A Parting Gift. (Vanari)

by **Kawa Snowsong** on October 29th, 2013, 11:31 pm

The youth raised his hand to the back of his head, laughing softly.

"Well, yes. You are breathing well, which is impressive... I think, I have never taught someone before. And honestly I have not told you the next step yet..."

Kawa chuckled nervously, before coughing and moving on.

"Er, anyway, to play notes at the right pitch, a good way to start is put your tongue against the roof of your mouth. Then, when you start to play a note, make the 'tuh' sound. That will help you keep the sound steady."

Raising the flute back to his lips, Kawa gently began playing, making the sound obvious as he did so.

by **Vanari** on October 31st, 2013, 8:21 pm

Once more, Vanari followed Kawa's lead, long past being embarrassed at her ineptitude. For her whole life she had been accustomed to being better, being older, being taller, because that was what was expected of her. And now, for the first time in a long time, she was utterly horrible at something.

Bringing the little flute to her lips, she mimicked Kawa's posture as best as she could, squirming a bit to sit more comfortably. Then she put her tongue against the roof of her mouth and made the "tuh" sound as she blew.

The resulting sounds were a series of rather pitiful, spitty noises, but at least she was making some noise now instead of no noise at all.

"I made a sound!" Vanari beamed, knowing full well how ridiculously tiny of a step that was but enthused nonetheless. "I'll get this, I swear, if it's the last thing I do."

For the next few chimes, she blew over and over again into the flute using Kawa's trick, wincing now and then but completely undeterred. Her brow was furrowed in effort and she rotated the flute ever so slightly in her fingers as she tried different shapes with her mouth, struggling to find the right spot.

And then, like a stroke of magic, she blew forth a single, clear note that rose up into the air. She sat for a moment, stunned, then whooped in victory. "My first note! Hah, think I'm ready for a song yet?"

by **Ablation** on February 28th, 2014, 3:16 am

Vanari :

Kawa :

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