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A QUESTION FOR A QUESTION


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Comments

[noreasonneeded]

Not only can one put things into a schedule, one can have different alarm sounds as reminders.

Maybe when I reach the point of needing to work on two things at once.

[acaseofyou]

One can have songs as reminders, too.

That seems entirely unfair to me and my schemes specifically.

[noreasonneeded]

Alarm sounds, songs, same thing really. [Said with utmost innocence.]

Your scheme to distract me from working?

[acaseofyou]

You're terrible.

And get you into music. It's a tough job but someone has to do it.

[noreasonneeded]

Thank you. Flatterer.

Do you really want to get me into embarrassing music I can dare you to sing?

[acaseofyou]

She just sticks her tongue out at him, an 80 year old beacon of maturity.

I don't know, it could be more fun than whipped cream. And I've already sung some pretty embarrassing things. Did I ever tell you about how I took $50 to record children's campfire songs? It was awful.

[noreasonneeded]

He smirks smugly in response because it's oddly satisfying to rile her, mature man that he is, too.

You did not, so you have two records out there in the world?

[acaseofyou]

[ They really are terribly mature. Or just terrible. ]

Well, the other one doesn't have my name on it at all. That was how I got my $50 paid to me right away. And I'm on some others as a studio musician, just background harmonies and some guitar work so my name is only on those in very very tiny text.

[noreasonneeded]

Is it always your real name, or did you use aliases even for the tiny text?

[acaseofyou]

That was back when I was alive, so they've all got a little 'Bridget Lewis' listed in the great sea of names most albums accumulate. Usually I fall between production and thanks.

[noreasonneeded]

Hey, it's still something, if having one's name written down matters to you. Besides, some of the best stuff is hidden in fine print that people never notice. Usually then it's them selling away their souls or adding on car payments they didn't know about, but still. It's less nefarious in your case.

[acaseofyou]

It's nice to know I'm in a few different places, if anyone cares to look. Kind of like proof I was there, as un-nefarious as that kind of proof can be.

[noreasonneeded]

I suppose the desire most people have to leave behind something of themselves doesn't abate even if immortality comes into play.

[acaseofyou]

Oh, it absolutely doesn't. Most folks want to make their mark, even if they have to keep rewriting it every few decades. My friend out in Vegas did art forgery for a while, you wouldn't believe how many pieces in museums are theirs.

[noreasonneeded]

I've found much the same, though I'm the oddball out in that case. There are things I want to accomplish, but whether my name lives on is the least of my concerns.

Not at all surprised most of what's in museums is a fake. I recently helped acquire a sword that was supposedly in one for centuries. I've also dabbled in the black market art trade, so perhaps I've crossed paths with some of your friend's work.

[acaseofyou]

So you don't want your name included in a folk song about your trials and triumphs?

You probably have. They're an Elder, so they'd been at it a good long while. Lately they only do artifacts and magical objects, though.

[noreasonneeded]

The only way I'd want to leave behind my name would be in a sea of contradictions that would frustrate generations to come on what was even true or not. Purely for amusement's sake rather than genuine posterity.

Wouldn't it be easy to tell a magical object is a fake? Or do they still imbue the fake with magic?

[acaseofyou]

How about I see what I can come up with, and you can have final say before I release it into the wilds of history?

I honestly have no idea. Some magic relics are only magic when you go to use them with specific other magic bits, and not all of us are able to tell that kind of thing at a glance.

[noreasonneeded]

I can agree to that. I'm a bit familiar with your credentials. Though I don't know if you've written a song about anyone before.

That's fair enough. I honestly don't know how much of that works. Magic isn't something I deal in often.

[acaseofyou]

A few, actually. Of varying degrees of seriousness.

Probably for the best, if I'm honest. It's one thing crossing another criminal. When you get up the ranks to people that can curse you if a deal goes bad, you're on a level where you gotta be able to curse 'em back. Or at least know someone that can break a curse.

[noreasonneeded]

I'm fine with utter irreverence, if that helps. I think most legacies and traditions take themselves far too seriously.

Even worse, usually people involved in magical nonsense in my experience are nothing but dramatics and moaning about the world either ending or needing saving. I'll stick with proper sensible criminals who value finance over savior complex bellyaching.

[acaseofyou]

I'll make it downright hilarious, just for you. Add a bunch of 'doo de dahs' in there and everything.

I can't exactly disagree with you on that point for most magic-inclined people. Gets really grandiose and self-involved sometimes. I much prefer the ones that do forgeries and make special beer and sometimes turn themselves into snakes. At least they have fun with it.

[noreasonneeded]

I appreciate it. That’s called scat, right? When they do that?

Yeah, I don’t hold much esteem for people who think too highly of themselves and what they add to the world. The cosmos isn’t something that actually cares, and neither does the populace as soon as it stops serving their purpose. Those making craft drinks are honestly doing far better for the world than leading an army because some book or birth symbol said one should.

[acaseofyou]

Sometimes. Depends on the tradition the song is in. I know with Hebrew it's nigun, and some Gaelic traditions call it lilting.

Couldn't agree more. Either it's trying to build an army or it's cloistering away to hide all their secrets while simultaneously demanding respect for their great and terrible powers. Always would argue that there's more practical magic in music than a cauldron or a secret book.

[noreasonneeded]

I knew neither of those things, so you're ahead of me in it.

Withholding knowledge is definitely an age old tactic to retain power in a select few hands.