I can think of one place where that would be a plus side.
[But maybe if you tried hard enough you could get people to enjoy it... there seems to be some sort of consistency in what note you get when you have your fingers in certain places on the slide...]
It's appreciated. Do you actually have any siblings? Or are you an only child?
[A grin spreads across her face, edged with just a hint of malice.]
The world I come from. A lot of women fuss about wanting to mold their daughters into a beautiful trophy to be flaunted in high society... playing an instrument is considered an important life skill.
[And look, until things happened she hadn't thought much about it. It just was the way things were, right?]
It'd be pretty funny to take one of these back and see the looks on their faces.
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You keep that one. I'll grab another one.
[Conveniently, there's another one close by that she can grab! Wave takes a seat next to Heath, turning the otamatone over in her hands.]
So how does this work? [She glances at how he's holding it, arranging her hands the same way.] Do you just--
[WAAAaaaahhhhhhnhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.........
is
is it supposed to sound like it's dying help]
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It's quite easy to make a sound, but making music seems to be a bit more difficult.
[Wah wah waaaaaaah...]
I think it's just... variations on this noise, but somehow it can be made into a melody? It's quite a strange instrument.
[For as much as it qualifies as an instrument. He doesn't even know what it's made out of.]
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[Wahn wahn.]
Do you mind if I ask you another question while we're sitting here? I'm trying to find someone to answer the question about siblings.
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[Wehhhhh wehhhhh weh.]
Oh, no. Please, feel free to ask me anything you want.
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[But maybe if you tried hard enough you could get people to enjoy it... there seems to be some sort of consistency in what note you get when you have your fingers in certain places on the slide...]
It's appreciated. Do you actually have any siblings? Or are you an only child?
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Do I want to know what that place is?
[Probably not, he thinks.]
I’m an only child. [For good reason.] I can’t imagine having siblings.
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The world I come from. A lot of women fuss about wanting to mold their daughters into a beautiful trophy to be flaunted in high society... playing an instrument is considered an important life skill.
[And look, until things happened she hadn't thought much about it. It just was the way things were, right?]
It'd be pretty funny to take one of these back and see the looks on their faces.