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WHAT in person
WHERE ALL OVER
WHEN day 7, evening -> night
NOTES it's just a mingle really

[ Maybe you're getting off work now, or maybe you're just heading there. Or maybe you don't even have a job? Either way, it's a nice quiet evening to be outside in Quiet Mounds. Out on the streets, there's no sound at all. No birds or crickets, no murmur of crowds, no traffic. Isn't it peaceful? ]

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That's the term back home. It's something I can only do through music.

That's fascinating in its specificity.

I'm Tristan. Sorry for interrupting. Will you play again?

Medren. Don't worry about it... any requests? I don't have the greatest handle on the local repertoire, but give me a mood if you like.

Something from your home?

Certainly!

[YOU'RE GETTING WINDRIDER UNCHAINED OKAY. he's showing off a little this time, pulling more on his Gift, making the story live.]

[looks honestly delighted, listening intently, enraptured]

[what a good audience. he's showing off just... musically a bit, as well, adding some finger picking that doesn't strictly need to be in there but sounds cool.]

[definitely impressed by your fingering ;D]

[8D]

That's often a popular one.

I like it a lot. That "Bardic Gift" is really something, too.

Thank you, thank you~

Is something like that trained, where you're from?

The Gift is innate, but Bards are formally trained.

In music as well as the ability, yeah?

[plays a little fanfare-like congratulatory riff]

Exactly. There's a Collegium for it—the Bardic Gifts are fairly heavily regulated.

[grins, amused]

What other kind of Gifts are there?

Well, Empathy... Mindspeech, Farsight, Foresight, Fetching, Firestarting... [makes a slightly awkward face but:] the Mage Gift, which is where any real magic comes in... and various Wild Talents.

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So Empathy can be sort of general, too?

Yeah, it's not always related to music. It depends on the person.

[. . . grins a little, reaching out to tuck a wisp of hair back from Medren's face]

[there's a little pulse of amusement, heat, attraction]

[starts back a little, blushing]

—as you've demonstrated!

[laughing]

I'm . . . an odd one out, where I'm from. So it's interesting to hear about it.

It's not common where I'm from, but it's common enough that my first thought just now was, "But that's so rude!"

[a little arch, but he's also laughing and clearly not too offended]

[bursts out laughing]

I'm a literal demon. I'm especially well-behaved and exceeding expectations.

Oh, like—well, anyway, you're not the only one around here.

Uh, the job description is temptation, I hear?