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Upon hearing someone walking near her, she abruptly quit playing. Serika wasn't a fan of people sneaking around, whether intentional or not. Her eyes narrowed and she listened to see if anyone was coming closer to her. Feeling a bit "safer" she went back to playing. Like usual, the melody was different from the first time, but there was still the same sense of passion put into it.

She decided that as pleasant as the music hall was, more and more people were coming. She realized that she more than likely wouldn't be able to hide from everyone the rest of her stay here, but she would be damned if one of them tried to talk nice with her. Deciding there would be better places for her to hide in the northern courtyard, she silently made her way from the building. Her blue marked body made it easy for people to see her, but that didn't mean she had to act like they were there.

As Rachel finished her song, she opened her eyes to see Yrael as he was taking his spill onto the floor. Blinking in surprise, she stood up from her seat, taking her potted fern with her, and made her way over to him.

"Hey," she called out in a voice just loud enough for him to hear as she walked over. "Are you all right?"

As she reached his side, she knelt down beside him, wondering what exactly was wrong and whether there was anything she should do to help out. It wasn't like she had healing powers or anything, but at least she could help prop him back up or something.

Rachel rolled her eyes a little at this. It was happening again already, and she'd barely even talked to this boy. Stupid superhero grade beauty. Sure would be nice to be able to turn that off once in a while. All the same, she stood up, offering a hand to help him up off the ground.

"If you say so," she said rather nonchalantly, trying to keep an air of cool about her. "My name's Rachel."

Right... Rachel thought to herself, still with a half-amused smirk on her face. That's what they all say. She quirked an eyebrow at Yrael, wondering if he was really going to be okay, but decided to let it go for the moment. "Well, if you say so..."

Leaning over, she took a look at the violin case he was carrying. "Violin, huh? How long have you been playing?" She'd always wanted to play a duet with someone sometime, just to see how it would sound. Nobody else back home really played any instruments - her father and brother both sang, but she was never interested in vocal accompaniment from either of them, especially since it usually just devolved into a bizarre competition of vocal oneupsmanship between father and son.

"Know any classical?" she asked, shaking her childhood memories from her head for the time being.

Rachel nodded at Yrael, smiling approvingly at his credentials as a musician. Maybe he would be fun to play some duets with. There were plenty of classical songs, especially from operas, that featured both pianos and violins prominently. Perhaps she'd try asking him about it.

And that was when he made the comment about having a split personality. She raised her eyebrows in surprise, not having expected something like that to come out so suddenly. Also, it was odd that he was aware of his alternate persona - in Rachel's experience, people with dissociative identity disorder were very rarely aware of their condition unless they were actively undergoing some form of therapy.

Looks like I've found an interesting one here, she mused to herself. Oh well, he seems normal enough otherwise, and at least he hasn't hit on me yet.

"Well... I hadn't expected something like that..." she said finally, shrugging her shoulders as she admitted her surprise. Waving it off, she admired the violin as he took it out of its case. The craftsmanship was very good - it was clear that this particular instrument had seen many years, and the sound as he drew the bow across the strings only seemed to punctuate this fact.

"So... what do you say to a duet?" she asked as he finished his song, gesturing over toward the piano. "I've always wanted to try playing along with someone else."

Rachel smiled, waving her hand. "No, I don't really play anything but the piano. I was hoping you'd keep playing your violin there and I could accompany you." Thinking to herself for a moment, she tried to think of a good song that the two of them could try together.

Several seconds later, a smile appeared on her face as she came up with something. "How about Concerto in D Minor by Felix Mendelssohn? That's a good piece for just a piano and a violin. Want to give it a try?"

((I don't know it either. I just looked on wikipedia for a while until I found something with both piano and violin. Huzzah for Internet!))

"All right then, let's give it a try," she said as she headed over to the piano and sat down, cracking her knuckles before placing her hands above the keys. Taking a deep breath and nodding to herself, she looked back over to Yrael, nodding again just briefly before starting in on the opening piano chords.