PSL Post - Athrun Zala and Asuna Yuuki

[infinitejustice]

This post will be used for PSL threads between infinitejustice and fencerflash.

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[infinitejustice]

[After the Second Bloody Valentine War, the Republic of East Asia's military lie in ruins. It was in a vulnerable position, especially being sandwiched in between the Eurasian Federation and the Atlantic Federation, who might try to coerce them into helping them lick their wounds.

To that end, the Republic of East Asia petitioned the power blocs that either remained neutral or sided with PLANT, as well as PLANT and the Orb Union, for assistance, and Cagalli accepted their petition without any delay. If they were going to build a world of peace, Orb would need to improve its ties with other power blocs.

Athrun was chosen as the military leader of the Orb relief delegation. After meeting with the Republic's political and military leaders, he finds himself stationed at the old American military base in Okinawa. He's expected to work with the wing of mobile suit pilots stationed there...though for now, mobile suits are few and far between, with only one Windam, three Daggers, and even only a handful of Strike Daggers remaining.

As this is Athrun we're talking about, he's out and about among the pilots. He wants to actually get to know them on a personal level.]

[fencerflash]

[The next day, the drills went on as expected. The Okinawa squadron made a good showing of itself; despite limited resources, they performed well in a series of coordination drills and a couple of attack run simulations that left huge concrete targets washed in dark green paint. Asuna didn't kid when she said she could get them organized.]

[Of course, she also undersold herself. It's no secret that, in a vacuum, a Coordinator is a better pilot than a Natural, even if combat computers had helped to shorten that distance a lot. The best Natural pilots were men and women like Mu La Flaga: skilled veterans, who could use state of the art OSes to bridge the gap. Asuna proved a strange exception: despite only being seventeen, she carried her squadron with the Windam Fleuret. She probably could have given La Flaga a run for his money, if their machines were comparable.]

[Now that the drills are over, she's sitting in the hangar, on the catwalk leading to the Fleuret's cockpit. Her legs dangle over the railing, and she has a juice packet in one hand, which she drinks with a straw. She wipes the sweat from her brow and sighs with relief.]

[Job well done, she thinks. She just has to see what the Orb Admiral thinks of her work.]

[infinitejustice]

[True to his word, Athrun left all of the preparation to Asuna for the remainder of the day. Then, at seven o'clock sharp, a brief series of knocks comes from the outside of Asuna's apartment door. Athrun is waiting outside, dressed in casual clothes for a change, and hoping the apartment's occupant was able to hear his knocking.]