ǣfenglōm (main comm)

Name: Yuki
Date: 2/27
Format: Video
Warnings: Mentions of death, recent event

[Yuki's wearing a plain, off-white shirt that leaves his neck exposed, where the spots of color shift gradually throughout the video, like a tell of his moods. He tries a faint, idol-like smile at first, before he settles into playing the guitar he holds. The tune he plays is soft on solo guitar, but with a hopeful central rhythm that it keeps coming back to. He sings along with it, familiar words for some, but for others they'll likely be new.

When he finishes, he puts the guitar down and folds his hands between his knees.]

Greetings, everyone. This is Re:vale's Yuki.

It seems like a lot of things have happened lately, and a lot of them weren't... good. I hope everyone involved is recovering well, and that no one has been seriously hurt. Mm... Even if that's too much to hope, I want to say it anyway. [He flashes the smile again.] I had some small trouble of my own.

Because of that, I'm actually looking for some advice. Since I know there are some garden shops and horticulturalists around, does anyone have recommendations for easy-to-grow native plants that thrive indoors? I'm thinking about getting something new.

[There's a bit of shifting, and he takes a breath before launching into the second part.]

Not to alarm anyone, but my second request is a little sensitive. If you're easily upset, please end the video here. [A pause.] Can anyone tell me about people who have left? About their last days here. Was anything unusual? Was it sudden? I'm not... I'm sorry, before anyone asks, I'm not going to pretend to have answers and I won't figure anything useful for anyone else out from this. It's just... something I need to hear right now.

[He loathes being vulnerable, so just ignore the deep blue color on his spots and the way he avoids looking toward the camera.]

Certain reasons.

Ah, anyway. Thank you to anyone who made it this far. This is Yuki, signing off for now.

Name: Yuki
Date: September 25ish
Format: Video

[He's clearly used to being on camera, and this whole thing looks and sounds vaguely like he's doing a TV interview, but...]

Good evening, fellow Mirrorbound. I'm Re:vale's Yuki. This is my first time greeting most of you.

[Yuki shows off a rather interesting picture of a certain partner of his.]

This man is probably more familiar to some of you. He's my partner, Momo. We've been partners for several years, but he's been here longer than I have. So, bearing that in mind, two things.

One, if you know Momo personally and we haven't met, since it's probably my fault I'd like to correct that now.

Second. Regardless of who you are, if you see him fighting or doing anything dangerous, stop him and remind him for me that I will know if he gets so much as a cut or bruise, so he should be more careful than he has been in the past. And if it's on his incredibly handsome face, I'll find whoever or whatever did it, and we'll discuss alternate methods for conflict resolution.

[His smile is ice cold. But he's still devastatingly handsome, so whatever. Please note however Momo is definitely the brawn in this partnership.]

At any rate, thank you for your kind cooperation. Please make sure to tune in to Momo's radio show each weekday morning and late night weekends with all your burning questions.

This is Re:vale's Yuki, signing off.

Name: Momo
Date: September 2nd
Format: Video

[It's somewhere around mid-morning on full moon day when this post goes up, Momo doing his best to look somewhat professional-ish while obviously sitting himself half up in bed with his head resting on one curled hand. He looks extremely awake and restless like he's been wanting to get up for a while, but the suspiciously tentacle-looking charcoal grey thing barely in frame wrapped around his waist is probably a giveaway as to why he's having to make the post from this position.]

I've been thinking about this for a little while, but with everyone sharing information on here about stuff that's happened before some people arrived or what Monster changes to expect and so on, has anyone tried to get that kind of "relevant to everyone" information into one place? I was originally thinking about the collective dreams we kept having, since those seem to be important but it's kinda hard to get details on the ones that happened before you arrived unless you know who to ask. But I've also talked to certain Monsters who seem to have had real trouble researching their Monster type, and having a proper resource with changes or abilities that don't come up in books as often seems like it could be really useful for people going through that.

[As he talks, another tentacle creeps into frame and tries to poke at his face. Without even faltering in his speech, he pushes it right back out of frame with one red-nailed finger. And then flicks another one that barely even makes it past the edge of the frame before recoiling at the reprimand.]

So I'm wondering what people think about trying to put together more information in one collected place like that! I think it could really help some people out, but it'd take a lot of work to put together, so it'd be good to know whether there's interest in both having it and helping out with it. Especially with Monster details some people might not know until they meet someone who's gone through that change already, since that's probably a little easier to gather...like, if you're a Monster, what was the thing that surprised you most about your change? Or was there anything you couldn't find out about before it happened? That question goes for Witches living with Monsters if you got blindsided by something too!

[There's a sound of movement and a grumble that sounds something along the lines of "sleep", as a human arm with blue nails drapes itself over Momo's side. Momo turns his head with an all too sunny smile.]

Ah, darling, are you awake enough to let me out of bed now?

[Silence. Momo turns back to the Watch screen with a worryingly innocent grin that reveals his long canines.]

Well, I guess I'm answering from here...and you know, it's so much easier to have a conversation like this over video or audio call! Just make sure you speak up nice and loud, I think being stuck in bed this long has done something to my ears.

[He says that in a very deliberate, faux worried tone, winking as he mimes clearing his ear with a pinky. Sure, it's an actual serious inquiry, but might as well make a petty attempt at gaining freedom by making sleep impossible.]

Name: Momo
Date: July 6, the day after eclipse shenanigans
Format: Video

[It's been a little while since Momo's had to network post about anything, but the video opens on him leaning against what appears to be the back door of a cottage, with a wide grin that reveals his sharp canines.]

Hey everyone, I've got a weird question, but before that, I want to answer a couple of other people's weird questions! Since we just got a bunch of newcomers, I was thinking of doing a PSA kind of thing on my radio show tonight - answering questions people might still have that haven't come up yet or they might feel awkward asking in person. So if any of you new guys have any questions, even if you want to ask them anonymously, ask them here and I can give you an answer before I roll it into the show tonight! And oldbies, if there are any useful things you took a little while to learn that you think might be good to know for a newcomer, let me know! It'll all be here too, but the show will let me put it all in one place so you all don't have to dig through a bunch of conversations for the useful stuff, and maybe find some more detailed answers for anything I'm not sure about.

It'll be at 10 tonight, so you know. I do mean any questions! [His wink at that is innocent enough, but he's definitely implying that since it's late night, the nature of the questions doesn't matter so much.]

And now for my question... [He turns his phone around to show his backyard, which is fairly large since he lives in a cottage, but currently entirely occupied by garden stuff.] Does anyone know what options I have for getting a water feature or something that a merrow can comfortably fit in? I've got a fair bit of space to work with like you see here, but I don't think they have like...portable pools in this time, and I actually haven't seen much of how they build proper ones here and how long it might take. So if anyone knows a little more about construction and timing for that kind of thing, I'd be really grateful! Or if there's any weird magical alternatives I don't know about that I should look into.

Anyway, that's it for the moment, so let me know, okay? [He turns the camera back towards himself to wave with one red-nailed hand before the video ends.]