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So, she'd gone and passed out and gotten quite a lot of sleep. Since then, she'd been doing her best to catch up in terms of training and preparedness. Apparently there was a new group of people flying things called Mobile Suits (which were basically like Evas, except smaller and not as good) and they had their own group.

Or something.

Asuka wouldn't have wanted to work with them anyway. Unit 02 needed no backup! At least, that was her thought. But it'd been a while since she'd taken it out for a spin (and what had ever happened to that guy who was working on a fusion generator for her). She'd have to look into that. Again. At least she wouldn't have to go through basic.

She adjusted her duty jacket, perched on the shoulder of her Eva in the hangar bay. The entry plug was deployed - out and waiting for her climb into it if she wanted, but the damn thing wasn't ready for that yet. She needed LCL, a whole support network, so many things that she didn't have at the moment. She groused to herself and then headed for the catwalk surrounding the monstrous machine. Maybe she should go poke at her X-Wing instead.

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As it happened, 'that guy' was still around. He'd actually even seen Asuka's note on the comms about her return, but as usual, Stephen tended to get to things in his own good time.

Which is why he was now approaching the Eva unit, hands stuffed in his lab coat pockets, one eyebrow arched over the goggles that covered his eyes.

"I'd say welcome back, save for the fact you don't seem too happy to be here. Not that I can blame you, I suppose."

Oh, hey. That was him, right? She trailed to a halt on the catwalk, steadying herself with one hand on the railing. "Better here then dead, I guess. Same old story, though! They just want to hold me back!"

She threw her other hand up in exasperation. "...good to see you, I guess. Although from my perspective it's only been a few days."

"Well, thank you." He grinned a little, and nodded his head. "Actually, I might have some good news for you."

Stephen gestured to the Eva 02, lifting a hand to run it over his hair. "I had a chance to finish the schematics before the forgetfulness set in, and I've had time to build a prototype in my lab. I'm not entirely certain where we could test it. Maybe the Sensoriums?"

"Yeah, that'd probably work great!" That news perked her up. Being able to operate without a stupid power cable would really free her up if she needed to head planetside. "What'd you come up with, anyway?"

"A cold fusion core. It'll sort of look like a backpack for the unit, I suppose, but I wanted it to look somewhat flush with the machine. I'm certain you don't need to look like any more of a target, correct?"

Stephen nodded there, mostly to himself, and then continued. "It will be jettisonable if necessary, and I do have plans for replacements if that's also necessary, but I certainly hope not. I actually put the schematics in Engineering as well."

And for a moment there, he looked quite smug. But it didn't last long.

"I hope that meets your expectations?"

"Cold fusion?" That was still theoretical where Asuka came from. She tried to contain the little shriek of delight that really made her look and sound like the teenager she was. "Are you kidding? That's not even possible where I'm from! Not... theoretically anyway! That'd be great! It sounds fantastic!"

Oh, the resulting smile was even more smug. If that was possible.

"It was my pleasure, Miss Soryu, I assure you. I'd still like to run some diagnostics when it's attached to its proper moorings to make certain everything's running as it should, but I'd like to make sure I go through the proper channels, of course."

And there was still the matter of getting the fusion core from his lab to the Eva itself.

"You have to show me all the calculations you had to run! It must be so cool!" Yeah, she's a kid. She almost hugs him before she stops herself and tries to get back to proper behavior. But there's still nervous energy in her, still that excitement. She stalks back and forth on the catwalk for a moment.

"I can't wait until I can actually pilot this thing again! I've missed it so much!"

Today, Hoshi decided she was going to go explore Stacy more than she had been right now. She decided to go check the hangar to see what it was like. Granted, this place wasn't normally something she'd be in regularly, but curiosity was abound! With her was Seraphiel, perched on her shoulder.

Her eyes gazed upon a red machine as her head tilted up. "Wonder what this thing is." It certainly wasn't anything she saw before in her world, but hey, that was the reason for her exploring.

Then, she noticed Asuka and smiled in a friendly way. "Oh, hey! I'm sorry I didn't see you there. What's up?"

Asuka paused and leaned over the railing, peering down at the woman on the hangar floor. She shrugged cupped a hand over her mouth to yell a reply, "Nothing! Just looking at my Eva unit! Who're you?"

Oh, that was pretty high up. Hoshi wondered if she should ask Seraphiel to fly her up there so that they didn't have to shout at one another.

She did the same motion with her hands to reply to her. "It's pretty sweet from what I can see of it! I'm Hikari Hoshi, nice to meet you! Do you mind if I come up?"

If she really wanted to come up, Asuka wasn't going to stop her. Not like there was anything interesting going on anyway. "Sure! Knock yourself out!"

"All right! Be up there in a sec!"

Hoshi gave the command for Seraphiel to turn into his angel form. When that was done, he picked her up and placed her to where she was near Asuka. After it, he transformed to his eagle form and flew over to his mistress.

"All done!"

Asuka took a step back from the edge, a bit startled by the sudden transformations and the rather rapid ascent of the girl. Why couldn't she use the ladder or the lift like everyone else? She tried to brush it off with an arrogant grin she didn't quite feel, "I'm Asuka Langley Soryu. Flight Officer."

She didn't offer to shake. That wasn't how Asuka operated.

Well, that was because Hoshi liked doing things her own way, but then again, using her holy beast of all things did seem to be a bit stupid. Oh, well. Split milk.

"It's very nice to meet you, Asuka. What does a Flight Officer do?"

"I'm a pilot in Rogue Squadron," Asuka announced proudly. She was also wearing her shiny new duty uniform. She liked looking good. "And I have my Eva, but it's not really space-worthy."

Well, those were two things Hoshi wasn't aware of that were on Stacy! "What does the Rogue Squadron do, Asuka?" And, hey, she was noticing the uniform with a smile.

"What does an Eva do, too, if you don't mind me asking?"

"It's a war machine! Designed to protect the human race!" She flashed a thumbs up and a grin, conveying more confidence then she felt. "And the Rogues are a fighter squadron. Supposed to defend all the idiots who can't fly to defend themselves."

"Oh, wow! And how many were there on your world?" Hoshi asked, noticing the confidence that she returned with her own cheeky grin. "Oh, sorta like the JSDF, then. Neat!"

In his ever continuing self-imposed mission to see all of the ship, Sho found himself in the hangar. Of all the places he'd seen so far, this one was the most awe inspiring. There were actual giant robots in here, not to mention the ships and fighters.

"Tetsuro would have given his right foot just be see all this." Eventually, Sho comes across a rather familiar big red mech. He studies it for a moment and it only takes him a second to remember.

"That's Asuka's Eva Unit. The real one. It looks even bigger in person."

Asuka blinked and leaned over the railing. Hey, wasn't that Sho down there? She peered down at him for a moment and then yelled, voice echoing in the massive emptiness of the hangar. "Hey! Sho! Up here!"

"Hm?" Sho looked over and saw Asuka calling to him. He smiled and waved back cheerfully.

"Hey Asuka!" He shouts back. "I guess this is the real Eva? It's cool! What are you doing?"

"Nothing," she yelled down at him, "Just checking it over! That's all!"

"Oh, okay!" Sho yells back. "Can I take a look?"

He starts making his way up the stairs to meet Asuka on the catwalk, examining the Eva as he does so.

"It's certainly different from a lot of the other mechs I've seen so far. What can it do?"

"Everything," Asuka replied breezily, "Just need to give it some power."

"Do you plan on using it soon?" Sho asks curiously. "What exactly are those fins on its shoulders for?"

"I'm working on making it mobile," she scoffed, dangling herself against the railing, "And the fins have deployable weapons."

"I see." Sho leans against the railing next to Asuka, silent for a moment.

"The battles you've been in, were they tough? They must have been pretty destructive. It takes a lot of responsibility to be entrusted with that kind of power."

Duo had noticed some interesting machines in the Hangar in the time he'd arrived- but he hadn't noticed this ones on his previous rounds until now, which was sort of a laugh when he saw how damn big this one was.

Its build was human-shaped like a mobile suit, but apart from that it was completely different- more streamlined, less boxy, less mechanical overall, he observed. The face on it was something that could give a guy nightmares, he thought to himself- and considering that was the entire point of his suit, it gave him pause.

He hadn't yet noticed the machine's pilot circling the catwalk- but then, he didn't know Asuka was its pilot yet, either- so he paid no mind to getting caught inspecting her machine as she approached.

Asuka paused in her pacing - there was someone else approaching down below. After a moment of eying him, she leaned out over the railing and called down, voice echoing in the cavernous hangar. "Impressive, huh?"

Duo paused when the girl's voice rang down to him, glancing up to her with an innocent sort of 'who, me?' look.

"Ah? This guy's yours, huh?" He called back, giving a friendly smile. "Sure is! Can't believe I hadn't noticed him before!"

"Yeah! This my beautiful Eva Unit Two!" She grinned, still leaned half over the railing as she eyed Duo. "Don't know how you missed it. It's only the best war machine in the whole damn hangar!"

"Eva Unit Two, huh?" A bit of a smirk crawled up his lips. "I like it!"

Best war machine, huh.. you don't gotta sound so proud about it, he thought to himself with a snort. "I dunno, I must be goin' blind. What'd you call it, an 'Eva'?" He started walking up the ramp to join her- and to get himself a closer look at the machine.

"You ought to," she retorted, still grinning, "It's a beautiful machine!"

She settled her back against the railing and tapped a toe against the grating. "Short for Evangelion. Great, huh?"

"You guys name your machines pretty well, huh?" He grinned as he drew closer. Now that he could see the machine better, he tried to take note of the armor and machinery, but it didn't really look like anything he was familiar with. Which, of course, made it a lot more fun.

Suppressing his urge to tinker with it, he turned to her, leaning against the railing himself. "I'm Duo. Duo Maxwell. My machine's down the line," he jerked his thumb towards the area of the hangar where the mobile suits all stood. "The awesome big black one, of course. And you are?"

"Well, there's only three models out right now and mine's the first one purpose built for combat!" Yeah, Asuka was pretty proud of that apparently. She pushed away from the rail for a moment to flash Duo an arrogant, if winning, grin and adjust her Rogue squadron bomber jacket proudly. "Nice to meet you, Duo. I'm Asuka Langley Soryu; charmed, right?"

She peered over his shoulder curiously; she'd never paid much attention to the mobile suits. They were all inferior to her Eva, so why bother?

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