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Miguel (miguel_ohara) wrote in compass_comm,
@ 2022-01-21 23:22:00

Entry tags:

blank, miguel o'hara, sarah sully, ~sirius black (1845)

accidental voice post
[Miguel is in the room in Henry's apartment that he's staying in, making his way through a six-pack of beer and reading through a load of science papers he found in Sarah's book collection earlier in the day. His phone is playing a load of twencen music, a playlist that he'd found that bounces between songs from the 1950s right up to the year 1999. Miguel doesn't know all of them, but Xina has taught him enough of them, and he's drank enough beer that he's singing along softly with some of them. His voice is okay but it's quiet and completely untrained so he's not able for really low notes or any super-high ones - he just doesn't sing those bits.]

[Songs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

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[OoC: I had a threadstart up for Miguel where he went back to his normal age, but he wanted to do more stuff as a teenager, so I checked with Amy and then took the threadstart down earlier today. I'll put it back up soon :)

Enjoy Xina's music taste!]

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	theboysandcrash 2022-01-22 03:49 am UTC (link)
	I won't lie to you, man... The Beatles are the fucking worst. John Lennon is... He's just the worst. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	miguel_ohara 2022-01-22 09:25 am UTC (link)
	[slightly fuzzy, since he's not right beside the phone]¿Qué? Oh, mi teléfono... [suddenly a good bit clearer] What? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	theboysandcrash 2022-01-22 02:29 pm UTC (link)
	Every other song you played, well they're great. Just... The Beatles, man. I can't get behind them. Either way, you have an amazing voice. Flaunt it, brother! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miguel_ohara 2022-01-22 05:19 pm UTC (link)
	Okay... I didn't make the playlist, it was on the phone. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	theboysandcrash 2022-01-24 09:50 pm UTC (link)
	No, no. It's all good. Just expressing my opinion. Haha! I meant no offense! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miguel_ohara 2022-01-24 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	Okay. Thanks, then. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sarah_sully 2022-01-22 09:54 am UTC (link)
	I'm not like Blank. And I absolutely danced along with your singing. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	miguel_ohara 2022-01-22 10:00 am UTC (link)
	Sarah? You heard me too? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarah_sully 2022-01-22 10:13 am UTC (link)
	I did! I was highly entertained. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miguel_ohara 2022-01-22 10:20 am UTC (link)
	Oh. Oh, no... [quieter] ¿Por qué, teléfono? [back to normal] I don't sing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarah_sully 2022-01-22 10:37 am UTC (link)
	Well.. I think you should do it more. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miguel_ohara 2022-01-22 01:40 pm UTC (link)
	Uh. I, I don't sing. So, I shouldn't. But, thanks? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarah_sully 2022-01-23 07:11 am UTC (link)
	That is an absolute shame, Miguel. Especially if you could go back at any time and go directly into your defense, singing along to songs that you know, or something that moves you, is so beneficial. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miguel_ohara 2022-01-23 10:52 am UTC (link)
	[muttered] Oh, shock... That's not going to happen. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarah_sully 2022-01-24 06:09 am UTC (link)
	Is it really that bad? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miguel_ohara 2022-01-24 07:33 am UTC (link)
	If I say 'no', can we talk about something else? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarah_sully 2022-01-24 10:20 am UTC (link)
	I guess, but only because I'm sure you're incredibly uncomfortable. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miguel_ohara 2022-01-24 11:02 am UTC (link)
	mm... [he trails off for a moment, then starts talking like nothing just happened] I borrowed some of the papers in your collection earlier, old twencen science journals. They're pretty good, for being really out of date. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarah_sully 2022-01-24 11:32 am UTC (link)
	Hey, you're welcome to update them if you feel up to it. Were they the ones in my handwriting? Or the type "purchased from somewhere" kind? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miguel_ohara 2022-01-24 01:19 pm UTC (link)
	I think they were purchased. Or else you went to a lot of bother getting your handwritten journals printed like this. The pages are all shiny. At least it isn't newsprint, the ink that was used was a carcinogen. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarah_sully 2022-01-25 05:33 am UTC (link)
	Then you can mark those up as much as you want. I was just going to ask if you were updating mine to highlight it. But you absolutely don't have to do that. Yikes! Well that would explain a lot. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miguel_ohara 2022-01-25 08:49 am UTC (link)
	I absolutely will do that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarah_sully 2022-01-25 11:12 am UTC (link)
	Thank you, I look forward to reading your notes. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	littlesirius 2022-01-22 04:28 pm UTC (link)
	[mildly confused, but he has the rhythm right] ...la la la la la llama? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	miguel_ohara 2022-01-22 05:17 pm UTC (link)
	Huh? Oh. No, it's 'Para bailar La Bamba'. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	littlesirius 2022-01-22 05:27 pm UTC (link)
	Oh. What does that mean? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

miguel_ohara
2022-01-22 06:13 pm UTC (link)

La Bamba is a type of dance from Mexico, so that bit means 'The Bamba'. And you need to know some more of the rest of the verse for the line to make sense. So it's 'Para bailar La Bamba', then 'Para bailar La Bamba' again, and then the next lines are 'Se necessita una poca de gracia, Una poca de gracia'. All that together means "To dance the Bamba, To dance the Bamba, needs a little grace, a little grace". Because songs like repeating themselves, I guess.

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	littlesirius 2022-01-23 10:10 am UTC (link)
	Thank you! I don't know any Mexican but it sounds nice. I like that song. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miguel_ohara 2022-01-23 11:00 am UTC (link)
	It's Spanish, not Mexican. The country Spain used to rule Mexico, so they made everyone speak Spanish. It's a good song, though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	littlesirius 2022-01-23 11:46 am UTC (link)
	Oh Spanish! My friend Alonso is from Spain. I can say some Spanish like...Buenos días, me llamo Sirius. ¿Cómo está? But that is all I know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miguel_ohara 2022-01-23 12:00 pm UTC (link)
	Ohhh, you're Black's nephew. Okay, cool. Hola, Sirius, soy Miguel. Estoy bien, gracias. ¿Y tú? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	littlesirius 2022-01-23 02:43 pm UTC (link)
	Um...soy bien gracias. Yes you are right! Are you my uncle's friend? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miguel_ohara 2022-01-23 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	¡Muy bien! Uh, yeah, I guess so. He showed me how he was fixing his broom, and he's met Mouse, who's the biggest dog. And we talked about Latin. Spanish is better. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	littlesirius 2022-01-23 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	Why would you call a big dog MOUSE?? You should call him Dragon or something else big! Is Spanish good for casting spells like Latin is? I have to learn Latin because of that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

miguel_ohara
2022-01-23 09:30 pm UTC (link)

That's the joke. Mouse is massive but he's got the same name as a tiny rodent. And... I have no idea. If you translated a spell from Latin into Spanish, would it still work? The words would mean the same thing, right?

I had to learn some Latin because it's how different animal and plant species are named. Humans are Homo sapiens, so that's Latin for "wise man". But it's not like learning a language.

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	littlesirius 2022-01-24 11:44 am UTC (link)
	Oh a joke name! Does he mind having a joke name? I don't know if you can translate a spell like that...if you just say the words in English not Latin it doesn't do any magic. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miguel_ohara 2022-01-24 01:21 pm UTC (link)
	I think he likes it. And why does the language matter? I'm not casting spells every time I talk about different plants or animals, am I? No. No, I'm not. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	littlesirius 2022-01-24 03:29 pm UTC (link)
	[he giggles] No because saying homo sapiens isn't a spell! You have to say exactly the right words. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miguel_ohara 2022-01-24 04:09 pm UTC (link)
	But what if you're a, a Mexican doing magic, or from Russia or Kenya or wherever, does it all have to be in Latin? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	littlesirius 2022-01-24 04:16 pm UTC (link)
	Um...I don't think so. It's not Latin in every country. Maybe...maybe just in the countries where Ancient Romans used to live? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miguel_ohara 2022-01-24 10:41 pm UTC (link)
	Soooo... you couldn't say a spell in Spanish, but maybe I could? Would your uncle know? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	littlesirius 2022-01-24 11:23 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe. Are you from Spain or Mexico? My uncle would know about it or maybe you could look in a magical theory book? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miguel_ohara 2022-01-24 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	My abuela's Mexican. Uh, my grandmother. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	littlesirius 2022-01-26 09:53 am UTC (link)
	Did she not teach you some magic? You can ask my uncle if you want. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miguel_ohara 2022-01-28 09:50 am UTC (link)
	She didn't, no. But I might do that. Ask your uncle, I mean. (Reply to this) (Parent)