#Trying to restart (that'd be smart)

[auguryofjellyfish]

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[callme-fern-weh]

Do you think it will alway be this way? For better or worse, for rich or poor?

[mysteryshoptls]

SSR Leona Kingscholar - Bloom Birthday Vignette

"Happy Birthday"

[Savanaclaw Dorm – Birthday Party Venue]

Leona: Sigh, these interviews are a pain… Crazy how they can keep doing this year after year without gettin' bored of it.

Leona: So then, I wonder who's my presenter this year…

???: Ay, I made it. Excuse me!

Cater: Heya, Leona-kun. Happy Birthday!

Leona: Tch, and in walks in one of the loud ones.

Cater: EH, DID YOU JUST CLICK YOUR TONGUE!? C'mon, it's your birthday, you gotta try to have a bit of fun ♪

Cater: Today, I'm planning on asking you every little thing to learn everything about you, Leona-kun, so be prepared～

Leona: Well, aren't you real chipper. Alright, I'm fully expecting you to make this the best birthday ever, then.

Cater: U-Uh, you might be putting a little too much pressure on me there? But okay, let me just restart, and… Let's dive into the first question!

Cater: “If you could use flight magic to go anywhere, where would you like to go?”

Cater: And, it doesn't look like you have to worry about the amount of magic you'd have to use.

Leona: So, anywhere I want, huh… Then, I want to go to a full-service hotel and spend my time lounging about.

Cater: Ooh, so you want to just enjoy a resort to the max. That sounds great, and I bet you'd be able to take a ton of awesome pics ♪

Leona: Yeah, I'm not planning on going to any of the noisy places you're probably thinking of.

Leona: Since I'm going to be using flight magic to get there anyway, I'd rather find a remote place that normal people wouldn't really be able to get to.

Cater: But if it's a remote location… Then You can't really enjoy any sightseeing or recreational activities.

Leona: I told you, I wanted to just lounge about. If I were to run around like that, it completely defeats the purpose.

Cater: So, basically…. You're wanting to "do nothing," right?

Leona: Yeah, that's the best way to live in luxury, don't you think?

Leona: Food is prepared when I'm hungry, and the bath is ready for whenever I feel like taking one.

Leona: And there, in that quiet and comfortable environment, I can sleep peacefully without being bothered by anyone else

Cater: Not being bothered and in a quiet place, huh. Yeah, I guess that's not a bad way to go about it.

Leona: Right? As Dorm Leader and as Captain of the Magift team, there's a ton of things I have to constantly worry about, you know.

Leona: Basically, that just means that I also need some time off to rest my mind and body once in a while.

Cater: Ahaha. I bet I know a few people who'd be cross hearing you say that… But hey, I guess I get how you feel, Leona-kun.

Cater: Alllright, now that I got to hear a lot about that, I'll move on to the next question ♪

[Savanaclaw Dorm – Birthday Party Venue]

Cater: 'Kay, second question!

Cater: "What is your best class?"

Cater: Now here's a super interesting question!

Leona: Huh? How.

Cater: Yeah, because you're real smart. So I def wanna know what class you like best～

Leona: So, you think I'm smart, huh. I guess I'll go ahead and take that as a compliment.

Cater: Well, obviously it's a compliment! I have a hard time getting most of my classes, so I'm a bit jelly. Is there some trick to it?

Leona: I've had private tutors ever since I was a child. Obviously, the curriculum also contained classes that wouldn't be found in this school, too.

Cater: Uh… which means?

Leona: All the stuff that they teach here at this school, I learned way before enrolling.

Leona: Basically, everything I know isn't from just sitting behind a desk and studying like crazy, like your little Dorm Leader.

Cater: I see～ So you're saying that the stuff we learn in class are basically second nature to you, huh.

Cater: Okay, then, let me change the wording up a little bit… What's your favorite class?

Leona: My favorite class, hm… If I had to choose one, that'd be Ancient Incantations. That one is at least not as boring as the other classes.

Cater: Woah, Ancient Incantations, huh～ That's the one where you try to decipher old languages that aren't even used anymore, right?

Cater: And there's still a ton of languages that haven't been deciphered yet, either, right?

Leona: Yeah. And many of those languages were made to conceal magic spells in the first place. So they were already created to be complex.

Leona: That's why even subject matter experts also have a hard time combing through them.

Leona: Even just trying to read the individual letters is a chore. And even if you can figure those out, there's no point unless you can actually understand the words and sentences.

Leona: It has to be carefully analyzed by comparing the new content to old words that have already been translated, or rules that have already been pre-established.

Cater: I already have trouble with just what's in our textbooks, so I can't even imagine trying to figure out even more difficult things like those languages…

Cater: What can someone do to get better at ancient incantations?

Leona: It's just that I already was interested in that type of thing. I guess the thing that dragged me into it was this inscription I found in the Sunset Savanna.

Leona: There was this very long engraving in some old language…

Leona: The first time I looked at it, I had no idea what it was supposed to say, but then I started to translate it in my spare time, and…

Cater: AND? WH-WHAT DID IT SAY? SOME KIND OF ROYAL SECRET THAT NO ONE KNOWS!?

Leona: It was just the country's history. On top of that, basically it was stuff already in the textbooks.

Cater: Ehhh, you got my hopes up, and that was it? That was kinda anticlimactic.

Leona: Yeah, it's basically a boring story once you get into it… But it wasn't too terrible learning how to decipher it.

[Savanaclaw Dorm – Birthday Party Venue]

Cater: Last question! Here we go.

Cater: “What would you like to do in the coming year?”

Leona: Not to repeat a year, that's all.

Cater: Wh…! EH, THAT'S IT!?

Leona: Isn't that important enough?

Cater: I mean, yeah, but～! You gotta have something else you wanna do too.

Cater: Like, surpassing 1,000 followers on Magicam, or winning a Magift tournament…

Leona: Okay, then that.

Cater: Eh, what do you mean by "that"?

Leona: The whole, "winning a Magift tournament" thing.

Leona: I want to draw out the magical shift team's full potential and win at the national championships― That's closer to the answer you were looking for, right?

Cater: Now you're making me feel like I forced you to say that～ …Well, I guess that's better than not getting an answer.

Cater: Okay, then, I got a question for you, since you're captain of the team! Do you ever coach the younger students?

Leona: Yeah, of course. For example…

Leona: There's some guys who'll slack off during games because they don't have enough stamina and they want to conserve energy.

Leona: It'll be detrimental to have people not give their all during important games. So, to help build stamina, during passing practice…

Leona: I would send the disc flying long so they'd have to run from one end of the pitch to the other.

Cater: Woah, that's so tough! If you're that hard on them, won't you have students drop out…?

Leona: That's also part of it.

Cater: Eh, what do you mean?

Leona: We don't need anyone who takes off and runs like a coward just because their pride and confidence is torn down.

Leona: They should get angry when defeated and vow to do anything to get revenge―

Leona: The Magift club doesn't need anyone who lacks that kind of determination.

Leona: Only the guys who are fully prepared to overcome anything can get a starting spot on the team.

Cater: W-Wow… You're really sounding like a team captain, Leona-kun!

Cater: But I guess it's a little surprising to hear that you take care of your teammates like that. Maybe you're actually a softie inside?

Leona: Hah? No way.

Leona: I'm just doing the bare minimum as the leader of the pack.

Leona: I'd rather be spared being held back by someone who's just completely useless.

Cater: Interview completed～! Next is… Ta-da! Here we are, take this broom and go fly on the Birthday Road.

Leona: Sheesh, that's a fancy lookin' broom.

Cater: Yeah, it's pretty showy, but it's also pretty dignified, so I think it's perfect for you, Leona-kun ♪

Cater: Okay so, go and show them all how it's done. I'll make sure to take pictures of you flying out there!

Leona: I'm only saying this one, but don't do anything I haven't asked you to… I got no intention of being on display for you.

Leona: Aah, finally, it's quiet. I guess I'll go out and enjoy a leisurely stroll in the sky all by myself, then.

Requested by @dorito9708.

[musicforalana]

I will always think of you

I see your face when each day's through

And days go past (oh so fast)

But memories, they last

Summer, winter, year by year (year by year)

I'll hear the song inside my ears

Trying to restart (that'd be smart)

But thoughts of you haunt my heart

No I don't wanna be alone now

Just biding my time

I need somebody dearly

And darling, you'd be sublime

Spring and autumn, up and down (up and down)

I keep trying to escape this town

And I just might (I'll take flight)

Maybe tomorrow, not tonight

[hauntme-3x]

I will always think of you

I see your face when each day's through

And days go past

Oh, so fast

But memories, they last

Summer, winter, year by year (Year by year)

I'll hear the song inside my ear

Trying to restart

That'd be smart

But thoughts of you haunt my heart

No, I don't want to be alone now

Just biding my time

I need somebody dearly

And darling, you'd be sublime

Spring and Autumn

Up and down (Up and down)

I keep trying to escape this town

And I just might

I'll take flight

Maybe tomorrow, not tonight

[silenthearts]

I will always...think of you

This is a very very sweet moment of singing and music between Ellie and Dina. It's deep and it's a song from Bojack horseman. It has a lot of meaning and when I heard it, it reminded me of Ellie and Dina right away. Please watch the video of the song in question so you get a feel for how the song is supposed to go!

Or Ellie can't play guitar anymore, so she taught herself piano which is a bit easier on the hand. She had been composing and finishing a duet for Dina but she heard her practice before, and both sing with each other 🥺✨

***

The song does not belong to me and belongs to the show Bojack Horseman.

***

The house felt quiet, almost the most quiet it had been for years. The rooms felt static and the normal day to day mess cluttered the house. Ellie smiled as JJ's things were still splattered across the floor of his room. Their home felt complete, maybe more complete than the farm ever did. Ellie found solace, peace, forgiveness within herself - maybe that's why this house felt more like a home.

She made her way through to the living room, to make sure no one was home. She peaked inside the kitchen, the sunset spilled over the room and the half filled coffee cup on the counter, but no sign of Dina.

Ellie smiled and sighed to herself, making her way through to the living room, where an old piano took most of the space. She cracked her fingers and sat at the old piano and carefully stroked the keys. Since she had lost her fingers and couldn't really play guitar, she learned the piano.

She played a few keys that resembled the begging of the new duet she had been working on.

She started "I will always think of you..." Her voice was timid and sang lowly.

"I see your face when each day's through..." She sang louder now, more comfortable, voice raspy and slightly out of tune.

"and days go past...." Her eyes were sealed shut as the melody and the ivories guided her through the song. As she took a breath to sing the next lyric, a melodic, higher sweet voice sang from behind her.

"Oh, so fast" Ellie looked slightly behind her as her wife made her way inside the room, a basket of laundry in her arms. Ellie smiled but kept playing

"But memories, they last" both sang in harmony as Dina walked further and placed the laundry basket on top of the piano. Ellie had her eyes sealed again and hunched as she played the piano.

"Summer, winter" Dina sang, and slid herself on the soft long bench next to Ellie. "Year by Year" Dina continued and gave Ellie a little nudge which made them smile.

"Year by Year" Ellie followed along "I'll hear the song inside my ear" Dina melodically sang

"Trying to restart..." Ellie nodded and smiled and she sang "That'd be smart" Dina sang before Ellie could finish her singing, exactly as Ellie imagined the song to go.

"But thoughts of you haunt my heart..." They sang in unison, memories flourishing and weighing their hearts as they sang the line together.

The melody starts getting faster, the keys glided easily under Ellie's hands.

Ellie

No, I don't want to be alone now

Dina

(harmonising) "Uuuuuuu uuu"

Ellie

Just biding my time

Dina

(harmonising) "uuu uuuuu"

Ellie

(voice louder and raspier)

I need somebody dearly

And darling, you'd be sublime

Dina and Ellie both have bright smiles on their faces and Dina gets up from the seat and instead leans on the piano looking down at Ellie with a blush on her cheeks and some tears threatening to spill, but those didn't obsecure her beautiful voice as she sang back "Spring and Autumn

Up and down"

"Up and down" Ellie added

"I keep trying to escape this town" Dina sang with her soul, her eyes were closed and the black thick locks of hair fell slightly in front of her beautiful face "And I just might" Ellie leaned back and bobbed her head, both of them made eye contact, love and adoration in each others eyes as Dina sang "I'll take flight" and finally as they lose each other in their adoration and the final line is sang in harmony by the two

"Maybe tomorrow, not tonight" Ellie finished the song and the music disappears into a comfortable silence.

"You guys are really gross" said 11 year old JJ who stood at the entrance to the living room, catching them by surprise.

They both look at each other and laugh as JJ sits beside Ellie. "I'm just kidding... Can you sing it again?"

He blushed as he pressed a key of the piano and avoided their gazes. Ellie hugged him and kissed the side of his head while Dina giggled with her hand over her mouth.

"If momma doesn't mind" Ellie said as she brought her hands to the keys once again, eyeing up her wife with a grin and raised eyebrows. Dina rolls her eyes "Okay... Just because you asked nicely" she said and sat next to the JJ. Ellie smiled as the familiar cords started again. She didn't know how Dina knew the song. How she knew the way to sing it. Maybe it was because she made sure to practice while she was in the house, either way, peace found itself in the words of the song as their little family sang by the piano.

**

Tell me what you think!

N

[considerablecolors]

So anywho I Will Always Think Of You is a Curt & Tatiana song

It's a very melancholy duet about mourning and drowning in your past, something they can both relate to, and the song is written in the style of the 1940s, pretty close to the actual SAF timeline

I will always think of you

I see your face when each day's through

And days go past

Oh, so fast

But memories, they last

Summer, winter, year by year (Year by year)

I'll hear this song inside my ear

Trying to restart

That'd be smart

But thoughts of you haunt my heart

No, I don't want to be alone now

Just biding my time

I need somebody dearly

And darling, you'd be sublime

Spring and Autumn

Up and down (Up and down)

I keep trying to escape this town

And I just might

I'll take flight

Maybe tomorrow, not tonight

p.s. i have a whole tatiana & curt playlist here 👀

[cowlovely]

3, 13, 47, 89

3. I lied // Lord Huron ft. Allison Ponthier

"I bore a flame that burned a thousand suns for you, but it died / I told you I could never love somebody else, but I lied"

13. Metaphor // The Crane Wives

"I've gotten good at making up metaphors / I've gotten good at stretching the truth out of shape / And all these words are sweet and meaningless / You can't trust a single thing I say"

47. Oh God // Orla Gartland

"I look at her and I know how I felt / All those summers ago, then I swore not to tell / I'm swallowed up by this Catholic guilt / Oh, God"

89. I Will Always Think of You // Bojack Horseman Soundtrack

"Summer, winter, year by year (year by year) / I'll hear the song inside my ears / Trying to restart (that'd be smart) / But thoughts of you haunt my heart"

[rock-n-roll-victim]

I will always think of you

I see your face when each day's through

And days go past

Oh so fast

But memories, they last

Summer Winter Year by Year

I'll hear the song Inside my ear

Trying to restart

That'd be smart

The thoughts of you haunt my heart

No I don't want to be alone now

Just bidding my time

I need somebody dearly

And darling you'd be sublime

Spring and Autumn

Up and down

I keep trying to escape this town

And I just might I'll take flight

Maybe tomorrow, not tonight