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spellminders2017-08-02 01:05 pm
lalliho) wrote in spellminders2017-08-02 01:05 pm
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[He's closed himself off. He thought it might help -- slow your surroundings to a standstill, and maybe everything going on inside would learn to slow as well. When he got control over himself, he could control this stupid magic of his that was given to him. He thought he'd be happy, getting back the gifts he was born into, but even with them, the storm inside had been roaring enough to keep him up night after night.
Which meant he'd been even more cut off than he'd intended.]
I can't sleep. I need to. Tell me...what to do.
[Simple as that. Just help him rest, please...]
Which meant he'd been even more cut off than he'd intended.]
I can't sleep. I need to. Tell me...what to do.
[Simple as that. Just help him rest, please...]
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I'm from four hundred years after that. Most of what I know about the era comes from my research.
[Dirk decides to start Lalli off with some relatively soft music.]
Tell me what you think and we can keep flipping through things.
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[His fingers twitch to tighten their hold automatically as the music starts up, but at least he doesn't fling the headphones away from himself like he had when Dave let him try his when they'd first arrived. That lasted about one second. This...
His lips flatten into a thin line and his eyes narrow as well while he consider the music, but just as he opens his mouth to say something, the singing starts and he closes it again. Hmn.
The song is over halfway through before he animates again.]
It's okay. Um. Sometimes there's a...hum. [Long, extended notes beneath the main melody. He can't figure out why, since he's pretty used to continuous, far more disturbing sounds, but it puts him on edge.] That part doesn't feel good.
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[He tries not to dwell on it.]
Okay, so no on the sustain. That probably negates most electronic things.
[So maybe something more folky? After a moment of trying to figure it out, he gives this one a try.
He absolutely only has Loituma on his glasses because of Memes.]
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Oh!
[He silences again so he can actually listen, and his heart feels like it's hammering against his ribs at the sudden, unexpected wave of emotion. Finnish. Unfamiliar Finnish, but even that was more familiar to him than everything else he'd been forced to come across in what feels like an eternity. He'd been dragged here from the island, and from there he'd been dragged from a place that wasn't even his home. He'd had one source to turn to for conversation. Real conversation. Now...
Pois sinä lensit avaruuteen,
niin ehkä löysit, mitä sä hait,
sammuessasi maailmaan uuteen
kirkkaamman, kauniimman loiston sä sait,
sammuessasi maailmaan uuteen
kirkkaamman, kauniimman loiston sä sait.]
...
[...Well, Dirk, your new friend looks like he's about to cry, so uhhh.]
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Uh do you. Want me to change it or.
[INTERNAL SCREAMING WHAT DO YOU DO WITH CRYING PEOPLE HE DOESN'T GODDAMNED KNOW]
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Nh.
[He shakes his head quickly, but it's obvious he's not having a great time. The lyrics seem to have wound down, though, so after a deep breath to give himself time to confirm that and calm down, he gives Dirk a nod.]
You know Finnish...?
[Why else would he have a Finnish song?]
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No, I, uh... knew this band from a meme, so I checked out some of their other stuff and liked it. I only speak English.
Sorry.
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[The way he says it, it's like the word is completely unfamiliar to him...which would be silly, since he knows Finnish, clearly, right? He gives another numb nod and finally lowers his hands again. Quite frankly, he's lost the will to hold on to it anymore.]
Oh. But you have more? Because of a meme?
[Whatever that meant.]
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[He has Loituma's discography so. ENJOY THAT, LALLI?]
You can tell me to shut it off if you want.
[He still has no idea what he's doing. The strangeness of how Lalli talked about English is registered but overwhelmed by this social terror.]
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No... It's...okay. I'm fine.
[He actually sits, folding his legs in carefully, and closes his eyes to process more. Dirk might be intimidated by the awkward social situation, but Lalli apparently gives no fucks about continuing to be a sad weirdo here.]
...It's good. The Finnish. [Even if that initial one absolutely wrecked him out of nowhere, what a choice to go with, what scary lyrics.] I can listen to these.
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Okay. I, uh, don't have anything else in Finnish, but I can shove some folk music in English onto the mp3 player. [a pause] This kind of music is known as 'folk music.'
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...Okay.
[He slides the headphones off and looks up at Dirk finally, eyes opening, but only partially.]
I'm not sleeping.
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yeah.]
Does that matter...?
[?????]
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Usually.
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[Well. His "usually" was usually different from everyone else's "usually".]
It doesn't. I don't think. It just didn't work.
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[Something about Lalli keeps catching his attention in a way that tugs on his divinity. But he doesn't know what.]
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...I know.
[It's...unfortunate, but he's accepted it. Music was a bust.]
Can I still have it...? The songs.
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[witchcraft or craftsman... WITCHCRAFTSMAN]
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I can't loan you these.
[Because he likes them. Because there are very few people he'd willingly give them to.]
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[But he'll grumpily drop his arm anyway. Ugh, this sucks. He's tired of everything.]
...What's a meme?
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It's a phrase, image, behaviour, idea, or other element of culture that gets shared around at high speed by a group of people.
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