performance & lessons

[pissandvinegar]

Who: music appreciators
When: September 29th, early morning
Where: library
What: plink
Warnings: sqq is a severe and old-fashioned teacher and I mean that in the worst way. sorry in advance

[ sometime yesterday an inked note appeared on the bulletin board:

Qin performance and lessons will be held at the library tomorrow in the morning.

with a painted depiction of an analog clock face depicting 6 o' clock. so. the writer of the note expects attendees to be awake before the morning bell and also skip out on breakfast in the cafeteria if they want to come, apparently.

Kongxu has set things up at some of the study tables. there are a number of unstrung guqins lined up occupying one table, and he himself is sat at another, his own instrument already prepared. he tunes it before the bell rings, though he already tuned it earlier, so it's more just a formality of a quick check.

after the bell rings, after a silence to let the sound of the bell leave the air, he plays a classic piece, without introduction or fanfare. if anyone talks while he plays he just ignores them but you should tell me in your reply if they did or not so that he can react after the fact,

when the piece comes to a close he sets his hands on the strings to mute them. ]

If you want to learn, you'll start by learning to string and tune it. Take a qin.

[ he takes one of the unstrung ones himself, starting to demonstrate how to tie the strings and wrap them through the tuning pegs ]

Comments

[inexorableiron]

I guess. Seems pretty weird that that's all it'd take.

[pissandvinegar]

Cultivation is about the circulation of the body and the senses. Why wouldn't it matter?

[inexorableiron]

It's the senses even?

[pissandvinegar]

Surely even your senses influence your health and mental state. What senses you have.

[inexorableiron]

Not like that, dude.

[He has FIVE senses, thank you, taste touch hearing smell sight]

You're cultivating all your damn senses?

[pissandvinegar]

Obviously.

[ like. why wouldn't I?? ]

[inexorableiron]

... You're gonna want to skip olives.

[pissandvinegar]

I can eat what's given to me if I have to. If I don't, I'll stick with what I know.

[inexorableiron]

Good to know, I guess. There's usually bread and shit all packed up.

[pissandvinegar]

Fresh is better. As long as it's clear of resentful energy.

[ now that Eliza can confirm that kind of thing for him ]

[inexorableiron]

You know how to check for that?

[How much resentment is in a cosmic brownie]

[pissandvinegar]

Eowyn-guniang has an array capable of detecting similar things.

[inexorableiron]

... Yeah, she's real good at that kinda magic. Practical shit.

[pissandvinegar]

She's incredibly resourceful.

[ said a little hollowly ]

[inexorableiron]

So're you?

[pissandvinegar]

[ you'll never guess what happens next! he gets defensive again ]

And you don't seem to be. Is there a point to saying such a thing? Who was asking to compare?

[inexorableiron]

[The Curious Case of Dr. Jekyl and the Stick Up This Man's Ass]

I didn't say it to be a fucking shit! Don't whinge about the shit you can't fuckin' see in yourself.

[pissandvinegar]

When did I ever say I wasn't resourceful? Should I fall to my knees in gratitude that I get to hear it from an empty-headed brute? I'm sorry to say that I'm perfectly aware of my worth and my talents.

[inexorableiron]

Fuck me! I was bein' nice and shit.

[pissandvinegar]

[ loftily, on purpose: ]

No, thank you. I'd really rather not.

[inexorableiron]

Fine, then I'll quit bein' nice.

[pissandvinegar]

[ the sex joke went over his head huh. well he's not gonna make a point of pointing it out ]

You really expect me to believe that, out of nowhere, you were just complimenting me to be nice?

[inexorableiron]

It's fuckin' points.

[He WAS being nice but this is convenient]

[pissandvinegar]

...

[ he wasn't thinking about the task ]

Your timing is suspect. But I suppose I should expect no better.

[inexorableiron]

Tch. Sure. Whatever.