Asuka Langley Sohryu 【#２】 惣流・アスカ・ラングレー (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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caughtinanetwork2013-02-09 01:35 am
antabaka) wrote in caughtinanetwork2013-02-09 01:35 am
zwei # dream → rising sun (backdated to Monday, February 4th)
[When Asuka saw the new buttons on her SFC, she didn't think much of them. Sure, she didn't remember them being there before, but what would really happen from pressing a button? Which is why she pushed one - and subsequently wound up asleep.]
[The dream starts with a view of Asuka inside some sort of cockpit. A few might recognize the strange red garment she wears from the day she showed up. Her face shows a smirk that matches the confidence in her voice as she speaks.]
Full power, maximum speed from the start, got it?
[A boy of the same age range answers over some internal communications system, face unseen.]
I know that. We'll finish in sixty-two seconds.
[From somewhere else two voices speak, a man agitated with nerves--]
Target entering Ground Zero.
[--and a more collected woman.]
Detach external power cables.
[A blast of air sounds from somewhere behind whatever Asuka's sitting in, prompting a timer to start counting down from just over a minute's length. The woman makes another order.]
Launch.
[A sense of movement, and what can be seen of Asuka's surroundings in the screens slips down as if she's rapidly rising up some mechanical tunnel. More attention-grabbing is the fact that music has begun to play.]
[It's mere seconds before the view shifts to outside whatever Asuka's piloting, which turns out to be a huge, red, humanoid mecha. It fires out of an opening in the street together with another mech, this one purple with green stripes and a prominent horn on the head. Below is a strange, silvery monster of similar scale. With hardly any hesitation, the two mecha - Evangelions - draw weapons, and with a graceful flip synchronized to each other and the music, throw them down to the earth. Each lengthens into a spear which bisects the monster - an Angel - down the middle.]
[Rather than fall down dead, however, the Angel morphs! Its two haves become copies of its former self, one a steely grey, the other copper. The Evas meanwhile land, drawing huge scale guns from structures that pop out of the ground. Each runs and fires at the twin monsters, until they strike back with laser-like beams fired from what must be their faces.]
[So what to do? Flip. Five of them, in tandem, matched to each other and time perfectly to the music, carry them backwards onto a panel on the ground. This triggers another panel to come up vertically before them: some thick sheet of metal, which shields the Angels' blasts. They lean out from either side to fire at them after, but the monsters leap! When they come down, their claws slice through the sheet of metal with no resistance; the two mechs are lucky enough to have dodged out of the way first.]
[Somewhere in the background, the woman from before shouts orders, but within the dream it seems to fade away under the flow of the music. The effect is soon seen, anyway, as missiles fire from a hillside, a weaponized building, and special vehicles among the landscape. The Angels are unaffected, but the attack gives Asuka and her fellow pilot time to reposition.]
[They run up and quickly strike. First, an uppercut from the right fist. Second, a roundhouse kick from the right foot. Their targets are forced to collide and remerge into a singular body. This is it!]
[In one final attack, Asuka and her compatriot leap in their Evas, rising high into the air. The spin gracefully above, then align to mirror each other: inner legs together in down in a kick that slams into the united Angel. The feet strike against a pair of red orbs on the Angel's torso, and the force of their landing is so hard that the thing is forced to slide back across the landscape. As they do, the orbs glow, culminating in a massive explosion.]
[When the air clears... Well. Gone is their grace and synchronization, as in the resulting crater lie the two mechs, collapsed in an awful heap. A young woman, different from the one before, speaks from offscreen.]
Both Evas confirmed operational.
[And like that, the dream ends.]
(OOC: This dream is non-interactive, so responses should come via the network. It's safer for your character that way, trust me. Also, I seriously recommend watching the video in the "music" link above! I tried to describe the battle as best as I could, but the sequence itself shows it best.)
[The dream starts with a view of Asuka inside some sort of cockpit. A few might recognize the strange red garment she wears from the day she showed up. Her face shows a smirk that matches the confidence in her voice as she speaks.]
Full power, maximum speed from the start, got it?
[A boy of the same age range answers over some internal communications system, face unseen.]
I know that. We'll finish in sixty-two seconds.
[From somewhere else two voices speak, a man agitated with nerves--]
Target entering Ground Zero.
[--and a more collected woman.]
Detach external power cables.
[A blast of air sounds from somewhere behind whatever Asuka's sitting in, prompting a timer to start counting down from just over a minute's length. The woman makes another order.]
Launch.
[A sense of movement, and what can be seen of Asuka's surroundings in the screens slips down as if she's rapidly rising up some mechanical tunnel. More attention-grabbing is the fact that music has begun to play.]
[It's mere seconds before the view shifts to outside whatever Asuka's piloting, which turns out to be a huge, red, humanoid mecha. It fires out of an opening in the street together with another mech, this one purple with green stripes and a prominent horn on the head. Below is a strange, silvery monster of similar scale. With hardly any hesitation, the two mecha - Evangelions - draw weapons, and with a graceful flip synchronized to each other and the music, throw them down to the earth. Each lengthens into a spear which bisects the monster - an Angel - down the middle.]
[Rather than fall down dead, however, the Angel morphs! Its two haves become copies of its former self, one a steely grey, the other copper. The Evas meanwhile land, drawing huge scale guns from structures that pop out of the ground. Each runs and fires at the twin monsters, until they strike back with laser-like beams fired from what must be their faces.]
[So what to do? Flip. Five of them, in tandem, matched to each other and time perfectly to the music, carry them backwards onto a panel on the ground. This triggers another panel to come up vertically before them: some thick sheet of metal, which shields the Angels' blasts. They lean out from either side to fire at them after, but the monsters leap! When they come down, their claws slice through the sheet of metal with no resistance; the two mechs are lucky enough to have dodged out of the way first.]
[Somewhere in the background, the woman from before shouts orders, but within the dream it seems to fade away under the flow of the music. The effect is soon seen, anyway, as missiles fire from a hillside, a weaponized building, and special vehicles among the landscape. The Angels are unaffected, but the attack gives Asuka and her fellow pilot time to reposition.]
[They run up and quickly strike. First, an uppercut from the right fist. Second, a roundhouse kick from the right foot. Their targets are forced to collide and remerge into a singular body. This is it!]
[In one final attack, Asuka and her compatriot leap in their Evas, rising high into the air. The spin gracefully above, then align to mirror each other: inner legs together in down in a kick that slams into the united Angel. The feet strike against a pair of red orbs on the Angel's torso, and the force of their landing is so hard that the thing is forced to slide back across the landscape. As they do, the orbs glow, culminating in a massive explosion.]
[When the air clears... Well. Gone is their grace and synchronization, as in the resulting crater lie the two mechs, collapsed in an awful heap. A young woman, different from the one before, speaks from offscreen.]
Both Evas confirmed operational.
[And like that, the dream ends.]
(OOC: This dream is non-interactive, so responses should come via the network. It's safer for your character that way, trust me. Also, I seriously recommend watching the video in the "music" link above! I tried to describe the battle as best as I could, but the sequence itself shows it best.)
[Video]
Plus you couldn't dismiss it as special effects or something.
[Video]
[How do you even deal with winter? She doesn't know.]
[Video]
[That's what he was going to suggest, and he has to think for a moment for an alternative.]
There's an open space in the park. I'll meet you there.
[Video -> Action?]
[Click! With her SFC off, Asuka then goes to get ready, and it's lucky for Laharl that she doesn't waste too much time on that.]
[In time she'll show up at the park in a t-shirt and jeans. This doesn't necessitate anything fancy, and if whatever he plans to do causes enough destruction, these can at least get dirty without real loss.]
[Action!]
There you are.
[Action!]
[And why would she ever keep her thoughts to herself? But she has a point with this one!]
But if you're going to show me whatever, go ahead.
[Action]
[He shoots her a glare, momentarily considering torching her so she gets a true first-hand experience. But then he just steps farther out onto the field, grumbling.]
There'd be more room to let loose on the island... You keep in mind, this is a small demonstration.
[There's an awful lot of flammable vegetation around... Oh well. He raises his arms to cast Overlord's Wrath, globes of fire bursting to life and spreading to the edges of the field. Instead of slamming them into the ground, though, he brings them crashing together in the air above the field. But, it's tough not to hit anything with that move, and some branches and patches of grass do catch fire.]
[Action]
Oh my God.
[She's stumbled back a few steps without really thinking on it, but it doesn't stop her from staring at the spot where the orbs collide above. Even after it dissipates, it takes her a moment to realize--]
Put those flames out! Hurry up or they'll spread!
[Action]
[There's a self-satisfied smirk spreading across his face as he extinguishes the flames. It probably doesn't happen as quickly as she'd like, because he doesn't often use his magic to prevent things from burning. Still, with a little concentration things are reduced to smoldering and then just ash.]
[Action]
[She sinks down to her knees, then to sit.]
How did you even do all that?
[Action]
Magic. You humans used to know it, though not anything so powerful. You're more interested in technology these days.
[Action]
[She's not as dubious as she could be, after what she just saw. It's just the shock of everything. Magic. Really.]
[She peers back at him.]
You're not going to blow me up or set me on fire or anything like that, are you?
[He did put the flames out when she asked, and when he looks like a kid in a dumb outfit, it's easier to not be horribly freaked out. Still, she has to ask in some capacity.]
[Action]
[He folds his arms and gives her a considering look. He's getting such a kick out of this.]
I'm not planning on it. Then again, things don't always go according to plan.
[Action]
What? But I haven't done anything against you! And so long as you're not threatening humanity, I don't have a reason to, so don't just turn on me like that!
[Not that... she'd be able to do much, which is all the more reason to worry.]
[Action]
Unless, of course, you'd like to be my vassal.
[Action]
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And I mean vassal. You'd be my subordinate.
[Action]
And I don't want to be a subordinate to some demon guy I barely know, or any demon at all!
[Action]
Why not? An Overlord's vassal is no position to scoff at.
[Action]
[Her frown turns sterner now, and she finally pushes herself to stand up again.]
I already have an important position to go back to, one I'm proud of and I'm good at. What would this offer me? And what would you expect from me, for that matter?
[Action]
I'd expect your assistance whenever I demanded it. In return, we would be allies. And you'd have more opportunities to stab me in the back and claim my title, if you wanted.
[Action]
What, like some petty servant? Who do you take me for? And I don't want to stab you in the back or take your title or anything like that.
[Action]
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[And, let's face it, if he finds out she has even the slightest cooking ability, there'll be food demands.]
But considering this place is like the opposite of the Netherworld in that everything's free...
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