Asami had no choice but to size up the newcomer as well. Right now, there was no real way of determining if she was a mage as well or not. And, of course, withholding her identity would seem strange, wouldn't it? The redheaded mage with the incredibly long hair straightened in her seat. This had gone from a quick dinner before things got serious to, well... things getting serious. In the end, she decided introducing herself was really her best option here. Obviously the first mage knew her, and it's not like she could mistake someone with those injuries for anyone else, even if she didn't fully know the extent and nature of her abilities. Beyond them being quite impressive, at least.

"Ando Asami," she introduced herself, with a small sigh, before smiling, "I can't say I really expected to have company for dinner. The ramen just smelled fantastic here, and I heard it was good, so I had to try it."

Asami knew, at least, that no-one would be foolish enough to start a fight in the middle of a ramen shop. It was what would happen after leaving the shop that would be the more difficult part. Asami was confident, but preparation was important and she would be lacking it then.

Tetsuo fished some cash out of his pocket to pay for the next drink. "Believe me, I wish I could get out of here before the fun starts. I've got a duty to solve this, if I didn't try I'd be disrespecting Kotetsu. I know that some heavy hitters show up to the White Night, but I'm not going to give up my principles just because I'm scared of losing a fight."

Tetsuo got up from the bar and walked around a little before starting on the next drink. "Well, whoever it is, at least they don't know I'm looking for them yet. I don't keep up with all the mage politics around here, so I'm a bit of an outsider. People from Rokuro tend to be pretty decent, but special events like this can bring a very different crowd. I wonder where those guys hang around." He sat back down at the bar, and drank his second beer slower than the first.

"Your principles won't do you any dead if you get killed. You'll never find who's responsible from a pot of ashes," the vampire pointed out. Not that she should really be one to speak, due to taking part in deadly fights for no better reason than 'because innocent people might get killed, but it wasn't like there was some overarching goal for her to achieve. She'd lived a normal lifespan more than seven times over, too. "People... this is the only place I know for people to just meet up unless they go straight to each other's houses. Or they could go to any public place; that's how I used to end up looking after mages in past rituals."