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He saw the way her expression shifted and snickered quietly. Suppose she hadn't thought of that-- "Honestly, might give that a shot. Something like Careless Whisper would be a hilarious contrast to this, wouldn't it?" He lifted the saxophone to his lips, played a couple of beginning notes, and then lowered it with a laugh. "Not what someone would expect to hear when going for a fight."

Also, he was totally the type to suggest that instead of doing what they were doing, they could instead do--

He'd keep that to himself, though.

Huh. Alright. Maybe he was more of a Neptunian soul than he thought if they were all musical like that. Guess that might explain why the saxophone he was holding was just about the only thing he had ever taken to besides interacting with people, learning people, and taking a damn nap. Violins, ocarinas, harps, saxophones -- maybe it wasn't all of them, but it was certainly enough to be a pattern...

He followed her gaze upward, pursing his lips. "Music's obvious up there? I've only been once, long enough to get this," he flashed his signet ring, the only reason why he had the misfortune of knowing how to get to those generators in the first place, "but it was mostly just dark. Was lucky I had my phone on me."

Dark and surrounded with water--

"I imagine yours is different? Amphitheatre maybe?"

Good, she was laughing.

Hearing her giggles widened Abzu's charming smile. Seeing others happy and relaxed was his general preference and so far as he pushed for things, that was the type of thing he pushed for. He'd keep the flirty tendencies down -- had a feeling those might miss the mark with the way she hadn't thought of the sexy elements of slower saxophone music -- but friendly? He could do friendly all day, especially with someone as pleasant as her.

Hopefully, all the Neptunians had these vibes...

"Teach?" Michelangelo had never been much of a teacher, but he could make some exceptions when it came to teaching his favorite things. He eyeballed the ocarina first, starting with, "Well, the fact that you have a woodwind instrument is a good start -- this is a woodwind too," he held up the saxophone, adding with some amusement, "even if a lot of people mistake it for a brass instrument, so a lot of things should be pretty easy to translate."

He grinned. "Let me look up some things about how that translates into ocarina. Bet it exists." Abzu winked. "Or I can figure it out."

Abzu was quite confident in himself.

Cove sounded cool too, though the performer in him was definitely taken with the idea of a pavilion. "And alright, bet. I'd love to see that pavilion, for one. Maybe you can show me what Neptune is other than pitch darkness." He had also heard the sounds of water and in relation with her having a cove and them both having seashells on their uniform...

Huh.

"...Is Neptune a water planet?"

If there was one thing Abzu loved -- well, besides relaxing and napping -- it was performing. The idea of exploring some foreign stage was in some ways delightful and also seemed considerably less unnerving than whatever his place on Neptune was. He hadn't run into any stages yet, for one, not that he could see anything other than what his phone had lit up--

"Ah, right, these send messages, right?" He hadn't tried it -- nor had he seen a Mauvian yet to improve it -- but he did have the loose idea of how it worked. "Write a message, stamp it with this symbol here." The symbol, that looked like a mutation of the symbol he supposed was related to Neptune due to the fact it was all over both himself and Pendour. "Not holographic like we got from the aliens, but." It probably was a good thing he had at least found this, now when he thought about it.

Probably.

He still could have done without the aliens and the generators--

"Huh. Taking some real Poseidon influence I guess." The sea connection made sense from that mythological context, at least, and considering they were dealing with ancient wars caused by legend, magic, aliens, and more, he was willing to buy that. Considering the actual scientific reality that seemed to no longer be reality -- he wouldn't consider it from that perspective. "Might explain the water noises I was hearing at my," he paused, announcing, "wonder," slowly as if the concept sounded odd. "'Not that I could see much, but..."

Water sounds, darkness ... Wait.

It wasn't dark because it was under the--

No, no.

"I look forward to seeing how your wonder interprets that, in any case." He grinned. "It sounds like a good place to chill."

Clearly, priorities.

"Phone would be easier, probably." Though he really should learn how to use this thing. Didn't seem like it would take much. Could he just type out the messages he wanted to send? "Though this is pretty low effort. Should probably learn it."

Water ... bubble.

Ah.

His suspicions were right.

Abzu's thoughts cut off as his eyes widened in surprise.

It was dark because it was under the sea, wasn't it? That was what it was. He was deep under the surface of the waters that somehow existed on the supposed gas planet Neptune. That might take him a few more moments to get used to. "Very Poseidon vibes," he muttered, letting out a deep breath. Alright. His wonder was somehow underwater. He was over it. "I guess that might explain the impenetrable darkness I was seeing."

Musical beings who lived under the sea. He might have hummed a few bars under his breath.

Beanbags and pillows and blankets under a watery sky sounded nice, though. His shoulders relaxed as he beamed, "Look, I'm always up for beanbag chairs and pillows. Actually have a giant one in my room." That was, of course, a yes. "Just let me know when. I'll be there."

He wouldn't put off anything related to going to sleep.

Deeper in the ocean...

Yeah, that tracked, and as he took her phone from her and pulled his own phone out of subspace to get that entered in, he pondered briefly over the concept of things like pressure and what kinds of people lived in this space that was on an apparent water planet-- Couldn't have been anything like a human, right? Had to have been more adapted for the depths. Knowing that kind of thing though was meant for people who had biology knowledge--

His thoughts cut off as Pendour expressed her delight, and Abzu grinned. He invited people for a whole variety of reasons, honestly, but chilling and relaxing was the absolute top of the list. He was likely to give an easy agreement, but he saw the way she paused, blinked, and held herself back, so he handed her the phone back instead while he waited to see why she had paused.

Abzu offered a smile at the murmur.

"Yeah, sure," he laughed easily, tucking his phone away. "Look, I think a lot of stuff in my house is a very necessary experience to share. I have a hot tub too if that's your vibe."

It was certainly his.

"Didn't overstep. You're a cool person, and we're both apparently Neptunian souls or something. Or if the Negaverse line is to be believed, foreign souls born here to invade the Earth." He snickered. "Being friends is a good thing."

And he was very ready to accept more friends and fewer fights in this strange magical saxophone business.

Abzu was hard to bother and even harder to offend as a general rule. And people inviting themselves to his house? Honestly, the least of his worries ... so long as they weren't Chaos, he guessed. He probably wanted to avoid doing that now. Couldn't have them figuring out his identity or some other nonsense--

Oh, good, she liked hot tubs too.

Perfect.

He glanced up to the sky, not quite able to determine the time by looking at the sky but figuring it was getting later by the fact that it looked like the position of the moon had shifted-- "Alright. I look forward to it." Abzu looked back at her with a grin. "And good to meet you. This is, uh, a lot better than having random agents attack me while generators infect fields."

Hopefully, all his conversations could stay this pleasant.

"See you soon!"