Who will tell your story?

[solomonjihad]

[Sometimes after the trial, Astarte decides to burn her anger off in the kitchen. That's a good idea, right? Right?? This trial really opened her eyes. Monsters - real monsters - they could be in any form.

The voice would be enjoying the anger, if it had not been so suppressed beforehand. If the anger hadn't been real, righteous anger like Astarte feels.

At some point, the small of cooked pumpkin wafts through the air, and soon enough in the first floor lobby, there's a little paper at the merchandising booth.

CAKE AND COFFEE IN THE TEA ROOM.

Its not a crazy recipe - its just pumpkin bread. Where did Astarte get the pumpkin to make it? Who knows? In any case, at least one loaf is a little burnt on the bottom. There's also a large thermos of coffee on the table. Feel free to help yourselves.

Astarte, for her part, is sitting in the tea room, staring at the fire as she drinks her cup of coffee. Staring, and thinking. Ruminating.

There are more question than answers that have come up, after all.]

Comments

[robitussin]

...I thought you played piano, not guitar.

[dieformymusic]

[He grins nodding.

"The guitar has a lot of key placements similar to guitar. If you know the chords and notes going between them is easy."]

[robitussin]

Huh. Maybe I'll have to try it sometime.

When did you learn to play?

[dieformymusic]

["Guitar or in general?"]

[robitussin]

Uh... In general. Yeah, let's go with that.

[dieformymusic]

[Oh gosh where does he start.

"When I was very young. Piano lessons. I never let go of it. I knew someday I wanted to make music."]

[robitussin]

Yeah... Same here.

[She pauses, thinking, with a small smile.]

So. Favorite composer?

[dieformymusic]

[Oho another musician or singer!

This is a hard one...Winslow thinks for a moment.

"Chopin. His nocturnes are something else."]

[robitussin]

Chopin's good. I'd have to go with Mozart, though. You can't get better than Sonata No. 11.

[dieformymusic]

[Wow...she's really smart. Extremely so.

"You have me there. Mozart has real skill. There's just something down to earth with Chopin.

But one day like Mozart I'll release my own 'Magic Flute'."

Cept it's not magic flute.]

[robitussin]

I don't know about that. I mean, sure, Chopin's down to earth. But you read about Mozart, his life and everything... I mean, the guy was straight up crazy. Fact. But you can't see any of that in his music. Even if it's more extravagant, there's logic in it, you know? The harmonies make sense. It flows. I think it's pretty surprising his music is as down to earth as it is, given his personal life.

[A small pause.]

But there I go, rambling again. Anyways - have you been working on anything here?

[dieformymusic]

[Hey he loves other music nerds! Winslow shakes his head.

"No no I love listening to talk about music.

You're not rambling

I've been working on it for a long time. It's a cantata of 'Faust'!"]

[robitussin]

Huh. So... Is it like an adaptation of Gounod's work, or is it something new entirely?

[dieformymusic]

["A rock opera cantata of Faust."

Don't tell him you knew the guy too.]