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Asuka wasn't sure how long she'd been running that maze. It had seemed like forever to her. Just endless circles, following the commands of an AI, trying to get out. She could handle the puzzles and traps. She'd hated the isolation. Finally, she'd been spat back out into the welcome (the fact that she'd been relieved to see them disturbed her) corridors of Stacy again. She ran a hand through her hair with an irritated huff. How long had that taken, anyway? She needed to check up on her training and she needed to get back in the saddle. Quickly.

She headed off on the run - the sensoriums were calling her name. Grounded or not, she intended to take a virtual X-Wing out for a spin. It was the work of a few moments to call it up. She spent a few minutes circling the virtual craft, the virtual hangar deck stretching out white and empty around her. Yeah, she'd get in trouble if she got caught, but she wasn't going to get caught (although part of her was afraid of that and part of her wanted to go and see Arha). She shoved those feelings away. She wanted to have some fun first.

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[capture-worlds.livejournal.com]

Tsukasa let go of her leg, and took a step back, just in case she wanted to try that again. "Why not? Are you afraid that I won't be satisfied with your answer? Or could it be that you don't have an answer?"

[redheadcarrier.livejournal.com]

"I'm not afraid of you! I just want you to stop bothering me!" Asuka folded her arms, glaring. "I don't answer to you and I never will!"

[capture-worlds.livejournal.com]

"You're right. The only person we truly answer to are ourselves. So...when you look inside, deep within the recesses of your soul, what do you see?"

The passing through Kamen Rider didn't know if she would answer, but that wasn't the point.

[redheadcarrier.livejournal.com]

Asuka turned on her heel and stalked back to her X-Wing. "I see myself. I'm fine."

[capture-worlds.livejournal.com]

"Let me tell you what I see," Tsukasa began, leaning on the X-Wing's nose cone like it was a wall. "I see a young girl who, because of something in her past, has hardened her heart to the prospect that anyone will ever care for her."

[redheadcarrier.livejournal.com]

Asuka threw her (virtual) helmet at him and headed for the door. "I'm finding a different sensorium! Stop following me and stop bothering me! I don't want or need any of your stupid 'help'!"

[capture-worlds.livejournal.com]

Tsukasa chuckled as he caught the helmet. "Struck a nerve?"

He considered his options for a second and then said, "Heads up, little one." He tossed her helmet back to her and headed toward the exit himself.

"At no point did I want to force you to leave," he said as he neared the door. Before he left, though, he said, "It's customary to give your name to a new friend, right? Mine's Kadoya. Tsukasa Kadoya. See you around." He casually tossed a wave and left.

I don't know if anything I said to her got through...but that woman is going to get herself killed with that temper.