ⅲ┆i've heard this melody somewhere before

[shrugs_a_lot]

[Cloud's exploring a little, making a mental map of it all, there are more rooms out there than the kitchen after all. And he finally comes across the music room... Oh look, there is a piano... Approaches to it and sits... Yeah, why not?]

How did it go? ...

[Oh yeah, he remembered!]

... That wasn't too bad... Guess I could do better.

[Talking to himself here--he's not aware the journal appeared right next to him.]



{{open through via journal or in person. it is supposed to sound faily <3}}

Comments

[shrugs_a_lot]

What are they supposed to look like?

[courageous_wit]

Truthfully, they're a bit ugly.

[shrugs_a_lot]

[Snorts.

A beat.]

Hey, can you play the piano?

[courageous_wit]

Why, yes, I can. [and this one's for real]

[shrugs_a_lot]

Really?

... Hmm...

Could you... Teach me?

[courageous_wit]

If you like.

[shrugs_a_lot]

Yeah, I'd like to... I need a hobby.

[courageous_wit]

Then I would be happy to teach you! I think there should be some practice books in the music room.

[shrugs_a_lot]

When are you free?

[courageous_wit]

Oh, any time. I could use a break from research.

[shrugs_a_lot]

Research?

[courageous_wit]

Yes. I've been doing research on the castle, its residents, the First Generation and all the expeditions we've done so far.

[shrugs_a_lot]

Have you found anything interesting?

[courageous_wit]

Quite a lot, actually, but there's much still to learn.

[shrugs_a_lot]

Anything you can share?

[courageous_wit]

I have noticed that people who arrive from the same world often know each other, either through history or because they were companions. And people from the same world also tend to arrive together or within days of each other.

[shrugs_a_lot]

That doesn't sound like a coincidence.

[courageous_wit]

I didn't think it was.

[shrugs_a_lot]

So, everybody you've met here that came from your world, you knew them beforehand?

[courageous_wit]

In some way, yes. I didn't personally meet one, but I knew him by his friends and family.

[shrugs_a_lot]

Must be nice...

[courageous_wit]

It's a bit awkward, but the opportunity to know him is nice.

[shrugs_a_lot]

I meant, having people you know here... Or maybe not. I don't know.

[courageous_wit]

It's a bit of a double-edged sword. You're grateful that friends are with you, but you worry about them.

[shrugs_a_lot]

That's what I had in mind.