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[network][Day 138|video|@hotstud_xxx] You Get What You Need [open]

[There's no pithy commentary from House as is more common for the introductions to one of his piano sessions. It's also on video at the moment because House... can't figure out how to change it to just audio. He really hates this particular effect. So, anyone in Snowhell who has yet to actually see Dr. Hotstud House will get a view of him. He's a haggard, middle-aged man who's looking closer to just plain 'aged' after more than three months in Norfinbury. He has the tablet propped up where the sheet music would usually go, and keeps his eyes down or closed as he begins to play. He mouths some of the words, brows furrowed and body swaying to the music.

He runs through that. And then, because he's not going to be able to play and 'talk' to people at the same time, he moves into another tune before stopping and checking for responses.]

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That would be one of them, yes. Others include trying to sneak a Touch-Me into the sergeant's bunk.

[He is looking at you, Zack. He knows you're listening.]

[ Oh, no way he's listening. Of course, he's not listening. He wasn't joining you on the other side of the room either, fainting singing under his breath, nope.

But the mention of the sergeant? Okay, man. That's just an invitation. ]

Come on! You know it was worth it to see the look on his face! [ Even if it had been pulling graveyard shift patrols for months after that. ] Speaking of TouchMes, you remember that one song? [ ..Never mind he's already grinning in anticipation. ]

Was it worth it to feel like one massive bruise after he drilled you into the ground? Every day? For weeks? Along with the rest of us, too?

[It's a mild reminder, but those hadn't been fun weeks, Zack.]

And don't you dare. We're doing a cultural exchange, not torturing innocent ears!

Edited 2016-07-18 00:47 (UTC)

But you're completely skimming over the most important part! And hey, for the record, I took full blame for that! [ He's got a sense of honor! The sergeant just didn't want to hear it, okay. And was an asshole that liked group punishments. ...that of which he learned when he did that, but alas. Water over the dam at this point.

Much like it seems this is when Zack wanders away from Kunsel... and takes out his own tablet. ]

Ohhhh, there once was a TouchMe
Who wanted to sing
But see- here's the thing
About TouchMes that sing.

'cause their song's not a lullaby
that lulls you to sleep
Or a cheerful ballad
that gets you in deep

But a perilous melody
that takes off some inches
Turns you green as gysahl
and makes flies seem the richest.

[ He continues belting out the song as loudly as possible. Never mind he's incredibly off key and likely making anyone listening's ears ring from the sheer terribleness. ]

[ Any one listening might hear accompaniment by a ~~kazoo~~ guitar at the start of the second verse. Hopefully that helps with the off key singing. ]

[ THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND SERVICE.

Zell, you are his new best friend at the moment. KUNSEL CAN'T APPRECIATE GOOD MUSIC APPARENTLY.

Or he's just being a shit. ]

[Zack, you're going to get a pillow to the face!]

[ BRING IT, MAN.

...It does finally stop him from continuing that terrible, old Gongagan song at least. ]

[Oh, it's going to be like that, is it?

Kunsel counters with his own rendition of a recent pop song ~~that we will pretend is in English/the common language here~~ because Zack totally deserves it.

He's also forgotten that his tablet's still on, so anyone can listen in on this. If you are, I'm so sorry, because this song just isn't made for a man's voice and he's probably not doing it any favors.]

Edited 2016-07-21 22:13 (UTC)

What's a Touch-Me?

[Kunsel pauses.]

You don't have those?

[Well, different worlds. It's just odd sometimes to think that well known pests in his world don't even exist in someone else's world.]

They're a type of frog. They have a type of magic that can turn people into frogs temporarily with just a touch, and they can knock you out, too, if they sing. They're not that dangerous, but they can be pretty obnoxious.

[... What.]

No. We do not have anything like those, no.

If it's magic, we don't have it.

[Kunsel absorbs that for a moment. He's been here long enough, and talked to enough people, not to be shocked at the idea of a world without magic, but it's still odd to think about.]

You're world's like this one, then. No magic at all?

Still, you can probably imagine how well it would go over with a sergeant if a trainee tried to pull a prank like that.

[His world is nothing like this one, in his mind.]

Yeah. Saw a bit of that myself.

[Kunsel really only meant this specific comparison anyway.]

I suppose trainees pulling stupid stunts is universal.

[Much like soldier songs.]

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