psl with noah!!

[rainshaveceased]

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[waywardsong]

[his hands were in fact at his waist, and then they fly into the air]

Whoa!

[he jumps, and blinks down at the puddle on the floor]

... that's handy.

[rainshaveceased]

...You really were just going to undress right there.

[not judgemental, just. kind of amazed?]

[waywardsong]

Yes? I was soaked down to my smallclothes, that's not exactly comfortable. If this weren't a dream, I'd have stripped down and looked for a fire to hang my clothes by, and then I'd see about finding something warm to drink.

[he puts his shirt back on, sheepishly]

[rainshaveceased]

[SIGH. why must you be like this. why must the shirt go back on.]

Regadless, it seems we are trapped here for the time being.

[the sound of the rain beating down is still clearly audible, with no indication of abating]

[waywardsong]

[it doesn't have sleeves so at least you still get to admire the bare arms

ahrun'ya glances around, the familiar surroundings of the interior of most elpis buildings shifting... into something cozier. there's a fireplace now, with a crackling fire, and a low sofa in front. notably, there is a lute resting against the wall]

Oh... this looks different.

[rainshaveceased]

...Ah. How appropriate.

[it's a bit too appropriate actually. this kind of a romantic atmosphere is extremely dangerous.]

[waywardsong]

This feels like some inns I've been to...

[he goes over and picks up the lute, hefting it, smiling as he strums a few chords]

Tuned and everything.

[rainshaveceased]

It would be a worrying sign indeed if your subconscious provided an instrument out of tune.

[waywardsong]

Probably would mean I'd hit my head.

[he takes a seat, and starts playing a song]

... it's a work-in-progress. I still don't have all the lyrics written yet. Just a few verses. It... took me a long time to put this song together.

[rainshaveceased]

[listens, still just standing, his expression shifting to something melancholic]

...It is a beautiful piece.

[waywardsong]

... thanks. It's... about you. Sort of. It's about a lot of things, but... you, and Emet-Selch, especially.

Did you ever play an instrument?

[rainshaveceased]

[a long pause]

I used to play the piano.

[waywardsong]

Hmm... I can see that. Do you think you could still play it now?

[rainshaveceased]

I don't know. I haven't thought about it in a long time.

[waywardsong]

Would you want to... if I played with you?

[rainshaveceased]

...Yes. I... I think I would like that.

[waywardsong]

[the joy on ahrun'ya's face is immediately apparent, along with his ears wiggling

and oh look, there's a piano by the wall now]

[rainshaveceased]

[he slowly walks over to the piano and stops to run his fingers lightly along the keys before taking a seat]

[waywardsong]

[ahrun'ya stops playing for a moment, letting elidibus get situated. he rests his hands on the top of the lute's body, chin on top of both of his hands, watching]

[rainshaveceased]

[he takes a deep breath and then, hesitantly, begins playing. it is an incomplete song, the flow melody missing from the end]

[waywardsong]

[ahrun'ya closes his eyes to listen intently, though he opens them again to just watch elidibus. his expression turns to one of admiration, of tenderness]

... beautiful.

[does he mean the song, or the one playing it? hard to say]

[rainshaveceased]

[he glances back, uncharacteristically embarrassed]

I never finished that one, but... I wrote it with you in mind.

[waywardsong]

[his eyes go wide, looking equally embarrassed]

I... oh. Really? Wow...

[he seems too flustered to say much else for a moment, and then he takes the lute and plays the first few notes of the song elidibus just played]

It went like this?

[rainshaveceased]

[turning back to the piano makes for a wonderful excuse to hide his face, so he starts playing the song again, slightly slower]

[waywardsong]

[this is absolutely a better option than looking deeply into elidibus's eyes right now, ahrun'ya concurs.

he picks up the notes quickly, quickly adjusting when he hits a wrong note, and pretty soon he's playing with elidibus, albeit at a slightly slower pace]

I think I'm getting it...