PART I
ACT IV
SCENE II
(Ritsuko's office. RITSUKO and KAJI both stare at the recently printed out file before them.)
RITSUKO: The text is the same strange writing as the other one.
KAJI: And it is dated to three months ago.
RITSUKO: It is well in advance then. Mari isn't even here yet.
KAJI: Neither was Asuka nine months ago. Just what is Commander Ikari planning? (ENTER MISATO, MAYA and CONN. KAJI smiles at them.) So, how is your morning going?
MISATO: Not too bad. I told Asuka I would take her out shopping for a dress for the dance.
KAJI: Sounds great! I'll take Shinji to get a suit!
MAYA: They are going together! That's so cute!
CONN: (Exasperated.) Good lord…
RITSUKO: You didn't like school dances, Conn?
CONN: When I was that age, I always found them boring. (Sighing, he shakes his head.) So, we've found Project Claudius, have we? Pray tell how it came to be found, Dr. Akagi.
RITSUKO: It took quite a bit of searching, but I ultimately found it amongst files listed under "Authorized Personnel Only."
MAYA: And you are authorized personnel?
RITSUKO: Unfortunately, no, but I got in after several attempts.
MISATO: Did you see anything else listed among those files, Ritsuko?
RITSUKO: Nothing as strange as this, Misato. Nothing written in this… chicken scratch!
CONN: So, it was Claudius we should have been looking for, not Britannicus… I'm such an ass! I had us looking for the wrong name!
KAJI: Don't be too hard on yourself. I asked you a question and you answered it. You had no idea we should have been looking for the father instead of the son.
MAYA: Or in this case the brother instead of the nephew.
CONN: (Nods slowly.) I suppose so, Special Inspector Kaji. Has anything relating to nine months ago been found?
RITSUKO: (Shaking her head.) I've not even been able to discover anything on Project Germanicus yet.
MISATO: (Sighing.) Great, where do we go from here? (EXEUNT.)