Topic: A Gnomish Ghost Performs

Shamil

Date: 2011-09-27 11:23 EST
Shamil.

Most didn't know her too well. She wasn't exactly made very known before her death though either. The only thing most knew her for was....him.

But that would change. This Bristle Crios place, in all its splendor, was the perfect opportunity for her. So it started that everyday, when the clock hands struck 9 AM around RhyDin, Shamil played a sad tune. It was one that evolved and grew the more she played it. Never having been very creative about her music, this was her masterpiece.

There were no words in this song, just an out of tune lute playing a slow, sad piece. It started soft so as to not wake others, and then around noon it picks up in volume, echoing across the Demon House and a little beyond. For ten minutes out of the hour she would stop and make adjustments, and then continue to let the piece flow from her soul, which was really all she had left.

She had already let the world know her story when she had been with that horrible reptilian fool, and now she did not have any intention of retelling it. She'd tell it on a personal basis, but all people needed to know now was her music, turned to a more depressing note upon her death at the hands of demons.

The song she played was continued until 11 PM out of courtesy for anyone within earshot who was trying to sleep, but no sooner. She needed people to hear, and to know. She may have gone largely unnoticed in life, but in death she would not tolerate being ignored.

Shamil

Date: 2012-02-03 01:14 EST
That ever depressing melody she played everyday was growing old, so she fell silent for a while, not making a single sound, save to those who could find her. When disturbed, she'd respond with the same phrase, over and over. "I need to live, this is unacceptable..." She seemed furious at herself being dead now. Long gone were the sad sounds, instead being replaced only by a new desire to live again.

Then, today, she played at 12 AM. It started slow, the chords progressing endlessly through the dissonance. There was no consonance, no sense of tonal harmony. It was a performance in the style of a Wagner piece from the 18th century. It was accompanied by her voice, in Gnomish. The direct translation to common lost the emphasis and the ability to be an effective song, but at least it forms coherent sentences.

"I have been wronged. But time heals all wounds, no matter how big or small, so why is the pain still afire in my breast' Of course! Life! The biggest loss that was ever inflicted upon me! I need it back, it must be recovered! Please, spellslingers and soothsayers, grant me your aid! I need it back, I need New Life! I would pay all of the riches the Earth can provide, gemstones and precious metals, just please, I need it back! I need New Life!"

The rest of the translation consists of the same structure, but it fully expresses the Gnome's desire, and how the sadness did her nothing, so she turns to desperation and anger.