when there are no more gods left to annoint

19 | Video | AKA AJ gives up on hiatuses

2011-07-06T07:55:44Z

[The video displays the flipping pages of an unlined notebook, filled with exquisite drawings in varying stages of completion drawn in pencil, crayon, and everything in between. Canvas and real paints are rare, here; Michiru will use what she can get her hands on.

She turns the camera to face her. Still elegant, she is also a little puffy-eyed and red-nosed, and people near the Temple will know that she's spent the past week or so in her room with an annoying cough and congestion.

She sounds a little stuffy when she speaks, too.]

If you tell me about something from home, I'll try to draw it for you. I can't promise it'll be perfect, but I need a way to kill time.

[Michiru pauses, then sneezes into her elbow, looking almost distressed.]

This cold is so bad for my complexion.

18 - Video

2011-06-06T23:44:29Z

[And this is Sailor Neptune, standing on the wall and looking out over the city.]

Has anyone tried eating the sheep yet? If we can make anything out of the wool, we'll be quite lucky if it doesn't disappear on Sunday.

[Locked to Hitsugaya]

[And then, the real reason for her post:]

I'd like to continue talking about what we decided last week, when you get the time.

17 - Video

2011-05-31T04:47:41Z

Last week made it painfully clear that we are not prepared for real disaster.

Adstringendum is a haphazard community, but a community nonetheless. I can't force participation or input, but I would like to speak with people willing to put forth the effort and time to either fortify the city or create plans for things like what happened last week.

[Michiru's words are clipped, deliberate. Her eyes are soft, however. Sympathetic.]

We obviously can't predict everything, and that's not what I assume to do. But there were too many people hurt last week, and too many people incapable of protecting themselves in situations that dangerous getting themselves injured. There is a lot of talk of sticking together. We need to actually do it.

I'm not delegating myself as a leader, because I'm not a leader. Something needs to be done, though - something organized. Unified.

[Video]

2011-05-23T01:11:19Z

[And the feed cuts on to a pretty albeit visibly concerned young woman. Her mouth is set into a thin, solemn line.]

Everyone, please exercise caution. We've seen how tricky the Animus can be.

[A pause. Her eyebrows narrow slightly and then, without further ado, she cuts the video off.]

15 // Audio

2011-04-29T02:11:19Z

[The audio feed begins halfway through a beautiful piece for violin. The song is beautiful, though definitely mournful, and the melody carries on for a solid two or three minutes, at least, before being interrupted with a sharp and ugly twang! sound.

The music stops. One of the strings has broken, and Michiru snarls a rather unlady-like word. There's another smack as she notices the PCD is recording, and the feed ends.]

14 // Video

2011-04-17T04:34:54Z

[Locked from the senshi:]

[Michiru manages to somehow look both mildly panicked and like she has a horrible headache at the same time.]

Does anyone have an extra room I might be able to stay in for the week?

[Yep. She's the only one unaffected.]

13 // Video

2011-04-10T21:34:18Z

[The PCD switches on close to Sailor Neptune's face. Hand near the screen, she seems startled --]

Where did the coordinates go--

[And then she slips, falling from the tree that she was standing in (because balancing on a tree branch is incredibly difficult with high heels on, thank you very much). The video blurs as she yelps and falls, and Neptune makes an embarrassed noise as she picks the PCD up from the ground. She is sitting in a heap next to the tree, apparently close to the lake, and she makes a pained sound as she notices the little red light flashing.]

There's no way to erase these videos, is there?

[Sailor Neptune: soldier of grace and elegance.]

(Just a note: people who know Michiru might not recognize her in senshi form unless they have some sort of magical aptitude. Magical cloaking powers is pretty much the only realistic excuse for people not recognizing the girls when they don miniskirts and tiaras, but go ahead and recognize her. 8D)

12 // video

2011-03-28T23:22:16Z

There are some of you out there with gardens and greenhouses here, aren't there? Where did you get your seeds? I'm thinking about trying to build one of my own.

[The weather apparently has her in a good mood. She's smiling brightly at the camera and even has a yellow ribbon in her hair.]

And to all our new arrivals: how are you settling in?

10 - Voice

2011-03-18T06:36:14Z

[Filtered from the senshi:]

[It's not that Michiru is trying to avoid the girls; she just doesn't want to risk setting Usagi off again, especially when she's struggling to figure a few things out on her own, and especially not when Usagi is as unstable as she's seemed for a while.]

Some of you might not want to hear what I'm about to ask. Please keep in mind that I'm not trying to be insensitive or offensive. I'd like to speak to some of the people that have died here, if you're comfortable enough to be open about it.

And for the others: death is a serious matter, and not something to be treated lightly. But it's different here, isn't it? More like a temporary punishment for misbehaving.

[She isn't sure what the question is she's trying to ask. Part of her understands the pain that everyone seems to express at the mention and memory of death here, but another part of her just doesn't comprehend.]

[And, unfiltered:]

Rei, Usagi? I'd like to speak with you. Separately, if you don't mind. Stop by my room when you get the chance? I'll be here for a while.

009 / Video

2011-03-14T23:22:22Z

Does anyone else in the city play music? Just out of curiosity.

[Aaand filtered from the other senshi:]

I also wanted to know - is there really a bar in the city? I've heard rumors.

008 - [audio//offline]

2011-02-23T22:43:52Z

[There is static on the feed, a low hum of a bow being pulled across some strings, and then a soft violin melody begins to play. It is gentle and mellow, but still somehow exquisitely sad.

After a few minutes, the song begins to fade, and then stops abruptly. There are rustling sounds, and then:]

I still can't decide how to end it.

[Anyone who might be near the lake will see her standing at the edge of the water, violin to her neck as she plays.]

007 - video

2011-02-10T04:51:26Z

There are a lot of anger and hurt feelings flying around right now. I'm not one to beat a dead horse, but as far as I can tell, the people involved were both capable and responsible. Placing blame is pointless. Disagree with their methods if you must, but sharp words and snarling attitudes aren't going to do anything but throw up walls and set us back in the long run.

That's what I think, at least.

[And, fiddling with an elegant hand mirror, she cuts the feed.]

006 - video // offline

2011-01-23T18:37:57Z

[The PCD seems to be propped in the sand a few feet away.

Michiru apparently intends to make full use out of this event. Time on the beach is a welcome reprieve from being cooped up in her room in the Temple. She is standing barefoot on the sand, dressed in her swimsuit and in front of a worn-down easel.

She has very limited supplies -- just what she has been able to scavenge -- but seems to be trying to make the most of them, though the full view of whatever she's painting is limited. The video seems accidental, until she tilts her head to the side and regards the PCD.]

Usagi-chan.

[Her voice is calm. She knows the other girl is hurting after the loss of Mamoru.]

Would you come help me?

005 - video

2011-01-14T22:21:27Z

[Michiru is sitting cross-legged on her bed, green scarf folded and wrapped prettily around her neck. She seems less than interested in the snowball shenanigans going on, and instead seems serious.]

If you could change one thing about this place, what would it be? "Having a way out" is a give-me. What else?

004 - video

2010-12-30T23:12:11Z

I've heard rumor of a party happening to celebrate the new year, and my daughter and I are interested in giving a small musical performance. Who would I need to speak to?

003 - [Video]

2010-12-11T15:18:15Z

[The video turns on with a rattle from what looks like the girl's lap. Michiru is sitting back in her chair, grasping the handle of a small, exquisite mirror in one hand and a tube of lipstick in the other. It's all she had in her pockets when she had been brought to this place.

She leans forward, carefully applying the makeup, and then looks at it a little mournfully, as if finally admitting to herself that when it's gone, it's gone.

Following a press of the lips, she preens a little in front of the mirror, and then catches something out of the corner of her eye.]

Oh, how troublesome.

[And, looking slightly sheepish, she ends in the feed. In her defense, it is a good color on her.]

002 - [Video] // offline to household

2010-11-29T00:55:58Z

[Michiru smiles at the camera. She seems less confused, this time, and also rather less lost.]

I'm sorry for the confusing message earlier this week, though I'm sure you get that quite a lot. I'm Michiru Kaioh, from Japan, if you happen to have that in your world. It's a pleasure to meet most of you, despite the circumstances, and I look forward to getting to know most of you better.

[Proper introduction done, her smile is polite and mostly sincere as she ends the feed.]

01 - [video]

2010-11-24T22:25:31Z

[The video feed cuts on, leveled at an elegant but vaguely concerned face. Her eyes briefly search the screen before she says, softly but solidly:]

Where is this place?

[The PCD moves slightly, revealing the desolate backdrop of the city behind her.]

If anyone can hear this, please let me know.

[And, deftly, she ends the feed, presumably to wait.]

(OOC: Posting on dialup? Why yes, yes I am. Responses will be delayed, but definitely there. :))