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Madhuri ([personal profile] songbird_slayer) wrote in [community profile] melodiesofkupo2018-04-12 12:18 pm

[Video]

...Excellent! My Lady, it's ready!

[The interior of a sparsely-decorated room flickers to life over the feed, and it's immediately apparent that the room belonged to one of the newcomers pulled fresh from the Dream Width, and someone is playing some sort of music. But as someone hoists up the slate and swings it to the right, the figure seated in the chair is currently occupied.

Ring-covered fingers are strumming the strings of something guitar-like, and the figure is rather lost in it, singing nothing in particular. This goes on for about ten seconds.]


Ahem... Lady Madhuri?

[The figure sits up a little taller with a start, eyes fluttering open. The music resumed as she continued to strum, but the smile was sheepish as her eyes turned to the screen.]

Oh. Oh! Yes, thank you. I'm sorry, my instruments seem to have been left behind in the last jump. Makes a bard's fingers itchy. This loaner suits me nicely until I pay this world's bard college a visit.

[With a flourish, she raised a hand and wiggled her fingers in greeting.]

Good afternoon. I am Madhuri, a bard and a dancer by trade. I found myself curious, so I had to cut the ribbon on this little network as it were and pose a question:

Where are you from? What's your tale? ...Of what you're comfortable sharing, of course. Perhaps this can grant the opportunity to build a little bit of a... a... ohh, what's the word- rapport! Yes. A rapport.

Tell me tales of adventure, of victories and defeats, of loves won and loves lost! Perhaps I'll create a song out of a few, and it will be a little gift. Free, of course. Unless of course you're willing to tip.

[She pulled her feathered cap from atop her head and gave it a tip.]

That's all from me. Enjoy your day. For those of you still panicking about your situation? Breathe, dear. In and out. It'll be alright. Find friends and hold them dear.

Bye-bye~
conniemaheswaran: (ConnieEmbarrassedSmile)

[personal profile] conniemaheswaran 2018-04-17 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Connie blushes, rubbing the back of her neck. "Y-Yeah. Almost a year after I met Steven, two Homeworld Gems paid a visit to Earth, and, uh. Got very close to destroying the town he was living in. After that, I wanted to find a way to help protect the planet myself, so Steven pushed me to talk to Pearl and have her teach me the ways of knighthood."

"She had some... projection issues. That would be a pun if you knew how Gems worked. Anyways, she had this whole self-sacrifice-to-prove-her-devotion problem with Rose, and the problem is that while she can take fatal blows to almost any part of her body and come back fine in a few days, if not hours, I'm, well. Human. She almost drilled that mindset into me permanently, but Steven snapped me out of it, and together we helped her confront her baggage. Some of it, at any rate. There's still a lot left to unpack. I still train with her, but she isn't as intense."
garyoutensei: (saving my pride but losing my soul)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-04-17 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't get smart with me. What the hell are you? I've seen non-humans around here, but nothing like you.
garyoutensei: (anger can be power)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-04-17 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
So you envy humans? Am I hearing right? -There's that edge of panic in her words again. It's so well cloaked by frustration, but the anxiety still managed to seep through.-
mech_and_mutt: (Hand)

[personal profile] mech_and_mutt 2018-04-17 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, until then, he can kindly keep his grit to himself. But Red's not going to press the matter. He's just going to take another sip of his flat white and mumble something into the rim of the mug. For now.]

'least you seem like you're fittin' right in here. You did say you got a lot of travel, though.

Hey, y'ever been to a place like this before?
conniemaheswaran: (Default)

[personal profile] conniemaheswaran 2018-04-17 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, no! We've gotten a lot better since then, and so has Pearl. She's honestly by second best friend at this point. Apparently she had this whole heartfelt musical number while she was in Empire City with Greg and Steven about finally accepting Rose is gone and she needs to find a way to move on. And she has, for the most part. She's still wishwashing over she wants to call this girl that gave her her number at a rock concert."
mech_and_mutt: (What?)

[personal profile] mech_and_mutt 2018-04-18 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
You dance? Haha! THAT'S somethin' I gotta see sometime. --Oh, and don't forget the cookin'. Or is that just somethin' new you're trying?

[Admittedly, she was starting to lose him with this talk of portals, though...]

So... does that mean you might be able to leave when the moon's just right?
uponjade: (Cause I feel the same)

[personal profile] uponjade 2018-04-18 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
I love jasmine tea, it always has been one of my favorites. As for the war, to my knowledge only her majesty has such talent but she is eternal. Might come with the territory.

Hm...I don't know what else there is. While there was an ordeal before my arrival here I know less about that then the origins of my home.
chefbayardee: (happy)

[video]

[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-04-18 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The video feed blips on, and Hunk is sitting on a couch, awkwardly shifting the slate to get the best angle. But then a faint bobbing motion grabs the frame, and- ]

Bal, just stand on the table.

[ He laughs, and the moogle lets out a dejected "kupo" before plopping on a firm surface. No more shifting and shaking. ]

Sorry about that! Wanna hear the story about how me and my friends successfully inspired a slave revolt?
cidsgirl: (EXCITE)

[personal profile] cidsgirl 2018-04-18 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Woo-hoo! Let's keep in touch.
garyoutensei: (the last gang in town)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-04-19 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
-Something like that, then... Baiken's next words were curt, but that anxious energy was gone from them.-

I don't need your life story. I just needed to know you weren't going to be a problem.
garyoutensei: (oooh she's a killer machine)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-04-19 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
You tell me. Why would you? -Despite the initial panic being gone, she still held onto her distrust. It just wasn't as magnified.-
mech_and_mutt: (Wait a minute...)

[personal profile] mech_and_mutt 2018-04-19 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
Tarokka cards? Aren't those the ones with the goofy pictures that you see fortune tellers throwing around?

[That you can't get a decent game going with, either?]

Those are actually magical?
garyoutensei: (what it is what it be)

[personal profile] garyoutensei 2018-04-19 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
-Baiken sneers at the statement, not that it could be seen.-

Quit being a smartass. I need to know you're not going to be a problem.

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