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Here is Bella, catching up on her email, trying to come up with a reasonable mathematical approximation of the known abilities of evils versus arrows to guess how many dead people she can bring back with one of the latter, trying to come up with a prioritization scheme for putting her waiting list in order.
bellfounding
[Oooh! An anthem! What is the best way for me to hear it?]
tearingup
[You could come by and I could sing it for you,] he suggests. [And then you'll be one of very few people who's seen me sing while wearing a shirt.]
bellfounding
[Somehow I doubt this particular distinction is one that would make me the envy of the fandom, but sure.] She pops down. She knocks.
tearingup
Laughing, he opens the door.
He is indeed wearing a shirt! And jeans! What a marvel.
He is indeed wearing a shirt! And jeans! What a marvel.
bellfounding
Shirted people! Two of them!
Bella makes herself comfortable and waits attentively.
Bella makes herself comfortable and waits attentively.
tearingup
Ripper fetches his acoustic guitar and sits down and sings.
It's a good anthem. It's a good song, for that matter. Simple and singable and pretty and heartening.
"No title," he adds when he's done, "I'm shit at titles, it's my major failing as an artist."
It's a good anthem. It's a good song, for that matter. Simple and singable and pretty and heartening.
"No title," he adds when he's done, "I'm shit at titles, it's my major failing as an artist."
bellfounding
"It's beautiful, I love it," beams Bella. "How about 'Song of Saturn'? Can you orchestrate or should I find somebody else for that part?"
tearingup
"'Song of Saturn'. Sounds like something out of a video game," he laughs. "It's perfect. And yeah, I don't exactly have a lot of experience with orchestras."
bellfounding
"Well, Slipstick'll find me somebody or I'll arrange it myself," shrugs Bella. "It's gorgeous, it's my new favorite song, want to record a version to put on the website?"
tearingup
"Sure," he says cheerfully. "Know where I can borrow a decent studio? Or can you just conjure one up?"
bellfounding
"Tell me what you need and I can conjure one, no problem."
tearingup
Ripper names the virtues of a good recording studio, chief among which are equipment and soundproofing.
tearingup
"I'll probably get more use out of it here. You might get more use out of it on Titan."
bellfounding
"If I find another use for a recording studio I can always put one there too. I'll just stick it in the corner." She pentagons up an appropriate studio, with magic handwaving the functions of a technical crew.
bellfounding
"Awesome. It's a beautiful song, I'm so glad I asked you - can I hug you?"
bellfounding
When it's over, Bella hops into the air, does a bit of a twirl, and disappears.