Timestamp or no, it's Saturday, December 13th--two weeks after
this and
this--when
Rose's door opens into Milliways unexpectedly. She doesn't hesitate a moment, just dips to grab her purse from her bedroom floor and heads inside. She's never gotten a spontaneous door, and she doesn't intend to waste it
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Said Kelsi is distracted with piano-playing ("O Holy Night" with a walking blues line; it's the holiays, yo), and doesn't notice the newcomer right away.
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She gets a fresh cup of tea from the bar--easy enough to ask Bar for 'whatever Kelsi got before'--and approaches, moving quietly not out of any desire to sneak up on her but because she's listening.
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And, because it's a work-in-progress and she's mostly doing this by ear, there are moments when the two do not mash. Such moments are quickly resolved with a slightly embarrassed sigh and backtracking by a couple beats.
...Unfortunately, the tiny piano genius is still lost in her own world, and the sneaky sneakiness is not helping Rose be noticed.
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She's not a great singer; certainly not by the standards of Kelsi's musical canonworld. But she had a couple years of choir. She waits until Kelsi seems to hit a smooth patch, then first mouths the words, and then sings audibly as she's confident in the shifting patterns of the song:
"...A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks, a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees, O hear, the angel voices..."
Her singing voice is lower than her speaking voice, and a little unsteady.
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"Hey there," he eventually greets, all smiles and warmth that may or may not be entirely acted out. Either way, Rose has herself a highly fashionably dressed teen in shades of blue and purple (with a fedora to match, naturally), who's already working the charm.
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"Hi," she says. It's not unfriendly, but there's no rush of insecurity at being seen in OMG HER PJS. Her attention is at least 60% on the piano.
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"I take it this isn't your first time. I'm Ryan, also a victim of being caught in my PJs before."
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She apparently seems to focus on him, now, and nods, smiling. "Okay. Then please take it on faith that I haunt the Galleria on the regular and this outfit is a sad mistake of fate."
"I'm Rose."
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