{Twenty (48)} ♦ ES: The Musical

[burnt_orangesky]

[The feed cuts in on... water, then there's a dull, hollow sound.] Ow. [Apparently Fred just managed to run into something. There's relative silence for a short time, filled with the sound of the shower running... and then Fred starts humming a low, hauntingly melodic tune. Either it doesn't have words, or she chooses not to sing them. After a moment, she breaks off mid-hum to say something.]

Oh bloody hell... we're out of shampoo. [There's the strangled gasping sound of the last drops being squeezed out of a plastic container] Right... suppose it's my turn to go shopping again...

[She starts humming again, a different song this time. Then she starts singing the words, more enthusiastically then very well... but she does manage to hit all the right notes.]

...in the kitchen with Dinah,
Someone's in the kitchen I knowowowow~
Someone's in the kitchen with Di~nah!
Strummin' on the old banjo
And singing
Fe, fie, fiddleaiai,
Fe fie fiddleiooo...

[And the radio cuts out again.]

[[ooc: The first song is some Time Lord lullaby she half-remembers. I have no idea what it actually sounds like, lol.]]

Comments

[ghost_of_00]

[Guess what, Fred. You have two Haros humming in chorus to your singing.]

[As for the third--]

Off key! Off key!

[followed by an urgent whisper.]

Haro-san, please don't interrupt.

1/3

[burnt_orangesky]

Oh, not this again. I thought you lot had given--

2/3

[burnt_orangesky]

[Waaaaait a second... that sounds like...]

3/3

[burnt_orangesky]

Ah. Hello, 00, Haros. [The water is still running, btw. Disembodied voices are no excuse to skimp on cleanliness.]

[ghost_of_00]

Hello, Fred.

[and a chorus of Haro "hello! hello!"-s.]

What are you singing?

[burnt_orangesky]

I do not know the name of it. [Pause] And a song from Earth.

[ghost_of_00]

I'm unfamiliar with it as well.

[books-and-toads.livejournal.com]

That song you were humming sounds really pretty. Any idea what it is?

[burnt_orangesky]

[as;ldfjsad;lj HIM TOO? And yes, the water is still running.]

Ah... a song of my people, I am fairly certain. One meant for children, perhaps. I find it [a slight pause] somewhat comforting.

[books-and-toads.livejournal.com]

[you're never safe, not even in the shower~]

It sounds like it's very soothing, so perhaps it is a children's lullaby or something similar.

[burnt_orangesky]

[Well. At least if she's in the shower, there's the sound of the water to drown a lot of other things out...]

Hard to say, without more concrete evidence one way or the other; but that is my guess, yes.

[voice]

[man-genius.livejournal.com]

"Strumming on my old banjo!"

We need to hook you up with some better tunes.

[voice]

[burnt_orangesky]

[The shower sounds have stopped by now, and she sounds a bit put out.] I like this song. It's [pause] cheerful.

[voice]

[man-genius.livejournal.com]

Have you even seen a banjo before?

[voice]

[burnt_orangesky]

[Sounding slightly defensive,] I know what it is. A stringed Earth instrument, generally used in [pause] the Americas.

[crimsonmischief]

Well, it's not exactly a private audience, but it'll do~

[burnt_orangesky]

[If you listen very closely, you may hear a small snort. She's ignoring you other than that.]

[crimsonmischief]

_{[It's okay, Crimson's never one to let something like that stop him.]}

I think we should all go karaoking sometime~!

[burnt_orangesky]

[You---!

...you really don't give up, do you. A faint sigh.]

And who, precisely, does 'we' consist of?

[grab-my-bells.livejournal.com]

[He's entirely too amused]

Strumming on the old banjo, hm? Is that what they're calling it these days.

[burnt_orangesky]

It is a song, Bell. I did not choose the lyrics, only sang them.

[spandexisyouth]

Who is Dinah, and what does it matter if they are in the kitchen with her? Or him.

[burnt_orangesky]

I [pause] have no idea. That is simply the song. [Thoughtful pause...] Perhaps the bookstore has a book about the history of Earth folk songs from that time period.

[spandexisyouth]

Perhaps it does! Though I think I am avoiding the bookstore right now.

...assuming they're in 'voice' mode

[burnt_orangesky]

[Her voice sounds distinctly amused, though she does manage to refrain from laughing at him.] Ah, yes... that did sound most, ah, educational.