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Terrible Father Quest (Evangelion)

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[X] The heater is stuck. It keeps the temperature a balmy 85F.

I'll stick to one choice, since it's supposed to be a choice and not a pick many.
 
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[X] The heater is stuck.
-[X] And while there is a recreational television set, there is a problem with the cable connection. Only three channels are available: A cooking network, the world-wrestling conglomeration, and grainy, poorly received porn. This can be fixed, but inconveniently it will take 6-8 weeks to book an electrician if they try. With a city like Tokyo-3 on top of Nerv, small issues such as television reception are well to the bottom of the priority repair list!
 
Don't like the TV thing. We're doing Shinji a favor here, not torturing him. For the same reason, I'm not voting to make the shower incapable of going cooler than "comfortably warm".

[X] The heater is stuck. It keeps the temperature a balmy 85F.
 
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[X] The shower opens into both bedrooms, and the doors are on backorder.
[X] The heater is stuck. It keeps the temperature a balmy 85F.
 
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[X] The shower opens into both bedrooms, and the doors are on backorder.
[X] The heater is stuck. It keeps the temperature a balmy 85F.

Because why not both. They even work together to deny Shinji a cold shower.
 
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drake_azathoth said:
[X] The shower opens into both bedrooms, and the doors are on backorder.
[X] The heater is stuck. It keeps the temperature a balmy 85F.

As bodacious as Misato is, I feel an adult influence could only serve our purpose ill. The 'one bed' thing is rather overt and unlikely to work as intended, as one or the other pilot is likely to simply sleep on the floor. On the other hand, it's unlikely Shinji can in any way keep Rei from stripping down if she's overheated, and the shower thing is subtle enough and hard enough to circumvent with the temperature up that 'mistakes' will be easy to make.
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you've convinced me.
[X] The shower opens into both bedrooms, and the doors are on backorder.
[X] The heater is stuck. It keeps the temperature a balmy 85F.
 
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[X] The shower opens into both bedrooms, and the doors are on backorder
[X] The heater is stuck. It keeps the temperature a balmy 85F

This setup practically means they will have a scene where one of them will take a bath and into someone else!
 
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[X] Everything's fine, but there's only one bed.
[X] The heater is stuck. It keeps the temperature a balmy 85F.
 
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[X] The shower opens into both bedrooms, and the doors are on backorder
[X] The heater is stuck. It keeps the temperature a balmy 85F
 
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[X] The heater is stuck.
-[X] And while there is a recreational television set, there is a problem with the cable connection. Only three channels are available: A cooking network, the world-wrestling conglomeration, and grainy, poorly received porn. This can be fixed, but inconveniently it will take 6-8 weeks to book an electrician if they try. With a city like Tokyo-3 on top of Nerv, small issues such as television reception are well to the bottom of the priority repair list!
[X]Shower Opens into both bedrooms minus doors.
 
[X] The shower opens into both bedrooms, and the doors are on backorder
[X] There's a door that leads to Misato's apartment, and it doesn't lock.
[X] The heater is stuck. It keeps the temperature a balmy 85F.

Calling Misato "adult influence" is pretty funny. Didn't know you were a comedian, drake_azathoth.
 
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[X] There is only one bed in the Pilot's room and the heater is stuck at a balmy 85F
-[X] There's a door that leads to Misato's apartment, and it doesn't lock. Oddly her heater has developed similar issues to the pilots' heater.
-[X] And while there is a recreational television set, there is a problem with the cable connection. Only three channels are available: A cooking network, the world-wrestling conglomeration, and grainy, poorly received porn. This can be fixed, but inconveniently it will take 6-8 weeks to book an electrician if they try. With a city like Tokyo-3 on top of Nerv, small issues such as television reception are well to the bottom of the priority repair list!
 
[] Let it be a surprise. Tell Section Two to take care of it.
[] Everything's fine, but there's only one bed.
[] The shower opens into both bedrooms, and the doors are on backorder
[] There's a door that leads to Misato's apartment, and it doesn't lock.
[] The heater is stuck. It keeps the temperature a balmy 85F.
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...How terrible, father. Though 85F seems to be 29C, so not really balmy. That said, isn't it a perpetual summer ever since Second Impact anyway?
 
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[X] The shower opens into both bedrooms, and the doors are on backorder.
[X] The heater is stuck. It keeps the temperature a balmy 85F.
 
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[X] The shower opens into both bedrooms, and the doors are on backorder.
[X] The heater is stuck. It keeps the temperature a balmy 85F.
 
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[X] The shower opens into both bedrooms, and the doors are on backorder.
[X] The heater is stuck. It keeps the temperature a balmy 85F.
 
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[X] The shower opens into both bedrooms, and the doors are on backorder
[X] The heater is stuck. It keeps the temperature a balmy 85F
 
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[X] The shower opens into both bedrooms, and the doors are on backorder
[X] The heater is stuck. It keeps the temperature a balmy 85F
 
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[X] The shower opens into both bedrooms, and the doors are on backorder
 
[X] The shower opens into both bedrooms, and the doors are on backorder.
[X] The heater is stuck. It keeps the temperature a balmy 85F.


I really want this to be the sort of quest where we come up with as much bullshit as possible, and people find tactical value or "hidden motives" in everything, rationalizing it away, when actually we are just fucking with everyone.
 
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iamnuff said:
[X] The shower opens into both bedrooms, and the doors are on backorder.
[X] The heater is stuck. It keeps the temperature a balmy 85F.


I really want this to be the sort of quest where we come up with as much bullshit as possible, and people find tactical value or "hidden motives" in everything, rationalizing it away, when actually we are just fucking with everyone.
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A Gendo version of "Make a Wish"?
 
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Selias said:
A Gendo version of "Make a Wish"?
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eh, less of "the spy who knew too little" and more like we KNOW it's happening, we just want to see how far we can push it before someone realizes how full of shit we are.

possibly including the line 'perhaps my subconscious is a genius?'
 
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eh, less of "the spy who knew too little" and more like we KNOW it's happening, we just want to see how far we can push it before someone realizes how full of shit we are.
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I feel like I should point out that this is apparently canon.
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Now all you have to do is justify your decision.

An hour later you realize that, once again, you've underestimated just how much people are willing to rationalize your decisions for you.
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[] The shower opens into both bedrooms, and the doors are on backorder.
[] The heater is stuck. It keeps the temperature a balmy 85F.

As you walk away from the meeting you hit *2. Your section 2 chief picks up immediately. "Yes sir?"

"I want both doors to the children's shower removed, and the apartment complex's thermostat fixed at 85F."

"Yes sir." The faceless go- ah, loyal henchman replies. You hang up on him, because you can.

Your office is located deep in the bowels of the geofront, as far from the surface as possible for a number of good reasons. Only one of them was related to putting yourself as far away from any possible N2 surface detonation as possible.

Eyes closed, you remember the good old days, when your son was just a tiny minime that followed Yui around the lab. Maybe spending so much time around the esoteric equipment had done something to him, you pondered. Perhaps that was why he didn't have any confidence.

You suppose. . . you should do some paperwork after taking a nap.

Nearly three weeks later, you're disappointed with Shinji. Also yourself. Was sticking the temperature high and removing a few doors really the best you could come up with?

True, the hot interior of the apartment caused problems for a little while, but with Misato living next door she'd soon discovered the young girl's habit of not wearing her school uniform when hot, and of not owning any other clothes. The problem had been rectified with a shopping trip, billed to Nerv.

. . . Yui never wore shirts that cost that much money, and had so little material. The only silver lining was that, apparently, your son appreciated those clothes as much as any teenaged boy would on an exotic looking girl, and he'd taken to 'accidentally' getting glimpses of Rei when she was leaving the shower.

Damn. It would have probably been better for his confidence if you'd sent him to live with Misato instead.

Your gambit has failed! Take one straight to the pride!

At least Shinji isn't stuttering so much any more, though. You'll need to do something more to build up his confidence, but what?

When you eat dinner with him, it's at his apartment. Apparently your son can cook, and though normally you'd disapprove, he's feeding you some of the time, and you were getting tired of takeout. You spend most of the time asking him about his studies, his friends, and how he's getting along with Rei. Doing well, two backup pilots, and "She's nice", respectively. The clone seems to be acting more human too, which you should have also anticipated.

She actually smiled at you when you opened the door. A normal, human smile.

Bizarre.

That said, you've got more important things on your mind. The United Nations is starting to nose around your business, trying to find out what use you're putting the funds they've been sending you to.

Damn it, you don't need this right now. If you let the U.N. stick their nose into things, they'll give somebody access to Nerv, the ability to snitch on you to the global communi- you mean old bast- sorry, SEELE.

No, wait, you did mean old bastards.

You can block them, or you can try to set up a compromise that'll look to the front men like a good enough deal that they won't check with their backers before signing off on it. You need someone predictable enough that you can work around them, but that the old men would still think they could use against you. Perhaps. . . yes. And of course she'd have to live with the others!

This will work nicely.

After all, if someone wants to be in the thick of things, who was he to argue?

Who are you going to offer to let in?
[] Asuka Langley Sohru
[] Mari Makinari

Almost immediately after you make the deal, though, the unthinkable happens.

The fourth angel attacks nearly three days early.

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The city erupts into chaos as people fight to get into buildings, and when the streets are clear they retract, stowing their inhabitants safely inside the geofront.

You rush to the pribnow box, and oversee your two pilots standing on the gantry. Rei had been about to perform an activation test in Unit 00, and Shinji had been in for a checkup from Ritsuko Akagi.

There's a choice to be made.

All eyes look to you, and you realize that the scrolls didn't have anything about this situation. This wasn't foretold.

You are officially off the rails.

. . . and you're going to ram this up SEELE's ass if it's the last thing you do. Your mind kicks back into low gear, making small steps and decisions, piecing the small pieces into bigger pieces.

Immediate goal: Prevent a third impact caused by Shamsel reaching Terminal Dogma.

Resources: Unit 01, Unit 00, Rei Ayanami, Shinji Ikari.

Rei had been backed up yesterday, in case the activation test went wrong. You could call on the JSSDF for long-range bombardment with conventional weapons, for what good they'd do.

Reserves: Backup Reis and a JSSDF air strike.

You need a plan of battle

[] Plan?
 
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[X] Mari Makinami

Plan, huh. Well, bombing run seems safe for initial attack?
 
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