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 Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:08 pm
She listened absentmindedly as the teacher chatted on and on about how exciting the topic they were going over was. Staring at her notebook, she doodled circles in the corner of the current page and sighed softly, eager for the class to be over. While she didn't mind her classes, she could name a number of things that she found to be certainly more entertaining. She kept looking up periodically to see if there was an indication of the class ending, but with each glimpse, there seemed to be no end in sight.
After what seemed to be eons to Phaedra but realistically was only minutes later, she made a final glance up and noticed the class was being dismissed at last. Smiling contently she crammed her notebook in her small backpack and flung it on her back and bounced out. While many of her classmates were heading to their rooms, to the cafeteria to get food, or even to different spots to hang out with their friends, she had one goal in mind: the music room. Wandering down the crammed halls, she snaked her way against the flow of traffic, reaching the doorway. Placing her small hand against the door, she took a deep breath and murmured a soft "Pleasepleaseplease be empty."
As long as it had no other occupants, the demon would take the opportunity to go in - to slide in and practice on the piano, her favorite instrument. Though she was sure she could practice on it while there were other students about, she found that she was at her best when she was alone - others unnerved her and caused her to mess up more often than not. Opening it a creak, she pressed her face against the crack, noting their were no other students. With a small fist pump, she slipped in and closed the door behind her. Reaching the piano, she pulled herself onto the bench and immediately started warming up, gliding her fingers up and down as she practiced some scales.
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2016 10:34 pm
He had daydreamed the majority of his class, already having reviewed the material ages in advance, and finding the teacher to be rather boring and bland. There was no passion in their voice, nor anything special to note on the tone in general. Just your everyday Nightmare going on and on about something or other in a higher pitched voice as if speaking with an infant. While he was young, Husk wasn't your average Freshling. Perhaps a bit too aware for his years, it left him feeling unchallenged more times than not, which lead him to having to find entertainment on his own.
When the bell finally gave the ok for the class to end, he took his time gathering up his materials, while everyone else hurried and rushed like madmen. With the majority cleared out, he strolled on out with his little messenger bag, wings gently twitching as he marched along. He followed along the long stretch of hallway, avoiding the taller figures that went the opposite way of him, some brushing past his black wings. But his eyes kept mostly focused ahead of him, only glancing to a few individuals from time to time. Boring, boring, boring, boring~ No one of interest. All the same. With a little, gentle sigh, he was more than prepared to simply return to his dorm and play with his nezubats...
That is, until he noticed that there was a door next to him cracked open juuuuust a teensy bit, as if failed to be completely closed. It was enough to draw his attention, and give pause in his walking. Staring at it, he crept closer to peek inside, followed by pressing an ear in. Eyes widening at the sounds he heard muffled within, he wasted no time in slipping inside. Strutting in, he beelined for the source of the sound, recognizing it as a piano instantly. Spotting the culprit, he didn't even give a hitch in his stride, standing himself right behind the young demon playing, and staring at her dancing hands. Midway through the ascent of one of her scales, he casually interrupted, "Why are you in here playing all by yourself?"
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Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:35 am
Phaedra was getting more into it, putting her own spice into how she was doing the scales. Almost ready to try some simple tunes. Let's just do one more scale... She mentally repeated the notes' name while she pecked at the piano as gracefully as her small hands allowed her to. D, E, F sharp, G, A, B, C sharp, B, A, G, F sharp, E, --... Phaedra was just finishing the D Major scale when she heard a voice. Surprised, her small fingers jammed on the keys, making an unpleasant noise that echoed in the room, coupled with a small squeal emitted from herself. Spinning around, she stared down the other freshling that stood next to her ever so casually. "W-why are you... Why are you in in h-here?!" she said, clearly flustered. She couldn't decide if she was angry, confused, or upset. The demon was caught off guard - she didn't expect someone to come in so quietly. How long had they been watching her?!
Taking a deep breath to try a soothe her frustration, she ran a hand over her oversized sweater to smooth a wrinkle that had formed on it. It had a bit of a calming effect on her; it allowed her to focus her feelings on a small, redundant task instead of blowing up on the indivdual that stood right next to her. "I like being alone. And playing by myself," she said quietly but with a sterness, as if a hint for the other freshling to bug off and leave her alone. She placed her hands to her side as a way to show she wouldn't play until Husk left.
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Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 11:12 pm
The screech of a halt in the playing didn't seem to even phase Husk, who kept on staring wide-eyed and intrigued as before. Even with the clashing soundwaves of conflicting notes... Blinking to the girl as she whipped around to look at him, his smile perked just in a small instant, wings mimicking the raising motion. Clearly he was oblivious to the distress he'd caused... even if it was written all over her face, and evident in her little voice. But he didn't seem deterred in the slightest, and went on in answering her questions with a breezy ease.
Climbing up onto the bench with her, his wings folded limp along his back to keep out the way, his little legs kicking gently under him, a hand raising to run dark black finger tips along the sensitive keys of the piano. So soft and shiny~ "I saw the door was cracked open a bit, so I decided to see what was in here. And then I heard you playing." he explained nonchalantly.
Pressing a few of the keys, following up to the black keys of sharps and flats, back down to the normal notes, creating some rather interesting combinations to the ear, he finally looked back to her, all smiles, "How long have you been playing for? you seem to know what you're doing." he pointed out, totally blowing past the hint she was so clearly aiming at him.
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Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 10:16 am
Phaedra’s small jaw dropped as Husk so casually sat next to her and ran his finger tips on the keys. “W-what do you think you are DOING?!” she exclaimed, her voice cracking at the last word. She wrapped her hand around his wrist and yanked it away. “You can’t just….mosey on in here and just….! Just…! Act like you own this room and… this bench and piano and… Don’t touch the piano!! You could ruin it!!” Always being delicate with the piano and how she played it, she herself wasn’t entirely sure if one could ‘ruin’ a piano, but she certainly did not want that on her conscious. Glaring at him, her face became extremely flustered, unable to control her small explosion of rage. “
She struggled to calm herself down, but managing to take it down a peg, she muttered, “I’ve been playing long enough to understand manners.” While the sentence didn’t really make any sense, she looked at Husk with an intensity that said that she fully believed in whatever she had said.
musicaloner7 [[ Poor Phaedra. too flustered, too upset. + + throwing a little temper tantrum. ]]
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 4:56 pm
DeeJaye poor little sweetu + + ++ Husk is going to give her all the anxiety.
As the grip took hold of his little wrist, he didn't show any sort of reaction, asides from blinking a single time. With the distress eminanting from the poor little demon, Husk only looked over at her with a cocked head, and blank expression. After processing the words shouted at him, he perked up again, and smiled, "Oh I'll be careful, don't worry." he assured, as if that must have been the one and only problem... if he even registered there was a problem to begin with. "But the room belongs to the school, and I go to the school, so that means that anyone who goes here can use it." he concluded with, smile lifting even further, as if he was helping her better understand.
Pink gaze flickering down to her little hands, he reached over with his free hand to return the same grip to one of her wrists, "Play some more, then. I want to see!" he chimed, wings flitting lightly behind him with faint excitement.
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Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 1:26 pm
"N-nooOOoo! That's not what.. I'm saying.. I'm saying that you... can't just... You're not..." she exclaimed, exasperated. She was started to have to take short breaths between her words, clearly becoming very flustered with the fey's inability to understand what he was doing wrong. Squirming in her seat, she harrumphed. "That's not the point though... I take care of stuff and...! And...! You could ruin it! It's not some toy!! It's like, super expensive and stuff!!!" It frustrated her; he had a point - technically anyone could play on the piano, but she enjoyed the idea that she and the select few that were interested in music and piano in particular were the only ones who could have the privilege to play it. Plus, she just didn't want to be shown up by this freshling. If she could convince him to leave her be, then she could play and peace and...
When he grabbed her wrist, she stared at him with furrowed brows. "What are you...doing... aghhh! No, I don't want to play for you!" she said, shaking her head. Feeling the built up frustration reach its peak, she wanted to burst out into tears but told herself not to - maybe he was just toying with her and wanted to see how long it'd take for her to start crying. The demon bit her lip. Phaedra was starting to take a disliking to this poor sweetie freshling.
musicaloner7 [[ such friendship + + ]]
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 1:34 pm
He just... stared at her, blinking, face unchanged by the clear distress that began to overcome the poor little demon. As she stammered, his head canted inquisitively, trying to understand what she was conveying. He couldn't what? he wasn't what?
Her exclamation made his antenna perk, and eyes flicker to the piano. Not a toy? Gaze keeping honed on the black and white keys, he beamed again, turning to the little femme again, "It's an expensive toy. But you do play it, so that means it's a toy!" that's what toys were for. Playing! it made sense to him. "If it's not a toy, then why do they say to play it?" he questioned slowly. What else could it be then?
Patting the keys lightly, to where they only slightly lowered with each press, he twitched his wings gleefully, "don't worry I'm being careful! see? Or the strings will break!" he paused, looking up to the ceiling, as if processing, "maybe..." he muttered as an after thought, before suddenly perking back up. The snap from little Phaedra made him stare. Didn't want to play with him? "How come?" he asked nonchalantly, before his antenna straightened with alarm, "Oh! Cause you don't know my name?" Right! He forgot! Giggling, he sat up straight, "I'm Husk!" so now they could play together. Phew!
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 11:14 am
Phaedra couldn't tell if the fey was out-witting her or if this was some sort of cruel game where he was making fun of her. Either way, it was beyond frustrating. She couldn't deal with this... Clenching her small hands into tight little fists, the demon could feel tears pooling up in her eyes - she let out a loud sniffle. "What is wrong with you?? Do you l-like just... Being an annoying jerk? Do you like just going up to poor nightmares that are having fun by themselves and try to ruin it?? Are all daydreams like you meanie jerks??" Feeling short on breath, she sucked in a big breath and continued fussing, "I j-just wanna be by myself and play the piano by myself and not have jerks make fun of me and tease me!! And I don't want to know your name or have you play on the piano and, and...." she said, trailing off. Why couldn't he seem to understand? It was so obvious to herself..
She used her sleeve to wipe away any tears that collected up in her eyes and streaming snot from her nose. As she finished, she heard him lightly tap the keys, playing quiet staccato notes. "S-stop!!" Seeing him press gently on the keys made her seem to bristle; her spaded tail snapped straight and she narrowed her now-puffy eyes. She wouldn't stand for this! The fey, despite possibly having good intentions, was rubbing her the wrong way and she was too stubborn to see past it.
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 8:27 pm
The sudden outburst from the little demon caused Husk's eyes to enlarge with interest, paying her full attention. How interesting. She sure was getting quite upset and huffy. What for? He listened, and absorbed the slew of words that came from the irate little girl, blinking every so often to show signs of life from his stationary posture. Making fun of her? Jerks? annoying? hmmm.... there must have been some sort of miscommunication.
For a spot of time he was quiet, just letting her words soak in and marinate a little in his mind. It was also in this span of time that he slowly looked around them, and peeked back over his shoulder. She must be talking to him, as he couldn't see anyone else around. But nothing she said made any sense.... Pondering, a small set of fingers wrapped against his chin in thought, piecing together the series of events.
Aha! Finally he reached a conclusion. Pointing at her, he smiled sweetly, "No I think it is you who is being the jerk. You're refusing to share something that isn't yours." There we go, she just had things all turned around! This should clear things up~ he solved her riddle!
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