Video; Fiddlesticks 25

[achickenformylove]

[For anyone that would know based just on the background, WangJi is in the garden car. It is quiet at the moment and he's clearly sitting on the ground, based on the position of flowers behind him. Also, a white rabbit keeps poking its head into the field of view, trying to get WangJi to pay attention.

WangJi's face is carefully impassive, but there is a subtle sadness in his eyes]

For those that knew them, it would seem that Wei WuXian and Lan Sizhui are no longer on the train.

[Sorry, Yanli and HuaiSang. He's noticed, but those two are his priorities]

Comments

[achickenformylove]

It is called Flowing Water.

[Little Rabbit, with WangJi no longer playing, picked his way off Nerdanel's lap and bounced over to WangJi's trying to figure out if he could get back on lap with the instrument there. WangJi picked him up and tucked him up in his arms]

Would you play for me first? Then we can figure out a song to play together.

[marriedanidiot]

It was a lovely song.

[ She smiles at him and nods, settling down with the harp ]

This one is called Evening Star, a tribute to our most loved star, Earendil Gil-Estel, the Star of High Hope.

[achickenformylove]

[WangJi closed his eyes, listening to the music as he gently pet the rabbit. Once she had finished, he opened his eyes]

That was beautiful. I think that I should be able to follow that if we want to play that.

[marriedanidiot]

Alright.

[ She nods ] And then we can do yours, I think!

[achickenformylove]

[WangJi nodded, showing that he was good with this option. Before they started playing, he experimentally strummed the first few beats on his guqin to find the right pitch.

Once he did, he looked at her, indicating with a nod that he was ready]

[marriedanidiot]

[ When he nods, she starts again, sweet and slow, listening as much for his accompainement ]

[achickenformylove]

[WangJi began to follow her song as well, doing surprisingly well considering he had only heard it once. It was a beautiful song and he kept his music low and as an accompaniment to her playing]

[marriedanidiot]

[ He's very, very good, and Nerdanel beams in joy, to hear one so skillful play, her own music picking up, joyful and light ]

[achickenformylove]

[When the song finished, there was a faint smile on his face as he put his hand over the strings to silence the vibrations]

That was nice.

[marriedanidiot]

It was. You are an excellent musician! Ah, but now I do dearly wish my Makalaure was here - how he would have deligthed to learn a new instrument.

[achickenformylove]

Thank you. If he was here, I would be happy to teach him. I have started teaching someone else how to play the guqin as well.

[marriedanidiot]

If he ever returns, I will direct him to you! But who is the fortunate student?

[achickenformylove]

It is Glorfindel.

[marriedanidiot]

Ah! [ She smiles ] The Lord of the House of the Golden Flower. He has a lovely voice, you should ask him to sing, some time.

[achickenformylove]

I have not heard him sing yet. I will have to ask him. He is making great progress on the guqin.

[marriedanidiot]

Ah, I shall have to ask him for a performance. [ She smiles ] As should you, I am thinking!

[achickenformylove]

Yes, I think that I should. I wasn't aware of his singing.

[marriedanidiot]

I doubt he advertises it - but I think he sings very well, if not quite so as my Makalaure.

[ POSSIBLY SHE IS BIASED ]

[achickenformylove]

[He figures she is biased, like how he would say Sizhui is the best guqin player besides him. Logically he knew that wasn't true, but still... he felt that way]

Your Makalure sounds very talented in musical arts.

[marriedanidiot]

[ She is VERY biased. But then again, considering Maglor is considered the second best bard in existance... ]

He truly is. [ She smiles ]

He was singing before he spoke.

[achickenformylove]

He was? That is very impressive and speaks to how musically inclined he is.

[marriedanidiot]

Oh yes! He did have us a little worried, between you and me - he did not seem to want to talk for a long time! But he was echoing back the birdsong from his first year.

[achickenformylove]

I see. That would have been disconcerting if I had seen the same thing. But it sounds as though he grew out of it, but it speaks to the natural connection he has to music.

[marriedanidiot]

It did, eventually!

[ It is a great grief to his mother than now, burdered by his sins and griefs, Maglor speaks more often than he sings ]

But you are right - the Song has always rung clearer for him than for many, I think.

[achickenformylove]

Yes, Glorfindel mentioned about the Song before. We don't have a song like that, but our sect believes that music has power. We have a section of our Forbidden Library dedicated to songs that are meant to do harm. We do know that unfortunately one was used against someone in my lifetime.