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Sofaspud
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13. "RE: Exodus 5:1"
In response to message #0
 
   >I hope it's not a problem if it's
>a couple of days
>early. :)

I know you didn't intend it this way, but I'm gonna take it this way anyway. Thanks for the awesome early birthday present! (mine's on the 27th)

> It was unmistakably a scene of utter chaos. That was a phrase
> that appeared in every single one of the television news
> reports from the scene that night: "a scene of utter chaos,"
> spoken spontaneously and independently by every reporter
> covering the incident.

"Spontaneously and independently", rrrrriiight. I'm pretty sure that's cue card no. 1, filed under "Disasters, Live Coverage Of"

> Bombers, she thought. They're going to nuke the creature...
> and the city with it. Like Modesto.

Y'know, my dad grew up in Modesto. From his stories, it might be better off now.

> "Oh!" declared the hornèd giant in a cheerful-sounding,
> thunderously amplified voice. "It's good to be back."

TOO FUCKIN' RIGHT IT IS!

Ahem.

You can't tell, but I'm bouncing over here. Literally. Jiggling in my chair like a schoolgirl. A ... 38 year old fat dude schoolgirl. IGNORE THE HORRIBLE MENTAL IMAGE, just accept that I'm really jazzed about this, OK?!?


> /* Cavo
> "Hold Your Ground"
> Thick as Thieves (2012) */

Once again Eyrie introduces me to new nifty music I'd never heard of before. Thanks!

> DJ shrugged nonchalantly. "Well, after successfully
> locating and mapping an Ubaid city and fighting off
> the buggers who wanted to loot it, we felt we'd
> earned some quiet time. Plus the matter of our
> anniversary."

So I had to google that, not being quite up to speed on whatever the hell a "Ubaid" is. That is... exceedingly interesting, especially given some of the associated imagery and the reappearance of a certain enemy type in XCOM.

> "The war," Asuka agreed, putting a hand on DJ's
> shoulder. "But even then, we did our best to protect
> the civilian population. Worcester-3 was built to
> prevent this kind of outcome... so we never thought
> we'd see something like this."

I have to admit I never did quite understand the whole Geo-Front concept. I suspect it's because I've never actually watched the original Evangelion show, so I'm lacking visuals that the text (unconsciously) assumes I have.

(This isn't a complaint so much as it is an observation.)


> "Central, this is Big Sky. We are inbound with the goodies—
> requesting landing clearance on Pad One."
> Another man's voice, closer to a baritone, replied with a
> carefully precise Midwestern accent, "Copy, Voodoo 3-1. Pad
> One approach confirmed—we'll see you on the ground."

Is there some method to the callsigns? Central makes rather obvious sense, as does Big Sky (though in this context I'd think that'd be more appropriate for the Antonov transports), but where does "Voodoo 3-1" come from?

I like it, even if it's just copied verbatim from the games, but it's just something I've always wondered about. Googling "call signs" and other such things hasn't helped, but I can't help but feel there's an underlying scheme here. Later on "Menace 1-4" is used, which just reinforces that notion.

> The garment bag proved to contain a black two-piece suit
> and white shirt, their fabric of a slightly unusual weight
> and texture.

Ah hah hah haha hah the image of Asuka as an MiB is gonna tickle me for days.

> Asuka had taken it even further, skipping both field blouse
> and dress shirt of the de-ranked XCOM trooper fatigues
> she'd been issued and sporting only the charcoal-grey tank
> top, subliminally marked with the XCOM logo in black, over
> the cargo trousers and boots.

Awww. I mean, that's still much better than a poke in the eye, but see above re: MiB!Asuka.

> "I have to admit I was expecting something a little more
> Dr. Strangelove," Asuka remarked, turning around to take
> in the room.

What, you mean like Gendo?

> "We have one of those too," said a voice behind her, "but
> it tends to make meetings a little tense."

... like Gendo?

(Guess not, darn. What's he up to these days, anyway? After his head got un-fucked he was a pretty cool guy, I'd like to see more of him.)

> "Lord Langley-Croft; Lady Langley-Croft," said the new
> arrival cordially, offering a hand. "Special Agent Phil
> Coulson, MIB Southwestern US. Welcome to Fort Alcatraz."

Oh you glorious bastards.

> "I'm here," said another familiar voice from the doorway,
> and DJ and Asuka turned to see Rei Ellison standing
> there, casually but stylishly dressed in a summery white
> sundress and tennis shoes, with a bookbag over her arm
> and a blue-dapple dachshund on a leash.

Hi Rei! We missed you!

> Like Jon, she looked tired, her already normally pale
> face a bit drawn. She was also, the Langley-Crofts were
> mildly alarmed to see, injured; her right arm was
> bandaged from wrist to elbow and suspended in a sling,
> her left knee bound up in an Ace bandage.

Hi Rei! Is it some cosmic rule that you must start out every adventure injured?

(Also: isn't she a fully-vested angel now? Given how many times the bad guys made use of the Song of Restoration, you'd think she'd be able to lean on it once in a while.)

> They ate pizza, chatted, lounged, even joked, all in
> the silently shared knowledge that whatever was going
> on, they were all going to face it together, and was
> there anything in the world they couldn't take on in
> that configuration? The imminent, immanent eschaton
> hadn't even made that list.

There are times I suspect you guys engage in clever wordplay for the sake of clever wordplay. Not that I'm complaining!

It took me a few to parse that successfully, though.

> "Officially, it's classified as Anomalous Entity 01,"
> Jon put in, "but the tactical personnel who fought it
> gave it another name."

Yeah, that's a mouthful.

That said, if they reach Anomalous Entity 35, you know it has to be named "Dave".

> Before Misato could answer, Rei spoke up. "Because we
> invested them with the help of our three friends, the
> ARC units need a large portion of their power to be
> fully activated, and that requires particular celestial
> conditions. If things were to reach that point, they
> will gladly stand with us again, but the situation
> would likely be... extremely dire."
> DJ nodded. "Fair enough."

Nicely done. I asked myself that same question as soon as the reveal hit; this is about the perfect answer.

> Jon grimaced slightly, and Asuka took note of a pained
> look in Rei's eyes as she turned back to face their
> old partners. Turning, Jon put his opposite hand over
> DJ's, holding it for a moment before gently sliding it
> off. "I tried syncing with EVA-03 after we brought it
> out of storage. It... didn't go well. During the war, I
> always had my best sync with Moloch, or Michael. In an
> EVA that didn't have a spirit of its own... it wasn't
> the same."

*wince* Ow, dammit. Poor Jon.

I'm hoping this gets explored a bit more, just because I'm curious. Is it because Jon is half-demon and the Evas are based on angels?

> In hindsight, DJ had to admit it was a dumb opening move.

I think that's the Croft trademark, though, innit?

> He was interrupted then, as just when he reached point
> blank range, AE-02 hauled off and clobbered him with the
> wreckage of the Leopard 2 tank it had been holding when
> the two EVAs arrived.

Now, I don't *know* that this is the case, but I'm picturing AE-02 holding the tank by the cannon barrel and just thwacking the EVA with it.

Like a kaiju-scale El Kabong.

> "True enough," DJ conceded, taking a drink. "So what's
> the plan now? Head back to Alcatraz?"
> Misato shook her head. "No. As soon as your EVAs are
> loaded, I want you both to head for Yokosuka."
> DJ gave her a puzzled look. "What, Yokosuka in Japan?"
> Misato rolled her eyes. "No, Yokosuka, Vermont," she
> replied. "Of course Yokosuka in Japan."
> "... Right, OK," DJ replied. "I'm not even going to ask."

But I am! Okay, well, actually I'll wait for the next episode, but still!

> "By now you've all had time to assess this
> information," he said, gesturing to the displays
> around them. "I trust you all appreciate what an
> unwelcome surprise this development is."
> "Unwelcome surprise? It's a whole sequence of
> unwelcome surprises," said the man immediately to
> the speaker's left.

Oh ho ho, Mysterious Figures In The Shadows. You sorry bastards have no idea what you just uncorked, do you?

> "Do we have any information as to who their pilots
> are?" asked the woman seated to the chairman's right.

You're really not impressing me with your intelligence (both senses of the word), Shadowy Figures.

> "After all," the chairman concluded, "the world
> isn't going to save itself."

I suppose it's possible that your intentions are good, but there's that saying about roads to nether regions.

------------------

I'm super-excited about this (if that wasn't clear already). One thing I was a bit letdown by? I'd grown to love the post-credits context-less teaser bits back in the NXE days. As I scrolled through the credits I was looking forward to that, and... it wasn't there. Minor sadness.

But honestly, other than that?

"Oh, it's good to be back!"


--sofaspud
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