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[vanisland]

[There is a faint lapping of water and a soft voice. It's singing.]

faura yerwe murfan anw sol ciel

faura sonwe murfan anw sol ciel ee

faura yerwe murfan anw sol ciel

faura sonwe murfan anw sol ciel ee

ridalnae sol ciel yanyaue manaf

presia yasra lusye enclone anw omnis...

[The singing continues for about three minutes and is not transcribed because the original form of this song doesn't exist, then stops. It's a calm, hopeful song full of love and adoration, but the words might be familiar-sounding, if you happened to be around for one of the most awkward intro posts ever.

This is a very bitter counterpoint to what she just got done doing.

The singer takes a few moments to think.]

...I guess nothing happened.

[She figures she might as well ask about her stuff, at least.]

Has anyone ever heard of "Pastalia", or have any special definitions for the word "hibernation"?

[[ooc: the lyrics are written in special text! if you can't see it the font is here]]

Comments

[not_good_not_wicked]

That's not the song that destroys the city, is it?

[vanisland]

No, this is the other one. That one is much more violent-sounding.

I can't say anything about the lyrics, though, since the words to that song are just as presently-meaningless as the ones to this one.

[not_good_not_wicked]

So this is, like, music magic? It's supposed to do something?

[vanisland]

I have the distinct memory of using the other song to destroy a good portion of a floating continent. So, it's likely.

That means that either the effect of this song isn't immediately or readily apparent, or that I need more than just the song to be able to use it properly and I don't have the other thing yet.

[not_good_not_wicked]

Huh. Crazy.

[vanisland]

Crazy inconvenient is more like it.

[voice]

[ex_elude798]

Doesn't ring a bell.

[The word, as with the song, only sounds foreign to him]

What do you mean by a special definition?

[voice]

[vanisland]

Given the usual context the word "hibernation" is brought up in, I think any definition that doesn't have to do with sleep would suffice.

[voice]

[ex_elude798]

Guess if you went in the direction of scifi there's some kind of stasis.

[voice]

[vanisland]

Not quite, no.

It's related to the moments of inattention that a lot of the unaware are experiencing - I don't think the memory gave a name to the effect itself, but it was pretty strongly implied it was caused by something called Hibernation.

[voice]

[ex_elude798]

Wait, are you talking about the people in town?

[voice]

[vanisland]

Who else could be said to be "unaware" of what's really happening here?

[voice]

[ex_elude798]

Fair point. So it's something you recognize now?

[lackinginfaith]

I don't remember it, no. Still, I can't help but think... Maybe you need to do something special beforehand for it to have an effect.

[vanisland]

It's not an unsound theory.

After all, the only things I know I have and used a musical WMD in my past life. I don't know how to arm it, and I don't know if I can pull the trigger in my current condition.

[lackinginfaith]

I just-- *Stops.* ...It just doesn't seem all that implausible that you could do more than that with music. Some people can.

[vanisland]

Oh, you mean like inspiring people, and that kind of thing?

[lackinginfaith]

No, not like that. You were talking about music being used to destroy things, and I remembered something from the other me. That certain people could do all kinds of things just by singing.

[vanisland]

Then, do Pastalia or Hibernation set off anything? You haven't answered that question yet.

Either way, inspiring people is pretty extraordinary all on its own.

[lackinginfaith]

They don't. That would be too easy, wouldn't it?

That sounds like the sort of thing I've always heard from a very different kind of scene.

[Handwritten]

[dododo]

Do you have a special definition for "hibernation"?

[text]

[vanisland]

[Well, if this is going to be text she'll happily comply. That's her usual modus operandi for dealing with the numbernet anyway.]

One of the memories I've received uses it as the name of the source of an effect much like that phenomenon where a non-Numbered's brain goes out to lunch.

[text]

[dododo]

I see. Fascinating.

Makes sense, I suppose.

[voice]

[boredallready]

...That was in another language, right?

And you can just look up what words mean on Google.

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[vanisland]

[She honestly doesn't know what she expected. She's not even bothering to answer the first question because the answer should quite honestly be perfectly obvious.]

Pastalia doesn't get any results and I'm looking for the kind of definitions that wouldn't be on the Internet. I know what hibernation is, anyway, in most contexts.

[voice]

[boredallready]

[Something that's not on the internet what...]

What kind of definitions are those? I thought hibernation was pretty easy cause they teach it to you when you're a kid.

[voice]

[vanisland]

Ugh. No need to continue, your inability to understand what I'm trying to say gave me all the answers I'd need from you.

[He probably still wouldn't get it, even if she explained.]

[voice]

[boredallready]

What the-?! Well maybe if you explained what you meant, I could figure it out!

[voice]

[vanisland]

Fine. If you must know, it's Echo-related, and a lot like what's been randomly happening to people.

[voice]

[boredallready]

Oh, you mean like the random memories and stuff that just shows up sometimes? Yeah, that never really seems to make sense.

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[envisaging]

That was really beautiful.