Ruler of Day and Night
Project Orochi: Part One: The Black Gate
A Fine Young Knives Production
Directed by Mecchiyama
Starring Karen Daidouji, Mecchiyama, Cube and Cool
Filmed on 200X-04-16 and 200X-04-17
Written commentary by Mecchiyama with some light editing by Cool
~two mysterious babes
two hot dudes
(one wolf puppy dog, one cerberus)
ten mysterious things
no sleep till london bus café
this is project Orochi~
It was a bright, warm spring Harajuku morning when the dame Mecchiyama and big brother Cool received a letter stamped with a wax seal.
On the outside, a freshly inked signature in fanciful cursive. Handwriting as painstakingly practiced as a professional musician would strum the guitar. The signer? A fellow member of the Nerdrangers. Karen Daidouji, Vocaloid and Touhou sharer, lover and loved by many.
Inside was the assignment! Karen was troubled by spookums of unknowable origins. A doorway without a door in the middle of a wheat field, ripples of auburn against a dark background. Though we were best buddies on the Science Adventure and Papercraft Mixi, we didn't even dream of seeing each other offline.
So. Let's fix that!
Armed with a rental car, a backseat filled with dozens of bottles of Dr. Pepper, and Mecchi's preowned Sony VX2100 to capture the adventure, Cool was gently persuaded to take up the driving duties in his scruffy haired teenage boyo form.
Onward! To the far off land of Itoshima, hot off a BOOKOFF shift that was taking foreeeever. Not one moment of sleep can be spared for our princess in peril.
Mecchi Mecchi Tensei!
THIS IS ‘PROJECT: OROCHI’.
In an almost postage stamp sized video, the backseat of a car is in full view as Mecchiyama sits in the middle with an acoustic guitar on her lap. Several dozen twelve packs of Dr. Pepper accompany her at both sides, some still in De La Mancha bags.
“Are, are you recording?” inquired Mecchi as she looked to the left of the camera.
“I’m watching the road, Mecchi.” sounded a low pitched woman’s voice.
“Well, I can’t see if the camera’s recording or not. We need a better camera!”
“Mecchi,” the low pitched voice paused. “Our ‘fun budget’ was spent on the guitar you’re holding.”
“Mecchi cult, assemble!” Mecchiyama beamed at the camera as a looping acoustic bass line started mid-sentence. Mecchi made a grab for the camera as she swung it around to reveal the driver seat.
Mecchi mirthed, “Today! You’ll get to see me with my big bro Cool. That’s him! In the mysterious hero scarf, the tragic past scar over one eye, frizzy hair and fierce canine legs!”
“Yo.” grunted Cool.
“If he was standing I’d show the girls at home his sexy six pack, but, for the mercy of the boys and boyfriends of the Mecchi cult, we’re stuck back here.”
“There’s plenty of room in the passenger side if you’re willing to drop the guitar.”
“No way! We’ve got to do the Project Orochi theme song!” The camera returned to film the backseat.
“By the way, your nail polish looks nice.” complemented Cool.
“Does it?” Mecchi spread her fingers and wiggled them for the camera as the repetitive, looping bass line continued. “I decided to only polish the tips of my nails black and leave the rest alone. Kinda complements your claws!”
“If you say so.”
“Anyway.” Mecchi adjusted the guitar strap and proceeded to very cautiously eye her movements on the string.
She plucked out a melody, not quite in time, not with the right amount of reverb or resonance that the melody demanded, but she was able to keep in tune for about forty-seven seconds.
“If the Mecchi cult would like to see more music, more cameras, games, maybe even production values? Please donate to our Vine Net account! Every macca you spend goes directly towards more adventures with Mecchi on the road.”
“Mecchi, did you get the map printed out before we left?”
“We don’t need a map!” Mecchi side eyed her brother offscreen. “Just go southwest.”
“I… see.” remarked Cool, wistfully.
To be continued!