a_clockwork_melody | Phase 2 - Of Hymns & Religion

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"You sing beautifully."

Lyner!?

"Do you sing like this often?"

...I'm not that good at singing, so I have to practice...

"You're being too hard on yourself. You were great."

You don't have to lie to me... My Songs don't help anybody. I'm not like Claire... People need her... And I always get in the way... I'm nothing but trouble.

"... So you and Miss Claire grew up together?"

...Yes. Unlike me, Claire can do anything she wants. Just like the concert today... People can count on her when they need her. I joined the Church and tried my best to become a candidate for the Holy Maidens. But, as a Class-D Reyvateil, I couldn't even find a partner. So when the Bishop ordered me to join the Singing Hill mission, it made me so happy. I actually felt like someone needed me.

"But I do need you, Aurica. At the Singing Hill, when I was about to fall...you saved me with your Song Magic."

...

"Don't act like this. You never got in my way..."

...Why are you so nice to me?

"... Huh? Me? Nice? ...I'm just a normal guy..."

No, you are...

"..."

...You're really kind.

[A.) Action / The Church of Salvation:

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Aurica found out at some point that there was a church in Mayfield, and that their main day of doing things was on Sunday. Curiously, she decides to get dressed and head there on the first Sunday she's here. Unfortunately, it seems she missed the Mass already, not that she knows what that's about. After admiring both the exterior and interior for a little, she'll move to sit on one of the pews and rest her head on her thumbs, both hands clasped in some manner of prayer.

Though, if she's not doing that, chances are she'll be checking out the whole place, observing with wonderment. Or maybe just sitting on the steps outside.]

[B.) Action / 458 Stone Street / Housemates:

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"Uhm..what kind of religion do you have back where you're from?"]

[C.) Action / Outside & Inside 458 Stone Street:

She'll be outside in her usual Mayfield attire, or indoors doing some housework. She'll then close her eyes and begin to sing in a hushed sort of voice:

Amakami o, kakemau, tama sasayaki yueba,
       (If the spiritual murmurings that soar through the heavens were connected,)

Kanmuribi furimichite, nanihito yuki orinase;
       (the crown of fire would completely descend and interweave the happiness of everyone;)

Samidare no, aimi o, tada nagaruru koe wa,
       (The voice that merely drifts in the indigo sea of an early summer rain,)

Utsuroi sakanagi o~boroge na furusato no ne;
       (is the changing, reversed, and faint sound of your birthplace;)

Kanade narifuku gaia, sora ni hibiki ainaseba
       (If the gaias that we are playing resonated together in the skies,)

Tobekaku, inori no uta matoite;
       (they would be clad in the soaring song of a prayer;)


Yasuragi no oka, namida no garasu, kioku no hako omoi no hi,
       (The hill of peace, the glass of tears, the box of memories, the monument of feelings,)

Hitoe ikue no, utsurou kiito, tamashii no ne musubitsunagu;
       (the single and multiple blank silk threads that tie and connect the roots of the souls;)

Tayutau, mu no umi, shourei no kazaiki,
       (The swaying ocean of nothingness, the breath of wind of the spirits,)

Tokeyuu, mandara ni, utai no miko are.
       (The dissolving and tying mandala, and in there, the singing priestesses.)

After that, she'll either go back to whatever she was doing or sing something else. Unless of course she's interrupted or otherwise distracted.]

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[... Well, that leaves a chance to ask about Aurica's world, at least.]

What's this about Song Magic an' Symphoic Power now?

[There was a selfish caveat at least; with her family here she didn't need that mask, even if it made for a gloomier environment at times. She caught herself in an bemusedly grim grin as Gat asked her a new question. She lightly slapped her face with both hands to cheer herself up a little.]

Sorry, I want to do something to help both of you, I just don't have any means to right now...

[Her expression soured for a moment as she tried to think about how to go about explaining.] Those things? ...I'd show you, but Mayfield. [She figured her new catchphrase would say enough. She tried explaining it though anyway.]

Back on my world, Ar Ciel, many things were powered by Symphonic Power. We could take these things called Grathnode Crystals, and use their resonance ability to create things with them, from medicine to weapons. That's what I was told anyway..I don't work with Grathmelding all that much compared to my friends. I know a little though.

Song Magic itself could be used as a substitute, but it's taxing on those who sing, like myself. We get called Reyvateils because of what we do, normal humans can't use Song Magic. We call on the tower we live on to grant us power through our songs, but each Reyvateil can do it differently. We don't have to use it for Symphonic Power though. We can use it to heal people, or destroy objects, walls, other living things if we have to...

It's as easy as imagining, feeling, a great ball of fire, and it can become true, with our voice and words to create and guide it. I couldn't even do that for a long time though...I was one of the worst Reyvateils.

[Heh. Mayfield. Gat nods with sympathy. Light-blasted town and its stripping everything that made a person what they were. At least the town's been relatively peaceful in recent weeks. ~~Iddn't that right, Murphy?~~]

So from what I'm understandin' ... Song Magic works a lot like TECHNICs, 'cept that it's done through singin' an' it's tied to that there tower. So I reckon th' tower functions similarly to th' gear I see techers an' Forces use. Only on a much larger scale.

[Normally Gat would think that's extremely limiting since that would render Song Magic only usable around the tower's broadcast zone, but she'd already mentioned that there's only a few islands left in her world. It wouldn't be a problem.]

[And now he finds himself curous ...]

There any special meanin' to th' term "reyvateil?"

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TECHNICs? ...So that means there's something like that where you two came from? That's somehow reassuring. [If they could relate to her easier, all the better, it seemed.]

A Reyvateil is someone who can sing Song Magic, more or less. Some are found, some are raised...it just makes a difference in how the person is born, really. Only girls can become Reyvateils, but after a certain age in their teens, they get a really bad fever. [She idly reaches for the back of her neck as she continues, her eye contact waning.] Some time after that, they feel better and a tattoo of sorts appears on their body somewhere, to let it be known they've become a Reyvateil.

That's how it is for Third Generation Reyvateils like myself at least...there are others who were just simply...like that, created by people. Those are the Reyvateils we come from, called Pureblood or Beta Revyateils.

[Her face made a frown, as she looked back to the doorway.] My mother...was one of those. Both of my parents are gone though, they have been for many years. I don't even know if they're dead or just missing... [A sigh.] So I sort of gave up trying to look for them when I couldn't find them anywhere.

[Gat remains quiet the whole time Aurica explains the nature of Reyvateils to him. At first, he has a sort of curious frown on his face as Aurica mentions that some Reyvateils are found rather than raised—which he takes to mean as being born. Though when she gets to the part about losing her parents, he takes on a more sympathetic expression, and looks down at the floor for a moment.]

... Sorry t'hear that, Aurica.

[It does put a lot of her personality in perspective, to know that she lost her parents ... and it doesn't sound like an old wound to her, either.]

[The girl glanced at her not!dad's direction while still facing the doorway, her head moving down just an inch. It was her only register of response, aside from a silent sigh that heaved from her chest. She looked back in front of her and started to move, stopping at the doorway to lean on it with her arms, turning to look back at Gat.]

I'm going to go check up on her, okay?

[Gat nods. There's always time to ask more about the nature of reyvateils later, after all.]

Alright.

[Which reminds him that he hasn't finished his share of the laundry ... so he'll turn his attention back to that, picking up the basket of clothes he'd been carrying.]

[She makes an almost unnoticeable nod before leaving.

Dakki wouldn't be of much talk though, as she would find out. At least, Aurica offered to help with her chores.]

[This progresses towards C.)]

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