video; saturday

[sailorwings]

[The video starts focused on the space a few inches above Usagi's head, showing the obviously alien decor of one of the pod rooms on the ship. Someone is not quite sure how to aim the camera on her cool new communicator at the moment, but she corrects the angle a bit ham-handedly as she starts to talk. Usagi looks tired, and nervous, and she's speaking Japanese.]

Everybody? Are you getting this? I'm-- I think I'm some place pretty weird.

[She glances around. Yeah. Weird is an understatement. She lowers her arm a little, showing a wider angle: Usagi is seated, slouched, on the floor near where she emerged from her pod, with her transformation compact in her lap. She's got that 'about to cry' trembly face going on.]

And just--just when we were all back together again. Is this some kind of enemy? Could I just be having a nightmare instead?

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[sailorwings]

But---

[She's gone misty-eyed again, although at least she's not full-on sobbing.]

She's in one of the things? Can we... get her out? Wake her up?

[kazeninaru]

I wish we could. But trying to get her out might kill her.

[And Haruka is not willing to risk that. Not again, not unless there was more purpose to it than just her own loneliness.]

Usagi-chan, I am on my way back to the city now. I will be there tonight.

[Come hell or high water, she will get there, even if she has to abandon the tank and get there on foot to do it. Her princess is there, and alone.]

In the meantime, try to talk to Sato Toshiko or Potts-san. They both speak Japanese.

[sailorwings]

[Usagi nods in that kind of rapid, nervous way she has.]

Okay, I'll see if I can find them. Some nice people are speaking Japanese on this communicator... thingy. Everyone here is trying to help, too, even if it's in English.

[kazeninaru]

Yeah. There's some helpful people there. If one of them's a Japanese woman, that might be Sato-- Potts-san is American, and has red hair. Easy to find.

[She chuckles a bit.]

I will find you as son as I'm back. Will you stay at the ship? In the room with those pods?

want me to put up a log?

[sailorwings]

I'll stay here, I won't get lost or anything.

[Actually, staying put is no guarantee against getting lost. This is Usagi.]

if you want to! we can do action tags here if you'd rather :)

[kazeninaru]

Good.

[Haruka spares her another smile.]

It's good to see you, kitten.

video to action, then!

[sailorwings]

[Usagi smiles through the teary eyes.]

I'm happy to see you, too.

[Usagi waits in the pod room. Patiently. ... Which means she falls asleep on the floor once she's left alone for long enough. What. She's tired and bored.]

[Action!]

[kazeninaru]

[After settling her new "friend" in one of the smaller side rooms with some of their leftover traveling supplies, Haruka makes tracks to the pod chambers. Of course, the first one she gets to is the wrong one... the second one, however, finally has what she's looking for.]

Usagi!

[She spies the long pigtails and breaks into a jog towards her side.]

[Action!]

[sailorwings]

Mmmh--?

[Usagi hears her name and stirs. Even for her, it's not easy to fall all that deeply asleep on the floor of a creepy creepy alien kidnapping space ship. But she rubs her eyes, blinking blearily around, and then realizes who it is.]

Haruka-san!

[There is a clumsy, scrambling attempt to get to her feet. Real graceful there, princess.]

[kazeninaru]

[Since Haruka is helping matters by getting to her as fast as she can, she hardly notices the lack of grace. Besides, she's used to it from her princess. What she does, though, is immediately scoop her up into a hug.

Hey, Haruka's always been fairly physically affectionate with Usagi, right? And she's so glad to see her, that she wasn't some travel-induced hallucination or trick of someone else. And that she didn't get lost.]

Usagi... you really are here.