NGE: Nobody Dies

[Black Aeronaut]

Suddenly, Black Sabbath's Iron Man is stuck in my head. And that's a good thing.

[Black Aeronaut]

.... And now everyone knows who they are. Oooooohhhh shit.

[Morganite]

I gotta say, my immediate (and furthermore, my later-after-having-had-time-to-mull-it-over) response to that was "So?"

I'm not sure I've ever read an Eva fic where the identities of the pilots wasn't somewhere between "world's worst kept secret" and "public information".

-Morgan.

[Wiregeek]

"What wonders the girls shall show him."

Heee~eyyyy...

*shudder*
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies

[ordnance11]

He now knows what orifices are for.
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Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

[Morganite]

Having had access to the internet... that should already have been known?

[ordnance11]

He never had use for the human body...now The Ree are gonna show him.....intimately..and in detail. I can't decide whether to pity him...or envy him.
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Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

[OpMegs]

He never had use for the human body...now The Ree are gonna show him.....intimately..and in detail. I can't decide whether to pity him...or envy him.

Given that Kaworu was introduced to the concept of "ocular virginity" and the other Ree are LESS normal than their older sister?
Yeah, pity. Very much so.
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."

[Black Aeronaut]

In regards to their identities... It was a bit of an open secret. "The first rule about Fight Club is that we do not talk about Fight Club." That sorta thing. Plus I'm betting that Section Two did a bang up job keeping the cat in the bag. Besides, nobody likes to be labled as a traitor, and Tokyo-3 is the quintessential 'company town.'

Oh, and just remember - just because others say you're being paranoid doesn't mean that there isn't someone out to get you. There will be consequences.

[Valles]

Sitting next to each other on the hospital bed, her knees up against her chest, his arm wrapped around her shoulders, they wait. She hasn't said anything since the admission. She waits for him to leave, to yell at her, to curse her but he doesn't. His hold on her becomes tighter, if anything.

"I don't know why it started," she says, her voice hoarse, squeaky, "I don't know why. I don't know why. I've been so bad, been so useless. I can't tell why I did it. I thought it would be like she wanted me to be, if I was burned like the Eva was supposed to burn me."

Closes her eyes, takes more deep, shaking breaths.

"She's been bad," she says, "We've been bad. I've been bad. I'm sorry. I'm s-sorry."

Rereading ND, and I come across this quote from Asuka...

And I realized, 'she' isn't Kyoko, but one of the other personas.

Well played, Mister Landsman. Well played.
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."

[Rod.H]

http://www.fanfiction.net...79457/34/NGE_Nobody_Dies

Bwahaha, President Colbert

[Wiregeek]

What Zwei's new body may look like.

http://www.bostondynamics.com/robot_bigdog.html
Edit:

"Okay," Colbert corrects, "You're already on the List.
But now you're at Threat Level Down, bitch."

I approve of this so hard I may have sprained something.
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies

[Ebony]

http://www.fanfiction.net...79457/34/NGE_Nobody_Dies

Bwahaha, President Colbert

Well, he did voice the President in "Monsters vs. Aliens," and did a highly entertaining job. ("Okay, somebody set the Threat Level at Brown, because I need a new pair of pants.")
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com

"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."

[The Wanderer]

...so, to sum up: we have Ikari Gendou and the President of the United States, Stephen Colbert, in a fist fight on international television on Larry King Live...

...and it's entirely reasonable for this to happen.

The way this story balances serious with silly-verging-on-slapstick is simply amazing.

[Black Aeronaut]

This story is going completely off the freakin' rails... and only in the best possible of ways.

[OpMegs]

And with Gendo around.....it's all according to plan. His moment of detailing out the elaborate way this entire fiasco benefits NERV was awesome.
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."

[firvulag]

And regarding the end of the chapter: Asuka dear, there are some things you don't say, not even in the privacy (or lack thereof) of your own head.
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"Facts? You want Facts? This is Usenet!"

[The Wanderer]

Okay, halfway through chapter 36, I can't help but laugh at the notion of post-Second-Impact "foot shortages".

I think that's the funniest typo I've seen since the Flash hitting things with his nads thousands of times a second. (And that, at least, had the excuse of being legitimately IRC-scale no-time-to-edit.)

[Jorlem]

You shouldn't laugh. Unauthorized attempts at remedying the post-Second-Impact foot shortages have nearly caused the complete extinction of most species of rabbits.
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber."  --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.

[Evil Midnight Lurker]

I was thinking that, in a starvation situation, you don't want to eat your own leg.  That'd just be weird.
--Sam
"I am mighty!  I have a glow you cannot see!"

[OpMegs]

Chapter 37 is out.
Astonishingly, Kyoko just earned her first Crowning Moment of Awesome since this started.
Asuka's MPD is out in the open, but she and Shinji have been talking things over, and seem to be doing pretty well when the Angel of Mountains arrives.

So, when Section 2 arrived and told them they had to get to NERV,
both were more than a little angry at whatever supernatural menace was
on its way this time. They were in their plugsuits in minutes on on the
lift in seconds, standing close to one another the entire trip.
"We
can figure things out later," he says, as the lift doors open into
Cages, the motionless forms of their Evas waiting, "Just be…careful."
"Just
a moment, children."
Standing before the catwalks, arms folded
and eyes narrowed, Yui Ikari catches their gaze with her own. It is the
Look, both realize, the one the Commander uses on occasion but which
nonetheless freezes them in place.
It lets them know they are in
trouble.
"Mom, what's wrong?" he asks.
"I want to talk with
Asuka alone, Shinji," Yui says, "Get in Unit 01. We'll be along
shortly."
"We don't have time," Shinji says, stand in front of
Asuka, blocking her off from his mother, "The Angel's on its way."
"I
am not comfortable with this situation, Shinji," Yui explains, voice
level, "One of the pilots is not mentally stable. I am not comfortable
with her in combat."
"You were fine when you didn't know."
Yui
turns as Kyoko walks onto the catwalk, past Shinji and Asuka.
"You
had no problem with her piloting when you assumed it was just her being
stuttering and damaged," Kyoko says, "You will not take her out of the
Eva program for this. Which she has always had and was smart enough to
hide from you, Ikari."
"This is not a power play, Sohryu," Yui
says, "This is important. And this cannot wait."
"Well, I
understand," Kyoko says, and smirks, "This, however, is a power
play. Zwei!"
The ground rumbles. Four eyes glow green. Lurching
from the Cage, Unit 02 overshadows them all, Yui's jaw dropping as the
red and white Evangelion grabs an Entry Plug and holds it in front of
them.
"MASTER. READY."

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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."

[Black Aeronaut]

Why does this sound familiar?

 

"Level 4 functionality achieved. Access granted to the Dirac Armor. Accessing: Type F Melee Armor."
The air around Unit 01 shifts, becoming a sphere of white. Not light, but the absence of everything, even the blackness of the void as portals into the Dirac Sea open around the purple Evangelion. Purple plate flashes and disappears, replaced by magenta and red armor. The shoulder strips widen, forward facing arrow shaped protrusions appearing, glowing on the inside as red and orange lines run down the surface of the armor. Clawed purple gloves become violet and orange gauntlets, extra armor appearing around the chest as orange jet stripes glow with internal power.

Turbines built into the armor glow as Unit 01's hand flexes and crushes the caught fist of the Trident. In the entry plug, Shinji grins and extends his thought into action.

And Unit 01's first punch sends the Trident flying.

Standing fully upright, the Eva flexes its neck, steam escaping its nostrils as the completed F-Type Melee Enhancement armor comes to full life, and with a burst of flame from its back mounted jets, it charges.

[Berk]

Why does this sound familiar? 

"Level 4 functionality achieved. Access granted to the Dirac Armor. Accessing: Type F Melee Armor."

The Type F armor actually exists in the side stories and games.
Think it showed up first in the Evangelion 2 video game, then made its appearance again in SRW@3.
- Grumpy Uncle Gearhead

[Evil Midnight Lurker]

Shots of the figure.
--Sam
"Now you're a tiny two-headed bluebird who can only speak high-school French!"

[Jorlem]

Well, given the M.E.G.A. System, I thought it might be a reference to either this or this, which are the Model Fs in Megaman ZX and Megaman ZX Advent, respectively.  Sorry for not having better pics..
EDIT: Nevermind.  Look here for better pics.
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber."  --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.