CHAPTER 9
The next day the children had to complete a harmonics test, however this time it was set just a little differently.
"WHAT?!" Asuka yelped. "You want me to take my clothes off again?"
"The next chamber is an ultra clean environment, just taking a shower and changing your undergarments is insufficient," Ritsuko explained.
"Why do I have to go though all of this for just an autopilot test?" Asuka whined.
"With the advance of time Eva technology also needs to advance. To do so we need a constant influx of new data" Ritsuko clarified. "Now get undressed"
"Awe!" all four children complained. Moments later the children were standing in a small chamber that had a screen running across its middle and a number above it stating which pilot was which.
"Alright I am here just the way you wanted" Asuka snapped. "Butt naked run through the wash cycle seventeen times!" Mia laughed at her and straightened her face as Asuka poked her tongue out at her.
"Sure it wasn't eighteen?" Mia asked and Asuka tried to count.
"Probably" she stamped her foot.
"Now I want all four of you to stay that way as you walk through the room and board the entry plug," Ritsuko ordered through a speaker system.
"What?!" Asuka shouted and Shinji went bright red, Mia wrapped her arms around herself and Rei did nothing.
"Don't worry the video recorders have been turned off, we do respect your privacy" Ritsuko apologized.
"That isn't the point, this is a very personal thing!" Asuka retorted folding her arms.
"The purpose of this test is to remove interference from your plug suits, and to monitor the harmonics directly from your bodies" Ritsuko stated. "Asuka this is an order"
"All right but I don't want anyone peeking OK," she snapped and the cameras turned off. "I still don't approve," she snapped as the shades opened. "Well I am not going first, Shinji you go"
"Why me?" he asked with his heart skipping a beat.
"We're the same it isn't as bad, there are three of us and only one of you move" Asuka ordered and he closed his eyes walking briskly to the door and getting out as soon as he could. Asuka, Mia and Rei followed entering their plugs after Shinji had done so.
"All pilots ready for entry"
"Start the test sequence," Ritsuko instructed.
"Beginning test, initiate autopilot recording. Inserting simulation plug"
"Connecting the simulation bodies to the system"
After a half hour of the test Ritsuko enabled the communication connection between the Eva's and he commanding central.
"How do you feel?" Ritsuko asked.
"It feels odd" Rei answered.
"Yeah, it is different from the other times" Shinji added.
"Something is wrong with my senses" Asuka said looking around her. "My right arm is the only thing that is clear, everything else is fuzzy"
"Was that a vibration?" Mia asked quietly looking around her plug, she could have sworn that she felt something move.
"Rei, imagine moving your right hand" Ritsuko said.
"Right" Rei answered grabbing the control and pulling it backwards. The Eva's hand moved slightly.
"Data collection is coming along nicely" Maya stated reading the computer screens.
"Everything seems good so far," Ritsuko thought aloud. "Return the Magi to their normal state" she requested.
"Connecting the simulation plugs to the Eva's via the simulation bodies"
"Contact with Eva 00 has been confirmed"
"AT field will be generated on 2"
Mia jumped as she heard the alert alarms going off. She looked around to see red sings flashing that she couldn't read without her glasses. The command room went silent and the children felt half panicky, what was happening?
Suddenly Rei screamed and all of them looked over to Eva unit 00.
"Rei!" Misato cried out.
"Why can't we hear them?" Shinji shouted puling the controls but all it did was twitch the arms.
Suddenly the children were blasted upwards and they all fell backwards into their seats.
"What's going on!"? Asuka screamed.
* * * * *
2 hours later after the children were still trapped inside their entry plugs Shinji finally spoke.
"What's going on outside?" he asked to no one in particular. Rei sat there in silence while Asuka screamed and fidgeted. Mia just felt restless and wanted out of the entry plug.
"How am I going to get out of here without my clothes on!?" Asuka shrieked. "Somebody help me!" she cried out.
The next day the children had to complete a harmonics test, however this time it was set just a little differently.
"WHAT?!" Asuka yelped. "You want me to take my clothes off again?"
"The next chamber is an ultra clean environment, just taking a shower and changing your undergarments is insufficient," Ritsuko explained.
"Why do I have to go though all of this for just an autopilot test?" Asuka whined.
"With the advance of time Eva technology also needs to advance. To do so we need a constant influx of new data" Ritsuko clarified. "Now get undressed"
"Awe!" all four children complained. Moments later the children were standing in a small chamber that had a screen running across its middle and a number above it stating which pilot was which.
"Alright I am here just the way you wanted" Asuka snapped. "Butt naked run through the wash cycle seventeen times!" Mia laughed at her and straightened her face as Asuka poked her tongue out at her.
"Sure it wasn't eighteen?" Mia asked and Asuka tried to count.
"Probably" she stamped her foot.
"Now I want all four of you to stay that way as you walk through the room and board the entry plug," Ritsuko ordered through a speaker system.
"What?!" Asuka shouted and Shinji went bright red, Mia wrapped her arms around herself and Rei did nothing.
"Don't worry the video recorders have been turned off, we do respect your privacy" Ritsuko apologized.
"That isn't the point, this is a very personal thing!" Asuka retorted folding her arms.
"The purpose of this test is to remove interference from your plug suits, and to monitor the harmonics directly from your bodies" Ritsuko stated. "Asuka this is an order"
"All right but I don't want anyone peeking OK," she snapped and the cameras turned off. "I still don't approve," she snapped as the shades opened. "Well I am not going first, Shinji you go"
"Why me?" he asked with his heart skipping a beat.
"We're the same it isn't as bad, there are three of us and only one of you move" Asuka ordered and he closed his eyes walking briskly to the door and getting out as soon as he could. Asuka, Mia and Rei followed entering their plugs after Shinji had done so.
"All pilots ready for entry"
"Start the test sequence," Ritsuko instructed.
"Beginning test, initiate autopilot recording. Inserting simulation plug"
"Connecting the simulation bodies to the system"
After a half hour of the test Ritsuko enabled the communication connection between the Eva's and he commanding central.
"How do you feel?" Ritsuko asked.
"It feels odd" Rei answered.
"Yeah, it is different from the other times" Shinji added.
"Something is wrong with my senses" Asuka said looking around her. "My right arm is the only thing that is clear, everything else is fuzzy"
"Was that a vibration?" Mia asked quietly looking around her plug, she could have sworn that she felt something move.
"Rei, imagine moving your right hand" Ritsuko said.
"Right" Rei answered grabbing the control and pulling it backwards. The Eva's hand moved slightly.
"Data collection is coming along nicely" Maya stated reading the computer screens.
"Everything seems good so far," Ritsuko thought aloud. "Return the Magi to their normal state" she requested.
"Connecting the simulation plugs to the Eva's via the simulation bodies"
"Contact with Eva 00 has been confirmed"
"AT field will be generated on 2"
Mia jumped as she heard the alert alarms going off. She looked around to see red sings flashing that she couldn't read without her glasses. The command room went silent and the children felt half panicky, what was happening?
Suddenly Rei screamed and all of them looked over to Eva unit 00.
"Rei!" Misato cried out.
"Why can't we hear them?" Shinji shouted puling the controls but all it did was twitch the arms.
Suddenly the children were blasted upwards and they all fell backwards into their seats.
"What's going on!"? Asuka screamed.
* * * * *
2 hours later after the children were still trapped inside their entry plugs Shinji finally spoke.
"What's going on outside?" he asked to no one in particular. Rei sat there in silence while Asuka screamed and fidgeted. Mia just felt restless and wanted out of the entry plug.
"How am I going to get out of here without my clothes on!?" Asuka shrieked. "Somebody help me!" she cried out.