exsilium | 1st Set - Christmas Day Duet

[Seiya has the tablet set up so the edges of the video feed are also the edge of the room. Behind her is Lyra the Harp, seen at right, who is one of Lucy Heartphilia's (

celestial_wizard) Celestial Spirit friends. She is at the ready with harp tuned and Seiya has no mic, but hey small room will echo just fine over the feed. Seiya is dressed in her stage suit (seen at left) that she came into Exsil with since this is indoors. All around them is a circle on the floor of unlit lanterns made from.]

Seiya: Good evening, everyone! It's Christmas Day and I know I've only known some of you a short time, but I think many of us have something in common: people we miss very much. Thanks to Miss Lyra here, I've been able to prepare a small set for all of you tonight. My name is Kou Seiya, of the band Three Lights in Japan, and I hope you enjoy our short Christmas Day show! [A quick turn off-camera as she whispers with a smile] Lea, Tsuzuki, if you please? [With that she walks back to stand by Lyra and nods] 1,2...

[The ring of lanterns light up one after another and Lyra begins playing the first song and Seiya introduces it.]

Seiya: This is "Christmas Eve" by Tatsuro Yamashita [Lyrics]

"Christmas Eve Tatsuro YamashitaEnglish" (Watch on YouTube)

Seiya: Next will be "Winter Song" by Dreams Come True [Lyrics]

"DREAMS COME TRUE - WINTER SONG" (Watch on YouTube)

Seiya: Our last song was written by Lyra herself, and she has kindly allowed me to sing it for you all tonight as we bid farewell to the light of day. May you all keep the hope of this holiday in your hearts throughout our time together. Like stars twinkling in the night sky, we can come together like constellations and support one another. Someone special taught me that and I am glad to know her sentiment is shared here. So here it is - "Song of the Stars."

"Fairy Tail: Hoshiboshi No Uta-Lyra's Song [lyrics/english sub]" (Watch on YouTube)

[English lyrics transliterated into a duet by

frudence with creative licensing due to stuff Lea told her in this thread. Regular text is Seiya; italics in parenthesis are Lyra singing; bold is both.]

[When Seiya starts singing, if you are looking for any deeper meaning to the music, or Seiya as a person, or really enjoy the music, you can see a backlit visage of Seiya's princess in your mind per her Musical Telepathy Ability.]
Hey there my old friend, / I can see you (You see me?)
Standing right there / just beyond my reach
Hey there my old friend, / I will swear this (You swear it?)
We have a bond that will not / ever break

When you're out walking / (The wilderness is too vast...)
You're holding back all your tears- / You're so close to tomorrow!
For your sake I'll be the star / (From my childhood...)
Shining a light / and guiding you home

For your sake I'll sing this song / (You wrote it for me?)
All that I ask: / smile once more

[During the instrumental from the video]
Hey there my old friend, / I can see you (You see me?)
Standing right there / just beyond my reach
Hey there my old friend, / I will swear this (You swear it?)
We have a bond that will not / ever break

[Both during the ending vocalization from the video]
For your sake I'll be the star / looking ever on
Shining a light / and guiding you home

[Japanese lyrics from here]

[And with that Seiya and Lyra bow, then let the lanterns dim and fade out. They will, however, keep the feed on to respond, after they turn on the regular lights.]

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I guess it's alright to tell you, since you know my secret.

[She pulls her Sailor Change Star from her pocket.] This doesn't just give me powers. It also marks me as one of the Soldiers honor-bound to protect the ruler of my kingdom, my planet. Her name is Princess Kakyuu. [Seiya almost whispers her name in reverie.]

And she had to flee our enemy, to find something that could stop her. My fellows and I tracked her here, to Earth, but she still won't appear to us. [She does get a little sad and frustrated, but mainly at herself.] So we keep searching - hoping someone else has seen her in passing.

[ Lucy and Lyra both listened curiously, though Lucy looked more concerned at mention of the Princess fleeing an enemy. She might be hidden because it was too dangerous to show herself, but she could understand a little of how it might feel to be searching for someone who seemed to not want to be found.

Natsu and the other dragon slayers came to mind on that. ]

Princess Kakyuu... the image of a woman I've never seen surfaced while you were singing, back then - Lyra, you saw it too, right?

[ The celestial spirit nodded, looking serious, and Lucy glanced back towards Seiya. ]

Is.. was that the Princess you were referring to?

[Seiya is genuinely surprised that Lucy saw anything that clear.]

You could tell that it was a woman? That's amazing-

[She even smiles a little in embarrassment, but also in awe.] When I sing, regular girls don't tend to see anything at all, let alone something so vivid as the Princess herself. It's what we always want to happen, but it's rare.

[ Lucy quirked an eyebrow in surprise. ]

That happens every time you sing? [ Though the amazed response gets her to blush a little sheepishly, and she laughs. ]

That.. it must be because of how much you put of yourself into your song, and how much you wanted to see her?

[ Maaybe? ]

[Laughing, Seiya nods.] That's part of it, for sure. One time Taiki got worried it wouldn't work, and well... it didn't. If I don't care enough about the princess, it definitely wouldn't happen when I sang.

Still, there's another part of it, and I can't tell you exactly why... but the only other person I've known to see her for sure was Usagi.

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