They took the credit for your second symphony [Open]

[hedgehogsdilemma]

♥ Who: Shinji Ikari (hedgehogsdilemma) and YOU!
♥ Where: Rawna's temple + Around
♥ When: Early Nalom
♥ What: Sweet jams? Sweet jams. Plus general month catchall for whatever other Shinji-shenanigans there are to be had.
♥ Rating: Probably? Just PG? Will update accordingly if anything changes.

Hello Cello
It's a nice, early morning at Rawna's temple, and Shinji's arrived to get a head-start on helping tidy up from last month's festivities. That... had been his plan, anyway! Shortly after arriving, one of the robots flags him down to unload a package off on to him. A surprisingly big package. For him? That's. Huh. Maybe he can put off work for a little while to figure out what this is about.

That 'little while' plan takes a longer turn when he opens it up and sees what's waiting for him inside.

While he's still fairly sure he's mostly alone in the temple, Shinji finds a quiet spot to sit with his newly reacquired cello, at first deciding to simply test it out, make sure it's still in tune, that sort of thing. As such, a few choice notes can be heard floating through the temple as he tunes the strings, subtle adjustments being made to each one and each note as he goes. With that much out of the way... maybe some scales are in order. You know, just to make sure he remembers them. Nothing particularly complicated to be playing or hearing, but possibly an interesting change of pace from the kinds of music the robots have been playing at the parties and gatherings so far.


Walking Fast, Faces Pass
Despite his enthusiasm for getting some cursory playing in, he isn't really here for public performances, though it might be a little hard to keep such a large instrument, in its case or otherwise, discreet while he's attempting the journey back to the housing area with it. Outside of being just Fairly Large and Noticeable, he hasn't had to travel busy sidewalks with it in -

. . .

a real long time. He does his best to stay out of the way of anyone else, but there's definitely the chance that someone's getting bumped into with the cello during his journey.

"Ah, sorry-!"


Wildcard
[These prompts not your fancy, but wanna thread with this kid anyway? Slide me a PM or message over at sandshrew and we can figure something else out wink wonk]

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hello cello

[thekingsshield]

Goofy likes to visit every temple to see who needs help, and he enjoys getting out and about. As he heads towards Rawna's, he pauses as he hears the curious noises. He followed it until he found the young man and, not wanting to disturb him right away, merely watched him with a tilted head.

"Hm!"

[hedgehogsdilemma]

Hm indeed! Shinji's too absorbed in what he's doing to really notice that he's drawn an audience, instead simply pulling a few more measured notes from the instrument, and giving one of the strings a gentle tweak.

"Hmm..."

Let's try that note again? Ah, there we go, that's better.

[thekingsshield]

Maybe the fella could use some encouragement! So, still oblivious how his appearance alone startled people, he began to applaud.

"It's soundin' real good!"

[hedgehogsdilemma]

Whoa-!!!

"Ah?!"

He's been! Snuck up on!

But, oh. It's just a friendly audience member applauding his tuning efforts. That's. Uh. Well, that's not as bad as it could be. Shinji still seems a little shaken up, but lets out a little sigh to try and soothe his nerves a little before replying.

"Um, thank you...?"

Walking Fast, Faces Pass

[unfavorableinstigation]

Nita gets bumped from behind, though she's quick to recover and step sideways.

"No, it's okay-"

She'll try and steady the big case, as much instinct as apology.

"You got this, or do you want a hand?"

Maybe she can help clear a path...

[hedgehogsdilemma]

Ah, jeez. At least she's being as good of a sport about it as she is...!

"I think I should be okay?" He definitely had not been doing 'okay' at navigating the crowds flawlessly, but that's... probably fine? It's Probably Fine. "I'm really just trying to get this back to the housing area."

Less people to smack into there!

[unfavorableinstigation]

"Makes sense."

Nita looked behind her - in front of Shinji - before turning back.

"You trying to get there in a hurry, or...?"

She was okay with giving him space, but the instrument breaking would be a disaster!

[hedgehogsdilemma]

He'd be pretty dang upset if that were to happen!

"Not... particularly," the sooner he can stash this away in the safety of his house, the better, but it isn't a pressing or urgent matter, either.

Walking Fast Right Into My Arms

[whenyouneedme]

That someone wasn't Kai, actually. No, he'd been holed up a bit out of the way. He hadn't quite wanted to banish himself to his house, but he still wanted to keep out of the way a little bit while he messed around with some things.

He honestly wouldn't have even paid much attention to the commotion that seemed to be happening around the corner. It didn't sound like a problem, really, and had nothing to do with him. At least not until he heard that familiar apology.

So here Kaito was, poking his head around the corner to look at... well. Hey there. There was sure a lot more going on here than he was expecting.

"Yo, you need a hand there?"

[hedgehogsdilemma]

What's all the hubbub this time? Just a small kid with big cargo accidentally bumping into robots, and subsequently doing his best to make sure they're okay while still keeping said cargo from causing another careless mishap.

"Kaito?"

The familiar voice catches his attention quickly, and Shinji thankfully catches himself before making any kind of hurried rush over toward Kai. Extract yourself from the crowd with a little extra care, Shinji...!

"I... should be okay? It's not that heavy, just, ah, a little big."

[whenyouneedme]

Careful there, buddy, or you're gonna make him think you were excited to see him or something.

Or maybe just this little big... thing. Kai gave it an obviously curious look as he made his way over to meet Shinji in the middle. Let him just slide on over here and be a buffer for you, guy.

"You got that right. What's goin' on?"

[hedgehogsdilemma]

It's probably six of one thing, half a dozen of the other. Maybe a few more points in 'excited to see him's direction, but without any waggy-tail-lattes floating around, it's a little easier to keep that particular fact on the down-low.

Either way, it's always good to run into Kai, so while still exercising some extra caution, he moves in close to take advantage of that buffer.

"I just had it passed off to me at the temple," a little mysterious, but he can't really bring himself to dwell on it for too long. "Did you want to see...?"

hello! cello!! for more musics....

[zapdope]

Compared to Tanjiro, Zenitsu isn't that much of an early bird. The only reason he'd be up would be that his friend had basically forced him awake to do some early morning training...and Zenitsu basically ran away to avoid getting pulled to training hell self-composed by Tanjiro himself. He was just running blindly, so when he didn't think he'd run all the way to Rawna's temple from wherever he originally was until he picks up the sound of the cello being played.

Zenitsu could tell it was a stringed instrument, but it was in the pitch he's not familiar with. Who was playing the instrument, though, was someone he's gotten to become familiar with more in the past month so he doesn't quickly freak out.

Now if it were during the night, Zenitsu's initial reaction would have been completely different even if he has gotten more familiar with the sounds Shinji made. You know, with all the screaming and whatnot... But since Zenitsu's got yellow hair, it's probably super hard to miss even if he's being more quiet than usual. His entire existence is probably noisy.

Whenever Shinji pauses in his playing, Zenitsu raises a hand to greet. "Uhm... Hi?"

He's more curious of the cello at the moment.

Get all the musical cr

[hedgehogsdilemma]

There's a kind of safety the atmosphere of the temple provides, one that does a good job of putting Shinji at ease. No need to be hyper-vigillant here, making it very easy to simply get lost in whatever it is he ends up doing, be it cleaning or, in this case, checking the status of this instrument. Zenitsu's entrance into the temple goes unnoticed for the most part, so when Shinji does finally catch a glimpse of him out of the corner of his eye, it's done with a slight startle. But - oh! He knows this person.

He feels a tiny bit sheepish over being caught like this, but there's no reason to be tense for long. "Good morning."

[zapdope]

Startling another person was the last thing he wanted to do.

When he hears Shinji get startled, Zenitsu blurts out, "Sorry! I didn't mean to sneak up on you or anything!"

As the startled sound changes into something else, Zenitsu wonders if he had stepped in at the wrong time.

"Oh... I also didn't mean to eavesdrop either. I just overheard sounds coming from here and I got curious."

[hedgehogsdilemma]

Too bad Shinji is easily spooked. It's fine, though, and Shinji lets the neck of the cello come to a rest gently against his shoulder so he can wave off that apology with a sincere, "It's okay, don't worry about it." It's, ah, kind of what he gets for playing in what is technically a public space.

"Sorry it's really nothing that interesting."

Just tuning the cello can't be that exciting to listen in on.

Walking fast

[iustaegis]

"--Oh! Shinji!" Exclaiming his name has he bumps into her with the cello, she quickly reaches for his upper arm to steady him. Hopefully, he'll be able to keep a hold of the instrument in the meantime. "Are you alright?

[hedgehogsdilemma]

"Oh!" He hadn't been expecting to bump into anyone familiar on his journey, but here we are...! He does stumble a little trying to catch his balance, but even as she reaches out to help steady him, Shinji straightens up a little extra, as if to tighten up his personal space bubble and keep himself from accidentally hitting anyone else.

"I'm fine, are you okay...?"

[iustaegis]

It seems that he's steady enough, and so she lets go. With a nod, she affirms that she's fine, her eyes dropping to him, then to the case he carries.

"You're... a lot stronger than you look!" she remarks with an impressed smile. "Have you been carrying that all on your own?"

Walking Fast, Faces Pass

[wannabethehero]

Kiwi is usually mindful of their surroundings so as not to bump anybody on their bardly wanderings, but usually they don't expect to accommodate for someone carrying a heavy musical instrument. They're not hurt by the bump so much as knocked slightly off balance and they stumble a step or two before turning to greet Shinji.

"Oh, it's okay!"

Their eyes go toward the cello. That's new, isn't it?

"I didn't hurt it, did I? Or you?"

[hedgehogsdilemma]

Definitely new! It'd probably be difficult to miss if it was something he carried around normally! Truly a chance encounter we have here.

"It should be fine," it didn't feel like a particularly rough impact, and it didn't sound like anything had snapped either. No harm, no foul. "Are you okay?"

[wannabethehero]

"Just fine! I've had worse."

They smile.

"So, how long have you been playing?"

Floatin' Fast

[begguiling]

Whup! Magolor at least has many escape vectors from wayward cellos; when he's almost bonked into by the neck of the case, he just darts up and over it to avoid taking the bump, and then comes down on the other side to follow along with Shinji. Out of curiosity, not helpfulness. He is unfortunately a very bad choice for helping carry something like this. But hey, an instrument! His ears go up in fascination.

"Ooh, what's this? Did you win it somewhere?"

[hedgehogsdilemma]

Thank goodness for the ability to float easily out of harm's way! One of the many reasons that 'orb' is clearly the ideal shape to be.

But! "Oh...!" Hello there Magolor! Shinji's definitely glad he didn't actually end up crashing into you at all, even if it was a close call! "It's a cello, it was waiting for me at the temple, actually? I'm not entirely sure how it got there in the first place, though." Probably a similar way to December's gift-giveaway, so... dragon ? magic? A sort of prize if you count 'do lots of work and hold lots of hands' to be some kind of game, maybe.

Carefully, he shuffles the cargo around a little so that Magolor can get a better look.

[begguiling]

A cello! Magolor's never really seen one up close—of course it's in the case now, but he can get an idea of the scale of it. Big! There's something charming about a twiggy little guy like Shinji playing a big instrument like this. Or at least—

"You can play it, right? Or was this some god's idea of a joke? Maybe a hint? 'Get a hobby!'"

He laughs. Tease as he may, Magolor is pretty assured of Shinji's ability to busy himself; he seems to help out a lot. Maybe that's why he got a gift. Should Magolor help out at Diacht's temple more? Hmmmmmm.

He does a circle pass around Shinji and the cello, nodding to himself.