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Teamwork, the Asuka Langley Soryu Way!

WHO: Asuka and Ishtar, anyone who cares to run into them.
WHEN: August 8, Dark Hour
WHERE: The streets of Prospero, maybe heading to explore the dungeon
SUMMARY: Asuka tries out having a ~~meatshield~~ ~~teammate~~ lackey to improve her Shadow-killing performance. Ishtar gets XP, I guess.
RATING: PG-13 for violence

As soon as the clock strikes midnight, Asuka and her new friend are ready to go. Well, Asuka is, and she thinks that Ishtar had better be. Asuka has never worked on a team before - after all, she's been told the point of the production-type Eva was to replace those two ugly things in Japan, not work with them - and she doesn't particularly care to share the glory, but the fact is that fighting with a Persona is tiring. If she wants to make a dent in the population of horrible monsters, she's going to need an extra body to get the most out of this extra hour of night-time, and she had the social initiative over the other girl, meaning her assistance is acceptable.

Plus, if nothing else, she'd have an audience for her awesomeness.

"You ready, Ishtar?" Asuka asks, a little impatient, but a lot more anticipatory of fighting these monsters again. She's got no real plan or tactics in mind right now beyond 'go forth and smash', though she's eying that strange building in the business district as well. It's going to be a bad night for someone. Hopefully, it was the Shadows.

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"Oh...okay," she replied not sure how to really take that but she's fine as long as Asuka seems to be fine. She doesn't want to see the other girl injured or possibly hurt in any way. It would make her feel bad.

"Sorry, I still got a lot to learn huh?" she replied with weak smile knowing that the bright haired girl was right. Ishtar was far from being a good fighter as this girl, "Ah..yeah I just need some more practice and stuff," she replied with a small laugh thinking about silly she was swinging it but she doesn't know that Asuka can't handle swords any better than she does but probably still better than Ishtar.

"Kay, let's go before it gets too crowded with those Shadow things," she replied with a nod of her head.

"It's not your fault," Asuka says magnanimously.

"I have to have the knowledge and muscle memory to fight with a variety of weapons. It's part of my job as an Evangelion pilot, you know," she explains, hoping to inspire wonder and curiosity in the other girl...if she hadn't paid attention to her phone messages about all of that, anyway.

The pair are uninterrupted going into the sprawling business district. "Man, this place looks like even more of a hole now," Asuka comments about the abandoned buildings. "At least there's not as many coffins..."

"If you say so Asuka," she replied with a nod of her head. There was no use to argue against that one.

"What's an Evangelion pilot?" she mused looking at the girl, "Well you seem to know things better than I do about fighting so I don't doubt you," she replied grinning. She did get Ishtar curious of course. She had never heard of that term before much less what they do so now she wants to know just a little. It was also a good way to learn about friends and stuff.

Ishtar continues to follow her after a few words silently as she looked around for anymore of those creepy things, "Yeah... doesn't it?" she replied giving a nervous look, "Those coffins seriously still bother me," she muttered under her breath. Freaky was all she was going to say about that one.

"Well, in my reality, you see, fifteen years ago, a disaster happened that wiped out half of humanity. Fifteen years later, giant monsters called Angels started appearing to finish the job. The organization I work for, NERV, knew this was coming and prepared a series of giant cyborg weapons called Evangelions to fight against them," Asuka exposits.

"I was raised to be the ultimate pilot for these machines," she says, ignoring the other chick and the new guy - this is her story, and she hadn't met either of them anyway. "And my Eva is the ultimate weapon of mankind. It's a huge responsibility...but it's also why I know how to fight and use a Persona already. I was trained with the muscle memory to get my Eva to use a knife or axe or spear, and summoning a Persona's really just like forming an AT field..."

By the time Asuka shuts up, the duo has gone deep into the Business District. Asuka spots what she thinks is the 'dungeon' that King of Jerks mentioned, although it's not much of a tower to her. More of a really especially creepy warehouse, and when she stops to look, she notices periodic small clusters of Shadows roaming out of it.

"I think we found the bad guy headquarters..." she says, sensibly quiet for the first time tonight.

Ishtar continued to walk alongside the girl as she went into her long explanation of her own world. She wasn't sure if it was interesting enough to listen to or not fall asleep too, but eventually she managed to keep up with what the girl was talking about. She didn't say anything throughout the whole story as to be somewhat polite towards Asuka. She seemed to be just a rash girl but the other seemed to have rather interesting past that she did not expect to hear about from someone she had met.

Yes they were so far into the Business District at this point that she wasn't even aware that they might be exposed to danger. Ishtar stopped halfway as she noticed that Asuka saw something. It seemed like a good point to stop, "Ah...wow, I didn't expect your story to be that out there. That sounds like some crazy stuff that you had to deal with. I can't believe what I'm hearing really," she replied giving a nervous laugh before she looked in the same direction.

"Yeah... I think you got a point there," she replied grinning almost. Ishtar glanced at the place. IT gave her chills still. Entering and leaving that place...

Nervous laughter? Clearly Ishtar is suitably impressed!

"Have you been here before?" Asuka asks. She surmises this might have been the former home of the big Shadow Ryuunosuke had mentioned when they met, even as she studies the entrances to try and see a pattern to the Shadows emerging. They could take one group, but two or more of those little squads might be trying.

She's very impressed. What an interesting life you have Asuka. She wouldn't really want a life like that though. Ishtar looked at the building again as the chilling feeling starts to bug her a little.

"Ah...yes. I've been here before with Allen and Hiyuu..." she replied with a nod. She remembered some of her teammates at least the ones that are always with her. She has such bad memory but Allen and Hiyuu were kind people always protecting her. Ishtar was nervous about taking groups of them on since her combatant skills were really bad. She might have to continuously use her Persona but that would tire her out too. Either way she was just not ready for this yet. She will deal with it though.

Asuka nods. "D'you remember the layout?" she asks, suppressing the urge to charge in for the moment. She was starting to actually miss that hated prospect of having to work with the Test-type and Prototype pilots. At least their Evas were almost as invincible as her own, so she wouldn't have to stop and think about the seven-against-two odds quite so hard.

"You know what, don't worry about it, there's an opening now. Let's get inside," Asuka says, instinct trumping planning out of boredom as much as sensing a gap in the pattern of Shadows. She charges ahead, thankfully remembering to keep quiet and axe-low, ready to swing at whatever was waiting beyond the doorway.

"Not a hundred percent but I know of it somewhat," she replied nodding her head. She doesn't remember too much of the maze since she only goes there when her teammates are or if she wanted to do some alone time training. She probably needed that sometime soon. Ishtar doesn't like being outnumbered. It makes it hard for her to do much since she can't do a lot.

She would feel bad if she didn't hold up her half of the weight.

"Okay," she replied still not so sure but following the girl regardless. Going in there shouldn't be too problematic. She'll find her way through it with Asuka's help. At least that's what she's telling herself at the moment.

Heading into the warehouse, the two girls are surprisingly confronted with an empty hallway to start with. "Lucky," Asuka comments. She's a bit suspicious but heads forward anyway, almost immediately coming to a T-junction.

"This doesn't look much like a wareh-"

And she's instantly smacked by a Shadow in the shape of an Idol that she wasn't paying attention to, knocking her to the ground and causing a practically feral growl of annoyance.

Ishtar was glad that it was an empty hallway for the time being. She hoped it would be that way for a while. If it got any rowdier it wouldn't be something she wanted to stick around for. Still, she knows that fighting can be avoided so she can only hope that nothing happens. Ishtar would always follow after her.

"....You might not want to say it like--- ASUKA!" Ishtar replied surprised when the thing came out of nowhere.

"BASH" not going to wait for anything to happen. She's going to make sure to knock that thing backwards with Hariti. She's not really in the mood either but still.

Asuka growls, slightly bloodied, and hacks away at the Shadow with her axe, carving it apart as three more of its friends approach.

Ishtar just stares at the girl as she gets all aggressive at the Shadows. She'll help her out by trying to keep her back protected. Not a great defender but she's working on it. She wasn't fond of surprise attacks and those Shadows are sure some nasty bastards.

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