"In two nights, when the moon is full. I have the song full memorized but that's when I will add my special pitch to the mix. It's fortunate that the acolytes are immune or I'd have to handle the entire thing myself and that would be a total pain." He'd need at least another month's practice for something like that.
Billy kept wandering the length of the scroll. A watchful eye might notice that his robe was decorated in cuneiform, much like the stolen tablets. "And oh, how you will dance..."
He began to sing softly to himself in the same strange language he'd used before. The words seemed crude, like the utterances of a child first learning to speak, but the song was pure as water. The double froze with its head tilted ninety degrees.
It was hard to lay one's finger on exactly what changed when Billy sang. Perhaps the room was warmer, or perhaps it was just one's skin felt warmer, or the lamps flared up brighter.
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Date: 2013-05-24 12:22 am (UTC)Billy kept wandering the length of the scroll. A watchful eye might notice that his robe was decorated in cuneiform, much like the stolen tablets. "And oh, how you will dance..."
He began to sing softly to himself in the same strange language he'd used before. The words seemed crude, like the utterances of a child first learning to speak, but the song was pure as water. The double froze with its head tilted ninety degrees.
It was hard to lay one's finger on exactly what changed when Billy sang. Perhaps the room was warmer, or perhaps it was just one's skin felt warmer, or the lamps flared up brighter.