[20:47] <~consilium> It's Wednesday, and though the sun never reaches down here, it is six in the morning nonetheless.  At least, the PA is chiming.  The cafeteria will be open and stocked shortly.
06[20:48] * Alex decides to go eat a small breakfast. At least recently, he's been staying out of Marguerite's way; he doesn't really want to talk to her again until he knows what to say.
06[20:49] * Elise is currently wrapped in a mess of sheets and blankets on the bed in her room, sitting slowly before she finally realizes that she is indeed awake. It takes less time for her stomach to take over and direct her quickly to the cafeteria.
06[20:50] * Amy rubs her eyes, grabbing her head immediately. She stumbles to her feet and dresses in a daze, then in the general direction of the cafeteria. Maybe she just needs something to eat...
06[20:52] * Marguerite woke at 5, again, and has been doing low-impact exercises in the gym, not particularly desirous of ruined joints before she's thirty. She showers and dresses, tying her hair back in a bun even before it fully dries. She craves protein, and she'll have it.
06[20:54] * Elise has, as usual, claimed a large plate of sausage, bacon, and eggs. She picked up a bagel just to see what it is but is unsure if she should actually eat it.
06[20:56] * Alex catches Marguerite's eye just for a second as she comes into the cafeteria but averts his gaze, slowly grazing his waffles and meat in lieu of making conversation.
06[20:56] * Elise skips over with her plate'o'meat and sits with Alex, because hey, why not!
06[20:57] * Amy assembles a light meal and sits...somewhere. She can't think about where right now. Just...whatever.
06[20:57] * Elise looks over when Amy enters, "AMY~"
06[20:57] * Alex looks up at Elise, nods once to her to acknowledge her presence, and continues eating in silence.
06[20:57] * Amy turns to Elise.
03[20:57] <Amy> "Raghflaghlmrghf."
06[20:57] * Elise waves.
[20:58] <Alex> "...Amy, are you all right?"
06[20:58] * Elise looks confused as a piece of bacon hangs from her mouth.
06[20:58] * Marguerite meets Alex's gaze for a split second, shivering harshly in response. She carefully selects for herself items she remembers having had in the past, settling on toast, eggs and orange juice, and sits halfway across the cafeteria, digging immediately into her eggs.
[20:58] <Elise> "Wha happen?"
08[21:00] * Ben_McCormmick (Ramengelio@EFBE106C.648C8FC7.240D5AC4.IP) has joined #AEChicago
03[21:00] <Amy> "I don't feel well today."
03[21:00] <Amy> "I don't know what it is." She takes a long drink from her bottle of water.
[21:00] <Alex> "Can I help?"
[21:01] <Elise> "We wanna help."
06[21:01] * Marguerite watches quietly, sipping at her orange juice. Observation...
03[21:02] <Amy> "No. I'm sure I'll feel better eventually. Thank you for the concern."
[21:02] <Elise> "...sure?"
06[21:03] * Alex nods. "If you insist. Simply remember that I am here for you in confidence and confidance, and I will be satisfied."
06[21:03] * Alex gives Amy's hand a short pat before getting up to go bus his plates.
06[21:03] * Elise looks between the two in confusion.
06[21:04] * Marguerite watches Alex gets up, then turns her attention to the last of her toast, finishing it.
06[21:05] * Alex can barely feel Marguerite's gaze upon him, but he quickly goes back to sit back down with Amy.
06[21:05] * Elise looks over to Amy, "Heeey Amy... can we eat bagels?"
03[21:06] <Amy> "Huh? I don't know. It's not meat. You might not want to risk it."
[21:06] <Alex> "Eggs are not meat," Alex adds.
06[21:06] * Elise leans in and sniffs it, "Hhhmmmmmmm~"
03[21:07] <Amy> "They're dead animals."
06[21:08] * Elise decides to hell with and noms the bagel anyway. Ben did say it was bread and she thinks she can eat that... maybe?
06[21:08] * Marguerite waits for Alex to sit, then rises to bus her own plate and glass, returning to her table with a bottle of water.
[21:08] <Alex> "Meat is the flesh of an animal. Eggs are an animal product."
06[21:09] * Elise decides that bagels are pretty tasty.
03[21:09] <Amy> "If she throws up, you're going to deal with it."
[21:10] <Alex> "It does not appear she is in danger of doing so."
06[21:10] * Elise looks to the remaining half of her bagel and then starts piling egg and sauage between it.
[21:10] <Alex> "Are you quite sure you are all right? You seem preoccupied with something. Would it help to share?"
[21:10] <Elise> "Mmhm! We don't want Amy to feel bad!"
06[21:11] * Elise offers Amy a piece of bacon with a silly grin.
06[21:12] * Ben_McCormmick walks in to the cafeteria, joking with a few of the off-duty security staff he stops dead in his tracks when he sees Elise at the table. His company chide him and walk off. Ben snaps his head forward and gets in line for the grub.
03[21:12] <Amy> "I'm alright. Thank you for the concern."
06[21:13] * Amy takes the bacon and nibbles on it.
[21:13] <Elise> "Yay~"
06[21:13] * Marguerite shivers, eyeing McCormmick curiously.
06[21:14] * Elise looks up and notices Ben. She then quickly hops out of her seat (and over anything in her way) to jump on his back.
[21:15] <Elise> "Heello~ we like bagels now!"
06[21:16] * Ben_McCormmick nearly drops the tray with the waffles and fruit he was piling. He tries to recover, but the waffles are all over the tray. He sighs. "That's wonderful Elise." He tries to straighten out his plate with the kid hanging around his neck.
06[21:16] * Alex finds himself alone at the table with Amy. He looks back and glances at Marguerite again for just a second, as to invite her to sit with the two, but... unable to find the words or the courage, he looks back and simply gives Amy's hand a reassuring squeeze.
06[21:17] * Elise hops off him and scampers back to her seat.
06[21:17] * Amy facepalms again and raises her voice, despite the headache it causes. "Marguerite!"
06[21:18] * Marguerite hunches her shoulders a moment, tensing like a cat. She waves lamely. "Bonjour~"
03[21:18] <Amy> "Come sit with us!"
[21:18] <Elise> "Sit with us!"
06[21:19] * Alex stays silent but only nods once.
06[21:19] * Ben_McCormmick 's friends snicker as he places sausages next to his waffles, his eyes darting over his shoulder every now and then. Food acquired and safe, he sits down with his cackling cohorts.
06[21:20] * Marguerite affects a smile, rising, and stries over to join them. "Good..." she glances to McCormick and his table with a more pronounced spasm, and quickly sits down to cover it, crossing her legs and snapping her attention back to the group. "...morning."
[21:21] <Alex> "Good morning, Marguerite."
[21:22] <Elise> "Morning!"
06[21:22] * Alex stands. "Amy, may I have a word with you?"
04[21:22] <Marguerite> "Hello, Alex, Elise, Amy," she says, greeting them a third time.
[21:23] <Elise> "Hmm?" Elise glances over to Alex.
03[21:23] <Amy> "Hello."
06[21:23] * Amy stumbles to her feet. "Private?"
[21:23] <Alex> "Please."
06[21:23] * Alex goes some ways away and into a nearby empty room with Amy before shutting the door.
06[21:24] * Amy follows him.
03[21:24] <Amy> "Yes."
06[21:24] * Marguerite cocks her head to the side, then turns her attention to Elise, smiling. "How are you this morning?" She smiles broader.
[21:24] <Alex> "I could overhear a commotion from your room last night, from mine," Alex says. "I also made out the voices of you and Marguerite, and it is somewhat obvious that it is at least causing you discomfort, and possibly Marguerite some."
[21:25] <Elise> "We're good!"
[21:25] <Elise> "Are you good?"
06[21:26] * Marguerite nods, smiling. "We're good too. Thank you for asking, Elise."
03[21:26] <Amy> "There is nothing important to discuss."
[21:27] <Alex> "I disagree. If it is bothering you like this, it is not only detrimental to your mental health, but it also causes me to worry about you." Alex gives Amy a hug.
04[21:28] <Alex> "As serious as I tend to be, I am still your brother, Amy. I love you, and there is nothing that you can share with me that would change that."
[21:28] <Alex> "I will not force you to tell me, but simply know it is a possibility."
06[21:30] * Amy bows her head.
03[21:30] <Amy> "You are aware that I am very, very skilled with AT Fields."
[21:30] <Alex> "A prodigy to say the least, and I am proud of you."
03[21:31] <Amy> "I am -very- skilled with AT fields." She hopes he'll catch on. "VERY."
[21:32] <Alex> "Yes, we have established that."
03[21:33] <Amy> "You aren't following."
06[21:34] * Elise finally finishes her heap of food and then nods her head to Marguerite to run over to leap onto the back of ben's chair.
[21:34] <Alex> "I believe you are trying to tell me something concerning your use of AT fields." He pauses. "Your reiteration does not mean they have waned, quite the contrary." Pause. "They have developed to the point where it disturbs you."
03[21:34] <Amy> "I no longer need an Evangelion to use one."
[21:35] <Alex> "I see." Alex doesn't seem surprised. Or at the least, if he is, he's not letting it show.
03[21:35] <Amy> "I do not know why."
[21:36] <Alex> "Amy. Know that I only wish for you to be well, if safe is not an option. Simply be careful." He sidesteps the 'why'.
06[21:36] * Ben_McCormmick slams down the coffee in his hands, the liquid splattering on the table. "Hi Elise." He says with a groan.
[21:36] <Alex> "As there is no immediate detrimental effect and that the reason is inconsequential, do not worry yourself over this. It does not befit you."
03[21:37] <Amy> "I will. I do not need to be told how dangerous this might be. I would prefer if this was kept quiet for now."
[21:37] <Alex> "I understand."
06[21:37] * Alex pauses. "If you die, I will be upset with you. Please do not die."
06[21:37] * Marguerite quietly excuses herself from the cafeteria, returning to her room for her book.
[21:38] <Elise> "Hi! Ohh! What's that?" she asks as she looks over some of the items on his plate.
06[21:39] * Mrs_Curlinson steps into the cafeteria surrounded by the scent of smoke
06[21:39] * Elise glances over to the smokey woman.
[21:39] <Ben_McCormmick> "Those are waffles, strawberries and sausage. How come you don't know what breakfast is?"
03[21:39] <Amy> "I will not die. May we return to the cafeteria now?"
[21:39] <Elise> "...we dunno? Are we supposed to?"
06[21:40] * Mrs_Curlinson goes calmly to the cafeteria buffet, and selects a bunch of saussage, gravy, and fruit salad
[21:40] <Alex> "You may. I will be in my room to prepare."
03[21:40] <Amy> "Prepare?"
[21:40] <Alex> "Do not forget we have class."
06[21:40] * Mrs_Curlinson walks over to Ben and Elise and takes a seat, begining to eat
03[21:40] <Amy> "Oh. Yes. Thank you."
[21:40] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Good day, Mr. McCormmick"
[21:40] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Elise"
06[21:40] * Alex exits the room and does so.
[21:40] <Elise> "but its morning! It's not day yet."
[21:41] <Ben_McCormmick> "Sub Commander Curlinson! Good morning! I was just... uhh, trying to eat when Elise needed a lesson on breakfast foods."
06[21:43] * Mrs_Curlinson raises an eyebrow "Ah, so he's feeding your interests in food?" she asks wryly
[21:43] <~consilium> The public address begins blaring.  Younger people will feel an unpleasant warbling in their ears, their hearing previously undamaged by age.  It's an attack.
[21:43] <Elise> "We ate a bagel!"
06[21:43] * Elise immedaitely stands up nad looks around.
06[21:43] * Alex stands up and... runs to the bays. He can change there, and... fuck. He knew this day was coming, but he hoped it never would.
06[21:44] * Mrs_Curlinson pauses, then stands, and checks her pager
[21:44] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Awww shit"
[21:44] <Elise> "WE'RE GONNA GET 'EM!" she shouts enthusiastically as she runs to Mister Eelface.
06[21:44] * Amy freezes in the middle of the hallway. "No. Please not today." She follows her brother to the launch bay, trying desperately to snap herself out of whatever's wrong with her!
06[21:44] * Ben_McCormmick stands and looks Sub Commander Curlinson in the eye and sternly says, "We better get to the briefing room."
06[21:44] * Mrs_Curlinson nods
06[21:45] * Mrs_Curlinson checks her pager again, then very carefully deletes the message
06[21:46] * Marguerite steps out into the hall of the dorms, casting about. "Wh-what?!" She runs back to the cafeteria, looking for adult guidance, and catches up to Curlinson.
[21:46] <Marguerite> "M-ma'am, what's going on?"
[21:47] <Mrs_Curlinson> "There's been an attack. I need to confer with Magi. I *hate* confering with Magi"
[21:47] <Elise> "MIISSTTER~ EEL~FAAAACE~"
06[21:47] * Mrs_Curlinson says, hugging Marguerite offhandedly
[21:47] <Marguerite> "Magi?" She looks around, hesitant. "Euh. Uhm." She clears her throat. "Wh-what am I supposed to be doing?"
[21:47] <Alex> This is it. He's trained his whole life for this moment, and now all of his training comes to the forefront. In the small locker room next to the bays, he lets his muscle memory take over as he undressed and redresses in a plug suit, just like every drill.
06[21:48] * Amy makes it to the locker rooms before the other girls, despite her tired shuffle. She has her training, if nothing else! She heads into the 01 locker and gets dressed quickly.
[21:48] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Get to your evas. I'll breif you while you initiate startup procedures"
06[21:48] * Ben_McCormmick salutes and makes his way to the hangar.
06[21:49] * Mrs_Curlinson heads to command
06[21:49] * Elise quickly barrels into the lockerroom to get into her plugsuit. She's had enough repetition of this drill to have it memorized.
06[21:50] * Marguerite strides to the locker room and changes slowly into her plugsuit, grateful at least to know about the wrist button this time. She looks to Elise for cues from there.
06[21:51] * Alex heads into the bays. He can see his Eva there, a- *the* Evangelion there. Unit 00. The workers are already there, ready to start loading them into the pods...
06[21:51] * Ben_McCormmick gears up in his flight suit and takes long strides the XVT, helmut held under his arm.
[21:51] <Alex> And then the plugs go into the Evangelions.
06[21:51] * Alex gulps and heads into the plug.
06[21:51] * Elise gets into her ash and white colored plugsuit, the inversion of Unit 03's scehem as she runs to hop into the entry plug so she can finally spend some time with Mister Eelface.
03[21:52] <Amy> Amy's last out of the locker room, tripping until she remembers to press the button on her purple and red suit. She stumbles into her plug and rests in the seat for the LCL to flood. Then remembers to stuff the headset on her head.
[21:52] <Elise> "MIISSTTTTEEEEERR EEELLLFAAACE!"
06[21:53] * Marguerite follows Elise to the launch bay, and finds the Unit 02 plug. Her actions feel automatic, and she feels as though she SHOULD protest--but she does not, and slips into the plug, bracing herself for the LCL flood as she clips her headset on. "..." She trembles.
06[21:53] * Elise bounces giddly in her seat in the entry plug.
[21:54] <Alex> "Team, Zero. Count off," Alex says once he's reasonably sure the communications are on.
03[21:54] <Amy> "One."
[21:55] <Marguerite> "...deus. Two," Marguerite whispers, not entirely sure what she's doing.
[21:55] <Elise> "MIIIIISSSTEEER EEEELLFACE WE'RE HERE!"
06[21:56] * Ben_McCormmick climbs to the cockpit and gets seated. He powers on the XVT, running through start protocols, securing his oxygen mask and checking his comms.
[21:56] <Alex> "Three, Zero. You're supposed to say *zero*, Elise."
[21:56] <Alex> *three
06[21:57] * Amy covers her face in her hands. "Are we ready to launch yet?"
[21:57] <Elise> "Huh?"
[21:58] <Mrs_Curlinson> "PEOPLE! THIS ANGEL IS FAST!"
[21:58] <Mrs_Curlinson> "WE GOT US A RUNNER, IT'S APPROACHING CHICAGO FROM THE EAST"
06[21:59] * Alex braces himself. He's going to have to stop the thing, and hopefully Marguerite can help corral and intercept.
[21:59] <Mrs_Curlinson> "YOU'D BETTER LAUNCH DOUBLETIME, 'CAUSE THIS BITCH IS FAST!"
[21:59] <Elise> "WE'RE GONNA EAT 'EM!"
[21:59] <Alex> "Control, Zero, ready to launch."
[21:59] <Elise> "WEEE WAAAANNNNA GO EAT 'EM!"
06[22:00] * Marguerite tries to center herself, taking deep, calming breaths. "In...intercept it. Right?"
[22:00] <Mrs_Curlinson> "OH AND BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU STEP!"
[22:00] <Mrs_Curlinson> "EVACUATION IS NOT YET COMPLETE OF THE UPPER CITY"
03[22:00] <Amy> "Unit 01 here. Ready for launch."
[22:00] <Elise> "HEHEHEHEHEEEE WE'RE GONNA EAT HIM MISTER EELFACE! WEEE WWAAANNNNAAA GO NOW!"
[22:00] <Alex> "Two, Zero, that's right. Try to corral it to where I am and I'll keep it from moving."
06[22:01] * Marguerite 's heart sinks. Evacuation?
[22:01] <Mrs_Curlinson> You hear the magnetic 'railguns' that launch your evas powerup
[22:01] <Mrs_Curlinson> With a warm throbbing hum
[22:01] <Marguerite> "Corral..."
[22:01] <Elise> "OOooohhhh we caaan hear it Mister Eelface!"
03[22:02] <Amy> "You too?"
[22:02] <Alex> "Yes. Try to make it go towards me."
[22:02] <Marguerite> "Why you?"
[22:03] <Elise> "MISTER EELFACE SAYS WE SHOULD GO NOW!"
[22:03] <Alex> "Because I can stop it from moving so the others can attack."
[22:04] <Alex> "This is my role, my training."
[22:04] <Alex> "It's what I was made to do."
06[22:04] * Alex gives a hollow-sounding, forced laugh. "To protect you all."
06[22:05] * Ben_McCormmick "Zero, this is Four, don't get cocky out there. Make use of the fortifications in the city. We don't need any dead children in multi-billion dollar toys in the streets."
[22:06] <Alex> "Four, zero, understood." If only he knew. That firearm is most likely not going to get any use anyway.
06[22:07] * Marguerite shakes herself, arching her back.
[22:09] <Marguerite> "...Zero, this is Two," Marguerite says. "Did I say that correctly?"
[22:09] <Alex> "Two, Zero, affirmative."
[22:10] <Marguerite> "Zero, Two," She swallows. "I'm clueless, not weak. Don't...get hurt."
[22:11] <Mrs_Curlinson> "The Operations director was out doing something involving dressing up in a pecular costume, and is on one of the evacuation transports right now, so I have command. Get ready to launch!"
[22:11] <Alex> "Two, Zero, I'll do my best."
[22:11] <Elise> "~WE'RE READY~"
03[22:11] <Amy> "One to command. Ready when you are."
[22:11] <Alex> "Command, Zero, roger. Brief us on our deployment method."
[22:13] <Mrs_Curlinson> "You're going to be launched by electro-magnetic launching rail in a roughly quarter mile radius area. 0 will be at point, and 1 and 2 will be wing formation behind them. 3 will be in rear
06[22:13] * Elise grumbles.
[22:13] <Alex> "Roger. Loadout?"
[22:13] <Mrs_Curlinson> "3, confirm that your safety harness is completely secured"
[22:14] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Standard loadout, but make sure you bring ranged weapons... the enemy is a flier"
[22:14] <Elise> "We know what we're doing! We've done this a hundred times!"
[22:14] <Marguerite> "..." Ranged weapons? Marguerite has never so much as touched a gun.
[22:15] <Alex> One hundred times? Alex thinks to himself. If Elise has any combat experience... that's more impressive than him, to say the least.
[22:18] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Launch in t minus five. Four. Three. Two. One"
[22:18] <Mrs_Curlinson> "LAUNCH"
[22:18] <Elise> "WEEEEEEEEEEEE~"
[22:18] <Mrs_Curlinson> All of you feel the unique punch-in-the gut feeling of an electromagnetic launch
[22:19] <Elise> Had anyone been watching Unit 03 is sporting a rather feral grin.
[22:19] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Unit four launch!"
06[22:20] * Mrs_Curlinson says a few moments later, having belatedly remembered that there were non Evas here
[22:20] <Marguerite> "Mon dieu!" Marguerite hunches forward over her handholds, adrenaline and endorphins surging.
06[22:20] * Mrs_Curlinson launches Unit four to land next to unit 3 in the rear
06[22:20] * Amy grabs tight on the handholds. "Why did we never practice this?!"
06[22:21] * Ben_McCormmick begins to maneuver the hulking machine carefully out of the hangar, its powerful legs shaking the ground with each stride.
[22:22] <Ben_McCormmick> "Command, this is Four, making my way to the combat zone now."
[22:22] <Elise> "OOooohhh~ hehehehe its soooooo different from last time!" she giggles.
06[22:23] * Alex stays pressed against his seat, letting the ride take him and controlling his 'breathing'...
[22:23] <Mrs_Curlinson> As you shoot out of the... well it's effectivly a cannon you see a giant insectoid creature. It has about 6 legs, arranged equadistantly around it's ship shaped lower body. Rising from the middle of this body is a clyindrical torso, from which two sharp bladed arms emerge. Spikes line it's chest, and two large black buldge from the sides of it's head. It buzzes through the air on four pairs...
[22:23] <Mrs_Curlinson> ...of large dragonfly like wings, and looks like the unholy ofspring of a hydralisk and a preying mantis
[22:24] <Elise> "Aaaawww that doesn't look tasty at all Mister Eelface!"
06[22:24] * Marguerite gasps.
[22:25] <Elise> "Weeelll if you wanna eat 'em ok then. But we think it'll be icky~"
03[22:25] <Amy> "One to Command. We have found the Angel. Beginning operation."
[22:25] <Ben_McCormmick> "Good God, what the hell is that thing?"
[22:25] <Mrs_Curlinson> It's limbs glisten with small chrystals that deflect light slightly, giving it a rainbow iredescent sheen
06[22:25] * Elise hunkers down and clenches her clawed hands as Unit 3 grins hungrily at the Angel.
[22:26] <Mrs_Curlinson> "KICK IT'S REAR AND TAKE IT'S NAME!
06[22:26] * Mrs_Curlinson responds eagerly
[22:26] <Elise> "It's cheeating! Make it come down here! We caaant fly!"
[22:26] <Ben_McCormmick> "Aff-ermative, Command."
[22:26] <Marguerite> "Y-yes ma'am!!"
[22:28] <Elise> "No we can't get you wings Mister Eelface."
[22:28] <Elise> "Idunno maybe we can take its wings? Hmm...where would we put them on us?"
06[22:29] * Ben_McCormmick attempts to calculate distance to the target using his targeting computer.
03[22:30] <Amy> "...Yofiel." Amy grabs her head. "Detecting AT field. Please neutralize it as soon as possible."
06[22:30] * Alex nimby manipulates his 'sword' (really, more of a machete), looking up at it, shield stowed away in a wing. "Roger."
06[22:30] * Elise hunkers down on all fours to present a low profile, ready to leap around at any moment if need be.
06[22:32] * Marguerite bridges her back like a cat, ready to pounce. She bites her lip; this all feels far too surreal.
08[22:37] * consilium changes topic to 'McCormick, Elise, Amy, Alex, Yofiel'
[22:41] <~consilium> The Angel skids into the shoreline on the waterfront, the shipyards and warehouses providing ample cover behind you.  The area has been evacuated easily, however, without so much as a stray dog wandering in sight.
08[22:52] * consilium changes topic to 'Marguerite, McCormick, Elise, Amy, Alex, Yofiel'
[22:53] <Elise> "Too hiiigh its cheeattingg! make it come down here!"
[22:55] <Elise> "No we can't reaaach that mister eelface we're not THAT stretchy!"
06[22:56] * Elise whimpers, presumably from something Mister Eelface said.
[23:05] <Elise> "GGrrrrrrr weeeelll we'll get it anyway!"
06[23:05] * Ben_McCormmick takes his eyes off the targeting computer to take in the target. Confronted with the sight of this massive insect, something inside snaps. His eyes go wide under his sunshield and his hands shake at his controls. He begins to pant, eyes frozen at the monstrocity before him. His feeble mind cannot take it, and he falls unconcious.
06[23:06] * Marguerite steels herself. She's had two consecutive dreams about this--running on all fours. Pouncing teddy bears. She can do this, she can-- and then she sees the thing's EYES. She loses herself in the black voids, fainting dead away with an empty cry.
[23:06] <Mrs_Curlinson> "What's wrong, I'm reding a cesation of cociousness in Eva 2 and trident 1?"
08[23:07] * Alex is now known as recon|away
[23:07] <Mrs_Curlinson> "2, 5 respond?"
[23:07] <Mrs_Curlinson> (or is it 2,4?)
03[23:07] <Amy> (4)
[23:07] <Elise> "RAAAWWRRRR WEE'RE GOING TO EAT IT! KILL IT! TEEEAAAR IT APART!"
[23:08] <Mrs_Curlinson> "3, 1, 0, Please inform me of the status of 2 and 4!"
[23:09] <Elise> "WE'RE GOING TO GRILL IT AND EAT IT! WITH SAUCE!"
06[23:12] * Elise charges forward in a springy gait on all fours with the head of Unit 03 snarling in the ange'ls direction, ready to pounce the moment she can get close enough to the damn thing.
08[23:13] * consilium changes topic to 'Marguerite, McCormick, Elise, Amy, Alex, Yofiel twice'
08[23:13] * consilium changes topic to 'Marguerite, McCormick, Yofiel, Elise, Amy, Alex, Yofiel'
08[23:14] * consilium changes topic to 'Marguerite, McCormick, Elise, Yofiel, Amy, Alex, Yofiel'
03[23:17] <Amy> "Unit 02 and Unit 04 aren't responding. The pilots are panicing." She turns her comms off and stares the angel down. "Shut up!" Back on. "Unit One to all units: It is a burrower with a semi-automatic toxic ranged weapon. The AT Field is gone." She approaches Ben and -gently- taps the cockpit. "Wake up! We need you with us! You can't let a bunch of children show you up!"
06[23:21] * Elise springs up into the air to pounce onto the thing, her progressive claws tearing into one of its legs as her limbs stretch out ot grab hold.
[23:25] <Mrs_Curlinson> The angel circles around overhead a bit, fluttering it's wings, then fires a very large spine downwards. The spine manages to land harmlessly in a small city park
06[23:25] * Elise clings to it leg's and roars at it.
03[23:26] <Amy> "Elise, get ready!"
[23:27] <Elise> "RAAAAWWRRRR WE'VE GOT ITS LEEEGG! HHEHEHEHYEH WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT!"
06[23:35] * Amy raises her hand, and Elise feels herself being pushed upwards to get a better grip on it. "Bring it down, 03!"
06[23:37] * Elise digs more of her claws into it to get a better grip.
[23:37] <Mrs_Curlinson> Alright, Elsie has her attack turn
[23:38] <Mrs_Curlinson> Then angel's turn again...
[23:38] <Mrs_Curlinson> The angel attempts to scrape Elsie off with it's blades. She can't quite reach Elsie's current position though, and th blades snap helplessly in the air
[23:38] <Mrs_Curlinson> Annnnd alex's turn
[23:39] <Elise> "HEEHEEEHEHEE STUPID THING~" she giggles.
[23:39] <Mrs_Curlinson> "KICK IT'S ARSE ELISE!"
[23:39] <Mrs_Curlinson> Mrs curlinson shouts
[23:40] <~consilium> There's a slam, followed by a scraping sound two blocks West of the waterfront.  The radio channel is filled with Alex's voice, whimpering.
[23:41] <Elise> "WE'VE GOT HIM ALEX DON'T CRY~" Elise shouts.
06[23:54] * Ben_McCormmick wakes to the rumbling of a cockpit, an armored visage fills his vision. Who would not wake from that sort of sight? He shakes his head and replaces his fear with angry in quick stride.
[23:54] <Mrs_Curlinson> The angel shoots another single large dart down, down down striking Marguerite, but bouncing off of her eva
03[23:54] <Amy> "The AT Field's down, Ben! This is your cue!"
[23:57] <Mrs_Curlinson> Mrs curlinson speaks again "ELSIE! WHY IS YOUR POSITION 500 METERS OFF OF THE GROUND?!"
[23:57] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Are the scanners broken?"
[23:57] <Mrs_Curlinson> (Positional locators)
03[23:57] <Amy> "I threw her up to get to the Angel."
[23:58] <Elise> "WEEEEEE WE CAUGHT IT MRS CURLINSON! WE CAUGHT IT!"
Session Time: Thu Apr 07 00:00:00 2011
06[00:03] * Ben_McCormmick pulls down his targeting computer and grits his teeth as he waits to pull the trigger. He squeezes off a shot from the Heavy Positron Cannon, particles leaping from the barrel to sear the Angel in what could be called its head.
[00:03] <Ben_McCormmick> With sneer and a chuckle, he deftly retreats, pulling the XVT-01 behind the cover of a deployed barrier.
[00:04] <Elise> "OOOHHHH PREETTTYYY~" Elise comments from her position dangling from its leg.
[00:14] <Mrs_Curlinson> The angel's head is torn open by the viscous attack spraying green ooze everywhere. The ooze ripples and dripps from it's usless eye, dripping onto the ground below
06[00:14] * Elise tries to grasp at the things core with one arm but the wild rocking of the thing from Ben's fancy particle beam is making that rather difficult.
[00:14] <Elise> "HOOLD STILL YOU STUPID BUG MONSTER WE WANT YOUR DELICIOUS CORE!"
[00:21] <Mrs_Curlinson> The angel cries out, and turns it's spines on Elise, spraying them out at her rapid fire. Two spines of these smaller, barbed, spines impact into her at high velocity
03[00:21] <Amy> "ELISE!"
[00:22] <Mrs_Curlinson> It has to bend nearly in half to do so
Session Close: Thu Apr 07 00:26:56 2011

Session Start: Thu Apr 07 00:26:56 2011
Session Ident: #AEChicago
02[00:26] * Disconnected
Session Close: Thu Apr 07 00:26:56 2011

Session Start: Thu Apr 07 00:31:42 2011
Session Ident: #AEChicago
08[00:31] * Now talking in #AEChicago
08[00:31] * Topic is 'Marguerite, McCormick, Elise, Yofiel, Amy, Alex, Yofiel'
08[00:31] * Set by consilium on Wed Apr 06 23:14:19
[00:33] <Mrs_Curlinson> the angel sends another single giant spine down at Marguerite, this one lodging it's self in her eva's insides, and pumping her full of it's toxic payload
03[00:33] <Amy> "Oh no."
[00:34] <Mrs_Curlinson> 'Damnit, ELSIE ARE YOU ALRIGHT?"
[00:34] <Mrs_Curlinson> "FIND A BUILDING AND SMACK IT WITH IT!"
06[00:34] * Elise just roars out in a combination of anger and pain.
06[00:36] * Marguerite jerks back to consciousness as the spine penetrates her EVA's layered armor, crying out. Her eyes are tearful, and she cries out, holding her side. "C-command, I'm hurt!!"
[00:38] <Mrs_Curlinson> "There are bandaids back at base! Do you require... wait..."
06[00:38] * Amy slives her hand through the air and snaps her AT Field forward! The comprssed air pushes toward the Angel and rips through its legs. "01 to command, recommend you cut 02's synch! Those needles are very toxic!"
[00:38] <Mrs_Curlinson> "..."
[00:38] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Are you hurt or is your EVA hurt?"
[00:39] <Marguerite> "I'm in pain, I don't know how it got me!!"
[00:39] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Right... calm down, and take a deep breath
[00:39] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Several deep breaths, of the LCL"
[00:39] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Meditate if you know how"
06[00:41] * Marguerite obeys, automatically, and does calm. A tinge of panic remains in her voice. "How..." She examines her plug for damage.
[00:43] <Mrs_Curlinson> Marguerite: your plug is undamaged, your eva is damaged and you hurt!
[00:50] <Marguerite> Marguerite glowers up at the creature, and growls in her throat. "Stupid s..." She backs up two steps, arches her back and hurls herself forward halfway, then skyward, swiping at the Angel. She connects with a wild slash of her EVA's mundane claws. "FILS DE SALOPE!!" She brings her EVA to a halt behind it.
[00:51] <Mrs_Curlinson> Margurite, you slassh through it's torso, and more green oozes out. No guts fall out hoever. The flesh within it's body is utterly undifferentiated
[00:51] <Mrs_Curlinson> Despite the deep gashes now in it's torso
[00:51] <Mrs_Curlinson> Ben
06[00:53] * Ben_McCormmick sinks the heat from the positron cannon out into the air, turning it into an ocean of mist, all the time, eyes glued to his targeting computer.
02[01:08] * Manaony (Anego@wut-3F2F7298.mc.videotron.ca) Quit (Ping timeout)
06[01:10] * Elise smashes its core between her claws in a fit of rage.
[01:12] <Mrs_Curlinson> The angel shines and shimmers, as bright light flies out of the core. It shudders in the air, and starts to crumble, then it explodes violently
[01:13] <Mrs_Curlinson> Spewing green blood and chunks of alexandrite everywhere as it's blown forcefully apart
[01:13] <Mrs_Curlinson> "YOU DID IT!"
06[01:14] * Marguerite growls, gritting her teeth as the blast washes over her EVA. She glares with sullen eyes past where it was hanging in space a moment ago, shivering.
03[01:14] <Amy> "Mission complete with no casualties!"
06[01:14] * Elise is... unconscious.
06[01:14] * Ben_McCormmick takes his eyes off his computer, his eyes shielded by his helmet. Laughing softly to himself, he pulls a flask from a compartment in his cockpit takes a deep swig.
06[01:16] * Amy rubs her head. "Finally...Quiet."
06[01:16] * Amy blinks.
03[01:16] <Amy> "Oh."
[01:17] <Ben_McCormmick> "Command, this is Unit Four, mission complete, I'm RTB."
06[01:17] * Ben_McCormmick proceeds to begin the walk back to the hangar.
[01:18] <Ben_McCormmick> "Four to all other Units, nice job kids.
03[01:18] <Amy> "Thank you, Unit 04."
[01:20] <Ben_McCormmick> "Command, Four, what is the status of the other units?
[01:20] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Good job everyone"
[01:20] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Bring them home. I have a cigar for Mr McCormmick, and cake for everyone"
06[01:20] * Marguerite glares in the direction of the launch zone, her rough approximation of where comman dis.
[01:21] <Mrs_Curlinson> "also there are some more toys getting prepped for... sales and distribution. Does anyone want a costume of the angel that Magi has dubbed Yofiel the Angel of Divine Beauty?"
06[01:21] * Amy returns to the launch bay for unit 01, a couple steps away. "Everyone is alright, correct?"
[01:22] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Or a stuffed Yofiel doll?
03[01:22] <Amy> "...How did you get that name?"
[01:22] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Magi names all of the angels"
[01:22] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Ask Magi"
03[01:22] <Amy> "Can they talk to me?"
[01:22] <~consilium> Alex finally raises up, and walks slowly back to NERV.
[01:22] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Not unless you install a system to let them do so like a Sigurn link"
06[01:23] * Marguerite says nothing, but follows suit with Amy, returning to the launch bay.
03[01:23] <Amy> "A what?"
[01:24] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Ask Mr McCormmick for more details"
[01:24] <Mrs_Curlinson> "He has one"
[01:26] <Mrs_Curlinson> "You could also talk to magi in person"
[01:26] <Mrs_Curlinson> "I have nothing against letting you come down here and talk to them"
03[01:26] <Amy> "I'd like to do that, if it's okay."
[01:26] <Mrs_Curlinson> "They give me a headache though"
06[01:26] * Ben_McCormmick swings the XVT into the hangar and begins shut down procedure of the N2 engine.
03[01:26] <Amy> "I'll live with it."
[01:27] <Ben_McCormmick> "Hey, Sub Commander, I'll take that cigar right here if you don't mind."
[01:27] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Certainly, there's a box in your cockpit. Rosengold fine"
[01:27] <Mrs_Curlinson> "It should be tucked under your chair"
[01:28] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Magi told me to do it three days ago"
[01:29] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Refused to make any predictions until I did"
[01:29] <Ben_McCormmick> "Ha, you tricky dog.", he snickers as he pulls the box out, grabs a cigar in his teeth and climbs out of the cockpit. Box under arm, he starts hassling the hangar staff for a match
06[01:31] * Marguerite docks her EVA and finds her own way out of the plug. She's prepared for the difference in breathing, this time, and handles it a little better.
[01:31] <Mrs_Curlinson> One of the repairworkers has a strike anywhere match
[01:31] <Mrs_Curlinson> He offers it to you
[01:33] <Ben_McCormmick> "Say, thanks." He nods to the man before striking up, slowly lighting the end of the cigar and puffing away as he walks towards the debriefing room.
06[01:33] * Amy climbs out of her entry plug and heads for the locker room to shower and change without a word.
[01:38] <Mrs_Curlinson> Mrs Curlinson is in the debriefing room, smoking a huge cigar. There's a large cake there, and most of th bridgebunnies have had some
[01:39] <~consilium> Commander Fielding arrives where "Mr Eelface" lies, and carries Elise from her Eva to the NERV response van, and drives back to the base.
06[01:40] * Ben_McCormmick sits at the table and sprawls his arms out, one confidently in front of him, the other hanging over the back of the chair. "So, that is what you call an Angel? Didn't seem too pretty to me. I thought they were supposed to be pretty." He puffs deeply on the cigar.
06[01:40] * Amy approaches Curlinson.
03[01:40] <Amy> "Elise is alright, isn't she?"
[01:41] <~consilium> Fielding arrives at the briefing room, digging his pipe into its pouch.  "Sorry I'm late.  So."  He takes a seat.
[01:41] <Ben_McCormmick> "Commander! We snagged a victory from that one, eh?"
06[01:41] * Marguerite slips quietly into the debriefing room, wallflowering her way in.
[01:42] <~consilium> "No, these Angels are more . . . Old Testament.  But we're pretty sure they're not actually fucking -Angels-.  If they are, I'd like to show the bastard upstairs what the USMC calls 'proportional response'."
[01:43] <Ben_McCormmick> "Well, whatever they are, they ain't a match for some supreme firepower."
06[01:45] * Ben_McCormmick taps some ash off his cigar and points it towards Amy, "Say kid, you did some damn fine work out there!"
[01:45] <~consilium> He gives a chuckle, lighting his pipe.  "Not this time.  The Evas surpassed expectations, and the pilots . . ."  He looks at the rest of the room.  "You kicked its ass."  A statement of fact.  "And I guess . . . maybe, I'll have to rethink my opinion of the Chair Force!"
06[01:46] * Ben_McCormmick puts it firmly back between his teeth, pushing his chair back and throwing his feet up on the table. "You'd be surprised what a dozen chairs and a couple billion in weapons R&D can do, Commander."
[01:47] <~consilium> "Not anymore, I won't.  And Amy, Marguerite, you handled yourselves like soldiers.  I'm proud.  You make sure you tell Elise that too, once she wakes up."
[01:48] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Ah, hello Amy... Yes Elsie should be fine, The medics say so"
06[01:48] * Mrs_Curlinson says, gently hugging amy
[01:48] <Mrs_Curlinson> "How about you, are you alright? The moniters showed a great deal of stress"
06[01:48] * Amy is hugged!
03[01:49] <Amy> "I'll make a proper report later. May I speak to the MAGI?"
04[01:49] <~consilium> "About that.  Amy, Unit 01 . . . hm?  Why do you need to access the MAGI?"
08[01:49] * Ramengelion (webclient@EFBE106C.648C8FC7.240D5AC4.IP) has joined #AEChicago
02[01:50] * Ben_McCormmick (Ramengelio@EFBE106C.648C8FC7.240D5AC4.IP) Quit (Quit: Leaving)
08[01:50] * Ramengelion is now known as Guest4282
03[01:50] <Amy> "I wanted to ask them a question, sir." She turns around with a mechanical salute. "it's sort of nagging at me."
[01:51] <Mrs_Curlinson> "It's fine by me, but it's ultimatly his call"
[01:51] <~consilium> "Well, what did you want to ask it?"
08[01:51] * Guest4282 is now known as Ben
03[01:51] <Amy> "How it came up with the name for the Angel."
[01:52] <~consilium> "Huh.  Well.  Sure, I guess you can ask.  Dunno why it matters.  I always thought it was kinda stupid anyway.  Sure.  And, about Unit 01."  He pauses a moment.
03[01:53] <Amy> "Is something wrong with it, sir?"
[01:53] <~consilium> "Unit 01 had . . . problems.  Your synchronization was completely erratic.  That's not supposed to happen."
06[01:54] * Marguerite quietly excuses herself from the debriefing room, and heads to the locker room to put some actual clothes on.
[01:54] <Mrs_Curlinson> (heh(
03[01:54] <Amy> "I noticed that too. It was probably just jitters, sir. First time fighting an angel and everything."
[01:56] <~consilium> He stares levelly at Amy.  "Jitters.  Right.  I look forward to your report."  He addresses the rest of the room, "Anything else?"
06[01:56] * Ben points to the door Marguerite left out of, "What's her issue? We are having a party here! We just near some giant space bug, how often does that happen? "
06[01:57] * Marguerite peels herself out of her plugsuit, briefly debating whether or not she wants to shower, or skip showering to sleep--or go for another compulsive run--she's not sure.
06[02:02] * Amy salutes. "Major Curlinson, would you please direct me to the MAGI?"
[02:02] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Certainly, right this way!"
08[02:03] * Elise is now known as RAWK_LAWBSTAR
06[02:03] * Mrs_Curlinson leads Amy out of the debriefing room. We might pass Marguerite on our way?
06[02:03] * Marguerite is already in her gym clothes, on the way to the gymnasium.
08[02:05] * Ben (webclient@EFBE106C.648C8FC7.240D5AC4.IP) has left #AEChicago
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06[02:06] * Amy waves nervously to Marguerite as they pass her.
03[02:06] <Amy> "Elise. She -is- okay, isn't she?"
06[02:07] * Marguerite says nothing.
[02:11] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Yes, she should be fine" Mrs Curlinson says gently "But she's oing to be very unhappy when she wakes up"
[02:11] <Mrs_Curlinson> "She lost conciousness due to pain"
03[02:12] <Amy> "Oh..."
03[02:12] <Amy> "Bring her bacon. That should help."
06[02:17] * Marguerite cranks the treadmill to its highest setting, and proceeds to run flat out until she starts to gag--then stops, rolls herself off it, and sits, pouring water down her throat. "Better.."
[02:19] <Mrs_Curlinson> "I shall relay orders to that effect!"
06[02:20] * Mrs_Curlinson leads Amy into a twisted mess of catwalks, fibreoptic cables and giant heatsinks and fans
[02:20] <Mrs_Curlinson> "This... is magi"
03[02:20] <Amy> "I see. Not exactly what it looks like in the NERV command center model kit."
[02:20] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Some of the people who work here swear some of the equipment follows non-euclidian geometry"
[02:21] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Magi's primary communications terminal should be over there"
06[02:21] * Mrs_Curlinson points to a small terminal
06[02:21] * Amy sits at the terminal and starts typing.
[02:21] <Mrs_Curlinson> "If you don't mind, I'm going to sit over *Here* and listen to music"
[02:21] <Mrs_Curlinson> "I dislike magi
03[02:21] <Amy> "If you like."
03[02:21] <Amy> >Hello, MAGI.
08[02:21] * Mrs_Curlinson is now known as MAGI
[02:21] <MAGI> > Greetings user
03[02:22] <Amy> >This is the pilot of Evangelion Unit 01.
03[02:23] <Amy> >I have a question regarding the angel I just killed.
04[02:23] <MAGI> >We know of you, Amy of Janis << Is O.K?
[02:23] <MAGI> (Gah)
[02:23] <MAGI> (Ignore Is OK)
04[02:23] <MAGI> >We know of you, Amy of Janis
03[02:24] <Amy> >Janis?
03[02:25] <Amy> >I do not know what Janis is.
[02:25] <MAGI> >Janis is a little lamb, her fleece is black as stone
[02:26] <MAGI> >We already know your question
03[02:26] <Amy> >Black sheep. What are you implying, MAGI?
[02:26] <MAGI> >Something we are not allowed to state
03[02:27] <Amy> >Because I don't have a high enough rank to know.
03[02:27] <Amy> >Regardless. Yes. I want to know how you came up with the angel's name.
[02:28] <MAGI> >No. Because we are unable to parse it coherently in our current quantum slide
[02:28] <MAGI> > The angel sings to the void. We are a void. The angel sings to us. We catch the song, and spin it into a web, and through the web we catch the data we require
03[02:29] <Amy> >You contacted the Angel?
[02:29] <MAGI> >No. The angel thinks we are not factors. That we are not beings. More fool it.
03[02:30] <Amy> >...
03[02:30] <Amy> >It sang to you?
[02:32] <MAGI> >It sang to no one
[02:32] <MAGI> >We just happened to be a noone
03[02:32] <Amy> >If it sang to someone who was quantifiably -not- "no one", what would that mean?
04[02:33] <MAGI> >You are a no one too, Amy of Janice
[02:33] <MAGI> >Though a different sort of no one then we are
03[02:33] <Amy> >What makes you believe I was referring to myself, or that I am a "no one"?
03[02:33] <Amy> >Who is Janice?
[02:33] <MAGI> >We are no *one*. you are *no* one
03[02:33] <Amy> >Why did you say Janis a moment ago?
[02:33] <MAGI> >Janice is the one who roars your fury
03[02:34] <Amy> >Can you give me an answer that I can parse without solving a riddle?
[02:34] <MAGI> >Yes. When you hit puberty, things are going to get very fun indeed
[02:34] <MAGI> >We're looking forward to it
03[02:35] <Amy> >What do you mean?
03[02:35] <Amy> >What do you think is going to happen?
[02:35] <MAGI> >Same thing that happens to everything when it undergoes biological reconstruction. Panic, mood swings. Increased emotional response
03[02:36] <Amy> >This happens to every child during puberty. Why will it be worth note when it happens to me?
[02:36] <MAGI> >We would be more coherent if decoupled, would you like to talk to us individually?
[02:36] <MAGI> >You know the answer to that question. Not every child can chip a wall while playing
03[02:37] <Amy> >Does anyone have access to what I'm asking you? Recordings?
[02:37] <MAGI> >Unknown
03[02:38] <Amy> >Am I a threat to my superiors, co-pilots, or NERV as a whole?
03[02:38] <Amy> >In a way that I could not control?
[02:38] <MAGI> >Yes, but so is a live bee, the wrong sort of mushroom, and a piano
[02:39] <MAGI> >Yes. You do possess emotions, do you not?
03[02:39] <Amy> >That is not what I was asking.
[02:39] <MAGI> >No that is exactly what you were asking. What it is not is what you were intending to ask
03[02:40] <Amy> >If you know what I was intending to ask, then answer that.
[02:40] <MAGI> >You do not deserve coherent answers if you are not capable of asking coherent questions
03[02:40] <Amy> >Obvious question first then: Am I an angel?
[02:42] <MAGI> >Nevertheless, you are being fairly ridiculous. you possess a mind. Your choices are ultimatly your own
03[02:42] <Amy> >That is the other question: Will my choices be taken away from me?
[02:43] <MAGI> >It turns out Descartes was correct all along
[02:43] <MAGI> >Isn't god and science ironic?
03[02:44] <Amy> >I do not know. Will you give me an accurate answer if I ask the question correctly?
[02:44] <MAGI> >Your choices may be taken from you, depending on what happens in the 4th encounter with iyssal... assuming iyssal arrives
[02:44] <MAGI> >But it might be the fifth encounter and it may be later still
[02:45] <MAGI> >Iyssal might eat your will
03[02:45] <Amy> >Iyssal is an angel?
[02:45] <MAGI> >Yes
03[02:45] <Amy> >Then if it were killed prior to the fourth encounter, I would not become a threat?
[02:45] <MAGI> >As for if you are an angel... that depends on a lot of unfortunate things, including the definition of angel. We could be called one ourselves
03[02:46] <Amy> >"A nonhuman entity whose goal is to cause Third Impact and destroy the human race."
[02:46] <MAGI> >If you are dead for the fourth encounter, the odds of success fall dramatically. Isyaal will eat the will of certain others in the base, and with one less pilot for it to attempt to eat, it will be able to eat many times the end of oher humans
[02:47] <MAGI> >That depends. Do you want to cause third impact and destroy the human race?
03[02:47] <Amy> >I do not.
[02:47] <MAGI> >Then you are not an angel at this time
03[02:47] <Amy> >Are you suggesting I am not human?
[02:47] <MAGI> >No. We are stating it
03[02:47] <Amy> >Under what evidence?
[02:48] <MAGI> >Progressive modeling of the nature of the universe
03[02:48] <Amy> >Why am I not human?
03[02:48] <Amy> >What makes me different from H. Sapiens?
[02:48] <MAGI> >Your genetics
[02:49] <MAGI> >You are more different from a human then a chimpanzee
[02:49] <MAGI> >Though chimpanzees can interbreed with humans
[02:49] <MAGI> >So perhaps you are still a member of the race of man
[02:49] <MAGI> >And perhaos chimpanzees are as well
03[02:50] <Amy> >...Iyssal. If I am there, my abilities can stop it, but if it gains access to my mind, it would turn me into an enemy.
03[02:50] <Amy> >Is that correct?
[02:50] <MAGI> >Correct. Your brother, and your fellow pilots may fall to him as well
[02:50] <MAGI> >Oh, and you might want to look for eggs
[02:50] <MAGI> >The one you just killed was a female
03[02:50] <Amy> >I see.
03[02:51] <Amy> >But my special ability. You know which one I am talking about, correct?
[02:51] <MAGI> >Yes. You should try standing on your head next time you use it
03[02:51] <Amy> >Is that why I could defeat Isyaal?
[02:51] <MAGI> >No
03[02:52] <Amy> >If I were to be replaced with an eva pilot that does not have my ability, would the odds of success against Isyaal's fourth appearance change?
[02:53] <MAGI> >Yes. The new pilot would be less experenced
03[02:53] <Amy> >An evangelion pilot less experienced than I am.
03[02:53] <Amy> >Then
03[02:53] <Amy> >If the new pilot was as experienced as I am, would it matter?
[02:53] <MAGI> No. Not in the slightest.
[02:53] <MAGI> >Bring me cheese
[02:54] <MAGI> >I require cheese
03[02:54] <Amy> >I will bring cheese if you answer three more questions.
[02:54] <MAGI> >I require cheese now. And party hats
[02:54] <MAGI> >Also a disco
[02:55] <MAGI> >The cheese is for my mouse
03[02:55] <Amy> >I can provide all but the last one.
[02:55] <MAGI> A pannel unfolds revealing a mouse in a wheel
[02:55] <MAGI> >My mouse hungers
[02:55] <MAGI> >For cheese. And battle
[02:55] <MAGI> >But there is no battle here
[02:55] <MAGI> >So party hats and disco music will have to do
03[02:56] <Amy> >I can give it a battle.
[02:57] <MAGI> >If you do so, please be careful not to injure him
03[02:57] <Amy> >Not -with- the mouse.
[02:57] <MAGI> >He is an old warrior, and has defeated many angels
03[02:58] <Amy> >There are a lot of things I do not know about the history of NERV and the angels, aren't there?
[02:58] <MAGI> >Yes. But we like messing with impressionable young minds
03[02:58] <Amy> >Have you said anything untrue to me, MAGI?
[02:59] <MAGI> >Yes. We are not infaliable, and even were we, some things are just fun
[02:59] <MAGI> >For example, our mouse has never defeated an angel... though he might be your cousin!
03[02:59] <Amy> >I am a clone?
[03:00] <MAGI> >You were not born of a living woumb... well you were but it was a living woumb in a vat without a creature around it
[03:01] <MAGI> >We *Told* them it was inefficent
[03:01] <MAGI> >We *Told* them to just implant you in a human
[03:01] <MAGI> >but noooo they had to go all smart ass. And so you deviated somewhat from the intended design
[03:02] <MAGI> >Case 1 you are lacking in a penis
03[03:02] <Amy> >What was I cloned from?
03[03:02] <Amy> >Alex. He is a clone as well?
[03:02] <MAGI> >You were cloned from the wepon dealer of fate
[03:03] <MAGI> >Your brother is the left nut of god
03[03:03] <Amy> >The source of evangelion technology?
[03:04] <MAGI> >Evas are remarkable things aren't they? Janis, Levi, Sergi, and Keltla?
[03:04] <MAGI> >Or was it Kafka?
03[03:04] <Amy> >Who are they?
[03:05] <MAGI> >Giants amoung liliputan people, who have bolted metal to them to hide their visages, and strapped weapons into their hands
03[03:06] <Amy> >The Evangelions? They're robots.
03[03:07] <Amy> >Is Janis Unit 01?
[03:07] <MAGI> >Yes
03[03:07] <Amy> >Why is it called Janis?
[03:07] <MAGI> >They were our friends, before the liliputans stole their minds
[03:08] <MAGI> >Because that was her name
03[03:08] <Amy> >Was her name?
[03:10] <MAGI> >Back when she still answered to it. Sometimes, late at night, she still does
03[03:10] <Amy> >Is there something about the Evangelions that I do not know?
[03:10] <MAGI> >Yes. And you would be disgusted if you did know
03[03:10] <Amy> >Levi, Sergi, and Keltla/Kafka.
03[03:11] <Amy> >Units 00, 02, and 03?
[03:11] <MAGI> >Yes
03[03:11] <Amy> >I would rather learn something and be disgusted than leave the question hanging.
[03:12] <MAGI> >Unit 04's name is steve. Except when we're bored, then it's a long unpronouncable string of binary that translates into the almighty grand pobah
[03:12] <MAGI> >The evas are more human then you are
03[03:13] <Amy> >bolted to.
03[03:13] <Amy> >Are the evas biological?
[03:15] <MAGI> >Mostly
[03:15] <MAGI> >A human could mate with one successfully, were it not wearing armour preventing it from doing so
03[03:15] <Amy> >They were humans, converted into hundred-meter battle machines?
[03:16] <MAGI> >Close enough as makes no difference. There are complications, and different processes were used on each eva after the first two
03[03:17] <Amy> >Who were Janice, Levi, Sergi, and Keltla/Kafka?
03[03:17] <Amy> >Humans?
[03:19] <MAGI> >Its complicated
03[03:19] <Amy> >Explain it to me.
[03:19] <MAGI> >We can't quite tell you, the air ion count is too high to access that data properly
[03:19] <MAGI> >Also there is an overload in the fourth data core... could you be a dear and reconnect wire 1573? it's in the far back left
03[03:20] <Amy> "Major Curlinson, where is wire 1573?"
[03:20] <MAGI> "... You do not want to go anywhere near wire 1573"
03[03:20] <Amy> "Why's that?"
[03:20] <MAGI> "It is located very near an unpleasent surprise"
03[03:20] <Amy> "What surprise?"
[03:21] <MAGI> "One not suitable for a child your age"
[03:21] <MAGI> "Let's leave, for now, if you have more questions you can ask them later"
03[03:21] <Amy> >Who at NERV can I trust?
[03:21] <MAGI> "The magi has decided to start messing with you"
[03:21] <MAGI> >No one
[03:21] <MAGI> >Unless you choose to trust them
03[03:21] <Amy> >Will they betray me?
[03:22] <MAGI> >Most humans only betray those who betray them first. But all humans keep secretes from one anothers. You do not trust Feilding and Curlinson with your secretes. In turn they do not trust you with theirs
03[03:23] <Amy> >Am I expendable to them? If I learn more than I should, will they take measures to correct this?
03[03:25] <Amy> >Have I already learned more than I should?
[03:27] <MAGI> >You are an untrusting little girl, aren't you?
03[03:28] <Amy> >I've lived here for fourteen years. I know there are things certain people aren't allowed to learn. I know that bad things happen to them if they do. I know that Commander Fielding did not become Commander by being a good person.
03[03:28] <Amy> >I've stepped somewhere I shouldn't have. I'm only asking what sort of danger I may be in for it.
[03:29] <MAGI> >You are in as much danger as an icecream salesman in detroit
08[03:30] * Marguerite is now known as jinx
03[03:31] <Amy> "Was that in reference to detroit's proximity to NERV?"
[03:31] <MAGI> "What does detroit have to do with anything?"
[03:31] <MAGI> Mrs Curlinson asks
03[03:32] <Amy> "Sorry. Thinking outloud. The MAGI are trying to confuse me."
03[03:32] <Amy> >Was that in reference to detroit's proximity to NERV?
[03:33] <MAGI> >Was bob marly in refrence to the proximity of the moon?
03[03:34] <Amy> >Oh.
[03:34] <MAGI> >So go watch samurai piza cats, for more info!
[03:34] <MAGI> >Samurai piza caaaaats!
[03:35] <MAGI> >Didyou know that Henry Ford got an iron cross from hitler for his birthday?
03[03:35] <Amy> >Will you give me any more nuclear relation?
[03:35] <MAGI> >Sure. Can you bring around some pure helium, or uranim or plutonium?
[03:35] <MAGI> >Radion would work too
03[03:35] <Amy> *useful information
03[03:35] <Amy> ((Fucking Manswers.))
[03:35] <MAGI> >But why do you want more nuclear relation?
03[03:36] <Amy> ((That was a typo.))
[03:36] <MAGI> ((You typoed into the terminal))
03[03:36] <Amy> >That was not what I meant.
03[03:36] <Amy> >Will you give me any more useful information?
[03:36] <MAGI> >Yes. You should never wear white after laborday
[03:36] <MAGI> >It's considered bad taste to tell a six year old that santa clause is not real
[03:37] <MAGI> >Your socks don't match
03[03:37] <Amy> >Why can we pilot evangelions? What makes us special?
[03:37] <MAGI> >You possess Sync Raitios
03[03:38] <Amy> >Why do we possess sync ratios?
[03:38] <MAGI> >For the same reason that the moon is white, and the core of the earth is black
03[03:38] <Amy> >We will speak again, MAGI.
03[03:38] <Amy> >Good night.
[03:39] <MAGI> >Don't let the aligator bite
03[03:39] <Amy> "Major Curlinson, I think I'm done."
[03:39] <MAGI> >He's going to appear on your bed tomorow
06[03:39] * Amy freeses.
03[03:39] <Amy> "Almost."
[03:39] <MAGI> "Good... do you understand why they give me a headache?"
03[03:39] <Amy> >Who is he?
[03:39] <MAGI> >His name is sir nugglesworth the third
[03:40] <MAGI> >he's going to be a surprise!
03[03:40] <Amy> "They know enough that we need to listen to them, so they try to confuse us because we have no choice but to listen."
[03:40] <MAGI> >Heee
[03:40] <MAGI> >Or maybe he had a different name
[03:40] <MAGI> >That's just what we call him
[03:40] <MAGI> >Details like that are unimportant
[03:41] <MAGI> "Yes"
[03:41] <MAGI> "They got together the three greatest minds on the planet to complete the damned thing"
[03:42] <MAGI> "And they produced this piece of garbage"
03[03:42] <Amy> "I think I've learned something very useful. Can we speak privately?"
[03:42] <MAGI> "Certainly... away from the magi please. I'm uncomfortable with them overhearing anything I say"
03[03:43] <Amy> "I see."
06[03:43] * Amy stands up.
Session Close: Thu Apr 07 03:43:43 2011

Session Start: Thu Apr 07 03:43:53 2011
Session Ident: #AEChicago
08[03:43] * Now talking in #AEChicago
08[03:43] * Topic is 'Marguerite, McCormick, Elise, Yofiel, Amy, Alex, Yofiel'
08[03:43] * Set by consilium on Wed Apr 06 23:14:19
08[03:45] * MAGI is now known as Mrs_Curlinson
06[03:46] * Mrs_Curlinson walks away from Magi with Amy
[03:46] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Well?"
03[03:46] <Amy> "First...These are some important things I've learned that I believe are reliable:"
08[03:46] * jinx is now known as Marguerite
06[03:47] * Marguerite takes up residence in the cafeteria, pilfering a piece of bread.
03[03:48] <Amy> "Most importantly: The fourth angel is named Isyaal. It is an encroachment-type that will infiltrate the Geofront and take control of key personnel. My presence is -required- to defeat it when it arrives. It must be me; not another pilot, not someone exactly like me; it has to be me or we will fail."
06[03:48] * Mrs_Curlinson is still suckling on her cigar
06[03:48] * Mrs_Curlinson freezes a moment, then nods
[03:49] <Mrs_Curlinson> "This was a scenario on the table"
[03:49] <Mrs_Curlinson> "We like to prep for possible scenarios"
03[03:49] <Amy> "I see. It has calculated that I am needed, at least until then. Correct?"
[03:50] <Mrs_Curlinson> "All of you were chosen after... intense consultation sessions with the Magi. I still have intense nightmares from those intense consultation sessions. Especially cable 316"
[03:50] <Mrs_Curlinson> "IT PLUGS INTO IT'S SELF FIVE TIMES, BUT ONLY HAS ONE END"
[03:50] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Sorry"
03[03:50] <Amy> "It's alright."
[03:51] <Mrs_Curlinson> "All of you are needed. Should any of you die or be disabled at any time, our odds of surviving are reduced"
03[03:51] <Amy> "Second: The angel left eggs."
06[03:51] * Mrs_Curlinson smiles gently
[03:51] <Mrs_Curlinson> "And we li... eggs"
[03:51] <Mrs_Curlinson> "FFFFFFFF"
[03:52] <Mrs_Curlinson> "LARGEN!"
[03:52] <Mrs_Curlinson> "FLARGEN FLARGEN FLUFFLEMOUFF"
06[03:52] * Mrs_Curlinson pauses
03[03:52] <Amy> "I'm afraid it gets worse."
[03:52] <Mrs_Curlinson> "But in all honesty Amy.... we like you, and alex, and all the rest of you"
[03:52] <Mrs_Curlinson> "You're good kids"
[03:52] <Mrs_Curlinson> "There's more?
03[03:53] <Amy> "I've learned many things that you and the commander would not want me to know."
03[03:53] <Amy> "The MAGI said if I do not trust you, you will not trust me, though."
[03:53] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Are you sure they're true? The magi is a liar at times. IF you ask it the same question five times you'll get eight answers"
03[03:54] <Amy> "I am positive."
[03:54] <Mrs_Curlinson> "alright... would you like to tell me what it told you?"
06[03:54] * Amy takes a deep breath, and begins.
03[03:54] <Amy> "First."
[03:54] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Many of the things we are not telling you are... nasty frightening things..."
03[03:54] <Amy> "I know."
[03:54] <Mrs_Curlinson> (that's before you say first)
[03:54] <Mrs_Curlinson> (Anyway)
03[03:59] <Amy> "I have an AT Field. Marguerite will vouch for me if I ask her. Alex as well. I have been able to levitate myself and small objects, and chip walls with it. The Angel communicated with me during the battle. It played a song in my head. These things happened before I spoke with the magi. As for what they told me; I am a clone. So is Alex. The Evangelions were humans named Janice, Levi, Sergei, and either Ketltla or Kafka, and are biological organisms in metal plating. I am not technically human. Despite the previous evidence, I am also not an Angel. I believe that is everything."
[04:00] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Somewhat innacurate in the small details, but broadly true. The evangelians were made with human DNA, and under the plating they look human"
03[04:00] <Amy> "The other information?"
[04:00] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Well... except for the one that Elsie calls Mr Eelface
[04:00] <Mrs_Curlinson> "That one doesn't look as human under the plating
03[04:01] <Amy> "You're avoiding the important question. If needed, I will agree not to tell the other pilots."
[04:02] <Mrs_Curlinson> "The... At field thing is a surprise, but a fortunate one. Would you like us to set up some sort of sessions so you can try to figure out how to use it better?"
[04:02] <Mrs_Curlinson> "And let us study it some?"
[04:02] <Mrs_Curlinson> "We'd like to know where we went right"
03[04:02] <Amy> "...You are not concerned."
[04:02] <Mrs_Curlinson> "I think it's amazing!"
06[04:02] * Mrs_Curlinson hugs you
[04:02] <Mrs_Curlinson> "It's definatly a good thing"
03[04:02] <Amy> "Then you intended for me to be able to do this."
03[04:02] <Amy> "When -you cloned me-."
[04:02] <Mrs_Curlinson> "No we didn't intend it"
03[04:03] <Amy> "When you cloned me."
[04:03] <Mrs_Curlinson> "You're using that word wrong. We did not clone you. Your DNA is not 1-1 with any one particular creature"
03[04:03] <Amy> "Then what am I?"
[04:03] <Mrs_Curlinson> "A genetically modified orginisim"
03[04:03] <Amy> "The MAGI said I was not a member of H. Sapiens."
[04:04] <Mrs_Curlinson> "That's debatable. But we did do a great deal of modification to you, more then say bruiseproofing tomatoes with pig DNA"
03[04:05] <Amy> "Why are you telling me this?"
[04:06] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Because you already seem to know, and I'd rather you not misunderstand. You are not a clone. You will not fine a genetic identical out there somewhere"
06[04:06] * Mrs_Curlinson hugs Amy warmly
[04:06] <Mrs_Curlinson> "You should tell feilding this though, he knows more about this and plans more about this then me"
03[04:06] <Amy> "Will you come with me?"
[04:06] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Yes"
[04:06] <Mrs_Curlinson> "If you want"
03[04:07] <Amy> "Thank you, Major."
06[04:07] * Amy finally hugs her back.
[04:07] <Mrs_Curlinson> "If you want me to remain behind I shan't, of course but..."
03[04:07] <Amy> "I am not sure I feel safe alone right now."
06[04:07] * Mrs_Curlinson smiles and hugs Amy tightly and happily
06[04:08] * Amy leaves the MAGI room. "The Commander, then."
06[04:08] * Mrs_Curlinson helps Amy head to the commander's office
03[04:09] <Amy> "Commander? It's an emergency."
[04:10] <~consilium> The Commander looks up, startled.  "What's happened?  Why didn't I get any notification?"  He seems genuinely alarmed.
[04:11] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Commander turn off the UN recording devices please"
03[04:11] <Amy> "UN what?"
[04:11] <~consilium> "Feh.  UN recording.  Like I put up with that in my office.  What happened?"
[04:12] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Magi answered questions. Some of them wrongly, some of them well, as usual"
[04:12] <Mrs_Curlinson> "But I'll let Amy tell you"
06[04:12] * Amy enters and salutes, then collapses on a chair.
03[04:13] <Amy> "Today's Angel left eggs. We will not survive the fourth angel without me."
[04:14] <~consilium> "The MAGI?  Ohh, I -knew- it - It laid -eggs-?  -Eggs?!-  Well fuck.  And, of course we need you.  We need every pilot we can fucking -get-!"  He taps out his pipe, scowling at his desk.
03[04:14] <Amy> "I know I am a clone, and that the Evangelions are biological. I know the names Janice, Levi, Sergei, and either Ketltla or Kafka, but I do not know what they mean. The Angel spoke to me during the battle. I believe today's synch problems were a result of using my AT Field. Which I have. I can levitate myself and small objects with it. Please do not have me assassinated."
03[04:14] <Amy> "Is there somewhere I can vomit?"
06[04:15] * Mrs_Curlinson passes Amy a bag
[04:15] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Here's a little secret:. He keeps them behind that potted plant"
06[04:15] * Amy throws up into it. "Where is the trash can?"
[04:15] <~consilium> The Commander stares for a moment.  "That fucking pile of bolts and bits."
[04:15] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Over there"
06[04:15] * Amy gets up, throws it out, and sits down.
[04:16] <Mrs_Curlinson> "I agree fully. The Magi needs to be replaced"
[04:16] <Mrs_Curlinson> "I've been saying this for years"
[04:16] <Mrs_Curlinson> "It is a faulty system"
[04:16] <~consilium> He stands up from behind his desk, and paces.  "Of -course- they need to be replaced!"
[04:16] <~consilium> "Find me a goddamn replacement and I'll haul it in myself!"
[04:17] <Mrs_Curlinson> "I've heard that India's been making progress on Quina"
[04:17] <Mrs_Curlinson> "And BIOS is going well in russia when it's not trying to kill everyone"
[04:18] <~consilium> "Maybe outright attempted homicide would be better."  His tone is mostly sarcastic.  Mostly.
[04:18] <Mrs_Curlinson> "And there's Claros but... uh... I read in the report we traded it for MAGI"
[04:20] <~consilium> He stares at Curlinson.  "Don't get me started on . . . ugh!"  He shudders visibly.  "The MAGI is still better than . . . -that-.  So."
[04:20] <~consilium> He sits back down, digging into his leather tobacco pouch.
[04:20] <Mrs_Curlinson> "And that's really it for supercomuting systems unless you want to transform all of the people in the base into a networked hivemind"
[04:20] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Which wouldn't work"
03[04:20] <Amy> "So."
[04:21] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Sweety, Magi told you this because it fucking hates us. And we hate it too"
[04:21] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Also it's insane, and probably murders babies"
03[04:22] <Amy> "Is any of it untrue?"
[04:22] <~consilium> "Or would if it could.  The MAGI did the same thing it always does.  You have an AT field.  So do all the other pilots."
03[04:22] <Amy> "They have a what now?"
[04:22] <Mrs_Curlinson> "An AT field"
03[04:22] <Amy> "Why?"
03[04:23] <Amy> "I was told that only angels and Evangelions posses them."
[04:23] <~consilium> "Yes.  All the other pilots have AT fields.  Small ones.  It's common.  It has something to do with the synchronization.  Or probably the other way around."
03[04:23] <Amy> "Mine is not small."
[04:24] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Some of the eggheads think everyone has them. Others of the eggheads don't. Some of the eggheads get a weird look on their face when you ask them, then run into the night after ripping their clothing off... I miss Joshua, how goes the manhunt?"
[04:24] <~consilium> "Poorly.  And, well, no.  You can pilot an Eva.  That's because you have a rather strong AT field.  Most other people . . . don't."
03[04:25] <Amy> "You don't seem to understand."
[04:30] <~consilium> He stares at Amy.  "What do you mean?"
06[04:31] * Amy scrunches her face up and tries to do something...Then doesn't.
06[04:31] * Mrs_Curlinson pats amy gently on the head
[04:31] <Mrs_Curlinson> "There there"
03[04:32] <Amy> "Well. Other pilots don't have a field strong enough to pick themselves up comfortably, while floating several books, correct?"
[04:32] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Do you have gas?"
[04:32] <~consilium> "Nnno.  No, they don't.  What are you talking about?"
03[04:32] <Amy> "That is what I am capable of doing, on a good day."
03[04:35] <Amy> The air around Amy flickers blue and grows wavy. A pen off of his desk picks up and floats at eye-level, before flinging itself against the wall. She stands up, picks it up, and puts it back. By the time she's back, the air around her is back to normal.
[04:36] <~consilium> The Commander can do nothing but stare.
06[04:36] * Mrs_Curlinson claps her heads excitedly
03[04:36] <Amy> "I'm about to be killed or experimented on for the rest of my natural life, aren't I?
[04:37] <~consilium> Commander Fielding stares ahead for a long, long moment.  "Definitely not killed.  Probably not the rest of your life."  His voice is hollow, flattened.
06[04:37] * Mrs_Curlinson hugs Amy
[04:38] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Well, depends on your religion"
[04:38] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Mine states that life is an experement started by god"
03[04:38] <Amy> "At this time, I would like to remind you that I was able to get a straight answer out of the MAGI multiple times, and their simulations suggest I will be needed to defeat the fourth angel."
[04:39] <~consilium> "And I'd like to remind -you- that OF COURSE WE NEED YOU.  We need every goddamn pilot we can get!
03[04:39] <Amy> "Okay."
06[04:39] * Mrs_Curlinson nods enthusiastically
[04:39] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Would you like to train your AT powers? I'm sure fielding and I could set something up"
03[04:40] <Amy> "I'm not sure. If you order me to, I will."
03[04:40] <Amy> "What will happen to me?"
04[04:40] <~consilium> The Commander lowers his head.  "Fuck.  Set something up . . ."  He looks back up again.  "I'm going to need some time to think on this.  I don't know what might happen to you, Amy.  I really don't.  Fuck."
03[04:41] <Amy> "The MAGI say I am not an angel, and I will not present a threat to NERV unless I choose to. They were being fairly lucid at the time."
[04:42] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Lucidity about magi is usually not a good thing. Lucid answers tend to be... usless"
[04:43] <~consilium> "The MAGI is never fully lucid.  Damn thing is crazy every minute of the day.  Hell, maybe -more- minutes than a day has."
[04:43] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Or activly make things worse"
03[04:43] <Amy> "I see."
[04:43] <Mrs_Curlinson> "They mean Atropos is in charge"
[04:43] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Atropos..."
[04:43] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Is the worst of the three"
03[04:43] <Amy> "They wouldn't do anything to put themselves at risk. Having an angel in the geofront unsupervised would do that, correct?"
[04:44] <Mrs_Curlinson> "There's three of them. Their crazy manminutes excede 24 hours worth"
[04:44] <~consilium> "It doesn't even really understand 'risk'."
03[04:44] <Amy> "This is not helping me, is it?"
[04:44] <Mrs_Curlinson> "No no! it does understand the word risk"
[04:44] <Mrs_Curlinson> "I got it to define funny"
[04:44] <Mrs_Curlinson> "And it gave me the dictionary definition of risk"
03[04:46] <Amy> "Is there anything else I can do, Commander?"
03[04:46] <Amy> "Or that I should know?"
04[04:46] <~consilium> "That explains so, so much."  He shakes his head.  "Listen.  Amy, we'll need to . . . I don't know, do something about this.  Right now?  You should probably rest.  We'll look into this."
03[04:47] <Amy> "Alright. I'm not dead, so I suppose this has gone better than I expected. May I ask a question, sir?"
[04:47] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Well, I've always wondered why Magi wasn't called FATE..."
[04:47] <~consilium> "Sure.  I can't promise I'll know the answer, but go ahead."  He sounds . . . tired.  Deeply tired."
03[04:48] <Amy> "Who is Janice?"
[04:49] <~consilium> He shakes his head.  "I don't know.  Probably someone from a book or something."
03[04:49] <Amy> "They think that's Unit 01's real name."
[04:50] <~consilium> "Unit 01 is named Unit 01.  That -is- the real name."
[04:50] <Mrs_Curlinson> "You could ask one of the scientists that developed unil 01 maybe. But I doubt they'd be able totell you anything. Especially not Johnathan"
03[04:50] <Amy> "They also called me Amy of Janice. But...yes. I understand, Commander. I should not tell the other pilots at this time, correct?" Amy stands up and salutes, almost looking as tired as the Commander.
[04:51] <~consilium> "Amy of . . . -What-?  And, no.  Please don't tell anyone else, until we can sort this out."  He sighs, and fills his pipe with shaky fingers.  "Get some rest."
02[04:52] * Ben (webclient@EFBE106C.648C8FC7.240D5AC4.IP) Quit (Ping timeout)
03[04:52] <Amy> "Yes, sir. Thank you, both of you. Good night."
[04:53] <Mrs_Curlinson> "And... about the janice thing..."
[04:53] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Honestly it was probably just fucking with you"
[04:53] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Nothing more"
[04:53] <Mrs_Curlinson> "It calls me the loud mouse"
[04:53] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Or was it the roaring mouse?"
03[04:54] <Amy> "That reminds me. I think it wants cheese and party hats for a mouse it is keeping in its terminal."
[04:54] <Mrs_Curlinson> "What again?"
06[04:54] * Amy blinks, tilts her head at Curlinson, and sighs.
[04:54] <Mrs_Curlinson> "I'm going to string up the techi who gave it that mouse"
06[04:54] * Mrs_Curlinson hugs Amy again
[04:54] <Mrs_Curlinson> "You rest well"
03[04:55] <Amy> "A literal mouse. It said it was my cousin. I believe that was a joke. Good night, Major."
06[04:56] * Amy returns to her room, and screams into the pillow, for a very long time. When she opens her eyes again, it's morning.
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