[22:04] <Blind_gardener> Marguerite: you've been recently transfered to NERV Chicago from elsewhere. You're arriving in the chicago O'hare airport, along side your Eva, (which is loaded into one of those massive planes that they used to use to transport Van Buren the space shuttle) Your airplane has just landed, and you're the only person on the plane. You were not orriginally supposed to be asigned to this...
[22:04] <Blind_gardener> ...location, but an emergancy of some sort popped up, and you found yourself re-assigned mid-flight to here
03[22:07] <Amy> Amy, being the only pilot not preoccupied, is waiting in the terminal with a small team of plainclothes S2 agents. She's buried her nose in a psychology book, and unless Marguerite's been briefed, there's no particular means of identifying her. When Unit 02 lands, she looks up for the briefest of seconds to see what she can tell of it from under its wrappings. Shoulder pylons, which means it's closer to Unit 01 than 03. That reassures her, but she couldn't tell you why.
[22:13] <Blind_gardener> Amy, Marguerite. The airplane lands, and the nice steward lady helps you get your stuff off of your plane....
[22:18] <Blind_gardener> (Boop?)
[22:18] <Marguerite> Marguerite is grateful for the guidance of the stewardess, and takes her single, NERV-branded dufflebag as it's handed to her. She scans the tarmac blankly for a moment before she sees the entrance to the main concourse, and heads in that direction. The girl purses her lips a moment, stealing a glance at the Evangelion unit under its coverings before slipping into the airport. "C'est..." She sighs, shakes her head, and looks a
03[22:18] <Amy> ((and looks a---
[22:19] <Marguerite> ((And look sabout, aimless.))
[22:20] <Marguerite> ((Did it cut off?))
03[22:20] <Amy> (Yes.))
03[22:21] <Amy> Amy stands up mechanically and approaches the gate when the door opens. She nods her head and extends a hand. "Amelia Cody. First Child." She doesn't make eye contact. Creeeepy.
[22:24] <Marguerite> Marguerite snaps her ankles together, manufacturing etiquette. "Euh, bon--" she clears her throat, her accent snapping a bit more American, "Um, hello. Marguerite Morrissette, uh--"--a painful pause--"--no title. Pleased to meet you." She gently shakes her hand, managing a gentile smile.
06[22:26] * Amy tilts her head with precisely none of the grace or tact of her new partner. "I was offering to take your bag."
[22:29] <Marguerite> Marguerite withdraws her hand, quickly disengaging the gesture, and swallows hard, "J-je regr--" She winces. "I'm sorry. I'll..." She looks helplessly around the airport gate. "Thank you for coming to meet me," She says after a long, composing breath, "Where do we go from here?"
03[22:32] <Amy> Amy peers at the I-guess-french girl for a long minute. "It was a mistake. Anyone could have made it. A car will take us to the Geofront. I'll be helping you get settled until someone else becomes available." She looks out the window. "I do not believe Unit 02 will be available. I hope you react better to this news than our previous newcomer." Without waiting for a reply, she turns around. Two or three men in suits stand up and lead them out.
[22:34] <Marguerite> Marguerite hustles after her, a few long strides catching her up. She sidles beside Amy, trying not to think of the men in suits--do they have guns? "Geofront, huh? That's the, euh.. NERV base of operations, yes?" She stares warily at Amy a moment. "Unit 02?"
03[22:37] <Amy> "Correct." After the next question, she winces as bad as Marguerite did before. "I'm not sure I should say more here. The package you were delivered with? Big? Red?"
[22:38] <Marguerite> "The Evangelion, y-yes." She nods. "That's Unit 02?"
[22:39] <Blind_gardener> (The GM quietly watches)
[22:40] <Blind_gardener> A van is parked by the airport, wating to take Marguerite and Amy to the base
03[22:42] <Amy> "Shh. Classified, remember?" When they get in the van, she gives a nod. "It's not the only one. Units 01 and 03 are also at this base, as well as a T-RIDEN-T." She looks down ruefully. "Unit 00 was also stored here. Its pilot has been...Transferred. I hope you'll be as much help as him."
[22:45] <Blind_gardener> The driver rolls down the window "Greetings ladies" he says gently "Shall we go back to the base, or stop by the macdonalds on the way back?
03[22:46] <Amy> "It is Marguerite's choice."
[22:47] <Marguerite> "There are four Evangelion units? And, what is a Trident?" She seems baffled, and falls to silence when the prospect of her being 'help' is raised. That IS what the Doctor said. She blanched when the meal decision was directed to her. "I-I've no preference, honestly," she said.
[22:49] <Blind_gardener> "Well, I'll stop you by the macdonolds. What do you want, a burger?"
03[22:50] <Amy> "Anything. No cheese, though."
[22:50] <Marguerite> "Th-that would be nice," she says, her voice hushed. "Thank you very much." She stares at her feet, straightens her uniform skirt uncomfortably.
06[22:51] * Amy looks up. "There are. You were not informed?" She pauses. "An alternative to Evangelions. it has no AT field, but it is supposedly very effective. Each is piloted, obviously."
03[22:51] <Amy> Amy is, instead, wearing a hoodie and jeans.
[22:52] <Blind_gardener> He drives up to the window, and procures burgers and drinks for each of you, then hands them back to you each before begining towards the base
06[22:54] * Amy takes it with a painfully fake smile, nothing new for Amy. "Unit 00 was the prototype. 01 is the test type and specializes in AT Field use. I'm not sure of 03's type, though it is a melee offense type, and I assume it is a production model. The T-RIDEN-T is our range specialist. You are...?"
[22:57] <Marguerite> Marguerite takes a sip of her drink, and a single bite of her burger before transferring her teeth to her lip, worrying at it as she stares out the window. "All I have been told is that I've a duty to fulfill here in Chicago," she says. "I was told nothing specific."
03[23:00] <Amy> "What have you been trained in?"
[23:02] <Marguerite> "...track and field." She didn't look up.
03[23:02] <Amy> "I see." She picks up a brown folder and scans it.
03[23:03] <Amy> "I'm cleared to tell you that you will be piloting Unit 02 with us to defeat the Angels. You're familiar with them, at least?"
[23:05] <Marguerite> She crosses her arms, lightly picking at the emblem of her Catholic school on her blouse. "Monsters from outer space. The UN can suppress them," she said, repeating what she'd heard on the news, "But EVA units do it better. Right?"
03[23:06] <Amy> "Correct. We can neutralize their AT Fields. Among other things." She takes a bite into her burger and frowns. "Should have asked for no onions. Not relevant. Do you have any questions?"
[23:06] <Blind_gardener> Amy, Marguerite's burger doesn't have onions
[23:06] <Blind_gardener> Or pickles or lettuce
[23:07] <Blind_gardener> Or cheese
06[23:07] * Amy pouts.
[23:09] <Marguerite> "Have I really... been sent here to pilot an EVA?" she asks, shaking her head a little. "Because this is more than a little..." She sighs. "C'est tres bizzare."
03[23:15] <Amy> "It is. This is what we've been left with though. Let's make the best of it, agreed?"
[23:19] <Marguerite> She finishes her meal and nods, maintaining her manners and dabbing her lips with the flimsy fast food napkin. "I do nothing but my best," she says. Marguerite crosses her legs and clasps her hands atop her knees, straightening her back, confidence building a bit.
[23:22] <Blind_gardener> (You two gonna trade hamburgers)
[23:22] <Blind_gardener> (?)
[23:23] <Blind_gardener> (Amy you can *tell* margurite's burger is without fixes)
03[23:23] <Amy> (Sorry)
[23:23] <Marguerite> (Marguerite is hella distracted and didn't even notice; she'd trade in a heartbeat if she did)
[23:24] <Blind_gardener> (hehehe)
[23:26] <Blind_gardener> (poit?)
03[23:26] <Amy> (Posting!)
03[23:27] <Amy> "That's what we'll like to hear." She hms. "Would you like to trade? I don't like the extra stuff."
[23:28] <Marguerite> "Ah, mais oui," Marguerite says, offering her burger. "If you don't mind that I've taken a bite."
06[23:31] * Amy trades. "Not particularly. Then you haven't been trained for combat?"
[23:37] <Marguerite> Marguerite takes a bite of the new burger, smiling. "Mmm. I like it with the fixings better. Thank you!" But her smile fades as she has to answer honestly: "I'm afraid I haven't, no..." (Difficult Toughness: 1d100 - 10)
[23:37] <Marguerite> (EEK, Skeleton's not anywhere)
03[23:39] <Amy> (D:)
03[23:39] <Amy> (I need to roll that?)
[23:39] <Marguerite> (No, I do)
03[23:41] <Amy> (Oh.)
[23:42] <Blind_gardener> (Roll in neo azure)
Session Close: Fri Apr 01 23:48:48 2011

Session Start: Fri Apr 01 23:48:49 2011
Session Ident: #AEChicago
08[23:48] * Now talking in #AEChicago
08[23:48] * Topic is 'Getting to know you / getting to know all about you / getting to like you / getting to hope you like me'
08[23:48] * Set by consilium on Tue Mar 22 19:18:15
[23:51] <Marguerite> Marguerite blinks for a moment, then shrieks, dropping her burger. Ketchup stains her stocking as she begins frantically beating at the walls, briefly cursing in French before her words become meaningless in her panic.
[23:52] <Blind_gardener> The driver does his best to ignore this, though he speeds up the travel back to base
06[23:53] * Amy first reaches out to grab her, then edges away when she sees exactly how much she's panicking. "This can't be good."
06[23:54] * Amy grabs the folder and reads through it for anything that might explain why she's so worried; her copy is heavily redacted, but...
06[23:56] * Marguerite shrieks again as though in pain and tries to curl in on herself, triggering the seat belt's safety catch and locking it; the restriction of movement seems to plunge her deeper, and she cries out louder. "L-lach--, l-let g--!!" She sobs incoherently, curled fetally with her knees pressed to her chest.
06[23:56] * Blind_gardener drives like he had a lead shoe
06[23:57] * Amy stares, holding utterly, perfectly still.
Session Time: Sat Apr 02 00:00:00 2011
06[00:00] * Marguerite continues to sob and shriek, twitching briefly before falling apparently catatonic.
06[00:01] * Amy still doesn't react, at all.
06[00:01] * Blind_gardener stops at the base. "Will you help me carry her to Nerv hospital?
03[00:02] <Amy> "Yes."
06[00:04] * Amy opens the door when the van stops, and touches her arm for a moment to test. If she doesn't react, she takes her by the back.
06[00:05] * Marguerite is breathing heavily, eyes lidded and bleary. She's not unconscious, but definitely stunned.
03[00:06] <Amy> "Are there any Eva pilots in this world that aren't broken beyond repair? Please get her legs."
[00:07] <Blind_gardener> "I heard that there were some in russia, but they all died horribly due to bear"
[00:07] <Marguerite> "Are they gone?" Marguerite gasps, eyes flitting open. "Wh..what was that..."
[00:07] <Blind_gardener> The driver says, he sounds like he's joking
03[00:11] <Amy> "That would do it." She frowns towards the other child. "You had a flashback, I believe."
[00:14] <Marguerite> "Mais non, c'est impossible," she breathes, trying blindly to get to her feet. "I.. they weren't real..?" Her Quebecois accent has thickened considerably.
03[00:16] <Amy> "They were not. You took a bite into my burger and began convulsing." She looks up to the driver. "Does she still go to the hospital?"
[00:17] <Blind_gardener> "It may be for the best... can you walk?"
[00:20] <Marguerite> "I can... I'm sorry, I've--that's never happened to me before," she says, shaking her head, "I... I don't know, I've never... had a nightmare like that before, certainly not while awake." She shook her head. "But there's no need to take me to the hospital," she says quietly, her tone becoming mechanical, "I'm not supposed to. I'm to see Dr. Morrissette if I've any medical trouble."
03[00:23] <Amy> "Does Dr. Morissette work here?"
[00:24] <Blind_gardener> "Likely not" the driver says "No other personell transfered from canada branch
[00:25] <Marguerite> "...no." She straightened herself, drawing back up to her full height. She was a bit tall for her age, and gangly, and her rigid posture did nothing to hide this. The mention of medical treatment seemed to change her demeanor significantly.
03[00:26] <Amy> "I don't like this. If an Angel shows up and you have a nightmare like that again, what will we do?" Back to the driver. "Are there any orders about her doctors?"
[00:31] <Blind_gardener> "My only orders were to take her back to base, and make sure, if I got her a hamburger for a treat, it was without fixings
04[00:32] * Marguerite stares blankly. "Euh, Amy? Je pense...erm, rather, I think we shouldn't have traded."
03[00:33] <Amy> "That is obvious." She next turns to the driver again. "You didn't notice us trading?"
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[00:35] <Marguerite> "I'm sorry, I didn't know... I've... never actually had a burger before."
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03[00:35] <Amy> Amy stares the driver down with pure disgust. "It was not your fault. His job was to protect us both, and he failed."
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03[00:41] <Amy> "This is not a difficult job. All you had to do was listen to us talking, and this would not have happened. To the best of my knowledge, you aren't deaf, because you heard my generous response when you asked me for help. If you think for a -minute- Commander Fielding will not hear about this, then you are as useless as I fear you might be."
03[00:43] <Amy> "I am going to take Marguerite to her room now, and then I am going to find her doctor's contact information, and notify him or her of this. I'd expect your pink slip within..." She checks her phone. "Lucky for you. The first is tomorrow."
[00:43] <Guest9372> "You... traded? you really should not have. She's not supposed to eat overly complex foods"
03[00:44] <Amy> "You didn't -notice-. I was not informed of this. I failed, but had you been paying the slightest attention, you, who -was- informed of this, would have been able to prevent this. The failure is entirely at your feet."
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06[00:45] * Marguerite looks stricken, unsure of what to say in this situation. "It was a simple mistake, perhaps we should continue on and forget about it for now. I'll call Dr. Morrissette and inquire myself. It was probably the burger. It shouldn't be difficult to avoid that between here and the phone, right?" She lifted her tone consciously, trying to bring some levity to the situation.
[00:46] <Blind_Gardener> "I... suppose if that's why"
[00:48] <Blind_Gardener> "I... suppose it might not be nessessary to take her to the hospital"
[00:48] <Blind_Gardener> He says, scratching the back of his head, clearly torn between a sense of duty and a desire not to get into trouble
03[00:48] <Amy> Amy looks at Marguerite and covers her face. "Alright. Yes. Please notify me. I want to make sure you're alright." She gently pats her on the shoulder, and then back to the driver. "I'll be back for you." She takes the other girl's hand and leads her off. "Come on. I'll show you your room."
[00:50] <Blind_Gardener> (heh)
06[00:51] * Marguerite takes her bag and holds it, offering the driver an apologetic bow and a pleasant smile. She turns, stoops to roll her socks down (surreptitiously hiding the ketchup stain) and hops off after Amy.
03[00:54] <Amy> "That was repugnant. I'll see to it that being fired with a bad reference is the -least- of his worries, I promise that."
03[00:55] <Amy> "Are you sure you're alright?"
04[00:56] <Marguerite> "Surely that isn't necessary, Amy, it was an honest mistake. He was driving. I am fine," she nodded twice. "I apologize if I've made a bad first impression. Today has been a very strange day."
03[00:58] <Amy> "You've done nothing to warrant an apology. Your first impression is fine. You got a map of the GeoFront in your welcome package?"
[01:01] <Marguerite> "Welcome package?"
03[01:08] <Amy> "Apparently not. Is there anywhere you'll need directions to?"
06[01:10] * Marguerite thinks a moment, then sighs, shaking her head. "My room, I assume? And... well, surely I can find my way around from there, it can't be that big, right?"
03[01:12] <Amy> "...You've not seen a GeoFront before, have you?"
[01:14] <Marguerite> "...I have not."
03[01:17] <Amy> "I see." She frowns. "Suffice it to say, it's big."
06[01:19] * Marguerite nods, taking this in stride. "Do you think I need to check in, or anything? Or where will the next roll call be held?"
03[01:20] <Amy> "I'll report that you made it here unh-" Pause. Frown. "Relatively safe. If anyone needs you, they'll come for you." They arrive in the residential area. "This is your room. I'm in 601, down the hall, if you need anything."
[01:21] <Blind_Gardener> BBS I gotta go for a bit
[01:22] <Marguerite> (Perfect timing!)
04[01:22] <Marguerite> Marguerite nodded sheepishly, pausing at the door to her room. "Thank you for your help, Amy. I'll...see you soon, I suppose."
03[01:23] <Amy> "It was my pleasure."
08[01:27] * Amy is now known as Yue
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08[01:29] * Marguerite is now known as Jinxwillberightback