Don't Cry Over Spilt Drinks Concert

This concert was held on February 11, 2023 and performed by Ansara

Introduction

Ansara nods to Xadon.

Chelinde grins impishly at Raikage.

Nargles grins at Jaelia.

Raikage takes a bite of the popcorn.

Raikage flashes a wide grin at Chelinde.

[Gyfford's Bridge, Southeast Embankment]

The forest has been cleared away from the approach of this bridge, allowing room for a wide abutment that supports an embankment that arcs over the ravine in the Mistwood Forest floor. Granite and quartzite are layered in a cobblestone pattern, leading upward to a deck supported entirely from the stone construction on each side.

Also here: Sir Madigan, Carnage Darling Dantia, Rat Catcher Nargles who has a mischief of rats scurrying underfoot, Forest Watcher Damoone, Salvitoriel, Bridge Completionist Xadon, Ysindre, Blood Channeler Alanarue, Raven Queen Chelinde, Maelstrom Raikage who is sitting, Philomath Miskton, Musical Enthusiast Ansara, Mountain Titan Robarvo, Niliaevat Raesh Isen Malorna, Tichond, Apollys, Priestess Jaelia who is emanating a benevolent holy aura, Pack Brother Finnris who is sitting, Lord of Elamiri Gridaksma and Truthseeker Elurora who is sitting.

Nargles takes a bite of the popcorn.

Finnris offers Elurora a small chocolate-drizzled fruit kabob.

Tichond gives Madigan a measured bow, deepening it ever so slightly.

Chelinde says to Raikage, "Where is our Reiku at? She was supposed to be here."

Chelinde frets.

Elurora accepts Finnris's fruit kabob.

Tichond gives Dantia a measured bow, deepening it ever so slightly.

Elurora beams at Finnris!

Dantia smiles at Tichond.

Chelinde says, "I hope she is ok."

Finnris grins at Elurora.

Elurora pulls Finnris to her in a tight hug.

Finnris hugs Elurora, who wraps her arms around Finnris with a warm smile.

Raikage says, "I haven't seen her yet."

Elurora takes a bite of the kabob.

Raikage nods to Chelinde.

Xadon strikes a piece of black flint with a kertig adze while holding it over a colorful wand causing sparks to fly. Some of the sparks land on the colorful wand and with a few quick breaths in the right place Xadon manages to get the wand lit.

Elurora says to Finnris, "The downside is that I think I already got all the strawberries."

Ansara beams!

Elurora giggles.

Apollys says, "Probably still cleaning the dirt from her teeth."

Finnris snickers at Elurora.

Madigan says, "Xadon, your wife can be here on parole but you cannot. I would ask that you step out of Therengia or agree to abide by her parole and agreement to leave after the concert."

Xadon waves his colorful wand around in the air, trailing a fountain of orange sparks in a zig-zag pattern that leaves a glowing afterimage in its wake.

Ansara zealously exclaims, "Ladies and Gents! Rags and Riches!"

Xadon's colorful wand throws off a shower of orange sparks, illuminating the area in a warm orange glow. It sizzles and hisses, sending sparks in every direction!

Ansara exclaims, "Welcome to this Theren themed show!"

Xadon dances around with his colorful wand, twisting and swirling in a cascade of orange sparks that float slowly to the ground.

Ansara humbly says, "And my first ever concert."

Xadon's colorful wand throws off a shower of orange sparks, illuminating the area in a warm orange glow. It sizzles and hisses, sending sparks in every direction!

Finnris looks at Ansara and applauds!

Ansara gives an awkward curtsy, nearly falling over!

Xadon waves his colorful wand around in the air, trailing a fountain of orange sparks in a zig-zag pattern that leaves a glowing afterimage in its wake.

Ansara says, "For those of you who don't know."

Raikage takes a bite of the popcorn.

Xadon's colorful wand throws off a shower of orange sparks, illuminating the area in a warm orange glow. It sizzles and hisses, sending sparks in every direction!

Elurora looks at Ansara and applauds!

Miskton looks at Ansara and applauds!

Ansara patiently says, "Or for those of you confused."

Xadon dances around with his colorful wand, twisting and swirling in a cascade of orange sparks that float slowly to the ground.

Ansara says, "I am Ansara, a musical enthusiast on her way to being a bardess."

Xadon's colorful wand throws off a shower of orange sparks, illuminating the area in a warm orange glow. It sizzles and hisses, sending sparks in every direction!

Raikage thumps himself on the head. Doh!

Ansara jovially says, "Tonight will be filled with music and laughter, art and amusement."

Xadon's colorful wand throws off a shower of orange sparks, illuminating the area in a warm orange glow. It sizzles and hisses, sending sparks in every direction!

Xadon nods to Madigan.

Ansara honestly says, "My work displayed here is based in truth with a splash of satire."

The colorful wand throws off a few orange sparks and snuffs itself out on the ground.

Madigan nods to Xadon.

Ansara seriously says, "Conflict is not on the set list."

Ansara seriously says, "So please keep the mosh pits to the north part of the bridge."

Ansara says, "This song series is entitled "Don't Cry Over Spilt Drinks."

Elurora takes a bite of the kabob.

Ansara affectionately says, "I would like to dedicate it to my wonderful husband, our lights opperator, and backup dancer of the evening, Bridge Completionist Xadon."

Nargles takes a bite of the popcorn.

Finnris looks at Xadon and applauds!

Ansara says, "He has suffered the burden of supporting my song writing."

Ansara smiles at Xadon.

Finnris snickers.

Ansara pats Xadon on the back.

Ansara says, "So we will be starting with a song that immortalizes the events that occured on the very place you sit."

Elurora chews on her lip, looking deep in concentration.

Xadon bows.

Ansara gets a wide-bottom mistwood guti'adar with ivory-tipped tuning pins from inside her bitterweave pack.

Xadon bows.

Xadon's Song

Ansara effortlessly begins a confident ballad on her mistwood guti'adar, her eyes sparkling with pride at her hard-won skill.

Ansara imaginatively sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Once upon a time in a land called Therenjean
A rope across a valley was all betwix the Keep
Tattered and rickety, drinks spilled, it was mean
A tragedy distraught
The weary traveler could nare half a pint reap"

Finnris pats Elurora on the back.

Xadon smirks.

Chelinde nods at Raikage, obviously agreeing with his views.

Elurora giggles at Ansara.

Ansara fretfully sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Knower of things and doer of deeds
The plight of pints is here
Before us is a puzzle indeed
Please save our pints so dear"

Raikage takes a bite of the popcorn.

Ansara boastfully sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Travesty calls and hero did answer
Ours heard the Raven ca caw, construction underway
They went to speak with the financer
A bargin wrought
Workers to build tirelessly until decay"

Without a wasted motion, a confident ballad pours from Ansara's mistwood guti'adar.

Ansara desperately sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Knower of things and doer of deeds
The plight of pints is here
Before us is a puzzle indeed
Please save our pints so dear"

Reiku stands near Nargles.

Ansara enthusiastically sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Blueprints made, lost and found
Exquisite in the crayon unlegible at best
A solid bridge began between each solid ground
A collective expanse
Watchers in cluster would our heroes test"

Nargles nods to Reiku.

You listen with appreciation as Ansara continues to play a confident ballad with absolute concentration.

Chelinde fixes Reiku with a serene, lofty stare.

Gridaksma shakes his head as if clearing it.

Ansara desperately sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Knower of things and doer of deeds
The plight of pints is here
Before us is a puzzle indeed
Please save our pints so dear"

Reiku looks at Chelinde and blushes.

Chelinde grins at Reiku, her dimples flashing into view.

Ansara despondently sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Workers provided was clearly not enough
Sneering wench and hateful plate unyeilding to the crew
No reason or calm could breach a head so tough
A deplorable advance
Our hero's friends were egregiously slew"

With incredible dexterity, Ansara continues to play a confident ballad, coaxing the sound into a clean, dulcet tone.

Ansara desperately sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Knower of things and doer of deeds
The plight of pints is here
Before us is a puzzle indeed
Please save our pints so dear"

Ansara defiantly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Not one to back down or care for a bully
Our hero continued their plans for a bridge
Though not a single participant could read the plans fully
A dilemma unknotted
Our hero surveyed the area and strode up to the ridge"

Ansara stops playing her song.

(Ansara pauses dramaticaly gazing at the crowd like one might imagine the hero surveying the ridge)

Ansara effortlessly begins a confident ballad on her mistwood guti'adar, her eyes sparkling with pride at her hard-won skill.

Ansara desperately sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Knower of things and doer of deeds
The plight of pints is here
Before us is a puzzle indeed
Please save our pints so dear"

Ansara intelligently sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"He eyed the air, the ground, the crayon configuration
A furrowed brow, a steady gaze, a smirk filled his face
He placed his stone cobbled and round into the foundation
A cumulation slotted
He turned around with pride, the last stone in place"

Ansara victoriously sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Knower of things and placer of stone
The plight of pints is won
Taverns chant his name intone
Knower of things savior of pints
His name?"

With incredible dexterity, Ansara continues to perform a confident ballad with a tightly controlled technique.

Elurora giggles at Finnris.

Finnris grins at Elurora.

Xadon smirks.

Ansara adoringly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Bridge Completionist Xadon"

Xadon bows.

Ansara stops playing her song.

Ansara puts her guti'adar in her bitterweave pack.

Dantia smiles at Angel.

Ansara says, "Yes, this spot would not be complete without the blood and sweat of many."

Ansara says, "But the ingenuity of the undesired is what completed this long project."

Raikage takes a bite of the popcorn.

Ansara says, "This next song is for the tireless workers, those that gave their lives to see Theren's dream come to fruition."

Dantia chuckles at Angel.

Angel winks at Dantia.

Ansara mournfully says, "Pour out a shot for those no longer with us, but do not spill a tear."

Ansara gets a slender blood-red brass sistrum in a fluted ebonwood frame from inside her bitterweave pack.

Kickin' Corpses

Ansara effortlessly begins a mournful hymn on her brass sistrum, her eyes sparkling with pride at her hard-won skill.

Ansara sincerely sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Dont cry for them Therengina"

Ansara reassuringly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"The truth is they never left you
Their blood and sweat
Stays in the bridge
They kept their promise"

Finnris grins at Elurora.

Reiku appears to be whispering to those in her company.

Finnris snickers.

Ansara sadly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"You kicked thier corpses"

Nargles nods at Reiku, obviously agreeing with her views.

Ansara solemnly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"And as for glory and as for shame"

Ansara sorrowfully sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"You shouldered just one"

Raikage gets a tall box of salted caramel popcorn flecked with tiny chunks of toffee from inside his rucksack.

Ansara resignedly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Though it seemed to the realm
You cared little at all"

Raikage offers Madigan a tall box of salted caramel popcorn flecked with tiny chunks of toffee.

Madigan accepts Raikage's caramel popcorn.

Ansara regretfully sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Your brawn is a fault
It's not the solution you want it to be"

Madigan bows to Raikage.

Dantia grins at Raikage.

Raikage nods politely to Madigan.

Raikage takes a bite of the popcorn.

Ansara remorsefully sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"The truce was there all along
Now its gone"

Raikage gets a white paper cone of spicy paprika popcorn liberally seasoned with ground chili peppers from inside his rucksack.

Damoone grins at Angel.

Reiku frowns, shaking her head with an expression of exasperation before resting her face in the palm of her hand.

Raikage offers Dantia a white paper cone of spicy paprika popcorn liberally seasoned with ground chili peppers.

Elurora nods at Finnris, obviously agreeing with his views.

Ansara truthfully sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"And they hope you die slow"

Dantia beams at Raikage!

Dantia accepts Raikage's paprika popcorn.

Dantia leans on Raikage.

Finnris takes a bite of the popcorn.

With white-hot intensity, a mournful hymn rises from Ansara's brass sistrum.

Ansara tearfully sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Dont cry for them Therengina"

Chelinde wrinkles her nose.

Ansara stops playing her song.

(Ansara softly hums the chorus)

Elurora squints at Finnris.

Dantia takes a bite of the popcorn.

Raikage takes a bite of the popcorn.

(Ansara's humming reaches a crescendo)

Finnris grins at Elurora.

(Dantia offers a piece of popcorn to Reiku.)

Finnris offers Elurora a small sack of fratvarit flavored popcorn studded with maple glazed bacon bits.

Elurora declines Finnris's offer.

Elurora wrinkles her nose.

Ansara effortlessly begins a confident hymn on her brass sistrum, her eyes sparkling with pride at her hard-won skill.

Ansara powerfully sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Dont cry for them Therengina"

Finnris snickers.

Elurora just nudged Finnris.

Finnris takes a bite of the popcorn.

Jaelia gets a glass of iced tea garnished with a lemon wedge from inside her spidersilk bag.

Ansara reassuringly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"The truth is they never left you
Their blood and sweat
Stays in the bridge
They kept their promise"

Jaelia takes a sip of her tea.

Finnris snickers at Elurora.

Dantia grins at Angel.

Madigan pokes Angel in the ribs.

Angel giggles.

Ansara quietly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"You kicked thier corpses"

Ansara apprehensively sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"They have more to do
There's so much more to come
A mirror for you to see
But all you have to do is listen to them to know
Your soul is pure taint"

Nargles looks like he could kick himself.

As Ansara continues to play her brass sistrum, a confident hymn drifts through the air with consummate skill.

Miskton scratches distractedly at his beard.

Ansara defiantly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Dont cry for them Therengina"

Ansara defiantly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"The truth is they never left you
Their blood and sweat
Stays in the bridge
They kept their promise"

Angel nods to Madigan.

Raikage takes a bite of the popcorn.

Aislynn nods to Tekhelet.

Ansara defiantly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"You kicked thier corpses"

Ansara stops playing her song.

(Ansara lets the hard truth settle on a breath of silence as she gazes out at the crowd, the defiance of the disenfranchised burning in her eyes)

Xadon strikes a piece of black flint with a kertig adze while holding it over a sealed cylinder causing sparks to fly. Some of the sparks land on the sealed cylinder and with a few quick breaths in the right place Xadon manages to get the cylinder lit.

Elurora appears to be whispering to those in her company.

The wick on the sealed cylinder begins to burn quickly, hissing and sparking!

Elurora gazes down at the ground.

With a quick hiss, a faint grey streak climbs into the sky!

A moment later, a stunning orange skyflower explodes into life, its sparkling orange limbs stretching across the sky as they pop and swirl. A second glorious white skyflower blooms overhead, its sparkling silver petals drifting slowly downward as they snap and spark before fading into darkness.

(Ansara blinks slowly as a startling round of fireworks goes off behind her)

Ansara puts her sistrum in her bitterweave pack.

Dantia laughs at Angel.

Finnris snickers at Elurora.

Ansara says, "All this pain."

Dantia just nudged Angel.

Ansara says, "All this work."

Ansara fretfully says, "It must have some kind of cost."

Angel wrinkles her nose.

Ansara sternly says, "A cost, that the Ravens and I can agree, has not been paid."

Finnris furrows his brow.

Big Bad Barony

Ansara snarkily sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Hey baron"

Finnris takes a bite of the popcorn.

Ansara snarkily sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"When you gonna start payin?"

Ansara effortlessly begins a flashy folk song on her glaes txistu, her eyes sparkling with pride at her hard-won skill.

Dantia takes a bite of the popcorn.

Nargles ponders.

Ansara dramatically sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Snack break
It could be the end of me
They all said you the big bad baronry"

Damoone glances at Madigan.

Finnris nods to Elurora.

Raikage chuckles.

Ansara bitterly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Crew'd be alright if ya cauld say sorry
They all sang in a weird chorus
Had em build the bridge up for us"

Dantia grins at Damoone.

Chelinde cocks her head.

Finnris takes a bite of the popcorn.

Ansara teasingly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"They all said you the big bad baronry
Welcome
Bridge aint a fantasy"

With a subtle, powerful style, Ansara continues to play a flashy folk song with white-hot intensity.

Ansara points at Xadon.

Ansara energetically sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"On the count of three
Yo crewmen get twerkin!"

Xadon holds a bright yellow construction hat marked with a Therengian white rose high into the air for all to see.

Xadon dances in a circle, shaking his behind and his tail right along with it, while waving his arms overhead.

Chelinde nods to Nargles.

Raikage flashes a wide grin at Nargles.

Ansara bluntly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Broke bridges to the left we dont want em
Don't want em"

Finnris furrows his brow.

Ansara honestly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"You the one peasants hate
Worker comp is lax
Low wage small cage
And a big ol tax"

Angel squints.

Dantia takes a bite of the popcorn.

Dantia licks her lips.

Displaying an incredible gift of style, a flashy folk song drifts from Ansara's glaes txistu.

Ansara smoothly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Big bad barony
You the big bad barony
Big bad barony"

Angel just tickled Dantia, making her laugh.

Nargles takes a bite of the popcorn.

Madigan takes a bite of the popcorn.

Ansara playfully sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Ya like what ya see
Well that bridge aint built for free"

Finnris cocks his head.

Ansara crossly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Baron you'll pay that price we guarantee
Pay up or the thone'll be debris"

Jaelia laughs!

Finnris takes a bite of the popcorn.

Dantia grins at Angel.

Ansara points at Xadon.

Ansara energetically sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"On the count of three
Yo crewmen get twerkin!"

Xadon holds a bright yellow construction hat marked with a Therengian white rose high into the air for all to see.

Xadon dances in a circle, shaking his behind and his tail right along with it, while waving his arms overhead.

Tapping a foot in rhythm, Ansara continues to perform a flashy folk song on her glaes txistu.

Xadon puts his hat in his wyvern skull.

Ansara bluntly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Broke bridges to the left we dont want em
Don't want em"

Elurora chews on her lip, looking deep in concentration.

Ansara fiercely sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Doom and gloom over head
So ya cant relax
Open gate, They await
With some big ol pacts"

Ansara smoothly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Big bad barony
You the big bad barony
Big bad barony"

Ansara finishes playing a flashy folk song on her glaes txistu.

Ansara says, "Now is the point in any good tale where we start into the fixing of things."

Elurora grins at Aislynn.

Elurora giggles.

Ansara says, "So my dear Therens."

Ansara cheekily says, "Perhaps this satire will put you at ease."

Madigan nods to Angel.

Ansara mysteriously says, "It might even, dare I say, entice some thought or reform."

Ansara gets a delicate ayabere lyre carved to resemble two mermaids holding a violaceous zuzaret from inside her bitterweave pack.

Clarity

Ansara effortlessly begins a haunting lullaby on her ayabere lyre, her eyes sparkling with pride at her hard-won skill.

Ansara dreamily sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Its so clear
You need a new person on the throne"

Ansara dreamily sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Its so clear
You need care and fair and not to be left alone"

Ansara dreamily sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"And I know it's hard
To see that the Baron you've outgrown"

Salvitoriel observes Ansara with fascination.

Angel rolls her eyes.

Ansara dreamily sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Yet with it so clear
You've nothing to fear"

Ansara dreamily sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"You'll thank them at once
When you get a new
One on the throne"

With consummate skill, Ansara continues to play a haunting lullaby, filling the music with resonant undertones.

(Ansara adds a sing-song la la,lala, ladadaedadedadeda)

Apollys says, "To be fair, he is both old and incompetent."

Ansara dreamily sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Yet with it so clear
You've nothing to fear"

Ansara dreamily sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"You'll thank them at once"

Reiku grins at Raikage.

Jaelia takes a sip of her tea.

Reiku nods in agreement.

Dantia takes a bite of the popcorn.

Chelinde giggles at Raikage.

Elurora leans forward and rests her chin in her hand, a thoughtful expression on her face.

Ansara dreamily sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"When you get a new
One on the throne"

Chelinde nods at Raikage, obviously agreeing with his views.

Finnris nods at Elurora, obviously agreeing with her views.

Dantia offers Madigan a white paper cone of spicy paprika popcorn liberally seasoned with ground chili peppers.

Dantia raises an eyebrow in Madigan's direction.

(Ansara lets a few notes linger in the air before returning to the song)

Madigan taps a tall box of salted caramel popcorn flecked with tiny chunks of toffee that he is holding.

Madigan nods to Dantia.

Dantia grins at Madigan.

Ansara dreamily sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Its so clear
You need a new person on the throne"

Raikage takes a bite of the popcorn.

Ansara truthfully sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Its so clear
That Xadon has care, is fair and one of your own"

Ansara bats her eyes at Xadon.

Ansara dreamily sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"And I know it's hard
To see that the Baron you've outgrown"

Ansara dreamily sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Yet with it so clear
You've nothing to fear"

Damoone takes a sip of his rum.

Reiku points at herself.

Reiku spins around!

Ansara truthfully sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"You'll thank him at once
When you put him up
On Theren's throne"

Reiku raises an eyebrow.

Reiku grins at Chelinde.

Raikage takes a bite of the popcorn.

Ansara stops playing her song.

Ansara puts her lyre in her bitterweave pack.

(Jaelia continues to snack on various bits of chocolate snacks and sipping tea completely enraptured by the various performances all about.)

Madigan takes a bite of the popcorn.

Damoone takes a sip of his rum.

Ansara says, "Let me bring you to the creshendo of the evening."

Ansara reassuringly says, "Don't worry, don't worry."

Ansara says, "We'll come back down with drinks in hand."

Raikage says, "You and cheli are for sure fancy as fancy can be."

Ansara winks.

Finnris nods to Elurora.

Raikage nods.

Reiku giggles at Nargles.

Ansara gets a pair of loveglass heart-shaped spoons with glittering ovoid glitvire handles from inside her bitterweave pack.

Done the Same Thing

Ansara begins a quiet battle song on her loveglass spoons.

Ansara assertively sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"He's terrified
What he doesn't know
He's become the thing he fears most"

Raikage grins at Chelinde.

Ansara intensely sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Control freak
Demanding compliance"

Damoone takes a sip of his rum.

Ansara condescendingly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"What he doesn't know
He's done the same thing"

Raikage takes a bite of the popcorn.

Ansara laughingly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"The same thing as a necro"

Ansara ironically sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"They're zombified
They're their own foe
They're what they fear most"

Ansara continues to play a quiet battle song on her loveglass spoons. The music wafts through the air and your soul.

Ansara pityingly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Mentally weak
Deafening silence"

Ansara condescendingly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"What they don't know
He's done to them the same thing"

Ansara snarkily sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"The same thing as a necro"

Madigan takes a bite of the popcorn.

Ansara dazedly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"We're mystified
He played an elaborate show
Preyed on what we fear most"

Dantia glances at Madigan.

Ansara dryly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Future's bleak
Morality reliance"

Ansara bends her head over her loveglass spoons as a quiet battle song continues to fill the air.

Dantia smiles at Madigan.

Robarvo smiles at Dantia.

Madigan offers Dantia a tall box of salted caramel popcorn flecked with tiny chunks of toffee.

Ansara condescendingly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"What we didn't know
He's done the same thing"

Finnris nods to Elurora.

Dantia beams at Robarvo!

Dantia accepts Madigan's caramel popcorn.

Madigan waves to Robarvo.

Ansara laughingly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"The same thing as a necro"

Dantia taps a white paper cone of spicy paprika popcorn liberally seasoned with ground chili peppers that she is holding.

Robarvo waves to Madigan.

Dantia offers Madigan a white paper cone of spicy paprika popcorn liberally seasoned with ground chili peppers.

Ansara stops playing her song.

Ansara effortlessly begins a quiet lament on her loveglass spoons, her eyes sparkling with pride at her hard-won skill.

(Ansara plays a mean spoon solo that accompanies the growl starts that in the back of her throat)

Finnris grins at Elurora.

Ansara morbidly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Baron is mistaken
Theren is foresaken"

Raikage takes a bite of the popcorn.

Aislynn's tail undulates passively just above the ground.

Angel laughs!

Ansara morbidly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Your justice died
The Immortals lied"

Damoone takes a sip of his rum.

Reiku raises an eyebrow.

Ansara morbidly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Your freedom is taken"

Ansara morbidly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Free.
Will."

Ansara cruelly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Denied!"

You listen with appreciation as Ansara continues to play a quiet lament with a splash of sound.

Ansara stops playing her song.

(Ansara snarls at the end of the phrase, an angry flick of the wrist brings a rougher version of the melody back to the forefront)

Ansara begins a quiet battle song on her loveglass spoons.

Dantia offers Robarvo a white paper cone of spicy paprika popcorn liberally seasoned with ground chili peppers.

Robarvo nods.

Ansara begrudgingly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Minions quantified
Their numbers grow
He's made the thing he fears most"

Robarvo accepts Dantia's paprika popcorn.

Finnris nods to Elurora.

Reiku nods at Chelinde, obviously agreeing with her views.

Aislynn gazes at Ansara.

Ansara contemptuously sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Mind technique
Independence defiance"

Malorna glances at Robarvo.

Robarvo takes a bite of the popcorn.

Finnris nods to Elurora.

Ansara condescendingly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"What you now know
He's done the same thing"

Robarvo offers Malorna a white paper cone of spicy paprika popcorn liberally seasoned with ground chili peppers.

Robarvo smiles.

Malorna beams!

Malorna accepts Robarvo's paprika popcorn.

Dantia takes a bite of the popcorn.

Ansara condescendingly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"He's done the same exact thing
The same thing..."

Robarvo grins.

Robarvo snuggles up to Malorna.

Ansara bends her head over her loveglass spoons as a quiet battle song continues to fill the air.

Malorna takes a bite of the popcorn.

Ansara cruelly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"The same thing as a necro"

Ansara stops playing her song.

Ansara puts her spoons in her bitterweave pack.

Dantia just nudged Angel.

Malorna takes a bite of the popcorn.

Salvitoriel chuckles.

Damoone snickers.

Malorna offers Robarvo a white paper cone of spicy paprika popcorn liberally seasoned with ground chili peppers.

Xadon strikes a piece of black flint with a kertig adze while holding it over a sealed cylinder causing sparks to fly. Some of the sparks land on the sealed cylinder and with a few quick breaths in the right place Xadon manages to get the cylinder lit.

Angel snickers.

Robarvo accepts Malorna's paprika popcorn.

The wick on the sealed cylinder begins to burn quickly, hissing and sparking!

Robarvo smiles at Malorna.

Robarvo takes a bite of the popcorn.

Dantia takes a bite of the popcorn.

With a quick hiss, a faint grey streak climbs into the sky!

A moment later, a glorious yellow skyflower blooms overhead, its yellow petals drifting slowly downward as they snap and spark before fading into darkness as a royal-blue aura flickers faintly behind it, crackling and snapping before fading into darkness.

Ansara exclaims, "Everyone raise a glass!"

Raising her iced tea to Ansara, Jaelia gives her a toast.

Finnris pats himself down looking for something!

Ansara gratefully exclaims, "I appreciate you making it to my first and not last concert!"

Jaelia takes a sip of her tea.

Angel gets a bottle of naphtha from inside her sword belt.

Robarvo holds a white paper cone of spicy paprika popcorn liberally seasoned with ground chili peppers high into the air for all to see.

Damoone gets a frosted glass of tribal fire from inside his canvas backpack.

Angel asks, "Does this count?"

Ansara proudly says, "We'll let the song entitled "Mr. Theren" bring us to a close tonight."

Angel waves a bottle of naphtha around.

Aislynn gets a tiny tin tea kettle with a spiraling straw sticking out of its spout from inside a sculpted leather beverage holster.

Ansara nods in agreement.

Robarvo laughs at Angel.

Aislynn holds a tiny tin tea kettle with a spiraling straw sticking out of its spout high into the air for all to see.

Finnris rummages through a well-worn hunter's rucksack searching with intent, but it quickly becomes apparent he's not got a clue where to look.

Ansara gets a dusky crimson loveglass triangle from inside her bitterweave pack.

Chelinde giggles at Raikage.

Mr. Theren

Ansara begins a quiet ditty on her loveglass triangle with only the slightest hint of difficulty.

Ansara playfully sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Mr. Theren fetch me a beer"

Damoone takes a sip of his fire.

Raikage takes a bite of the popcorn.

Angel puts her naphtha in her sword belt.

Finnris nods to Elurora.

Ansara cheekily sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Make it real quick since I'm right here
Give me a pint full of hops and flavor
Pour one for your Bridge Completing savior"

Apollys says, "Entitled Mister Theren sounds about right."

Robarvo laughs!

Grinning, Aislynn pulls a swig from a tiny tin tea kettle with a spiraling straw sticking out of its spout.

Robarvo takes a bite of the popcorn.

Finnris gets a short-stemmed glass snifter of toffee-hued cognac from inside his hunter's rucksack.

Ansara coyly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Mr. Theren, you're not alone"

Ansara teasingly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"But you need someone new on the throne
Please see a new one crowned"

Robarvo takes a bite of the popcorn.

Dantia whispers something to Reiku.

Ansara sweetly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Mr. Theren, pour me a round"

Ansara continues to perform her unextraordinary ditty on her loveglass triangle.

Finnris gazes at his cognac.

(Ansara taps a little bahdu du duhnn sound with her toes)

Elurora glances at Finnris.

Finnris puts his cognac in his hunter's rucksack.

Reiku grins at Dantia.

Nargles chuckles at Chelinde.

Raikage chuckles at Chelinde.

Elurora giggles at Finnris.

Finnris blinks.

Ansara playfully sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Mr. Theren fetch me a beer"

Dantia whispers something to Reiku.

Finnris blushes a bright red color.

Ansara cheekily sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Make it real quick since I'm right here
Put your savior on the docket
He'll have the realms right in his pocket"

Elurora pats Finnris on the back.

Reiku nods at Dantia, obviously agreeing with her views.

Finnris grins sheepishly.

Damoone takes a sip of his fire.

Jaelia gets a slender goblet of starlight champagne from inside a gold-hinged e'erdream tea tote lined with spun rainbow.

Ansara coyly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Mr. Theren, you're not alone"

Ansara teasingly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"But you need someone new on the throne
Please see a new one crowned"

Jaelia takes a sip of her champagne.

Ansara seems to relax as she continues to play a quiet ditty on her loveglass triangle.

Ansara sweetly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Mr. Theren, pour me a round"

Ansara sweetly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Mr. Theren, pour us a round"

Reiku whispers something to Dantia.

Madigan gets a large mug of pitch-black coffee from inside his traveler's pack.

Ansara teasingly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Your current structure is way too unsound
The citizens are kept in the dark
Find someone who hates the patriarch"

Robarvo smiles.

Dantia appears to be trying hard not to grin.

Ansara dreamily sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Mr. Theren, someone whos bold"

Ansara dreamily sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Would be so peachy before we're too old
So please see a new one crowned"

Ansara seems to relax as she continues to perform a quiet ditty on her loveglass triangle.

Dantia whispers something to Reiku.

Ansara sweetly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Mr. Theren, pour us
Please, please, please"

Damoone takes a sip of his fire.

Ansara sweetly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Mr. Theren, pour us a round"

Reiku giggles at Dantia.

Ansara stops playing her song.

Ansara puts her triangle in her bitterweave pack.

Xadon strikes a piece of black flint with a kertig adze while holding it over a sealed cone causing sparks to fly. Some of the sparks land on the sealed cone and with a few quick breaths in the right place Xadon manages to get the cone lit.

The wick on the sealed cone begins to burn quickly, hissing and sparking!

Ansara gives an awkward curtsy, nearly falling over!

Finnris nods to Elurora.

A fountain of light green sparks fly upward from the cone, twisting and swirling in dizzying patterns.

Xadon strikes a piece of black flint with a kertig adze while holding it over a sealed cylinder causing sparks to fly. Some of the sparks land on the sealed cylinder and with a few quick breaths in the right place Xadon manages to get the cylinder lit.

Elurora applauds.

The wick on the sealed cylinder begins to burn quickly, hissing and sparking!

Nargles chuckles.

Xadon strikes a piece of black flint with a kertig adze while holding it over a sealed cone causing sparks to fly. Some of the sparks land on the sealed cone and with a few quick breaths in the right place Xadon manages to get the cone lit.

A fountain of light green sparks fly upward from the cone, twisting and swirling in dizzying patterns.

The wick on the sealed cone begins to burn quickly, hissing and sparking!

With a quick hiss, a faint grey streak climbs into the sky!

A moment later, a stunning sky-blue skyflower explodes into life, its sparkling sky-blue limbs stretching across the sky as they pop and swirl. A second glorious lavender skyflower blooms overhead, its lavender petals drifting slowly downward as they snap and spark before fading into darkness.

A fountain of canary sparks fly upward from the cone, twisting and swirling in dizzying patterns.

A fountain of light green sparks fly upward from the cone, twisting and swirling in dizzying patterns.

Elurora stands up.

Elurora nods to Gridaksma.

Damoone casually observes the area.

You snicker.

Elurora picks up a diamondwood camp stool with an embroidered goldweave seat.

Malorna snuggles up to Robarvo.

A low fog rolls in, then just as quickly rolls out.

Elurora closes the camp stool.

Dantia takes a bite of the popcorn.

Elurora puts her stool in her encompassing shadows.

Finnris nods to Gridaksma.

Reiku softly asks, "Is it over?"

Aislynn casually observes the area.

Finnris appears to be whispering to those in his company.

Elurora glances at Finnris.

Elurora glances at Gridaksma.

Apollys glances up at the sky.

Madigan takes a sip of his coffee.

Xadon takes his rightful place beside Ansara.

Dantia takes a bite of the popcorn.

Jaelia yawns expansively.

Aislynn gazes at Ansara.

Ansara says, "With the big light show."

Jaelia nods.

Ansara nods.

Jaelia applauds.

Dantia grins at Madigan.

Madigan grunts at Dantia.

Aislynn smiles at Ansara.

Aislynn lets out a hearty cheer for Ansara!

Robarvo applauds.

Finnris looks at Ansara and applauds!

Elurora says to Ansara, "This was different from any concert I've been to before, thank you for the time and work you put into it."

Ansara gives an awkward curtsy, nearly falling over!

Elurora smiles at Ansara.

Jaelia lets out a hearty cheer for Ansara!

Malorna beams!

Robarvo beams!

Malorna applauds.

Xadon kisses Ansara. And he doesn't seem to want to stop.

Damoone applauds.

Finnris nods at Elurora, obviously agreeing with her views.

Robarvo lets out a hearty cheer for Ansara!

Finnris stands up.

Robarvo grins.

Ansara kisses Xadon. And she doesn't seem to want to stop.

Nargles takes a bite of the popcorn.

Reiku scratches her head.

Jaelia exclaims, "Thank you for all your work and creativity for offering different facets of thought and entertainement!"

Ansara's ears perk up happily.

Elurora gives a slight curtsy, barely worth the effort.

Madigan takes a sip of his coffee.

Finnris bows to Ansara.

Apollys ponders.

Elurora puts her stool in her encompassing shadows.

Robarvo grins.

Robarvo rubs his hands together.

Nargles yells, "Encore!"

Raikage grins at Chelinde.

Ansara says, "Thank you all for coming."

Nargles yells, "Encore!"

Reiku laughs!

Chelinde giggles.

Chelinde applauds.

Madigan grins at Nargles.

Dantia grins at Angel.

Ansara asks Chelinde, "May i play yours for you now?"

Chelinde nods to Ansara.

Reiku wrinkles her nose.

Robarvo looks at Ansara and applauds!

Dantia appears to be trying hard not to grin.

Reiku nods to Chelinde.

Nargles chuckles.

Chelinde grins at Reiku, her dimples flashing into view.

Ansara says, "After i heard of the fair Queen's deeds, it had tobe put to song."

Dantia puts her popcorn in her encompassing shadows.

Ansara curtsies awkwardly to Chelinde, trying to keep her balance.

Raikage takes a bite of the popcorn.

Ansara gets a wide-bottom mistwood guti'adar with ivory-tipped tuning pins from inside her bitterweave pack.

Madigan takes a sip of his coffee.

Nargles takes a bite of the popcorn.

Encore: Raven Queen

Ansara effortlessly begins a quiet ballad on her mistwood guti'adar, her eyes sparkling with pride at her hard-won skill.

(Ansara strums a few notes that sounds a little like a song about a phony King of an Engle land.)

Ansara admiringly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Oh the realm will sing of a Raven Queen
For generations to come
Not because she threw some balls
Or her gracious music thumb"

Chelinde cocks her head at Ansara.

Dantia gazes at Nargles.

Ansara begrudgingly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"While on the throne Baron G sits
Theren's debt has only grown
We'll all have pay the price
For the Baron lacks backbone"

With a splash of sound, Ansara continues to play a quiet ballad with a polished ripple of sound.

Ansara cheekily sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Beautiful as a Queen could be
Her voice rang out with this decree
They'll pay their debts to the peasantry of Theren
Plat to the peasantry of Theren"

Ansara deviously sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"She went alone as the sunset fell
A stay request, for their life they pled
She collected the interest fee"

Angel nods to Madigan.

Dantia grins at Angel.

Dantia pats Angel on the back.

Ansara humorously sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Plat later since youre dead
The Watch thows an angry tantrum
The Queen then sliped away"

With incredible dexterity, Ansara continues to play a quiet ballad, displaying an incredible gift of style.

Raikage takes a bite of the popcorn.

Ansara concisely sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"They recount the sum
Intrest is barely a crumb
Of what the Baron has to pay"

Ansara admiringly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Chelinde, also known as Interest Collector
She's feirce and deadly you best respect her
Praise to the Valiant Queen of Ravens"

Without a wasted motion, a quiet ballad rises from Ansara's mistwood guti'adar.

Ansara ominously sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"She taxes them with plat and death
The Watch, the Baron's lackey
Queen Raven dispersed their tax filled purse"

Dantia nods at Angel, obviously agreeing with her views.

Chelinde nibbles her lip thoughtfully.

Ansara playfully sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"They cried and that was tacky
Ah! But while there is a Raven Queen
The Watch had better hide"

Ansara daringly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"She'll find a way to make them pay
And kill their unearned pride
A roisaen before they call unfair"

Nargles looks at Chelinde and shrugs.

Ansara finishes playing a quiet ballad on her mistwood guti'adar.

Ansara laughingly sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"The Queen'll make their pockets bare"

Ansara snickers.

Ansara winks.

Ansara effortlessly begins a quiet ballad on her mistwood guti'adar, her eyes sparkling with pride at her hard-won skill.

Ansara sincerely sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"She's feirce and deadly you best respect her
Chelinde, the talented Interest Collector"

Nargles yells, "Here here!"

Dantia grins at Angel.

Ansara reverently sings in a mezzo-soprano voice:

"Praise to the Valiant Queen of Ravens"

Jaelia applauds.

Ansara stops playing her song.

Raikage takes a bite of the popcorn.

Ansara praises Chelinde.

Reiku smirks.

Nargles takes a bite of the popcorn.

Ansara gives an awkward curtsy, nearly falling over!

Chelinde says, "Oh that was lovely. Thank you, Ansara."

Raikage grins at Chelinde.

The tip of Aislynn's tail makes lazy circles in the air.

Raikage takes a bite of the popcorn.

Ansara says, "Thank you for the inspiring story."

Chelinde grins at Ansara, her dimples flashing into view.

Xadon smiles at Ansara.

Xadon just took the hand of Ansara and gently kissed the back of it.

Reiku wrinkles her nose.

Ansara says, "Thank you all for coming! Dont forget to tip your performers."

Ansara winks.

Xadon bows.

Ansara gives an awkward curtsy, nearly falling over!

Ansara puts her guti'adar in her bitterweave pack.

Aislynn adds to Ansara's praises.

Malorna smiles at Ansara.

Ansara waves.

Nargles asks, "So, she is or isn't a necromancer?"

Dantia appears to be trying hard not to grin.

Aislynn shakes her head as if clearing it.

Xadon says, "She is not."

Nargles nods.

Xadon says, "I am so she is married to one."

Xadon nods.

Nargles says, "Thanks for clearing that up."

Ansara says, "Good evening to you all."

Ansara gives an awkward curtsy, nearly falling over!

Aislynn smiles at Ansara.

Musical Enthusiast Ansara glides south.

Xadon says, "As ya can see noone died er was eaten or attacked."

Musical Enthusiast Ansara just arrived.

Xadon says, "We arent all that bad."

Xadon winks.

Ansara clasps Xadon's hand tenderly and draws him into her arms.

Xadon just hugged Madigan.

Nargles nods to Raikage.

Malorna chuckles.

Madigan smiles warmly.

Chelinde nods at Raikage, obviously agreeing with his views.

A nervous tic starts up around Aislynn's eye.

Xadon snickers.

Nargles chuckles.

Xadon nods.

Ansara says, "Crate dearest."

Madigan says, "Thank you for your parole and please leave timely."

Xadon puts his crate in his wyvern skull.

Malorna exclaims, "Thank you for inviting us!"

Malorna curtsies to Ansara.

Nargles exclaims, "Give his rump a good pinch while yer at it Xadon!"

Raikage stands up.

Malorna curtsies to Xadon.

Dantia grins at Nargles.

Jaelia grins.

Grinning, Aislynn pulls a swig from a tiny tin tea kettle with a spiraling straw sticking out of its spout.

Xadon says, "Have a nice eve."

Xadon waves.

Ansara waves.

Jaelia says, "Thank you kindly for the invite."

Xadon nods to Ansara.

Madigan raises his hand in a quick salute.

Musical Enthusiast Ansara glides south, leading her group.