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[nobleminded]

[The picture starts on a stack of quiet a few thin books. Closer inspection would reveal that they are apparently collections of piano music. Some music lover seems to have lucked out and found these for dirt cheap somewhere since they're next to useless in this place.

Right as people may begin questioning who is doing this, a kitten that's appeared on screen before walks up and starts curiously poking at the books with her nose. A hand reaches in to grab her as the tablet is seemingly placed against the books due to the odd angle it holds for a few moments.]

Hey, be careful with those!

[The voice, if recognizable, is oddly soft and gentle despite the chastising. Like he was hoping no one would hear that. Oops.

Finally the video sharply turns to show a very serious looking Elliot as Arietta squirms from his grasp onto his shoulder.]

Does anyone know who these people are?! Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Tchaikovsky... [He probably mispronounced a few of those.] There are dozens of these guys and I've never heard of any of them! Do all of them live in this place?!

[Elliot seems to think that finding out this information is incredibly important from the tone in his voice.]

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[redheadcarrier]

They're composers.

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[nobleminded]

That's obvious! But how much did they compose? Where are they from? Information like that.

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[redheadcarrier]

How do you not know who Mozart was? Ugh.

Anyway, Mozart and Beethoven were both Germans, Tchaikovsky's Russian and Chopin's Polish, I think. They all lived like two hundred years ago or something and they're pretty much some of the most famous composers of classical music!

Seriously, how can you not have even heard of them before?

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[dragonspeak]

[Wow those are some pretty strange names. Not that he'd be able to tell if they're mispronounced or not.]

Haven't heard of them, if they do. Did they leave their books somewhere?

[That's what Merlin's guessing, at least.]

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[nobleminded]

It looks more like they wrote some of the music that's in these books. But they obviously don't exist where you're from, either.

[solitaire]

You askin' for a history lesson, or one in music?

[nobleminded]

Either! The history of a piece is important in knowing how to properly perform it, after all!

[solitaire]

Well, they all come from different times an' places. Which one y'want ta know about, first?

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[onemoredeath]

[Takegami will turn on the video feed, but all that's viewable is piano keys and his hands as he plays this little piece.]

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[nobleminded]

You found an actual piano here?! [Which likely needs tuning in a place like this but he'll ignore for now it in favor of other questions if that is the case.]

Which piece is that?!

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[onemoredeath]

Some time ago. I found it in the outside lands, brought it here and restored it. The theater has a piano as well and there was a bar that had one. Alas, that one was destroyed during an attack.

[He would never play an out of tune instrument although it did take forever to restore it to the point of being in tune.]

Chopin's Raindrops.

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[courageous_wit]

They're composers.

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[nobleminded]

Obviously! But there must be more to them than that! Compositions come from a person's own experiences, after all!

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[boughtabookstore]

They lived on Earth a very long time ago. All of them are famous classic composers, from approximately the 1700 to 1800's.

[nobleminded]

So you're saying their works have been preserved for centuries?

[boughtabookstore]

So it would seem, certainly. They are worth it.

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[osakastrut]

Wait, you're kiddin' me, right? Even I know who those guys are. Pretty sure none of them live here, but hell, who knows, they've brought weirder people before.

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[nobleminded]

Don't sound so proud of yourself when you've obviously forgotten the circumstances here! You think it might be possible to meet them here?

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[scienceinacan]

Dead musicians?

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[nobleminded]

And?! They obviously are important ones if I can find their works after their deaths!

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[scienceinacan]

I suppose they are important to musicians... but I don't really think there's a deeper meaning than that...

Nothing like the musicians making pacts with the devil or anything like that. At least not those musicians....

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[skypsalms]

I don't think they're alive in this place, but they are famous composers back where I'm from. I personally like Chopin and Bach...though you didn't mention him.

[ there's a little beat as she hums a few notes from pieces they've composed ]

I'm sure that someone else has told you about where and when they existed by now but if there's anything else...

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[nobleminded]

Bach...

[He grabs one of the books from in the pile and begins flipping through it.]

Yes, I thought I saw that name too! How many musicians in this world have had their works preserved like this?!

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[isnotalone]

[There will be giggling at Nanami's part as she takes notice of the kitten and the way the owner was so gentle to it. Even if he did sound like a grump, it was still too cute for words.]

How cute! [Give her a second to gush over the cat a little more in the background.] Your cat looks really sweet. Is it a he or she?

[Forget the music questions for a minute, clearly the cat stole the show for being so cute!]

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[nobleminded]

THERE'S NOTHING CUTE!

...She's a female cat, yes. I have yet to see her true owner searching for her.

[Since it's totally not him grabbing her from an alley. Nope.]