Suddenly the ghost ship became as fast as a high speed boat.
It was the power of music, dance, and culture.
“Wow!”
Everyone was thrilled by the effect of Bellotte’s music and Hwaryeong’s dance.
The clear high notes made you think of the nostalgic feeling of playing with your childhood friend.
The flute gave off a light and airy melody that Hawryeong interpreted with an elegant dance.
The friend who used to play with as lively childrens, became a young lady and a grown man who danced happily in a wedding atmosphere, surrounded by loved ones.
A diamond studded necklace and earring shook lightly; long hair swishes by leaving a deep aroma of flowers being carried by a fall wind.
“Wow! It’s beautiful.”
“The best! Bellotte playing is amazing.”
No one cared about money and applauded away.
A bard can engrave their soul into their song; the music and dance exuded charm.
The presence alone created a unique atmosphere.
No matter how tired or fatigued you were, the girls performance seemed to wash rejuvenate you. Weed seeing the voyage speed had increased with the performance was hyped up.
“Music and dance could do this much then… how much could would it grow if I played the harp while singing."
Beads of sweat emerged on many foreheads. To keep up the wonderful atmosphere Hwaryeong had created the women had no choice but to say. (PR Note: Remember what happened when Weed tried playing the harp and singing at the jewelry store?)
“Unni, I want to dance.”
“Surka, you want to dance? What degree of difficulty would you like?”
“Degree of difficulty? I want to learn the dance you were dancing right now.”
The atmosphere changed to that of women learning to dance together. Hwaryeong taught the girls the simple dance and said.
“Do you also want to perform with me?”
“Can we?!” Romuna said. “I’m really interested in putting on a show.”
Mapan and Pale continued to look at the girls dancing. It was slightly awkward but cute, and the boys still enjoyed the view. However it was not a show to put on with a just a bard.
“…Instead of just music and dance we should perform the story as a play!”
The audience would be the mermaids, sea creatures, birds, and barely visible spirits.
Before the story was decided Hwaryeong picked her role.
“I want to be the world’s most beautiful and kind princess.”
A role that every woman desires. Nobody in the voyage looked as good as Hwaryeong in a frilly dress so the role was set. Romuna spoke up next on her desired role.
“Well I want to be the continent most powerful wizard. Isn’t that the best role for me to fill?”
“I want to be priest who saves people!”
They were picking roles not much different from their current classes.
It was a good thing since it means they wouldn’t need many special clothes as props. Maylon following along with the idea, said.
“To be a true enemy of injustice like in William Tell’s stories I want to be a ranger.” (PR Note: Swiss crossbow user, famed for his marksmanship. He refused to bow down to a hat, as a show of accepting foreign rule. As punishment he had to hit an apple from his sons head with his crossbow. Later he was bound, escaped and killed the villain with a bolt. That’s the cliffsnotes, feel free to Google him.)
She had dreams of the inevitable fairytail fight between hero and villain.
Bellotte was unable to follow along with the atmosphere.
“There's no such thing as a minstrel hero.”
The men jumped at that remark.
“Bullshit!”
But Zephyr scratched his head and replied.
“This show has a lot of memorable roles so I don’t know what I’ll do…”
Pale stated his and Maylon.
“I’m going to be a ranger with Maylon.”
Mapan also had a role he wished for.
“I want the role of the trader with most money in the world.”
Various hopeful roles! Perhaps a play in the middle of the ocean was not quite as romantic a setting as it seemed.
With the last of the roles being picked, all eyes wandered over to Weed.
They were worried about what he would role he would want.
Weed didn’t have to think about what role he wanted to play.
“A great scoundrel! The world isn't a nice place. I want to dominate the world as a great devil.”
There was a long standing play by Mr. Otou that was interesting enough.
They hurriedly modified the play to fit all of the roles.
It only took 15 minutes to write the script.
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