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☼ this is not the greatest song in the world

Who: Eithan + YOU!
Broadcast: Yup - fleetwide
Action: if you want, hit me up!
When: Right the heck now

Pretty sure every world's got folk songs. Ballads. Songs that tell stories. The kind you feel like pretty much everyone knows for one reason or another. That kind of thing. Whatever you wanna call em.

So hey everyone, what are your favorites from home? Happy, sad, scary, epic, funny, whatever. I'm curious.

Bonus points if you hum a few bars. Bonus bonus points if you sing it. Or something.

[ Give him an excuse to play something new on his guitar, won't you? He's boreddddd ]

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Bit contrary to ask for music via text, don't you think?

[callin' u out, bro.]

Eh, text is easier to start with.

[ translation: he's lazy. But hey, video's on now! He's just chilling in the Blue Fish's lounge with his guitar. ]

Also might get the shy kids speakin' up too. Never know.

[ translation: he's also full of shit~ ]

[Yeah, she can read between the lines, and she's fine with that. Lazy people are allowed to be lazy.]

Well! Let me get us started, then, for all those poor shy souls. Don't suppose you know where I could get a violin?

Oh hey, an instrument I've actually heard of! [ Snrk. ] Unfortunately, I don't think we have one. Or, well, if someone does, I don't know about it.

Maybe there's a weird alien version on this planet somewhere? I mean, I've got weird alien versions of some other instruments in the music room on the Iskaulit.

Aww, butts. I'll have a look around, see what I can dig up. Maybe I'll get lucky.

Songs, though... most of the funny ones I remember are from, like, over a hundred years ago? So I might be kinda iffy on the words. Got a preference for theme at this exact moment in time, or should I flip a coin?

Good luck! And hey, if you end up with a broken one, we can always figure out how to fix it, yeah?

Eh, flip a coin. I'm up for anything, especially funny.

Coin is officially being flipped.

[Literally, there is a jingle in the background, followed by a thoughtful sound.]

Alright, try this on for size. I think it was called, like... "The Bard of the Bush"? Yeah, that sounds right.

[She hums a couple of bars of music, clumsily at first - hands tapping to remember the melody - and then recites a handful of verses of a silly, raunchy tale of a bard conquering a series of forest-dwelling monsters. As the song progresses it becomes increasingly obvious that these "monsters" are most definitely women he's sleeping with, who by the end of the song band together to get the best of him.]

[ Yeah Eithan catches on pretty quick, hums along for a little bit of it... but he eventually has to stop that because he's laughing by the end of it. He applauds when she finishes. ]

Ah, bards. Good to know some stereotypes are universal. ... Multiversal? Whatever.

Some stereotypes definitely exist for a reason. I've met some bards who were more on the level, but I can count 'em on one hand and that's not a great ratio after a few hundred years.

[Bunch of horny pervs. Though she can sympathize a little; one super-romantic song from Barry in the right kind of scenario was what finally pushed her into jumping his bones.]

PLAY FREEBIRD

HELL YEAH

See? Got to give the people what they want.

[ He's laughing~~ And he knows just enough about Earth stuff to be able to answer: ]

not high or drunk enough for that yet!!

Spoilsport.

[Ruining his shit-stirring, gosh.]

There's a song where I'm from called The Devil Went Down To Georgia, which my dad really liked.

I don't know that it could be called a folk song, but it definitely tells a story.

Oh yeah? What's the story? [ He grins. ] What's Georgia and why would a devil wanna go there?

Georgia is the state I'm from back home.

So the story is that the devil was behind on on collecting souls, so he went to Georgia looking for someone to make a deal with. He came across a man named Johnny who was playing the fiddle. So he told Johnny that he was willing to place a bet since he played, too. If Johnny won, he'd get a fiddle made of gold, but if he lost, the devil got his soul.

[ Ah, state. So, someone from Earth. Got it! ]

Damn. That sounds pretty intense. Does Johnny win? Or is it one of those things where there are different versions or somethin'?

Before they started, The boy said, "My name's Johnny, and it might be a sin
But I'll take your bet, and you're gonna regret, 'cause I'm the best there's ever been."

The Devil played, but knew that he'd lost. He told the Devil that if he ever wanted to try again that he would lose.

[ Low whistle! ] That guy's got some balls -- but apparently he's also got the skills to back it up, so that's just awesome. Hah. Was this based on a true story? Or just made up?

I'm pretty sure it's just a made up country song. It's played with a fiddle and some guitars.

[Libra's tone is fond with memory as he responds - so far he still finds dictation easier than typing on a keyboard.] I learned a few of those while I was traveling, certainly.

My favorite, I think, was The Soldier's Bounty. There are different versions in different places, but the premise is that it's sung by a soldier come home from war, who claims to have earned a grand fortune in spoils but lost it all on the way home. Each verse is a little more ludicrous than the one before it, explaining how a different part of said fortune came to be lost, while the chorus proclaims that every word is true; finally, the last verse is sung by the soldier's lover after hearing the full story, who does not believe a word of it but is only grateful to be reunited.

[ Hey, this dude's clearly got some good memories attached to music. Which, of course, Eithan can totally relate to! ]

Dude, that sounds great! Bet it's a lot of fun in large groups. Just how ludicrous does it get?

I AM RUBBISH AT SINGING, BUT I GENERALLY LIKE TO LISTEN TO ALL KINDS OF MUSIC. ARE YOU A MUSICIAN OF SOME SORT?

Yep. I sing and play guitar, mostly. Know my way around a piano too. Pickin' up on some other instruments while I'm stuck in this damn fleet. You know?

So are you actually rubbish at singin', or just convinced you are?

VERY COMMENDABLE. MUSIC IS OFTEN QUITE USEFUL IN DISPELLING A BAD MOOD.

TESTED AND PROVEN, SADLY. I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH THE NATURE OF MY WORK, BUT I AM ACTUALLY NOT QUITE SURE.

Heh. Thanks! That's definitely why I do it.

[ Literally. If his music can make people smile when they need it most, he'll play anything they want to hear. ]

Nature of your work? How would that affect it? [ He's genuinely curious! But he won't keep pressing if it's some sort of secret, or something. ]

I AM DEATH. THE END OF AN ENTIRE WORLD KNOWN AS DISCWORLD.

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY BROKEN VIOLINS IN MY ATTEMPTS TO CREATE MUSIC. I INSTEAD CREATE THIS...TONE. THE END OF SOUND RATHER THAN A TRUE TONE THAT CAN BE HEARD.

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