Shinji Ikari Raising Project

[Dartz]

The thing with Shinji.

He's the first android woken on Frigga, intentionally. Mackie came about because of a hardware glitch on 37 Fides. Anika was built by someone named Flint who is now doing his community service for AI slavery. It wasn't anyones intention to wake up Shinji Ikari specifically. They were expecting either something like Anika.... an independent personality, or someone from Bubblegum Crisis (Possibly a Knight Saber).

And hopefully, *not* Largo. That was all Jet wanted.... something that wasn't Largo.

Well, they got that.

And a response to whatever message Noah sends:

“Thanks for the message.

I really should learn to cover my tracks better. Your right. We were hoping to keep things quiet for his sake. We’re still working things out here. Technically, he looks healthy so far. His body, under the skin, is the same as Anika’s. Exact same hardware. He was built to plans we salvaged from Flint, and when we waved the inert body, and saw what appearance it was taking on, it was a surprise to say the least.

Not an unpleasant one. I was afraid we’d get Largo. Don’t get me wrong. We’re glad we have him. But this isn’t going to be easy.

The problem is, as far as Shinji’s concerned, he is the real Shinji Ikari. He’s the Shinji who woke up on a beach after Third Impact with all that entails. He remembers everything. We need to give him time to adapt to his setting, and get him used to the idea of being here, and that there are people other than humans.

I have him staying with Kotono right now in her apartment. They’re both culturally Japanese, so that helps. Later in the day, we’re going to give him the tour of the place.

Anika’s going to help. Of course she is. It was her idea to wave the body in the first place. We have Mackie too.... he might respond better to another boy his age. I’d like him to meet me and Mackie. Then give him a little Bubblegum Crisis to watch, just to get the idea into his head. He’s going to start becoming aware that he’s different pretty soon.

Hopefully we can guide him towards conclusions on his own, rather than outright having to tell him. That way, when we do finally tell him, it’s a confirmation of something he already suspects rather than another bolt from the blue.

It still won’t be easy on him. But it’s better than the alternative.

After that, we’ll play it by ear. It might be good for him to spend time with Sora, when we’re certain he’s able to handle himself better.

I’ll also have to inform Gina and Ben... and let them know. I’m not sure what I’m looking forward to less.

Thanks again for the advice.

-Jet

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