quest log: aurora musicalis

[haillenarte]

Who: Anyone performing in or attending Aurora Musicalis
When: Throughout July
Where: The Little Melody music hall and associated areas
What: Quest log for Aurora Musicalis!
Warnings: None at present; please mark individual threads!

♫　aurora musicalis　♪

The Little Melody, a music hall, has recruited those skilled in music, illusion, and/or enchantment to play at its annual Aurora Musicalis — a series of symphonies, recitals, and band performances whose tender notes activate the magic imbued in the stage to create a fantastic storytelling experience. Whether or not you have a story in mind, your music will speak for itself in a series of abstract and beautiful colors, shapes, and lights. If you've signed up — congratulations! You're now part of a motley coterie of local musicians and mirrorbound performers who are agreed to meet once or twice a week (with flexibility for any personal situations that may arise). That, or you've joined the set crew, a group of stagehands and skilled illusionists who will be responsible for the lighting and visual effects of the show. All of you are under the watchful and loving care of Anastasia Birkenwood, musical director for the show, but do be careful: as diminutive and unassuming as her bespectacled, youthful exterior may be, Miss Birkenwood can actually be quite the terror, and while she won't fire any of the performers, as short-staffed as they are, she can be a thorn in your side if you've managed to displease her... If you haven't signed up — the Little Melody is really going all out in its promotion, and behind the scenes, Miss Birkenwood has authorized a rather unusual advertising campaign. Around town, you might hear various whispers about Aurora Musicalis, none of them entirely true, but which can't conclusively be proven false, either. Some say that the illusionists plan to make the entire city appear as if it is underwater! Word on the street is that the Little Melody might collapse if they don't sell enough tickets! Rumor has it that one of the performers is extraordinarily beautiful! ...So on and so forth. Ticket prices for the event range from "not too expensive" for the best seats in the house to "absolutely free" for back-row seats! How does that work out economically? Well, Aurora Musicalis is really a community event — one which doesn't pay the Little Melody very much in cunes, but leaves it much-beloved in the eyes of the people. There's not much else happening in late Juril, so why not drop by?

(Feel free to ignore the suggested toplevels if you would prefer to have a catch-all toplevel for your character, or you've thought of something a little outside the box! Miss Birkenwood is an NPC I just made up for the purposes of this log, so do feel free to use her as a catalyst or convenient villain for your character's threads if you need to.)

Comments

[haillenarte]

[there's a new rumor swirling around aurora musicalis — not in the city, but in the little melody music hall itself. some of the musicians have begun saying that the music hall is haunted... or, more benignly, just that one of the pianos has begun to play itself, deep in the night when no one else is around. an enchantment gone awry, perhaps? but all the enchanters have looked and found nothing thus ensorcelled. what a mystery!

the real situation is, of course, much more mundane. no whimsical ghost or mysterious spell lurks in the pianos of the little melody. instead, late one evening in the music hall, you might stumble across francel at a practice bench, quietly playing his chosen piece for the recital... in the dark.

right, in the dark — for whatever reason, he hasn't bothered with any of the lamps, magical, oil, or otherwise. he's just. sitting there, playing in the dark. plainly, he's not going off any sheet music, so perhaps it doesn't matter either way, but with the hall so empty and his practice room so dark, you might be forgiven for thinking you've come across a ghost.

it might be a little creepy. but it could be relaxing, if the darkness is your preference, too.]