Twenty Nine Truffula Trees

[whichwayyoulean]

[It has been some weeks since the Once-ler could play his guitar, the broken ribs he'd received during the Event Horizon mess had made it too painful. But now he's healed enough, he's making the most of it. He's sitting on his clinic bed, his journal open beside him, playing one of the many songs he's learned since arriving here. After he's finished, he lets out a satisfied sort of sigh]

I missed that. [Oh right, open journal] Any requests? I'm out of practise. I can't promise I'll know it, but I'll give it a shot.

[Lucrezia]
[He'd asked for time, and it's what she has given him. He can't fault her for that, so:]

I've still got your birthday gift to play for you, you know.

[Alvin and Blues]
I don't know about you guys, but I think we should give our car a test run. And a name, probably. But given my love for lisping syllables, someone else should probably do that.

Comments

[whichwayyoulean]

From Earth?

[He considers. He should probably make this a convincing lie, in case Cass should track this song down]

That Elvis number. I forget the name of it.

[save_the_souls]

The Elvis...

Ah, there's...a lot of Elvish ones.

[whichwayyoulean]

[And lo, his tracks are covered. He sits back, please with himself. SHE WILL NEVER KNOW]

There are, aren't there? I guess that's why they crowned him the king.

[save_the_souls]

[YOU BETTER BE REFERRING TO CASS THERE MISTER >O ]

Ah...no I don't think that's why they crowned him king. Do you at least know the lyrics?

[whichwayyoulean]

[WHO ELSE?]]

Then why? I've been doing my best to understand how Earth royalty works, but I've only met Anne so far.

Uhhh something about a wise man.

[save_the_souls]

You-

No, he's not a king. They simply called him that because he was a huge influence on rock music! He has no standing in royal lines!

[whichwayyoulean]

...

Well, that's kind of stupid. Calling someone a king when they're not actually one.

[save_the_souls]

Sorry, I suppose it would be a little confusing to people not used to kings.

[whichwayyoulean]

Just a little. I bet the real royals hate that kind of thing.

[save_the_souls]

Probably, though I don't really care all that much what they think.

[whichwayyoulean]

[He'll have a quick glance around the room because, well, he honestly like Anne and he honestly like Allen. He'd rather there not be yelling between the two of them should she be around to hear that]

Really? Why not?

[save_the_souls]

[it's okay Once-ler, Allen knows better than to say that near crazy royalty]

Because not all, but most of them are spoiled and out of touch with reality. I'm not saying their jobs aren't important, but they can truly be bigger pains in the arse than they're worth.

[whichwayyoulean]

[There's a tiny part of him that can agree there, only because gosh Anne can be demanding. BUT she's a queen and she expects such treatment, and on the grand scale of other demanding people in his life (his mother springs to mind) she really isn't all that bad]

You really think so, huh?

[save_the_souls]

Mmhmm.

A lot of them aren't bad people just...spoiled.

[whichwayyoulean]

Well, I can sure see that. But if they've had everything they've always wanted in their lives, it must be a culture shock to suddenly be told no.

[save_the_souls]

Something like that. They practically don't understand it.

[whichwayyoulean]

It must suck for them when they get stuck here.