eachdraidh | 1st Chassé | Action for the Bailey in Seelie Court/Video for Both Courts

[When the video turns on, it's actually a small stream of what appears to be someone spinning the locket over and over in the palm of their hand. There's a small laugh that follows, along with a tone of disbelief.]

Not quite what I meant when I said I wanted a new cell phone.

[Give it a moment before the video rights itself to reveal a blonde boy wearing a hat and stretched out on a bench in the Bailey of Caer Glaem. He appears to just be regarding the locket thoughtfully before he continues.]

Okay! So…hi. [Yes, thank you Ryan.] I'm Ryan, and I'm gonna be honest here I'm still not sure I'm not just dreaming all of this. I've been told I have a pretty vivid imagination. [There's a lopsided grin that follows.]

I guess I'm just sort of curious. Is anybody happier to be here than wherever they came from? [He's also got the map the fairies gave him clutched in his hand and he sort of just waves it in the video feed.] …also anybody know how to read a map? ["Besides everyone but me?" It's a sheepish request and he doesn't particularly like asking, but why learn how to read a map when you come from a place where you have chauffeurs, a GPS, or a twin sister who drives a narcissism mobile? He'd always assumed he'd learn how to read maps during the summer before he went to college and that's still a few months off.] I want to check out the rest of these places but I'm not sure where to start. Thanks a lot.

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[That is completely unacceptable. But then again, Ryan's from a world where singing literally solves problems. Hearing that singing causes more problems still blows his mind and his expression shows it.]

There's gotta be a way to convince them. [A beat.] Have your concerts ever actually caused an uproar like they've been worried about?

The time we convinced them not to attack was also the one time I know of... They had attacked our home planet of Akihabastar. We had to retreat and left the citizens defenseless, so DES took over and caused them a lot of pain. When we came back the people of Akihabaster hated us, but we wanted to believe in them. We performed and they remembered why they loved music... None of them did anything to hurt anyone, but DES did what it always does.

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I still don't understand why music would ever hold the blame. [But then again, it sounds logical when she explains it that way.]

Well! At least you don't have to worry about that here, right?

Mm, here we could bring our song to everyone without any trouble.

But it's just you, isn't it? What're you going to do then?

It's not just me. Even if seems like we're alone, everyone's still connected. I'm not alone at all.

[While that's a nice notion, Ryan's still sort of stuck on the whole "I really want everybody here in the flesh and blood" aspect of his wishes.]

But if they're not actually physically here, how can you still be...you know.

Our hearts are still connected. The voices and dreams of people of the past still exist. They're in our music, our buildings, everything. You might not see them here, but they're still with you.

[...that gives him quite a bit to think about, truth be told. But he's not voicing it. Instead, he's just giving her a slight grin.]

If you ever feel like singing sometime, you should let me know. I'd like to hear it.

[ Were you expecting to hear a song in response to that instead, Ryan? I hope you were. ]

The spotlight,
Like all of this, is so dazzling
Just like the long nights turning to dawn with the morning sun
I absolutely don't want to
Lose to my seniors
We wanted to make our own show

When I was on leave due to injury,
There were painful days when I cried
There were also days
When I lost my balance of school and lessons
However, the encore
I could hear no matter where

The dream is just ahead of the tears
A flower from the smile after the tears stop
The bud that did its best will bloom before long
The dream is just ahead of the tears
Without losing to the driving rain, I'm believing
Until my prayer reaches the sky that cleared up

[He wasn't, but he'll take it. In the end he actually ends up humming along and whenever she finishes she's met with applause.]

Pretty impressive. I like it.

[ She turns faintly pink, but her smile doesn't waver. Ducking her head slightly she made a slight noise, nodding.
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We'll always continue singing no matter where we are. Even if there's no one there to see us, we'll come to see them. So I'll always be ready to sing.

1st Chassé | Action for the Bailey in Seelie Court/Video for Both Courts

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