Excellent. I've had this pet idea of him being roped into prepping the pilots for a baseball game in some kind of one-time "team building exercise", but that's almost better. I see him as the kind of guy who would have spreadsheets full of sabermetric stats for his players put away somewhere.
(Don't worry, I won't get super technical. I just think it would be funny if his coaching style was to be Crazy-Prepared for different game situations, mirroring the crazy odds given for some of the Angel battles.)
edited 21st Aug '14 7:25:35 AM by CombatC122
Hmm, I could see Shona being a part-time PE teacher. The type who'd cheerfully make the students run the Beep Test
She might also teach nutrition, maybe.
She's going to try and reach out to the pilots as much as she can, partially out of empathy and partially because she'll probably need to know them well to command them.
I was also thinking that she'd be one of the ones poking her nose into the shady behind-the-scenes stuff at NERV, but I have no idea who for yet.
@ Omi : Again, it's a part time thing. It's not necessary, but then you stand the risk of being excluded from stuff as it occurs in the school.
And that sounds good, what everyone else has already said. Okay, so remember that nobody here is a newcomer or an outsider from the get go. Y'all should probably work out any existing friendships or whatever, otherwise everyone's just at a casual acquaintance level.
Well, I would assume Gabe's been around maybe 2-3 weeks before the start, still considered the "new guy" but long enough to get acclimated to his surroundings at least. As it stands, Shona is going to be his main point of interaction at first, so it might be best to establish that they have some kind of a rapport since that's going to affect how at ease he is around her. That way it would make sense for them to socialize a bit, and if she's making an effort to get to know the kids that will likely put Gabe more at ease around them as well. This potential scientist character should affect the dynamic as well since I see Gabe being their go-between.
In any case, it should be fun to have them interact. He's reserved and analytical and she's more brash and hot-headed. It's even reflected in their appearances.
@ combat: Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, they make for a good contrasting pair. She'd have made an effort to get to know him as well, building a rapport with the people she's going to be working with. I was thinking that she might not have been there much longer than him, really, but that's not set in stone.

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Alright, so the most immediate thing I'd like to propose is that in this particular RP, NERV directly runs the school where the pilots and potential pilots are sent (through a front organization), and some of the NERV staff tend to double up in various positions in the school (read, your characters). This is mostly to allow the school aspect of the show to be accessible in some manner to the important adult characters, which on top of having a certain symbolic purpose simply expands our options RP wise. I won't use this all the time but it will be there.
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