Ishtar, the Babylonian goddess of fertility, love, storms, and war. She is the one who bears the title, "The Queen of Heaven." The same can be applied to her rider self too.
Ereshkigal, the Babylonian goddess of death. Also known as "The Queen of the Great Below," or "Lady of the Great Place."
While these two (or three) may not get along with each other, they have two things in common.
One which is that they share the same face, body, and voice of a certain girl.
And that certain girl is named Tohsaka Rin.
Who happened to be a giant tsundere for a certain someone.
However, that is not the case for these two.
Because Ishtar carries Rin's tsundere side while Ereshkigal carries Rin's deredere side.
Another common point that these two (or three) share is the lack of knowledge to use modern technology.
Because Tohsaka Rin doesn't even know how to use modern technology or how it works.
And since they inherited Rin's body, they also inherited her tendencies as well.
Especially the part where they don't know how to use modern technology.
To make matters worse for them, Chaldea is filled with modern technology, making it their crucible. Ironically, they're living here.
Luckily, they have a certain red-haired heroic spirit to help them...
Shirou was having a normal day, walking down in the hallways of Chaldea. As he was doing that, he passed by one of Chaldea's relaxation rooms.
That was when he heard a familiar voice.
"Eh...uh...how do I do this?"
That voice was Ishtar, and she was having a hard time using the television and the remote.
"How do I change the channel?" she muttered as she tried to change the channel on the tv with the remote but failed. She then pressed multiple buttons on the tv remote, but they had no effect whatsoever. "Damn it! Why won't this stupid remote work!?" she yelled as she threw the remote down in a fit of anger.
However, she didn't realize that Shirou was watching the spectacle this whole time.
"Uh...Tohsaka?"
As soon as Ishtar heard Shirou's voice, she immediately jumped, floated in the air, and turned around to see Shirou in the relaxation room.
"E-Emiya-kun?!" she yelled with a blush.
There was a short silence as the two were trying to process what just happened.
"H-How long have you been here?!" Ishtar exclaimed nervously as her secret was exposed by the one person she didn't want anyone to know.
"Uh...just now?" he said.
After a few minutes of silence, Ishtar suddenly started to beat down on Shirou, stomping him with her foot.
"Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow! Tohsaka!"
"Call me Ishtar!"
"Ishtar-san, please stop this!" Shirou yelled as he was getting stomped on by Ishtar.
Ishtar then slowly stopped stomping on his head, leaving him some relief as the pain was over.
"You're bad with machines, aren't you? If you mind, maybe I can help you with-" Shirou said but was cut off.
"Mind your own business! I can use the television by myself just fine!" Ishtar exclaimed with a blush on her face.
"Is that so?"
"Yeah!"
"Well then...let me see."
Ishtar was in a loss of words. She then took a few breaths before composing herself to her normal state.
"Just calm down. As the goddess of fertility, love, storms, and war, I can not allow such a small thing like this to beat me. What's more, I can't let Emiya-kun to know that I don't know how to use a tv remote or the television!"
Ishtar then picked up the remote from the ground that she threw earlier and pointed it at the tv. She then pressed a button, but there was no affect. She then pressed multiple buttons, but there was no affect as well. At that moment, Ishtar felt angry over how a tv remote was causing her trouble, but quickly calmed herself down after knowing that Shirou was still here.
After a few minutes of calming down, Ishtar then exclaimed, "Right! The tv remote here isn't a tv remote! It's probably a remote for something else!"
Shirou looked at Ishtar with strange expression.
"Uh...Ishtar-san..."
"What is it?"
"There's only one technological item in the room right now."
Ishtar laughed nervously...and then slumped in defeat as she realized that she can't get away from this situation she was in and try to salvage some of her reputation.
"Do you need some help?"
Ishtar let out another sigh.
"Yes please..."
Shirou then took the remote from Ishtar's hand and used it the same way as she did before and like before, nothing happened. For a little while, Shirou was confused for a moment.
Until something hit him.
Shirou the checked the back of the remote and unlocked the compartment, revealing the two batteries in it. He then released the batteries from the remote and then walked out of the room before saying, "Give me a moment. I'll be back."
Ishtar was confused for a moment. "Where are you going Emiya-kun?"
"Da Vinci's workshop. I think I know what the problem is."
A few minutes later, Shirou returned with the remote in his hand. He then handed it to Ishtar. "Try it out now," he said with a smile.
Ishtar blushed at the sight of Shirou and said, "T-Thank you." Ishtar then pressed a button on the remote in front of the tv and the channel swapped to a different one. "H-How?!" she exclaimed because the remote was working now.
"Yeah...about that...turns out that the batteries had to be replaced with new ones..."
Ishtar was dumbfounded by this turn of events.
"Really?"
"Yeah."
There was a silence between the two as they just realized that all of Ishtar's problems with the television was because the batteries hadn't been replaced with new ones.
"So...what were you trying to do?" Shirou asked.
Ishtar blushed again. "I-It's none of your business!"
(The next day...)
Shirou was cleaning the dishes in the cafeteria after working up a meal for the patrons that were there before. As he was cleaning the dishes, a certain goddess came up to him.
"Emiya-kun."
For a moment, Shirou stopped washing the dishes to see who the voice was. As he looked around, he saw Ereshkigal on the counter top.
"Huh? Oh...Ereshkigal-san."
Ereshkigal smiled at Shirou. "Just Ereshkigal is fine, and I don't mind if you call me by my container's last name as well."
"Well then...Tohsaka."
Ereshkigal blushed for a moment before remembering what she came here for. "By the way Emiya-kun, can you help me with something?"
"Hm? What is it?"
"Well...there's something in my room that needs fixing, and well...you're the only one that I can rely on at the moment."
Shirou was surprised at the moment. He thought that Ereshkigal would act like Ishtar considering that they both carry Rin's body as a container, but to his shock, she did not.
"Why me though? Why not ask Da Vinci or master or Mashu or Archer?" he asked.
"Da Vinci is busy for the moment, and I didn't want to bother her, and Master is on a quest with Mash and Archer. In fact, Archer told me to come to you for problems."
Shirou sighed at what Ereshkigal just said. "Damn it Archer, you just have to place this on me huh?" he thought as he resumed cleaning the dishes. "Give me a few minutes, because I need to finish cleaning the dishes. Can you wait until then?"
"Yes!" Ereshkigal exclaimed happily.
After a few minutes, Shirou was done cleaning the dishes. He left the countertop and then left the cafeteria with Ereshkigal at his side.
As they were walking, Shirou asked Ereshkigal a question.
"Hey Ereshkigal?"
"What is it Emiya-kun?"
"You and Ishtar-san possess the same body, right?"
"Yes."
"Well then how come Ishtar acts so differently from you? I'm just curious considering that well...since you two possess the same body, you two may act similar."
Ereshkigal let out a sigh. "Well...blame Ishtar for that."
Shirou was confused. "Huh?"
"It's quite simple. Before she fused with her vessel, Ishtar was, excuse my words, a total bitch."
Shirou was stunned at her choice of words.
"Really?"
"Yep. If anything, she's actually a lot nicer after fusing with her vessel."
"Huh. Didn't know that."
"Yeah. Anyway, we're here now," Ereshkigal said as they arrived at her room. As they entered her room, Shirou noticed that her room was quite simple despite being a goddess of death. The room itself was white, and all that was there was a bed, desk, a bathroom, and that was it.
Overall, the room seemed nice and didn't show any problem.
"Okay, what seems to be the problem?" Shirou asked.
"Wait for a moment."
Shirou then waited for Ereshkigal to pull out the item that needed fixing...or so as he thought.
What Ereshkigal gave to Shirou...was a laptop.
And one in clean condition too.
"Uh...Ereshkigal...what's going on?"
"Well...Master gave me this as a gift earlier, and...I need your help getting this thing to work," Ereshkigal said with a blush on her face.
"You mean the laptop?"
"Yes! Is that what it's called?"
"Yeah. Anyway, just let me open it up for a moment."
Ereshkigal then gave Shirou the laptop in which he opened up the screen. As he examined it, he thought, "Wow, this looks really new. Guess she hasn't touched it for a while, or maybe ever since she got it."
"Okay Ereshkigal, do you want to know how to turn it on?"
Ereshkigal nodded sideways.
"It's actually quite simple. Just press the power button like this," Shirou said as he pressed the power button. As he did, the laptop screen came to light.
"Really. All I had to do was just press the power button and that's it?"
"Yeah. Afterwards is just inputting some personal data and well...that's about it."
"I see...well then, thanks Emiya-kun."
"No problem Tohsaka. Also, one more thing, whenever you download something, make sure to see if the source is trustworthy so that no problems will occur on your laptop."
"Got it."
Shirou then left Ereshkigal's room, leaving her to her own device to play with.
(The next day...)
Like yesterday, Shirou was walking down Chaldea's hallway, wondering what will happen today.
However, as the old saying goes, "What happens twice will come thrice."
And apparently, like Archer Ishtar, Rider Ishtar is having the same problems as her counterparts.
As Shirou was walking down the hallway, he heard a noise coming out from Rider Ishtar's room.
And it was not a happy noise.
It was rather a mad sound.
As Shirou got closer to the door to Rider Ishtar's room, he didn't account on the door automatically opening itself immediately. As so, what he saw made him surprised.
Rider Ishtar was apparently raging...at a smartphone
To make matters worse, Rider Ishtar noticed the door opening and turned around to see Shirou at the doorway.
There was a silence between the two as they were trying to comprehend what just transpired. No one said a word at each other as they were shocked to see each other like this.
Eventually, the silence had to be broken.
"H-Hey...Ishtar..."
And in the sense of déjà vu, Rider Ishtar started pummeling Shirou like what her Archer counterpart did.
"Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow! Ishtar-san!" Shirou yelled.
"Shut up! It's your fault that you put yourself in this situation! Now take it!" Ishtar yelled in embarassement.
After a few minutes of foot stomping, Rider Ishtar thought Shirou had enough of it and decided to stop, allowing Shirou to rest from her assault. Shirou then got up from the ground.
"Well then...what's going on?" Shirou asked.
Rider Ishtar let out a sigh before ranting. "It's this stupid phone! I don't know how to access it or call anyone with this!"
Shirou sighed as this situation was like Archer Ishtar's. "Do you need some help with it?" he asked.
Ishtar let out another blush. "I-It's none of your business! I can handle this on my own!"
"Yup. Even her counterpart still acts like the same when it comes to technology..."
Time passed as Shirou was looking at Rider Ishtar's attempts of using the smartphone, but sadly failed as every time she tried to, it ended up in failure.
After a few more attempts, Rider Ishtar eventually gave up.
"Now do you need some help?" Shirou asked.
Rider Ishtar slumped in defeat. "Yes please," she said as she handed the smartphone over to Shirou.
Shirou then grabbed the smartphone, pressed the power button on the side, and used his index finger to unlock the screen by swiping it sideways. "Here."
Rider Ishtar looked at him in shock. "How?!"
"The power button was on the side...and you need to swipe the screen with your finger," Shirou replied.
Rider Ishtar was dumbounded. "Oh," she said in disbelief.
"Yeah. Anyways...can I go now?"
"Not yet. There's one more thing I need to ask for you," Rider Ishtar said with a scary smile.
Shirou gulped as he knew that he was screwed whenever Rin put on her trademark scary smile. It practically meant a death sentence for him. "W-What is it?"
"Oh, don't worry, I am not going to hurt you..."
Shirou let out a sigh of relief.
"I want to take pictures with you!" she exclaimed.
This time, it was Shirou's turn to be dumbfounded. "Huh?"
"Consider this your reward for helping me! And you can't refuse this reward from this goddess!"
Shirou sighed as he somehow got himself into this position. "Well at least I am not going to get shot by a Gandr," he thought.
"Well?" Rider Ishtar asked, waiting for her answer.
"All right."
Rider Ishtar smiled as she heard those words. "Then let's do it!"
What happened next was a series of selfies in which both Shirou and Rider Ishtar would take many photos of themselves, ranging from making faces to poses under Rider Ishtar's directions.
Eventually, Rider Ishtar had enough of the photo taking.
"Okay, I think we're done for today," she said with a smile of satisfaction.
"You sure?" Shirou asked.
"Yes. Now you can leave Emiya-kun."
"Well then, see you later Tohsaka."
To Shirou's surprise, Rider Ishtar didn't correct him this time as he was walking out of her room.
Because in the end, she's got pictures of Shirou and herself on her phone...
And that's enough to put a smile on her face.
