Project Germanicus: A Three Part Play

by Jet556

Nearly two months have passed since an angel has appeared and in the archives of NERV, a file for something called "Project Germanicus" is discovered that causes the staff lower than Commander Ikari and Doctor Fuyutsuki to grow suspicious until an angel mysteriously appears, bringing the investigation to a halt and endangering the pilots. Plot may change.

5. Part I Act I Scene V

PART I

ACT I

SCENE V

(MISATO's apartment. SHINJI, ASUKA, TOJI, HIKARI and KENSUKE are all sitting together writing down in their notebooks, HIKARI also holding a penguin plush close to her, when MISATO, a blond KAJI and CONN enter the apartment. When the three adults enter, SHINJI and ASUKA both look up from their work. They then return to their notebooks, only to look up at the audience, wide-eyed and look over at the blond KAJI once more.)

KAJI: (Exasperated.) For the last time, Conn. We aren't screwing with you. I was just curious how I would look blond, so I dyed my hair last night. (Notices the kids and then whispers to him.) Okay, you explained to us that "Germanicus" means "Victorious in Germania."

CONN: (Whispering back.) I did, yes.

KAJI: Well, I can't help but feel that Project Germanicus might have something to do with Asuka.

CONN: (Genuinely confused.) Who?

KAJI: Asuka Langley Soryu.

MISATO: (Grabbing herself a can of beer.) Known to you as "Mrs. Ikari." She's part German and like Shinji one of the pilots.

CONN: (With a grim expression.) His own scion? Commander Ikari is certifiable! (He looks at the kids for a moment, ASUKA glaring at him while SHINJI just raises a hand in greeting. He then turns his head away towards the door as he begins to think.)

MISATO: (Walks over to the kids and leans over.) What are you five all hard at work with?

SHINJI: Individual history assignments, Miss Misato.

HIKARI: (Gesturing at CONN.) Who is that?

MISATO: Conn O'Sullivan, he works in NERV's archives. (Looking over at CONN.) Conn, these are Shinji and Asuka's friends: (CONN turns his head in their direction, but is clearly not fully paying attention) Kensuke Aida, Hikari Horaki and Toji Suzuhara.

KENSUKE: Hi!

HIKARI: Hello!

TOJI: Hey!

CONN: It is nice to meet you Kensuke Aida, Ikari Horaki and… Titania, was it?

HIKARI: I'm sorry, did he just call me "Ikari Horaki"?

TOJI: "Titania" isn't even close to my name!

KAJI: (Notices the penguin plush that HIKARI is holding close to her while she does her work.) I haven't seen Pen-Pen in years. I didn't know you still had him, Misato.

CONN: (Fully paying attention, he looks at MISATO incredulously.) "Pen-Pen"? Are you serious? (MISATO just shrugs. CONN shakes his head and turns his attention to the kids.) So, what is this history assignment that you all working on?

ASUKA: Our teacher pulled names out of two different hats so we are all doing assignments on different historical figures. "Titania" here got Genghis Khan for example. (TOJI throws his hands up in the air and mouths the word "Why?")

CONN: (Smiling warmly.) Actually, it is pronounced "Chinggis Haan" and I do believe I may be able to help some of you out.

END OF PART I ACT I

NOTES

Conn mistakenly thinking Kaji is blond and as a result Kaji getting curious and dying his hair, is derived from a moment where I misremembered him as blond. I felt it made for a nice bit of humour.

As this is meant to be a play, I decided that Pen-Pen should be a penguin plush, specifically one that Kaji had won for Misato at a carnival. That way, he is still appearing somehow.

As the owner of a few graphic novel adaptations of plays, all of them Shakespearean, I can imagine the final panel for this act featuring Conn sitting with the kids and telling them what he knows the specific historical figures they are doing assignments on, some of them smiling while Toji looks rather annoyed at Conn having gotten his name wrong. A graphic novel adaptation? There I go, thinking too big.