Audio Broadcast | September 21st

[lonelysmiles]

[Admittedly, Thursday is an odd day to decide to start this on but after recovering from all that work in the reactor, Alastor is a bundle of energy and can't wait any longer.]

[Anyone who picked up a radio after Alastor's announcement last month will have their radio crackle to life at 8 AM on the nose with jazzy music and Alastor singing.]

♪♫ Wake up, honey, I've made you breakfast
Fresh coffee and bagels, too
A new day is waiting for us
We've got lots of fun stuff to do

Let's go to the zoo and feed the monkeys
I can lend 'em your baseball cap
Let's make the day a barrel of fun (And not grow up)
Growing up is just a trap

Don't it seem like a drag (It's a down right drag)
Like putting all of your joy in a big brown bag (don't do it)
I won't listen to any of that yap
No, I'll never grow up (I'll never grow up)
Growing up is just a big fat trap

I take pride in never working a day
Can't see the use of it anyway
Who can think up such a load 'a crap (just grown ups)
Growing up is just a trap ♪♫

[On the bridge, Alastor begins talking, the bridge extending as needed.]

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! Thank you for tuning in to 666 AM with me, your host and local Radio Demon, Alastor!

I'm pleased to announce that Reverein's own radio facilities are now officially open! But as I always say, where's the fun in a radio with only one channel? Or one performer for that matter? So feel free to drop by and try your hand at ways to entertain your friends and neighbors, maybe just advertise your local business on the air for those who might know! Reverein is starting to get quite large, after all!

I'll be broadcasting on this frequency with news, interviews, music, and so on. Feel free to contact me either in person or via journal if you'd be interested in being on the air but aren't quite ready to jump into the pool with both feet. Or even if you just have a particular song you'd like to request!

In the meantime, enjoy the music!

[And with that, he's going to go back into singing.]

♪♫ Well, don't it seem like a drag (It's a big fat drag)
Ohh, like putting all of your joy in a big brown bag (don't do it)
No, I won't listen to any of that yap
Growing up is just a trap (Growing up is a big fat trap)
Oh yeah, well growing up is just a trap, ohh (Growing up is a big fat trap)
Growing up is just a trap ♪♫

Comments

sender: Aymeric

[dualtiful]

Quite fascinating! To see such technological advances in the short time I have been here as proven to be rather educational.

The music was certainly a pleasure to wake up too, as well.

[lonelysmiles]

The radio has always been my area of expertise. It was just waiting until the right minds could reproduce the technology here.

Why, thank you for the compliment! I've been eager to perform that for weeks now!

[dualtiful]

In a dreamworld one would suppose it a realm of endless possibilities- full glad am I that one of yours came into fruition.

That was you? I must compliment you then on how lovely the sound was. Will this be an everyday occurrence?

[lonelysmiles]

I certainly wouldn't be opposed to performing on the regular between any news I can pass along.

[Shameless narcissism? You bet. He'll own up to it if pressed.]

It certainly feels good to stretch my abilities again. Reverein is such a pleasant place but I missed the airwaves.

[And knowing VOX isn't going to hijack it makes it all the sweeter.]

[dualtiful]

Though there is a peacefulness to this star that lacks upon my own, I have found my time here to be adventurous at best and dangerous at its worst.

[ What with the recent happenings, and having arrived after the Dreameater's aftermath. It was quite a lot of pieces to pick up. ]

Your music stands to soften the hearts of those ached by recent events. A talent which I feel will be put to good use in these coming days.

[lonelysmiles]

Quite a poetic bit of flattery there.

[And he's eating it up.]

You wouldn't happen to write such prose on the regular, would you?

[dualtiful]

Prose? Now I feel it is you who flatters me. Would that I receive such a compliment from a talented bard such as yourself— you are far too kind.

But no, unfortunately. I do find my speech to be rather... unique to those who reside here. 'Tis a bit stiff I would imagine from conversing with the nobles in my homeland. I am meant to keep up quite the appearances.

[lonelysmiles]

Ah, so that's the local dialect where you're from! Interesting! You might call me a bard, but you writing sounds like something The Bard himself would pen!

[dualtiful]

[ There's a pause to his writing when Aymeric laughs to himself, a small dot of ink on paper indicating the delay.

Finally, he writes back: ]

The bards do have an knack for twisting words into beauty, but I would not pride myself the talent.

Please, your praises would turn even the most scowling face pink. I fear I am not accustomed to the compliments.

[lonelysmiles]

Yet you're clearly used to giving them.

[He's not complaining, mind you, but he's going to be even more insufferable until Angel brings his ego back down to Reverein.]

[dualtiful]

Only as they are due.

[ Something tells him Alastor is not opposed to receiving them... ]

Though you may take them with as you see fit. I have naught the musical repertoire to judge another more inclined.

[lonelysmiles]

[He'll freely admit to being a narcissist if asked.]

I shall take them in the spirit they were given in: gratitude.

[dualtiful]

Wonderful. I look forward to hearing more from you, as well as any news that you wish to convey.

[lonelysmiles]

And I look forward to possibly hearing from you again. Related to the radio or not.

[dualtiful]

Agreed. Mayhap there will be a chance where we could accompany one another for tea? There is much I wish to discuss apart from the radio itself.

[lonelysmiles]

Absolutely! I'm more of a coffee fan, so Dreambucks should be accommodating to both of our tastes. Or perhaps Miss Madhuri's bakery!

[dualtiful]

I was not privy to the knowledge Mistress Madhuri owned an establishment here. While either option would suit out needs, I feel a little more inclined to see her bakery for myself.