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Varans nodded slowly, as if thinking. Finally,
~< I think I have jusst the thing. And I may be ablle to sshow you both.
He guided her - with a hand as lightly as he could bear on her arm - to a chaise facing a large blank wall. Time to make use of a trick he’d employed so often with his lusus it had become second nature.
She followed and did as she was shown, looking a little confused… waiting for the show to start.
At her side, he set, one by one, four instruments: a floor harp, a cello, a small cymbal, and the theremin he’d once shown her. For the sake of tradition, he withdrew his Conductor’s Rattan from his sylladex and tapped it lightly against the side of the theremin… slipping it back in as he began to coax it to life, the haunting noise echoing in the open room.
A small smile crossed her lips as she heard the music begin… he had such beautiful taste in music…
Once he’d found some comfortable melody to sit on - in fact, a line that had been coloring his sleep for many days - he slipped his hands aside. A slight, near-transparent, ghostly echo of them continued to form the patterns for that melody, and the theremin continued to play as Varans himself slipped over to the harp.
She watched, smiling a little…
:33< its beautiful…
she whispered her words happily, resting her hands on her lap.
He could not help but smile at her words, molding the harp tone around the melody—and when he drew back and left another automatonic illusion playing the harp and lifted the cello to round out the spectrum of sound, the far blank wall began curling in color: simple black lines at first, then blossoming into violets and lavenders and periwinkles.
Nepeta looked almost hypnotised, a satisfied smile on her face as she watched the colors dancing… Her mind wandered, her eyes following the gorgeous swirls and lights as they made their way across the room.
sinuousmaestro:
pouncemeowster:
sinuousmaestro:
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Varans nodded slowly, as if thinking. Finally,
~< I think I have jusst the thing. And I may be ablle to sshow you both.
He guided her - with a hand as lightly as he could bear on her arm - to a chaise facing a large blank wall. Time to make use of a trick he’d employed so often with his lusus it had become second nature.
She followed and did as she was shown, looking a little confused… waiting for the show to start.
At her side, he set, one by one, four instruments: a floor harp, a cello, a small cymbal, and the theremin he’d once shown her. For the sake of tradition, he withdrew his Conductor’s Rattan from his sylladex and tapped it lightly against the side of the theremin… slipping it back in as he began to coax it to life, the haunting noise echoing in the open room.
A small smile crossed her lips as she heard the music begin… he had such beautiful taste in music…
Once he’d found some comfortable melody to sit on - in fact, a line that had been coloring his sleep for many days - he slipped his hands aside. A slight, near-transparent, ghostly echo of them continued to form the patterns for that melody, and the theremin continued to play as Varans himself slipped over to the harp.
She watched, smiling a little…
:33< its beautiful…
she whispered her words happily, resting her hands on her lap.
sinuousmaestro:
pouncemeowster:
sinuousmaestro:
Varans nodded slowly, as if thinking. Finally,
~< I think I have jusst the thing. And I may be ablle to sshow you both.
He guided her - with a hand as lightly as he could bear on her arm - to a chaise facing a large blank wall. Time to make use of a trick he’d employed so often with his lusus it had become second nature.
She followed and did as she was shown, looking a little confused… waiting for the show to start.
At her side, he set, one by one, four instruments: a floor harp, a cello, a small cymbal, and the theramin he’d once shown her. For the sake of tradition, he withdrew his Conductor’s Rattan from his sylladex and tapped it lightly against the side of the theramin… slipping it back in as he began to coax it to life, the haunting noise echoing in the open room.
a small smile crossed her lips as she heard the music begin… he had such beautiful taste in music…
sinuousmaestro:
Varans nodded slowly, as if thinking. Finally,
~< I think I have jusst the thing. And I may be ablle to sshow you both.
He guided her - with a hand as lightly as he could bear on her arm - to a chaise facing a large blank wall. Time to make use of a trick he’d employed so often with his lusus it had become second nature.
She followed and did as she was shown, looking a little confused… waiting for the show to start
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Varans flat-out laughed.
~< Allll perr4merrss llearrn ssome ssimplle sstage magic, llady Lleijon. That iss allll thiss iss. It sseemss rreall becausse you’d jusst sseen it momentss be4, and itss ssmellll llingerrss in the arrea. Had I sshown you thiss in my hive, you’d not have bellieved it 4 a moment.
And he shook his arm lightly, and the apparition vanished.
~< My morre compllex illllussionss invollve ssound - and indeed, I crreate them thrrough ssound.
:33< would you… purrhaps, like to go back to your hive?
:33< i’d really like to see some of the more compurrlicated ones.
Varans swept his arm back in the direction of his hive.
~< I woulld be gllad to have you accompany me back, llady Lleijon.
He waited for her to begin walking - and only as an afterthought did he bend to retreive the stunned bird at the foot of a tree that faded, as it rose, to match the air around it.
Nepeta slipped into his home as they arrived back, gently brushing a bit of dirt off her pantleg..
He’d not even seen that. Now he did, and felt foolish and boorish. But what had he to offer her instead? He decided to offer to clean it—but later. Meanwhile he set the groggy avian down outside and turned back to face his visitor.
~< You assked to ssee an illllussion, llady Lleijon. Of what? And woulld you rratherr ssee morre sstage magic… orr ssomething morre rreall?
She rubbed her cheek, deep in thought,
:33< something more real sounds purrfect. Um, whatever works for you. *ac flashes a toothy grin*
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Varans flat-out laughed.
~< Allll perr4merrss llearrn ssome ssimplle sstage magic, llady Lleijon. That iss allll thiss iss. It sseemss rreall becausse you’d jusst sseen it momentss be4, and itss ssmellll llingerrss in the arrea. Had I sshown you thiss in my hive, you’d not have bellieved it 4 a moment.
And he shook his arm lightly, and the apparition vanished.
~< My morre compllex illllussionss invollve ssound - and indeed, I crreate them thrrough ssound.
:33< would you… purrhaps, like to go back to your hive?
:33< i’d really like to see some of the more compurrlicated ones.
Varans swept his arm back in the direction of his hive.
~< I woulld be gllad to have you accompany me back, llady Lleijon.
He waited for her to begin walking - and only as an afterthought did he bend to retreive the stunned bird at the foot of a tree that faded, as it rose, to match the air around it.
Nepeta slipped into his home as they arrived back, gently brushing a bit of dirt off her pantleg..
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Varans flat-out laughed.
~< Allll perr4merrss llearrn ssome ssimplle sstage magic, llady Lleijon. That iss allll thiss iss. It sseemss rreall becausse you’d jusst sseen it momentss be4, and itss ssmellll llingerrss in the arrea. Had I sshown you thiss in my hive, you’d not have bellieved it 4 a moment.
And he shook his arm lightly, and the apparition vanished.
~< My morre compllex illllussionss invollve ssound - and indeed, I crreate them thrrough ssound.
:33< would you… purrhaps, like to go back to your hive?
:33< i’d really like to see some of the more compurrlicated ones.
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:33< Illusions… Will you show me a few?
She wondered, her eyes lighting up as she moved closer to him.
~< Ssomething ssimplle, orr morre compllex?
:33< Purrhaps we should start with something more simple?
And now the grin spread. It was unfortunate, but as he was going to be in the woods he’d left his cape back at his hive. He’d have liked the added showmanship. He passed his hand in front of her face.
~< I think we can manage that…
And he gestured, with the same hand—to where the bird ostensibly sat, in the same exact position as it had been on the branch… on his other arm. Facing away from her.
the girl’s eyes went wide, her pupils dialating… She crouched down, getting ready to pounce on the nearby prey..
A quick glance behind him assured him that there was nothing sharp at the other side of his arm. And though he made no move to stop her from pouncing, he did raise an eyebrow.
~< But be4 you catch ourr quarrrry… I sshoulld sshow you ssomething ellsse.
:33< something else? *ac purrks up, as curious a kitty as ever*
She sat on her rump, her tail waving from side to side.
And now that his grin spread across the entire width of his face… he slowly passed his hand straight through the neck of the bird, to emerge on the other side. It didn’t move.
She stood up, walking over to it… she poked her hand through the bird as well, gasping a bit as she batted at the air that made up the bird…
:33< 33p!! my paw is going right through it!!
sinuousmaestro:
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:33< Illusions… Will you show me a few?
She wondered, her eyes lighting up as she moved closer to him.
~< Ssomething ssimplle, orr morre compllex?
:33< Purrhaps we should start with something more simple?
And now the grin spread. It was unfortunate, but as he was going to be in the woods he’d left his cape back at his hive. He’d have liked the added showmanship. He passed his hand in front of her face.
~< I think we can manage that…
And he gestured, with the same hand—to where the bird ostensibly sat, in the same exact position as it had been on the branch… on his other arm. Facing away from her.
the girl’s eyes went wide, her pupils dialating… She crouched down, getting ready to pounce on the nearby prey..
A quick glance behind him assured him that there was nothing sharp at the other side of his arm. And though he made no move to stop her from pouncing, he did raise an eyebrow.
~< But be4 you catch ourr quarrrry… I sshoulld sshow you ssomething ellsse.
:33< something else? *ac purrks up, as curious a kitty as ever*
She sat on her rump, her tail waving from side to side.
