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ensignburke (ensignburke) wrote in madisonvalley,
@ 2023-03-07 20:15:00

Entry tags:

!closed, !complete, !log, !match-up, daphne bridgerton (diamonddaphne), ~2023 march, ~charly burke (ensignburke)

Tom Lehrer Called His Piano...
Who: Charly Burke and Daphne Bridgerton
What: Random Encounter (Match-Up)
When: Wednesday afternoon
Where: Hanover College
Warnings: I Think Not
Status: Incomplete

Charly didn't often get over to the music school at Hanover College. The sciences buildings weren't that far from the Lynne Center, but her schedule kept her busy. The intro to math and intro to engineering classes were large, so lectures and grading exams took a lot of time. The upper level classes were smaller, but she enjoyed them more, and the smaller number of students nonetheless got more personal attention.

Still, she enjoyed music. She liked to sing, and though she didn't play an instrument herself, she liked to listen to students practicing for performances. So she was wandering through the Fine Arts Center among the practice rooms when she heard someone playing piano. Charly didn't recognize the piece, but it sounded like something classical. Whoever it was played well, and had clearly been playing for years.

Charly stopped by the open door to listen until she--the student was a young woman--reached the end of the piece. Charly applauded softly, not wanting to startle her. "That was lovely," she said. "You play very well. I don't recognize that piece, though. What was it?"

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diamonddaphne
2023-03-22 02:11 am UTC (link)

"Thank you. I am going to be so nervous playing an original song, I mean I wouldn't know what to do if people didn't like it." She confessed to her.

"I find it fascinating. That there are people from different times. It has a sense of what I would be missing when I would be deceased. I have to admit that I am really enjoying being here in this timeline. I am still learning but I am learning quite a bit." She said with a nervous giggle. "So what is your future like?" She asked.

"Yeah well, back then the men were the ones that had to provide for the families while the women bared and took care of the children. It was just our roles." She said with a shrug of her shoulders.

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ensignburke
2023-03-23 12:06 am UTC (link)

"I'm sure you'll do well," Charly said. "I look forward to hearing it."

"What's it like?" Charly asked. She thought about it and smiled. "Humans live on many other planets now, and live and work with aliens. We've mostly ended poverty and disease, and technology has made everyone wealthy by modern standards. We don't kill animals for meat--we can produce it without resorting to that, and that's one of the things I miss most."

"It's not a utopia, though. There are still problems and threats--I was in the Navy, and we fought our share of battles with hostile powers. I guess you could say we've traded up to different problems."

"I'm sorry you had to deal with those sorts of rules, but I'm glad you're here and have more freedom now. And speaking of freedom, I should probably let you get back to what you were doing."

[wrap on yours?]

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diamonddaphne
2023-03-26 01:51 am UTC (link)

Daphne sat and listened to her tell tales of her world. She found it very fascinating. Aliens? Other planets? It seemed like something that came from a book or a story that one of her family members would create for the young ones.

"Well, it sounds like something right out of a story that perhaps one of my family members would read. It really does seem like an interesting place." She said, commenting about her world.

"Yeah, I guess you are right. I should get back to this. It was very nice to meet you. And I'm sure we will run into each other again soon." She went back to her writing and the piano.

(ooc: WRAP!)

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