Hear Nothing [action]

[mother_of_god]

[OH GOD OH GOD SCARY SKELETONS EVERYWHERE

[Alessa (in projection mode) has fled the terrifying and noisy dress-up corpse parade by hiding in the Concert Hall. Having calmed down slightly, she's been exploring and encountered one of the numerous pianos in a practice room.

[She plinks a note experimentally, then spends a moment trying to recall her (sadly brief) lessons.]

plink plinkety plink plink

[A very simple melody echoes faintly down the hall. It's inexpert, but the player has a little smile on her face.]

Comments

[tosaveyou]

Oh... It won't hurt you. Or I can go and look for music for you, if you'd like.

[mother_of_god]

[Nodnod. The prospect of confronting the bear- even from far away- is extremely frightening.]

[tosaveyou]

I'll have to do that for you soon. There's a second library too, isn't there? There might be some music there.

[A project, to help someone: that's just what Kariya likes.]

[mother_of_god]

Are there bears there, too?

[As far as she knows, bear librarians could be just a Thing here.]

[tosaveyou]

I don't think so. Not that I saw. I haven't spent much time there, but I didn't see anyone there.

[mother_of_god]

[A nod. That probably means it's safe; bears are not notorious for stealth.]

thank you.

[tosaveyou]

You're welcome. If there's anything I can do to help, you only have to ask.

[She smiles.]

[mother_of_god]

[She returns the smile, shyly, and puts a slim hand over Kariya's.]

[tosaveyou]

[Kariya takes Alessa's hand. It feels good, to be able to help.]

Is there anything else you need, Alessa?

[mother_of_god]

[Her breath catches for a moment. She shakes her head, too happy to speak.]

[tosaveyou]

I don't need anything either. Sometimes I think I could like being here. If only certain things didn't happen... But I don't want to think about that now.

[mother_of_god]

i hope... it gets better here. For you.