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lgcmanager · 3 years

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V&A (VERSUS & AGITO) MISSION

SCHEDULE TYPE: TRIMESTER SCHEDULE RESTRICTIONS: Cannot be paired with another trimester schedule, unless stated otherwise

all of the V&A members are called into a meeting where KIM HYUNCHEOL, head manager of the trainees; PARK JEONGAN, current CEO; and LEE ISEUL, head creative director sit around a long round table. a nameplate for each V&A member rests at a seat, and each member is asked to quickly find their spot.

once everyone sits, park jeongan stands to address the boys. “congratulations to all of you on your official debut, especially to everyone who competed on this past season of future dreams. we also, of course, have some newer faces here,” he says, eyes glancing over to yeonwoo and yushin with a nod of his head. “but we’re certain both of you will fit in just fine. anyways, i hope all of you are feeling good about making it this far.”

he doesn’t wait as he continues on. “we know you have been waiting for more details since we announced your debut during the finale. as you’re already aware, V&A is one group comprised of two sub-units, versus and agito. starting today, you will start learning the songs for your first album.”

a sheet of paper is handed to each member, listing the songs that each group is responsible for.

VERSUS: higher, work it (b-side) | line distribution

AGITO: blue hour, 90s love (b-side) | line distribution

ALL (V&A): resonance ( this song will be in collaboration with type zero and released separately )

“your first official live performance of these songs will be at our annual family concert in september. however, before that time, you will, of course, have a lot of work to do to prepare for that date.” he sits back down and opens up his computer. “i just sent each of you the lyric sheets and tracks of the songs. make sure not to lose the e-mail. if you accidentally delete it, please have one of your other members resend it to you.”

he stands back up now, continuing on. “regarding hairstyles, the company has decided to pick out your look for your debut, so don’t get attached to how you look at the moment,” he jokes before gesturing for hyuncheol to speak as he sits back down.

this time, hyuncheol stands, clasping his hands together. “we’ll be rearranging the dorms now that you’re an official group. each dorm will have two rooms. we have split you up accordingly. you’ll find your names on the door of your dorm as to which room you’re assigned to. you can decide amongst yourselves how you’ll sleep within the rooms. you’ll also be getting a group sns account. however, as we’re thinking of starting that in a new month, you’ll get more details later.”

“for your first group schedule, you’ll be taking part in a photoshoot with DAZED. the feature article will be about Legacy’s newest boy groups. you may see some of your fellow type zero friends at this schedule as well. are they here?” he looks to iseul who heads to the door to bring in the type zero members.

please see further details about the photoshoot here.

REQUIREMENTS

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR DEBUT !!

DEBUT ANNOUNCEMENT: write a 300+ word solo about your muses reaction and speech when they were announced as part of v&a for +4 POINTS TO DISTRIBUTE ANYWHERE and +8 NOTORIETY (you may assume that they found out this information on the final episode of future dreams rather than how it occurred in roleplay)

DEBUT PREPARATION: write a 4 replies (minimum 8 lines) thread with another member of v&a about anything related to the debut preparation (rehearsals, recording, etc.) for +4 POINTS TO DISTRIBUTE ANYWHERE and +8 NOTORIETY (notoriety will be on one thread) ** can be claimed twice **

make sure to use the hashtag lgc:vnamission001 for everything related to this event. you have until SEPTEMBER 18 to complete the requirements and validate your points. please submit the following form ONCE on the points blog.

TITLE: MUSE NAME ∙ V&A MISSION 001

ANNOUNCEMENT: +4 ( skill points distribution ), +8 notoriety [ LINK ]

PREPARATION: +4 ( skill points distribution ), +8 notoriety [ LINK ]

PREPARATION: +4 ( skill points distribution ) [ LINK ]

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mendesstories · 4 years

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From the Ground Up

A/N: This idea came to me when I first heard the song ‘From The Ground Up’ by Dan + Shay a few months ago and this has been sitting around in my drafts ever since. I never liked how it kept turning out and I’m still not a 100% proud but here goes nothing. Tell me what you think!!

Taglist: @mendesficsxbombay @particularnervous (if you’d like to be added or removed let me know)

March 2016

“So...it’s time, eh?” He sighs looking at her.

She glumly nods, her eyes roaming everywhere but refusing to meet his. Her mouth opens to say something but her throat runs dry and suddenly words seem hard to find. Truthfully, she’s not sure what to say to the boy she loves when he’s about to leave for what, she prays for his sake, is the first of many of his own world tours.

She steps towards him, takes a deep breath and attempts to gather her resolve for him.

“I’m only nervous because I don’t know how things will work out ahead.”

“But I’ll call ever-”

“No wait let me finish, I want you to know that this-” she gulps and her fingers fidget with the frill of her top, “-this is big and it’s going to change your life. I’m so so proud and happy that you get to do this because, my dude, you deserve to live your dream more than anyone else I know. And, even if all the distance and time changes us, I won’t hate you ever, you’ll always be my best friend first.”

He wants to tell her that her fears are irrational. They are them, they’ll get through it all together but he’s not sure he can actually convince her this time. If he’s being honest he’s terrified she’s going to be right like always, that’ll he’ll get caught up in the glitz and glamour of it all and lose her.

He moves towards her tentatively, hands snaking around her waist and she melts into his embrace. Her head rests on his chest, her shoulders shuddering and for a split second, he blames himself for choosing to do what he loves and hurting the ones he loves in the process.

For a fraction of a millisecond, he has this feeling although nothing might ever be the same in his life again, that somehow the two of them will pull through it. That little glimmer is enough for him. Now, it’s his turn to take a deep breath and garner some strength for her sake.

He whispers softly, “Believe me, baby. We’ll be alright.”

Her dad watches them wearily from the side. He knows Shawn is a bright young boy with big dreams filling up his mind and only the best intentions at heart but he cannot help his fatherly inhibitions from clouding his thoughts.

He wonders how right Shawn is in choosing to make this his career and not going to college. He isn’t sure if they truly understand how the dynamic of their relationship is about to alter, both of them ambitious but heading down starkly different paths. He worries the scrutiny and attention that is bound to come, will wear out even his strong-willed little girl.

August 2019

Post-concert Shawn is always on an adrenaline high. Tonight, however, was truly special. He’s played the biggest show of his life. A sold-out stadium in his home city. The same place he would pass by numerous times as a child with his gaze fixated and eyes wide unable to wrap his mind around big it is.

Certainly, he never imagined that one-day a deafening crowd would sing the words he wrote in his journals back to him when his slacked jaw and welled up eyes leave it hard for him to swallow and finish the words.

She’s out there in the deafening crowd with her hair flying in every which direction with his sister singing along to every song just like everyone else in the audience. His biggest (and possibly favourite) supporter since day one.

He gets off stage a jittery mess with his heart still pounding fast against his chest and the whole room is electrified with his entrance. He hands his guitar to Cez and is pulled in for a hug.

There are bottles clinking, friends and family making rounds hugging him and each other. There’s enough energy in the room to spark up the CN tower standing tall behind them.

The past five years of his life and career have gone by in the blink of an eye. She was right when she predicted everything would change but the one thing that’s stayed constant is that he wouldn’t want to do any of this without her by his side, be it having to clean up the beer bottles and leftover pizza after Brian’s roaring 21st or playing a twice as roaring Rogers Stadium.

So, smile a mile wide and hands still clammy he makes his way towards her. He picks her up giving her a quick twirl and she lets out a little laugh. It’s enough to ignite his burning heart further.

He puts her down and she pulls him in closer for the tightest and warmest hug ever. Her blanket of love, happiness and pride envelops him.

He did it

Something lights up in her holding him so close in her arms. A glimmer, like the one he had in the airport all those years ago, tells her as long as they are hand in hand giving life their all, they’ll have many more moments like this one.

September 2019

He’s seated in the crowded auditorium between her parents and little brother, adjusting his dress shirt and formal slacks waiting for the graduation to start.

He recalls that one late night during the Europe leg of the tour when he woke up to fetch some water and realised she wasn’t in his arms. He found her with her shoulders bent over her textbooks and laptop, reading and rereading the words attempting to make sense of the page. She rubbed her eyes and willed herself to stay awake.

5 more minutes she convinced herself every five minutes

His heart plummeted looking at her haggard appearance knowing he was partly responsible for it. He never asked her, he never had to, she magically always knew. She could tell sense his anxiety building up. The initial buzz of being on tour fading away. He wanted to come home, tease his sister and press kisses to his mother’s cheek.

She would give him the world if he so asked and if there was anything she could do to keep his heart even slightly happier, she would. So without much hesitation, she makes a few adjustments in her budget for the rest of the month and flies out to him.

The glint in his bright eyes and his warm laugh reverberating through her eardrums when she surprised him made it all worth it.

Standing in the dim light of the tour bus it occurred to him how selfish and unfair he was to be so caught up buzzing around in excitement of her arrival to see how all that she does for him takes a toll on her as well.

He knows she’s going to compensate for this trip by working a few extra and long shifts around her classes. Her classes are a whole other story. They are far from easy and he has come to understand computer science is an incredibly time consuming and draining major despite her being passionate about the subject.

Recording albums, selling out stadiums, and writing heart-wrenching, gut-twisting songs was never her dream but she believed in his nevertheless. While chasing her own dream, she’s continued to support his.

Decidedly he wipes the sleep away from his tired eyes. He makes up his mind that he’s going to help her study even if that meant simply keeping her company.

“What? Why are you awake?” She asks him breaking out of her trance as he settles into the space beside her.

“Here, please take care of yourself, honey.” He mumbled into the dark placing a cold glass of water and some fruit in front of her.

Andrew may have found them the next morning all cuddled up, soft snores leaving their exhausted bodies, but they had successfully finished her linear algebra 1 work.

His face breaks into the biggest grin when they announce her name. Hands clapping as loudly as possible while she walks up on stage beaming with pride and standing tall in all her 5 feet 5 glory. Her dad even whistles a few times. He can only imagine how proud her parents are of their daughter.

She did it

His chest constricts with a bubbling feeling and he isn’t quite sure what it is. Perhaps it’s pride but something tells him it’s just the all-consuming love he has for her and all of her.

4 years later

The second she is pushed out the room is engulfed in an overwhelming torrent of emotion.

She’s beautiful

It’s his first thought. Certainly, she’s covered in baby gunk but she’s still beautiful.

The silence in the room for the first few seconds seemed piercing. Is she alright? She’s supposed to cry, right? Why isn’t she crying? Then it’s replaced by her faint little cry which grows louder and louder until it has turned into an all-out no holds scream. She’s loud but he doesn’t mind in the slightest. She’s safe. His wife is safe. His own family is here safe and sound.

“We have to clean her up first.” The nurse declares gently picking her up from her mother’s chest where they placed her for barely a minute.

He doesn’t want to let her out of his sight. So, he drops his head and presses a kiss to his wife’s forehead, whispers an ‘I love you’ and speeds off after the nurse.

Not so much to one’s surprise she cries and shrieks as they take a prick of her blood and check her vitals. It takes everything in him to not pick her up and coo into her little ears that he’s right here and as long as he’s round he won’t let anything bad happen to her.

“Hi angel, I love you.” He bends down and mumbles as the nurse runs a washcloth across her tummy.

He never imagined those five words would alter his life and perspective forever. Her cries seem to subside and he knows that newborns have little to no muscle power and she can’t really see but he swears she looks at him and calms down.

4 years later

Estela Mendes is nearly four now. She has more fun each day than should be legally allowed. She struggles with sharing toys and her parents’ undivided attention with her toddler brother (her parents promise you they are working on this), while her curiosity about the baby in her mama’s belly grows each day.

4 years and 7 months later

Gotta support the neck Gotta support the neck

The thought has been drilled into his head by his parents over the past few months. While his fans may have said countless things about his large hands, some of their words managing to leave him haunted, he never really noticed how large his hands actually were until now. She seems so little and fragile in his arms compared to the first two now notorious Mendes siblings.

It’s safe to say the youngest Mendes daughter wasn’t planned yet somehow she came at the perfect time.

The two of them had spent a fair number of nights with goosebumps rising on their skin in the Toronto breeze, after putting their kids to bed, (god, how do they sound so old?) huddled shoulder to shoulder as she indulged in her choice of cravings for the night (it was a jar of pickles more often than not) dreaming of what the baby girl growing inside would be like.

Now, she’s here and he’s enamored with her very existence. He can’t keep his eyes off her. If it was all up to him he’d sit there for hours on an end memorizing every little detail of her being and watch her attempt to clasp her small figures around his large ones.

His wife rests her head on his shoulders, exhaustion rimming her eyelids with her matted hair against her forehead. She moves her hand that is free of the IV needles and tubes to bring the two older children, smitten with the latest addition to the family, closer into her lap.

Everything he’s ever wanted - needed really - is right here in his arms. He feels complete.

7 years later

The youngest Mendes child is clutched to her waist, hands moving animatedly describing plans she has with her siblings for the rest of the day, as the pair of them make their way out to the rest of the family in their backyard.

His wife’s heart grows in size finding both sets of grandparents recollecting stories while Shawn teaches his two older children how to strum a certain chord on his guitar.

The mess of curls - that is her son - seated on Shawn’s lap has a glint of mischief lacing his eyes trying to think of ways to add his touch of fun to the relatively calm backyard.

She puts her daughter down who wobbles across the grass to where her dad and siblings are seated.

Now, all four of them are playing some game. He somehow manages to lift all three of them into the air, makes the sound of a bear growling, places them back onto the grass gently and tickles them until they’re all in fits of laughter.

The delirious belly laughs they let out at his antics have him grinning ear to ear. The simplicity of the moment overwhelms him. This is all he could ever dream of having and more. A family of his own, people that are his own and people with whom he can cherish the wild rollercoaster of moments his life has been and continues to be.

All those inhibitions her dad had at the airport years ago no longer hold true. He’s watched Shawn grow into being the incredible partner and father that he is today.

He’s the man her dad hoped he would be.

65 years later

The morning sun streaming in uninvited kisses them awake. He opens his eyes to the slivers of light peeping in through the gaps in the blinds casting thin stripes across her tan and angelic skin.

She blinks multiple times adjusting to the sudden light drowsily, mouth curving into a lopsided grin as he pulls her closer into his embrace.

65 years old now, in this little house that they made home when they stepped foot into young, first child on the way, eyes dancing with excitement for the future.

The pictures that adorn every nook and corner of this warm and humble abode are a testament to their tale. The clouds may have rolled and the earth may have shook but they sheltered each other through the wind and the rain.

They did it

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cloudbb123-blog · 5 years

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4 Best School Management Software 2019

Early education providers and teachers are increasingly becoming aware of the benefits of using school management software. A school management system is more than just a technology application. It is an improved way of managing the daily activities of an educational establishment and making communication and connection among teachers, staff, parents and children easier.

Here are the best school management software for preschools, childcare centers and summer schools with detailed analysis.

1. Brightwheel

Features

i. Real-time newsfeed - teachers can take pictures during class and record daily activities (either in real-time or at day's end) and share with families. The real-time feeds help parents to get updates on their child’s activities through photos and notes. ii. Digital sign in-out for both students and staff - This feature allows parents to check their child in and out easily and more conveniently. iii. Spot check feature for seamless attendance tracking - allows teachers to take quick headcounts while in the classroom. Administrators then use this data to review class attendance reports for billing, licensing, and other management uses. iv. Autopay - parents can opt to use autopay to save on transaction charges and reduce the overall cost of education or after school care for their children. v. Paperless school management - Brightwheel is one of the best school management software for digital child assessments, online enrollment, automated reporting, robust parent communications, paperless billing, and safe pick up and drop off. It allows you to avoid the pain of manual work so that you can focus more on improving the learning experiences of the children.

ProsCons

i. Easier

childcare management

of student attendancei. There’s no way for the director to message staff members collectively

ii. Teachers find it super easy to use in classroomii. Teachers cannot upload photos from a computer to the app

iii. The app makes communication between teachers and parents quick and more effectiveiii. The app requires Wi-Fi to function, which means it can be a hassle on field trips or other outings

iv. It’s easier to keep track of student attendance and absences

v. Live feeds can help parents who need to keep up with their child’s eating

vi. The calendar keeps everyone updated on important dates

Brightwheel Pricing

Brightwheel is a subscription-based system. The package you choose depends on the number of students and number of locations. Pricing ranges from around $40 to $200 per month. Brightwheel also offers a 30-day trial.

2. Sawyer

Sawyer was developed by and for children’s activity providers. It is perfect for children’s class providers, after school programs, development classes and camps geared towards children and families.

Sawyer School Management Software Features

i. Sawyer software for schools management with unique customization features makes it suitable for a wide variety of users. ii. Scheduling, messaging, and making online payments is seamless with this school management software. iii. Powerful scheduling tools help admins to plan activities better and automate tasks such as classroom and camp management, online registration and invoice processing, instant communication with parents.

ProsCons

i. Easy to use. All parents even with no technical knowledge can navigate it.i. Some users do not like the way the system outputs data on an excel spreadsheet.

ii. The innovative user interface makes scheduling for after school enrichment programs and summer camps so easy.ii. It can be frustrating to make class scheduling changes while some users need to ask for customer support several times.

iii. Pleasant child enrollment experience

iv. Parents can view available drop-in classes for local activities, schedule an entire semester, read reviews, and pay for everything via Sawyer.

v. The app syncs with parent’s Google or Apple calendar and populates their schedule with their kid’s school activities.

Sawyer Pricing

The starting price is $0.01/month and pricing is a per transaction fee. You get a free demo, training, and support.

3. CloudBB

CloudBB wins a place as the best school management software. It is a secure and organized cloud-based childcare and after school management system, which comes with a lot of excellent features to run your childcare and afterschool program in the new efficient way. It helps with student registration, class enrollment, student check in-out, driver pick up scheduling, etc.

CloudBB Features

i. “My School” feature is available to help manage after schools, daycare centers and even summer camps. You can: a) Manage all student, family, enrollment and pickup plan data efficiently. b) Assign rooms to track where students and staff are signed into effectively. c) Push classes on your online registration page for systematic class management as you want. d) Send useful reports for pickups, attendances and more easily. e) Assign different roles and profiles to staff flexibly. ii.The digitized check in-out feature helps to keep tabs on students in school and in after school locations. iii.Its parent portal makes it possible to enter their contact details, view class listings and enroll their children for relevant programs. iv.Administrators can use the student pickup functionality to create pick-up schedules and automatically send notifications to drivers and parents through SMS and email. The software also features attendance tracking, reporting, and marketing functionalities. v.Online registration provides a reliable way to track all your enrollments in one place. Convert and track them until they have enrolled. vi.CloudBB empowers to create personalized items and tailor your invoice to specific schedules. Minimize data entry by reproducing invoice plans. vii.CloudBB allows for deep customization when creating daily, weekly or monthly schedules. Additionally, the “open house” feature helps to improve enrollment volume by capturing more students in the enrollment wait list.

Pros

i. Platform is customizable to each school’s needs.

ii. Digitized pickup and check in-out

iii. Fully automated invoicing plans

iv. Very secure and easy-to-use mobile-friendly platform

v. Enables easy and more effective communication with different groups

vi. Automates the tracking process of school transport

vii. CloudBB provides timely support via live chat and phone. Tech support is almost always helpful and quick to respond.

viii. More dedicated apps for different stakeholders - schools (BB School App) and parents (BB Parent App)

ix. Both free trial with multiple practical features and paid version with extremely cost-effective price.

CloudBB Pricing

Pricing plans range from $1.50 per student per month for 20-100 students to $0.70 per student per month for over 1000 students. You can also try a FREE DEMO or free sign up for a 30-day trial to help you see whether the software can offer what you need.

4. Smartcare

If you are searching for a top-ranked cloud-based child care system, Smartcare is such a platform that connects parents and the childcare center in real-time. The web-based and mobile-friendly interface enables highly optimized child care and collaboration between parents and care providers.

Features

i.All-in-one child care center management - the app allows you to track a child’s attendance, educational progress, meals, and even immunization and allergy history. ii.Parents can track child’s activities in real-time using videos and photos. iii.Child and family tracking - this feature helps to store family contact details and monitor the child’s progress. It is also important for billing purposes. iv.Important alerts - including staff and child arrival/departure alerts, scheduled pickup alerts, mission critical messages, real-time feeds for parents, child birthday alerts, and so on. v.Automated reporting - parents, teachers, administrators, and directors can create specific reports from their portals. vi.Sign in/out with electronic signature for children and staff

ProsCons

i. It enlivens your team with leading education and child care technologyi. Lacks pre-populated timeline items for older students hence works best only for daycares

ii. Enhances effective engagement with parentsii. Users have to do a lot of remedial work using spreadsheets

iii. Staff can clock in and out, and can only access the school’s resources when workings

iv. The layout looks great and is more modern

v. Easy billing and payment process

Smartcare Pricing

Smartcare uses subscription-based pricing. The company currently offers a special pricing of $99/month for centers with more than 20 students. A kiosk is included in this pricing plan. Directors can set up customized weekly and monthly billing for their customers.

Conclusion

According to the school management software reviews, many users regard them as the best school management software in 2019. CloudBB scores the highest points in most features compared to other school management software. With CloudBB, you are sure to use technology effectively to reduce administrative tasks, run the school better and improve your staff’s quality of life.

Why Do We Need Childcare Management Software?

What is the Best School Management Software?

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tumblingletters · 6 years

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Emerald Genesis Chapter 02

Authors: TattooAlchemist and ClassicCowboy

”Three things cannot long stay hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth.”

- Guatama Siddhartha The Buddha

Chapter 2: The Emerald Beast and the Unfamiliar Ceiling

Shinji Jordan woke up looking at an unfamiliar ceiling. At first, his orientation was a little off after waking up so suddenly from a very deep sleep but then everything came back to him when he took in the sound of a heart monitor next to the bed and the sterile smell of disinfectant. He sat up and saw that he was in a completely white room and he was also dressed in a white hospital gown.

He lay back down knowing full well the events that took place last night.

* * *

Back inside NERV Headquarters and inside the docking bay where the Eva was being housed, Ritsuko Akagi and Misato Katsuragi were still in disbelief that after the battle the Eva was undamaged. Not even a single scratch on the purple paint.

“This doesn’t make sense.” Ritsuko said as she eyed the data on her clipboard. “We ran diagnostics inside and out of the Eva and there’s no trace of the energy that we saw last night.”

“I know, Ritsuko.” Misato sighed. “We’ve been over this for the last, what? Several hours? We’ve turned up nothing. Maybe the Eva acted on its own.”

“Preposterous.” Ritsuko scoffed. “Even if it did act on its own we would have data to go on but it’s like the computers registered nothing. You and I and everyone else in the control room know what happened. We all saw it with our own eyes.”

“You don’t have to remind me. But I wonder how the public is taking it.”

“Public scenario B-22 as we predicted.”

“So we’re covering up the truth again?”

“We don’t even know what the truth is ourselves so really we are reporting the truth in some small way. But at least the PR people are happy. They finally have something to do.”

“Yeah, but-“

“Doctor Akagi!” A worker called out from a nearby walkway.

“Yes?” Ritsuko answered.

“We just got a call from the hospital. The pilot has woken up.”

“What’s his condition?”

“They say he’s fine.” The worker answered. “Though he says he doesn’t remember anything about what happened last night.”

“You don’t think it could be brain damage could you?” Misato asked in sharp concern like a mother wondering if her child had broken its arm.

“From what the hospital reported they say everything is healthy.”

“Thank you.” Ritsuko said as the worker dismissed himself.

Misato eyed Ritsuko and saw how she furrowed her brow. It must have been frustration that she won’t get any answers but the other possibility was one that she voiced.

“You don’t buy that he doesn’t remember?” She asked.

“That part doesn’t matter. At least the pilot is still alive and we can continue our fight.”

“So the city is to become a battleground?”

“I’m afraid so.”

* * *

Inside a darkened room a secret meeting was underway with Gendo Ikari and five other individuals. Every single one of them looked at the commander with narrow eyes of suspicion.

“We understand that you gave that toy to your son, is this true Ikari?”

“Correct.”

“History does repeat itself when money and manpower are being wasted by you and your family. However, we also understand that there was an unknown incident that involved the Eva defeating the Angel and that NERV is still investigating.”

“I can assure you all that it is being taken care of.” Gendo said calmly.

“We don’t want your assurance. We want results. If the Eva and your son are connected to this unknown incident we want to know about it. Despite how the Human Instrumentality Project should be your top priority this incident must also be taken into consideration since it might be used to our advantage. Which is why we want you to put your son under close surveillance.”

“I shall handle it personally.”

“There must also be the added consideration that since the Angels have become public knowledge NERV must take steps to handle the situation with utmost care. Especially if a similar unknown event were to take place.”

“I understand.”

“Given this we will also consider adjusting the budget to aid in the development costs of Unit Zero. The rest of the meeting doesn’t concern you. Your presence was most appreciated.”

* * *

Back at the NERV Hospital, Shinji was trying to occupy himself with very little success. The television in his room only displayed the public announcements that NERV had issued to the public. And there really was nothing to read or toy with. So really the only thing that he could do was sit and look out the window.

Finally, he got fidgety and got out of bed and was about to head into the hallway when he noticed a hospital bed being pushed by a nurse past his room. The person on it shocked Shinji. It was a young girl with blue hair. She had bandages on her arms as well as a patch over her right eye. But the one exposed eye was a very deep red that looked up at Shinji with indifference as if she were a lifeless doll looking at someone passing by her box on a toy store shelf.

Shinji said nothing but he heard a voice call out to him.

“Shinji?”

He turned and found Misato Katsuragi walking towards him.

“Welcome back to the land of the living.” She smiled.

“Good to be back.” Shinji smiled back.

“Here, you told me to hold onto this for you, so here it is.” She handed him back his music player. Shinji took it but turned to look down the hall that the nurse and the blue-haired girl had passed him by.

“What is it?” Misato asked.

“There was this girl with blue-hair-“

“Oh, that’s Rei Ayanami. She’s another Eva pilot.”

“Why was she bandaged up?”

“She was in an accident about a month ago while trying to pilot Eva Unit Zero.”

Shinji looked back at Misato with concern in his expression.

“She’ll be fine. We have the best doctors around here.”

“Good.”

“So, ready to go? You’ll be discharged today.”

“Ready when you are.”

“Okay. By the way, do you know where you’ll be staying?”

“Don’t know.”

“Hey, since Hal and Carol asked me to look after you, you can stay at my place.”

“You sure about that?” Shinji cocked an eyebrow. “I thought you didn’t go for younger guys.”

Misato gave him a chug on the shoulder. “Nah, I just don’t like the idea of a kid like you living alone.”

“Alright.”

Misato kept up her smile but she remembered a very horrible order.

* * *

“You want me to spy on Shinji?” Misato protested to Gendo Ikari.

“Correct.” Gendo said with his same robotic coldness.

“How could you ask something like this? He’s only a boy for Christssakes!”

“Captain.” Gendo asserted his authority. “We need to know the exact events of last night. Given the damage our sensors took we cannot recall any data. And even though we saw the events on our screens our recording equipment picked up nothing. Our only option is the pilot and to find out what he knows.”

“But he says he doesn’t remember.”

“We have reason to suspect otherwise. This is why I’m putting you in charge of surveillance of the pilot. Since he will be staying at your apartment this will give your an opportunity to observe him more closely.”

“What’s next? Are you going to try to use torture on him?”

“Captain. This is also an order.”

“Yes, sir.” Misato conceded.

* * *

Misato was driving Shinji back to her place when she made a suggestion. “I think we should have a party.”

“For what?” Shinji asked.

“To celebrate the arrival of my new roommate.”

“Is there going to be any weed?”

“What?”

“Gotcha again.” Shinji smirked.

“Well, at least your sense of humor hasn’t changed.”

They had pulled into a local convenience store and picked up a lot of instant meals although Misato picked up quite a few cans of beer. In a way it did remind him of his father and how he sometimes did the same. Thankfully his mother would be the one to curb the drinking so that he wouldn’t wake up the next morning puking. Shinji just hoped that he wouldn’t have to do the same with Misato.

As they were paying for their items they overheard two women talking about how frightened they were that the city had become a battleground and that they were thinking of moving out to protect their own children. Shinji grew a very serious scowl on his face as he looked down.

That led to a rather uncomfortable silence between himself and Misato. And she had to break it.

“Hey, mind if I show you something?”

“What?”

“It’s something very cool.”

“Gasp.” Shinji vocalized. “You’re going to be funny? It’s a miracle! Let’s all hold hands and sing Kum-ba-yah.”

“Oh hah-hah.” Misato sneered. “But seriously I want to show you something.”

They drove to a hillside that overlooked the city that seemed so empty and desolate like something out of a post-apocalyptic movie. And Shinji had seen many of those on Friday nights on the couch with his dad.

“Here we go.” Misato said glancing at her watch.

Over the city a great siren blared and Shinji witnessed something that was both bizarre and awesome. Up from the ground there came buildings. They were growing upward like fast growing trees until at last he saw the city was filled with buildings.

“This city is a fortress designed to withstand the ages.” Misato explained. “This is Tokyo-3. And it’s the city that you had saved.”

“Yes.” Shinji said leaning against the guardrail. “Shame the people don’t know it.”

“So do you remember what happened?”

“Nope.” Shinji shook his head. “Wish I did. Why? What happened?”

“We’re not sure ourselves that’s why I wanted to know myself.”

“Well.” Shinji scratched the back of his head. “If I do remember I’ll be sure to tell you.”

“Right. Now let’s go home.”

Home was a small corner apartment on the third floor. Shinji already figured out which room it was given the boxes that were stacked outside the door. Boxes that he and his parents had packed for him. It still pained him to remember them packing up his stuff and sending him to Japan. They wanted him to stay but the “request” for him to come superseded their legal rights as his adopted parents. And that made him hate Gendo Ikari even more.

Misato had told him that the apartment was a little messy and that was the grandest understatement that Shinji would hear for a while given how the apartment was littered with instant meal boxes, empty beer cans, and empty liquor bottles. As he surveyed it he thought to himself, if my mom only knew. She’d throw a fit to see me living in a place like this. Looks like I have my work cut out for me.

After eating dinner, being introduced to Misato’s pet, a warmwater penguin that she named “Pen Pen”, and dividing up the chores using paper-rock-scissors (to which Misato had lost most of the duels) she suggested that Shinji should take a bath. That in itself was an interesting event given that he was used to American bathrooms and he needed to remember how things were done in Japan: wash using the showerhead outside of the tub and bathe in the tub.

Upon exiting the bath and putting his boxes away in the room that Misato had given him he laid back listening to his music player and staring at another unfamiliar ceiling. He raised his right hand towards the ceiling and looked at the emerald ring that was given to him and still no one knew that he was wearing it. His father had told him that the ring could disguise itself and hide itself from the eyes of others.

He heard a knock at the door. It opened and it was Misato.

“Shinji? You still awake?” She asked.

“Yeah, I am.” Shinji answered.

“I forgot to tell you something. You did something very good and very noble today. You should be proud. Good night, Shinji.”

“Good night.” Shinji said and the door closed.

As the door closed Shinji began opening up the stacked boxes in his room looking for something else that he knew that his father must have packed in them. At last he found it. A lantern that was emerald green all over.

“Thanks, dad.” Shinji whispered. He held the ring up to the lanterns front. There was a flash of green light and then all was dark again. He wrapped the lantern in one of his shirts and slipped it underneath his bed. Upon lying down he started to wonder how long he could keep up his deception. He knew full well what happened last night and he thought back upon it staring at the unfamiliar ceiling.

* * *

“Are you ready, Shinji?” Misato had asked through the COM system.

“I’m ready when you are.” Shinji responded with his hands on the controls and his eyes set upon the Angel in front of him.

“Final safety locks release!” Misato commanded. “Evangelion Unit One move out!”

Shinji could feel the rumble of the safety locks releasing the Eva. The robot had hunched forward awaiting its pilots’ commands.

“Shinji, just concentrate on walking for now.” Ritsuko instructed.

“Got it.” Shinji responded. “Walk.”

He tried to walk but the robot was so damned clunky. The first step forward was easy but when he made the second step forward the robot fell forward. Oddly enough Shinji felt no pull or push inside the cockpit when the robot fell face first into the street.

“Shinji! Get up!” Misato cried out. “You’ve got to get up!”

But events had moved too quickly for the Angel made the next move in picking the Eva up by its skull. It also grabbed onto the Eva’s left arm and began to pull and twist on it. Shinji felt a crippling pain shoot through his arm as if it were about to be broken in half.

“Shinji! That’s not your real arm!” Misato explained.

And then the Angel broke the arm. However, it wasn’t the first time that Shinji had broken his arm. Once when he was nine he fell off a jungle gym and as he fell his arm came underneath him while his body landed on top of a steel bar. That sensation went beyond any kind of pain that he could recall at least until the Angel had broken the Eva’s arm.

He then looked up and saw the red sphere in the monsters’ hand start to glow a bright pink.

“SHINJI MOVE!” Misato screamed.

But he couldn’t as a battering ram slammed against the Eva’s head and consequently against Shinji’s head. It felt like he was being kicked repeatedly by a steel toe boot.

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

At last it broke through. The spear from the Angel’s arm had broken through the skull and skewered it. The force of the blow had thrown the Eva backwards against a nearby building. It slumped forward and a red liquid began to erupt from both wounds like a double ended geyser.

Shinji was grasping onto the front of his head and looked at the Angel with fury. He pulled back his hand and looked at the ring. It was starting to glow an emerald light as it grew brighter and brighter he understood everything.

“In brightest day.” He said. “In blackest night. No evil shall escape my sight. Let all those who worship evils might. Beware my power…GREEN LANTERNS LIGHT!”

* * *

All had become chaos inside the NERV command center.

“The power cable has been disconnected!” An operator shouted. “The Eva is now operating on battery power. Wait….new energy signature detected.”

“Is it the Angel?” Ritsuko asked.

“Negative. It’s coming from inside the Eva.”

“What did you say?” Misato demanded.

“The energy signature is unlike anything we’ve detected. It’s growing in power and-“

Before the operator could finish his sentence all the computer consoles in the Command Center began to spark and erupt in smoke, broken plastic, and shattered glass.

“Status report!” Misato ordered.

“Unknown.” Another operator stated covering his eyes from the explosion.

“My god…” Ritsuko uttered as she looked up at the screen.

Misato looked as well and she couldn’t believe what she was seeing on the monitors. The Eva was glowing. The light was a bright green hue that consumed every inch of its body. Most of the purple components became green, others became black, and the hands became white. In the center of its chest a strange symbol had appeared and shone in that same emerald hue.

* * *

Shinji sat in the cockpit with the green light of the ring all around him. He knew that the ring was powering himself and the Eva as well. Through the monitors he could see it had changed into that green hue and that made him look down at himself to see that he too had donned a similar suit of green, black, and white.

“I understand now, dad.” Shinji said. “You were the Green Lantern. And now so am I.”

He didn’t grip onto the controls like he did before. Looking down at the left arm he saw that it was still limp from when the Angel had broken it. Giving it sheer concentration the emerald light had enveloped the arm and repaired it. Shinji moved his left arm and the Eva did likewise without any problems.

Using his own body as the controller he made the Eva get back to its feet and in a sphere of emerald light the Eva flew towards the Angel like a baseball being thrown to the catchers’ mitt. Before it could lay a hand a great field of orange octagons spread outward from the Angel’s face. Shinji tried to break through it but it was no use.

“Typical.” He sneered. He raised his hands towards the orange force field and a battering ram made of green light materialized in the robots’ grip. “Time for a taste of your own medicine, bitch.”

The Eva took the emerald battering ram and slammed against the barrier that separated him from his enemy.

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

At last the field began to crack like glass until finally it shattered and there was nothing left of the orange force field. Shinji raised his hands and changed the object in the Eva’s hands. This time he made it into the shape of a great spear and lunged it at the Angel’s red core like it was the bulls’ eye of a dart board. The red core had cracked and the spear was stuck. The Angel emitted a sound that could have been a cry of pure panic or desperation. For it threw itself forward and wrapped itself around the Eva.

* * *

“It’s going to self-destruct!” Misato shrieked.

But there was nothing that could be done for the Angel had indeed self-destructed. It erupted in a great cross of purple light but far below there was something that no one had expected. The Eva was still standing amid the inferno of hot fire surrounded by that green light without as much as a scorch mark upon its surface.

That was when the Emerald light had vanished bringing the Eva back to its original purple self.

“Retrieve the Eva and the pilot.” Gendo Ikari ordered.

* * *

It really was a great moment of glory for Shinji Jordan but he understood the implications of what had happened. As he thought about it he understood that his father had kept the secret for a long time. Most of what people knew about the Green Lantern was in news stories and gossip. And all that was lost with the Second Impact. All that was left was merely rumor and whispers of a time gone by. Not even Shinji recognized the ring when his father had given it to him. It was only after the ring began to glow that everything became clear. Almost like the ring had told him everything he needed to know.

He looked back at the ring and said to himself. “Things are now a little more complicated.”

Next time:

Misato’s voice: Despite the events with the First Angel, Shinji tries to continue a normal life but when it’s discovered that he’s an Eva pilot it brings a new kind of celebrity status along with hatred and resentment.

Carol’s voice: What no fanservice next time?

Misato’s voice: Maybe and hey quit butting in on my job!

Emerald Genesis: Chapter 3 – School Days

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