ladywithnovoice | Function (8) - Video / Action for Goldenrod

[Red doesn't use video very often. When you're mute, it's generally a null point. Today, however, there's a flicker of text- ]

I've been working on something. Let me know what you think.

[And video suddenly comes to life.]

[After making sure Spark the Mismagius is holding up the Pokegear properly, Red steps away. Staying in a city again has given her cause to dress up nicely once more, makeup applied and Boxer's battered jacket draped over a simple light blouse. That's by far the least interesting aspect about the scene she's in front of, however.]

[Behind her are her Pokemon, arranged with a variety of musical instruments. A Gardevoir is adjusting an electric guitar around her shoulders, while a Sylveon blinks open one sleepy eye from his stool by a harp. A Chikorita waves with one vine to the camera, using the other to hold up a Mandolin, and behind it a Blaziken is awaiting eagerly at a drum set. In the middle of it all, Switch the Chatot is on a perch preening.]

[All of this on a little section of sidewalk in Goldenrod. It's a nice set up, with Red having taken all morning to get it ready.]

[The woman in question goes over to an electric piano, takes a breath, and whistles. Well practiced, the Pokemon begin to play. Rousing herself, Switch begins to sing, her voice rising up beautifully in a mimicry of her trainer's lost one.]

I see the lights
dance on the bay
All of the dark falls away

A glow from the heights
glances along the water's skin
Nimble and bright, swallowed in

I'm always breathless to see
growing so slowly to greet me
where I end and where she begins...

[Switch sings to the end of the song, wing stretching out as she revels in the performance, but soon the notes fade away. Spark flicks off the gear, and her clumsy text comes next.]

we have been practin!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

That was beautiful. Anyone could tell you've spent a lot of time and effort on this. Are there going to be repeat performances?

I'm thinking about it. The last time I did a big performance, something went wrong. However, it's been years now, and this is different. I think I'm ready for this sort of thing again.

If you bring other Pokémon to serve as assistants, I'm sure they could keep an eye out for any technical mishaps. With their help, I'm sure everything would go well.

It's a shame I can only have so many Pokemon with me at once. I guess I'll have to start finding a Psychic-type that's willing to learn.

That'd be perfect! You wouldn't even need to find one with limbs or opposable thumbs, just one with precise control over its powers and a great capacity for multitasking.

At least I've heard that psychic types are especially smart. Theoretically, it shouldn't be hard to find one that's good at multitasking.

That part's easy. Finding one that fits in well with the rest of the group might be more difficult, but your team seems united and pleasant enough to facilitate that.

Music brings people together. They don't have to like each other, just the music that happens when they're not trying to set instruments or one another one fire.

The legitimate teamwork part comes later.

Would all types of music work? Or do they have to share favorite genres to be brought together, too? I mean, what if one like country and another prefers blues?

You'd be surprised at what you can mash together. I'd give you an example, but I was unfortunately never much of a country gal.

The possibilities are that surprising, really? Should I someday expect jazzy death metal, played on the xylophone with an harmonica as accompaniment?

You just might. That kind of thing is how new genres are made, after all.

Have you ever heard of symphonic metal?

No, but I've never been in very music-centered environments, so maybe I just missed it. Does it sound decent?

Like with all music, it depends on both your taste and the quality of the musicians you listen to. Let me see if I can find something so you can judge for yourself.

[After a few minutes, she sends an audio file that sounds a bit like this.]

[Give him a few more minutes to listen to that.]

Not the kind of music I'd seek out on my own, but it's pretty good. I'd bet there are quite a few audio experiments that don't turn out nearly as well.

No, not every one is a winner. At least, they're not always accepted beyond their little niche. That's just the way of things. You're luck when your music can reach a wide audience.

Being an artist sure is difficult. Having a message to share, a vision for how to share it, yet never knowing how many people it'll reach...

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