Rhapsody in Blue, Log 5/??? [Action/Video]

Sep 09, 2011 00:17

Low, quiet notes - following a playful glissando up into a clarinet's soulful wail - reverberate down the mansion hallway and out of the music room. Earth-dwellers may recognize the tune as classic George Gershwin, and even if the piece itself is unfamiliar, dear listener, it possesses a certain jaunty attitude that many people would find ( Read more... )

[c] sean cassidy, five foot two eyes of blue, [c] saotome alto, [c] zuko, [c] kanaya maryam, nothing quite like it, [c] noah puckerman, [c] diamonds droog, we call that classy brass

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[Action] libraritology September 11 2011, 19:17:54 UTC
[ASDFGHJKDFHGJ she almost drops the records she's carrying.]

Oh! Oh, hello. You do?

[Evelyn sets them down, tilting her head to one side as she looks at the newcomer.]

Not many people have recognized him so far.

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[Action] libraritology September 11 2011, 21:23:41 UTC
Evelyn.

[She shakes his hand, looking towards the shiny discs, and sighs sadly.]

...I wish I knew what they were as well, but I have yet to figure them out. I was about to put some Duke Ellington on. Is there anything in particular you like to listen to?

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[Action] libraritology September 12 2011, 00:32:13 UTC
Frank Sinatra?

[She looks quizzical.]

I saw a record with a name like that on it, but I've never heard of him before.

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[Action] libraritology September 12 2011, 01:16:59 UTC
I-

[Oh. Well, she's...she's not the most skilled dancer, you know, and it's been a while, but she can certainly try. With the friendly young man. Who she just met. Sure, why not?

Evelyn takes his hand and smiles apologetically.]

I'm afraid that dancing isn't my forte, but if you lead...

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[Action] libraritology September 12 2011, 02:53:34 UTC
[ >Insert startled attempts at keeping up with this new form of dancing here<

Evelyn practically flops on the nearest chair as soon as he releases her, hair tousled from her neat bun, pink-cheeked from exertion.]

That-

[She sits up, catching her breath, and laughs as she glances back towards Sean.]

-where did you learn to dance like that? It's very different from what I've learned.

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[Action] libraritology September 12 2011, 03:57:42 UTC
England. 1926.

[She smoothes her skirt and adjusts her clothes into something a little more respectable.]

Yourself?

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[Action] libraritology September 12 2011, 16:51:42 UTC
Ah...no, thank you.

[It isn't an offensive habit, but it will probably prove to be unhealthy in the future.]

1962, really? What's it like? What do you do for a living?

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[Action] libraritology September 13 2011, 04:44:09 UTC
[She's gathered that the future seems a lot more expedient company to the past. The past. It's strange thinking that she's so...out-of-date.]

A student, really? What was your field of study?

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