[IC] Neon Exodus Evangelion Act 2 - Crossing

[Notus]

Alma's Apartment

On 26/02/2018 at 7:38 AM, rustytengo said:

"Nope. The only reason I ended up waking up when I did was because a certain person decided to play which is stronger between their head and the bottom of the bed i was sleeping on."

"...Yeah, right." Asuka answered the other girl. Sometimes Beverly could get on her nerves, but she had to admit that "Sir Kay" reminded her of herself, years ago - and that's why she could get what probably was a lie.

 "So all of us had the same dream and only you wad left out? Well, that might mean it was nothing after all... If it was everybody, maybe we could consider it a useful piece of information." She hoped her words would sink in Beverly's head.

 

Meanwhile, Alma - who had gently returned Ahmed's hug - returned from the kitchen with the cup of coffee the boy had asked for. "I don't think you have to worry about that anyway, Asuka dear." She said, picking up in their conversation. " Shared dreams are a bit rare, but they do happen to people since way before any Angel was spotted. There are lots of theories that try to explain why it happens - from some kind of brain state sinc to it being an access to an subconcious information network -  but what is for sure is that they don't have any confirmed prophetic properties." She said calmly. "Actually my graduation work was on that subject. It's a really interesting phenomenom, and more common than most people think. I can still check you guys out for any abnormalities if you want me to."

 

Satomi

On 27/02/2018 at 11:03 PM, Twinwolf said:

 "Well, if I have to sound like someone, she's a pretty good option." 

 "Indeed." Daisuke answered simply, not sure if he wanted to keep that awkward line of conversation. He then took a bite of his breakfast and added. "You cook better than her, though. We used to eat out so much for a reason." 

[Twinwolf]

Satomi stifled a laugh as she dug into her own breakfast. "Huh, I always thought that was because you guys were busy. I guess I didn't get my cooking skills from her, then - did you ever try?" She joked. She tactfully didn't mention the reason she'd had to learn to cook - can hardly eat out all the time, and with Dad in his research... no use thinking about that, right now. 

[rustytengo]

"That sounds a bit overboard. They just had a bad dream, it may of had burning plants, sea monsters and weird red eyed girls, but it was just a dream. Their brains where probably just trying to process stuff." Beverly said in response to the shrinks suggestion of a check up. "Besides we already have a meeting with the big bosses today, and there are plenty of other people who need actual help then us so you shouldn't waste the time." She finished before biting down into her sandwich. 

[Yours Truly]

Ahmed took a long sip from his cup of coffee as he heard Sir Kay describe the dream he and apparently everyone else who climbed into an Evangelion had; with a surprising amount of detail for someone who just claimed to not have had the dream in the first place, and he raised his cup slightly as he asked, "Sir Kay, did you take a look at the notes I written down about what I remembered from my dream? Or did someone else tell you about it? Because I would genuinely be quite impressed if you had just...managed to guess all of the details we had about the dream somehow.".

[rustytengo]

Beverly stared at Ahmed with a dumbfounded look on her face. "You literally just said what was in the your dream. Does your mouth speak with out your brain? If so that explains a lot." She said sounding annoyed before biting into her sandwich again.

[Yours Truly]

Ahmed had a slight smirk on his face when he said, "Ah but Sir Kay, I don't think that I had mentioned anything about some weird red eyed girl being in my dream didn't I?."

[Notus]

Alma´s Apartment

6 hours ago, Cronos5010 said:

"Ah but Sir Kay, I don't think that I had mentioned anything about some weird red eyed girl being in my dream didn't I?."

And there it is Asuka thought to herself, containing a smirk. Provoking Beverly about that would be fun, but they had more pressing matters to attend to. 

Alma caught up to that before she could, though; the shrink giggled a bit at the situation before speaking. "Well, despite all that I agree with Beverly, it´s probably nothing. For starters I honestly doubt Angels could really infiltrate the human mind, and even if they could this would be too weak of an attack, don´t you think?" She then looked at her wrist watch and raised an eyebrow. "We can talk more about that later if you want to, but now I think it´s time we get ready for our meeting." 

 Asuka rolled her eyes at the shrink´s first statement but didn´t bother to correct her about the Angel´s capabilities - the less Alma knew, the better for her. It was enough that Asuka herself was aware of the situation and, more than that, she didn´t think it was an Angel attack nor a regular dream but something else entirely. How did they dream about Rei if they don´t know her? If that girl - that thing - was really involved, then she´d have to take it seriously.
 "Right then, now I´m gonna take a bath and get changed, since someone is finally done with it. I´m blaming 'Sir Kay' if we´re late." She then got up and left the room without waiting for a reply.

 Satomi

On 04/03/2018 at 9:54 PM, Twinwolf said:

 "Huh, I always thought that was because you guys were busy. I guess I didn't get my cooking skills from her, then - did you ever try?" 

 "Not really, I never had the time to." Daisuke answered, finishing his plate. There was a bit of awkward silence and he looked at the time in his computer´s screen. "Uhmn, I´d better change for the meeting. I wish Adalard heard me and changed to video calls, they waste far less time." He said, leaving the table straight to his room without any other words.

[rustytengo]

Beverly huffed at Ahmed before turning away from from him. "I probably heard it from the others well they where talking." She mumbled as she ate her sandwich. When it shrink spoke up Beverly was grateful(not that she would ever say anything) that she changed the subject. As Asuka left to the bathroom Beverly headed towards her room to finish getting ready she called out to Asuka "Well once you realize their not going to get any bigger you shouldn't take as long." She said with a smirk before walking into her room.

[Bfroger6]

Ranga was fairly relieved when the Doctor and the others dismissed the idea that this was an Angel attack. Truly the very thought of the Angels was enough to send her body quivering in anticipation and fear. Had they gotten close enough to infiltrate their minds she'd be terrified-! She already felt better knowing everyone was affected but Alma's claims put her fully at ease. She happily started eating the breakfast with a big smile on her face.

 

"We need to go get ready already?" The girl exclaimed, quickening her eating pace. When she was done, she went over to the room to change into the required attire but not before approaching the Doctor. "Are normal clothes fine, A-alma?" She blushed slightly, waiting for a reply.

[Notus]

Alma´s Apartment
 

20 hours ago, rustytengo said:

"Well once you realize their not going to get any bigger you shouldn't take as long."

Asuka heard that from inside the room. When she was younger she would be really pissed off about that, but now that she had grown into a mature, centered version of herself...

Spoiler

 

 

Well, some things never change.
"Ha, as if you had anything on me in that department." The red head answered loud and clear from behind the door, regaining her composure and grabbing her clothes "Besides..." she added, while opening the door and gaining the corridor wearing a smirk and a towel, either forgetting or not caring at all about Ahmed´s presence in the place. "It´s quality over quantity, dear." She finished, stopping for a bit to put a hand on her hips and stare into Beverly´s eyes with a triumphant look.

Alma watched with an amused smile as Asuka moved past Beverly towards the bathroom. These two sure are a handful to deal with. she thought just as Ranga asked her about what they should wear. "Yes sweetheart, your normal clothes are fine." Adalard had decided that the kids didn´t need formal clothing for their reunions - they were trying to keep their identity as pilots a secret, after all. "Uniforms are really unconfortable and, besides, you look sooo cute in your own clothing! It would be a shame to spoil that."

[Chevaleresse]

That much, at least, was enough to prompt a raised eyebrow - both at the situation that seemed to be escalating between Asuka and Beverly and the Doctor's words. Her eyes flicked downward toward herself, briefly, before her gaze moved to Alma. ". . . Are you sure?" she asked hesitantly, raising a grease-stained sleeve and waggling it about before letting it fall back to the table. She welcomed the distraction from the talk of the dream, though; she didn't like the idea of those things being in her head in any way, no matter how much either of the "experts" insisted it was nothing to be concerned about. 

[rustytengo]

Beverly just crossed her arms underneath her chest with a smirk as Asuka stared her down just to remind her who she was dealing with.  As Asuka started to walk past her Beverly called out "Hey Lancelot found a Guinevere for you." She said as she got behind  Asuka and attempted to pull her towel down.

[Yours Truly]

Ahmed had already moved to avert his gaze the moment after Sir Kay's long lost mother decided to engage her in what was basically the female equivalent of a dick measuring contest; as if the mere act of gazing upon her would cause his flesh to quickly slough off of his bones or curse his entire family line with leprosy. Which is why he decided to not even try and find out whatever it was that Beverly talking about and simply opted to say, "NOPE."

[Notus]

Alma´s Battleground Apartment

Asuka was taken by surprise - not by Beverly trying to pull her towel, she expected that - but by the girl´s speed in doing so. Uh, she might not be all that bad in a fight after all. 
 
That would have to wait for later though. Asuka calmly let Beverly take the towel, glancing over her shoulder for a bit. "Well if you´re all that eager to prove my point, be my guest." She said, entering the bathroom without even flinching. "Ah, you can leave the towel hanging in the doorknob after you´re done, thanks." 

The sound of the door closing behind Asuka was a relief to Alma, as she didn´t want to start the day pulling two fighting teens apart from each other in the middle of her apartment. The woman sighed, and then answered the question directed towards her. "Yes, Kyou dear. Though maybe you´d need to do something about that grease... Dr. Hashimoto will probably disapprove if we stain his precious panels and screens in the command center, don´t you think?" 

...

Evangelion Command Center

 

Despite Daisuke's worries, Neummann and the children arrived right in time for the meeting. Once everyone took their seats in the wide room, their forming a crescent shape facing Adalard, the Admiral started speaking.

 

 "Thank you all for coming. First of all I'd like to offer my condolences to miss Kyou and mister Ahmed here. I heard of what happened with your parents and I'm deeply sorry for your loss."

 The big man stared earnestly into the kids eyes while he delivered those words, but soon afterwards he assumed a stern expression. "Unfortunately, as of now we don't have the luxury of time to grieve over our losses. I called this meeting to inform you of our colony's current situation and future plans." He then took a step sideways and pointed towards Satomi's father. "Daisuke will talk about the first part."

 

Dr Hashimoto stood up and moved to the center of the semi-circle, not wasting any time.

"Well, after our staff finished counting the casualties we suffered in the Angel's attack, it is pretty clear we can't risk many more deaths. Nearly a fifth of the settlement's population was wiped out by the Angel, which means we're not too far from a number that would likely generate genetic diseases due to inbreeding in the future." He paused for a moment and then kept going. "Our probe drones have been patrolling to the extremes of their range and we've confirmed that this world is indeed inhabited by more Angels, which would pose an obvious threat to our survival here."

 

Admiral Sauer assumed again from there. "Due to that it is clear that we cannot settle in Canaan without a huge probability of facing extinction. We will retreat from the planet, put the Noah on the move again and look for a new home... Or so we'd like to say."

 

"The thing is, the ship has no fuel for another landing - that's why we took so long probing the surface before bringing her down here. So even if we put everyone back into cryosleep and manage to find another suitable planet we wouldn't be able to land on it." He let the information sink in before continuing. Honestly, he had needed some time to process that when Daisuke told him about it - it seemed that they had hit a dead end, but they still had some cards to play.

 

"So the new plan is: we'll put the Noah back in Canaan's orbit to keep it away from the Angels. While the ship waits there, an exploration team will remain on the surface and look for the components to make more fuel for her. Once they're done we'll use the ship's tenders to bring it aboard and then leave."

 

"Daisuke and Alma, you'll provide me with part of your staff for the mission. I'll need the best within your teams, please bear in mind our survival depends on that. I'll command the ground troops personally to escort them and..."  he turned towards the children "...we will bring the Evangelions along too, since there is a good chance that we might encounter Angels along the way."

 

 

[Yours Truly]

Ahmed had responded to the Admiral's statement by simply replying with "And I wasn't planning on grieving yet anyway." He then waited for the man to finish speaking before slowly stood up and raised his hand to try and politely get the Admiral's attention before he asked "And I assume that we will be the ones piloting the EVAs right? And have your probe drones already given us a clue about where the fuel components would be located?" He then slowly sat back down on the seat as he said, "And I assume that we have a way to repair the EVAs on the ground just in case a critical part such as the legs or the hands gets damaged right?."

[Notus]

14 hours ago, Cronos5010 said:

 "And I assume that we will be the ones piloting the EVAs right? And have your probe drones already given us a clue about where the fuel components would be located?" He then slowly sat back down on the seat as he said, "And I assume that we have a way to repair the EVAs on the ground just in case a critical part such as the legs or the hands gets damaged right?."

"Yes, yes and also yes." Admiral Sauer answered Ahmed promptly. "There's no time to look for other sync compatible people for the EVAs, so we need you to pilot for us in this mission; we already have a rough idea of were to look for the components we need thanks to the data sent by the probes and, finally, we will have a well equiped maintenance team for the EVAs in the expedition as well, but since our resources will be a bit more limited than usual I advise you to avoid taking unnecessary risks." The man then gestured towards Asuka with his right hand. "That said, you'll all be regularly attending to pilot training with Asuka. It will consist in physical training, martial arts, shooting, tactics and simulated battles. Are you all following until now?"

[Yours Truly]

Ahmed raised his hand once more before he said, "Yes I have, and I think  speak for everyone here when I say that we all hope and pray for this mission's success...although I do still have a few questions to ask about it." He took a deep breath just before he lowered his hand and asked, "When will we start the mission? Do we have any plans for quickly and securely getting someone back to the ship just in case it is needed? Will we," he gestured at Sir Kay, Ranga, and all of the other EVA pilots as he said, "Be inside of our Evangelions in alternating shifts? Or are we supposed to be on standby in the vehicle that carries it around until we are needed, and do we even have any vehicles that are large enough to carry them around?."

[Notus]

Adalard was honestly surprised by how focused on the mission Ahmed was. He expected him and Kyou to be more shaken after what happened to their family, so the boy's rational approach to piloting the EVA again was a relief.

 

"Good questions mr.Ahmed. You'll be riding in the EVA transport to allow for quick deployement in case of need, as piloting them all the way to the extraction area would put too much of a strain on you. We do have all the apparatus to carry the Evangelion units along with us but, that said, going back to the ship is another story. We do have the means to do it, but should keep that to a minimum so that the tenders have enough fuel to carry the fuel - and us - aboard later."

 

"As for our departure, that would be tomorrow just after dawn. Today you'll begin your training and then I suggest you spend some time with your families. Tell them you volunteered to help in the research or medical teams and try to make them at ease. I promise I'll give my best to ensure that you return to them safe, sound and soon."

[Yours Truly]

While he had a determined look in his eyes when the Admiral started to answer all of his questions; that look slowly faded from his face as his mind slowly started to wander away from the topic in hand, and wonder about what their near future would hold. About what it would mean to his family if he helped the mission succeed...and what it would mean to the human race as a whole if they failed.

He blinked away the mental images of humanity slowly dying and his mother learning to walk again as he came back down to reality right around the time the admiral mentioned something about volunteering. "Well it seems as if there is no time to waste apparently, and while I would love to ask you some more questions about whether or not we would obtain any other types of weaponry and how long the Evangelions can operate before they have to refuel. I think that the others will probably have their own questions and might resent me for taking up all of your attention."

[Twinwolf]

"What kind of contact will we have with the ship? Do we have any way of telling where Angels are before they show themselves? Do we have any sort of time frame for the mission yet?" Satomi asked her own questions. She glanced at her father - she wondered, how much had he spoken with the Admiral before hearing of this? With how against her piloting he'd been in the first place, she couldn't imagine he'd gone easy. Still, she hardly had a choice in the matter. If they need the evas and she's one of the few who can pilot, it's a responsibility she had to fulfill. 

[Chevaleresse]

Kyou stayed largely silent. Now she was being drafted to fight horrible alien monsters in their own homegrown monsters, in order to make sure that humanity itself wasn't extinguished, because they'd somehow managed to pick a planet infested with the things that caused the previous apocalypse. It didn't feel real, but she was terrified regardless, and it showed on her face. It was taking a lot of effort for her not to hyperventilate right there. Did it have to be her? Helping maintain the EVAs would be one thing, she'd be glad to do her part there - but piloting them? And on top of it, she had to lie to her father about what was happening. 

[rustytengo]

Beverly glared at Ahmed. "Well i already resent you for thinking you can speak for me. So keep talking your death wish is just going to become more prevalent as you talk so feel free to continue." she said to him before looking at Adalard."Oh yes we will all can go spend time with our families, but you know if not where are we going to do the training at?" She said to him annoyed.

[Notus]

On 14/03/2018 at 12:58 PM, Cronos5010 said:

"Well it seems as if there is no time to waste apparently, and while I would love to ask you some more questions about whether or not we would obtain any other types of weaponry and how long the Evangelions can operate before they have to refuel. I think that the others will probably have their own questions and might resent me for taking up all of your attention."

 "Right, we didn't have the time to explain about the technicalities of the EVAs yet. You'll have a more detailed explanation later on, but for now I can answer that, without an external power source, they can only operate by 5 minutes. As for weaponry, we'll be using the standard equipment - rifle and progressive knife - at first, and our dev team will analyze your training footage and work on weapons optimized for you fighting style." Admiral Sauer explained.

 

On 15/03/2018 at 11:48 PM, Twinwolf said:

"What kind of contact will we have with the ship? Do we have any way of telling where Angels are before they show themselves? Do we have any sort of time frame for the mission yet?" 

 This time Dr. Hashimoto was the one to answer. "Our contact with the ship will be pretty limited actually, since she'll be in orbit and we don't have a sattelite network here. It'll depend on our position relative to the planet, so communication will only work on certain times of the day. We can also ask for supplies, parts and extra medical aid to be delivered by shuttle, but that would spend even more fuel and should only be done in extreme cases." He said with a neutral voice. "Now that I'm personally in charge of our probes we'll have around 90% chance of detecting Angels over an hour before they appear, so enough time to either change course or prepare the EVAs for combat. The mission will be over when we have enough fuel for another landing."

 

While the two men talked, Alma noticed Kyou's reaction and, being right beside her, gently held her hand. That was a lot to take in for everyone, but she seemed to be specially fragile compared to the others.

 

On 15/03/2018 at 7:33 AM, rustytengo said:

"Oh yes we will all can go spend time with our families, but you know if not where are we going to do the training at?"

Adalard grinned. "It's good to know you've got that much fighting spirit, Miss Beverly. Asuka will show you all to the training area after we're done here, so please be patient until them." 

[Yours Truly]

On 3/15/2018 at 5:33 PM, rustytengo said:

Beverly glared at Ahmed. "Well i already resent you for thinking you can speak for me. So keep talking your death wish is just going to become more prevalent as you talk so feel free to continue." she said to him before looking at Adalard."Oh yes we will all can go spend time with our families, but you know if not where are we going to do the training at?" She said to him annoyed.

Ahmed turned slightly to get a better look at Beverly before he said, "If I had a death wish Sir Kay, I would have already left for the wilderness to look for my father or his remains with nothing but some basic survival gear, a recently sharpened rapier, and a copy of the bible with me. Choosing to help the Admiral in his attempt at saving whatever is left of humanity is simply a civic duty. Especially since our EVAs are apparently quite choosy when it comes to their pilots...although." He quickly turned back to face the Admiral before he asked, "Why would it be difficult to find another Sync compatible person anyway?."

[Notus]

On 17/03/2018 at 1:58 PM, Cronos5010 said:

 "Why would it be difficult to find another Sync compatible person anyway?."

"That's because of technicalities you wouldn't understand." Dr. Hashimoto answered. "But, to put it simply, once the system is set to one person it's almost impossible to break the link and set it to another pilot."