015 [Voice]

[ahappylie]

Nagakura-san! Nagakura-saaaaan~ Do you know how to play a musical instrument? We're going to be stuck indoors a lot what with all this snow. Let's learn to play one~

Which leads me to this question for everyone: I'm fascinated by your different types of music. Would anyone be willing to teach me something? Or even just tell me about music in your country.

I like festival music. It's so cheery.

As an aside, Heavy-san? Thank you for your help at the Center lately. It's very kind of you.

[He pauses for a moment and then claps his hands together as if remembering something]

Ah! And Sonic-san? I owe you my thanks for earlier. Is there anything I can do to repay your kindness?

Comments

[earthrumblegod.livejournal.com]

I guess we have a lot of kinds of music where I'm from. I can probably play something if you have a pipa or an erhu- my parents gave me some music lessons to keep me busy so I wouldn't wander around the grounds by myself.

Not that it worked, and I don't really like a lot of the songs I had to learn. They're those wimpy little songs that sound like they're crying about something. I like festival music a lot more too, what I hear of it. I like Fire Nation festival music a lot, now that it's coming back more. They use fireworks in it!

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

What is an erhu? Can you show me?

And you must be new. I don't think I've seen you around before. What's your name? Where is the Fire Nation?

[earthrumblegod.livejournal.com]

Well,it's got a really long neck, and two tuning pegs up at the top, and a little, kind of square body. You use a bow to play it.

[Toph doesn't actually know what it looks like, but she describes this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erhu) physically.]

And yes, I'm new around here. Name's Toph. The Fire Nation is really a bunch of islands, but they're also a nation of people who firebend. Not all of them, but a bunch of them. That's why they're called the Fire Nation. Me, I'm from the Earth Kingdom.

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

Oh! The Chinese lute? ...or whatever it was called. I never did learn its name...

Welcome to Luceti, Toph-san. Have you settled in already? It's a bit cold out so do be careful.

Our worlds must be very different. I've never heard of these places. What is firebending?

[earthrumblegod.livejournal.com]

Haven't settled in yet, no. And firebending is a martial art that people who can bend fire are taught. They can shoot fire from their hands and stuff like that.

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

....so if people from the Fire Kingdom firebend, does that mean you earthbend?

Do you shoot rocks from your hands?