[Video] Rabbit Day 3... with Rabbits

[achickenformylove]

[WangJi was in greenhouse carriage as usual. It was usually his place for making any sort of posts on the train as he enjoyed it there. This time, there actually was a reason... because he had two rabbits and it was the month of rabbit.

You know... appropriate.

So Little Carrot was sitting inside his robes with his tiny head sticking out, nose wiggling as WangJi spoke]

Good day. I wanted to inform those on the train with a musical inclination that I have ordered a guqin so that others may try and play it.

[He adjusted the video to show the very long zither instrument sitting on the ground near him. It definitely wasn't his own. The colors were different and it didn't have any of the markings showing it belonged to a Gusu Lan disciple.

There was also Little Radish the white rabbit next to it, sniffing it and trying to figure out what it was]

If anyone would like to learn more about it, feel free to ask. This one, I will leave in the music carriage.

Comments

[achickenformylove]

Yes. We have many seniors who play it and they pass it on to the juniors so it continues.

[It did make sense. If there were players, more people would be more likely to learn them]

Everyone in Gusu Lan learns at least one instrument. My older brother plays the xiao.

[happyends]

[ No wonder Wangji is so good at it. Or that so many people where he comes from are. Sure, it's not like playing an instrument is not supported at all where Madoka comes from, but it's definitely a little bit more rare than how things sound in his world..

So she nods, trying to follow along. ]

What kind of instrument is the xiao? Is it a little bit like this one..?

[ Since this is the first and only reference she has for what instruments are like where Wangji comes from. ]

[achickenformylove]

[When there weren't as many technical things to do and music was considered one of the core aspects of a gentleman, Gusu Lan definitely took it and ran with it, given that music was what they were known for]

It is a flute played vertically.

[Like a recorder]

[happyends]

Like a recorder!

[ Yes, apparently Madoka echoes that exact same sentiment.. because it sure is the first thing she thinks of.

It's the classical first instrument every modern kid touches, after all. ]

Or.. um, do you know what a recorder is, mister Wangji? Do they even have those where you're from..? [ Considering all these other instruments have such fancy names. And recorders are.. well, fairly simple. It's what makes her second guess here. ]

[achickenformylove]

Yes, it seems to be like a recorder. We do not have something called a recorder back home, but I have seen one of them here. In the music carriage.

[happyends]

Oh, then I know about those! Kind of.. After all, we have recorders where I come from too, so I can imagine what they're like in your world too now.

[ Not looking exactly like a recorder, but sounding like something that's similar enough that it makes sense to the girl, nodding. ]

We tried learning how to play those a little bit at school, but I can't say I was really good..

[achickenformylove]

I see. Sounds like they are quite popular if they are played in schools.

It is alright if you are not. Not everyone is good at every skill.