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Michiru Kaioh (seawinds) wrote in mirage_rpg,
@ 2008-07-18 21:00:00

Entry tags:

arrival, complete, day 8, mamoru chiba, michiru kaioh, sailor neptune, tuxedo mask

Day 8
Who: Sailor Neptune and Mamoru
What: Arrival
When: Early Afternoon
Where: On the beachfront
Rating: PG
Status: Complete!

Dying had hurt more this time. That was Sailor Neptune's first thought as the world collapsed into blackness and she felt her life bleed out. Maybe it was because it had taken longer. Still, as her soul floated in the blackness, she felt consumed by the feeling of failure. They had failed to protect the Princess. She and Uranus had pulled their last, desperate gambit and it had failed. And she hadn't even been able to hold on to Uranus in their last moments.

She drifted in the void, nothing more than a scrap of consciousness that hadn't quite faded yet. Then, suddenly, she felt warmth and weight again. Could it be? Was she being revived? If anyone could pull if off, it would be Sailor Moon. Neptune felt herself smile. That girl really could do anything. It would all be all right, and she could reunite with her beloved!

Something twisted sharply and she felt herself hit ground hard. Sandy ground. That wasn't right. They were in downtown Tokyo, not near the beach. But she could feel the gentle rhythm of the tide pulling at her and hear the sounds of the waves. With a nearly inaudible groan she pushed herself up and looked around. This was definatly _not_ Tokyo. She checked and realized she was still in senshi form. Well that was good at least. If something bad happened, she could at least fight. She looked around for someone who might know what was going on.

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seawinds
2008-07-25 06:05 am UTC (link)

She sighed very softly to herself. He could have at least picked a table and offered her a chair. Ah well. She crossed to a table, pulled out a chair and sat down.

"There's a lot to remember" she said "Don't worry too much about it."

She looked out the window, silent for a long moment. "I always dreamed of becoming a famous violinist and playing concerts all over the world." she said, still staring out the window. "Once again it seems like destiny has other ideas"

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prince_endymion
2008-07-25 02:23 pm UTC (link)

Being who he was, he was oblivious of her lack of contentment with him not 'being a gentleman', a habit he didn't have much use for. Of course, there was a part of him that would do that, the Prince part, but he had made it clear she wasn't Princess Neptune, she was Michiru. Anyway, he had very little practice at being a Prince. It had occured to him that he should hold her chair, but he just wasn't in the habit.

"Alright, I won't."

He settled himself down and looked with distaste at the golem as it walked over to them, waiting for their order. It still reminded him uncomfortably of the monsters he had had to fight as Tuxedo Mask, and he suspected he would never fully trust the creatures.

"All I wanted... I didn't have any big plans to be famous. I just wanted to go through college, get a normal job... I've never had a normal life. I wanted it."

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seawinds
2008-07-25 10:11 pm UTC (link)

Michiru looked up at the golem and smiled a polite smile. "I would like some shiozake-filled onigiri please. With some tamagoyaki please"

She turned to stare out the window again. "I suppose I never did, as most people would define 'normal'. My parents had me in music lessons since I was five, and my father expected nothing less than perfection in every aspect of my life. But compared with discovering I was a senshi, I suppose it was normal for me."

She sighed and turned back to Mamoru. "But that is the past. Tell me about this place."

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prince_endymion
2008-07-25 10:43 pm UTC (link)

After his companion placed her order, he followed suit. He really had developed a taste for certain foods while he'd been a student, and it had carried over.

"I'll have a curry rice, please."

He watched as the creature went away, and then turned his full attention to the girl who was the only link he had to his own world. He barely knew her. But circumstances had thrown them together, and he would do his best to make friends with her. Even if making friends didn't exactly come easy to him.

"Yes, let's leave the past in the past, and figure out the present. I don't know much about this place, only what I've overheard. And, of course, I read the same plaque you did. From what I understand, though, this planet chooses people and brings them here. It seems to be random. No one is really sure why... maybe it's just lonely. But there's no rhyme nor reason to it, really."

He shrugged before continuing on.

"It changes, too. For example, when I came here, it was a ranch. Now, it's a beach. I don't know how often it changes. But all our needs, and a lot of things we could possibly want, are filled. The only thing we don't have is freedom."

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seawinds
2008-07-25 10:59 pm UTC (link)

She looked at him and shook her head slightly.
"There are things more precious than freedom" she said, more to herself than her companion.

"Maa, there I go again" she said, with a false brightness to her tone. "So random people from all over the world get snatched up and brought here? Strange."

She looked out the window again. She could just see the ocean between the buildings. "Well if it changes a lot I will definatly want to get down to the beach tonight before it disappears."

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prince_endymion
2008-07-26 12:31 am UTC (link)

"Are there?"

He looked at her with a raised eyebrow, and then looked away and shook his head slightly. It didn't really matter, actually. And it might be better if she was right, because they were well and truly trapped.

"I don't think it's just our world, Michiru. People from all over. Not just from Earth, either. It's confusing, but I've seen so many different types of people..."

He followed her gaze out the window and nodded, laughing softly. He loved the ocean, and didn't spend a lot of time near it while he was on Earth.

"If you want, after we eat we can go down there. I haven't spent much time by the ocean, so it would be nice."

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	seawinds 2008-07-26 11:41 am UTC (link)
	She smiled in spite of herself. In some ways he was so much _younger_ than the Mamoru she'd known. It was kind of amusing. "Other... worlds?" her mind immediately flashed to the Starlights, but she doubted that's what he'd meant. "What kinds of people do you mean?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

prince_endymion
2008-07-26 11:50 am UTC (link)

He frowned, sorting over the things that he'd seen over the last day, and trying to figure out exactly what gave him that impression.

"I met a girl with pink hair, and she said she was from a place called Wonderland. She talked about some Queen who went around beheading people. I didn't make a lot of sense. And I saw a person with very odd ears, very pointy. And some of the people don't dress like we do. Actually, most of them don't."

It was just a general impression of strangeness that he was trying to get across, but he wasn't sure he was succeeding.

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	seawinds 2008-07-26 12:10 pm UTC (link)
	Michiru twisted a lock of her own aqua hair around a finger and gave Mamoru an amused look. "Pink hair? How odd" she said in a tone that indicated it wasn't odd at all. "Still, I've never heard of 'Wonderland'. It seems strange." She felt a brief shiver of unease. "These... others. Are they, hm, dangerous?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

prince_endymion
2008-07-26 12:16 pm UTC (link)

He spared a quick glance for her hair, catching her tone of voice, and had the grace to at least look a little amused by his little social faux pas.

"Well, her hair color was hardly the only thing about her that was strange. She followed me around like a puppy dog until I slammed a door in her face to keep her away. And clingy doesn't even begin to discribe her."

He looked up as their food arrived and nodded his thanks to the unresponsive golem.

"Wonderland... but she seemed quite serious about it. Dangerous? Only to your mental health, if they all are like the girl I met. But I should warn you, the one with pointed ears had a weapon, a bow." He frowned. "Now that I think about it, many of them had swords or some other weapon. But we can't kill here, so I would hope they can't, either."

He raised his eyes to hers and smiled at her.

"If they are dangerous, though, we'll just have to show them we're just as dangerous. We're not normal people, no matter how much we wanted to be."

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seawinds
2008-07-26 12:25 pm UTC (link)

She picked up the chopsticks that the golem had brought with the food and delicatly picked up one of the onigiri. She looked at it for a long moment and took a small bite.

"Ah, they really can make anything here" she said. "This is almost as good as the ones Setsuna..." he voice broke off. Setsuna was dead. And now she'd never be able to apologize for what she and Uranus had done.

"Being a warrior is no game" she said, favoring Mamoru with a scathing look. "It is a calling that few could answer. I have made many sacrifices for that calling, and was willing to make many more."

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prince_endymion
2008-07-26 12:42 pm UTC (link)

He returned her scathing look with a disbelieving one. He'd tried to reach out to her, make her feel comfortable. Sure, he wasn't very good at it, but he had been trying, and she was just rude back.

"Are you seriously telling me that, Neptune? Me, of all people? Do you seriously think that I don't know that? That being who I am, that fighting, would be a game to me?"

He looked away from her, down at his food, and picked up his own chopsticks.

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seawinds
2008-07-26 01:14 pm UTC (link)

She gave him a long, cold look.

"You don't know." she said coldly. "You were taken before you had to make the kind of decisions I've had to make. You are a protector first, a warrior second." she could feel her eyes start to burn, so she closed them and looked away. "I would have done anything to save the world. Anything."

She opened her eyes again and looked at him. "I would have killed innocents if it had been nessesary. I did betray my friends. I am condemned to hell for what I have done. Yes, I do think you don't know"

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prince_endymion
2008-07-26 01:45 pm UTC (link)

His blue eyes grew cold and icy as she spoke. His entire body stiffened up, and he withdrew from her, both physically and emotionally. Standing, he left his food practically untouched and stepped away from the table.

"Well, then, Michuru Kaioh, you don't know a damn thing about anything. If someone doesn't have the exact same experience at you, you point at them and say they can't know."

He bowed to her, stiffly, and turned away. He was not going to sit here and be told that everything he had done was useless, because it was different than what she had done.

"I hope you enjoy the rest of your day. Goodbye."

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seawinds
2008-07-26 02:14 pm UTC (link)

Michiru shrugged as she watched him get up.

"I do not coddle Chiba-san. I will not lie for the sake of your pride. You are who and what you are, a guardian to the Princess. I am a soldier. "

She turned back to her food and continued eating, though the food felt heavy in her stomach. Had she been too rude? No. She couldn't forget what had happened, even if it hadn't yet for him.

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prince_endymion
2008-07-26 02:19 pm UTC (link)

"It's interesting, really..."

The young man turned around and looked over his shoulder for a minute before looking away again.

"Because I do not remember the Princess Neptune being as you are. I wish I had her here with me, and not this rude, bitter girl. That would suit me much better."

He nodded to her and then turned back around. He'd been so happy to have someone here that he knew, and then only to find she was someone he couldn't abide being around... it was quite a blow.

"Good day, Kaioh-san. Enjoy your food."

As he walked away, he found himself sincerely hoping that whatever happened to change her into the woman he had known from his previous life, would happen soon. For now, though, he did not need to be told who he was. After all, he was a prince in his own right. He didn't need to be told he was merely a guardian to the princess.

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