Cariad dwi'n unig heno, a ble wyt ti nawr?

[faeconman]

WHO || Robin Goodfellow and whoever feels like dropping by [open]
WHAT || Robin is making use of the music room, which leaves him a little more emotionally exposed than he usually is. It's a bit of a special day, and not really in a good way.
WHERE || Music Room
WHEN || July 1st, all day and late into the night
HOW || I'll be writing the set-up in prose but whatever you want, I'll take your lead

No matter how much he played the polite and untouchable gentleman, there were only so many things a man could hide from the world and himself, and much as he could lie at just about any other time... Rob had never been able to lie when he sang.

Not many people managed to figure that out though, mostly because he didn't let them. Wouldn't do to let on that he had such an obvious tell after all.

He'd been staying away from this room for that exact reason. Had ignored the seductive whispers from instruments just begging to be touched, to have him caress sweeet music out of them. But this day was special. A birthday, though not his own. It was also one he hadn't been able to celebrate properly for many years. Now there wasn't really much point, was there?

But he could play, and he could remember. So he played, and he sang, to begin with in the language that would always seem more his than any other he learned.

He had perhaps not been as careful about making sure the door was properly closed as he thought he'd been.

ooc: Just pretend it's a guy singing that song, okay? Okay.

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[thesleeper]

. . .

[Phineas peers in, but doesn't want to disturb the man who seems so deep in concentration.]

[Even so, the song and curious language have him mystified... Against his better judgement, he presses the door open enough to permit him access to the room.]

[He slumps against the wall, and sits - not wishing to interrupt the strange singer.]

[bittersweeter]

[Curiosity killed the cat and Lila is ever curious. So when she hears music -- albeit sad, slightly melodramatic music, in Lila's opinion -- she can't help poking her head in to see who is being emotional in her general presence.

She's quiet, moving into the room, but she doesn't pretend she isn't there, crossing the floor to lean again the piano. Mild curiosity lights on her expression. But she can wait until he is done...]

[faeconman]

[ (listen 10) Robin doesn't hear Phineas enter, so when the song is over he pauses only very briefly before his fingers start moving over the piano keys once more (perform Keyboards 17). It's an instrumental piece this time, by Chopin.

He isn't consciously aware of the fact that he has an audience (yet), but suddenly singing felt less appropriate for some reason. ]

[faeconman]

[ He does finish the piece, only faltering for the briefest of moments when she comes into view. He uses what remains of the song to compose himself, and when he's done he raises an eyebrow at Lila and smiles a little. ]

I take requests.

[bittersweeter]

Hmmm. Well, how about something not from the playlist titled "songs to kill yourself by".

[She shrugs, nonchalant, as if to say it's just an idea.]

[juststories]

Chai was still storming off from the after party in a rage, not even paying heed to where she was going as she stomped her way to the music room. All she knew was that there were doors in front of her and they were forcibly pushed (haha strength 1) only for Chai to lose her footing, have the door slam back in her face and then open again to send her tumbling into the music room, looking considerably less than graceful.

She was just starting to get up when she realized the beautiful singing was not a recording and gasped in surprise. Oh. Not as unoccupied as she had thought it was.

She blushed and got to her feet, tucking her hair behind her ear and sniffling a little.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to- I didn't know anyone was in here."

[faeconman]

Well, that put a very effective stop to Robin's navel-gazing as he turned around and tried not to scream like a girl in sheer startled surprise. He had been quite preoccupied with his music and hadn't been expecting anyone to come into the room since he figured everyone would be busy with the squiring and after party.

Dignity mostly intact he let out a somewhat shaky little laugh and put a hand over his heart as he looked at the 'intruder'.

"It's all right. Are you, though?"

Because she seemed rather upset, to say the least.

Truth be told he wasn't really in the mood to be nice or supportive, but there was a distressed young lady in the room now and he was supposedly not the kidn of guy who would just ignore that.

[juststories]

Chai just slowly got to her feet, wiping her eyes with her arm, because it was really a very unladylike thing to do to pull her dress up to do it.

Boys are dumb.

"I'm fine."

Sniffle. Wipe. Why was he looking at her like she just tried to pounce him from the shadows?

"I didn't mean to interrupt your music." She hadn't even been thinking about it. Sorry, Rob. This one isn't here to marvel at your singing prowess.

[faeconman]

[ He chuckles a little at that. ]

Is that what it sounded like? I don't know if I'd quite put it in that category. A translation would be something like this...

My lover I'm lonely tonight and where are you now?
My love I'm lonely tonight can I meet you with the dawn?

Touching is so simple -
which keeps me going over the cloud.
Touching is so simple -
which keeps me going...

Stay here a while longer, stay here close.
Stay with me my love,
I love you.

One little kiss to help me along
on the long journey ahead.
Remember my heart when you're far away,
but please stay till I'm better.

My love I'm lonely tonight and where can I go?
My love I'm lonely tonight - I miss you so my friend...

Stay here a while longer, stay here close.
Stay with me my love,
I love you.

I love you.
I love you.

My love I'm lonely tonight ...

[faeconman]

"It's quite all right."

He gave her a look that he tried to make more sympathetic than amused, though it was highly likely that he failed.

"But you are not fine."

[juststories]

She just sighed and crossed her arms over her chest, staring at a fascinating spot on the floor.

"No offense meant to you, but boys are really dumb sometimes."

[faeconman]

"I think I'm a little too old to be considered a boy anymore, so no offence taken."

He hadn't seen her around before, so he thought it was a pretty safe bet that she was new. She was looking pretty dolled up as well, so he thought it was a pretty safe bet that she'd just run out of the squiring party for some reason or other.

"Party didn't turn out as planned?"

[juststories]

Flopping down onto a seat in the music room she just dropped her head into her hands and breathed out, long and heavy. She was so on edge from the fight with Anthony she just needed to cool her head, and she knew it. No one ever had made her as mad as he did, and she KNEW why. So why was he too stupid to see how much she obviously liked him?

"This stupid boy I've been trying to get together with is being such a jerk and it all just... got really out of hand."

[faeconman]

"Well, I don't know you or the boy so I'm in no real position to judge but... if he's being a jerk you may want to reconsider this whole getting together with him thing."

In his experience that sort of thing rarely ended well.

How did this day turn into giving youth love advice?

[juststories]

"That's the thing."

She pulls her feet up onto the chair so she can hug her knees. Chai has never had a problem expressing herself to strangers, so she has no problem spilling all this to exhibit B.

"He's not a jerk. He's just acting like one because he's an idiot. I don't get it. I'm pretty sure he likes me and I've tried about twenty ways to get him to realize I like him too and he still acts like I don't want anything to do with him even though I made SURE he knew I did! He's being completely impossible and I just."

Uuuuuuuuuuuugh. She makes a frustrated groan and tugs at her own hair.

Why

[faeconman]

"I'm afraid I'm still going to have to stick to my guns here and say that getting together with a guy like that would be a bad idea. You may like him, but it sounds to me like he really doesn't like himself, and that promises a whole lot of pain for you if you try to make that your problem. And if he's your boyfriend, it will be whether you like it or not."

Not that he really cared what she decided to do with herself, but if he was going to give advice he could at least try to actually make it be useful.

[juststories]

"I'm not very good at giving up on people." No really. Or on anything. She just doesn't manage to do it the majority of the time. In fact she even knows his advice makes sense and she knows she's in for trouble with this.

"You seem pretty smart."

For a boy, anyway. Sorry. She's still in that whole boys are dumb ranting mindset.

"Are you one of the knights?"

[faeconman]

"I'm not smart, I've just done a great many stupid things so I know a bad idea when I see it. And I'm not a knight yet."

He gave her a wry little smile.

"I'm a squire."

Approaching forty and a squire. It just seemed a little funny sometimes when he thought about it.

[juststories]

"I was always taught that the more stupid things you've done in life, the wiser a person you'll grow to be, but somehow I think the point in it got lost on me. I kind of know when I'm doing something dumb but I don't want to stop."

She rubs her arms and gives an awkward smile.

"Makes me pretty dumb, I guess, but I really like this guy. I don't know what he's trying to prove, but I don't like to miss out on things in life, and ... I don't know. I just feel like if I could get him to give it a chance we could find a little bit of happy for a while."

She didn't sound like she meant the starry eyed love forever kind of happy, and she didn't. Her daddy might have been all about the fairytale endings, but she just wanted what she could get for however long it lasted. She didn't need forever. Forever was a longer time than she ever liked to consider.

"Sorry. You're not at the party, so I'm gonna go out on a limb and say I really doubt you were wanting to listen to me being an idiot tonight. I really didn't mean to come bother you. I thought the rest of the castle would be pretty empty."

[faeconman]

"No, my plan was listening to me being an idiot, sort of."

Robin shrugged a little as he let his smile widen.

"And I reckon a girl like you could find a bit of happy with a whole lot of guys. This one can't be that special."

[bittersweeter]

[She shrugs delicately, nose wrinkling for a vey brief second before her expression clears.]

Standing by what I said. 'course I tried to walk my boyfriend off the roof, so I'm not an expert.

[faeconman]

[ It says rather a lot about Rob as a person that Lila saying that only makes him raise his eyebrows a little.

He only has the manners of a gentleman. ]

Not a romantic, huh?

[bittersweeter]

Why, because I think Romeo and Juliet is a farce? Just because I don't constrain myself to the stupid teenage ideals of romance doesn't mean I'm not a romantic. [A beat.] Besides, he deserved it. And that song was about loneliness, which is way worse than love.

[faeconman]

Actually I dream of the day when people realize how overrated Shakespeare is.

[ He plays a couple of quiet chords, for no other reason than wanting to. ]

And it is about loneliess, yes. But you could find within it the hope of seeing your beloved again in time.

[ Not that he personally does, which probably came through in his interpretation, but he's playing the devil's advocate a little for the sake of discussion. ]

[bittersweeter]

The only Shakespeare I can stand is Midsummer. And Twelfth Night because I'm a sucker for a comedy.

[Her nose wrinkles in distaste, even though she sees what he is doing as devil's advocate.] Love is blind and equally as stupid, some people are better off not seeing their "beloved" again. I don't really buy into hope either.