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Name: Elliot Craig
Date: 5/10
Format: voice

[In the background, there's the sound of a record playing cheerful music. ]

Hi everyone! I'm Elliot, it's nice to meet you all even if this isn't where you wanna be right now. Sorry about that. I teach music and I'm a healer with Coven infirmary training. So if you need either of those things, just lemme know!

Anyway, um, I had a question. What's music like where you're from? Or what kind of music do you like? There's so many people from different places, I feel like I'm always finding out something new and I'd like to learn as much as I can.

Oh- I'll start. I'm from Erebonia and we have a lot of classical music - stuff with lutes, violins, piano, etc. Operas are pretty popular too, though in the last few years Northern rock - or I guess just rock, has been spreading! Oh, and radio's really big. I still miss listening to my favorite radio show honestly...

S-Sorry, didn't mean to ramble. What about you guys?

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Oh, that was one of my pieces! I call it "Beneath the Bright Sky" - it's piano and violin duet.

I'm glad you liked it!

[Oh. He... liked it? Yes, as a matter of fact. He did.]

The title suits it, I think. In that case, I would hear some of your other pieces.

Really? Sure! Hold on!

[There's some sounds of him shuffling things around as he finds his recordings]

Okay, here is another one I got recorded. It's called "Remedy Fantasia".

[He then puts on another piece ]

It's soothing... no, I think refreshing is a better word for it. That was nice, too. Thank you for sharing.

How long have you been playing and composing?

Hehe, I'm glad to hear that! It's meant to be a healing song.

Since I was a kid! Though if you mean professionally, I only started this year.

I see... or rather, I hear. Do you employ your healing magic through music?

In my unprofessional opinion, it certainly sounds professional. What inspired you to pick it up?

I do! Music's actually the way I channel most of my magic. It's easier for me.

Thank you! And it was a number of reasons. Though I admit it helped that my mother was a musician and taught me when I was little.

I can see that coming naturally to you. Even though there was no magic through that recording, it still manages to stir something inside like it did. One you could call "healing"... though I doubt it could have cured any wounds I may have had.

So in a way, you inherited it. That must have made her happy.

Hehe, I'm so glad to hear that. That feeling right there is the power of music! Music can't fix all your problems, sure, but it can affect the heart and soul in ways not even medicine and magic can.

I hope she is. She passed away when I was nine.

There is some merit to that idea. Perhaps I will go out of my way to hear some more music.

Oh. I didn't mean to stumble onto a difficult subject. Losing a parent at a young age doesn't seem like it's ever easy. Even though she's silent now, her music can still carry a tune through you. Your music can be appreciated in a whole new way knowing that.

Please do! Provided the weather cooperates, I tend to do street performances in the Entertainment district on the weekend in the evenings. Feel free to stop by!

Thanks, that's a really sweet thing to say. And don't worry, I miss her, but it was a long time ago so I can talk about it. Still...the thought's appreciated.

I will keep that in mind.

[He finds himself at a loss at how to respond to the second portion, not fully intending to be 'sweet' with his thoughtful observation, but it had been, hadn't it? At any rate, it seemed to go over well with Elliot, which isn't a bad thing if he wants to get acquainted. What should he write?]

You're welcome.

[Hopefully that's natural enough... He's not good at conversations when they get like this, if he can even be considered good at conversing to begin with.]

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