Tsukino Usagi ☾ Sailor Moon

[057] After the storm

buntails — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:52:25 GMT

[This is Usagi, arms wrapped tightly around herself, unusually subdued and serious. She's seen the town in flames, her friends dead, her friends kill, and- she doesn't know how to look at anyone or what to think. She'd tried to heal Yuma, and it had made things worse (even if easier for the others to finish the battle) and her powers... her powers weren't supposed to work that way.

She doesn't get up from her bed, where she's sitting up with the covers draped over her lap. Oddly, for her, the room has nothing left out on the floor or anywhere else. She's had time while she'd needed a distraction desperately.]

I'm sorry about everything that happened. Especially... Yuma-chan, I'm especially sorry. I never wanted it to be like that! I didn't want that to have to happen!

And, I know we need to work hard, and rebuild, and clean things up, but right now, I just don't know what to do or where to go. [Not like there's much choice, here, which is at least part of why she's still in her room. She doesn't even really know how to say 'we can do this' right now.]

What... do I do next? [These are the words that finally make her bite her lip as tears threaten her eyes.]

--

[After awhile, or specifically after she talks with Castiel, there's a second post.]

I can help repair damage to some of the buildings. I can't rebuild them from scratch or anything, but I can fix some of it. If you need it, please tell me.

Rudolph? [Forward-Dated to Christmas Eve]

buntails — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:31:38 GMT

Everyone, look! Did you see it? Right up in the sky, just like in the songs!

[For just a moment, the feed shows Usagi, face bright and voice excitable like a kid on... well, Christmas Eve. This is quite possibly because she is a kid on Christmas Eve, even if she's technically a high school girl.

Or there could be another reason. Because now she points the video feed to capture something out the window, in the sky: It's a view of the mountains and... the faint glow of an entire herd of red-nosed reindeer flying above them.]

(ooc: custom comment page is enabled, as a heads-up, to work around LJ's commenting mess. and the sailor moon version of the song must be shared. also relevant bestiary page.)

[055 Voice] Departures and Arrivals

buntails — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:24:18 GMT

[Cosmic balance. Fate. Karma.

Something like that, at least. Usagi keeps the voice function on; it's been too confusing lately with people's appearances. In her lap, a kitten purrs soothingly, audible behind her voice.]

Everyone, Meiou Setsuna and Kumada Yuiichirou went home. [She tries her hardest, and her voice does summon some enthusiasm and cheer for the next part.] And Ami-chan came back. Please welcome her. She's a precious friend of mine from back home.

[Private to Ami and Rei]

I'm going out for a walk for a little while. I'll be back in time for dinner. I just want to do something first.

[She's planning on heading to the remembrance tree.]

[054] Blanket Trap

buntails — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:54:40 GMT

[She's had dreams that start this way, wonderful pleasant dreams where she doesn't have to get out of bed and she can just snuggle right into the co...

...vers?

Why are her arms pinned? Usagi slaps blindly around herself, which only succeeds in turning the PCD on and giving a very wonderful view of this spectacle: Tsukino Usagi, the champion of love and justice, held hostage by her own blankets.

The free hand doing this is quickly captured by a renegade thread (her knitting never was the best) and tugged back beneath the coverings.]

Guys...? I know I sleep in too much but this time it's not my fault!!

Why is the bed holding me prisoner?!

[The rest of her protests are lost as the blanket muffles her voice.]

[053] Home.

buntails — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:23:46 GMT

[The video is no more chilling than many others. The fog and mist curls around so many graves here, and the names will be familiar to many in Adstringendum. There are even sailor senshi never heard of here: Star Healer, Star Fighter, Star Maker. Senshi throughout the galaxy, dead in the Sailor Wars.

Usagi has a hand clapped over her mouth. She pulls it away shakily to call for the girls on the PCD. Her voice is weak and thin and the beginnings of tears have already found her eyes. She can't take more of this.]

Rei-chan? Minako-chan? Setsuna-san? Yuiichirou-san?

[And several minutes later, her voice is even more stunned and the tears are falling freely. This, on top of what she's looking at...She sinks to her knees.]

Minako-chan went home, everyone.

[052] Another Loss

buntails — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:02:34 GMT

[Usagi is in her room, arms wrapped tightly around herself as she sits on the bed with her knees drawn up to her chest. It's as if she wants to quite literally try to hold herself together, as if she might break into pieces if she lets go.

Every loss brings other losses to mind, and always the fear of truly ending up alone. Her mind counts them like beads: Ami (twice), Makoto, Minako, Chibi-Usa (twice), Michiru (twice), Haruka, Mamoru...)

Her breath is shaky, her voice a bit ragged, but she tries to muster enough control to say it.]

Everyone, Michiru-san went home again.

I'm going to go out for awhile later.

[She has to get away; it's not helping when everywhere she looks in the temple, she sees Michiru's things, or painting Michiru has done. When she's away and can pretend she's been mature, she can let herself cry forever.

Later in the day, she'll be found by the name tree or the old playground.]

[051] Apples to Apples

buntails — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:24:30 GMT

[Garlands stretch from one of this rather girlish bedroom to the other, each strung with decorations. It almost looks like Christmas.

Almost. A closer look shows the inevitable apples, cored and cut into roughly quarter-inch rings. Usagi, in a remarkable idea flash, has taken it into her head to hang quite a number of them all over her room to dry them.

They're kind of pretty. They're awful brown, though; she forgot the lemon juice. Or didn't know to use it. Usagi turns to the video and grins broadly anyway (and at least it won't make them inedible).]

Happy Apples Day! We'll be able to eat them later on.

[Alright she totally made that 'holiday' up.]

[050] Her hair is as black as her soul

buntails — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:08:25 GMT

[Someone's teasing Usagi today! Black hair is all that's seen on the video, but it's clearly done up in the moon bunny's trademark buntails. Get ready for a good impression!

Then the video feed shifts, providing a clear look at the face. It's Usagi after all, somewhere beneath the gallon of eyeliner. (Of course hair dye would manage to turn up at exactly the ~~right~~ wrong time.) She clears her throat self-importantly, and begins to recite.]

My endless pain will never end.
It just keeps going on.
A river of black it sends.
It keeps on flowing on.

My dryless tears will never dry...

[Fortunately, it cuts out there.]

[049 Accidental Video] Loss

buntails — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:04:26 GMT

[This is not the Tsukino Usagi most people see. There's no bright smile, no flailing or laughing, not even that desparate bid to make the best of things.

There's just quiet.

She's on a rusted old swing set in some overgrown park area, stepping back and forth with the swing but not actually lifting her feet and swinging. A pearl-colored kitten, working on growing into a cat, plays idly nearby but Usagi's head stays bowed and she pays it little attention. She sighs softly and finally glances up to the sky.

How is she supposed to be cheerful and face yet another dear friend gone?]

[048 Video] Where oh where can that little Rei be?

buntails — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:30:38 GMT

[She's not too worried at first; Rei hasn't been around today but Usagi just sends a quick message to her.

It's when Rei's still not back hours later, and the message hasn't gotten a response, that she starts to wonder what might have happened. She's definitely concerned by the time she clicks on the feed again, outside in the courtyard of the Temple of Heaven.]

Hey, has anyone seen Rei-chan today? She hasn't been around...

[First the cat, now the owner. Did she miss a memo about Rei visiting a friend? Yeah that must be it. But then why didn't Rei at least reply?]

[047 Video]

buntails — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:41:23 GMT

I'm not sure who her friends were, but Aya-chan went home. I thought someone should say something.

[She could say she hopes she'll do well there, but Usagi knows what comes next. She does Seiren the favor of using the alias before switching to a (completely failed) filter.]

[Filtered to senshi - filter failure]

I want to meet with everyone, or at least talk on the communicator. I know a lot has happened, but we can't just focus on one situation and forget about protecting everyone else who's here. We also can't just sit around while this is happening; we can do something even without our powers.

I want us to start keeping an eye on the city instead of waiting for things to happen. All of us, staying around. We can decide who'll go where and when.

[As far as she's aware, they've done some of this; but it's time to get it organized as a group effort.]

Also, Yui-chan and Amiboshi are going to find a place to stay with their friend who just arrived now.

[046 Video] Tanabata

buntails — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:47:45 GMT

[The PCD shows Usagi outside, tying something to a tree. The lack of notable landmarks suggests she's a bit away from anywhere people are living. Her eyes stay focused on the branches as she lightly runs her finger across the smooth paper. She smiles softly at the screen.]

Thank you, everyone, for my birthday. For the food and gifts, thank you so much. It really made me happy to be able to spend it with my friends.

[She looks back at her handiwork, still not taking her hand away.]

This tree isn't bamboo, but I don't think there is any here. We can still make wishes for Tanabata, though, don't you think? Did anyone else make one yet? If you celebrate it back home, do you do it in July or August in your city?

[Yeah, she's kind of letting her mouth run away. Because most of all, a day for separated lovers to reunite makes her think of Mamoru. Between that and Kyoko making her realize her loneliness, she's in an off mood today.]

[045 Video] Flood Repair (because I've been eager and it's Sunday for me XD)

buntails — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:14:02 GMT

[The feed shows the Temple of Heaven, in the aftermath of the storms and flooding.

Eternal Sailor Moon, easily noted by the distinctive short-skirted uniform and the white feathery wings, is deep in concentration. The crescent moon sigil on her forehead glimmers and glows as power gathers around her.

Slowly, the warping in the wood creaks and begins to straighten itself. The stains of water damage lighten and then vanish. With a deep breath, Sailor Moon finally lets herself smile. She looks at the feed.]

Anyone who needs help after the floods, I'll do anything I can. Just ask. I can't do it as easily here, but I can still do something.

[044 Video] Dated to after Spike's snacking

buntails — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 21:53:23 GMT

[Know what hurts? A vampire bite. (Thanks a lot, Spike.)

Know what's annoying? Itchy bandages on your neck.

Know what's really boring? Sitting around all day when you have to and not because you're feeling lazy and ignoring a pile of homework.

Usagi, therefore, has come down with a touch of cabin fever. She makes silly faces at the camera sometimes. Another clip catches her balancing a stick across her nose like a pencil. A few times, she flips back to old posts from the music event to listen to the songs.

And once, she actually makes a somewhat normal post.]

Everyone, one of my friends from home Haruka-san is here now. I'm glad to see her.

[043 Video] Gleaming silver coat

buntails — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:02:02 GMT

[Sometimes you just need to get away from it all. Usagi left early this morning (OK, maybe it was more like the middle of the afternoon, but it felt early!) and left a note for the senshi house before taking a nice, long walk.

By the time she clicks on the PCD, Usagi's in a fairly green area, the closest she's found to a park, out of the way of the most of the houses. She sits cross-legged in the grass, hair resting on top of the countless blades.

She's gently holding a tiny creature with a silver coat and- the tiniest of horns, a unicorn foal. She keeps her voice soft so as not to startle the youngling who's finally gotten through shyness into curiosity.]

Isn't he cute? Is he a he? Does anyone know what they eat? I want to feed him. I can't believe I'm really seeing one!

[Her voice completely betrays the underlying excitement: She is actually playing with a unicorn! It makes her think of Helios, a little bit. And you can bet she'll be asking the senshi if they can keep him.]

[042 Video]

buntails — Wed, 18 May 2011 21:55:28 GMT

[The PCD seems to be acting a bit odd, playing snatches of several old posts one after the other. After awhile, the pattern becomes clearer: most are of Mizuno Ami in happy moments - and later, Chiba Mamoru. The same snippets are played over and over, rewound and played again.

A quiet but heavy sigh is enough to distinguish Usagi's voice. She doesn't turn it off; she plans to spend the afternoon in her room just like this.]

[041 Video] Wake Up Shining! (dated to morning)

buntails — Sun, 08 May 2011 21:29:11 GMT

See Usagi.

See Usagi fumbling with the PCD in a panic, grumbling a bit as she does. This, evidently, is what turned it on. She doesn't seem to mind. In the background, a rather peppy song is playing that starts, appropriately, with 'Wake up!']

Where is it?! I'm late and I can't find it to shut it off!

When that fails to get her results, see Usagi running around her room, slapping at various objects that couldn't possibly have offended her badly enough to warrant being pushed, hit, or dropped.

Finally, she heaves a big sigh as she wakes up enough to put it together. She turns a sheepish smile to the PCD.]

.... That wasn't my alarm clock.

[She blinks a couple times.]

Um. Everything looks kind of weird. Did the Animus do that, too?

[She can't quite put her finger on it yet... it just all looks... off.]

[040 Video] "The angel has come down to Earth, hasn't she?"

buntails — Mon, 02 May 2011 22:09:14 GMT

[She's a new arrival, naked in the chilly Spring air, covered only by a pair of soft, feathery wings wrapped around herself. The distinctive hair makes her recognizable as Usagi, and the sigil of a crescent moon marks her forehead. The PCD captures it, but she doesn't seem to be aware of that yet.]

Everyone...?

[Her voice comes out high and thin, worried. She sounds, appropriately, lost. Only hours ago, she'd been shown a vision of the battle over and her friends safe and well, only to wake up to the reality of their deaths and her planet nearly destroyed. Only minutes ago, she'd been reunited with them for real.

She'd thought so, at least. Was this waking up to reality again? Another illusion? She struggled against a quick burst of feeling, shaking her head as she wrapped her arms around herself. No. She had felt Mamo-chan's arms around her. Felt the warmth of his hands. Smelled the light, peaceful scent of him.]

Where is everyone?

[It comes out as a whisper. But she can't find them this way, by staying here. If they've been taken away again, if her battle is still ahead of her again, she has to move forward. Her eyes are clear now, head held high. She is going to find them. They must be nearby.]

Just wait. I'm coming.

(ooc: and since lj/notifs are hit and miss, may be a bit slow)

[OOC] Canon Update: End of Series

buntails — Mon, 02 May 2011 05:55:21 GMT

* Usagi will have the new forms and new attacks for the last few seasons. (She gets wings!)

* She'll be more matured. Most notably, she'll be more able to cope on her own and better able to handle losing people (it will still hurt, obviously, but she won't fall apart over it quite as much). She's learned she can survive and fight on her own, even if she still desperately wants everyone with her and can be insecure enough to ask Mamoru several times in the space of a few minutes if he loves her. She'll still hate being away from her fiance; yes, she's engaged finally. She'll happily show off her ring ~~now that she actually understands it~~.

* She'll understand a few key concepts differently. While she is still the heiress of the Light herself, she understands that Chaos and the Light of Hope both must and will exist within everyone. She's not as reflexively afraid of that. In fact, she has traded away the chance of perfect peace and the end of the cycle of war for the sake of being able to have rebirth and renewal as well. She is still Faith and Justice, but less rigid about it; the lessons from Black Moon (who rebelled because she exiled them for refusing her purification) have finally sunk in. She has always loved the people she's met in Adstring, but she will be more able to love Adstring itself for their sake and for letting her meet them.

* She's forgotten Adstring. Friends will pretty much automatically be greeted with the attitude that if they were friends before, they are now, too. She will gradually remember people much more than events or things that have happened. She'll remember being friends much more easily than specific encounters or conversations. As she does start to remember some events, what she'll remember most are the positive things, and not the negative.

* She is still too quick to trust and believe. In the end, what saved everything and let her defeat the origin of all evil in her world was that very refusal to give up hope. Although she tried to understand the senshi's warnings, and treated them thoughtfully, in the end she was still willing to approach the Starlights and even reach out to Galaxia herself. She can still be overly innocent about romantic intentions; hanging out is just hanging out and she can be shocked if people see it as a date. She remained mostly (or perhaps intentionally, to avoid the emotional struggle in the times she did seem to realize it more) oblivious to Seiya's feelings.

* She'll still be colorblind from her death penalty. Rather, she'll soon be colorblind again. Suddenly.

[039 Video] Regrets

buntails — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 04:10:25 GMT

[It's the spiritual equivalent of a hangover: pain, a nagging haze over some of the events of the past 168 hours, and most of all, remorse for the parts that are all too clear. Usagi holds it together well, though she doesn't sound quite like herself. Her eyes don't quite meet the camera, glancing downward instead.]

Everyone, I'm sorry. For all this past week, I'm sorry. I didn't mean the things I said at all. And I wasn't there to help everyone.

[She finally looks up.]

But I want to change that now. If I can do anything, just ask.

[038 Video] Serenity of the Black Moon Clan

buntails — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 04:01:47 GMT

[Blond buns and pigtails. It's Usagi. She looks a bit older maybe, more collected.

The problem is the crescent moon sigil on her forehead. It's upside-down and it's black. And that gown isn't the same, either. It comes with a pair of dark earrings that give off a bad feeling to those capable of sensing it. They're made of the Poison Black Crystal. The pearls woven into her hair recall the gown and pearls she wears as the Moon Princess.

Serenity (her beloved Demand-sama prefers that name) is sitting on her bed, looking as comfortable as it's possible to be in the makeshift furnishings of Adstring. She smiles at the camera, but it's a bit cold, not her usual bright cheer.]

It's time. Let's go home. All of us. I'm not just waiting any longer. Let's defeat the Animus.

[037 Voice] In the city somewhere...

buntails — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:19:27 GMT

[There's the sound of labored breathing -- and then, a voice, urgent:] We need to get help.

Let's just call Ami-chan. [It bothers her, Rei. It bothers her so very much, all the anger and revenge every time something happens. It scares her. It makes her wonder why this place turns people into that. She doesn't want to be a cause or focus for it.]

We're going to need more than that and you can't walk anymore, we need to get to the clinic, at least -- [Rei doesn't sound like she's going to budge on this one -- but her breathing is getting a little shallower and there's definitely the sound of stumbling.]

She can do anything! We don't need to do anything else! [But when Rei falters, so does she.] But... You need help. [Crap, she's going to have to give in, isn't she?]

I'll be fine. [She doesn't sound it, but Rei is stubborn.] We just need to get to the clinic --

[Sailor Moon can be stubborn, too.] Sit down. [She can't go anyway, and Rei shouldn't, and she really doesn't want to be a lonely sitting duck.] I'll call her.

I'm not sitting down. Call her. [Someone has to keep watch, after all, and her instincts are still on fire.]

[There's absolute silence. Then a slightly odd, thin voice still recognizable as Sailor Moon's.] It was already on...

Ami-chan, can you come help us please? [The rest of the feed is bickering between Mars and Sailor Moon about just who let the whole thing be broadcast.]

(ooc: Ami's coming to help medically, but ~~candy~~ ~~cake~~ ~~pies~~ ~~fruit baskets~~ facepalms and good wishes are welcome. Red is Sailor Mars, pink is Sailor Moon.)

[OOC] Plotting: What-If Event Volunteers Please?

buntails — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 06:01:26 GMT

So in the second season of Sailor Moon, Usagi is kidnapped and the enemy obsessed with her, Prince Demand, tries to hypnotize her into giving him her 'kiss of loyalty'. Ohmai~!

For What-If week, guess who didn't manage to cut through the spell to say no?

What this means:

Usagi will be infatuated with him instead of Mamoru, not that this is super-relevant to Adstring. More importantly, thanks to the poison black crystal (her shiny new earrings are made of it!) and thus dark energy, she will be a lot more open about hating being here, wanting to destroy the Animus who are doing the horrible things to everyone (note good intentions will still be present), being willing to force people to go home (applicable to the ones who wouldn't want to), etc.

I will be making a lot of effort to make her bark worse than her bite. If she works on truly horrible plans (such as, say, leveling the Inner City with a giant monolith of the Poison Black Crystal *cough*), they will not be such that could be completed in a week. This is because she's sort of in a bad spot lately, and I'd rather her regrets over this week end up mild enough not to break her.

And now, the plot:

This skirts the border of what I just said, but I sort of want to play with the concept.

Usagi honestly struggles with a tendency to sincerely believe her way is right and she knows what's best for everyone. Sincere, but a flaw, and I plan on this getting even more rigid for this event. She's coming from a Black Moon taint where it's even specifically mentioned beliefs and feeling 'can be conquered by force' (and it DID work, to create the what-if AU).

So I want her to brainwash and/or hypnotize some people herself (she'd probably say 'purify'). Ideally, they would be either antagonistic type people who would then become more idealistic and agreeable (for the lulz mostly), or people who believe in not forcing people to return home or who don't want to return themselves, suddenly forced to work on a plan to return them all regardless or to accept that viewpoint. It'd wear off when the event does, leaving Usagi to realize she treads too close to that line at times. Any interest?

[036 Video/Offline Welcome] Whee!

buntails — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:08:43 GMT

My Dear Mamo-chan,

You wouldn't believe it even if I told you! Everything became a jungle! There are vines and plants everywhere. It's really hot, too, even though it's not even Spring yet. Would you be amazed if you could see it? You could have taken care of the snake that scared me without a problem.

I'll keep hanging in there, so I hope you're doing well, too. Are you eating well and taking care of yourself? I hope we're having fun together back home.

Love,
your Usako

~*~

[The feed cuts off, but before long there's a new video: a streak of blond pigtails, an excited yodel... and one Tsukino Usagi in full view, swinging back and forth by clutching onto a thick vine. She laughs as she lets go and lands on her feet. People are totally welcome to join her.]

[035] Scattered Clouds

buntails — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:58:02 GMT

[This message brought to you by Usagi reading it from a paper and recording it to video that way. Of course, she fails utterly at filters. As in, there aren't any; it's not private at all.]

Mamo-chan,

Should I write to you that way, or should it be more mature in a letter?

I wonder what you're doing now. Maybe you're at school, maybe in gym class with your friends. Or maybe you're scolding me, ha ha!

I wish I could see you. Cloud left today, so I'm feeling lonely. Rei-chan's really strong about it, but I'm not like that. But I'll keep hanging in there so I can help her and Zack and everyone. I feel like I can do it if I say it to you.

I want to see you again.