>>33725820
The carrier groups of the Taffy Three and Over the Rainbow are supposed to link up later today, as they made radio contact sometime in the night. You've been avoiding Mari after the debacle in front of her Evangelion, and you should probably do something to at least let her know you're not always a self-loathing twat.

[]See which carrier group Misato is visiting first, so you can abandon ship if needed.
[]Get everything regarding your operations in Nevada in order. There might be an internal investigation due to Smith's apprehension.
[]Write-in.

>>33725828
>[x]Get everything regarding your operations in Nevada in order. There might be an internal investigation due to Smith's apprehension.
Then
>[x] Check up on Mari

We are a bodyguard after all

>>33725828
>[x]Get everything regarding your operations in Nevada in order. There might be an internal investigation due to Smith's apprehension.

>>33725828
>[x]Get everything regarding your operations in Nevada in order. There might be an internal investigation due to Smith's apprehension.
Then check on Mari.

Also, I had this thought some time ago, but what kind of triple idiot actually TOLD Shinji we died? Shit, nobody tells Shinji ANYTHING, but they tell him our fate? That ain't right. The only ways this makes sense is if Misato let it slip (in which case it is her own damn fault Shinji was all depressed and shit) or if Gendo outright told Shinji, in which case the man's got a plan, and Misato should be glad that at least her fate isn't being manipulated with bullets and a smothering.

>>33725828
>[x]Get everything regarding your operations in Nevada in order. There might be an internal investigation due to Smith's apprehension.

>>33726048
well we were supposedly on a C-130 that BLEW THE FUCK UP, so they probably assumed we died cause they saw the news and we didn't say shit.

>>33725820
>[]See which carrier group Misato is visiting first, so you can abandon ship if needed.
>[]Get everything regarding your operations in Nevada in order. There might be an internal investigation due to Smith's apprehension.

>>33725828
>[x]See which carrier group Misato is visiting first, so you can make sure you get a chance to talk to her
>[x]Get everything regarding your operations in Nevada in order. There might be an internal investigation due to Smith's apprehension.

>>33725820
Fuck yeah, I can (not) make terrible writeins.

>>33725820
Did we have time to interrogate Smith?

I have a suspicion that Smith didn't actually try to strangle us, and we were instead hallucinating or otherwise suffering from low SAN.

>>33726139
>implying Shinji watches the news
>implying the news would report on a military accident
>implying that the news would know we were on it
>implying Shinji needs to know this when he isn't even told anything about the giant death cyborg he drives

>>33726048
Additionally, Shinji could stand to learn a few lessons from this:
1. Anyone you even remotely care about can end up dead. Make the best use of your time with them.
2. The angels are not the only things that can kill people: people also kill people. Accidents and bricks-falling-from-the-sky kill people too. Many have already died. It's no use to dwell on them, but if you are able to, you should at least try to prevent more from dying.

>>33726250
I thought the same, but when we went to fisticuffs, he pulled out a gun instead of trying to calm us down.

>>33726298
I dunno. Sometimes plane explosions can be used to distract from other issues, and the news will spam the shit out of the plane explosion rather than anything else.

Just look at that Malaysian flight shot down in Ukraine, and how it masks the Gaza bombings.

I wonder how Mari's SAN is doing. She's probably upset at not getting to bone Cryan.
Shit, what WOULD a 14 year old girl on a military vessel have to do in order to get laid, anyway?

>>33726426
What the fuck, man?

>>33726475
You say that as though you've never been a horny 14 year old girl before.

>>33726518
I think most crew would see a 14 year old girl going FUCK ME CUNT RAGGED GUVNER and moon walk away, as that shit is not right.

>>33726561
Gotta have sympathy for her though.

It sucks that a woman's child-carrying potential is wasted for 4-6 years. Even if you're comfortable with wasting that part of your potential, the lack of sex will still frustrate and cramp you.

Mari fapfic when?

>>33726877
I dunno, fanfiction.net or something.

>>33725828
[x] Get everything in order first
Then
[x] Check on Mari

Jesus fuck what did you all do to lead to more dreams from Mother?

>>33727014
We went to talk/confess to Unit-04 after Mari molested us in front of it, and Unit-04 told us to KILL YOURSELF FAGGOT and Mari walked in on us fellating our pistol's gun barrel.
Didn't shoot ourselves though.

>>33727062
>Talk with unit 04
Ok well that might not be so ba-
>KILL YOURSELF FAGGOT
Ah shit its pissed.
>Mari walks in on us sucking barrel from our pistol.
Wat.

>>33727241
I swear it was no homo man.

>>33727289
Sounds really homo to me, I mean yeah love for your weapon and all but come on...

>>33727289
It is not possible to be homo with Mari or Unit-04 if you are male*.
*I am probably wrong about this. I've seen some pretty gay shit pop up in places I had never expected, leaving me sickened and confused as to how the hell that happened.

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If Misato does decide to kill you, you figure, there's nothing you can do about it. Your only hope would be appeal to a higher law, and there is no God. That you know of. You haven't seen Him or His works recently, or ever, for that matter.

You're pretty sure if you went to confession like you're supposed to you wouldn't basically be in a constant crisis of faith. While a priest could also probably help talk you through your Mari issues, that would also lead to a discussion you didn't want- namely, why you'd been leading a fourteen year old girl along. In your defense, you hadn't been TRYING to.

Shuddering silently, you turn to the small desk in the room some poor midshipman was kicked out of to make room for you, and go over the chain of events that lead to Smith trying to smother you.

You talked to Captain Karling, the Internal Affairs prick now in charge of Section Two. He made some thinly veiled threats, you did too, you exited his office, someone calls NERV-Nevada with a bomb-threat. You bought Shinji and Rei ice cream before boarding a C-141 to Nevada. The plane you were on was taxiing for takeoff when a C-130 that you were supposed to be on exploded on the ground, leading you to suspect someone was gunning for you.

You attempted to evade said someone by parachuting onto Iwo Jima, where you called a German mercenary friend of yours from your days in the Zerberus Battalion, and he flew you to outside San Diego, where you and Smith went to meet with the Commander in Chief of US Forces in the Pacific, an Admiral Jackson. He loaned you a car to take to Nevada, and after letting Johann know what was up, you headed for NERV-Nevada.

Once there, you tried to begin to investigate after meeting with the Base Commander and the Fourth, Mari.

(1/2)

>>33725910
Thid

From the loose psychological profile you've been able to form, she might have an Electra complex, but really you're a shitty psychologist and that degree was basically something to do while in the various hospitals you wound up in, and the best you've done is self-medicate with alcohol, so you don't fucking know.

Turning your attention from your issues and back to the coherent story you're trying to assemble, you ponder the investigation which really was basically a dead end and you only managed to keep things from going tits up because you got lucky and managed to shoot the right guys at the right time in the right place.

But then Smith tried to smother you while Mari slept on the bed across the room from yours and you nearly killed Smith in front of her.

Summed up, Nevada was a clusterfuck that didn't end with everyone horribly dead because you got lucky a couple of times.

That can't happen again, you decide. And then an Able Seaman or something knocks on your door. You let him in, and he salutes. Resisting the urge to tell him you work for a living, he looks spooked.

“Sir, we've made contact with the Over the Rainbow. The Second Child and her handler have requested to meet you and the Fourth at your earliest possible convenience. “

[]”We'll take a helicopter to the Over the Rainbow, then. Can you have an officer arrange it, Seaman?”
[]”They can come to us. Can you let the Fourth know I'll meet her on the flight deck when the Second and her handler arrive?”
[]Write-in

>>33727626
They give any reason for wanting to meet and greet or is this just common courtesy here?

After that ask if Mari wants to go and meet on of her fellow Angel smashing colleges I suppose

>>33727626
>Write in
Go to Mari and prepare for the coming shitstorm that is Misato.

[x] Suggest getting all the pilots pregnant to improve their mental stability

>>33727626
>[X]”They can come to us. Can you let the Fourth know I'll meet her on the flight deck when the Second and her handler arrive?”

>>33727706
>>33727748
Combine these.

>>33727748
Aww balls forgot im not on /vp/ anymore, dont wanna namefag here.

>>33727706
>>33727748
Yeah, let's combine these.

>>33727626
>[x]”We'll take a helicopter to the Over the Rainbow, then."
And
>[x]Talk to Mari, see if we can unfuck her emotions a bit

>>33727765
>>33727777
Sounds good.

By the way, how long until Lilith usurps our title of world tableflip champion?

>>33727589
>>33727626
DID WE EVER GET OUR JEEP WAIFU?

>>33727838
idk, we have a lot of practice.

>>33727838
>You're sitting across the table from a middle-aged woman, with warm baked cookies sitting upon the table
>She shouts "FAGGOT" and flips the table on you
>You wake up. You have fallen off the bed, and pulled a table onto yourself. A bottle of scotch is leaking into your hair, and the telephone has come loose from its receiver. The beeping alerts you that today is going to be completely shitty.

>[]Wish Smith was here so you could tell him to fuck off
>Other

>>33727949
>Flip the table the other way, it's the only way to get back at that bitch.

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>>33727949

>>33727626
>[x]”We'll take a helicopter to the Over the Rainbow, then. Can you have an officer arrange it, Seaman?”

>>33727765
>>33727777
Im with these guys

>>33727765
This.

>>33727626
>[X]”We'll take a helicopter to the Over the Rainbow, then. Can you have an officer arrange it, Seaman?”

>>33727777
>>33727706
This.

Oh god Shinji's going to be mad at us for being dead and hiking around with another Child instead of him because we just started to bond with him.

Ah fuck.
Please mama Ikari don't kill us.

>>33728355
Here's a crazy thought.
What if we get Mari to go after Shinji instead of us?

>>33728387
Fuck off.

>>33728401
I'm curious as to why you believe this to be a poor idea in the long run.

>>33728387
Might work if we de-pussify Shinji some more.

>>33728387
Nahh I don't see them gelling well at all, they are too different.

>>33728432
Too different.
It'll hurt Mari.
That'll be a cunt-like action.
Not to mention if romance effects synch rating we'll be crippling two pilots.

Obviously the answer is pairing up Mari and Asuka, Shinji and Kaworu.
Rei would be the supervisor and overseer and big mama bear.

>>33728497
So you'd prefer her to go after a slightly psychotic older guy just to suffer more? Cuz I wouldn't.

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>>33728620
Mari and Asuka probably wouldn't get along too well, actually. Prepare for catfights.

Obviously the correct thing to do is to establish Shinji's superiority due to having been in-combat against angels despite not having a military rank.

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>>33728727
And until Kaworu gets there, it's just Shinji and His Three Fine Bitches

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>

“Can you let the Fourth know I'll meet her on the flight deck? The Second and her handler can come to us.”

“Of course, sir,” the young man tells you affirmatively, and then he's off. You rise slowly from the chair at the desk, look over the report you penned one last time, and hope that will satisfy Misato. She won't be arriving until later, thankfully. You've got some time to kill until the Second and her handler arrive, so you head for a hangar bay. A damage control team is practicing fire fighting. You nod at them, and they nod at you. Out of respect, you don't light up a cigarette.

You stare out at the open ocean, and wonder what the Second's like. Her profile reported a highly intelligent, physically capable pilot. Reading between the lines, everyone likes her. You wonder if that's an act or if she's genuinely likeable. Shrugging, you start wandering up to the flight deck, taking your time.

Mari's up there waiting for you. Struggling to figure out what to do, you settle for ignoring her for now from behind your sunglasses, safe in her inability to see your eyes. She eyes you out of the corner of her eye. She looks like she wants to say something, but gives up in favor of shooting you one last look, then turning back to stare at the approaching helicopter.

The backwash from the rotors is annoying, but since the pilot landed as far away as possible, it's not so bad. From the rear, two people emerge- an adult male, and a thirteen or fourteen year old girl. You can almost smell the tension between Mari and the Second, and then realize why they resemble each other- they're probably distantly related. Huh.

[]Ask Mari about it.
[]Coolly ignore everything in favor of checking out the weapons systems on the helicopter.
[]Write-in.

>>33728823
>[]Coolly ignore everything in favor of checking out the weapons systems on the helicopter.

>>33728823
>[X]Ask Mari about it
Need to get to work rebuilding bridges. Hopefully less sexually interested bridges.

>>33728823
>[x]exchange pleasantries with the Second's handler

>>33728823
>[X]Ask Mari about it.

>>33728823
They're the ones who requested to meet. Let them make the first move, and follow along after that.

>>33728823
>[X]Ask Mari about it
>[x]exchange pleasantries with the Second's handler

>>33728881
a public forum is neither the time or place to talk about family issues

also

[x] Talk to the Seconds Handler and do general introductions

>>33728823
>[]Coolly ignore everything in favor of checking out the weapons systems on the helicopter.

>>33728823
>[x]Coolly ignore everything in favor of checking out the weapons systems on the helicopter.
This is NERV, everyone has issues and the sense to not publically discuss how crazy they are

>>33728823
>[x]Coolly ignore everything in favor of checking out the weapons systems on the helicopter.
Changed my vote

>>33728964
>Hey, are you two related?
>Holy fuck Anon, you can't just come out and ask a deeply personal question like that. You have to do it in the proper place, and you should really give at least a one week trigger notice.

>>33728823
Disregard loli, say hello to the 2nd's handler.

>>33728823
>[x]Ask Mari about it.

>>33729076
>Hey, are you overreacting?
>Holy fuck Anon, you can't just out me like that.

>>33728823
>[]Coolly ignore everything in favor of checking out the weapons systems on the helicopter.

>>33728823
>[]Ask Mari about it.

>>33729149
Fuck off, Mosque.

>>33728823
>[]Coolly ignore everything in favor of checking out the weapons systems on the helicopter

>>33729149
If you don't want to be mocked like a retard, don't post retarded shit. At least you chose the other option with a purpose instead of just wanting to stare at the helicopter like a brain-dead lemur.

>>33728823
>[x]Exchange pleasantries with the Second's handler
No reason to be an asshole, say hi.

>>33729076
>also you need to bang them both first

>>33728823
>[x]Exchange pleasantries with the Second's handler

>>33728823
Before the gresome duo get here, ask Mari about it.
After that say hello to the 2nd's handler can't hurt to be polite.

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For a moment, you admire the smooth lines of the rocket pods, the jutting hardness of the chain guns, and the deadliness of the helicopter. And then you turn to the man standing next to the Second, and exchange handshakes.

“I'm Kaji Ryoji, and this is Asuka Langley Soryhu, the Second Child.”

“Declan Cryan, Section Two. This is the Fourth, Mari Illustrious Makinami.” While you and Ryoji exchange pleasantries, the two Children begin some sort of tense stand off, both standing like they're ready to kill the other.

“QRF, asset protection, or investigations?” He asks you. Fool, did he not study your file? For some reason, he looks familiar.

“All three,” you tell him. “My background left me with top-tier skills in the first two, but not so much the third.”

“Excellent. It's nice to be working with another professional. Scientists don't always make the best conversation.”

“Understandable. So what's the Second like?”

“She's intelligent, but she can be annoying. She's not the best with personal space, and she tries too hard to be a grown up. She'll never be a teenager again, she should enjoy it. How's the Fourth?”

“I know what that's like. The Fourth is intelligent, too. Probably smarter than me,” you add, then go on. “She seems to think I'm some kind of hero, and frankly I don't like it. I've never been a hero.”

Further conversation is interrupted by the two Children moving from the spot they had been in to you and your possibly new friend. They appear to have come to some sort of truce regarding pecking order. Mari goes to greet Ryoji, and the Second moves to greet you.

“I'm Asuka,” she tells you with a self-confident smile.

(1/2)

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“Nice to meet you,” you respond in kind. “I'm Special Agent.”

“Special Agent? Don't you have a name?”

[]”It was taken from me when I joined. I have to earn it back.” (Mess with her.)
[]”I was bred from Irish soil, pure Irish beef, and the tears of a golden eagle. Special Agent is my name.” (Mess with her even harder.)
[]”Cryan. Declan M. Cryan.”
[]Write-in.

>>33729958
>[X]”I was bred from Irish soil, pure Irish beef, and the tears of a golden eagle. Special Agent is my name.” (Mess with her even harder.)

How can this go wrong?

>>33729958
>[X]”I was bred from Irish soil, pure Irish beef, and the tears of a golden eagle. Special Agent is my name.” (Mess with her even harder.)

Too good to pass up.

>>33729958
>[]”Cryan. Declan M. Cryan.”
"Getting along with Mari, hopefully?"

>>33729958
>[]”I was bred from Irish soil, pure Irish beef, and the tears of a golden eagle. Special Agent is my name.” (Mess with her even harder.)
>Some might call me Cryan. I might have orders to shoot them for doing that.

>>33729958
>[x]”I was bred from Irish soil, pure Irish beef, and the tears of a golden eagle. Special Agent is my name.” (Mess with her even harder.)

>>33729958
>[]”I was bred from Irish soil, pure Irish beef, and the tears of a golden eagle. Special Agent is my name.” (Mess with her even harder.)

>>33729958
[x] Cryan. Declan M. Cryan, international man of mystery.

>>33729984
This.

>>33729958
>[]”It was taken from me when I joined. I have to earn it back.” (Mess with her.)
Because I doubt we can say the other with a straight face.

>>33729958
[x]”It was taken from me when I joined. I have to earn it back.” (Mess with her.)

>>33729984
>>33729958
This +
>[]”Cryan. Declan M. Cryan.”

>>33729958
[]”I was bred from Irish soil, pure Irish beef, and the tears of a golden eagle. Special Agent is my name.” (Mess with her even harder.)

>>33729958
Did Declain migrate from /k/ to /tv/? That's a small downgrade.

>>33729958
>[]”Cryan. Declan M. Cryan.”

>>33729958
>[X]”Cryan. Declan M. Cryan.”
>"Getting along with Mari, hopefully?"

>>33729958
[]”Cryan. Declan M Cryan.”

>>33729958
>[X]”Cryan. Declan M. Cryan.”

>>33729958
[]”Cryan. Declan M. Cryan.”
Include something about Mari

>>33729958
Although I want to fuck with Asuka

>[]”Cryan. Declan M. Cryan.”

Does the M stand for Marion?

>>33729958
>[]”Cryan. Declan M. Cryan.”
No reason to fuck with a pilot.

>>33729958
>[]”It was taken from me when I joined. I have to earn it back.” (Mess with her.)
Fuck the tide my bladder's full.

>>33729958
>[]”Cryan. Declan M. Cryan.”
Samefag ho. Wonder if we'll ever get IDs.

>>33730347
It's really weird because the first couple of posts I made, there was nowhere near this kind of response. It really only picked up last thread, too. I'm almost positive I don't have this many lurkers suddenly taking an interest.

Frankly, I don't know what I'm going to do if there's a sudden outpouring of vitriol and hate.

>>33730384
Honestly, I'm a lurker who took an interest, just in this thread though.

>

“I was bred from Irish soil, pure Irish beef, and the tears of a golden eagle. Special Agent is my name.”

She stares at you. You wonder how you're keeping a straight face. Struggling internally not to giggle like an inane cunt, you watch as she goes from struggling to accept it to struggling to figure out how to tell you you're lying.

“I would have heard something if Ireland was creating soldiers from beef and dirt,” she finally says with a disdainful sniff.

“You didn't because nothing like that ever happened. I'm joking, Miss Soryhu. Cryan. Declan M. Cryan, at your service.”

“Well,” she says doubtfully. “You're tall, but I doubt you're a better shot than my Kaji. What's the M. stand for?”

“Absolutely nothing,” you tell her firmly, and gracefully let Kaji being a better shot than you slide. “Are you getting along with Mari?”

“The Fourth,” Asuka tells you, and something like anger flashes across her face, “might be technically better trained than I am, but I am a college graduate and the better pilot, and once we get to Tokyo-3, you shall see!”

“I'm sure I will,” you tell her, and pat her on the head. Your stomach alerts you to its existence again, and you're glad Misato isn't here yet to chew your head off in front of God and everybody.

[]See if you can't get everyone herded down to the galley.
[]There'll be time enough to eat later. For now you've got to pretend to be a good host.
[]Write-in.

>>33730431
>[]There'll be time enough to eat later. For now you've got to pretend to be a good host.

>>33730431
>[x]See if you can't get everyone herded down to the galley.
We aren't a good host.

>>33730431
[]There'll be time enough to eat later. For now you've got to pretend to be a good host.

>>33730384
>Frankly, I don't know what I'm going to do if there's a sudden outpouring of vitriol and hate.
It is every QM's dream to seed a sudden outpouring of vitriol and hate,
allow that seed to blossom into a tsunami of vitriol and hate,
and to grin wickedly and they reap the butthurt which they have sown.

For instance, there's a quest I don't even like. I follow it because watching the people argue, shitpost, samefag, troll, flood shitty options, and get massively anal#rekt is goddamn hilarious.

>>33730431
[]See if you can't get everyone herded down to the galley.
We can be a good host down there.

>>33730431
>[]There'll be time enough to eat later. For now you've got to pretend to be a good host.
>Write in
Signal to Kaiji that you want to speak to him about the coming shit storm that is misato

>>33730431
>I doubt you're a better shot than my Kaji
Not pimp slapping the bitch

>>33730431
>[]See if you can't get everyone herded down to the galley.
>[]There'll be time enough to eat later. For now you've got to pretend to be a good host.
Why not both? See if they're hungry. If so, let's hit the galley. If not, then let's play host.
>>33730384
It definitely has nothing to do with the increased presence of Mari and now Asuka. Nothing at all.

>>33730431
>[]See if you can't get everyone herded down to the galley.
Grumblegrumble being mortal

>>33730533
Part of being a good host is feeding your guests.

I think my mom told me that once.

>>33730431
Wow, did Declan just get away with patting Asuka on the head?

>>33730431
Our stomach calls to us the glory that is food and our young wards are no doubt hungry as well so to the gally we go!

After all we have to make sure that growing youngsters get their vitamens and minerals!

>>33730431
>[]See if you can't get everyone herded down to the galley.
Feed.

>>33730431
>[]See if you can't get everyone herded down to the galley.

>>33730431
>[]See if you can't get everyone herded down to the galley.

>>33730608
Knowing what we do about about Asuka she might just about consider him Kaji tier. Kinda wanna go head-to-head with Kaji though to see who the better shot is. It's probably Misato.

>>33730708
>Kaji
>Misato
>being better shots than Cryan

>>33730771
He's better at killing, no doubt, but them being a better shot is possible. Never said it was likely. And neither one of them have bitchin' subdermal armor either.

>>33730516
Would you be willing to share the name of said quest, fellow anon?

>>33730947
I forgot what the shitty one was. I'll remember it when it pops up on /tg/ again, no doubt. It was some weeaboo shit with magical lesbians and waifu wars.

But if all you care about is humongous rage, try Attack on Pokemon Hunter quest. The quest itself is pretty cool, but it ALWAYS attracts massive shitstorms.

>>33730947
Pandora

>>33730431
>[x]See if you can't get everyone herded down to the galley.
FOOD

>See if you can't get everyone herded down to the galley.

“Is anyone hungry?” You ask. Ryoji shoots you a look, like he knows you want everyone stuffing their faces so you don't have to talk, but a chorus of agreement hits you, and you grin. “Awesome. Carrier food is pretty okay. I've definitely had worse.”

Mari is angry at you, you surmise, when she doesn't ask you when or where you had worse food. That, or she can imagine. Either way, at least she's not trying to burn your couch. Leading everyone down to the galley, you manage to catch it between breakfast and lunch. The cooks manage to throw together some sort of brunch that's fairly okay, and you wind up sitting across from Asuka while Mari grills Kaji about his time in Germany.

“So you're from Ireland, Special Agent Cryan?” You look mournfully at the egg sandwich you had put together in hopes of eating, and sigh internally. So much for enjoying your food.

“Yes. Northern Ireland. I'm a subject of the British Crown.”

“How's it feel to be working with someone that's saved you Brits twice?” You look at her askance for a moment.

“What?” You ask slowly. She can't really be referring to-

“The World Wars! America is back-to-back World War Champs,” she insists. Mari looks decidedly angry, and you stifle a grimace.

How to handle this, you wonder. Thankfully, you're saved when Ryoji chimes in with a well timed comment.

“Well, I don't know, how's it feel to be working with a citizen of the country that burned Washington DC to the ground?” Forcing back a chuckle, you let Ryoji deftly distract Asuka while you eat as quickly as possible. That done, you lean back and eye the time. Another couple hours or so until Misato arrives. Damn. How to distract two teenage girls?

[]”So can anyone tell me why the ship is named the Taffy Three?”
[]”Who wants to see the ship's cats?”
[]Write-in.

>>33731564
>[X]”Who wants to see the ship's cats?”
I have no idea what this is about, but I want to know.

Can we please patch things up with Mari sooner rather than later. I don't want to see waifu-shit result in us pissing off everyone that isn't Shinji.

>>33731564
>Either way, at least she's not trying to burn your couch
As Cryan said himself, she's intelligent.
She's waiting until we're at Tokyo-3 and THEN burn our couch proper.

>Ask Mari if it'd be okay if we (that is she) showed the new guys her big giant robot.
and yeah call them new guys.

>>33731564
>[]”Who wants to see the ship's cats?”

>>33731642
I THINK it's talking about the catapults to launch aircraft.

>>33731564
>[]”So can anyone tell me why the ship is named the Taffy Three?”
It's not a quiz show. We genuinely have no idea.

>>33731564
>[x]”So can anyone tell me why the ship is named the Taffy Three?”

>>33731564
[x]”So can anyone tell me why the ship is named the Taffy Three?”

>>33731692
>>33731710
>>33731751
You know though, right?

>>33731564
>[x]”Who wants to see the ship's cats?”
Meow.

>>33731886
I'm assuming Wonka financed a carrier group or something.

>>33731886
ofc I know.

>>33731921
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_off_Samar

>>33731564
Lets go and visit the kitties!

>>33731921
Gods, no.

Taffy 3 was the name of an escort carrier squadron that engaged the center fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy off Samar, in the Philippine Sea. It was a battle they had absolutely no business being in, and even less business winning.

They drove off the center fleet, but at a huge cost.

>>33731564
>[]”So can anyone tell me why the ship is named the Taffy Three?”
"That has been bugging me since I have gotten aboard"

>>33731642
Yeah, we really should make up with Mari. I'm not trying to waifu it up here, but it really is detrimental to have her mad at us.

>>33731642
This.

>>33732041
A couple of stories that kind of drive the point home how ridiculous the whole thing was? When their air wings ran out of ammunition, the pilots ended up making dry runs and one of the airmen resorted to firing his .38 revolver out the window.

After attacking the battleship Kongo on its own and later being sunk, sailors on the destroyer Johnston reported that the officers of a nearby Japanese ship saluted them as they passed, still in the middle of the battle. As if the idea of a destroyer attacking a battleship and surviving wasn't already insane enough.

Thanks for being patient while I resolved my internet issues.


>

They're both officers in their respective services, the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe. They probably know all sorts of inane shit. Playing on this, you ask a question.

“So, can anyone tell me why the ship is named the Taffy Three?” Mari and Asuka both look at you, and almost as one start speaking simultaneously.

“It's named after Task Force Three, which fought the centermost action, the battle off Samar, at the battle of Leyete Gulf-”

“They had no business doing such, of course, as under gunned and outnumbered as they were-”

“-but they achieved victory, even if at huge cost to themselves-”

“-the survivors wouldn't be rescued for another two days, after suffering even more casualties to sharks, heatstroke, and lack of water-”

You throw your hands up in defeat, and they look at you again.”In my defense,” you tell them, “I'm a ground pounder. I left this ship business to men more inclined for it than I.”

“Pleb,” Mari tells you disdainfully. “You call yourself a loyal Brit, and you don't even like ships?”

“My status as a plebeian aside, how do you both know so much about this?”

“History is interesting,” Asuka tells you, “but I prefer mathematics.”

“History's interesting,” Mari confirms. “I can't believe you don't like it. Can you even name some of the battle honors the Royal Irish have accrued?”

[]”Yes.” Do so.
[]”No. There were more important things to concern myself with.”
[]Write-in.

>>33731564

[x] Cat(apult)s!

GLORIOUS CATAPULTS. We shall place an eva on one, and FIRE IT AT THE OCEAN!

POSEIDON SHALL MARVEL AT THE WORKS OF MAN AND DESPAIR!

Alternately, felines are fun too.

>>33732416
[x]”Yes.” Do so.

>>33732416

[x] Yes.

Do So.

As a ground pounder, unit history is one of those things they pound into you, no?

>>33732416
>[]"Yes. Cúchulainn wrecked shit pretty hard from what I remember."

>>33732416
[]”No. There were more important things to concern myself with.”

>>33732416
>[x] Yes.
It's something that a soldier would be familiar with, at least in passing.

>>33732416
Crap. I am a pleb and I do not know the battle honors the Royal Irish accrued.

>>33732416
>[x]”Yes.” Do so.

>>33732517
Or as his name when he was a younger child, Sétanta.

>>33732416
>[]”Yes.” Do so.
He was probably bitched at about it.

>>33732416
>[x] Yes
"Well, there was that time in 2006 where everyone got the CGC. That was different."

>>33732416
>[]”Yes.” Do so.
Though I won't be surprised if it's an in-depth & relatively obscure knowledge limited only to Cryan's... ummm... regiment? Unit? Something along those lines.

>>33732590
I assume Cryan's probably gotten a medal for getting shot in the ass at some point.

>Yes.

“Yes,” you tell her. “I can. You want the lineage as well or what we earned ourselves?”

“Lineage,” Mari grins at you evilly. You give her a shit-eating grin.

“Do the words Somme, Talavera, Ypres, Suvla, and Withdrawal to Escaut mean anything to you?” Mari looks put out that you're passingly familiar with the Regiment's history, and shrugs in defeat.

“This has been interesting,” Ryoji declares before Mari can throw anything else at you, “but we've got to go. The NERV person that will be showing up to oversee transfer of the Pilots and Evangelions will be arriving fairly soon, and I want to be on the Over the Rainbow to greet them.”

“Understandable,” you tell him, and the both of you stand and shake hands. “Nice meeting you, mate,” and he nods.

“You as well.” The Children stand as well and follow you and Ryoji up to the flight deck, where you shake hands once again. The Second and Ryoji board the helicopter, and you turn to Mari.

“What do you think of the Second?”

“She's a bitch,” she tells you without a backward glance at the helicopter.

[]”A little harsh, isn't it?”
[]”If you say so.”
[]Write-in.

>>33732946
"Well they say that those you hate are the ones most like yourself at your worst."

>>33732946
>[]Write-in. ("It looks like the sentiment goes both ways.")

>>33732946
>[]Write-in.
"And why is that?"

>>33732946
>[]”A little harsh, isn't it?”

>>33732999
This.
When she argues mention the duet they just had about the Taffy Three.

>>33732946
[X]”If you say so.”
Good thing we're off babysitting duty one she's gone.

>>33732999

>>33732946
[x] Write-in
"I was a right twat at that age myself."

>>33732946
"And what are you, then?"

>>33733080

We are not.

You forgot the housing arrangements?

>>33733123
We watch the third and occasionally hang out with the others while sleeping at NERV?

>>33733177

No, we are live in security agent with the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and misato along with a number of other section 2 agents.

>>33733177
They're going to concentrate the pilots, sans Rei, in one home.

>>33732946
>[]”A little harsh, isn't it?”
"She's a little high strung, but I bet she could be decent once she had the wind out of her sails.

>>33732946

[x] You seemed to be getting on well enough.

Congratulations! You've learned to work iwth people you hate!

>>33732946
>[]Write-in.
What makes you think that?

Time to stir the coals.

>>33732946
>[]”If you say so.”

>>33733247
>>33733224
Well shit. I misinterpreted that part as leaving a group of people loyal to Cryan watching them while he went to do special agent things.

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>>33733224
>2nd, 3rd and 4th +us and Misato in one house.

I don't know what will happen, but it will be VERY entertaining. And there's NO BRAKES NOW, There's no way off this wild ride...

>>33733403

It should at the very least, prevent mari from attempting to rape cyran

>>33733440

Why would you ever want to get off the ride!

>>33733446
She might enlist Asuka's assistance on the condition that she helps Asuka get Kaji.

>>33733440
We're going to get raped by Mari, Misato's going to walk in right after we push her of so that she sees Mari on the floor naked and crying then she's going to murder us.

>>33733473

Shinji will be there though so she'll be more confused about who to go for.

"well, you are going to have to work together regardless."

>>33733473
>>33733543
>mari rape
How many eyes would be raised if we put in a requisition for a rape whistle?

>>33733656
It doesn't matter, they don't work. If anything, they only work in reverse.

>>33733656
There is also the option of bluntly denying her.

>>33733710

It would summon misato who would beat us until we couldn't be raped.

Thats actually preferable.

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>>33733729
>Denying rape
That just doesn't work!
>>33733710
It summons a wild Misato, who beats us to death.

>

“Well, they say that those you hate are the ones most like yourself at your worst, you know. Besides, what makes you think that?” She scowls at you.

“She's a bitch,” she insists. “She's arrogant, proud of skills with no real-world testing, and completely infatuated with that man!”

“Oh?” You raise an eyebrow. “Like you with me?” This is going to end well, you can tell, but better to force the issue now, you think, and get everything in the open. Now that the helicopter's gone, flight operations are resuming, slowly, but they are.

“That's different. You're-” She falls silent for a moment, and you don't press. She'll get there in her own time “My father and uncle are never around. You came out of nowhere and you were this tall soldier with killer eyes and you took bullets that saved my life because no one tampered with anything and I don't like liking you, you bastard,” she says in a rush, and takes a breath. “But it's there and I think it would be best if we avoided each other for now, so I can think this through. Whatever this is,” she adds with disgust.

You want to say something. You want to tell her that it'll be okay. But you don't. You're her guard and here to make sure she's okay to pilot. You're not here to hold her hand and whisper sweet nothings. You're here to make hard decisions and hard sacrifices to keep the pilots alive.

At the end of the day, when all's tallied up, you're just a pawn there to be taken out to delay the bishops and rooks from being taken out. And you're okay with that. It's what they pay you for, it's better than kicking your heels doing nothing in a third-world shithole, and it's a fight with fighting, stopping the destruction of humanity.

[]”Okay. You're old enough to work your own issues out. If you need help you know how to talk to people.”
[]”If you're sure.”
[]Write-in.

>>33733827
>[x]”Okay. You're old enough to work your own issues out. If you need help you know how to talk to people.”
>[x] Inform her of the upcoming living arrangments

>>33733827
>[]”Okay. You're old enough to work your own issues out. If you need help you know how to talk to people.”

>>33733827
>[X]”Okay. You're old enough to work your own issues out. If you need help you know how to talk to people.”

>>33733827
>[]”Okay. You're old enough to work your own issues out. If you need help you know how to talk to people.”

>>33733827
This >>33733876

>>33733876
This. Encouraging her to figure out a way to get this sorted sooner rather than later will likely be wise.

>>33733827
>[]”Okay. You're old enough to work your own issues out. If you need help you know how to talk to people.”
Good on Mari. Being all mature and reasonable.

>>33733876
Htis

>>33733876
This.

>>33733876
Made me spit take.
Support.

>>33733827
[X]”Okay. You're old enough to work your own issues out. If you need help you know how to talk to people.”
At some point these kids need to go to therapy.

>>33733827
[x]"Okay. You're old enough to work your own issues out. If you need help you know how to talk to people."
[x]"And just for the record, it wasn't your fault."
cos
the whole sucking on our pistol thing

>>33733933
We are a psychologist

>>33733933
>At some point these kids need to go to therapy.
Everyone - or at least Declan - will be dead before that's a priority.

When we get the chance to talk to Shinji & Misato we should probably mention our subdermal armor and the chance of tracking devices, bombs, etc. That way they won't freak out as much if/when we get shot again. Further Misato may be able to help us get information on our unofficial treatments.

>>33733965
The only thing we'd prescribe is alcohol and a smack to the back of the head.

>>33733965
No, alcohol is.

We are just the primary supplier...

>>33733980
>Dieing from anything other than liver failure
Not in the job description mate. If we try, Gendo shall just as planned us back to safety before we can die.

>>33733827
Why are we antagonizing Mari, again? This is going to bite us in the ass down the line, I know it.

>>33734129
It will...

A few seconds before she pounces and rapes us...

Then Misato murders us for reasons.

>>33734129

Get her off us

>>33734129
Dec doesn't want her looking up to/desiring him. He's one of those guys that will help you out & give you advice and shit but is always "for the love of god don't be like me".

>>33734129
I hope it does. Literally.
I mean, I want her to --

You know, never mind.

>>33734129
To force her to stand back and think rather than hump Cryan's leg mindlessly.

>>33733876
this

>>33734209
And then proceed to hump Cryan's leg thoughtfully.

>>33734243
No, she'll hump us like a person, after doing something to prevent us from moving of course.

>>33734209
>>33734243
Is it bad that I find that mental image kind of adorable?

>>33734333
No.

>>33734333
Yes

>>33734333
Maybe

But do we really have to be an ass to her? Why can't we settle for being a friend? We can't really be a mentor figure to the children if half of them hate our guts.

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>

“Okay. You're old enough to work your own issues out. If you need help, you know how to talk to people. Don't be afraid not to.”

“I won't, thanks,” she tells you coolly.

“Probably you'll want to know all of the pilots but the First are going to be living with the Tactical Commander and a live-in security team under my command.”

“Thanks,” she tells you.

Well, you decide, at least you haven't completely burned this bridge. Cooled relation are better than having her assaulting you in front of something she says feels like her mother. Speaking of...

You split off from Mari when she turns to go below, and you head for the Evangelion, still covered with a tarp.

“Since I don't have a priest,” you tell it, “you'll have to fucking do.”

It doesn't say anything. It doesn't move. “Christ,” you say to it. “This is fucked up. I don't know why the Commander is having me do this shit with the Kids, I'm not good with children at all.”

“Fookin' Hell,” you finally swear.

[]Go take a nap. Hopefully when you wake up you'll be able to think more clearly.
[]Go try to find the ship's chaplain. He might be able to help.
[]Write-in.

>>33734420
She's young. It's just a crush. She'll get over it.

>>33734454
>[]Write-in.
Call Shinji

>>33734454
[X] Go take a nap.
Maybe tableflipping will calm the nerves.

>>33734454
I have the feeling that sleeping will just give us more encounters with Mother so lets go and talk with the Chaplain that's always a great thing to do.

>>33734454
>[]Go take a nap. Hopefully when you wake up you'll be able to think more clearly.

>>33734454
I like this. >>33734508
We need to apologize & he might just like it if we show we have enough trust in him to talk to him about shit.

>>33734454
seconding
>Call Shinji

>>33734454
>[]Go take a nap. Hopefully when you wake up you'll be able to think more clearly.

>>33734534
>>33734508
have points.

>>33734461
Or she won't.
>>33734508
No. Shinji thought we were dead, and that's not something you apologize for on the fucking phone

>>33734508
A quick "We're not dead" wouldn't be to hard.

>>33734454
>[x]Call Shinji

>>33734561
He already knows that though

>>33734454

[x] Go take a nap

Also!

I like the degree of self awareness Mari's exhibiting. By which I mean holy shit when I was 14 talking about feelings was just about the worst fucking thing ever. And the fact that she managed to get out a "Okay, here's where this crush came from, and you're right, this is a bad idea."

Props.

>>33734454
>[]Go take a nap. Hopefully when you wake up you'll be able to think more clearly.
Call Shinji then nap

>>33734454
>[]Go try to find the ship's chaplain. He might be able to help.
Can't be any worse.

>[X] Call Shinji

>>33734454
>[]Go try to find the ship's chaplain. He might be able to help.
I don't think Cryan needs anymore encounters with Mother for today, and he should really wait until he sees Shinji in person to talk to him.

>>33734777
Really? Because I think that's exactly what he needs.

>>33734454

Go take a nap!

Time to fuck lilith

>>33734929

Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

(Don't you mean get fucked by?)

>>33735097

By which I mean rape

Lilith just wants to be together with her boy. Is that so wrong?

>>33735273
Shinji's mom has got it going on

>

You want to call Shinji, but telling someone 'sorry for playing dead and leaving you hanging for like, a week,' over the phone doesn't really cut it. Besides, you want to talk to him face to face so you can high five him for killing the Fifth Angel. There's not much else to do. You don't want to talk to Mari anymore for now, afraid of sticking your foot in your mouth. Yelling at the Evangelion will only have you garner odd looks from the Navy dudes on the ship.

You head back down to your room and kick off your shoes, collapsing onto the bed... thing. You were never the best at Navy terminology. You spend a moment with your face in the pillow, before rolling over, uncomfortable. You want a cigarette, but this isn't your bed. The poor midshipman would probably get flogged or something for having cigarette ashes in his bed after you left.

Fucking Navies and shit, with brutal hazing and shit. You don't know, you were British Army, not Navy. You fall asleep, visions of interservice rivalry dancing in your head.

You open your eyes, and you're standing across from the woman that you last saw riding you like you were a stallion, standing over some sort of empty chasm, staring at you.

“Oh my darling Declan. So cunning, so determined- so doomed to fail, but so brave.” You swallow as she steps across the gaping canyon like it isn't even there, and runs a hand down your arm. It tingles and feels warm, and you're seized by the strangest urge to kiss her. You force it back, and look at her. Really look at her. She's some kind of amalgamation of all the women you've ever known, and she looks up at you.

“What is this? What's going? This isn't tableflip,” you declare petulantly. It's your mind, right? You should be allowed to be petulant, at least once or twice.

(1/2)

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>>33735302
Damn straight she does. Just look at those thighs.

“No, dear, this isn't tableflip. This is what you did that first time, so many tries ago.”

“What did I do?” You ask, quietly.

“You tried. Oh, how you tried! Such strength, such burning rage- all for naught, in the end. Are you sure you want to know, darling?”

[]”Yes.” You want to know.
[]”No.” You don't want to know, but you suspect.

>>33735348
>[X]”Yes.” You want to know.

>>33735348
[X]”No.”
I am in no mood for head games. Jump into the chasm.

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>>33735348

[x] Yes

>>33735348
>[]”Yes.” You want to know.

>>33735348
>[x]”No.” You don't want to know, but you suspect.
This was the first place we tried to off ourselves...

I think...

>>33735348
>[X]”No.” You don't want to know, but you suspect.
"Presumably knowing has never helped before."

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>>33735399
Dis

THIS IS MY NIGHTMARE AND WE'RE BOTH GOING TO BE MISERABLE IN IT.

>>33735324
>[x]”No.” You don't want to know, but you suspect.
GET OUT OF MY HEAD CHARLES

>>33735399
>>33735410
>>33735451
>>33735462
>>33735470

PANSIES THE LOT OF YOU

>>33735399
sounds about right.

>>33735348

Yes. A thousand times yes

>>33735486
You want more SAN loss?

>>33735348
>[]”Yes.” You want to know.
"But, I am guessing knowing has not helped in the past. Who are you anyways? One of these cyborg things?"

>>33735509

Knowing is always better than not knowing.

Even if it hurts.

Even if it tears your soul.

>>33735348
>[]”Yes.” You want to know.

Fuck it, what's the worst that could happen

>>33735348
>[]”Yes.” You want to know.
Down the rabbithole.

>>33735348
>[x]"Yes"

>>33735486
If knowing helped in the slightest, we wouldn't be here, would we?

>>33735399
into the hole

>>33735348
[]”No.” You don't want to know, but you suspect.

>>33735594
Lilith's hole a best.

>>33735565

Knowledge tells you where you stand, even if it's at the bottom of a crushing abyss, while things you do not, can not, understand circle, waiting to slice into you from behind

>>33735348
>"Maybe. I don't know. Could you repeat the question?"

>>33735348
>[X] Yes

>>33735702
Som?

>>33735348
>[x]”No.” You don't want to know, but you suspect.

>>33735702
It would be
>Yes. No. Maybe. I don't know. Could you repeat the question?

>>33735646
Cryan is but a soldier. He stands where his orders say to stand. Should he be ordered into the abyss then down he goes.

>>33735646
>Knowledge tells you where you stand
Only if it's perfect. Imperfect knowledge could just as easily lead you in the wrong direction as the right one.

At a certain point, is it really even worth knowing? Is it worth skewing your perspective with information that from a purely rational perspective you cannot or should not use?

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Yo, I'mm just gonna leave this here, k?

>>33735348
>[x]”No.” You don't want to know, but you suspect.
Lillith pls go

>>33735918
Please take it back, I don't want it.

>>33735918
>>33735987
What In the Emperor's holy light is that?

I don't understand...

>let's crawl through an air-vent to discover one of the biggest secrets in the world for no reason other than us being a bunch of meta-gaming chucklefucks
>emphatically rebuff Lilith every time she tries to interact with us
>muh san

>>33736043
I'm comparing Alma from FEAR to Lil'

>>33735348

I want to know

>>33736043
That's Alma.

>>33736063
Fine. Next time she comes onto Cryan I'll vote to jump her none existent bones.

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“Yes,” you tell her. “Give it to me straight, damn it. Knowing is better than not.”

“Oh my brave Declan Cryan, always marching forward, head held high. I'll show you, love.” She leans up and kisses you, and she's everything she was before, soft and warm and heaven and delight and you fall backwards.

You land, and watch the world end. Tokyo-3 burns in the fires of an N2 bombardment. Nine white Evangelions rip apart one red one. There is no blue one. The purple one fails to act. A huge white First Child begins growing from the ground, and as the first people in the Geofront begin dying, you avert your eyes. “Third Impact. A controlled version, instrumented by humans themselves, to attempt to bridge the gaps between everyone. At the heart, Shinji Ikari. Fourteen years old, and- so, so brave, too, trying to do the best he can.”

“And then- you. Bleeding, dying slowly, you make a deal with me as I gather everyone to my bosom. Send you back, you said, slowly fading. Send you back so you could stop it. And I could have you for eternity. Both of us together forever.”

You watch as what she describes happen- you see yourself, dark hair, gray eyes, fist shoved into a hole in your chest as you desperately make a deal with something from beyond your comprehension.

And then it's all gone. The end of the world, everything. It's just the four of you, two Declan Cryans, and two whatever or whoever she is. You're watching as the you with blood stains on his chest is kissed slowly, and brought to the ground by the other her.

“We made love, my wonderful Declan. You, still torn and bleeding from your death, and her, perfect and soft and lovely and warm and heaven and delightful and everything a woman sh-

It repeats. Over and over and over and over and over and ov-

You shake your head.

[]”How many times? How many times have I tried?”
[]”Wake me up. I need to eat a bullet since apparently it doesn't fucking count.”
[]Write-in.

>>33736334
>Write in
"If you're going to be fucking shitting around every time I dream, can't you do something useful like make water seem like alcohol to me?"

>>33736334
>”Wake me up. I need to eat a bullet since apparently it doesn't fucking count.”
Doesn't matter how many times we've tried, what matters is what we do now.

>>33736334
>[X]”How many times? How many times have I tried?”

>>33736334
>[]”How many times? How many times have I tried?”

>>33736334

I never asked for this

>[]Write-in
So I can keep trying until it work right?

Well you know what the IRA said, 'You have to be lucky everytime. We only need to be lucky once.'

So fuck this shit if you think that means i'll give up.

>>33736334
>[x]”How many times? How many times have I tried?”
And it shall be know that on this attempt, we succeeded with only major SAN loss.

>>33736334
>Write-in.
So I have an infinite number of tries? Looks like the odds are actually on my side for once.

>>33736334
[x]”Wake me up. I have some fucking work to do."

>>33736451
>>33736392
This.

>>33736334

How many times? How many times have I tried?

>>33736334
>>33736435

An actual IRA quote, HAH

THIS

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>>33736334
So if we kill Shinji, everything turns out fine, right?

>>33736334
>[]”How many times? How many times have I tried?”
She should KNOW then that, without a doubt, we're not going to stop trying. It's not who we are.

>>33736334
[x] How many times
I wonder how many of those times we tried the same things?

>>33736334
[X]”Wake me up. I need to eat a bullet since apparently it doesn't fucking count.”
I think this thing is full of shit. This third impact thing sounds like a load of shit.

>>33736334
>[]”How many times? How many times have I tried?”

gotta know the answer

>>33736334
>>33736435
...this'll do.

>>33736334
>>33736435
>>33736451
these

>>33736482
It's an easy thing to try, so we probably tried it.

And here we are.

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>>33736334
WAIT A FUCK THIS ISN'T LILLITH THIS IS GIANT NAKED REI

>>33736334
>>[]”How many times has this happen? How many times have I failed?

Shit just isn't our way...

>>33736534
Shinji is actually essentially, as unit 01 is the only unit that can perform the third impact, therefore if he dies, or runs away, third impact averted.

>>33736435
Hell, let's go with this

>>33736435
Yes.

>>33736597
You seem to have missed the point. It's a safe assumption that at some point Cryan tried it. And it didn't work.

Whether our assumptions are wrong in this universe or it's just impossible to do doesn't matter. All that matters is that we're still here.

>inb4 this is only like loop number 8

So, the easiest two solutions to this that I can see are learning to accept things and just preparing Shinji as best we can or killing Gendo and SEELE.

Given this link to Lilith, how much are we going to freak when we meet Kaworu?

>>33736334
>Well there's your problem, I survived those times. But this time I'm willing to give my life for the children, to stop this.

ITS A GOOD DAY TO DIE! WHEN YOU KNOW THE REASON WHY!

>>33736683
Just toss Shinji at him and pretend he doesn't exist.

>>33736534
Well, we don't actually know how many times we've failed. It might just be "once."

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>>33736334
>What did I do those times?
If we know what we did, we'll know what went wrong!

>>33736334
>[]”How many times? How many times have I tried?”
Great we are so we are Homura in evangelion now.

>>33736435
>>33736451
these

>>33736782
Why would she tell us?

>>33736818
Well, I'm guessing she wouldn't be looping us like this if she didn't want us to succeed.

>>33736818
Why would she give us the opportunity to stop it?