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[fiddlestick]

Well, this is pretty nerve-wracking, but I finally uploaded some music I composed. It's just four songs, between college and everything happening in Retrospec, I've been, well, pretty busy this year. But I hope to compose more soon!

Anyway... you can listen to them here. Please enjoy them.

And in less good news ... I had a rather troubling conversation with a ghost...

According to him, our Earth isn't what it seems. Apparently, while Recolle's real and stable, the rest of the world is actually a recreation of other Earths. It was made to be a centralized hub for planets across the galaxy that were destroyed, and Recolle's essentially the capital. It was all formed and balanced from the soul energy being generated by this city and the people here, and it's not exactly stable.

Good news, all the people outside of Recolle in this world are real, so it's not like our lives were fake. But bad news, if anything should happen to Recolle, the rest of the world would disintegrate. So...no pressure?

Oh, and has anyone heard anything about a river of souls beneath Recolle? A friend heard about it from another ghost, but we don't know much.

Sorry for all the troubling news. This isn't how I expected this post to go.

Comments

[fabrefactions]

[ Hello ]

That is far too cheap for putting yourself and us through such torture.

[fiddlestick]

Oh...

Then what would you suggest Yusuke?

[fabrefactions]

[ Immediate response. ]

$9,600,000.

[fiddlestick]

Okay, I thiiink that's a little steep.

[fabrefactions]

No. It is not.

[ HE'S BEEN HERE BEFORE, ELLIOT. EXCEPT IT WAS BODY PILLOWS. ]

[fiddlestick]

Don't worry, I'll make sure not to disturb you guys with it. I can do recordings at school or when you're not home, and edit with my headphones on.

[fabrefactions]

I'm more concerned for your sanity than mine.

[fiddlestick]

Haha, I'll be okay!

can't be worse than playing nothing but christmas music for two months.

[fabrefactions]

I feel that you may be slightly naive there - cat songs and christmas song are probably as terrible as each other.

[fiddlestick]

...You're really underestimating how bad Christmas music gets.
Especially when you're the one who has to play it.

[fabrefactions]

I have heard Christmas music. Very little is worse, but... nyan sounds for 24 hours is a lot.

[fiddlestick]

Aha, it is a lot, buuut if I do it on short increments and edited it all together later, that should make it easier on me.

[fabrefactions]

Remember, you can always reject a commission if it becomes too much.

[fiddlestick]

Haha, I'll be sure to remember that. Thanks Yusuke.

[tarotcards]

This is none of your business, Yusuke.

[fabrefactions]

It is when you are once again tormenting artists with your cat needs.

[tarotcards]

It's not tormenting when they agree to do it.

[fabrefactions]

Sometimes people need money... and will do anything to survive and get it.

[fiddlestick]

You're making me sound needy and desperate Yusuke...

[fabrefactions]

You are neither, Elliot.

But doing commissions for extra money is not exactly a new way of earning money, whether you want to or not.

[fiddlestick]

I know that...

Is this about the body pillows?

[fabrefactions]

[ look ]

Not entirely. But perhaps a little. I've done plenty of commissions in general for money, but body pillows were perhaps the strangest.

[fiddlestick]

Yeah...can't say I'd ever have the confidence to commission an artist for a body pillow...

I'll be careful, promise.

[fabrefactions]

I suspect it takes a certain amount of bravery to do so. They are quite... bold.

[fiddlestick]

Yeah...I've seen a couple.

Not sure if it's bravery or shamelessness. Either one.