[text] @imadeyoureadthis; [open]

[antiwhat]

[ Ellever had tried to post something with audio, but anxiety has gotten the best of her. Especially since she doesn't know a lot of people in Beacon, just yet. So Beacon is just going to have to deal with her terrible texting skills unless they respond with audio. Her work emails are beautiful and perfect, like the book nerd she is, but just jotting down a quick something? Sorry. Just sorry. ]

hi everybody! hope you all had an okay new years? can't say i missed the ball drop thing in new york. but i don't think i'm a huge fan of the onion thing the spirits like?

this is elle brandt, if we haven't spoken before. i have kind of a favor to ask of some of you? i'm looking for any musical instruments that we have here in beacon. either instruments you have, if you don't mind me borrowing them for just a little while, or instruments you've seen laying around somewhere (if possible). i found a kazoo in the general store but that's about it.

i won't be borrowing them for very long, hopefully. if they're really important to you, don't feel obligated. we don't have too many good distractions around here. especially if it's from your home.

thanks for taking the time to read this, if you have, i appreciate it.

Comments

( text | un: warlock )

[necromantiae]

can't say i know where a musical instrument is but i might be able to conjure something.

that is if the magic works.

[antiwhat]

[ Ooh, neat. ]

that would be really cool, if it does. what makes it unpredictable?

[necromantiae]

this place, unfortunately. most of the time, it works but it doesn't always work how it's supposed to.

so, i could create something and it might come out...strange.

[antiwhat]

can't say i'm all that surprised. beacon likes to mess with everything it seems like. i'm all for the idea of strange instruments, assuming you'd be so kind.

[ Stranger might be better, for what she wants to use them for. Or maybe not. Either way, it's an intriguing thought. ]

@silent

[callada]

Might still be ocarinas in the general store too, Robin had some added a couple months ago.

[antiwhat]

i'll have to do another once-over in case i missed something. kazoos are practically cursed objects. not ideal.

[ Well hey, Ellever, at least it's not a recorder. ]

text @kingofwei

[pure_havoc]

You may have the ocarina given to me if you would like. I have no use for it.

[antiwhat]

thank you. i'd just need to borrow it for a little while. maybe a month at most with any luck. then i could give it back.

[pure_havoc]

I would not need it back. As I say, I have no use for it. It is yours, Lady Ellever.

[antiwhat]

[ Looking at her full name in text is weird. But she tries to ignore the uncomfortable feeling that settles over her and shakes her head as she responds. ]

that's very kind of you. are you not one for music?

@dr; text

[donttalktome]

There's a piano over in the village.
What exactly are you mustering instruments for?

[antiwhat]

oh cool. that makes it simple. i'm working on a project with daylight to translate notes/tones from the ocarinas and make them accomplishable with other instruments.

[ No, she doesn't know how to play an instrument. No, that's not going to stop her. ]

[donttalktome]

Oh good.
For a moment I thought you were going to say you were starting a band.
Which, now that I know all you have is a kazoo, would be something of a disaster.

@HK

[catholicisms]

There's a piano in the community center in the village. It's in relative tune now.

( he plays it sometimes... so be gentle on it, Elle! )

Is it invasive to inquire why you need a small fleet of musical instruments?

[antiwhat]

[ Don't worry, Matt, she'll be exceedingly gentle. ]

a piano is perfect. hopefully it's in tune enough to count for this... and not at all. i'm working on a transcribing project, to "translate" the notes from the ocarinas into other instruments. for spirit conversation.

[catholicisms]

It's in tune enough to play, speaking from experience.

That's an interesting endeavor. I am not sure I could help you with all instruments, but the piano I could, if you needed it. I learned to play when I was a kid.

text | @kol

[unpredict]

[ what does he get for reading her username? jw. ]

Are you intending to speak with the spirits?

[ why else would anyone ask for musical instruments without being specific about the type they're looking for? besides... fun, in beacon? lol. ]

[antiwhat]

[ Just imagine the super mature "ha ha". ]

yes. i'm going to see if we can speak with them through more instruments than just the ocarinas. and what works and what doesn't.

[ Ellever's going to be Very Scientific about it. But also, she's kind of excited to play with a bunch of instruments, too. ]

[unpredict]

And you're a musical genius at every instrument imagineable?

[ he'd sort of believe it. it's possible! ]

@thursday | text

[freetobe]

I'm beginning to suspect you've been wanting to ask but have been holding yourself back because you can estimate my reaction to the question, so I'll just make it clear: Wings and halo, yes. Harp, no.

[antiwhat]

[ Thank you, Castiel, she needed that audible snort. ]

what a bummer. not even a celestial piccolo?

[freetobe]

[ Ellever will know. She has lived with Castiel for a while. She will know the look of confused exasperation he directs at the tablet. ]

No celestial piccolo. Nor any other instrument. Angels don't make art.

@cuttingedge; text

[knifecollecting]

This is Jo.

What instruments can you play? I don't have any but I can keep an eye out.

[antiwhat]

hi jo!

i... don't? as such. i'm just going for notes, so easier to play the better. i've got all the time in the world, i might as well do something with it.

[ Ellever's got all the enthusiasm in the world for this. ]

[knifecollecting]

[Interesting, interesting.]

Oh! What are you doing with them?