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[ravenry]

[ this is actually all very cool to shouxue. she doesn't know what it's named and even if she did, she wouldn't get it.

her expression is the very picture of :o ]

It's pretty.... Who here could have made this?

[discomfort]

I'm not sure. I was expecting rats, honestly. There really are... so many...

[ he is getting concerned about the rat obsession a bit.

but he will wander over to the piano to inspect it. ]

[ravenry]

Their population seems to grow every week somehow.

[ mysterious how.....

she follows him. ]

Do you know how to play?

[discomfort]

A bit. I wouldn't say I am amazing at it...

[ he plays a few notes, the start of some random song. ]

[ravenry]

I haven't seen an instrument like this before arriving on the ship.

[ so he doesn't need to be amazing. ]

[discomfort]

Ah. It is a piano. I believe it is... Italian?

[ he tries to think if any of the crew members are italian but he just knows there's like 50 french people for some reason. ]

Another country like America. There are a lot of many good pieces for this instrument.

[ to demonstrate, he plays the beginning of this. ]

[ravenry]

[ dahut is italian via her-mes....

shouxue sits and listens, closing her eyes as he plays. ]

It's very pretty, but it doesn't look like an instrument you can take with you very easily.

[discomfort]

Aha, true. I think there are... miniature versions? But it is certainly not a lute.

[ravenry]

Even a guqin would be easier, but I suppose the size gives a sense of.... majesty.

[ she is unsure if that is the right word. ]

[discomfort]

[ he gets what she means. ]

It does capture your attention. Come here, try it.

[ravenry]

[ this timestamp is so early, wow.

she comes over and presses some keys. they don't make a melody. ]

... It will take time to remember what note each one makes.

[discomfort]

[ stop don't look at it ]

Mm. But it is easier when you start simpler-- just a few notes, at first. Then you can expand to things more and more complex.

[ this sounds a bit less like a music lesson ]

[ravenry]

[ ... ]

That sounds more like broad advice than for this piano.

[discomfort]

Aha, well... some advice can be applied to more than one thing at a time.