blood falls

[Scautty]

There was a break in my concentration. More of an ease than a break.

A slow harmony had nuzzled my ears, perking them up to take more of it in. My eyes remained closed, wound tight by it's slowly gleaming melody. This melody had entered in and out, and during such a passage, I'd wish for it to start up again - which it did.

Then I had opened my eyes wide - still in the resting quarters of the castle. My schedule with the king had obviously been foiled with the turmoil within the kingdom. But that was fine, I had to find where this sweet noise was protruding from. I uneasily got up from my chair, feeling numb in places in my attempt of curling up on the wooden seat, and made my way back into the central lobby. It was coming from downstairs, judging by the echo latest hitting the decorative layout of the high ceiling above. So down I went, remembering where I was going... The fine arts hall. Duh.

Then there he was - a bright fox sitting at the piano, entrancing the keys at his fingertips to serenade the ears of all who listened. I leaned against the doorway, as to not obstruct his performance. I tried my best as to not fall asleep - or cry for that matter - but in the end kept awake, and tearless, watching him perform.

[Shenzii]

Rowan crept behind Cyrus silently. "Where are you going?" She whispered to herself, hoping to not be heard. A passerby watched in shock as the princess passed, her silver headdress uncovered. She quickly pulled up her hood and face mask as she proceeded after the wolf-dragon. 

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Cyrus, still running to keep warm, tripped over the spear of a negligent guard and rolling a few feet before stopping on his belly. He then felt the cold sink back in, but not as bad as before. Then it started getting warmer and warmer before he heard someone heading towards him. He turned over and saw Rowan, which made him overjoyed to say the least...

[Random Knowledge]

Eser was still lost in the music and did not hear the person enter his music room.  Slowly, the music hit a  diminuendo and faded away.  Eser looked up and jumped in surprise as he saw a person standing in front of him.  "Who are you?" Eser asked standing up and backing away from the man.

[Scautty]

"Ah-- I didn't mean to disturb you..." He seemed contained, backing away from me. "That was a really good peice you were playing. I heard it upstairs and thought I'd see who was playing it." I slowly approached him, as to not seem threatening. "I'm Scautty. What's your name?"

[Random Knowledge]

"I'm Eser," he said slowly continuing to back up.  "And thank you, it's a very meaningful piece to me."  Eser stops backing up, once he is a safe 5 feet away.  He never likes people getting to close to him, anyone could be crazy.

[Scautty]

At least he seemed a little less threatened. I didn't want to seem awkward, already having to break him in by approach. "So, uh... did you just come here to practice? I fiddle around sometimes, but I probably can't play like you can..."

[Random Knowledge]

"This is the only place I can practice.  I live here," Eser said realizing this guy was not a stranger to the castle.  "What instrument do you play?"  Eser then asked picking up a flute from behind him for protection.

[Scautty]

"Instrument? Oh--!"

Oh my. He lived here? That means he works for the Royal Family... I want to play this off cooly. "Well, I play violin... and play drums as a hobby... You play flute?" I pointed at the woodwind he had just picked up.

[Random Knowledge]

"Actually," Eser says, looking around at the guitar, the piccolo, the flute, the violin, the stand-up bass, the cello, the piano, the drums, the clarinet, the trumpet, the trombone, and the bassoon, he says, "I can play everything in this room."

[Scautty]

"Wha-- Woah..." The many sorted instruments propped up individually along the walls of the room, linging to where almost no wall peeked out... He could play ANY of these? "That's... impressive!" It was really exciting, but I kept myself content... I wasn't sure if he completely trusted me or not. "Wow..." I slowly looked around the room, drinking in any and all instruments, imagining the time and practice it must have taken to learn these.

[Random Knowledge]

"Well when I have nothing better to do, I just come down here, and practice.  Plus I know everyone in the royal band, so I've been tutored on every instrument enough to be able to learn the rest myself," Eser explained, trying to make himself seem a little more modest.

[Scautty]

"Oh wow... really neat! Hey, you wanna go and hang out sometime? We can talk more on music and everything. Man, the good old days..." This reminesce was sweet, I hadn't played in a long time, but when I did, it was something magical to me.

[Random Knowledge]

((does your character have a profile?))

"Uh, maybe.  But I tend to be busy often," Eser responds nervously.

[Scautty]

((Profile? You mean IMVU? Cause I don't have that...))

"Oh, well it's cool. I keep an open schedule, so whenever you're free." He seemed hesitant. Maybe he... Nah, not under the Royal Family's nose. I continued looking around the room and found the violin perched against the wall. "Nice violin... Does it play well?"