towerofanimus | second staff ♞ brb, violin sonatas

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second staff ♞ brb, violin sonatas

Characters: Sayaka & you.
Setting: On the way to/in the media room.
Format: I use prose at default but I love action too :|b
Summary: The perfect time to go use an electronic is when the power is flickering. Logic!
Warnings: can't see need for any as is

1)
There's no time to take a slow, deliberate walk as when the fussy power is making the lights flicker like they've got something in their metaphorical eyes. Sayaka has a mission. She is going to the media room, and she is going to listen to some music, and it's the perfect time for it, right? Most music players hold charges, so it doesn't matter if the power's flickering, and there won't be many people there because it's flickering! Hah!

2)
As she's promised to herself, Sayaka has carried one of her CDs up to the media room, and now there's strains of violin playing throughout, because who needs headphones when she has presumed privacy.

This is the part where you shatter her silly notions of privacy.

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[Eleanor is out exploring the tower. Like usual. She hasn't met a lot of people despite being in the tower for weeks now, but the people she's met seem to not be all that bothered about the diving-suit-cum-armor. In a corner of her mind, he's slightly horrified to notice she's getting used to it. But then, as she takes the stairs down, the string of music gives her pause.

She enters the media room quietly, in an effort to not disrupt the music, and waits until one piece is over to finally speak, unintentionally looming over her.]

That's beautiful music.

[Don't mind the diving suit or the harpoon or the giant needle strapped to her arm. Or the fact you can't see her face behind the eerily green-glowing porthole, okay?]

[huh, that's a strangely muffled voice, just gonna turn around and woah, hi. There's some adrenaline for you. Sayaka's eyes widen noticeably, and she wonders how in the world she didn't hear them (she, that was a lady's voice) coming up behind her.]

Um, yeah! It, took a while to find, but it's definitely...

[She trails off as the next track cues.]

[Eleanor tilts her head, as per habit, in a vaguely unnatural angle, as if to listen better to the melody. Somewhere in the back of her mind, the memories stir, but she ignores them. She doesn't care to know who wrote that, or when, or whose favorite song it was. All she cares for is that it's beautiful, and for someone like her, trapped in a place like this... that's enough.]

...

[Sayaka watches this stranger for a while as the music picks up, not sure what she was even going to say or if she should say anything. She'd zoned out to music often enough to know that bothering someone in an induced reverie is downright mean.

The CD skips.]

[After a moment, Eleanor turns to look at Sayaka.]

You have very good taste.

[Since the disc seems to be having some..technical difficulties, Sayaka pops it out to examine it for scratches. She looks up just in time to catch Eleanor looking at her.]

..It's thanks to a friend of mine. He's a great player. I'd probably listen to just pop stuff if I hadn't met him.

[Eleanor watches her move curiously, as this floor contains plenty of technology that is unfamiliar to her.]

Pop?

[...was it the CD player itself? The disc looks exactly like when she'd put it in, and this was a really new one, too. She looks over the player itself, but knows jack about how those really work so continues to have no clue what's wrong.]

Pop, popular music. The stuff you hear so much it just turns into buzzing in your ears.

I'm sorry, I am unfamiliar with the term.

[Eleanor shrugs lightly, watching her mess around with the player. To be perfectly honest, it's the first time she's ever seen a CD.]

[Violins, huh? It's not the type of music Riku usually listens to, but it is pretty nice.

So, he'll just be moseying around, and when he spots Sayaka, he'll cautiously approach.]

You pick this music out?

[Guess it wasn't as empty as she'd thought.]

Uhuh. It's mostly what got brought along in my trunk. So I busted it out.

Nothing wrong with that. It's... kind of relaxing.

[Which is always nice in such a messed up place.]

Um. Relax away. I'm here because I needed to clear my head myself...

_{[Either clear her head, or fog it up more. She read the note, and she's seen the outside of the tower - but Sayaka is stalwartly trying to Not Think About It. If she gives it too much pondering, a cold feeling sets into her and she feels like her soul gem is farther away, even though it's right 'round her finger.]}

You and me both.

[He smirks. Yeah, the tower is a bit daunting, and he's been around long enough that it's starting to sink in that he's really a sitting duck.]

I'm surprised I haven't gone stir crazy yet.

Exactly!

[Hilariously, this is about when the song hits its most dramatic swell.]

I can't stand not doing anything, but fighting the monsters just seems useless sometimes - but if I don't do anything it's worse.

[Ah, so it's mood music! Riku might've caught onto the irony, but he's not gonna say anything about it at the moment.]

The monsters are good punching bags, but that's about as far as it goes. I just wish we could get fresh air-- anything besides being cooped up in this tower.

[And the open floors totally don't count.]

When Taiki passed by the media room and heard the music he thought someone was playing an instrument again, he peaked his head in to see who it was.

It was a CD, but there was a girl there and Taiki smiled at her. "Hello."

She's always been more of a listener than the one at the bow. Sayaka's closed her eyes and is slightly moving one hand to the tune of the song, probably looking rather ridiculous which is why she waited for a day like this. It's the realest way she has to relax, if she doesn't think too much while listening.

Taiki's timing was rather excellent considering such, as she'd been just about to dip into distressing thought when there's a hello. Her eyes snap open and she pointedly folds her hands in her lap. "Hi! Lured by the music? I guess I got it pretty loud."

Taiki smiled and nodded, "It is pretty... not too loud I don't think... erm... sorry..." He didn't want her to think he was criticising him. He smiled even as he shuffled his feet awkwardly, not wanting to annoy her if she wanted to enjoy the music alone.

"Okay, cool. Violins just have a sound that draws you in, right~?"

She's seated on the carpet by the CD player itself, but there are beanbags nearby - so when she catches on to the awkward shuffling, Sayaka avidly waves to one. "Uh - go ahead and sit down." She would prefer to listen to it alone, but that's nothing to chase someone off for, if they're liking the music too.

Taiki nodded with a smile, he liked music it made him happy. He sat down awkwardly leaning on one of the beanbags. He smiled as he listened to the music.

Well, he didn't seem like the worst person in the world to listen to music with. She's successfully able to zone back out to the song, trying to remember the title of this particular piece. ...nope, she can't!

"...darnit. I can never remember the titles."

Taiki smiled at her nervously. "I... don't really know any titles sorry..." He knew very little about music, but he liked listening to it.

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