[Open] .2nd Fantasy Impromptu.

[sakedrinking]

There would be a new sound in the castle this morning. A certain recent arrival had managed to make her first wish at the fountain, and gotten it the very next day, much to her joy.

So out in the room just past the old bridge, the lyrical strains of an acoustic guitar could be heard, followed by a voice singing in Japanese to the bubbly song.

Join? Interrupt? Listen from a distance?

What do you do?

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[last_lombax]

Now this was new. With large ears twitching, Ratchet followed the noise to it's source and stopped when he found it. The armored creature leaned against the wall, listening contently to the music. He wasn't going to interrupt such a nice performance. He couldn't understand any of the words but it didn't matter. Music was music and it was already better than most of the stuff he usually listened to on the radio back home.

[sakedrinking]

The last chords echoed through the large chamber, Haku finishing the song with a flourish. Silence settled over the area again quickly, though, earning a faint sigh from Haku. It really wasn't the same as back home, even if the guitar was a very welcome gift from the fountain. If anything she was glad that her new friends had informed her that the fountain could even do that.

Absently she sat back down on the steps and idly tugged at the cords thoughtfully, trying to decide if she wanted to start another song, unaware that she was being watched.

[last_lombax]

Ratchet stood there for a moment, watching the girl tugging at the cords before stepping further into the room and clapped his hands.

"You're pretty good, you know. You going to play another?"

[sakedrinking]

Haku whirled around and just about jumped out of her skin with a yelp, feet stumbling backwards away from the strange creature until her heel caught an uneven stone and sent her sprawling to the ground with a squeak.

[last_lombax]

"Whoa! Are you okay?!" Ratchet ran over to Haku and held out his hand to her. "It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you. I promise."

[sakedrinking]

"E-eh... w-what... wh... who are you?" Haku asked fearfully, wanting to believe that he was telling the truth but too frightened to think clearly. She looked at his hand, but didn't take it, red eyes wide.

[last_lombax]

"My name is Ratchet and I'm a Lombax. Come on, let me help you up."

[sakedrinking]

She didn't know what a Lombax was, but he didn't look threatening, even with how different he was.

Hesitantly, she reached up and took his hand gently, allowing him to pull her up to a standing position with her guitar still tucked under one arm.

"T... thank you, Ratchet-san..."

[last_lombax]

"Um...you're welcome but my name is Ratchet. Not Ratchetsan."

[sakedrinking]

"Ah... a-ano... sorry, 'san' is an honorific. A title. It's... it's like..."

What did Quatre say it was similar to?

"Like saying 'Mister Ratchet' in English."

[last_lombax]

"Oh, I see. Well you can just call me Ratchet, that's fine." Ratchet shrugged and smiled at her.

[sakedrinking]

"Really?" Haku blinked. It seemed... improper, given how she had been instructed for so much of her existence. But... if some one requested to be called something else, it would have been just as rude to ignore it.

"Alright then, Ratchet."

[last_lombax]

Ratchet smiled and gave her a nod. "See? That isn't so bad. So what should I call you?"

[sakedrinking]

"Me?"

Oh, she hadn't introduced herself at all, had she?

"Ah... I'm sorry! I'm Haku Yowane. It's a pleasure to meet you, Ratchet," Haku said with a quick and slightly awkward bow, her guitar still in the way.

[last_lombax]

"Well nice to meet you Haku. So, you doing to play another song? I'd like to hear one."

[sakedrinking]

"You would? Uhm..."

She fiddled with the cords on the guitar, plucking out a random tune.

"Any requests?"

[last_lombax]

"Requests? You probably don't know any songs I like. So play whatever you want."

[sakedrinking]

"Okay..."

A few more cords were randomly played before she finally settled on something, singing along as she played.

[last_lombax]

Ratchet said no more and sat back with a smile. He let the music play, swaying with the beat half way through and till the end. The old expression was true; music did soothe the savage beast.

[sakedrinking]

Haku smiled as the song ended and the last note rang out through the chamber, echoing off the walls.

"I hope that was good..." she said, fidgeting nervously with her guitar.

[last_lombax]

"That was great, Haku." Ratchet gave her a small applause and a happy smile.

"You're really good. Do you preform for people or anything?"

[sakedrinking]

"Mm..." Haku nodded slowly, slipping her guitar on to her back. "I'm a Vocaloid."

[last_lombax]

"A vocaloid? What's a vocaloid? Is that the name of your species?"

[sakedrinking]

"Uhm... a-actually it stands for... Vocal-Android."

[last_lombax]

Ratchet's expression went from curious to shining happy child in a candy store.

"An android?! A real android!" He laughed happily and quickly ran around Haku, looking her over with a shining critial eye.

"I've never seen an android that looked this organic! How were you made? What is your skin made of? Can you feel sensations? How do you see? Black and white or full HD color quality? What powers you? How do you sing so well? Were you built to sing or do you have weapon capabilities?"