>>34118350
“It is forbidden. There are laws in place!” He sounds slightly agitated, so you ease up on his desk, and lean back ever so slightly. He notices, and leans back himself, slightly letting go of some of his tension.

“Sir,” you say reassuringly, “I know there are laws in place. These laws are designed to protect normal students with normal living situations, neither of which apply to Mr. Ikari here.”

Principal Soujiro is sweating now, if ever so slightly. The sharp scent of fear has made itself known to you, and you don't want the man extremely afraid- you need to be able to talk to him, after all. So you settle back in your chair, and the man's sweating eases up.

“I know this, Mr. Cryan. However the laws are the laws! I cannot make exceptions for one- when I begin doing so, soon all will be clamoring for exceptions.”

“I understand this, sir. I'm not asking you provide the tape of the incident for all of NERV to view, simply myself. Someone shoved my boy into a locker, and I want this situation resolved quickly. If I have to,” you conclude, “I'll settle it myself.”

“I cannot,” he repeats helplessly. “You are not Mr. Ikari's father-”

“Mr. Ikari's father,” you interrupt. “Is a busy man. I am, in this case, acting as a concerned father would. Either let me view the tape in order to have a talk with whoever did it, or I can break into the school and find the tape myself. Trust me,” you lean in closer, “I can do it.”

He's sweating again, you note. “I cannot,” he's repeating. “It is forbidden.”

[]”Look. Just leave the tape on the monitor and happen to have to go to the bathroom or whatever. Then we can pretend this never happened.”
[]”Guess I'll be doing this the hard way, then. C'mon Shinji, we're leaving.”
[]Write-in.

(Fuck, the formatting fucked up in the first post. My bad.)

>>34118362
>[]”Look. Just leave the tape on the monitor and happen to have to go to the bathroom or whatever. Then we can pretend this never happened.”
>[]Write-in. "I insist." Lean in. Frown.

>>34118362
>[]Write-in.
"I really didn't want to have to do this, but since this is a case of national security, since Shinji is a valuable addition to the safety of mankind, I'm going to have to assume direct control over the school to ensure his safety."
"All rules are now made by me, and if there's any problems you can report to Gendo Ikari directly for allowing danger to come to, not only his own son, but to one of the vital pilots essential for mankind's future."

>>34118427
>[]”Look. Just leave the tape on the monitor and happen to have to go to the bathroom or whatever. Then we can pretend this never happened.”
>[]Write-in. "I insist." Lean in. Frown

>Declan uses LEER!

Maximum intimidate.

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"“Mr. Soujiro, I am a crass and violent man. I prefer such things, which is why I was hoping we could work things out in the simple and uncomplicated fashion I'm accustomed to. But it seems you've left me no choice - I'll have to resort to... Official Channels. Student/parent meetings. A full investigation into how such violence and bullying is handled in your school. Attention. Press attention. TALK SHOW attention. The kind any organization with lots of money and a very bored PR department who are going stark raving mad writing 'sorry, classified' letters to the media can easily generate."

"But of course, it's not MY desk that shitstorm will be landing on, so I don't really care. Later~"

>>34118362

[x]”Look. Just leave the tape on the monitor and happen to have to go to the bathroom or whatever. Then we can pretend this never happened.”

Also... wow, I hope this guy isn't involved in the parent teacher conference.

>>34118362
[x] Write in
"There is a difference between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law, Mr. Soujiro. Let me see that tape before you force me to break both."

>>34118507
>>34118362

This.

Also, a boy bullying someone who the fate of the world depends on it or one of the three.

Honestly, what retards.

>>34118427
this

>>34118507
definitely this

>>34118507
+1

>>34118507
I can get behind this.

>>34118466
changed my vote to this. I like this better.

>>34118466
>Assuming Direct control
Harbinger?

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“Look,” you say briefly. “Just leave the tape playing on the monitor and take a trip to the bathroom or something. That way, we can just pretend this never happened.”

“I-” You lean in briefly, and then frown.

“I insist.” He eyes you, then your unbuttoned suit coat. Then you. Then Shinji. Then the coat. He takes the computer mouse and plays with it for a moment, silently, then-

“I must use the restroom. Please pardon me,” he says, very quietly, and then leaves the room. You stand and move behind his desk, where a video player is pulled up. You press the 'play' button, and even though there's no sound, you get a very good look at what happens. Shinji is outside his locker? Someone's locker, at least, checking his bag for something. The locker is open. A boy, no more than fourteen, comes along and, taking glances up and down the hall, pushes Shinji in, before closing the door behind him.

Eventually, Asuka comes along, and after a brief conversation with the locker, continues on her way.

“I've seen enough,” you tell Shinji. Mr. Soujiro comes back into the room shortly thereafter, and after a brief exchange of pleasantries, you take your leave with Shinji.

“Let's go find Asuka,” you say, and light up a cigarette. “I'm surprised you let that go, laddie.”

“I-” he begins. “I couldn't get out after the door was shut,” he finally admits quietly. “I wanted to do something, but-” He seems to struggle for his words, but eventually manages to finish. “I wanted to do something, but I don't know who it was.”

“Understandable,” you say reassuringly. “I'll handle it, don't worry. Until then, where's Asuka and Mari?”

“Mari said she'd be waiting for us in the library, and Asuka mentioned something about the common area.”

[]Mari first.
[]Asuka first.
[]Split the party? (How?)

>>34119485
>Split the party? (How?)
Shinji finds Mari, we chew out Asuka for not watching his back in private.

>>34119514
I vote for this

We probably don't want shinji with us when we talk to Asuka

>>34119485
>>34119514
This.

>>34119514
Damn, right out of my head.

>>34119514
This.

>>34119514
The write ins are great this thread

>>34119514
This.

>>34119485
>apparently adorable
He kinda is. You should see the waifu/husbando threads on /a/ mate

>>34119485
>>34119514
This.

>>34119514
Lets go wtih this, Auska really need to get her shit together, this kinda shit breaks up the team dynamics something fierce, think we can use some of the old war stories to add emphasis to this?

>>34119485
>[]Asuka first.

I'm still surprised Asuka wouldn't let him out. Seems out of character.

>>34119790
Now I have to ask which Asuka here, beacuase if its the 90s version of Asuka then not so much if it's the one that is super sweet in the newer one then I guess that would be understandable too.

>>34119918
Original flavor Asuka. I mean, she'd probably mock him for getting into that situation, but after she's done, she'd let him out, y'know?

>>34119965
Eh might go that way I was under th impression she might have gone either way in the beginning since original flavor had her cast out as the young spitfire eager and raring to go out and prove she's abig shot against the pilot with what was it three confirmed angel kills?

If I was in her shoes I could imagine wanting to do the same, hell I bet she had some fantasy of getting into a rivarly with Shinji at the start and slowly catching up before prooving she was the best.

>>34119965
Yeah nah.

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“Hey, mate,” you speak around your cigarette. “Why don't you go find Mari and I'll find Asuka? You can take your time heading back to the car, too.”

“Okay,” Shinji tells you, and then he takes off, bag slung over his shoulder. You take another pull on your cigarette, and then head outside. Once you reach concrete, you let what's left drop and then you grind the butt into the concrete. The common area. Right. You meander your way around the building, (you memorized the floor plan, the plumbing, and the wiring plans, just in case,) and make your way to the small stand of trees where Asuka is sitting underneath one.

She opens one eye as she hears someone approaching, sighs dramatically when she sees it's you, and flops back. “What do you want?” She demands, and you quietly gird yourself for the soon to be following verbal skirmish.

“You need to lay off Shinji,” you begin quietly, and then she interrupts you.

“Ugh,” she grinds out. “It's always all about Shinji, isn't it? I haven't even been here two weeks and he's all I hear about, what with his three kills and how perfect he is.”

“I can promise you this,” you reassure her, and then you switch to German. “If he was the one harassing you like you have been him, I'd be having this exact same conversation with him.”

She looks askance at you, surprised you know her preferred mother tongue, then shrugs. “So what? He needs someone to teach him how to be a man.”

“So you're saying that you, a thirteen and a half year old girl that's never been outside her sheltered home environment a day in her lie, knows more about being a man than I do?” You ask very, very quietly.

(1/2)

“I- what? No, of course not,” she sputters.

“Good,” you say. “Because I'm working on it.” You light up another cigarette and take a seat next to her. “See,” you confide, “the thing is- the thing is, you can't just tell a kid like Shinji, 'man the fuck up, mate, you've got shit to kill'.”

“Of course you can,” she says doubtfully. “He's a boy, isn't he?”

“See? That's exactly it.” You tell her. “You're expecting him to be manly one minute, and then calling him a boy the next. The journey to manhood doesn't happen over night. It takes time- time to learn, and make mistakes, and learn from those mistakes, and learn who he wants to be as a man.”

[]”Want me to confide a little secret, Asuka?”
[]”If I were you, honestly, I'd be more concerned with trying to be the best pilot and student I could be.”
[]Write-in.

>>34120322
[X]”Want me to confide a little secret, Asuka?”

>>34120322
>”If I were you, honestly, I'd be more concerned with trying to be the best pilot and student I could be.”
We have to appeal to her ego or she's just going to tune us out.

>>34120322
>[]”Want me to confide a little secret, Asuka?”

>>34120322
>[]”Want me to confide a little secret, Asuka?”

The other one with "be the best pilot" might not have the most desired results.

>>34120322
>[]”Want me to confide a little secret, Asuka?”

>>34120322
>Want me to confide a little secret, Asuka?

Traumatizing teens ho!

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>>34120322
>[x]”Want me to confide a little secret, Asuka?”

>>34120322
>[X]”Want me to confide a little secret, Asuka?”
STORY TIME!

>>34120322
>[]”Want me to confide a little secret, Asuka?”

>>34120322
>[x]”Want me to confide a little secret, Asuka?”

Oh god, she's going to end up wanting it more than Mari.

>>34120437
Then we pawn them both off to Shinji and become best wingman/uncle ever.

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>>34120322
[]”Want me to confide a little secret, Asuka?”

This can only go well.

>>34120322
>[x]”If I were you, honestly, I'd be more concerned with trying to be the best pilot and student I could be.”

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>>34120322
>[]”Want me to confide a little secret, Asuka?”
Mmm... smells like trauma.

>>34120505
I don't think that's how it works.

>>34120322
>[]”If I were you, honestly, I'd be more concerned with trying to be the best pilot and student I could be.”
tide-pissing go!

>>34120505
That's not how love works you fucking retarded piece of shit.

>>34120322
>[x]”Want me to confide a little secret, Asuka?”

>>34120560
>>34120608
Joke--->
Your head

Relax mates.

>>34120322
>[x]”If I were you, honestly, I'd be more concerned with trying to be the best pilot and student I could be.”

>>34120780
Why don't you make your jokes funny next time?

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“Want me to tell you a secret, Asuka?” She eyes you warily, and then shrugs.

“I heard about what you said to Mari. From some bad war movie wasn't it?”

“Sure,” you say agreeably. “But this isn't. This is the gospel truth, cross my heart and hope Saint Michael takes me now if I lie.” You cross your heart, cigarette hanging from your fingers, for emphasis. She sighs.

“Fine, if you must.”

“Great,” you grin. You lean in close to her, so close your breath is almost tickling her ear. “Are you ready?”

She nods, and you let your grin die. “Truth is, Asuka,” you begin, “I'm still trying to figure out what kind of man I want to be. Oh, sure, I hope I'm someone my mother could be proud of, but there's no way for me to know for sure.”

“What do you mean?” She asks quietly.

“I lost my mother about twelve years ago,” you say quietly. “Like I said. I'm still trying to figure out what kind of man I want to be, and I'm twenty-eight. I think it's unfair of you to expect Shinji, at fourteen, to know who he wants to be.”

“I d- I don't-” she tries to begin, but you cut off her. You're lying, of course. You know what kind of man you and whether or not your mother would be proud of you- not that great, and maybe.

“Anyway,” you say over her objections, “it's time to get going. What do you want for dinner?”

“Something Western,” Asuka complains. “I'm sick of Japanese food.”

[]”I'll see if I can't help Shinji out in that department.”
[]”We'll talk about it with Mari and Shinji. They live there too, you know.”
[]Write-in.

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>>34120780
Yeah, sure, call it a joke after the fact.

>>34120815
>[]”I'll see if I can't help Shinji out in that department.”
>[]Write-in. "Maybe I can try to cook some sort of Irish dish. Lots of protein from things you wouldn't want to know what."

>>34120815
>[x]”I'll see if I can't help Shinji out in that department.”

>>34120815
[]”I'll see if I can't help Shinji out in that department.”
>Write in
"Or if everyone wants something different, we'll have the cooks work overtime"

>>34120866
Lets go with this one.

>>34120815
I support this:
>>34120866

>>34120815
>[]Write-in.
Western sounds good to me, what were you thinking?

>>34120815
>[x]Write-in
"So am I."
And then pat head..

>>34120866
Didn't we admit last time that we aren't a cook?

>>34120866
>>34120904
this

>>34120904
>>34120890
Do these

>>34120922
But we can make a mean stew

>>34120922
Ahahahahahahah. Yes.

>>34120904
This.

>>34120815
>[]”I'll see if I can't help Shinji out in that department.”

>>34120815
>[]”I'll see if I can't help Shinji out in that department.”
Something with fish. That way PenPen doesn't feel left out.
Or is the penguin elsewhere?

>>34120890
>>34120904
Sounds good

>>34121035
IRISH SEAFOOD CHOWDAH

>>34121228
FULL IRISH DINNER!

SOMETHING, SOMETHING, SOMETHING WITH POTATO SOMETHING AND A PIND A BEER!

>>34121284
I wasn't aware they had anything other than potatoes and beer.

>>34121284
Mashed potato with chips, a side of roast potatoes, served in baked potatoes.
With some potato rice on the side

And potato pancakes as a desert.

>>34121386
>Potato rice
I don't know how, but yes...

>>34121386
Oh, served with copious amounts of beer too.

>>34121434
Well yes, but that was assumed.

>>34121386
Dinner of champions

>>34121386
Assuming, of course, your harvest hasn't been spoiled by Potato Blight.

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Asuka stands as well, and moves to walk beside you. You shove the cigarette back into your mouth, and pat her on the head briefly. She relaxes into it for the briefest moment, and then brushes past you, muttering underneath her breath in French.

“What were you thinking?” You ask around your cigarette, and consider lighting up another one with the end of the current.

“Pizza, maybe. But a normal one, not one with the weird Japanese toppings.”

“I think we can get delivery,” you admit. “We'll need to stop at a convenience store on the way back and pick up some soda- soda with pizza is traditional, where I come from.”

“That's fine,” she says. “But I want the passenger seat in the front.”

“Will you ease off Shinji some?” She presented an opening, and you've pounced.

“I guess,” she allows quietly.

“Swell,” you say cheerfully. “As long as you're not a raging cunt to him, you can ride passenger.”

“I'll make an attempt,” she promises. “I'm the greatest pilot ever!” You kindly refrain from making a snarky comment about her kill count. When you both reach the car, you toss a wink and a nod at Shinji, and he and Mari get into the back, while Asuka seizes the passenger seat.

It's a subdued drive- Shinji is probably thinking over the meeting with the principal, Asuka is probably thinking you're a raging prick, and Mari probably just wants to go do whatever it is she does when she's not at school or NERV. Thankfully, it's not rough- traffic is easy, thanks to the MAGI's automation of the lights and crosswalks and what not, and you're soon pulling into a convenience store to gas up the Aston Martin and pick up a twelve pack of soda.

You step inside, greet the cashier, and begin perusing the contents of the drink aisle. A tickling on the back of your neck and shoulders is the hair standing up- you've been hunted before and now you're being hunted again. You half turn, to check outside- the kids are fine, if a bit bored-

"Oh," Lily's voice causes you to jump; you turn about in the store, but see no celestial horror. She's in your head, right. "This is- odd? It seems your assassination is taking place sooner than expected." There's a hit on you? She didn't say anything about that when you last spoke with her.

That's when a stitch of suppressed gunfire takes out the windows you had just glanced out of.

[]Duck for cover.
[]Go for your gun.
[]Try for the car.
[]Write-in

>>34121707
>[]Duck for cover.
>[]Go for your gun.

"JAYSIS FOOKIN' CHRIST!"

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>>34121707
>[x]Duck for cover.
When in doubt, take cover.

>>34121707
>Cover!
First rule when getting shot at, figure out where the hell the shots are coming from and stay in cover so you can pop up and bean them right back first.

>>34121707
[X]Duck for cover.

>>34121707
[x] Cover
[x] Call for backup

>>34121707
>[]Duck for cover.
>[]Go for your gun.

Lily is such a best

>>34121707
Bloody hell, there were never THIS much cloak and dagger in NGE, I'd have at least thought that the pilots would have a bullet proof car, or considering Rei and the Russian pilot, a chopper filled to the brim with ex-military and weaponry.

>>34121747
This

>[X]Duck for cover.
>[X]Go for your gun.

If we couldn't do both at the same time, we'd have had our Special Agent status revoked 15 threads ago.

>>34121707
>[]Duck for cover.
>[]Go for your gun.

>>34121677
mari is probably thinking about your raging prick.
I'm sorry, the set up was just too perfect.

>>34121707
>[x]Duck for cover.
>[x]Go for your gun
IT'S FOOKIN ON NOW YEH FEKKIN CUNTS

>>34121707
>[]Duck for cover.
>[]Go for your gun.
I'm pretty sure we can do both at once.

>>34121707
>[x]Duck for cover.
>[x]Go for your gun.
"YER MA'S A HOOR!"

>>34121707
>"Oh," Lily's voice causes you to jump; you turn about in the store, but see no celestial horror. She's in your head, right. "This is- odd? It seems your assassination is taking place sooner than expected."
You know, I'm kind of getting tired of this shit. If she can step through space and time she's essentially Omnipotent.

Omnipotent means that she's omniscient, which means none of this shit is a surprise, and she knows fucking everything. I preferred it when we just stuck with mommy dreams rather than this piece of shit QM fiat

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>34121677
>[x]Duck for cover.
>[x]Go for your gun.

>>34121930
>mari is probably thinking about your raging prick.
are you leaving the thread because that would be a huge relief

>>34121930
You don't think much, do you?

>>34121707
>[x]Duck for cover.
>[x]Go for your gun.
>[x]Yell at the kids to get down.
SHOOTER! GET THE FUCK DOWN!

>>34121873
I forgive you anon

>>34121972
oh fook me.

>>34121930
>Omnipotent means that she's omniscient
It does not necessarily follow that she is either. Her powers have not been shown to be limitless, otherwise we would have no problem to solve. She is also not omniscient, as her knowledge of events is seemingly based on probability drawn from previous loops.

>>34121985
To be honest, I kinda agree with him.
NGE wasn't really about space gods and angels, it was more about emotions and feelings.
I feel the whole lily thing broke that, meanwhile we could have continued with the dreams about our mother, dealt with emotional problems, much like every character in the series who doesn't die early.

>>34121873
Don't feel bad, I was thinking that too.

>>34122069
This would be a really boring quest if we stuck slavishly to material that has been covered in excess by fans obsessed over 14 year olds in skin tight suits.

>>34122028
Y'know, that's the fucking thing. Lillith is shown to be a completely inert piece of shit that only exists to drip LCL all over a planet, they don't have this sort of power.

The only thing that has this sort of power is the hybrid Rei/Adam/Lilith shown in EoE, which was only IMPLIED, to have such powers. And even then, it committed suicide on Shinji's command, since much like Lillith, it doesn't have a proper will of it's own.

So either you go all the way, and say it's a omnipotent star god that can step backwards and forwards, or you leave it as an inert piece of shit. Unless you're going into the super special snowflake Mary Sue territory, where you would replace the only known avatar of Lillith, Rei, with some sort of completely original charact- oh wait

>>34122116
It wasn't boring before Lily got introduced, was it?
I don't mind it diverging at all, but what makes NGE is kind of core to an NGE quest, right?

>>34122195
See >>34122116

Things are allowed to be different. Being different is acceptable. Repetition is not always desirable.

>>34122069

Oh, and Lily doesn't provoke emotions and feelings?

And isn't [spoilers]the best one to waifu?[/spoilers]

For shame.

>>34122244
>>34122195

why are you even here if you don't like the quest

your ideas have always been bad and all you do is keep vomiting them all over every thread you participate in

>>34122195
Well, you're free to write your own fanfiction quest if you don't like this one so much.

>>34121930
>Omnipotent means that she's omniscient, which means none of this shit is a surprise, and she knows fucking everything.

And only tells dec half of it because she's a trolling cunt, as one would expect. What's the problem with that?

>rather than this piece of shit QM fiat

Feel free to make like a tree and get the FUCK out of here

>>34122275
Lily isn't really a character though, our interactions with her won't be at all like our ones with Misato for example.

Her existence doesn't carry the weight of a real character, since she hasn't the capability to interact with us beside star god telepathy.

redrach pls go

>>34122299
I actually do quite like the quest, I was just agreeing with someone.

>>34122195
The way I'm reading is that Lilith already has a contract for our soul, this whole repeating timeline thing seems to just be her fulfilling our one request, to be able to go back and fix things.

>>34122330
>What's the problem with that?
No motive to, at all. No fucking reason for it. It's like expecting a rock to be insulted when you call it a cunt. Lillith is the same, it doesn't have any reason to care about Dec, his life, his friends, or how many bullshit repetitions there are.

All that it was shown to care about was instrumentality, because that's basically all it existed for.

>>34122382
She truly is best eldritch abomawaifu

>>34122382
See, if at one point we romanced Rei, and say we died a little before EoE, maybe stopping Kaworu or some shit.

Then as she was doing her star god Lillith shit, she thought to herself "Alright, since Shinji doesn't like this, and I don't have shit to do, lets go and live with Dec forever", now that's make a lot more sense.

But as it is, "Lily", basically willed itself a will out of nowhere, decided to do this random ass contract bullshit with us, for again, no reason, and continued to interact with us, for again, no reason.

>>34122522
Insofar as we know. There's a hell of a lot we don't know, up to and including how eldritch superbeings operate.

>>34122522
you are still talking why are you talking

>>34122570
There's only one star god we know of.

And that's the Hybrid Adam/Lilith/Rei, which, because Rei liked Shinji, allowed him to tip the point of instrumentality, as shown in EoE and the last episode of the original series.

All we can see for it's motivations, is the like for Shinji, and the need for instrumentality. Aside from that, the two star god spawns before that, Lilith and Adam, have been shown to basically be inert. Adam is debatable.

Now, the thing is, I wouldn't mind it as much if Tangfag gave it a bit more of a backstory other than "I did this because you made contract".

>>34119485
>“I-” he begins. “I couldn't get out after the door was shut,” he finally admits quietly. “I wanted to do something, but-” He seems to struggle for his words, but eventually manages to finish. “I wanted to do something, but I don't know who it was.”
>I wanted to do something

Shinji confirmed for having only two modes of operation: passive rule-follower and RIP AND TEAR.

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>>34122697

>>34122697
Three actually.
1: Passive follower
2: Rebellious (Often comes with his depression)
3: Rip and tear

>>34122726
Which one was it where he jacked off on Asuka's face?

>>34122343
I wouldn't put it that way, whenever Lilly shows up in the scene I internally crap my pants thinking ah fuck here we go again this bitch got something else up her pasty ass white sleeves.

I rather like it myself, that sense of paranoia and the knowledge that before hand we have gone through this over and over and over again with no solution to be found and we are on the last calling card makes this loop all the more worth it.

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You dive for cover behind a set of shelving, but a tinkling behind you informs you that the convenience store has TWO walls that are nothing but window. Swearing, you pull your gun and scramble for the booth the cashier is sitting behind. You want to know WHY a Japanese convenience store is playing something classical, but you don't question it now.

The most important questions, to you right now, are why someone's shooting at you specifically, and why Lily couldn't tell you that this was going to happen BEFORE you stepped inside. You make it behind the booth, cross yourself briefly, and pull your cellphone. Knowing is half the battle, and violence is the other half. So far you don't know jack shit, so you can't commit violence.

First, though, is the Children's safety. You dial Asuka. “Hallo?” She answers in German- good. That means if someone is listening in, they can't understand what you're saying. (Unless they speak German too, a little voice in the back of your mind whispers doubt into you.)

“Asuka,” you say. “I need you to get Shinji and Mari to duck, and stay that way. You need to, too. Okay?”

“Herr Cryan? Why? Wha-” She sounds extremely confused- she must not have noticed the windows being shot out.

“No questions now, Asuka. Can you do this for me? Can you be a good girl? I'll be out in a moment,” you promise her. She mutters an affirmative- it doesn't matter whether she believes you'll be out in a moment or not, just as long as they keep their heads below the armored sides, so the cavalry can show up.

>>34122765
Simple, Horny Teenager

Heart pounding, you're genuinely in fear for the Children. They've got at least two snipers, presumably spotters as well, keeping you pinned, with suppressed automatic rifles- you'd hazard an HK416, for the semblance of accuracy. But that's expensive- Hech and Kochler is proud of their stuff, and smuggling fully automatic weapons with suppressors into Japan has to be even more expensive. How many for an assault team, you rack your mind.

What would you do if you were the one attacking the man pinned inside? A four man assault team for the building itself, two for each entrance. You can't cover both at the same time, it's not humanly possible. Even if you catch one, the other will get you in the back, and you don't want to test your nifty subdermal armor against fully automatic fire for a sustained period.

“Fuck,” you say loudly. “What to do, what to do?” You hear something above you that strikes fear into your heart- a helicopter. But it doesn't sound military- it might be a news chopper. Fuck it, you decide. You're getting too old for this shit and help would be nice. You speed dial Michael Black, the Agent on duty at the house, and he picks up in Old English- he'd been studying it, he said.

“Knock that shit off,” you tell him. “I'm at Shigeru's place, you know the one- five minutes from the house?”

“Sure,” he says. “We can be there in seven. What are we talkin', here?”

“Two sniper teams in buildings across both roads, I'm pinned inside. I want to say they're going to be assaulting with another team within the next five minutes but I can't be sure,” you tell him in a rush. It's a credit to the tall man that he gets it all, especially considering you're pretty sure your Irish is showing.

(2/3)

>>34122765
4: "Heh I'm totally jerking it in Asuka's face... holy shit did I just jerk it in Asuka's face I am so fucked up"

“Oooh,” he says. “A challenge. Yeah, we'll be there in four.” He hangs up on you, and you press your back against the shelter- admittedly flimsy- the cashier's booth provides. You don't want to know what speed regulations he's going to break.

[]Try for the car- it's armored, at least, and will provide security from one side. It also has a rifle in the trunk.
[]Stay put- you're at least covered, here, and the cavalry is on the way.
[]Write-in

>>34122765
Rebellious, a step down from Rip and Tear, because if you recall, he was just getting ready to shake Asuka violently until she woke up.

>>34122807
>Hech and Kochler
que

>>34122765
2, he was committing petty revenge through sexual domination over Asuka, culminating from a depressive streak after Kaworu's death.

>>34122838
>[]Stay put- you're at least covered, here, and the cavalry is on the way.
No need to put the kids in harms way, if their after us.

>>34122838
[x]Try for the car- it's armored, at least, and will provide security from one side. It also has a rifle in the trunk.

>>34122838
>Stay put, draw their attention so they don't go for the kids

>>34122838
>[]Stay put- you're at least covered, here, and the cavalry is on the way.

>>34122838
>Stay put
They know we're in here and the fact that the car is in the open space will be a death sentence if we try for it even with juking like a jazzercise and with the subdermal armor.

I suggest we pop off a few shots above the cover to keep them invested, move a bit and repeat maybe even wait a bit and try to block the back entrance if its possible, if not duck and weave in cover while keeping their attenition. We're the bait after all.

>>34122838
>[]Write-in
Use the remote to pop the trunk. See if we can spring the assault team early.

>>34122838
[]Stay put- you're at least covered, here, and the cavalry is on the way.

Lets not run over to the people we're meant to be protecting while we're being shot at.

>>34122871
Heckler and Koch, you're correct. Apologies.

>>34122766
But see, there is nothing up her sleeves really. She can't influence others, only us, and even then, only through words.

As for the paranoia, I don't really see it. There's nothing to fear, because at the end of the day we're still combatting the same problems, the same people, and the same Angels.

Nothing has changed, remove Lily and all you have, is a lack of GM advise on how to win without initiating the 3rd Impact.

>>34122838
>[]Stay put- you're at least covered, here, and the cavalry is on the way.

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>>34122784
>a Japanese convenience store is playing something classical

Beethoven's Ninth?

>>34122838
>[]Stay put- you're at least covered, here, and the cavalry is on the way.

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>>34123000
>Kaworu_Playing_You_A_Dirge.png

>>34122784
>“Herr Cryan? Why? Wha-” She sounds extremely confused- she must not have noticed the windows being shot out.
So there isn't anyone and this is just flashbacking? Gunshots are hard to miss

>>34122838
[]Write-in

Take potshots at where we believe the enemy is, swear loudly and start singing something angrily at the enemy

http://youtu.be/7P_qvg3wL5o?t=2m37s

>>34123031
Silenced gunshots, chief.
[x]Stay put- you're at least covered, here, and the cavalry is on the way.

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>>34123000
>>34123024

Assuming the Children all survive, can we use this as an excuse to give them all weapons training and get them issued sidearms?

>>34123031
>>34123065
Hollywood silenced gunshots since as far as I know even silenced gunshots are still loud IRL

>>34123031
>suppressed weapons

Sure, they don't do all that much, but Asuka has never heard small-arms fire, let alone suppressed. Also, cities are not quiet places.

>>34123000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcIMvliWM2I

>>34123065
Even with suppressed gunfire the windows would have made enough sound that even inside a car, you would have heard it. Not to mention, I honestly doubt they're that blind

>>34123121
>Also, cities are not quiet places.
Considering any ambient scene in NGE which wasn't in the school, it was pretty damn quiet.

>>34123121
>Also, cities are not quiet places.
Tokyo 3 wasn't really populated all that much, Angel attacks, giant robot fighting, tends to make anyone with money leave.

>>34123103
not if you use subsonic ammo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taL7Vmip39s

>>34123134
Unless we are parked something like 200 feet away for some god awful reason. Sorta like those times you go to Walmart and its a busy day and you have to park at the far end of the parking lot, god I hate that.

>

You're going to stay put. Unless they go for the kids. Then you don't know what you'll do, but it'll probably be something very drastic. Another burst stitches itself down the wall across from you. “Fuck,” you say again. They know where you're at. Why did Asuka not notice the gunfire or the windows breaking?

Probably too busy giving Mari or Shinji shit while out from under your supervision, you decide. That would be in character. The others should have noticed, though. Not much you can now, though. Using your cellphone as a mirror, you check on the car and building- building's clear, car's still secure. You can't see anyone moving to attack your position, so they must be using the wall you're facing as cover.

Fuck, they're good. How much time has elapsed? One minute thirty seconds. Fuck, you need a drink. You'd like a shag, too, but that isn't happening and you're not sure something that might not exist counts. Your alcoholism and history might have finally caught up with you- Lily, the subconscious, the loops- it might be one big joke your brain's playing on itself as you slowly lapse into insanity and madness.

You might already be mad, and that's the most chilling part- after all, there's a hospital in Hokkaido dedicated to the soldiers that forced themselves to try to synch with the Evangelions, all gibbering wrecks. You might be one of them- after all, isn't the whole reason you made a deal with something that might not even exist because of your goddamned 'duty'?

You've got a duty right now, though. You can't shirk it, even if it is in your head. You check the screen of your phone- there's two men approaching the car in the parking lot.

[]Try for the shot.
[]Don't try for the shot- if they're after you they're probably just checking to make sure you don't have back up in there.
[]Write-in

>>34123320
Pretty sure most convenience stores aren't walmart, considering Walmart is more of a superstore.

>>34123381
>[]Do the shot.
There is no try.

>>34123381
>[X]Try for the shot.

>>34123381
[]Do the shot.
We basically have to.

>>34123434
This guy has the right idea.

>>34123381
>[]Try for the shot.

>>34123381
>Write in
Phone Gendo, NERV, anyone, tell them to send a SWAT team or Japanese equivalent down here.
Seriously guys, we have three pilots here, that's worth as much to NERV as there evangelions, and they have enough men to kill unlimited numbers of assassins

>>34123381
>[]Write-in. Shoot to kill.

>>34123381
I have a terrible feeling about this but
[]Try for the shot.

>>34123381
>[x]Don't try for the shot- if they're after you they're probably just checking to make sure you don't have back up in there.
I don't know, fellas. Remember what happened at the Russian embassy?

>>34123381
>[]Try for the shot.

>>34123478
Cavalry is already on the way.

>>34123501
If this whole thing is an illusion we're going to have words with Lily

>>34123381
>[x]Try for the shot.
I do not aim with my hand. He who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I aim with my eye.
I do not shoot with my hand. He who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I shoot with my mind.
I do not kill with my gun. He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart.

>>34123507
In seven minutes?
Jesus, considering the sheer amount of military power stationed 24/7 in Tokyo 3, you'd expect they could get a chopper filled with military in 3, not to mention mobilising the local police force. It is the future of humanity we're talking about

>>34123501
>Lets do this
We don't have a clue fi they are going for the kids or not, if they do or are trying for us then pop a shot.

>>34123501
Tang wouldn't do that a second time after apologizing the first time it happened. It's two men, and neither of them are the pilots. Shoot.

>>34123561
Mike revised his time estimate downwards- four minutes. Two minutes have already passed.

>>34123590
That's a bit more like it, although considering we have three pilots together, NERV must either think Dec is the Terminator or are severely underestimating the worth of three pilots

>inb4 bystanders checking if the children are ok.

>>34123630
They should just have a swat team equivalent follow us 24/7

>>34123640
>Implying Bystanders in any first world country randomly approach cars unless they're going to steal it
And even then, it's a matter of global security, civvies don't matter that much

I will be quite upset if this is a hallucination.

>>34123663
It would be more... Either give one their own individual guardian, and as such keep them split apart.

But as it's standing, if someone wanted to utterly wreck NERV, they could simply wait around a corner with an RPG and blow up the car. Three pilots, dead.

So in that case I would imagine we'd at least be driving something that's an equivalent of a tank, with guards, with implanted spies following the routes we're taking. This is literally the future of humanity they're protecting here after all

>>34123740
I don't think the kids are the targets at all. I think this is focused on us entirely. They could have had the kids already by now.

>>34123740
You have to remember that ultimately SEELE doesn't need living pilots. Well-adjusted, competent, (living,) and well-trained pilots are a direct threat to their interests.

It's hard to tell if Gendo cares about anyone besides Shinji and Unit01, but competent pilots are potentially a threat to him too. He may want Shinji destabilized emotionally so that Gendo can manipulate Shinji easier.

>>34123681
I agree, I'm just saying we often get screwed on fire decisions, no matter what we pick.

>Take the shot
Girl dies.

>Don't take the shot
Janitor shoots us in the back 10 seconds later.

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>

You bring your pistol to bear, and stand to your full height in one smooth motion. You settle the iron sights firmly on the first man's chest, and pull the trigger. Your CZ kicks upwards, but you force it downwards before the man can begin falling backwards, and you pull the trigger again. This time, as your pistol is rising with the recoil, you shoot once more as the iron sights pass over his stomach, and he topples backwards, rifle dropping from his hands. You shift your aim to the second man, trying to bring his own rifle to bear on you.

He gets one off, but your first two are dead center in the X-ring. He starts going backwards, and you pull the trigger once more. He goes down, hard, and then you're going backwards, too. You slam into the wall- too hard to be fake, and cough once. One of the marksmen must have gotten you while you were exposed, and you're glad he went for center mass. If he had shot you in the head, there would be no more Declan. You wish you had a QRF following you around. Having them able to kick doors in and grenade windows to help would be nice. As soon as this is over you'll be requesting that, you think. And hiding the kids in a bunker defended by the Swiss Guard.

You cough again, and check yourself for sucking chest wounds. There are none, so you're still good to fight (and die,) that insidious voice tells you. It's not Lily because she'd be all “Oh my brave Dec” and shit and frankly you're getting kind of tired of it, you'd just like some answers, is all.

Forcing those thoughts aside, you check the time on your watch. One minute left. “It's all copacetic,” you tell the cashier cowering beside you. “Mike'll come rolling up in the armored SUV, and then he'll pick the kids up in it, and then he'll roll up to me and pick me up, and then I'll go hunt me some snipers,” you grin.

The crunching of glass behind you penetrates the gunfire haze in your ears, and you narrow your eyes. Mike's not due for another- you check your watch- forty seconds.

You've got ten shots left in your magazine, with four magazines left. Using your cell as a mirror again, you catch a black mass shift behind a shelf.

[]Are you a bad enough dude to use your improvised mirror to aim?
[]Who needs aiming when you've still got seventy-four bullets?
[]Write-in

>>34123829
Wrong, as it stands a living pilot is needed for an EVA unit to utilise an S2 Engine for the 3rd impact.

Keeping Pilots alive is also ESSENTIAL, for killing Angels, and considering how much of a risky business that is, on both the PR front AND the actual battle field, you would think that the pilots are needed.

As for your comments about what they need in their pilots, I'm unsure of where you're getting this information from. Both parties need pilots to repel the Angels, only one party needs a pilot to initiate instrumentality, and well adjusted individuals serve both interests fine.

>>34123928
>[X]Are you a bad enough dude to use your improvised mirror to aim?
Fuck yeah we are.

>>34123928
>[]Are you a bad enough dude to use your improvised mirror to aim?

Wild firing seems...not a good idea.

>>34123928
>Who needs aiming when you've still got seventy-four bullets?
Time to take a page out of the Ork Codex!

>>34123928
>[]Are you a bad enough dude to use your improvised mirror to aim?

>>34123928
>[X]Are you a bad enough dude to use your improvised mirror to aim?
Might be Mari, thinking she's hot shit and trying to help. Let's not take chances.

>>34123928
>[]Are you a bad enough dude to use your improvised mirror to aim?

>>34123833
>often
>twice
>continue to be cowardly in every thread forever

Man, you know what

[x]Are you a bad enough dude to use your improvised mirror to aim?

[x]"OI FOCK YOU TOO YOU FOCKIN CUNT"

>>34124012
Nigger, I voted to shoot in every single one of these situations. I'm just saying sometimes shit doesn't pan out right.

>>34123928
>[]Are you a bad enough dude to use your improvised mirror to aim?

>>34123912
[x]Are you a bad enough dude to use your improvised mirror to aim?
Goddamn right we are.

>>34123928
[X]Are you a bad enough dude to use your improvised mirror to aim?

Argh fuck are you kidding me I've got to go in to work early tomorrow evening so we'll be cutting this one short. Sorry mates.

>

Are you a bad enough dude to use a cellphone as a mirror to shoot someone? Some distant part of your training weeps at what you're about to do. But fuck the rules, you've been shot at here. So you poke your pistol above the counter, and use the phone to see.

He's emerging around the corner of the shelf. You center your sights on him and-

a whirr of bullets slashes its way across the convenience store, cutting the man in half. You look and see a black painted Humvee with anti-RPG armor parked in the lot, machine gun on the top still smoking from the burst that cut the man you were about to shoot in half. It tracks left, then right, then brings the gun to bear on some distant window you can't see, before letting loose with a burst. It tracks left, then right, and then another burst.

You give the Humvee a thumbs up, and stand up slowly. Mike leans out of the driver's seat and shoots you a thumbs up, before the side doors open and three of your Agents emerge. They sweep the parking lot, street, and building, before giving it an all clear.

Making your way to Mike, he shakes your hand. “We broke about fifteen different traffic regulations,” he's grinning, “But by God we got in here in four minutes.

“That you did, Mike, that you did. Thanks, by the way.”

“No problem,” he says easily. “No problem at all, just doing my duty. What do you want to do about the kids, sir?”

“I'm not sure- are they holding up okay?”

(1/2)

“From what I saw, sure, sir,” he says. “What do you want to do with 'em?”

“Good,” you respond, and pull your magazine from your pistol. You slip another in, and place the old one in your possibles pocket.

[]”Let 'em ride back in the Humvee, it'll be a treat for them. I'll stay here to deal with Captain Katsuragi”
[]”I'll take them in the Aston and the Humvee can follow. You okay to stay here for Captain Katsuragi?”
[]Write-in

>>34124326
>[x]”I'll take them in the Aston and the Humvee can follow. You okay to stay here for Captain Katsuragi?”

>>34124326
>[]”I'll take them in the Aston and the Humvee can follow. You okay to stay here for Captain Katsuragi?”

>>34124326
>[x]”I'll take them in the Aston and the Humvee can follow. You okay to stay here for Captain Katsuragi?”

>>34124326
>[]”Let 'em ride back in the Humvee, it'll be a treat for them. I'll stay here to deal with Captain Katsuragi”

>>34124326
>[X]”Let 'em ride back in the Humvee, it'll be a treat for them. I'll stay here to deal with Captain Katsuragi”
Trust no one. Even if they just saved our ass.

>>34124326
>”I'll take them in the Aston and the Humvee can follow. You okay to stay here for Captain Katsuragi?”
Taking our eyes off the Children is something we should never do if at all humanly possible.

>>34124326
>[x]”Let 'em ride back in the Humvee, it'll be a treat for them. I'll stay here to deal with Captain Katsuragi”

>>34124349
Oh shit I meant the other one.

>>34124326
>[]”I'll take them in the Aston and the Humvee can follow. You okay to stay here for Captain Katsuragi?”

>>34124326
[X]”I'll take them in the Aston and the Humvee can follow. You okay to stay here for Captain Katsuragi?”

>>34124326
>[x]”I'll take them in the Aston and the Humvee can follow. You okay to stay here for Captain Katsuragi?”

[x] Don't forget the soda. Pay the clerk and walk out like nothing happened.

>>34124326
[x]writein
HUGS! \o/

>>34124473
This.

Wait. Do we get a NERV discount?

>>34124326
[x]write-in
Wake up.

>>34124599
We're already awake.

>

“I'll take them in the Aston and the Humvee can follow. Are you okay to stay here for the Captain?” You ask Mike, watching as the three men from the passenger seats get back in, while one takes the driver's.

“Sure, sure,” he says easily. “No problem at all. What was for dinner?”

“I was going to order pizza from Pizza Hut, why?”

“Can you get a couple extra for the boys and I?”

“Sure, sure,” you respond coolly. “I'll foot the pizza if you foot the soda?”

“Alright,” Mike tells you. “I'll go ahead and dial it in for you, but tell 'em you'll pay?”

“Works for me,” you shake his hand. You leave him sitting behind the cashier's booth, smoking a cigarette, and head for the Aston Martin. The Children greet you with a quiet chorus of “Hello”, and you respond in kind.

You start the car and begin the drive to the place you're staying. It's not home, and it might be a while until it is.

“Thank you,” Asuka suddenly says. You glance at her out of the corner of your eye.

“What?” You ask intelligently.

“Thank you,” she repeats, just as quietly. Shrugging your shoulders, you put your eyes back on the road.

“Thank you for keeping Mari and Shinji from panicking,” you tell her. “And thank you for not panicking yourself. You helped.

I guess at some point we should figure out where we were hit by the bullet, in case there's internal bleeding.

Thanks for playing tonight, guys. Sorry we had to cut it short, but work is cunts. Assuming they don't need me Saturday evening, we'll be running about SIX PM EST!

>>34124706
Sounds good. See you then, tang.

>>34124706
Anything to say to the haters of Lily up at the top of the thread?

>>34124695
>dat Asuka
There's hope for her yet. Here's hoping she doesn't go the way of Mari.

>>34124706
Thanks for running man. Hope to see you then.

>>34124706
Work is dildos.

>>34124706
Thanks fer running tangfag!

>>34124749
But muh /u/

>>34124733
It is an entity of hate and malice, not your wife.

>>34127064
>not hatefucking the incarnation of hate and malice
Wow