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[soulsborderline.livejournal.com]

[The day after her unfortunate introduction to Prospero in the middle of the Dark Hour, Asuka quite guiltlessly slept until 11 am and, nonplussed to find herself still in this weird town, set about assessing her situation and getting stock of her available resources - to say nothing of washing up after her first real hand-to-hand combat experience. Once all that's done, however, she begins on her first and most obvious asset - the phone.]

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Okay.

So.

I'm in 'Prospero', in the US. I have no idea how I got here, let alone who managed to spirit me off a verdamnt aircraft carrier in the middle of the Pacific. Well, as long as I'm in Prospero, 'if this were played upon a stage, I must condemn it a most improbably fiction'.

Before any idiots ask, I'm referencing Shakespeare, okay?

Anyway, someone had better explain to me what's going on here. I have very important business in Japan, which, by the way, the fate of the world depends on, and my employers are not going to be happy about this involuntary leave here. And this is without even going into whatever the hell that trip was last night. Seriously, Analytical Psychiatry is bunk anyway.

[Finally, she brandishes her letter]

And one last thing - how and why am I enrolled in high school here?!

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[berry-paunch.livejournal.com]

Nobody knows why we're here.

It happens every night, and it's real.

Nobody knows why we're in school, either. The dorms aren't bad, though.

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[soulsborderline.livejournal.com]

Nobody knows, or nobody's telling?

I figured out it's real, though. Unlike some pre-Impact filmmakers, I know getting hurt in a dream doesn't cause you actual physical harm. I just don't get opera heroines appearing from thin air and stabbing monsters for me. I've seen a lot of weird shit in my time with NERV, but this was a new one. And what were those monsters, anyway? Really, really tiny Angels?

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[berry-paunch.livejournal.com]

Nobody knows, for now.

Angels...?

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[soulsborderline.livejournal.com]

Jeez, do they really not tell civilians these things or are you just terminally stupid?

You know, Angels. Big city-destroying monsters? You look Japanese, you should know this.

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[berry-paunch.livejournal.com]

...

I've never heard of them.

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[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

[There's a hint of dry sarcasm in Devola's voice, though her expression shows no real intent to be rude... aside from maybe patronization.]

What kind of organization out to save the world would be using young ladi- heck, using anyone your age? Seems a bit strange if the adults aren't cleaning whatever mess they got into.

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[soulsborderline.livejournal.com]

I don't think I'm giving away too much to say there's only three people in the world who can do what I can do, and I'm the best at it. Physical age is irrelevant.

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[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

Well, I'll take your word for it. What's so important that you'd talk about it being "the fate of the world", anyway? Helping solve some kind of crisis with your two compatriots?

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[soulsborderline.livejournal.com]

More like they've been covering for me since I was in the wrong part of the world. I was, in fact, on my way to Japan to settle things once and for all when I somehow wound up here.

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[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

I'm sure things won't go too far south while you're gone. It's not like you three are staving off some kind of monster invasion or anything, after all.

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[crownedexorcist]

No one knows what's going on or why we're at school.

They would bother us about attendance if we skipped it.

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[soulsborderline.livejournal.com]

Are you serious? I'm a college graduate! I shouldn't have to go to school unless I want to.

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[crownedexorcist]

Did you tell them that?

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[soulsborderline.livejournal.com]

I will tomorrow. Given that they're already lying about my parents giving permission for this, though, I get the feeling I'm being shanghaied.

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[best-king.livejournal.com]

[Gee who is his handsome blond golden haired guy suddenly appearing on screen? He totally looks like one of those rich bachelor types that every teenager girl must dream of. You know, until he opens his mouth.]

Do you honestly believe a child like you could ever hope of saving the world? I'm sure your 'employers' were only using you for some ulterior motive. Perhaps they just wanted to watch a pretty young girl die a meaningless death?

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[soulsborderline.livejournal.com]

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[soulsborderline.livejournal.com]

...do you have a habit of spouting off about whatever without knowing anything about what the hell you're talking about? Or was this a one-time thing.

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[best-king.livejournal.com]

Does it really even matter? I've seen other children much like yourself sent out to war. None of them ever returned. Humanity should have learned by now to never send a child to do a man's job.

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[soulsborderline.livejournal.com]

Tch. A pretty boy like you some kind of veteran? Don't make me laugh.

Adulthood is in the mind, anyway, not the body.

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[ex_cashcow493]

[ Who's this charming fellow? Other than a trap? Someone much more pleasant than Gilgamesh, that much is certain. ]

Your business, as important as it may be, is on standby as this place has it's own purpose for you.

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[soulsborderline.livejournal.com]

[Lots of cute blonds here but, fortunately for everyone involved, Asuka doesn't go for guys who look her own age at most.]

This place has a purpose?

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[ex_cashcow493]

[ A shame because this one knows how to handle tsunderes. ]

Most certainly it does. It may remain shrouded in shadows, but there is a purpose for our arrival.

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[soulsborderline.livejournal.com]

Hm. I already had a purpose where I was going, though. Are you saying someone here thinks they can just grab people to go fight monsters for them?

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[naildelay.livejournal.com]

[ooc: Sorry this is late; I wanted to see how the log would play out.]

Looks like you've already gotten the rundown.

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[soulsborderline.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's you again.

[That's about as close as you're going to get to a 'thank you for saving my ass']

Well, the 'what' is easy enough to figure out, it's the 'why' and the 'how' that are bothering me. And the 'when can I go home'.