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I'm in a good mood. So, I think I should share my good mood with everyone! [In one of the ruins by La Llorona, Roa sat with his back to his locket, a number of the twisted trees with human-like faces shifting uneasily in his presence. He carried a lute with him, playing a few notes, interrupting the eerie silence that had otherwise been uncharacteristic of the swamp-lands. Not a toad croaked. Not a mouse squeaked. There was the lute for a moment, before a number of pallid looking spirits rose from the trees, moaning and writhing in front of Roa.]

This is a song from my world--a good one for the moment, I think! Now, before I get complaints about the lyrics-- it's more about the motif than the context...

[The ghosts wailed as Roa raised one hand to interrupt his lute-playing. He curled his fingers and they rolled in pain at his command.]

Like we practiced.

[The ghosts--in bad tune and tempo, all began singing Bob Dylan's 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door'. It was disjointed, lacked timing and none of the spirits understood the keys that had to be taken. Roa didn't mind it, though. He played his lute to set the beat and tempo even if the ghosts failed to accomplish the same. He stopped playing when the song was done, turning to give the locket a lazy sort of smile.]

Terrible, but we've got plenty of time to practice some more.

[The locket cut out.]

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I made them.

[A base answer and one riddled with arrogance, but--hardly a shot away from the truth.]

You can control ghosts?

[Roa raised one hand, turning his index finger in circles in the air.

One of the ghosts rose and imitated him, then replied in a withering voice:]

He--

Can--

[ huh.. that was... weird. and unexpected. ]

That's pretty freaky. [ a beat] How?

Hmmmm. [Come on, Roa, you had some stupid, clever thing to say--]

Y'know. Magic.

[Or not.]

Magic? [ you can hear how unimpressed she is. ] What kind of magic allows you to control the undead like that? [ y'know without being a son of the death god. ]

Necromancy. [Not everyone knew about necromancy--except for necromancers and fantasy buffs--so, he let it slide.]

You know.. necromancy? That's a weird skill to just know.

It's certainly not on the normal path, admittedly.

You need to be aligned with it for it to be at all profitable.

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