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[swansongs]

[He took a few days to get himself composed, cleaned up, and acquire new clothes. What he'd arrived in had been stained with blood, after all. He couldn't wear that around. So now, as the video shows him sprawled on a couch (in a spacious apartment, though that's out of sight for now), he's dressed just like the locals in Crystalden. Bright, flashy clothes, glowing in places, but still comfortable-at least for him. It distracts somewhat from how unhealthy he looks-pale, with dark circles under his eyes. He hasn't been sleeping or eating much since arriving.]

Right. So what the fuck is this place and why the fuck are we all here? Kidnapping is a crime, especially when you're kidnapping someone like me. [Someone ~important~. Shhh, he doesn't know he's not important here, that no one knows who he is or gives a shit if he's famous. He hasn't gotten to figuring that part out yet.] I had...things I was doing-that I needed to do.

I don't want to fucking be here.

[Coming across as a spoiled brat? He kind of is. He's also been through some emotionally draining, really rough shit lately back home, before he got here, and it's made him even more irritable than he is when he's in a normal bad mood.]

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[thankskitten]

They aren't above kidnapping royalty, so I doubt they have qualms about kidnappnig a musician.

Then I suggest settling in. I doubt many of us want to be stuck here, either.
I, for one, have important responsibilities at home. [ More important than silly music, of course, is the implication. ]

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[swansongs]

Royalty? Like there's really some princes and princesses or something running around here besides that queen.

Yeah? So do I. Everyone probably has something important back home.

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[thankskitten]

Of course there are. Not from this country, of course.

What instruments do you play?

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[swansongs]

Of course. [No he's not...mocking just a little, why would you ever think that. Except that's exactly what his tone is.]

Guitar, mostly. Acoustic and electric. [The slightest pause.] And piano. I got famous for singing though.

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[thankskitten]

[ Yea his eyes are going to narrow a little here. He's only used to getting attitude from Axis. ]

Oh? Were you royally commissioned or simply a very well known pub singer?
[ Notably past tense. Also so not going to admit that he has no idea what an electric guitar is. ]

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[swansongs]

[Dyme is a little bundle of snark and attitude. It's even worse when he's hungover or suffering withdrawal.

He snorts.]

Neither. I had to work really fucking hard for it. Blood, sweat, and tears, as they say.