damned_institute | Day 39: Music Room

Lunch had been fruitful. Celes had chosen not to eat, but that was fine enough for her; she’d eaten plenty at breakfast and it was not very good manners to eat while discussing war (for Celes, it’d always given her a bit of a stomachache), or plotting. Especially if one was in mixed company. Her nurse escorted her to the Music room, citing that her ‘sister’ had suggested that musical therapy would be good for her. Celes rolled her eyes. This was no music room, with their ‘electronic’ instruments; where were the violas and the harpsichords and phonographs? She’d been past this room before, but had never been interested enough to go into it.

The general sat down at the keyboard, staring at the odd device before prodding the buttons with a nail. On, off, rumba, tango, Caribbean (what in the world was ‘Caribbean?’), little numbers that changed the tone. It was the first time Celes wished that there was a real instrument before her, instead of this ridiculous thing. Still, it didn’t stop her from curiously stringing notes together with one hand, and the only song she could bring to mind was the Aria di Mezzo Carattere.

How dreadfully delightful.

[for Adel~]

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"You're making this too easy for me!" Porky laughed, "All I have to do now is think of words that start with R!"

"Random!"

Falis decided that last exchange went right over the old man's head.

"Moron," she said, rolling her eyes.

Porky didn't care if she was insulting him. It had been so long since he had played a game with someone who wasn't forced to play with him.

"Nightmare!"

"Eventually."

"Yammonster!"

Was that even a word? Whatever.

"Rock."

"Kill!"

Falis rolled her eyes. Soon enough, old man...

"Laugh."

"Horrifying!"

"Goat."

"Toys!"

"Sex."

"Xylophone!"

That one Falis actually had to think about how it was spelled. She almost called the old man out on using a word that started with a z instead of an x before she remembered that x can sound like z sometimes.

"Eat."

"Terrible!"

Falis rolled her eyes and sighed.

"This is fucking boring," she stated. "I'm done."

[Falis agrees.^^]

"Really?" Porky said sadly, "But I was having so much fun!"

Porky looked down and sighed.

"I guess that's okay," Porky mumbled, "It was nice while it lasted..."

"Treasure the moment always," Falis said with a smirk.

Not realizing that she was being sarcastic, Porky thought about what she had said earnestly.

"Too true," Porky said solemnly, "Life's too short to just muddle through and try to do things too quickly. People really ought to stop and smell the roses once in a while, you know?"

Until a bee flies up your fucking nose.

Falis kept that thought to herself.

"You may have a point there, old man."

"I'm glad you think so, too!" Porky said happily, "You know, you're not so bad! You were nice enough to play games with me and you didn't beat me up when I called you names! As far as people go, you're alright!"

Falis chuckled and shook her head. "Don't get so cozy. I'm sure I'll find something better to beat you up for later."

"Yeah, probably," Porky laughed, "But if you didn't beat me up for saying all those nasty things earlier, I'll have to think pretty hard if I want to get you mad enough to hit me!"

"You think real hard about that, big boy, and let me know when you've decided," Falis replied with a wink.

"Oh, I'll let you know when I want to get beaten up!" Porky chuckled.

Porky thought back to what he had said earlier, back when he was speaking Japanese. That was pretty harsh, wasn't it? Porky had hardly known her when he had said that...

"As for what I said earlier," Porky began, a serious look on his face, "You know, in Japanese? I know you didn't understand me, but I want you to know that I take it all back. Well, except for the second thing I said, because that was a compliment."

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