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Post by Talon on Dec 1, 2009 21:34:53 GMT -5
A long sigh of content echoed throughout the hot spring's area, resounding off of the rocks and natural walls in and around it.
"Oh my... no wonder the folks liked it here so much... it's wooooonderfuuul..." A feminine voice moaned.
The future dragonkin known as Thaea stretched a clawed leg out of the surface of the water, rubbing it with a smirk. Dressed in nothing but a black, hardly-modest bikini, the mixed breed's crimson motorcycle lay on the outskirts of the springs, along with her clothes and what appeared to be a large, futurtistic-looking blade with the edge seemingly missing. She scrubbed absently at her hair as she took in the heat and airborne steam, then let out another contented sigh.
"Just... fantastic... ... kinda scared to trust the water, though, considering the stories I've heard from Mom and Xe..." She muttered, eyes shrinking a bit.
She leaned back against the edge of the spring, laying her arms on its rim as she stared up into the night sky, issuing a puff of visible breath.
"Still... nothing beats a little heat in these oh-so-cruel winter months..." She mused aloud, giving a toothy smirk.
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Dec 1, 2009 23:09:49 GMT -5
Whatever peace the hot springs had was quickly disrupted by a string of curses, some German, some Japanese, and some English as a particular red-armored Eva stumbled into view.
"damnIT! What a crappy time to get lost! Ugh! Ever since that stupid bug I've been trying to get through this place without getting killed, and every thing seems out to kill me!"
The pilot-turned-Eva had clearly seen better days, her armor was scratched up, she had lost the second shoulder pylon at some point. All in all, she seemed rather banged up. Nothing that couldn't be fixed, but banged up none-the-less. She seemed completely oblivious to the dragonkin in the nearby spring.
"Ugh... a little help would be nice..." she finally muttered, falling back and just gazing at the sky.
'damn... never realized how tired I was... the fact that if I really were an Eva in all aspects means I should've shut down a long time ago... but I'm not getting any warnings about that... weird...'
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Post by Talon on Dec 1, 2009 23:27:43 GMT -5
Thaea blinked at Asuka's sudden appearance, a bored look of surprise on her face as the crimson Eva collapsed. She then chimed in a relaxed, cheery tone,
"Hello~ooo... excellent choice of color. Name's Thaea, and you are...?"
Huh. Don't recall anything like this in 'the history books'... wonder if she's a new addition because of my arrival, or if nobody bothered to remember this one... She pondered.
She placidly drummed her claw on the edge of the spring, taking in Asuka's battered appearance.
Poor thing... must be new, then. Otherwise, Gramps would've found her by now and repaired her... ... ... wait... is it organic or robotic? She mused further, awaiting an answer.
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Dec 1, 2009 23:35:45 GMT -5
Asuka blinked at the voice, merely turning her head.
She did not expect to see a dragonkin there, and despite meeting a lycan and an anthropomorphic bug already, she freaked, jumping to her feet and backing away a few steps, before relaxing, noticing the dragonkin seemed genuinely friendly.
"Asuka, Asuka Langely Soryu," the Eva replied, "and I assume you're wondering if I'm mechanical or organic... well, had I not been fused with this form and found out the truth about it, I would've told you mechanical... truth, though, is that its both in a sense... kinda hard to explain..."
The Eva's eyes then narrowed unnoticeably behind the helm, one of them twitching.
'Yeesh... she makes Misato seem overly modest...' she thought, then prayed that Thaea didn't have any kind of telepathic ability.
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Post by Talon on Dec 1, 2009 23:56:34 GMT -5
Thaea slowly nodded at Asuka's response, replying,
"Ahh... a common thing with people crossing-over to this plane, actually. Still, sorry to hear it... and pleasure to meet you, Asuka. Love the name, by the way. Sounds Japanese and German; is that right?"
She paused, hearing Asuka's thought, then mentally struggling, replied,
Perhaps I like my physical build enough to show it off every so often... and yes, I heard that. Hard to control this at times, tho-
Her response was cut short as the image of a towering black-and-blue armored entity bearing a red sphere lodged into its chest, the unarmored portions of its body appearing to be intertwined series of green tendrils, was abruptly forced into Asuka's mind, along with what seemed to be the thing's voice stating,
"If you must go... then please, do me this favor- when you meet my past self, tell him about myself now... when you warn him. Tell him living that way was all a mistake..."
The vision ended, and Thaea was clutching at her forehead, seemingly in a mix of pain and shock.
"Augh... like I said... sorry about that." She muttered.
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Dec 2, 2009 0:06:00 GMT -5
Asuka just stood there, still as a statue...
After a few seconds though, she 'flew off the handle.'
"fucking telepaths! Can't any world exist without one!? ARGH! I've had enough of telepathy in my last encounter with one, and I'd much rather never see one again, even if it fucking KILLS ME!"
Panting with vented rage and fear, then recalled what she saw.
"And just what the hell was that thing!? It looked like it came out of some horror flick that would scare the shit out of even the most hardened of people!" she tacked on at the end of her rant, fists shaking and feet shifting as if she would flee the scene at any moment.
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Post by Talon on Dec 2, 2009 0:19:05 GMT -5
Thaea winced, looking away from the enraged German as she choked in a downcast tone,
"I-I'm sorry, like I said, I can't fully control it yet... I really do apologize for it, I shouldn't have tried in the first place..."
She sighed, then stared into the water she was soaking in.
"As for what 'that' was... ... he... was a very good friend of mine... who was put into complicated conditions he could not get out of. His name was Einst Krieger, and if you're German like I suspect, you'd know that means 'Once Knight'... which, he was, in this time..."
Her fists clenched, and she muttered,
"Before he died, and was turned into that monster..."
She fell deathly silent after that, lost in her thoughts.
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Dec 2, 2009 19:53:30 GMT -5
The dark atmosphere that had taken hold at that point unnerved Asuka, it was too... unnatural...
"... No... I should be sorry, I... I didn't give you a chance to get your point across..." Asuka muttered, just high enough for Thaea to hear.
"... Its... its this kind of attitude that... got me killed... before something cheated death for me..."
Asuka hung her head, looking away from Thaea. The German went to say something else, but the words started to fail her, so she stopped trying.
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Post by Talon on Dec 2, 2009 21:21:13 GMT -5
Thaea sniffled a bit, then looked up and cocked an 'eyebrow' at Asuka's words.
"It's fine... I just need to learn what situations it calls for and use it as such. But... what do you mean by that last thing you said? You died?"
She furrowed her brows, having trouble grasping what Asuka meant. Surely, Asuka's home plane didn't have the same kind of ressurection capability that her father's did... this 'Eva' looked too mechanical in appearance.
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Dec 2, 2009 23:25:49 GMT -5
Asuka turned to Thaea, nodding.
"Yeah... I recall exactly how it happened, too... I was piloting Evangelion 02, which is ironically the form I'm now using, against nine white Evas, Fight was going in my favor for a while... but then... I got speared through the eye, then got my arm cut in half... and stabbed in the heart..."
Asuka turned away, retching, "I was alive just long enough to see them dive down, fangs gleaming... I think... I think they ate the corpse when I was dead... just as a final 'screw you'."
She glanced down at part of her armor, which had started to come loose from another skirmish, it was gonna fall off anyways, so she might as well speed it up and show Thaea what the Evas truly were, noticing her confused expression.
"I don't know why I'm here, or how I'm alive again in Unit 02's form..." she began, grabbing the loose piece of armor and pulling it off, revealing the flesh underneath, "but I'm told that some thing massive happened back home, which reacted with a powerful force here, and threw me across the boundaries..."
The German dropped the ripped off piece of armor, holding her arm out so Thaea could see the flesh that was hidden.
"I wish I could give an answer that actually helps, but that's all I know..." she finished.
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Post by Talon on Dec 2, 2009 23:57:21 GMT -5
Thaea's eyes widened, and she winced at the appearance of Eva Unit 02's flesh under the armor.
"Ahh, well... that does explain things. Like I said before, what happened to you is a common thing around here. I'd like to say 'consider yourself lucky' because at least you're still organic... the others that I know of were pilots just like you, but... their mechs were entirely robotic. They're just... human souls trapped in mechanical bodies." She explained.
She sighed, shaking her head.
"Sadly, I don't know why it happens, but it does... the fact is, you're stuck that way, and I'm sorry to say you'll have to live with it..."
She gave Asuka that same saddened stare, then replied in an optimistic tone,
"But hey, you're still alive, right? That counts for something... and hell, the nearby city's full of people that are willing and able to understand you, and accept you for who you are, not what you look like or are capable of..."
She smiled, adding,
"I can be one of them, if you let me... what do you say, Asuka? Can I welcome you to Nightshade?"
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Dec 3, 2009 22:37:28 GMT -5
Asuka sighed lightly, then managed a light chuckle.
"That's the most cliche thing I've heard in a while, but its probably the best at the same time..."
The Eva's eyes closed, as she regarded the offer for all of two seconds.
"Please do, Thaea... I... I've been needing friends for a while now." Asuka muttered, raising her head.
"We just got off on the wrong foot earlier on... I'd like to try and fix that..." she finished, walking on to the spring and sitting down so Thaea didn't have to leave if she didn't want to...
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Post by Talon on Dec 3, 2009 23:52:41 GMT -5
Thaea's smile grew brighter, and she treaded over to the side of the spring where Asuka sat. She clapsed both hands over Asuka's own, and replied,
"I'd like to fix it, too... I got here recently myself, and my entrance wasn't during the best of times either. Despite technically knowing almost everyone here, I'm not that well known myself."
She paused, then laughed,
"As for cliche, well, let's just say I get that from my grandfather. Fellow likes to rant quite a bit, heh."
She sighed, leaning back, then gestured to the spring.
"I know you've got armor on and everything, but I think a soak would do you good... s'quite nice. Anyway, mind telling me about where you're from? Sounds... interesting, if you're in this predicament. No offense, of course. If you don't want to, that's fine too." She muttered, rubbing her head and glancing to the side.
If she asks me the same thing, it's going to be very awkward to explain... She thought.
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Dec 5, 2009 1:50:04 GMT -5
Asuka gave a thought full glance, then looked at her own armor.
"Ah well... it'll be fine I'm sure..." she muttered, accepting the invitation, easing herself into the water.
"damn... forgot how this felt like the last time I was in one..."
She then chuckled to herself.
"Ironically, my first time in a hot spring was after I had finished a mission in a volcano." she recalled.
Asuka then sighed. "Well, as for my dimension... hoo... where to start... Might as well start from the beginning, as far as I remember, anyways..."
She went on to talk about the events she recalled back in her dimension. Second Impact, the Angel battles, everything she felt was important enough.
"... Which finally leads up to that final battle... And we both know how that went down." Asuka finished, sighing sadly as she sank further into the water.
(OOC: Lazy post is lazy... probably gonna repeat this way of posting for Domon's question towards Shinji)
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Post by Talon on Dec 5, 2009 2:01:12 GMT -5
Thaea bore a mixed look of sorrow and intruige on her face after hearing Asuka's story.
"Wow... I thought I had it rough... I'm sorry to hear about all of that. The bad times, obviously... eheh. Good to know you're still in one piece, though."
She paused, then asked,
"Although... this brings up a question... don't you think those 'Shinji' or 'Rei' people had to have come through too? I mean, surely you can't be the only one to show up here... have you looked for any of them?"
Maybe being with her friends would lessen this experience for her... make her new life a little easier. She thought.
She paused, ear twitching. She could've sworn she heard something, like the faint roar of a jet, but passed it off on the heat.
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