[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?

Comments

[sakedrinking]

"W-well... Vocaloid... we're supposed to be virtual idols. We have to look, act and... feel as close to human as possible."

Sometimes too close. But those were memories Haku tried very hard to suppress as much as possible.

"If we didn't look like this then we probably wouldn't be accepted. We're the most advanced robotics around, after all."

[last_lombax]

"Well they certainly did a good job. Glad we have someone here who can play music. The crickets were getting boring, that's for sure." The Lombax laughed and smiled at Haku.

"You can relax, you know. No reason to be nervous."

[sakedrinking]

"I-I'm always nervous..." Haku admitted quietly, fidgeting with her fingers, tugging on her first finger.

"I'm not--... my siblings are better musicians... if they were here you'd probably think that."

[last_lombax]

"I doubt it. You're a good player and a good singer. Doesn't matter if you think they're better. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that."

[sakedrinking]

"I would try to believe that, except..."

Haku took a couple of paces around the area before sitting down on the steps with a quiet huff.

"I'm technically a knock off."

[last_lombax]

"A knock off? And? Plenty of great things came originally from knock offs. And you're one of them. How else do you think we have diet soda?"

[sakedrinking]

"Ah-- ... did you just compare me to diet soda?!"

[last_lombax]

"Um...maybe a little?"

[sakedrinking]

At first, she looked very much offended. But then after a second, she started laughing.

"Y-you're funny, Ratchet..."

[last_lombax]

Ratchet definitely was nervous before Haku started laughing. He laughed with her, glad his joke had gone over well.

"I try, Haku. I try."