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[reticence]

[Faolan is definitely not the sort of person to use the network, not even to respond to it never mind to post to it. But desperate times call for desperate measures, and certainly this is a desperate time indeed.

How do people even usually address posts on this thing? He goes through the last month or so of them before giving up and just flying by the seat of his pants.

You don't even know how many times he rewrote this thing in the first place.]


Let's say, hypothetically speaking, that there was something quite expensive that you had wanted very much, and that someone purchased that something for you when they really didn't have to. Let's say that you could never hope to come up with the money to pay them back in full, but you would like to do something comparable for them for the holidays.

What would you do in such a situation?


[Help him, Retrospec, you're his only hope he desperately needs some advice here.]

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[reticence]

[Yes, alright, he will drop the hypothetical here. It's very obvious he knows that he's talking about himself.]

Well, music, I suppose. But I've already played for them before. I do quite often, really.

[Since they live together and all. A hazard of being the man's live-in bodyguard.]

[mr_fancy_car]

[Also, Miles knows this old "let's say I have a friend" trick from his students.]

Why don't you learn an entirely new piece?

[reticence]

[Faolan may be 29 years old but he hasn't really gotten any better at this sort of thing.]

Hmm. I could... Something a little more specifically significant perhaps?

[But. What would that be, even.]

[mr_fancy_car]

[Try teaching teenagers, bro. You'll learn many things.]

That's a good idea. Or, if you'd like to go the extra mile, compose your own.

[reticence]

[HUH the thought has never crossed his mind before, but it's not a thing he's incapable of doing...]

There's a thought... Do people like that sort of thing, do you think? Something composed for them, I mean? It's not too...

[Too much in general...?]

[mr_fancy_car]

I think it would be greatly appreciated, considering the effort that goes into an original composition.

[reticence]

You're right, of course. And I could... I could write something. It's been a while since I've done so, but. I could. It's not exactly a skill you forget, after all.

Like riding a bicycle, as they say.

[mr_fancy_car]

You just need to find inspiration.

[reticence]

Is it too much to say that the person I am composing the piece for is inspiration enough?

[He will not wax poetical here, but Laurent is in a class of his own. At least, according to Faolan himself.]

[mr_fancy_car]

Heh. Then you shouldn't have too much trouble.

[reticence]

No, I don't suppose that I will.

Not in theory at least. We shall see how well it works in practice.

[mr_fancy_car]

You won't know until you try. I have a healthy respect for people who can compose and write music.

[reticence]

As I said, it's been a few years since I've tried, but I'm sure I can come up with something.

Besides. The expensive gift I mentioned earlier was a keyboard, so. If I might incorporate that into the recording somehow, perhaps... It might demonstrate the gift was well made?

[mr_fancy_car]

That sounds like a very good idea. If you are willing, I would like to hear it, when you are done and you have presented it to its recipient.

[reticence]

Of course, I'd be happy to share. After it's been presented to them first, of course, yes. Hopefully it'll all go over well.