mission 03: video, action

[unspangled]

Who: Steve Rogers (AU)
Broadcast: Network
Action: SS Blue Fish, SS Iskaulit
When: During drift

Network

What's your favorite kind of music? I ask because I'm still catching up on what I missed back home, but I like discovering new things.


Action

[ During the first week or so of drift, thanks to mostly palling around on his own in the last system, Steve Grant seems slightly more at ease in his own skin now. He's still not the most talkative guy around, but he's working on that. A little. Mostly he can be found on board his own ship or at work, but sometimes he'll go to the gym at odd hours or settle down in the art room with some paints or a pencil and blank sheets of paper.

Less often, but when he's most restless and can't sleep, he'll just walk around and make maps in his head of where his fellow passengers are allowed. And where they aren't. ]

Comments

Re: video;

[universal_charm]

Samples? Oh, I could play you something off my record player.

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[outstandingbalance]

[She wondered if it would. She's still not sure how much this Steve remembers, and she doesn't want to fish too obviously, but if she drops a bread crumb every now and again, it might turn up something.]

Famous family. You might like her, though.

video;

[spellsteal]

[What's up, it's an elf.]

I like the piano. I'm learning to play, but I'm still not as good as I'd like to be. I suppose that makes it... classical? I'm still not completely sure of what the genres are; I feel like there's only two: soft and loud.

video;

[unspangled]

[ He's starting to get accustomed to you guys. So, sup Elf. ]

It could be classical. In my world, that generally means playing the music of composers who've been dead several hundred years. Most of it is purely instrumental.

But there are ... more contemporary ones who still play piano. Most of the time, they also add lyrics. [ Unless it's experimental jazz. ]

Re: video;

[unspangled]

[ His eyebrows shoot up not too long after the song starts, and they stay up until it ends. ]

I can see how that would help ensure the success of a war offensive.

[unspangled]

There was this guy who sang with Tommy Dorsey.

[ He thinks it might be the same guy, actually. The way his memories come back isn't always linear. But sometimes, if he's lucky, they're nicer memories. ]

Nancy Sinatra. Okay.

Re: video

[unspangled]

No, they're creative if nothing else. Gotta admire that.

[outstandingbalance]

[Proving he's old. She'll let that slide, though.]

So are you enjoying what you've listened to so far? Or this rock n' roll business not for you?

[unspangled]

[ He is old, Nat. ]

No, I like it so far. I think the songs I like best are the ones that tell a story.

[outstandingbalance]

[So old. It's true.]

See, there's something I can work with. I'll have to see what I can turn up on the network.

video;

[spellsteal]

[Sup Human.]

Does it... have to be that old? [He looks puzzled.] Quite a few elven composers are still alive today, owing to their longevity I'm sure.

I suppose that makes sense. I won't be adding any bawdy tavern lyrics to my playing anytime soon, though.

[poisontippedcure]

[Rose shakes her head. As much as she's one for personal space, she's also not one to deny company right now. He seems quiet enough.]

There's no need. You don't seem the type to talk my ear off.

video;

[hymnals]

[Another elf!]

I like music with a lot of energy. Conviction.

[He taps his chin.]

A hard bass line.

Re: video;

[universal_charm]

_{[ Kirk waggled his hand. ]}

It wasn’t really a war offensive, so much as one man trying very hard to cause a lot of damage and having the ability to do so. There’s a surprising amount of those out in the universe.

[unspangled]

[ He shakes his head almost immediately. ]

I'll be quiet as a mouse. [ except for, ] You paint?

[unspangled]

[ a true relic. ]

Oh, so this is a mission now?

Re: video;

[unspangled]

Power corrupts. It's a universal constant.

Is that all you listen to?

Re: video;

[unspangled]

To be considered classical? Where I come from, yes.

[ But ... ]

How long do your people live?

Re: video;

[unspangled]

[ It's like he's collecting them, or something. ]

You like modern music?

[ Considering a bass guitar is something of a recent development. In the last century, anyway. ]

Re: video;

[universal_charm]

It... wasn’t even power. Not really. He had just been lost for a very, very long time, and unfortunately, space can warp you in ways you don’t expect.

No, not all. They’re one of my favorites, but I’ve always enjoyed the classic rock bands - something with a good beat you can feel in your chest.

[hymnals]

Sure. There's a popular band that tours everywhere back where I'm from.

[He makes a gesture with his hand, a sort of side to side movement.]

Not death metal like Blightboar. A little too dark for me. But a good stadium anthem, I'll take that.

[There are many kinds of axes in Azeroth.]

video;

[spellsteal]

I suppose that makes sense from a human standpoint.

[He makes a thoughtful noise.]

Well... it can be anywhere from a few hundred to a thousand years. I'd say any longer than that is fairly unusual, but not unheard of.

[outstandingbalance]

It's better as a mission. If it's not a mission, then it's personal.

But I'd like to find you something you like.

Re: video;

[unspangled]

Ah, well. There are all kinds of ways to get lost.

I'm working my way through the decades of my own century. Tell me some of them?

[unspangled]

[ He files that away, wondering if it's all elves or just this one. Into bands. ]

Two questions. What is death metal? And are you talking about the national anthem?