That Luna had agreed to one day letting her listen was a joy- because hearing someone who wasn't some professional random person on youtube was honestly way more fun for Harveste in reality, especially when it was guitar. Sure, she listened to professional music, but there was something about someone just playing for the fun of it that she loved. It was even better when it was kind people that were near her heart in any way. And that Luna in particular was agreeing to it someday? That was pretty big for someone so timid. Harveste knew it from experience. "I wouldn't say my sense in music is great. I just have a keen ear for some things. I mean, if you asked me who plays most music I wouldn't really be able to place it at all. Lethologica is one of my bffs, against my preference." It was a word she'd learned to use often, though knew most wouldn't even know the meaning of. It was quite an easy thing to explain, after all, if needed. Hearing the acceptance of her idea that she desired, Harveste's ears twitched slightly like an excited pup, likely from the excitement and sound. She cheered with a soft coo of some sort, hands clasped together. "I'm glad! I actually own an ocarina of my own at home, but well... I can't play for my life. Maybe if I practice in this world, it'll help." She couldn't help but picture it a bit. She wanted to be able to at least make sound from her actual ocarina that wasn't just spittle. If she could, she'd play it along with the piano- in sequence, of course, not at the same time. Part of her began to already contemplate the idea of meeting and making music as a duo, but the other part of her realized she probably shouldn't be idly playing with such concepts in her head. "Yeah, I do get headaches from louder music, but... For example, I'm really bad with any music that has heavy duty bass. Sounds that generally reverberate in the air... I'm bad with, basically. Bass is just a good example, since it literally makes the ground vibrate if it gets deep and strong enough. High pitches give me a different kind of headache, and sometimes I hear ones others don't. It's amazing how hearing varies. They say you can hear a lot more range of pitch when you're young, you know!"
"Leth...Lethologica?" Let it be known that Luna had in fact, never heard of that word at all. She hadn't even heard it used in an english class or anything like that, though considering she was quite young that probably wasn't too much of a surprise. It was such an odd, foreign word to her that it actually kind of caught her off guard. From what she could discern, it was probably some sort of affliction or condition that people suffered from or underwent. Maybe it was like procrastination or depression in a way? She couldn't be sure and it wasn't like she'd know until she was told. Though Harveste owning an ocarina in real life was quite the coincidence she supposed, though she really wasn't too sure that ability in the game translated to ability IRL. It certainly wasn't the same vice versa, she was pretty sure she couldn't play a lute or something despite being able to play the guitar in reality. "I'm um, I'm not sure ability in here translates to IRL properly. T-though I can't be sure, n-not like I can r-really check my Aeromancy IRL after all, can I?" She giggled, though the thought of channeling wind and lightning in the real world like some sort of superhero was a pretty fun one. Though she'd never really know it, since she wasn't a mind reader, Luna was also having similar thoughts to Harveste about making music together. Certainly they both had similar tastes and interests in the subject, though she supposed it wouldn't be fair to say anything about it in case she never did pluck up the nerve to ask the girl to hear her play a song. She hoped she would though, even if she had to send the message before she could convince herself to delete it or stop. "Mhm, y-yeah bass is something I um, I struggle with sometimes..." Most times it just made her feel really uncomfortable, other times it gave her some of the worst headaches she'd ever suffered from in her life. "And uh, w-we did an experiment about t-that in school once." Though it wasn't too in depth, they just had students stand at the back of the classroom and played sounds of different frequencies, having students step forward when they could no longer hear them. "I-it turned out I have q-quite s-sharp hearing." She shrugged, looking around. She could tell from the way that the shadows were stretching around them that it was getting late, the sun was setting and they would be in trouble if they stayed out after dark. "U-u-um, d-do you have somewhere to go for the n-night? I-I can show you to the n-nearest village, if you'd like?"
Rather than surprised that the word went a bit over Luna's head, Harveste was mostly embarrassed by how often the particular situation happened in her own reality. Even adults didn't always know the word- it was one of those things she only knew herself because of subscribing to a 'word of the day' mailing list ages ago, and continuing to keep them coming to help expand her vocabulary. Doctors, other writers- many didn't know some of the words she did. Similarly, there were many more common terms, acronyms and the sort the girl just hadn't a clue on. This was just how language worked, right? "You know that feeling where you forget a word but it feels like it's on the tip of your tongue, so to speak? You know you know the word you want to use, but it's just... not coming out. When you have that feeling, it's called lethologica." Scratching her cheek as she realized how awkward it was to explain a word someone probably would still not need most times, it was beginning to make sense to her that she'd been teased in the past for being a 'walking dictionary'. Though, to be fair, that was a family trait she was pretty sure. And maybe just normal for being a writer- her writing groups were fairly similar to her, at least. "It doesn't necessarily translate, but I feel like my music grew faster because I had skills in it already... And I was never good with plants until taking on naturamancy in game. Lately, I haven't killed my houseplants within a month. But I might be jinxing myself saying it." Luna began to explain her own sharp hearing, her own issues with the sounds of bass- and, generally, it was rather interesting to hear for Harveste, who could relate far too well and found it unusual to meet someone so similar. "That experiment sounds interesting. We never did that when I was young... But we did have hearing tests as part of our yearly physical things. That's when they sent me to a specialist to find out just how sharp mine was. I like your way a little better. At least it sounds fun... Well besides pain inducing." Mimicry was the best form of flattery, they said- and assuming that was the reason, she was doing a fairly good job of it as she tried to follow Luna's gaze at the shadows around them. It truly did get dark at times in this game, a good reminder for the woman to sleep, and yet it rarely actually worked in favor of fixing her circadian rhythm at all. Luna's concern, however, was a great aid in the end for it. "I normally play into the night myself, and when I do go to bed, I just log out... I've never really paid enough attention to where I am at the time." the same finger that had scratched her cheek moved to lightly tap her own chin and lips, a soft curiosity creating a sort of glow to her features as she pondered Luna's words. "Since you offered... A trip to the village sounds nice. I'd like to see where you tend to stay most of the time if I can. Which way is it from here?"
So the feeling of knowing which word you wanted to use, yet couldn't call upon it when you needed it, was called Lethologica? Luna hadn't known that, though maybe now she would use it to impress her english teacher or something, hopefully avoiding being bullied for being a bookworm along the way. It was definitely a nice, fancy sounding word that she was sure should've been way more widely known that she figured it to be. She suffered from it on nearly a daily basis, yet hadn't had a word to use for it up until now. It was pretty awesome to have such a smart friend. And walking dictionary or not, Luna could always enjoy the act of learning something that she hadn't known before, so she appreciated Harveste's knowledge all the same. It just made her smart, in Luna's eyes, not some sort of walking dictionary or boring nerd. Labels like that only really succeeded in damaging people, even ones that most people would interpret as positive. How many child celebrities fell from grace, after all? Being looked up to probably carried a whole different kind of pressure with it, the likes of which she'd probably never know. She was always the type to look up, never to be looked up to. She did hum at Harveste's personal experience with her IRL skills improving alongside her Masteries in the game, placing a finger on her chin as she thought. "M-m-maybe you're just, um, I don't know, more focused o-on them? O-or maybe you're s-subconsciously trying harder?" There could be multiple reasons why, though she wasn't going to rule out the possibility that skills in the game could manifest themselves outside of it in the players that played. "A-a-and the experiment w-was fun, though it d-didn't hurt much. T-t-they just played it for a f-few seconds at a time..." She shrugged, kicking slightly at the dirt beneath her feet, smiling slightly at the thought. It wasn't really something that made her special, nothing like that existed after all, since it was more of a downside than any sort of benefit to her in the end. It wasn't like being given headaches from certain sounds would ever come in handy for her. The knowledge that Harveste just logged out no matter where she was seemed a little scary though. She didn't know what happened to a person when they logged out. Did their avatar just remain there in stasis? Or did they vanish? "A-a-ah it's not far, j-just a few minutes to the n-north. F-f-follow me." She smiled brightly at her new friend, gesturing for the girl to follow her as she started taking her first steps back to the village. "I-I'm sure t-the villagers will love y-you!"
"I figured it might be game related because I noticed some other things that became more similar to my game life too... I mean no, I can't really possess animals and my hair's still not purple but... When I died the time I did, my affliction caused by it was severe religiphobia. It affected me offline too. And that's pretty bad, since I got an email later that day from my 'church' reminding me I can do things because I'm a 'minister'." Though she was speaking full truths, she felt it important to add liquid sarcasm to the words of church and ministry, only because she still didn't fully understand her ability to be involved in it at all. A timid laugh as she recalled the rather far-too-simple method of signing up to become a minister of a fairly open-ended faith, the normally simple minded girl felt a natural complexity involving it. Had she ever even been in a church correlated to her ministry? Or any church or temple at all in the past few years? "But I suppose I am giving them more attention... I'm at least being less forgetful with them than I usually am. I think some of the farmers and gardeners in the game have taught me a fair bit too though. things about soil and about watering properly and whatnot. One actually tried to talk me into starting my own herb garden at home- though I think they didn't quite know what 'home' meant for me. I might just do it though. I've had certain herbs fresh... And some are really tasty as a snack. I 'd really like to be able to grow mustard greens more though... But I've only seen those wild." It was hard to believe, in her mind, that she knew almost anything about plants at all in reality. The truth was, even before this game, Harveste had been fascinated with them- even if, for the life of her, she couldn't likely keep a plain ol' cactus alive. The trees were her 'friends' and 'playmates', and she always felt at ease when a fake shrub could be caught at her side in an office. Perhaps that was why one of her notable memories of the outdoors involved things like nature walks. It gave her ideas of things to look into, but nothing important for the time being. Not when she had another topic to learn about herself- an unusual test of hearing strength, and someone who'd been forced to deal with a similar ail as herself when it was rare all in all. "I'm glad you found it fun despite the pain... I can't imagine finding that fun myself, but I did like my hearing test even when the beeps got loud.. Mostly because I was impressed with myself, for the time. Impressed and mortified because of the look I was getting from the person giving me the test." It had taken a long time, because no matter how low they made the beep, it still rang in her ears. She could say which direction it felt it was coming from, where it hurt her head- anything and everything they needed to know. This was nothing that Luna needed to know, though. "You're pretty special, I'd say. You have a similar sense that I don't meet many people with, and you're able to find a way to find fun in something I'd be terrified by... Though I suppose I'm just terrified of a lot of things, too." She gripped Luna's hand lightly, leaning against her as they got closer and closer to their final destination. Her true fear, in the end, was separation. When she logged out, she'd be lost alone in her own room, in her apartment, forced to think about herself and her issues. She'd be undoubtably listing, in her mind, the many fears she had outside the game- and the ones that came from within as well. "That you've become one with the village is also pretty special, I'd say... Considering there's been a lot of strife between Falderen and adventurers or rather, with players... It's truly wonderful to see that slowly, the pains of the past are starting to whither. Your kind and gentle heart is probably helping that village in more ways than you'd believe." It wasn't long after she spoke, focusing on the silence and on her footsteps, that the two reached the village Luna was leading her towards. It was quaint, and there were strangers that clearly seemed to recognize Luna. A child waved towards her, before an older woman called out to the small Faerin to ask her something rather silly. With a wave, she left Luna's side, for the time being, with only a simple note. "Let's play together more soon. For now... You've got other friends waiting for you, right?" With a soft smile, she fluttered away on soft footsteps, making her way to the ones that had called her attention. Hopefully, Luna would enjoy her time in the village even more than she already did- and hopefully, the Faerin would see that, one moment at a time.
