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[Red isn't shy, but she doesn't like making a spectacle of herself unless it's a concert. Even still she's having a bit of a problem finding what she needs and so hopefully there is either a techie out there or a musician or a mix of the two.

Her smiling face appears on the feed with a wave of one hand (why yes, her nails are freshly painted just as bright red as her hair, thanks for noticing!)]

Hello, World.

I'm looking for a synthesizer board and cannot find one for sell. Is there anyone here who might be able to custom build one for me? What's it called on your worlds I can only guess.

[She thinks a moment, eyes cast to the side before looking to the TAB again.]

It's a board with programmable buttons that play the recorded sound to the beat you set. You can play back the samples and create music. I hope someone out there knows what I'm talking about!

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I only have a vague idea of what you're talking about, but it sounds easy enough to build.

[ Please, give him something to do, he is stuck mostly in his condo waiting for his leg to heal and he's dying. ]

[Forgive Red her wide eyes and dopey smile. She loves meeting new races and he's just absolutely amazing looking.]

Hello~

Does it sound easy? I'm so glad! I can give you some specifications for it and functions I'd like. I have a little bit of money but I can also pay you in installments too.

Do you always use a synthesizer?

[It's not really an accusing question though he does have the preference for bands himself.]

Heyyy~

[ Nihlus waggles his mandibles back her because, hello, he's gotta make first encounters with the Turian kind interesting for people, right? Also yes, he IS absolutely amazing looking, thank you. ]

Send your wish list over and I'll see what I can do. The final pricing and length of time taken will, of course, depend on complexity. Between the rendering and fabrication however, it shouldn't take more than a week. I'm happy taking payment in installments.

[ Welcome to the wonderful world of Eezo powered 3D printing. ]

If anything though, you're doing me a favor. It's a been a bit since I've had a project to work on.

[ Between the weather and how unpopular they were with the Savrites at the moment, business has been slow at the tech shop. ]

Not when I can find a handsome guitar player.

[Red is teasing! (kind of)

She grins at Miller and shakes her head.]

I prefer a live band but the synthesizer is fun to play with. Have you ever experimented with one? [And she goes on hardly taking a breath:] Which reminds me I want to get together again soon, I have some ideas for some lyrics I think you might be able to compose something around.

[She finds great appreciation in the wiggle of your mandibles, sir! He's probably the most amazing looking person she's met so far.

Red is happy to hear installments are accepted and also that the project will be worthwhile for him.]

Perfect!

Maybe you can come up with some impressive speakers for me too.

[...where is she going to put speakers in her miniscule tree house... she'll figure it out.]

[He got called handsome so he's smiling. It's almost immediate.]

Flattery will get you- maybe not everywhere, but a lot of places.

[He's still not wonderful at accepting compliments again.]

I could try. What are some of the musical artists from your world.

[Well you are handsome, especially when you smile like that!]

There's a variety, always changing, like the city itself. Lately it had been popular to listen to Process music. That's to say, the music which the AI running the city would compose to gratify the ever-changing whims of Cloudbank denizens. Some of it was very nice actually.

Some of it was rather awful!

Miller, if I further flattered you by saying you make the best coffee on Kauto would you give me a free cup next time I'm at Pax?

I'll trade you coffee for some copies of this music if you can find any, how about that?

[Flattery only goes so far. Barter goes further.]

I usually listen to Queen, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin... But I'm pretty open to almost anything.

i can build one if you can help me get the parts.

is it for live audio or recorded? do you need a vocoder?

[ Oh spirits, don't tell me that, Red. You're going to make him completely insufferable. ]

Speakers would be no problem either, although you'll have to forward what kind of specifications you'd like for those too.

[ He's glancing off-screen and typing scheduling into his omni-tool for this already as is, though. Then, pausing in the middle of a sentence, Nihlus turns a curious look on her, eyes slanting in an avian smile. ]

Planning to hold a concert sometime there, friend? If so, I'm expecting invitations.

I'll bring plenty of music, I promise.

Just keep me fueled with your coffee and we'll make all kinds of music.

[Red smiles conspiratorially]

And you'll sing with me?

I can't sing.

You wouldn't want me to.

But guitar I can do.

[He doesn't want to strike her poor ears with something as heinous as his voice.]

You will be invited, count on it! If there is one.

[Which she would like to say there won't be but she does love performing and already she's working on some songs. Red can't help but to laugh at herself, and she gives a heavy shrug and sigh.]

We'll see.

Is this the type of work you did back home?

Miller!

[She sounds far too much like a chastising older sister as she spouts his name, exasperated and amused at once.]

We're going to have voice lessons, remember? I can't work with you if you won't sing for me. You must, you must. Alright?

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Recorded I think, for now. A vocoder would be fabulous if you can manage it! Do you have a lot of experience with audio equipment?

Oh... right...

[He'd forgotten.]

Also I...

might have been stabbed in the lung since then. [Which he is very hesitant to say, not wanting an investigation.] It was a shadow. [He'll lie.]

I've been healed but it might take some effort.

[ That makes Nihlus laugh at the irony of it before he realizes it was somewhat rude to do so and then he's awkwardly running his claws over his fringe. ]

No, no. Sorry. I just. [ A somewhat stilted smile. ] I mostly did politics. Or- well. Dirty work for politicians, if we're being more specific here.

background on sound engineering, though it's mostly for live bands and shit.

getting the parts together might be tricky though.

St-stabbed in the lung?! Miller! What did you get yourself into?

[She'd expected a crazy kitchen-accident story and is rather disappointed that it's something more sinister. Red frowns, looking concerned.]

Maybe singing can wait. How about we just get together and you can play your guitar for me?

The only politics I have involved myself in were disastrous. I was known as something of a rabble-rouser on my world.

I never intended to be! Sometimes people are just waiting for something new to come along, I think. Ha, as if I knew anything at all about politics.

What got you into politics?

That's incredibly lucky for me, wow. That's perfect. I'll help you get the parts as best I can if you'll tell me what you need. I have used similar equipment but never made it myself.

obviously :) otherwise I wouldn't be asking for help hehe

Would you want me to do that?

[He's still surprised by anyone willing to spend time with him.]

Sure. I'd like the chance.

cool. i'm tetora by the way. let you know which pieces i can't find on my own, that sound okay with you?

you're trying to make an album or something?

Yes I super want you to play for me! Things have been crazy but we still need to get together. You'll play for me and I'll sing, and we can maybe work on some kind of tune together. I'd like that a lot.

When would be good for you? Do you need anything?

[She is obviously troubled by this stabbing news and worried about you!]

Hi Tetora! I'm Red :) Yes please let me know how I can help when the time comes

No not really. I feel the need to play around with some music and this sounded like a good way since I don't have my band members here

what, just red? like the color?

wait no shit you had a band? what sort of music you played? were you popular? was it like an idol group?

Alright.

Work's been kind of slow since the incident with the Ingress. No one wants to go to a restaurant owned by someone like us, except for the regulars.

So there are more slow spells through the day.

[He doesn't seem to be bothered he was stabbed. It's a state of having been through worse, and the fact there's no one he can even be mad at.]

[She grins and considers a moment before she switches back to video, making a playfully dramatic motion with one hand to her red hair. He'd already seen her on her original video but she made an emphasis this time on her hair.]

Just "Red"~! What other choice did my poor parents have?

[She laughs, then gives a firm nod.]

I'm not sure what an "idol group" is but yes, I was a professional singer where I came from. Not to sound conceited but I was quite popular, yes. I'm not sure what kind of music I'd classify myself as...

[Red thinks for a moment with her lips pursed to one side, then laughs again.]

I don't know.

Do you sing? Play any instruments?

[He might not be bothered but she is! Her lips form a little pout and her brows furrow like she's fighting back her temper. Red purses her lips to one side and shakes her head.]

Can you report the stabbing to, to some kind of police or something? ...I'm worried about you!

It was just a shadow so it wouldn't matter.

[He'll stick with that story until his last breath.]

I went to the hospital and the technology here is good enough that people can be healed from relatively serious injuries in a matter of days. Not to mention that I know capable magic users.

A rabble-rouser, huh? [ Nihlus smiles. ] It's always you musically inclined folks isn't it?

[ He's awful charmed though. ]

Ah, well you see, my identity is unfortunately quite political, so it's... never really been a choice on my part. People of my background? Not usually welcome with the social circles I had to deal with.

It just happened to get a lot more political after my mentor took me under his wing.

Oh, Miller...

[Red sounds a bit like a sister as she says this, a little sad, a lot concerned, and maybe the tiniest bit amused?! Her smile is nothing short of honestly sweet though.]

I can't bake too well so I will buy you a cake. Cake makes everything better right?

Now you'll have to explain that! What does your identity have to do with being political? Why shouldn't you be welcome in any social circles?

[She's genuinely curious! Hopefully the questions aren't impertinent.]

[ Oooohhh, dear. How does he put this delicately? ]

The stripes on my face indicate my heritage. It's a practice done by a majority of my species' cultures. The main political party governing most of our space is known as the Hierarchy and I am- not Hierarchy. In fact, the colony I come from has had a long history of conforming poorly to their laws. An outlaw colony. A mercenary colony, essentially. One with a lot of ties to the Hierarchy's main opposition: the Separatists.

It's... a complicated and messy history that spans the entirety of our species' space-faring history.

[Red is happy to listen to the story. In fact she leans her elbow on the table she's sitting at, chin in her palm, eyes attentive on the TAB display. She's settled in to listen for as long as he wants to talk.

When he takes a space of breath, Red sits up straight again.]

It sounds like it could be dangerous. Did you encounter humanoids like me in your space-faring?

Also is it weird or inappropriate for me to say I think your stripes are really neat?

Ah, Humanity was well established by the time I got off my home rock.

Human-Turian relations started off pretty rocky though, if I'm being honest. About thirty years back, Humanity entered the intergalactic scene, activating an ancient piece of technology. An act that was outlawed long before by the Council, a multi-planetary body responsible for maintaining law and order for a lot of species in the milky way. It was outlawed because the last time this tech was activated, it nearly brought the apocalypse with it in the form of a new, aggressive alien species.

So, humanity commits a big no-no and the Hierarchy, the Council's main military support, went over to investigate, found the humans, assumed the worst. Which resulted in a short and brutal fight known as the 'First Contact War' or 'The Relay 314 Incident'. Depending on who you're asking.

[ Which is why his mentor is so murderously prejudiced against all of humanity.

Anyways, enjoy that info-dump, Red. ]

That's not inappropriate at all! In fact, considering the five hours I spend every few months re-painting all of this, I personally quite appreciate the compliment.

[ the name makes sense, at least, even if it seems too on-the-nose for tetora's tastes. ]

Maybe Crimson or Scarlet, I don't know. Or a regular name?

But yes, I can play pretty decent. I don't sing, though. I don't like it. Fixing shit behind the scenes is more my speed.

What go you into music?

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