finding Shinji somewhere to sleep so he can go to school tomorrow. He is fourteen, after all. We'll give him the victory beer and the beer I owe him sometime this weekend. Probably Saturday afternoon. Until then, if you guys want to get smashed, go ahead. I'm not your officer, though, so if you cunts show up to PT tomorrow morning and get smoked for it, don't blame me.”

A chorus of boos greet your pronouncement, but eventually they comply, and let Shinji and yourself head to the armory where your clothing and personal effects are. “We'll take the train and then walk, I think. It's probably a nice night out, and it'll give you a chance to come off the adrenaline high.”

“O-okay,” he agrees. The elevator ride is silent. Changing out of black combat gear and into civilian clothing is silent. You're fairly certain it's companionable, but just to be sure....

“Something on your mind, Shinji?”

“O-oh! No, not really. I'm just wondering why that was fun, but piloting the Eva wasn't.”

“It's the difference between training. You can make training fun, sometimes, but when it comes time to actually do the job, you've just got to buckle down and get it done. I suggest that's how you look at piloting the Eva, really- a job to get done and get past. Like homework you don't like, I guess.”

“R-right,” he says, and goes back into that awkward silence that seems to be his shield so much of the time. The walk to the train station is silent. The train ride is silent.

[]Try to draw him out.
[]Let him be. Kid's had a rough couple of days.
[]Write-in.

>>33135871
We can't be Bad Uncle when his father is even worse.

>>33135934
And here is the tricky part. We've had great luck, but do we press it? Will the silence be a good one that lets him rest or will he feel uncomfortable in it?

Argh.

>>33135934
>[]Let him be. Kid's had a rough couple of days.

>>33135934

[x] Let him be. Rough couple of days.

Lets let shinji cool off for a bit. No sense in getting him riled up.

>>33135934
>[x]Write-in.
After a few minute silence say, "Jesus Christ Shinji, do you ever shut the fuck up?"

>>33135934
>[x]Write-in.
Give him our cellphones number, so he can call us whenever about whatever.

>>33135934
>[]Let him be. Kid's had a rough couple of days.

>>33136028
This.
>>33136018
kek

>>33135934
>>33136028

This.

And see if we can pick up some good beer from the convenience store.

For the Penguin

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>>33135934
Let him be, and as a parting, tell him to take it easy and not think about it too hard. Some things are just a matter of perspective.

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>>33136077
Yes, buy alcohol.

Proper shit, not asahi.

>>33136281
I don't know, I may be pretty pleb for thinking this, but Suntory's a pretty okay whisky.

>>33136322
personally have never tried japanese whiskeys. Usually prefer Glenlivet

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>>33135934
>Let him be. Kid's had a rough couple of days. Give him the cell-number.

“Hand me your phone,” you tell him, as you pause outside a convenience store. He hands it over silently as you lead him inside the store, and you put your own number into his cell. “Call me. Anytime, anywhere. If you need to talk about girls, or guys, if that's your taste. And listen. Don't think about things too hard, alright? Sometimes you just need a couple days' perspective.”

You hand him his phone back and find an imported American beer. Eugh. Something Annheiser-Busch. You don't examine it too closely, proper Irishman inside rebelling at buying any alcohol from America. While it's not a proper European brew, it's better than the Japanese stuff the penguin is forced to drink. Poor goddamned penguin.

Paying for the twelve-pack, you lead Shinji back outside, where you both set off once more at a wandering sort of pace, no real hurry to your steps. It's a companionable silence, you hope, but Shinji seems okay with it, so you are too.

Finally you arrive at the apartment. You knock, and Shinji announces himself with an 'I'm home,' while you follow more quietly behind.

You find Captain Katsuragi staring at you holding a twelve-pack of America beer.

“And where have you two been?” She demands, fixing you with a glare as Shinji stands there awkwardly.

“Sorry, Captain, you know how us cunts get when we're riled up.”

“Watch your language around Shinji, Agent Cryan, or I'll have you suspended.”

“I'm sorry, did you think I said 'cunts'? I said 'grunts,' Captain!” She lets you off with a glare, before exchanging good nights with Shinji. You do the same, he flashes you a small smile and 'thanks', and disappears into his room. You find the penguin's refrigerator, and place the beer into it for him.

[]Talk to the Captain
[]Exit. Quietly. Don't want to wake the Third.
[]Write-in. (>inb4 fug Misato.)

>>33136445
>[]Write-in.

Take two beers from the six pack.

Offer one to Misato

>>33136445
>[x]Exit. Quietly. Don't want to wake the Third.

>>33136445
>[x]Talk to the Captain
We should probably get to know Shinji's other surrogate parent.

>>33136445
>[]Talk to the Captain
"Rough day?"

and >>33136477

Its a 12 pack though

>>33136445
Time to go home and sleep.

>>33136477
This but also get one for the penguin.

>>33136322
>>33136354
I have had a couple of Suntory's whiskeys and they were pretty good. The Yamazaki 18 year was very good and definitely comparable to a good scotch.

>>33136445
[]Talk to the Captain

>>33136445
>[]Talk to the Captain
>[]Write-in. (>inb4 fug Misato.)
Beer time.

Beer will get her cooled down.

>>33136536

Hmm, I've always heard some good things about their whiskeys. Will probably give it a shot.

Any recommendation for the suntorys?

>>33136445
>[x]Exit. Quietly. Don't want to wake the Third.

>>33136530
This

>>33136445
>offer the captain a beer and talk

>>33136445
Stay and talk. Ask Misato what she thinks about the whole Russia thing, their pilot included.

>>33136445
>(>inb4 fug Misato.)

Can't stick it in.

Yet.

>>33136568
Out of Sontory's whiskeys I can say that the 12 year Yamazaki was good. As I said above the 18 year was very good. I have not tried the 25 year.
I also like the 12 year Hibiki. It had a pretty different flavor from many other whiskeys I have tried. From my understanding it spends some time during its aging in casks used for plum liquor and that sets it apart taste wise from most other whiskeys that finish in former bourbon barrels or sherry casks.

>>33136445
>Talk to the Captain.

After a moment's quiet contemplation, you retrieve four beers. Two for you, two for Misato. You hand her both quietly, and take a seat on her couch.

“Rough day?” You pop the top and take a sip. Then you make a face at it. 'Fucking Americans, couldn't brew goat piss properly.'

“God, you have no idea,” she comments. “What with your stupid fucking stunt at the Embassy and then disappearing with the Third for almost half the fucking day, and then the Russians! Don't get me started on the Russians, Cryan, or I'll get your ass fired and disappeared in the middle of the night.”

“And the UN. And the United States. Such posturing between three Admirals and a General on teleconference I have never seen, and hope never to again. And then Shinji not coming home until just now. You're not his guardian, you know.”

“I know. As for the Embassy stuff.... It seemed like the best option at the time,” you offer. “I didn't mean to get their pilot-candidate killed, but... Thin margins of victory, even thinner of error.”

“Pilot-candidate? What? The Marduk Institute doesn't have any Russians listed as possible candidates for piloting, deceased or alive. She was Chesnokov's daughter, Cryan.” You feel sick. And even worse than before, if that's possible.

“The Russians forwarded falsified documents to the UN and NERV claiming they'd discovered her on their own, but really they were making it up to gain more support for their bid to get an Eva unit. Our man in their Executive Branch forwarded the memo Putin sent that fired the man responsible as soon as he got it.”

>>33136916
You still feel sick. What the Hell was going on in Russia? Something odd was happening, you were convinced of it.You take another drink of the beer, and wish you were eighteen again. Then all you had to do was go where the Crown sent you, kill who the Crown said to kill, go back to the UK, have a pint at the pub every evening, and maybe find a nice girl to spend a night or two with.

Now though, all this espionage business... It's not like the raids you went on with the 22 SAS, or with the Germans out of Stuttgart.

“Fuck.”

“Yeah, that about sums it up. Next time, if there is a next time, you better have Shinji back well before eleven-thirty at night, got it?”

You sketch her a salute and finish your beer.

[]Drink the second one.
[]Make your excuses and leave.

>>33136935
>[x]Drink the second one.

>>33136935
>[]Drink the second one.

>>33136916
>Chesnokov

Who?

>>33136935
[x]Drink the second one.

>>33136983
The guy we shot in Thread Two holding an ambiguously aged female hostage. (I fucked up on the age bit.) She wound up dead because his finger twitched on the trigger of his gun as he died.

>>33136935
[]Drink the second one.
>Also let her know we were trying to teach Shinji some tactics and leadership skills.

>>33137017
I thought that he survived?

>>33137017

So he killed his own daughter?

Fuckkk.

>>33137028
yeah

>>33137041
this is what I get for drinking on an empty stomach and only six hours of sleep

>>33137028

This.

Do we have misato's number?

Get it if we don't already have it so that we can call her if we're gonna be late or something.

>>33136935
>[x]Make your excuses and leave.
Can we make it to our own bed one of these nights? Since this quest has started, we have not once went to sleep on our own faculties.

>>33136935
Actually, sounds like a good time to make an exit.

>>33137050
So is he dead? Did he died?

>>33137112
...why are you asking me?

>>33137112
Presumably he got interrogated and the interrogation killed him.

>>33137116
Oh, sorry. I misread. Wanted to quote >>33137058
(the post after yours)

>>33137112

What, the guy we shot?

He's in a deep dark hole, and isn't ever coming out.

Alive or dead, it makes no difference to us, he'll never show up again.

I'm sure it makes a bit of a difference to him, but he doesn't really count anymore.

>>33137147
You could honestly say the same about Shinji.

>>33137147
I was under the impression that he was to be taken in to custody and interrogated, thus letting is know more information that would advance the plot or open up interesting new lines of inquiry.

>>33137184

Yes, but as for dead, no. Or if so, we didn't do it.

>>33137173

nnno?

Not getting where you're going with that, mate.

>>33137184
Well yes, but from our perspective that intel will just appear. We won't know where he is, what they're doing to him, nothing.

>>33137184
That doesn't really matter. All that matters is that that bastard aint getting out for a while (if ever)

>>33136935
>Drink the second one.

You set the first one down beside you on the couch, and get into the second one. “So,” you begin. “Shinji and I played paintball. He needs some work, but I'm positive with time he'll be prime officer material. Not Sergeant, though, I don't think he's mean enough to be a Sergeant.”

“Uh-uh.” She doesn't sound impressed. Whatever. Not your problem if she wants the kid to remain a broken wreck. Not your fault you're trying to put that shiny psychologist degree to use to help a fourteen year old kid.

“I need to be going,” you finally say. “What's your cell phone number so I can call you if we're going to be late?” She begrudgingly gives it to you, and you make yourself a promise never to use it unless you're actually late or drunk.

You toss the beer cans, then exit quietly, and make your way out of the apartment building. You find a cab and get the cabbie to run you to the entrance of the Geofront, where you make your way inside and quietly descend to the barracks rooms for Section Two agents that don't have an apartment on the surface.

You unlock your room with a swipe of your card and find a bottle of Scotch with some left in it. You finish it quickly and collapse onto your bed.

(1/2)

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>>33137569
Instead of the usual nightmare, all you can remember when you wake is your mother trying to hug you.
“Fuck.” You shiver, your hands twitch for a firearm, and then you roll out of bed. You go through your morning ritual, and dress. You're on your way to the cafeteria to peruse breakfast when your phone rings.

“Please report to Commander Ikari's office,” the voice says, and then hangs up. Sighing, you press the elevator for the Commander's level, and begin the slow descent up. Fucking Muzak.

When you finally arrive, the secretary ushers you in, and you find the Commander, seated, with the Subcommander standing beside him.

“Agent Cryan,” Fuyutsuki greets you. There's an odd tension in the air that you can almost smell, and the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.

“Sirs.”

“Due to... Recent events concerning Russia, the UN has decided it best to forgo activating Unit-04 in America, all things considered. In a month's time you're going to fly to the United States, take custody of -04, and return to Japan with the pilot. Until then, you're to stay on the Third's detail.” Fuyutsuki is the one to speak, he always is. Ikari slides something across the desk, and you pick it up. It's a NERV-badge with your name and instead of 'Agent' it says 'Special Agent'.

[]Thank them.
[]Protest the promotion, you don't deserve it. Not after the Embassy.
[]Write-in.

>>33137595
>[]Thank them.
>[]Protest the promotion, you don't deserve it. Not after the Embassy.
I think we can do both.
> Instead of the usual nightmare, all you can remember when you wake is your mother trying to hug you.
Oh dear.

>>33137595
[x]Thank them.

>>33137595
>[]Write-in.
>Acknowledge the new orders

"Is there anything I should know about the child of the 4th?"

Orders are orders

Ours is not to question why, ours is but to do or die.

>>33137595
>Ask if we can assign detail to Rei as well. Having to learn more about each other and working together will help.

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>>33137595
>Instead of the usual nightmare, all you can remember when you wake is your mother trying to hug you.

>>33137595
[x]Thank them.
All things considered, we should be thankful that we're still alive. This badge might as well be a one up.

Also, isn't 04 the unit that went missing in transit?

>>33137657

This.

Extra stuff is unnecessary at this point.

>>33137595
>[x]Thank them

>>33137678
-04 is the one that died in Nevada. About a month from now.

>>33137595
Aw shit, now departing Canon.

>>33137595
Let's request on getting to also take care of Rei too.

>>33137595
>[]Thank them.

>>33137595
>>33137657
Yep, I'll go with this.

>>33137595
04 is the one that got #rekt in the S2 experiment in Nevada that owned an 80 mile radius.

>>33137595
Honestly, I'm not sure why we'd apologize, yeah a hostage was killed but we cracked open a spy network in Tokyo 2, and caused Russia to force their hand which THEN led to the UN deciding to allow Nerve to consolidate there resources. That's actually not bad, if you discount the innocent that god killed in the crossfire

>>33137663
>>33137727

Thats really not a good idea.

We're supposed to be looking after one pilot.

An agent on two children's detail is more often than not, in transit and not working well.

We can go with her from time to time but asking like this is asking for a beratement.

We're special agent now, we can use our discretion if we want to take time to see to rei.

>>33137595
>Thank them
>Request that you'd also like to take after Rei's security detail, given the recent circumstances

>>33137716
Next stop, Awesome-ville!

>>33137772
I'm more worried that Shinji is going to ded, and we'll go off da railz at the speed of Spindashing Tzeentch.

>>33137595
>[]Thank them.

>>33137772
tangfag, would we know in-character if requesting that is bad idea? Or are we just extrapolating?

Rolled 20

>>33137772
Yea, supporting not asking.

We can always go find Rei on our off time and at our own discretion.

>>33137831
You could ask that Rei be placed with Shinji, or vice versa, to consolidate security details and pool resources with the Agents looking after the First.

But as the anon said, transiting between two teenagers in a large city means lack of sleep. Lack of sleep means mistakes. Mistakes mean dead Children.

>>33137702

Agreed

>>33137831

I'm thinking that since MC has obviously been trained in VIP protection and understands that you need a few to cover one effectively, asking for one to cover two VIPs is just not going to work.

It's rustling my jimmies that Evas are numbered starting from 0 but children are numbered starting from 1.

>>33137899
But Rei can somewhat handle herself and I kind of want them to start working together. Having him work with both seem like an easy way to do that.

>>33137934
Unit 00 was a prototype. You can't have a prototype pilot.

>>33137888
ALSO agreed

Rolled 12

>>33137888
Right, no asking then.

>>33137888
So what I'm getting from this is that we should move all three Children, and ourself, into the same apartment building.

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>>33137965

You can't?

Do you guys want MC to ask if he can consolidate Children and details?

Rolled 3

>>33137963

Still not going to work from a close protection standpoint.

Look, we can find her ourselves but beyond that, not a good idea to raise the idea.

>>33138026
Yes

>>33138012
>>33138026


Well, we should at least get Rei out of that shitty insecure apartment.

That said, I don't know if that's a known situation for MC yet or not.

>>33138026
Them living together sure?

Rolled 9

>>33138026

Nah.

>>33138026
yes

>>33138026
This seems like a Good* idea, so yes.

>>33138026
That's a negative on that one. chief

>>33138026
Sure, I'm down for that.

>>33138026

Would honestly prefer Asuka and Shinji together without Rei in the same apartment though...

Alot of their events just wont happen if theres an additional party.

>>33138026
Yes

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>>33137595
Oh hi Lilith

>>33138120
>implying that will even happen, given the mishmash of canon tangfag seems to be working off of

>>33138120

We could put them in the same building. Neighbors?

>>33138161
But you're having fun, yes? As long as you're all having fun there's no problems.

>>33138172

With us as the guardian?

>>33138180
Oh I'm having fun, I'm just pointing out this is your story and you can interpret events from canon however you want

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>>33138120
I just want the Children to be happy

>>33138172
Well, since Misato is Shinji's guardian, we can be Rei's guardian and Shinji's security detail I guess. I'm sure Misato will love that!

>>33138120
Actually Asuka can have her own apartment, she has so much stuff when she moved in, so her being a neighbor is fine

>>33138225

Yesss... We can hang out behind curtains with Misato, watching the children interact in random pairs, going "now KISS"

I had a thought.
We should encourage Shinji to "live the dream" and just hook up with both of his love interests.
It worked for Tenchi and he had double to triple the number of girls.

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>>33138206
We all do anon.

We all do...

There's a downside in consolidating the pilots too, in that it makes for one solid target to hit.

With Rei on the other side of town, she's isolated, and that goes both ways. Putting them all in one basket means that any enemies, angel or otherwise, only need to hit ONE target.

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>>33138252
Obligatory

Rolled 5

>>33138287

This was kind of my issue with the plan

>>33138287
True, but at the same time we know that as well and will likely beef up security accordingly.

>>33138287
Rei can handle herself though and we're training Shinji to not be a bitch though

>>33137595
“Thank you, sirs. Is there anything else I need to know about the Fourth?”

“She's half-Japanese, half-British. The Americans are making use of their special relationship with the United Kingdom to provide an Eva, while the British provide the pilot. It's not.... To our taste,” the Subcommander explains, “but it's better than having them refuse to allow us access to the Eva or the pilot. If they decided to deny us one, the other would back the play. International politics, Special Agent, are often decidedly slimy.”

You nod your- agreement? Acknowledgment that they've blessed you with information? Whatever it is, you nod, and then field another question.

“Sirs, would it be possible to consolidate the living arrangements and protection details of the First, Third, and Captain Katsuragi in order to better facilitate protection and security?” Ikari leans back in his chair, and they begin discussing something in rapid-fire Japanese, too fast for you to keep up with. You settle back onto the balls of your feet to wait, but they finish and then turn back to you.

“Yes. Assume this will be the case for the Second and Fourth, as well. If not in the same apartment, at least in the same complex. When the Fourth arrives we'll move the Third, First, and Katsuragi into an apartment or house large enough to accommodate three teenage girls, one teenage boy, and the good Captain, Special Agent.” The Subcommander speaks, and when he finishes, Commander Ikari inclines his head in clear dismissal.

(1/2)

>>33138287
>>33138310
It happens at the school, though. All the pilot candidates are there, too.

>>33138287

My impression of Rei's place is that it's one hell of a soft target.

I could see putting her somewhere that's not a constant constructionsite shithole with zero neighbors, if not in the same building as Shinji.

Neighbors are good, provided you've vetted them. They're like extra security, going about their lives, noticing all those little things out of place that infiltrators may leave around.

>>33138345
“Oh, one last thing,” the Subcommander adds. “Don't go overboard with the house. Seven bedrooms at maximum, and two of those had best contain bunk beds for the Section Two agents sleeping there. We find live-in security to be much more effective than men half-way across a city.”

“Yessirs.” You snap to attention, salute, about face, and exit.

[]Go get files on the details for the Captain and First, you'll probably be keeping most of them due to familiarity with the VIPs.
[]Hand pick your team. If they're all going to be living together, they'll need good chemistry, with each other, the VIPs, and you.
[]Write-in.

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>>33138180
I swear to god please I just want them to have happiness. If it's impossible to save them all then just tell me upright so that I can prepare my heart.

>>33138372
>[]Hand pick your team. If they're all going to be living together, they'll need good chemistry, with each other, the VIPs, and you.

>>33138372
>[]Go get files on the details for the Captain and First, you'll probably be keeping most of them due to familiarity with the VIPs.
Get Misato's opinion on who she thinks are the most trustworthy.

>>33138372
>[x]Go get files on the details for the Captain and First, you'll probably be keeping most of them due to familiarity with the VIPs.

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Rolled 5

>>33138372
>[]Go get files on the details for the Captain and First, you'll probably be keeping most of them due to familiarity with the VIPs.
>[]Hand pick your team. If they're all going to be living together, they'll need good chemistry, with each other, the VIPs, and you.

A mixture of these.

Speak with Misato on these, building on a core of those familiar with the children, then adding trustworthy folks who have good chemistry with existing members

>>33138438
This.

>>33138372
>[x]Go get files on the details for the Captain and First, you'll probably be keeping most of them due to familiarity with the VIPs.
This and this:
>[x]Hand pick your team. If they're all going to be living together, they'll need good chemistry, with each other, the VIPs, and you.
It's gonna be a long, hard day for us.

>>33138425
I see that! Fuck you Gendo, fuck youuuuuuu

>>33138438
This works

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>>33138425
I don't care if it's super hard, but just once I'd like to see Kaworu keep his head on straight.

It has nothing to do with my OTP.

>>33138287

Actual Security expert here. This guy has it right, the only times you want to consolidate resources is when you and/or your enemes would have a harder time hitting a single fortified target.

Given that we have moles/traitors in the ranks with absolute certainty (Russian foreign national getting that close to Rei without anyone noticing? Bullshit. And that's BEFORE we get into the meta-fact of her being so much more important to Gendo's plans than Shinji or Asuka), putting all our eggs in one basket is the last thing we want to do.

The actual smart thing would be to move Rei into the general area, but not in the same building. Allows for overlapping security and shared oversight without compromising each individual area.

Different houses in the same neighborhood at the closest, 10-15 min drive at the maximum between all targets.

And don't tell me we don't have the resources to sub-network like that. Section 2 is a cross between the CIA and the goddamn Navy Seals who like to pretend they're JUST security, and NERV's budget just reads 'yes'.

>>33138503
Please tell me you have some way for me to contact you so I can ask you questions. I'm doing this with only what I've picked up from friends in the military, espionage novels, and Wikipedia.

>>33138438
this

>>33138383
>filename
I'm more curious as to where Toji is supposed to be looking. His eyes look... derpy.

>>33138503
NERV is essentially humanity's main protection from the angels. I imagine that they are quite liberal with their blank cheque.

>>33138539
He's clearly attempting to keep his cool after noticing what ever it is that Kaworu is doing.

Objectives for us.

EASY
[ ] Don't die in an Angel attack.
[ ] Continue to be Best Mildly Psychotic Irish Big Brother for Shinji and the other Pilots.

NORMAL
[ ] Get Shinji to make a move on one (or both if he's feeling brave) of his love interests.
[ ] Find the love interest that doesn't win (if Shinji doesn't decide to live the dream) someone nice they can be happy with.
[ ] Help Kaji and Misato work their shit out.
[ ] Save Kaji from death.
[ ] Hook up Ritsuko and Maya.
[ ] Save Touji from his rather unpleasant fate.

HARD
[ ] Murder the fuck out of the Committee for Human Instrumentality.

DANTE MUST DIE
[ ] Get Kensuke a girlfriend.

>>33138503
Not that I don't agree that it's risky, but then you'd probably critique consolidating the first and second child in the same building, and that's been done in canon and it worked out fine. If there are spies, I have a feeling they aren't as spread out in Section 2 as you think they are. Meta wise, I'm fairly sure the Russian thing happened because plot, not because of a critical discrepancy in security detail. Gendo wouldn't let it go that far, because as you said Rei is critical to his plan.

>>33138584
Fuck it, we have both time and plot armour. Let's do it ALL!

>>33138539
It's not his fault Hikari slipped a vibrator egg up his asshole earlier, and will hurt him if he takes it out.

>>33138584
>[ ] Get Kensuke a girlfriend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWlbzdaJJ_s

>>33138584
For match making with pilots, it's probably best to NOT interfere with that. As for Ritsuko and Maya, where does that come from?

>>33138584
Fuck getting Misato together with Kaji, we aren't some genderless protagonist with no sex drive, we totally hit that crazy ass because we iz crazy and dysfunctional too

>>33138644
Ha. Aha. Ahahahahahaha.

>>33138644
>we iz

anon please she is not you're waifu

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>>33138659
Isn't it just hilarious?

>>33138644

Do we even know of Kaji in the first place?

I'm all for hitting more on Misato. And then not sleeping with her yet because that just amplifies her problems.

>>33138659
Sorry, maybe I'm off the mark, I just... I'unno, I hate it when a protagonist in these stories always end up as some fix it wrench instead of a character with actual motivations, desires, and shit

>>33138671
I didn't say she was, but we have been physically attracted to Misato and it's driving me nuts that we're acting so chivalrous given our character's devil may cry nature; why would he give a fuck about fraternization? It's not as if he hasn't bent protocol to do the shit he needs done anyway

>>33138699
We've met him face to face, he knows we've been down to see Lilly.

>>33138641
Maya's at least somewhat implied to be in lesbians with Ritsuko, and ANYTHING is better for Ritsuko than Gendo.
>>33138644
>not wanting us to get with Kodama
Misato is, to quote Arnie, "damaged goods lady". While Hikari's big sister is pure.
>>33138703
>our character's devil may cry nature
So I take it you want to "fill Misato's dark soul with light", anon?

>>33138372
Christ on his fucking cross. You can smell a fourteen or sixteen hour day ahead of you already. If this is what promotions bring, you want demoted, thanks. First, the houses. You don't want Rei too close to the rest. She had to have been separated to begin with for a reason. You make your way from the Commander's office to your own cubicle on Section Two's level, and find a steaming pot of coffee. Fuck the rest of Section Two, you're going to need this shit. It is delicious.

First, you must assemble the tools of your trade. You boot your computer up, and find two notepads and lots of pencils. And then you begin looking at real-estate websites in the Tokyo-3 area. The first promising hit is twenty minutes from the GeoFront's entrance. It's a newer neighborhood, and the site, something generic about something you could careless you need more coffee, has got two houses that fit the bill. One's three bedroom, two bath, one story, twelve minutes at a sedate pace in a sedan, from the other, which is six bedrooms, three baths. They're both distinctly American style, but considering the Earth's reduction in population, it makes sense.

You write down the contact number for the agent, along with the locations so you can go check them out yourself. And Section Two's preferred armor-provider, so you can beef the walls, doors, and windows up.

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Rolled 1

>>33138733
MC doesn't even have an idea she exists at this point.

Considering that tangfag has written about being attracted to misato, don't see a problem with continuing to hit on her.

>>33138532

Eh, not sure I'd be comfortable with that much pull on the quest, actually.

And to be honest, I'm not exactly some kind of expert military analyst or something, I've just been working bodyguard duty for a long time. Properly securing VIP(s) is basically my entire career.

Though I will tell you that anyone as important as the Pilots are have several redundant security measures, especially with NERV's influence. given that Tokyo-3 is basically the world's largest company town, we probably have Section two plants everywhere.

Immediate neighbors? Section two.

School's custodial staff? Section two.

Bus drivers? Section two.

PaperBoy? Section two.

Pizza guy when they order out? Section two.

Plumber? Section two on bitch duty.

If Shinji were to walk into a room with ten people in it, two of them are probably going to be undercover Section two with a small assault team in a flower-delivery van across the street in case shit REALLY hits the fan.

If we're doing our job(s) right, Section two is like an Agent in the Matrix movies. Seemingly nowhere, but functionally everywhere.

Which is why we should be conducting a mole hunt to figure out why someone questionable even got within the same building as Rei, much less as close as he actually ended up getting.

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>>33138733
No, dude, I just want to hit on Misato because I like chemistry between Cryan and her. She can work out her own problems, she's a big girl.

And as for damaged goods, we're not exactly well-to-do in that department either.

>>33138746

You stare at the coffee pot. Then at the drawer of your desk with the flask in it. You make a decision. You pour the entire flask into the coffee pot and take a sip. Yep, that's the stuff. Now fortified, you pretend not to notice the price tag on the houses. You've got a semi-blank check, and, if you have to, you can make up the shortfall from your own salary.

Now come the agents. Hours and hours of trawling through psyche profiles, fitness reports, and regular reports concerning the details for the First, Third, and Captain pass, as you slowly become more zombie-like, coffee dwindling as well as your intelligence. You break fifteen pencils, one junior agent's nose, and fill the note pads up.

“Jesus Fuckin' Christ,” you whisper to yourself at three-thirty in the afternoon of that same day.

[]Take a nap. You deserve a nap.
[]Call the real estate agent.
[]Call Captain Katsuragi and bug her about her opinion of the agents you've selected.
[]Write-in.

>>33138755
Okay.

As for the mole hunt, gotcha covered already.

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>>33138777
>[]Call Captain Katsuragi and bug her about her opinion of the agents you've selected.

>>33138777
>[x]Take a nap. You deserve a nap.

>>33138789

>>33138789
This

>>33138777

>Call Agent

While we're going to meet him call the Cap'n.

Rolled 17

>>33138777
>[]Call the real estate agent.
>[]Call Captain Katsuragi and bug her about her opinion of the agents you've selected.

These two.

Ask Misato if she'd like to take a look at the houses while we're at it.

>>33138777
>[]Call Captain Katsuragi and bug her about her opinion of the agents you've selected.

>Adam oficud
..o-okay captacha, whatever you say

>>33138836

House shopping. Smells like newly wed antics.

Do it.

>>33138843
>Adam office

Thanks. THANKS.

>>33138777
>[]Call Captain Mother and lavender her about hug opinion of the good boy you've selected.
Wait

>>33138777
Call MIsato about her opinons, women love saying their opinons after all, then
>Nap

>>33138777
>[]Call the real estate agent.
>[]Call Captain Katsuragi and bug her about her opinion of the agents you've selected.

>>33138777
>[]Call Captain Katsuragi and bug her about her opinion of the agents you've selected.

Make sure to mention the houses. Ask if she'll want to take a look too since she'll be living there.

.... You know, if Lilith's talking to us we could probably hear the other Angels coming.

It's the same wavelength, and if we're this sensitive to her influence we could have more than an hour's warning on their arrival before the MAGI notices them.

>>33138644
Why would you want that? Look at what it did to Misato and Asuka.

>>33138777
>[]Write-in.
>Wander off to the bog, have a tug

>>33138946

If this is the case, I vote we think real hard before we tell ANYONE about it.

>>33138986
...we have no idea what a relationship would do to Misato, pls stop metagaming. And shit, hitting on her is not the same as having a committed relationship with her

>>33138986
Wasn't Misato's thing more to do with the fact Kaji fucking died? I don't see how hooking those two up is any healthier... Maybe we should push Misato to be a nun, we are Irish after all.

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>>33139010

I actually won't be against MC trying a committed relationship with her.

>>33139068
Okay, cool, I appreciate that. Metagaming is no fun

>>33139031

>Spend large portions of time Drunk.
>Angry about things she can't do.
>Pissed off at god.
>Does her best to raise the kids she's saddled with.

By Irish standards, she's pretty much a perfect woman.

That said, I have no particularly strong feelings either way. If she wants our dick, that's cool. If she'd prefer Kaji we keep an eye on and make sure he doesn't cock it up.

>>33139010
>>33139031
Learn to read. It was a joke about whose ass that poster wanted Cryan to tap being unclear. My post is running of the idea that it was Kaji that Cryan wanted to bugger.

>>33138946
It isn't; the angels are Adam's children, not Lilith's.
We might be in synch with Eva-01 or Rei, though.

>>33139113

It may not be exactly the same, but it might be 'close enough'.

It's kinda meaningless to speculate anyway, given the hilarious levels of meta gaming involved to even ask these questions, much less whether of not it might happen.

>>33138777
>Write-in: Call the real-estate agent for a walk-through of both houses, then call Captain-Katsuragi and have her meet us at them.

You dial the number on your notepads, then shove them into a briefcase.

“Thank you for calling Wind of Tomorrow real estate agency! How may I help you?”

“Uh, yeah, I need to speak to, uh, anyone, about the houses in the Shivering Falls neighborhood?”

“Wonderful! I'll transfer you.” Mother. Fucking. MUZAK. Stifling the urge to throw your phone into a wall, you journey to the mystical land of fast cars and faster motorbikes. It's gotta be the Aston-Martin, today, since you're toting a briefcase. You toss the briefcase into the car, then slide into the driver's seat yourself.

“Hello?” The voice is entirely too perky. You resist the urge to growl.

“Yes, I need to talk to you about the six bedroom and three bathroom house, and the three bedroom, two bath, house in Shivering Falls.”

“Fantastic! What do you want to know?”

“Can you show me the houses, Miss?” She makes appropriate noises of delight, you follow the traffic laws, and when you hang up- thank ruddy Christ- you dial Katsuragi.

(1/3)

>>33139301
“Captain,” you greet, when she picks up.

“Agent,” she greets.

“Want to look at houses with me?” Her cries of outrage and shock further your headache into 'pounding murder spike' territory, and you feel your urge to kill something rise too.

“FOR SECURITY PURPOSES,” you bellow over her protests. “We're consolidating the Children, and yourself, since you're the Third's guardian, into one fucking area. I want your opinion on the agents I've selected and the houses I've found for this. Christ, woman,” you nag at her. “You'd think I was bloody proposing.”

“...Fine,” she allows. “I'll meet you there in fifteen minutes.”

“Fine, whatever. And can you bring me some fucking whiskey?”

“Don't push your luck, Agent,” and then she hangs up. Women.

You arrive at the neighborhood, and it's fancy. Fancier than the tenement you grew up in, that's for sure. Shaking off thoughts of the past, you step out of the car and find the agent, some perky thirty-something year old, waiting for you. There's enough space between houses that arguably you wouldn't need Section Two to move in as 'neighbors', but it's going to happen anyway. Taking paranoia to an institutional level and beyond is Section Two's past time.

Arguably, they're fairly perfect. The bedrooms don't have balconies, the windows aren't big enough for someone to abseil through, and the roof is flat enough to post snipers on. Inside they're new, freshly built, and smell as such. You grunt.

“We'll probably be taking 'em,” you tell the woman, then ignore her and wait for Misato, leaning against the Aston-Martin.

She's promptly four minutes, five seconds late. Whatever. You jerk your head back at the house behind you.

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>>33139315
“Good enough?” She nods her head, and you take the briefcase from the passenger seat and shove it into her hands. “Here, review this while I sign the paper work.”

The real-estate woman protests when you take the two contracts from her, but when you hand her your NERV-ID, she utters a small squeak and lets them go. You hastily scrawl your signature, with an added 'empowered by NERV', and hand her a check for both amounts. She leaves, and Misato continues to go over the notepads you forced into her hands while you call Section Four.

“Yeah, I need someone to come reinforce, uh,” you give them the locations, and add: “Promptly, too. These need to be ready by the end of the month.”

“Jesus, Cryan. How long have you been awake?” You glance at your watch, then peer at the sun from behind your sun glasses.

“Since four-thirty,” you inform her.

“You did all this in a day?”

“Need booze, Cap'n.” She glares at you, then finally shoves a bottle of Scotch into your hands. Oh the poor woman. She bought you GOOD booze. She bought you fifteen year Glenfiddich single malt. You promptly begin guzzling it.

[]”How's Shinji?”
[]”The choices look okay to you?”
[]Write-in.

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