[Three... two... one... BZZZZAP!]

OUCH! [Utena bolts upright with a shout. She was laid down on her bed only a few seconds ago, taking an afternoon nap after pulling an all-night watch for Gohl. With or without Prydain's say-so.]

[Hissing painfully, she rubs a hand against her lower back as sits up.] Geez... that really smarts. [Looking past her shoulder, the camera focuses up at her face from the side. She makes a grab toward the communicator, fingers obscuring the camera's view as she pulls it closer.]

What's it even doing there? I thought that I--... Chuu!

Eh? [Chu-Chu can be seen standing on her pillow, tilting his head curiously at her.] Did you move it there, Chu-Chu? You were probably playing with it, huh? Chuu?

Well, I guess it's not such a big deal... The shock isn't so bad, but try to be more careful for my sake next time, okay? [...] Wait. This date... [She blinks at she leans toward the camera to get a better look at the communicator.] ...It's my birthday today, isn't it? Huh. I never thought that I'd be spending it in a place like this.

[Then, as she looks up, Utena ends up staring straight at something off screen.] Wait a second, that's-... But it's only been two days! [...] Still, that scent... it's just like-...

[She runs a hand through the bangs of her hair, clearly perplexed at the growth rate of this plant and letting out an exasperated sigh.] Oh, I just don't get it!

[As she turns around to step out of bed, her foot catches on part of the cover on the floor and she starts to fall. A graceful tumble forward that lands her flat on her face and with a hard thud. The communicator, being pulled along with the ride, slides down and the viewers catch a glimpse of her plant with white roses in full bloom. The recording times out once gravity finally takes over and it tumbles over face down with a clatter.]

[BZZZZAP!]

-ch! [The communicator falls down onto the floor with an audible clatter, and she grumbles before picking it up and and lazily tosses it over onto the bed.]

It's already that time, huh...

[Unaware of the recording, Utena flops down noisily onto the mattress with a tired sigh and the squeak of old bedsprings. A long moment passes in silence before she starts to speak up again.]

It's gotten so quiet again. I guess that's a sign that he's really gone. [...] I wonder if the Disciplinary Committee will be disbanded.

[...] This really is a sad, broken place. It feels like one minute there will be someone there to talk to, and get to know. Then the next minute, they're gone. As soon as you even blink.

[She rolls over and lets out a small hum.]

Heh. I don't even think that I trained this much back at home. I was always just watching my senpai doing their training. [...] I wonder if that ever helped me beat them... [There is another pause, as Utena gazes up at the rose signet ring thoughtfully.]

I should probably take a bath.

[Click. The video starts recording face up toward... a hand? More than likely Utena's hand, even if she doesn't seem to notice it. She can be heard walking a few steps, along with the faint sloshing sound of water being shifted around in an old metal bucket.

After a moment, she ends up setting each of the items down one at a time. The communicator down on its side, and the bucket located somewhere off screen. For the moment, only the girl's shoes can be seen, and something can be heard being dipped into water and promptly pulled out. Soon she can be seen walking away with an old shoe brush in hand, dripping with water from the bristles. From this distance, the viewer can see that she standing in front of one of the walls Sho Minamimoto vandalized, dressed in an old hand-me-down blue jogging outfit with her hair tied back into a pony tail. Strangely enough, some of the tips of her hair seem to be stained with red.

Some of the paint on the wall has already been scrubbed away in some places, but just barely. As she rubs the shoe brush against the wall, Utena can be heard muttering incoherently but vehemently on occasion before the recording times out.]

[Click. The communicator turns on to... darkness, but the sound of pattering rain and shoes sloshing around. ...Pretty quickly, for what it is. The view shuffles around, tucked inside of a pocket.]

When is this rain ever going to stop?

...-Eh? Souji-kun? Why is he...?

[The sound of running can be heard, along with a heavy blanket whipping around. It must be her cover.]

What are you doing out here? It's dangerous without anything to protect yourself from this-... [...] Are you... okay?

[Suddenly, there is a sharp intake of breath and her feet slide back. A clatter can be heard as she raises her sword up quickly, but--...]

AAAAUGH! [The communicator comes flying out of her pocket as an ice spell manifests and lands a strike against her, causing it to slides over the ground for a few inches. The camera is focused up toward the cloudy sky, with the rain pattering on it and blurring it.]

Ughn... What was-... W-wait! [She can he heard getting up slowly, before shouting as the acid starts to burn. The blanket is quickly retrieved and pulled around her as she catches her breath.]

[The frequency times out without her even realizing that she dropped it.]

[[ooc ...and sometimes, friends can be so cruel. I hope I did good, Doc.]]