{Animus}

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[There is a static hum on everyone's PCD, as the screen goes black. it starts to whisper, before ghostly voices seep through the communication lines--

...Except instead of obnoxious text, there's an absolutely piercing shriek. Think banshee.

Then children laughing, high pitched and delighted. Then distortion-

A throaty opera singer, carrying a note longer than should be physically possible-

Jaunty rock. Explosive jazz. One sound after another, barely long enough to register, so it's little more than a jarring cacophony of noise.

Eventually it fades into static, then silence for all of a few seconds- before closing on a final crash of cymbals.]

Comments

[somethingspecial]

[Do you hear that, Animus?

That is the sound of Journey.

Really loud Journey.

Don't Stop Believing, specifically, if you were curious.

And Rachel looks positively mortified.]

What was that monstrosity?

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we wanted to try

do you like our voices

[somethingspecial]

That was not singing.

That was atrocious.

[♪ -- up and down the boulevard, there's shadows searchin' in the niii~iii~iight -- ♪]

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but we practiced
really hard

[somethingspecial]

Well, you should probably give up while --

[♪ Don't stop -- believing! Hold on to that fee~ee~ling -- ♪]

And make this stop!

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but we picked only the most appropriate ones
our taste is the best

[somethingspecial]

[And, suddenly, the music changes --

♪ I want up every evening, with a big smile on my face, and it never feels out of place -- ♪]

This isn't funny.

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but you like music

this is music

[somethingspecial]

What you are doing is airing our personal thoughts and emotions for everyone to see. You're mocking music, not endorsing it. It's disgusting.

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but you're bad at showing them yourself
so we're helping

[somethingspecial]

They don't need to be shown unless you want them to be.

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we want them to be!