[IC] Play a duet with the character above you 🎵

Xander hadn't dreamed for years. Not after turning. Still, he was able to recognize a dream and dreaming.
His fingers gently walked over the strings of his lute. His thumb pressing one of the lower strings, allowing his instrument to make a warm but pleasing sound. One that wavered in the Librarium. It was almost as if the tunes played with the edges of this reality. Making the colours brighter. The air sweeter. Wrapped this fabrication of his mind. The notes were almost tangible. The music made the hairs on his arm raise. Xander couldn't really describe it, but allowed his hands to move over the strings once more. It was a joy. A new kind of... Creating.
 
He smiled at Ms Bell. This quiet observer, with her owl like features. Just like Xander recognize dreaming, he knew he was safe here. Hew was… Welcomed here.
His hands were unable to stop. Feverishly, they had hungered for this kind of creating for years. "I do hope you don't mind me, madam," he apologized with a quick smile. "This way of.. Playing, ah," Xander's gaze dropped to his instrument. It was his own lute. He'd recognize the wooden frame of his year's old instruments everywhere. The small scratch underneath the neck, the patterns of Kretsch flowers on its belly. It was his lute, definitely. But younger. The tuning keys were made out of polished ivory. For a second, Xander's fingers faltered, his thumb slipped. Back in his world, the waken world, those tuning keys were replaced by simple iron ones. The ivory keys had been stolen, in a robbery. "-Its something else," he finished his sentence. Xander looked back at her. Wondering if she had ever lost something. Xander's gaze now shifted towards the windows, the inky black darkness behind them, and he paused. Maybe they were both a bit lost in here.
"Come," Xander said as his fingers were still jumping around on the strings. "Please join me if you like," the smile returned on his lips. "Music is my way of speaking. Of finding myself. Ah, if you want, you can take my lute," he forced his fingers to stop. "I can sing." 

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Xander sings (he's a famous opera singer. He has a very low, but warm voice. ) or plays his lute (his favourite instrument he rarely plays these days because he's a busy adult who's scheming to kill an 1080+ year old emperor (#reletable)) 

OMG I love this! The way you built up the scene and their interaction is just *chef's kiss*

"Tu joues de la guitare électrique ? Moi aussi ! [You play the electric guitar? Me too!]" Desrosiers pulls out their red electric guitar that has a sticker of a dripping rose. "C'est un cadeau que j'ai reçu lorsque j'ai commencé à jouer au théâtre. Je répète les chansons avec cette guitare et c'est ainsi que tout a commencé. [It's a gift I received when I started acting in theater. I practiced songs using this guitar and that's how it started.]" They also brought clearbooks with different colors. "Dans quelle langue souhaites-tu jouer ? Le rouge correspond en anglais, le bleu en français, les clearbooks noir en allemand, le violet aux chansons en néerlandais, le vert en italien et les clearbooks orange aux chansons en espagnol. [What language do you want to play? Red means English, blue is French, the black clearbooks mean German, violet has songs in Dutch, green means Italian and the orange clearbooks have songs in Spanish.]" Desrosiers hooks up their guitar to an amplifier while letting Ibis look at the clearbooks. "Euhh... Si tu veux... Tu peux jouer des chansons de comédies musicales européennes ou... Broadway... [Uhh... If you want... You can play some songs from European musicals or... Broadway.]" Their tone changes upon mentioning Broadway. "Certains livrets de comédies musicales de Broadway sont si mauvais que cela... Mais... Il y a des bonnes chansons. Seventeen du la comédie musicale Heathers est bon- [Certain librettos of Broadway musicals are that bad... But... There are good songs. Seventeen from the musical Heathers is good-]" Desrosiers grabs one of the red clearbooks and flips through the pages- "c'est un duo aussi. Les accords sont un peu facile si tu souhaites jouer en tant que guitare rythmique et je joue la guitare solo. Si tu connais pas la chanson, on peut jouer un autre quelque chose. [-it's a duet too. The chords are a bit easy if you wish to play rhythm guitar and I play the lead guitar. If you don't know the song, we can play something else.]"

@ NP: Desrosiers can play piano, electric guitar, violin, viola, cello, treble, tenor and bass viols. And if you want them to sing, they have a pleasant singing voice that's in between countertenor and alto, but they can reach tenor and soprano ranges. Make sure to give them a copy of the lyrics if you want them to sing in another language.

EclipsedShadowK 

Thankfully that dimensional portal lead to a squat in Switzerland in the mid-2020s, directly to the place where the bands practice, rehearse, record, or perform their songs. Desrosiers is easy to spot, with the dark and light long hair, and features that were both infernal and divine. Attila heard the tune of violin playing at one of the rooms, but it was faint and Attila couldn't hear what is exactly was playing. He reached the poster-infested door with the turning doorknob, the curator haven't seen the satisfaction of opening the door since his hands are used to pushing buttons or tapping a card in order to open them. 

Attila was welcomed by the medical student, along with his chemist friend while they play the violin. What lead him was the music playing that rings to his brain, each note and tune was familiar. Sure, he heard it several times, even the older versions of that song. "I... I know that song!" Attila pointed out, he showed the lyrics with his holographic display coming from his arms. "How about we'll sing it, because I always love to sing that with someone." Though, he reminded was Desrosiers was only able to speak French but can understand a plethora of languages. Hungarian wasn't one of them, he looked for the lyrics Desrosiers can understand. "If you want, I can write down the lyrics for you so you can sing it with me."

Attila checked outside to make sure no one's watching, he's not a bad singer but he's hesitant singing in front of many people. "Ok.. I'm ready to sing", Attila sat down, he wrote down a copy of the lyrics for Desrosiers to sing. "This one is from my favorite musical, I'm sure you already know the song.". He cleared his throat and breathe himself deeply, he began to sing with Desrosiers in German. Accompanied by the ominous tune from the violin played by Desrosiers and his friend, like shadows growing out from the notes. As soon as Attila finished his part, hearing Desrosiers in the middle of their part in the song was like hearing an angel coming from the sky. "That was the most pleasant voice I heard" Attila interrupted the song for a bit, "Much more better than the ones I heard from the... robotic, synthesized, tunes from the future."

NP: Attila doesn't play any instrument but can sing. Though, he is hesitant when one will force them to sing. If you let him play any songs from his favorite genres, he is willingly to sing it. His voice is well suited for singing (there's a voice claim in his profile to get an idea). He is more likely to sing if it's just few people around.

If Attila isn't your thing, you can choose Évariste instead. If you Choose Évariste, he is a violinist in an anarcho-goth band. He doesn't do vocals but he may sing outside the band. He has a pleasant voice (to get an idea of voice, theres a voice claim in his profile)

Mod post 💫

Heya EclipsedShadowK? Can you please add an English translation of your French dialogue between brackets for the other people to read? I want this game to be as easily accessible for everyone as possible. U wordt bedankt! ❤️ (Thank you!)

Np: please skip this post and interact with Nuclear-Psychomagnet 👍