02 | audio [forward dated to March 2nd]

[abhero]

[Emil picked up his flute a week after the Russel's summoning incident, when the burn on his hand stopped hurting (fucking Firebirds). The Echo he got told him he can use music to do magic... but not to summon things like Russel. Unfortunately, he didn't even get a hint to what he CAN do. He tried to figure it out on his own, but he had no idea how to start. Maybe if he thought really hard about what he was playing…

The experiment ended when he heard his mother crying in the hallway. Emil went to check on her, worried, but it turned out even she couldn't tell what’s gotten into her.

“I don’t know,” she said. “but you played a such sad song and I just started thinking about things…”

Could this be the Echo he was looking for? Emil wasn’t sure. He had no intention of testing it on his family again, but that's what the network was for.]

Hey people, I need your help.

I think I got a new power, but I’m not sure. So I want you to listen to this and tell me if you feel anything.

Anything at all.

[What follows is Emil playing Donna Donna on his flute. It is strangely, unnaturally depressing... and NOT because the performence is mediocre at best.]

(( OOC: Emil can now manipulate emotions with music. Donna Donna induces sadness, but he's still new to this so how much it affects your character is up to you! Depending on how sensitive they are, it can be anything from feeling vaguely bummed out to bursting in tears. ))

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[Audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

[L is a natural skeptic, even after receiving many of his own bizarre echoes. None of them are any kinds of supernatural powers, as far as he can tell, so he is stuck pretty much taking everyone else's word for it.

Music is something he has always had trouble with. Ironically blessed with perfect pitch, he has no appreciation for it whatsoever. He has never felt anything in his life when hearing a song, and he doesn't understand why people are so into it.

...and then he hears this amateur flute playing, and that changes. Rather than sad, he sounds panicked when he answers, and it is entirely because it totally worked.]

What was that? What did you do?

[Audio]

[abhero]

[Emil, on the other hand, sounds excited.]

It worked? What happened, did you feel anything?

[Audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

Yes, and that never happens.

Do it again.

[Audio]

[abhero]

[Emil plays the same song again. Having gained confidence with his success, he concentrates harder on the song rather than on whether it would work. A poor calf led helplessly to slaughter, mocked by the farmer and the winds… since his focus is better this time, the effect should be stronger.]

[Video]

[radiantchicken]

[Good job, Emil, you have killed a parrot. Or he sure looks dead, because he's lying there and would be crying if parrots had tear ducts that did that sort of thing.]

Please stop...

[The parrot doesn't sound like a parrot. He's got a pretty deep voice and sounds emotionally distressed.]

[Audio]

[abhero]

[ He already saw Cinderella and his past self had a deep voiced crow, so he's taking the bird thing pretty well.

Unfortunately he's too excited with his success to be sympathetic.]

It's really working!

[Audio]

[radiantchicken]

[The parrot's still lying there, and he's had an Echo somewhere in all of this, and it is giving him ideas.]

Are you Icerondo?

[Because he just remembered someone using sorrow-inducing music and that someone had a weird name, among other weird things.]

[Audio]

[abhero]

[Emil knows he had another name, bur he waits a moment to see if Icerondo causes an Echo.]

Doesn't ring a bell. You okay there? Pretty sure it'll go away in a few minutes.

[Video]

[originaloddcouple]

[Cue ALL THE TEARS.]

Th-That's so...

It's just so completely....

[Nope, they can't even get a word out they are crying so much. Tears stream down their face and they grab each other pathetically as they sink toward the ground.]

[Audio]

[abhero]

[BEST REACTION SO FAR.]

Oh man! I've really got magic powers!

[originaloddcouple]

Th-that's nice to heart!

I-I'm glad that it's working out so... [He can't do it. He's just gonna keep holding Miria tightly. She's only too happy to return the favor.]

...S-so well f-for you...

[Voice]

[dododo]

[ He has heard much better flute playing, yet it's never had this kind of effect. Ever. He could cry and it's enough to bring tears to his eyes, and to make his voice thick when he answers. ]

That's not what I thought you meant by feeling something.

[Voice]

[abhero]

[Emil, on the other hand, is in a great mood. He has a superpower!]

Honestly I wasn't sure either! What did you think I meant?

[Voice]

[dododo]

I don't know, perhaps something like ... a physical sensation.

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[pianistofraielin]

[the more Echoes he gets off this guy, the more Russel hates the fact that their destinies are apparently linked.]

[the song is super fucking depressing and he understands now what that woman in his memory was trying to explain, that a talented musician can bring out the emotions written into a piece and affect the hearts of those listening.]

[and he is also super fucking jealous because all he has is the one song and no musical ability otherwise, so even if he has this power too, he can't use it yet. and Emil is just abusing it! and his predecessor also had this amazing skill and abused it too?! UGH THIS ISN'T FAIR WHY CAN'T HE PLAY MUSIC TOO, AT LEAST HE'D USE IT FOR GOOD]

[aka the song is working and now Russel is super depressed because Emil is better than him.]

hey maybe don't be a dick and play songs about cows going to slaughter when you're testing something

[RUSSEL YOU'RE ONE TO TALK, YOU REALLY SHOULD'VE SEEN THE FIREBIRD THING COMING]

[audio]

[abhero]

[Because he's too lazy to change the format, and he needs to sound properly smug.]

You're right, I should play songs about birds made of fire in a theatre full of people.

[text]

[pianistofraielin]

shut up that was an accident!!

[wingsister]

[Hi. Have a horse staring at you. Oh, and she's talking in your head with a voice that sounds like someone's bossy older aunt.]

:You're a Bard!:

[abhero]

[The telepathy is more surprising than the horse part.]

Uh...

[He has to think for a moment. This new power IS technically a Bard class skill, isn't it...]

I guess so?

[wingsister]

:I remember Bards! They dressed in scarlet!: [And horses are colorblind. It's very strange to remember a color you can't see.] :You ought to be wearing scarlet if you aren't.:

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[unelven]

[ The magic behind the music, while not at it's strongest, has a greater effect on Teagan than he had hoped. It comes, it seems, from his increased psychic empathy. If only he hadn't listened. Unwilling to expose himself like that, he just sends a text. ]

If that was intended to depress me, it worked.

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[abhero]

Awesome. How depressing was that, exactly?

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[unelven]

[ Nope, still not getting a voice. ]

Terribly.

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[nevergivesup]

[ He's not sure what to expect, but it sure as hell isn't that. That hits him really damn hard and it's all he can do to try and interrupt the song. ]

Wait, stop. What... is it you're doing?!

[ He might sound mildly panicked here. ]

[ voice ]

[abhero]

[And Emil sounds excited.]

Discovering magical powers!