040 | ' ' Vacation's Over ' ' | "Voice" Post

[yeah_i_can_fly]

[The PDA turns off with a puff of static--someone blowing straight into the microphone?--and then there is a moment of silence. Some rummaging sounds, mostly metal chinking on metal, and then a guitar and set of drums start playing a familiar tune. Then the lyrics start, softly at first and then gradually getting louder until it's a good jamming

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[poppingseeds]

[relief]

Please tell me that's the sound of you being alive.

[yeah_i_can_fly]

[faint chuckling] Yeah, that's the sound of me being alive.

Hey, you.

[poppingseeds]

Hey.

I almost wanted to ask if you were okay, but by the sound of it, you have an entire band in there, so you must be doing fine.

[yeah_i_can_fly]

[more chuckling, slightly louder, definitely more cheerful]

Yeah, well. It's actually... a recording... But, yeah, definitely doing, um, well enough.

[poppingseeds]

[momentarily baffled enough to take her mind off everything else going on]

A..? Like with the communicators? An echo of a song?

[yeah_i_can_fly]

[he's being sincere here; beginning to actually sound cheerful/back to more or less normal]

Yeah, that's an excellent way of putting it. It's exactly that. The band recorded the song for public use some time ago, and I just happen to have it with me.

I thought it kinda appropriate.

[poppingseeds]

[in honour of her feeling smart, here, have the studious icon]

Oh~!

Well, it seems to fit the situation, I suppose.

[yeah_i_can_fly]

[♥]

Have any requests?

I thought so. Of course, ACDC is good to listen to any time.

[poppingseeds]

...I don't think you would have anything from my time.

[yeah_i_can_fly]

Hmm. Probably not.

[but he has the IM suit to play a bit of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata anyway]

[poppingseeds]

[listens quietly, actually feeling better]

Now see. That sounds a lot nicer.

[yeah_i_can_fly]

It can be pretty soothing. More?

[the next track turns into Für Elise all on its own though without him prompting]

[poppingseeds]

[laughs] Sure.

You know, you don't hear a whole lot of this around the compound. Well, unless you want to count being forced into singing by magic or you hang around Nocturne a lot.

[yeah_i_can_fly]

No, not really. It's kinda sad. And I know of a few people that would kill (not literally) for their CD and/or MP3 players. I guess I never realized how nice I had it...

[he's silent and the song plays out; before it can go to the next track he clicks a button and it cycles through to a different playlist; The Entertainer begins to play all-too cheerfully]

And what do you think of that one? [he says with a chuckle]

[poppingseeds]

[listens; mortals listen to some weird stuff]

Its... interesting?

[yeah_i_can_fly]

[obviously smiling widely as he talks]

It's supposed to be up-beat and simple. It's the same type of silly music you'd hear in an old Western... or at least that's what it makes me think of.