two (video)

[paraclete]

[Kaworu is sitting at a terminal, again in the common room of his building, and he seems as content as ever. He's also... somewhat poorly dressed, bearing a lovely array of colors which just don't go together. Dark greens, mild oranges, a random smatter of beige... He has what looks like a purple handkerchief tied around his upper arm, too. Kaworu, please.

He says, easily,] Good afternoon. For anyone listening, I wanted to pose a question. I've been enjoying the media center here; it is a good source of wonder. In particular, I've been very pleased with the music that I've found. Though, something's stood out to me: there is no music that I am familiar with from where I came from. Given the great prominence of Bach and Beethoven and Handel, even after hundreds of years, it's very certain that this place is wholly separate. More importantly, [in his opinion,] the only way I can reconnect with that music now is to reminisce on it myself. Or to play some of it myself. Further into town, there's a music shop which houses instruments, and they've indulged me a few times. Still, I've found immeasurable joy in experiencing the new music this place has to offer.

What I'm wondering, then, is if any of you - from different places, since there seem to be so many - have any songs you'd like to share. I'd be pleased to learn them. If you'd care to sing, I think it would be good. It would bring great happiness to all of us, isn't that so?

[And he seems so serene, yet - at the same time, earnest - that he must really believe that such an activity will bestow enlightenment upon these poor kidnapped masses.

Ah, a thought.] That's right. Kaworu may see this as well. If so, Kaworu, why don't we go down and play something together sometime soon? We should talk.

Comments

[agelostdoll]

No music, huh? Rules out a number of things. Are any of the instruments unfamiliar?

[paraclete]

Nothing was unfamiliar in that respect, though it makes me want to know about their history, to see if any derivative instruments from long ago differ from the ones the ancient Lilin had created. The lyre was created by the Greek people thousands of years ago, for example. Who would have fashioned it here?

You could go and look at them anyway, though. Do you play anything, Shikinami?

[Video]

[5thchild]

[ Kaworu comes to video. He is currently at the library, a lot of books about - well - pretty much everything encyclopedias nearby. ]

Hello.

When would you like to meet?

[Video]

[paraclete]

Any time is fine with me. I can meet with you now, or wait a while. [He's got a lot of time on his hands. Luckily, having a lot of time on your hands is more pleasant when you're not spending fourteen years hanging around in a post-apocalyptic wasteland with a bunch of creeps in a near-abandoned scientific facility... Saeng Seong is shaping up to be much more stimulating than Nerv HQ.]

[Video]

[5thchild]

We can meet now, it's alright.

Do you wish to meet at the music shop?

[Video]

[paraclete]

Yes, that sounds good. I'll see you there.

[Video]

[5thchild]

[ Kaworu nods and turns off the feed, so he can return the books to their shelves and head to the music shop, as planned ]

[paraclete]

[ooc: So!! Would you like to action this up right here or would you rather a log or anything else? ' 3' ]

[5thchild]

[ ooc: i'm alright with whatever you'd prefer! ]

[action]

[paraclete]

[Once Kaworu arrives at the shop, he loiters about out front with his hands in his pockets and his eyes on the piano that's visible through the storefront window. There's no point in looking around to watch for when his double arrives; they'll be able to find one another just fine without eyes. He anticipates their meeting, though.]

[action]

[5thchild]

[ Finding Q-Kaworu is always easy, in this place (finding anyone always is), so when A-Kaworu reaches the shop, he heads right towards him without having to actually look for him. ]

Hello. I hope you weren't waiting too long.

[audio]

[gingerzippo]

You two talk to each other like you're buddies. That is so fucking bizarre.

[audio]

[paraclete]

Is it? What's more natural than conversing with and understanding oneself?

[audio]

[gingerzippo]

Like, balancing a bear on your face, for one. It'd work if that was a metaphor and not, you know, literal.

But hey, I guess it's better to make friends than enemies. But I probably would've lost my shit by now if I met my doppelganger.

[audio]

[paraclete]

[A bear... Badou...]

We share many of the same interests. That alone is a good way to get along, isn't it?

[audio]

[gingerzippo]

[It's true though!!]

I'd kinda think the two of you would, considering you're the same guy. But I'd still freak out. Not to mention you two have the same name.

[Incoming really bad imitation of Kaworu's voice:] 'Would you like to play the violin with me, Kaworu?' 'Why yes, Kaworu, I think that would be lovely!' 'I think it would be lovely as well, Kaworu, quite.' [Somehow they both have bad British accents. Anyway, he drops it.] I mean, what?

[audio]

[paraclete]

Yes, I would like that very much. I was hoping he would oblige to exactly that. You seem to understand the situation well.

[Open mic night featuring KAWORU AND THE KAWORUS. You'd better come and cheer them on.]

[audio]

[gingerzippo]

[Will there be free food.

Kaworu no he was joking why do you do this to him] Instinct, I guess. [He probably shouldn't be talking about what's normal with these two.]

So, you wanna know about [real] music, huh? How do you feel about heavy metal?

[audio]

[paraclete]

I've been exposed to it only peripherally. Those who raised me didn't see fit to provide me with examples. [SEELE, you prudes.] I was given mostly the classical genre, and some other things. Once I was able to listen to two records by The Beatles.

How do you feel about it?

[audio]

[gingerzippo]

[SEELE why would you deprive such a bright and brilliant star from the greatest music on this earth]

You're kidding me. The Beatles are ancient, kid, and definitely not heavy metal. Next time you're free, we're gonna head on over to the common areas so you can get yourself an education.

[self_replication]

I have found something superficially akin to music of home. Unfortunately, it lacks much of what made the music. [which annoys the hell out of him :<.] I can't speak of any vocal music though.

[He never was one for it anyway. Give him instrumental pieces any day.]

[paraclete]

And what, to you, made the music? What does it lack?

[self_replication]

The live performances and some of the instrumental solos are lost, to name but a few. The overall tone, while similar, is markedly different too. It is understandable given we are on another world, though irritating none the less.

[paraclete]

Yes, I understand. Though, you do not enjoy the discovery of new music?

[self_replication]

Ah but is discovery not an experiment in taste? Much like meeting one's self is, I suppose.