TESTING

[con_affetto]

1. The Queen's Academy/Capitol of Opera -- Let's be honest, if not for the Academy, there wouldn't be much of a city around the government buildings. The campus is practically a city within the city, with wide-open seating areas exposed to the sky and full of buildings that are open and airy -- the sort of thing with great accoustics, let's be honest. There are gardens and covered walkways, and really, it's sort of your stereotypical idyllic city ... on the outside, at least. There are still alleyways and seedy corners; you just have to find them.

2. The Borderlands -- The barren wastelands that ring around the country of Opera. There's very little life out here, scraggly and struggling up through the rocks, unable to flourish without the care of dedicated Singers. Bandits and vagabonds live out here, as well as varying monsters, both fantastical and mundane. There's three major roads that cut through the Borderlands from Opera to the kingdoms beyond, but those are always being watched ...

3. BYOP -- make up your own setting, your own place! A secret hideout, in the royal palace itself, a smaller town or village inside the country, anything. It is ~all up to you~.

Comments

[justforalark]

[waiting outside Skylark's room for her to emerge for the day, munching on a biscuit he shouldn't be eating but he charms the kitchen staff regularly]

[appoggiatura]

[IS AN ADULT in all-green business casual]

Excuse me!

[justforalark]

Yes, my dear lady?

[sweeps his finest bow]

[con_affetto]

[BOOM she throws the door open, waltzing out and looking pleased right before she tackles into him.]

Legato~~ you waited for me after all! ♥

[justforalark]

Ha...!

[catches her and holds her tight a moment, resting his head atop her hair before letting go and taking her hands while pulling away to look at her]

The sky is still blue, I see.

[semplicemente]

[it's after classes at the Queen's academy and Aria seems tired and cranky. she's walking out the classroom with her songbook balanced on her head and she's mumbling about dinner]

[uniquesnowflake]

Ariiiiiiiiiii~

[I hope you're prepared for an energetically happy child coming in and flopping on your shoulders from behind]

[semplicemente]

[the book falls off her head as she stumbles]

Poppy!

[appoggiatura]

[visiting the Academy on a visit, just a quick errand to borrow a songbook from an old classmate]

[just a quick errand, where the fuck is the exit this lady is lost]


Mhm. Hmmm.

[semplicemente]

...hmm?

[appoggiatura]

This isn't where I remember this room being.

[con_affetto]

[there are no exits

maybe

well]

Hmmmmmmm?

[appoggiatura]

I am lost.

[uniquesnowflake]

[Pop is kind of hopping through the streets, a basket in her arm. It seems she's just doing some basic errands for the day, but . . .

Why is her basket leaking . . . ?]

[con_affetto]

[... why is it leaking]

... ummmm ... ?

[uniquesnowflake]

Oh, hi there.

[appoggiatura]

Miss, your bag?

[uniquesnowflake]

Huh? What about my b- AHGH.

[seenthelight]

[GASP]

Your basket is leaking!

[seenthelight]

[in a quiet spot on campus, twirling her fingers and humming as she tries to come up with lyrics]

Ohhhh! I almost had it!

[semplicemente]

Try again. It's sounding lovely.

[seenthelight]

You think so? I've been practicing! Listen to this.

[trying it again, though her voice goes off-key towards the end of the verse]

[con_affetto]

[FROM BEHIND HER

LIKE A JERK]

Almost had what?

[seenthelight]

[YELPS

and spins around]

Uhm! Where did you come from?

[appoggiatura]

[claps, surprise audience]

That was a good start!