[Video] For some reason or other I opened the door and left.

[burning_highway]

[ The broadcast comes with the sunset, and in fact the camera is angled so that it only catches Priss' partially-gloved fingers on the guitar strings, and a shred of her leather-covered stomach inhaling sharply at all the key moments once she's singing, barely visible around the guitar's body. The rest of the camera's zoomed focus is on the sky behind her as sunset begins to roll in, which takes up fully half the frame. Priss may not have a band here, but she's a god damned professional, and she knows how to set up a shot. And how to project into a mic that's several feet away; wherever she is, she's set up the acoustics damn well. ]

[ There's only a few seconds pause before she begins to move her still slightly-damaged fingers on the strings, left hand at the neck and right picking the first notes before the first strum. If said fingers are stiff at all, it doesn't show. An inhale... and her voice joins in over the guitar as more notes are pulled from it. ]

[ It's a slow song. ]

xxxxx(( Blue Confusion.mp3 ))

tada nanto naku DOA o akete dete itta
xxxxxxxxxx[[ For some reason or other I opened the door and left, ]]
tada hito banchuu machi o aruki tsuzuketa
xxxxxxxxxx[[ and kept walking through the streets all night long. ]]
uragiri to nukumori to yume o shitta toki ni
xxxxxxxxxx[[ When I came to know about betrayal, warmth, and dreams, ]]
ikiteiru koto o kanjita
xxxxxxxxxx[[ I felt alive. ]]

[ She goes silent for a second, fingers stilling the guitar strings. And then, back to it. ]

tanoshii koto o tanoshimu you ni waratta
xxxxxxxxxx[[ I smiled and laughed at the fun things, ]]
sasai na koto de furueru hodo donatta
xxxxxxxxxx[[ and shouted out at stupid little things until I shook with anger. ]]
bukiyou na kanjou de kotoba no NAIFU kara
xxxxxxxxxx[[ I got hurt by the knife of words ]]
PURAIDO o kabatte kizutsuita
xxxxxxxxxx[[ because my awkward feelings made me cover my pride ]]

[ Priss' voice is silent for another second, but the guitar ramps up with several strums. Both she and it are louder for the next part. ]

ah, tsuyoku naritai kedo
xxxxxxxxxx[[ ah, I want to be strong, but... ]]
ah, ai ni dakaretai
xxxxxxxxxx[[ ah, ...I want to be embraced by love. ]]
sabishigari na blue confusion
xxxxxxxxxx[[ lonely blue confusion. ]]

[ Back to only guitar, the same notes as before being picked out. This goes on for about ten seconds before another strum marks the start of more singing, guitar and singer starting off quieter again like before, but slowly building up. ]

tada nanto naku DOA o akete dete itta
xxxxxxxxxx[[ For some reason or other I opened the door and left, ]]
tada hito banchuu uta o utai tsuzuketa
xxxxxxxxxx[[ and kept singing a song all night long. ]]
okubyou ni naru dake no mirai nara iranai
xxxxxxxxxx[[ I don't want the kind of future in which I'm only a coward. ]]
kono jidai ni sakebi tsuzuketa
xxxxxxxxxx[[ I kept shouting out to these times... ]]

[ Several short strums and Priss is back to singing more forcefully again. ]

ah, jiyuu de aru tame ni
xxxxxxxxxx[[ ah, I'll believe only in the present... ]]
ah, ima dake o shinjite
xxxxxxxxxx[[ ah, ...so that I can be free. ]]
kake nukete yuku blue confusion
xxxxxxxxxx[[ Running through the blue confusion... ]]

[ Her voice softens once more. ]

blue confusion
xxxxxxxxxx[[ blue confusion ]]
blue confusion
xxxxxxxxxx[[ blue confusion ]]

[ A final couple notes and one last strum, and the song is done. Priss steps off camera. ]

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(( OOC note: lyrics and translation taken from here. Also please listen to the song since that's literally her. :3 ))

Comments

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[toaster_puppy]

[Genos had been focused on examining the song, that he could enjoy listening to it went completely over his head. He was going to need to know about this stuff now.]

That was a far superior performance than the ones you performed with the lackluster bands before. I did not hear any errors.

[text]

[burning_highway]

[Priss inhales her water when she reads the text, and the reply takes a while because she has to wait for the coughing fit to be over.]

Thanks, sunshine. But did you like it?

[toaster_puppy]

Sunshine?

[Was did she mean by that...? Genos quickly put it out of his mind.]

It was enjoyable.

[burning_highway]

Yup, sunshine. And I'm glad.

[toaster_puppy]

[There was a long pause before he replied.]

I see.

[burning_highway]

[Priss just laughs and puts her phone away.]