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))) second engagement

[she doesn't wander far from her room. the book is always open. words and voices and things she might not understand but still likes to listen to are a constant hum of noise. no one is told to be quiet. no one is told that it's not as relaxing. her room is quiet except for the book. still she ventures out, looking at a world she's never seen before and learning what she can. she's found the music room today. down the hall from her room. the sounds were soothing, and she wanted to see how it worked]

It's very pretty.

[she hasn't heard it play but the keys are clean and the finish is a high gloss across the top. she sits on the piano bench with the book open beside her. constant companion. a finger presses to the ivory key plinking a sound out. it's soft since she barely pressed it, but she presses it again harder to get a more resonating tone from it and she's pleased by it]

[music room - open post - sorry she's more of the observe and learn sort at the moment]

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[Riley meanwhile has just been constantly checking out the castle since his arrival. Searching for pretty much any clues of getting him out of here. Music room was one of the ones further down on the list, but he's wandering in right now, just in time to overhear that comment and see her poking around at the piano]

Yeah, I guess. In an almost overly organized, perfectionist sort of way.

[she's gotten used to people she hasn't met simply showing up somewhere so at least it doesn't startle her anymore]

Is it? [she glances to the piano again trying to see how it could be too organized then back to the person that had shown up and smiles brightly]

Depends. Did you mean the room or the piano? [nervous smile back, that was kind of... odd]

[she looks back to the piano and then to him with a calm raise of eyebrow that gives off a slightly docile appearance like a deer or baby rabbit]

The piano, the room is nice as well. The piano, it's shiny.

[oooookay]

Yeah, it's great.

[his expression reminds her of Topher and she is comforted by this for some reason]

I'm Echo. [she stands up and extends her hand, it's a very stiff gesture but she's seen it done many times and she knows it's the appropriate response here]

[if he knew who Topher was, Riley might not be]

Nice to meet you, Echo. [shaking her hand, though still giving her a bemused look] So, do you play?

[Saetan was on his way to the music room to brush up on his skills. He saw her inside, poking at the piano, and slid onto the bench beside her. Not touching, and sitting on the very edge to avoid intruding on her space, he speaks quietly]

Do you know how to play?

[she looks to where her book had been seated and picks it up to set it on the music tray so that this new person isn't crowded. she doesn't really understand personal space so it doesn't matter how close he is]

I don't think I do. I haven't tried.

[He smiles at he softly. She seems fragile and new, but not brittle. Like a spider web, still being spun]

It takes some practice, but would you like to try?

[she glances to him and then to the keys resting her hands tentatively on them but picks them up just as carefully]

Do you play?

I play enough. [Gets around to dig up something simple. When he finds it, he sets the music on the stand, and runs his fingers over real quick to make sue he's not an idiot.]

I'll play a little bit and then show you, okay?

[she watches her book get covered by the new music sheets and slides it out from behind them and sets it still open atop the piano now ~ it's her connection to what is going on and she was told it's important]

Okay. [she smiles at him and then goes to watch what he does]

[He notes her attachment to the book, and files it in the back of his mind. She was being so careful of everything, like a slightly nervous child. She reminded Saetan of Peyton when he was try behave, actually... Saetan plays a few bars at the expected tempo, essentially a few scales. Then he does it once more, slowed down so she can watch his hands and hear the note changes better]

Would you like to try now, or listen and see it again? [It's not the correct way of teaching, but it gets pretty sounds out fastest Maybe if she likes it, he can try and teach her it correctly, and to read music.]

[was walking past when he hears this... he pokes his head in and looks into the room]

[Arwen wanders in, probably after the others have left, and smiles at Echo before sitting down to the harp. She plays and sings, quietly (so as not to disturb Echo/anyone else here) a bit of an elvish folk tune, one she's known since childhood. It's about sunny weather and birds, and has a very sprightly sound to it.]

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