Item:Black leather songbook with an abstract moonsilver tracery pattern

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black leather songbook with an abstract moonsilver tracery pattern
Look:	Made of fine black leather, the cover of this songbook has been decorated with an abstract arabesque pattern. The only other adornment is a silver clasp in the shape of a large Zoluren ensha blossom.
Weight:	20 stones
Metal:	Unknown
Appraised Cost:	625,000 Kronars500,000 Lirums <br />451,000 Dokoras <br />625 LTBpoints <br />625 Tickets <br />625 Scrips <br />
Properties:	This item is styled or has special functions for Bards.
Dimensions:	3 length x 2 width x 1 height
Sources:	Source is Hollow Eve Festival 410/Auction

Verbs

While Closed

• CLEAN: You carefully dust off your songbook and polish the clasp, renewing the bond between you and your music.
• EXHALE: You exhale softly, blowing a bit of dust off the cover of your songbook.
• GAZE: You peer blearily at the cover of your songbook, then rub at your eyes.
• HUG: You hug your songbook close to you, as if it's an old and cherished friend.
• JUGGLE: You flip your songbook jauntily in the air, then quickly snatch it back again, whistling merrily.
• OPEN: You release the clasp with a faint *click* and open your songbook to where the cobalt blue silk bookmark lies, the glossy pages reflecting your dedication from their unblemished surface.
• PAT: You beat your head against your songbook.
• POKE: You flick a piece of dust off the cover of your songbook.
• PUNCH: You throw up your hands in frustration, howling like a wolf on samatak.
• RUB: You rub at a small wine stain on your songbook's cover with a look of chagrin on your face.
• STUDY: You open the songbook and frown in concentration as you review a performance note, then carefully replace the cobalt blue bookmark and close it once more.
• TAP: You drum a rapid beat on your songbook's cover with your fingers, thinking of lyrics to go with it.
• TURN: You place your songbook beneath your arm with practiced ease, ready to begin your performance.
• YANK: You open your songbook urgently to check a list of hospitable taverns, causing an overdue bill to fall out onto the floor. Blushing slightly, you scoop it back up.

While Open

• CLEAN: You carefully dust off your songbook and polish the clasp, renewing the bond between you and your music.
• CLOSE: You replace the cobalt blue bookmark as you close your songbook, fingers trailing softly across the smooth cover as the clasp catches, securing your valued treasures.
• EXHALE: You quietly perform a breathing exercise from your open songbook, then softly run through the scales a few times.
• GAZE: You peer blearily at the top page of your songbook, then rub at your eyes.
• HUG: You hug your songbook close to you, as if it's an old and cherished friend.
• JUGGLE: You balance your songbook on your knee, humming a few bars of unfinished but promising material.
• PAT: You beat your head against your open songbook.
• POKE: You scan a familiar song, tracing your finger along the lines and refreshing your memory on the score.
• PUNCH: You throw up your hands in frustration, howling like a wolf on samatak.
• RUB: You rub a bit of soot off a page that is singed and bloodstained. As difficult as it is to read the history recorded there, you bend your head and begin composing an epic about the occasion that caused it.
• STUDY: You peer closely at one of the pages of your songbook, murmuring the printed words there under your breath.
• TAP: You tap your fingers absentmindedly on one of the pages of your songbook.
• YANK: You flip through the pages of your songbook, looking for the notes on one of your favorite songs.

Contents

• Chapter 1: ?
• Chapter 2: ?
• Chapter 3: ?
• Chapter 4: ?
• Chapter 5: ?
• Chapter 6: Memorized Music of a non-Magical Nature (song scrolls)
• Chapter 7: Memorized Music of a non-Magical Nature (instrumental songs)
• Chapter 8: Cliches cited often by Nagging Non-Bards

"What's that tingling?" "Wow, how come my harness so high?!"

"Ewww, ozone!" ... "Hey, I can sense more mana, powerwalking paid off!"

"Ha! I resisted you!"

"Hey, I can tend a lot better now!" ... "Why can't I tend anymore?"

"I'm glad I had this lavender, I was almost dead!"

"Anyone cast zephyr?" "I'm Lilting." "For FATIGUE, not vitality!"

"What is that thing on your forehead?"

"Those critters sure can't touch me today!"

"What was THAT?" "Just an illusion." "Whoah!"

"Cool, how did you cry like that?"

And the most memorable ...

"Bards have magic? Since when?"

• Chapter 9: Instrument classes you've mastered