9th Short - [Voice] + [Action]

[kingofwaste]

[Happy Monday morning, everyone! The sun is shining, the birds are chirping and Oswald is making a racket. Through the journals and later outside your window!]

[Voice]

Hey, Luceti folk! Happy Oswald Day!

[Pause for dramatic effect.]That's right, Oswald Day! You may have seen it on the calendar at the Welcome Center and thought to yourself "

Comments

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[floralphantasm]

[That's quite a nice parade you have going there Oswald. Enjoy having a bemused yet familiar face watching from her garden when she hears that noisy trumpet playing pass by.]

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[floralphantasm]

Perhaps I should rephrase my query in hopes of you being able to comprehend~ Is there a purpose behind this parade or did you simply think to start gallivanting around the village as the fancy took you?

[And the flowers turn back now, facing towards the sun.]

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[kingofwaste]

Haven't you heard? Today's Oswald Day! It's my holiday, see.

[He looks exceptionally proud, considering it's a holiday he came up with for himself.]

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[floralphantasm]

Hmm, no, I hadn't heard today was Oswald Day. I don't tend to pay attention such petty things. Isn't it a tad egotistical to have a holiday named after yourself~?

[Don't mind her as she kneels down next to one of her beds and starts to work on her flowers. You have her incomplete, divided attention.]

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[kingofwaste]

[Now those were snide remarks even Oswald couldn't miss. "Petty"? "Egotistical"? He's looking pretty offended, now.]

Hey, now! There's lots of holidays named after other people. Like uh... Martin Luther King Day! Valentine's Day! And... Saint Patrick's Day!

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[floralphantasm]

Though the fact I show little care for these holidays must surely also prove I would have little care for a holiday of your own?

[Oh these flowers need a little work...]

Do not misunderstand me however. I'm sure your own holiday must being much joy to yourself, and presumably many others, despite how self-grown the plant might be.

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[kingofwaste]

[Plant? What's plants got to do with anything?]

Hey now! C'mon! Oswald Day is all about sharin' laughter and good times! Why would you not wanna be part of the celebrations?

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[floralphantasm]

Why would I in the first place~? Whilst I realise a place like Luceti requires it's inhabitants to socialise as a necessity, to take part in a parade and it's surrounding celebrations would be pushing the beds so far out that not even my powers could fill them with flowers~

[Welcome to analogies Oswald. What is normal speaking?]

I have other ideas on sharing laughter, which I am sure you're already aware of given our last meeting.

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[kingofwaste]

Yeah... Yeah, I remember. [The dying thing. Yup.] But still, I figured everyone would love parades! I mean, c'mon, what's not to like?

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[floralphantasm]

The noise, the growing number of people who would get involved, the overall atmosphere generated by such a gathering. I find all these qualities quite undesirable.

Perhaps it is a mere clash of opinions. You are free to love parades and I am free to be against them~

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[kingofwaste]

That's... [He's silent for a moment, crossing his arms over his chest before conceding defeat. He's got no argument against this.] ... Fair enough. Can't appeal to all audiences, I guess. But I still think it's a shame you're missin' out.

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[floralphantasm]

[Shrug~ As far as she's concerned the only thing she's missing out on right now is more gardening.]

It's not a shame in the slightest, so do not feel such a way~ I would much rather remain here than take part in such tomfoolery. Though were I to take part, what would you have me do? Call it my quaint curiosity kicking up and nothing more.

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[kingofwaste]

[Quaint curiosity is better than nothing, in Oswald's opinion. It's like the first nibble of the fish he's hoping to reel in.]

Hm... How about the tambourine? ...Yeah! You could play that and then march along with everyone else.

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[floralphantasm]

Much too dull. Whoever invented such an item should be aware they offend all musicians by classing such a poor tool among all other instruments.

[Denied. No bites, none at sir.]

I'm sure you will find someone else during your rounds who better suits playing such a thing. Might I suggest the talented hands of a human~?

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[kingofwaste]

[To be completely fair, Oswald doesn't like the tambourine much either. It just seemed like the kind of thing Yuuka might like to play. Clearly, he was wrong.]

Well, yeah. That's why I asked you. [As far as Oswald knows, Yuuka is completely human.] ... How 'bout the drum, then? A nice big one.

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[floralphantasm]

[Glaaare. Welp.]

Now why would you go asking a youkai to play an instrument designed for the hands of a human~?

[She's not really feeling the right vibes from the drum either. Percussion just doesn't seem to be her thing.]

Could you not consider providing me with an instrument with a touch more sophistication about it? Though when I say sophistication, I am referring to instrument that requires a little more than tapping it repeatedly to play~