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[waylights.livejournal.com]

OPTION 1: training centre

[ Elika is having fun keeping juuuust out of reach of a t-rexaur's massive teeth, dodging, rolling and flipping out of range, making it turn around and around in an effort to keep up with her. She dashes forward beneath its belly and whirls, vaulting over the sweep of its tail and onto its back. It tries to thrash her off, but she climbs, using its crest as handholds until she stands, balancing on the monster's head. Her fist glows briefly, before she brings it down with a swift crack--right between the exhausted creature's eyes.

Stunned, the beast goes down. Elika easily leaps off and tumbles into a crouch, watching the animal go crashing onto its side. No, it isn't dead, and she isn't going to kill it. Others are welcome to 'finish it off for her', if they so wish. ]


OPTION 2: quad

[ Sunday afternoon and Elika is enjoying the sunshine. Sitting on the steps, she has an acoustic guitar on her lap and is practising, a sheaf of scores lying next to her. She's not the most advanced, but she's far from terrible. She's at that particularly awkward intermediate level where she's good enough that people want to request things, but she isn't confident enough in her technique to try. Come bother her anyway? ]



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[kissmydamask.livejournal.com]

[And here is Elika's housewaifu with her lunch again, except with less 'oops, I forgot to eat' and more 'we totally planned this'.]

The song's not going to play itself, you know.

[waylights.livejournal.com]

[ She's always pleased to see her housewife. Especially when he's got food. ]

Why don't you try going from three strings to six.

Option 2

[too-sublimed.livejournal.com]

[The boy was enjoying, as much as one could enjoy being a little lost, his class break, knowing he was already late to his next course. Not too worried and perhaps having an argument with his uniform, which he despised using much more than the Order's clothing, he stops when a sound catches his attention.

He walks faster, following the strange sound. It wasn't unpleasant but it was very much new to his ears and it reminded him of a soldier from back home. He stops and approaches the lady with the sound-making artifact.]

What is that?

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[yellowzippers.livejournal.com]

[ The sound of music had drawn Selphie closer Elika. It sounded so sweet and familiar to her. She , herself hadn't picked up a guitar in what seemed like ages.It was nice to once again here the notes dance around her. Always the music lover , Selphie stood right over the playing lady.]

That sounds so awesome!

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[cameraobscures.livejournal.com]

[Mio was wandering by in order to find some place to study (she really has to work on that) when she heard the music. Now she's sort of lingering nearby, listening quietly. She doesn't want to interrupt!]

[waylights.livejournal.com]

[ Elika looks up, fingers pausing on the strings, and offers the boy a smile. ]

It's a guitar. You've never seen one?

[ She pats the wooden frame gently, inviting him closer with a nod of her chin. ]

[waylights.livejournal.com]

[ The comment makes Elika pause in her playing. Looking up sharply, she spots Selphie a few paces away and ducks her head. ]

It's...nothing, really. I still need to practise more.

[waylights.livejournal.com]

[ Elika finishes the last few bars of the song, her nose wrinkling a bit when she twangs on a note. Siiiiigh. There's a shape at the corner of her vision so she looks up, blinking at Mio. ]

Oh--hello. Is everything all right?

[yellowzippers.livejournal.com]

No! You are very very good. [ She smiles. Fear the smile. It will suck you in!]

[too-sublimed.livejournal.com]

[He walks closer if only to get a better look at the sound-making object.]

No. How does it make noise?

Magic?

[waylights.livejournal.com]

[ Elika is absolutely unafraid to let herself get sucked into that million-watt smile. Garden needs more smiles! ]

Hardly--I used to play a similar instrument back home, this one is a little bit more difficult.

[yellowzippers.livejournal.com]

Really? [ Selphie is very interested, especially since its about music] What was it like? Was it biggger? Smaller? Huh?

[waylights.livejournal.com]

[ She laughs, lightly. ]

Not magic. You see these strings?

[ Motioning to the guitar's six wire strings, pulled taut. ]

You just strum them, like this--[ she demonstrates ]--and the movement of the strings makes the sound.

[waylights.livejournal.com]

Smaller, and it only had three strings. The neck was longer and thinner, though.

[ Using her hands, she approximates the length of the setar she was trained to use. ]

[yellowzippers.livejournal.com]

[She tilts her head, trying to picture the instrument.]

Was it pretty sounding?

[cameraobscures.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes! I'm sorry, I was listening. [She offers an apologetic smile.] I didn't mean to eavesdrop.

[too-sublimed.livejournal.com]

[He stares as she demonstrates and is completely appalled at how such a strange sound can be made with just one pluck. The man who helped him back in the order, he didn't have this guitar-thing but could still make sound with just one pluck of those strings.]

What is it for?

Why do you need to make sound?

[waylights.livejournal.com]

Well, I thought so, but beauty is in the ear of the listener, as it were. The setar's sound was more delicate.

[yellowzippers.livejournal.com]

Oh. I wish I could have heard one!

[waylights.livejournal.com]

It's hardly eavesdropping if I'm practising in public, is it?

[ Elika's hand rests against the wooden frame. ]

Did you enjoy what you heard, at least?

[waylights.livejournal.com]

Well, who knows, maybe Time Compression will bring one here. I've yet to see one, though.

[waylights.livejournal.com]

[ She cants her head at him. ]

I don't need to make sound, I just want to. I like listening to music.

[yellowzippers.livejournal.com]

I'd love it so very much to hear you play if you get your hands on one!

[too-sublimed.livejournal.com]

[So this made music? Can something like this create a variety of sounds?]

How do you make music with it? It's only a couple of strings.

[waylights.livejournal.com]

I'll let you know if I do! I'm Elika, and you are...?