48 Souls [Accidental Voice Post]

[soul_dissonance]

[At first, nothing can be heard after the soft click of the voice function being turned on. Just footsteps and the shifting of cloth as Soul walks into a room.]

Mm...? What's this doing here?

[His hand brushes up against a wooden surface.] ...Gross. It must have been sitting here for years. [He pulls the communicator out of his pocket and sets it down. On top of an old piano he found.]

[A long pause follows, before the fall board can be heard thunking back, along with the creak of an old chair as he takes a seat.] .....

[And then, after a few notes to test the tuning... he starts to play.]

[Upon the conclusion of the song, the fall board can be heard being shut quietly. Soul lets out a sigh and scratches his head, mumbling.] ...What am I even thinking? [Then, his voice catches as he sees something out of the corner of his eye.] What the... hell.

Comments

[musical-wings.livejournal.com]

That was lovely!

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

...

[Please hold. The Weapon available at this frequency has been disconnected stunned that he left his communicator on at all.]

[musical-wings.livejournal.com]

A-are you allright?

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

Uh, yeah... Sorry about that.

[...]

...Thanks.

[musical-wings.livejournal.com]

Don't mention It!.
It was a wonderful melody.

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[ineuphony]

[Maka was in the other room searching when musical notes flew through her ears. Being suspicious, she exits out of the room and wanders slowly and carefully to wherever the sound was coming from. She peeks in cautiously as she spots her partner playing the piano. At first, she was shocked. He's playing? On his own accord? The last time she heard him play was back when she met him when he wanted to show her what kind of guy he was. Although, she wasn't complaining. Maka always wanted to hear him play again.

So with that, Maka very quietly leans her back against a near by wall--closing her eyes and listened. A soft smile dance across her face; now feeling relax about this whole ordeal--thanks to Soul's playing. But when he comes to a stop; she remain still--lingering in the last note before opening her eyes again--not seeing the ghost.]

...Sounds nice.

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[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

[Soul started as he was sitting on the chair. The ghost that he swore was sitting next to him a few seconds ago not helping matters. But no, he had to realize that his communicator had been turned on without him noticing it sooner? Shit. Uncool, and horrible luck.

He breathed out a defeated sigh, and then turned around on the chair to see Maka standing over in the back.]

How long were you standing there?

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[ineuphony]

Since you started.

[She pushes herself away from the wall and head towards Soul, taking a seat beside him--flashing him a grin before turning her eyes at the piano keys. She becomes curious and lightly presses her finger on a key.]

...It was lovely..

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[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

[Soul scoots over some, watching as along with her as she eyes the piano keys and hits a note. He brushes his palm against part of the wood above the keyboard.]

This thing is out of shape. With a proper tuning, it would sound much better than it does now.

[He grimaces at the smears of dust on his fingers and brushes his hand off on his pants.]

I don't know what came over me just now. Playing like that... it isn't really my thing.

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[ineuphony]

[She giggles a little as presses a few more--making a random melody.]

Is that so? It's sad really. This poor thing going to waste. Perhaps,..someone with a lot of knowledge about pianos could take care of it. Hmm...I wonder who would be perfect for it..?

[Maka stops and gives him a small frown.]

Of course, it's your thing. And you and I both know that you enjoy playing.

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[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

[Soul tried to hide his amused grin. Kind of tacky... He'd tell Maka not to quit her day job, but why spoil the mood?]

...

[He eyed her.] If you're pointing that comment at me in some uncool, sly fashion... you can quit it. I don't know anything about tuning pianos. Just polishing them off with a cleaner, which this thing would sorely need if we could find one.

[Suddenly, he stands up, pushing himself away from the piano.]

...Not as much as you think. Come on.

[He starts to turn to walk away.] We should get going.

[commentlog]

[ineuphony]

Then we'll look for a cleaner or something close to it. You may not know about tuning pianos but I'm sure someone around here does. And can show you how it's done. Then--you can take care of it properly. It needs some attention. And you would be the great person for it.

[Her frown grows more and a glare. She stands up harshly.]

Stop lying to yourself! What's so bad about this?! I love and enjoy reading. It makes me happy! That's why I do it. You enjoy playing the piano and it would make sense to do something that you love! So why do you always push something that you enjoy away?! It's completely stupid!

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[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

[Soul is silent, not bothering to look back as she talk about how he would be a great person for the job. ...Not likely. Even with the music sheets he got as a joke, the piano would be more likely to gather dust until he decided to make sure the tuning was still good on it. No sense in wasting a skill you just learned.]

...

Shut up!

[He grits his teeth, clenching his fists tightly.]

What do you know about what I enjoy doing? Anyone with enough skill can play a piano! Not everyone can have the soul to make it real, and I can't do that. So just cram it!

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[ineuphony]

[Maka jumps slightly at his sudden exclaim; staring at Soul's back in shock. She has seen her partner angry before and she has seen him explode at someone like this--but never towards her. She could feel her heart sink to her stomach and then feel it tying itself into a knot.

The Meister lowers her head as she grows silent for a moment or two.]

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[ineuphony]

F-Fine...

[She takes a step aside away from the seat of the piano; attempting to keep her voice even. Maka walks ahead of him but stops--almost wanting to turn around and face him--but fought against it. Again, she falls quiet until she slowly parts her lips--her voice trembling.]

L-Look around on your own. .....I'm going home.

[And with that, she head towards the exit of the room--trying to keep her tears in after she was out of sight--but she fail to do so as she chokes up a sob; covering her eyes with her arm before running off.]

[commentlog]

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

[Soul turns his head, looking after Maka as the sound of her voice changes. Suddenly, he can feel a lump forming in his throat, and his lips parting to say something-... only nothing but air is coming out of it. He is frozen stock still until she's already left the room.

By the time he can can hear the beginning of a sob and her feet running, all he could see was the empty doorway left behind.]

...

[He breathes out a sigh and scratches a hand through his hair. ...It might be just his imagination, but he swears that he could hear that little demon bastard laughing at him right now.]

Shut up already...

[ilpresto.livejournal.com]

...Wow, Soul. I didn't know you could play!

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

I, uh... don't really play that much anymore.

[ilpresto.livejournal.com]

Really? That's too bad... Like Ryoutarou It was really cool!

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

Sorry. It's just not really my thing... Heh. But thanks.

[secrethistorian.livejournal.com]

So-chan, that was great!

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

...I didn't think so many people were listening to me fool around.

[Voice]

[asymmetriphobic.livejournal.com]

A pleasure to hear, as always.

[Voice]

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

Only because I didn't expect such a big audience.

...Oh well.

/piano ping

[loveinviolence.livejournal.com]

...

[Voice]

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

That was... THAT WAS AMAZING!!!!

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[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

[Voice]

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

[He can't help but laugh at the enthusiasm.] Oi, did you have to remember to breath there for a second?

Hm. It's not really that great.

[Voice]

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

It's fantastic! I never knew you had such skill!

[Voice]

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

Well, like I told Kazuki, I don't play that much anymore... But I do know my stuff.

It comes from being from a family of musicians.

[Voice]

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

There's a clear difference between talent and skill, Soul.

Aw, geez.

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

[...]

hurr hurr

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

[waypastcool.livejournal.com]

Hey, not bad!

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

Heh. What? Did you expect me to throw my hands around the keyboard like a monkey instead?

...Thanks.