Titans on the Run!

Chapter 3: Percussion

Song of the Chapter: "Gigantic" By the Pixies.

There are no words fitting for me to express my newfound joy in playing the drums. Perhaps 'The Ballad of Momentous Gratification'......... Oh. Wait. Raven once told me that earthen songs are usually shorter than most of the songs from Tamaran. My ballad is short. It only has four hundred and thirty verses.

This is acceptable, however, because I love our songs, despite their length. Let me tell you about my drumming mechanism. Cyborg purchased it for me from a local tradesman. It is mostly amber in color, but fades into a darker black towards one end. Upon receiving them, they resembled the traditional hand drums of my home's harvest festival. But within the ceremony, one person performs with one drum. Therefore, I was especially confused on how I was to use all these drums without assistance. When the mechanisms were fully assembled, and Cyborg performed a little on it, and it became clear. My most favorite part is the ingenious 'bass drum pedal'device. It allows one to strike the drum in the middle with movement of the foot. Oh, and also the cymbals are very interesting as well. In all, I have, [Oh, what's the term again?....Ah, yes.] I have what is called an "eight-piece" drum set. It consists of three smaller drums, the bass drum, a snare drum, two cymbals, and something Cyborg refers to as a "high hat". It looks like an earthen hat of sorts, but it is not to be used to cover ones head. And it is [To my relief.] placed within my reach. I think that having to fly to hit the "high hat" would be very tiresome, because I use it fairly constantly.

The best part of playing is that I can engage in the "hanging out" often! After a small period of musical training with Beast Boy, Robin purchased his own instrument, and performs with us as well.

I....really like...Robin....

[Gasp!]

.....pardon my sentence structure, please! I mean to say that I enjoy Robin's performance on his stringed device!

Cyborg explained to me that, like Beast Boy's it uses vibrations form the strings to produce the sound. It is deep and very resonant, like an Okaran Shepard's horn.

It fills me with warmness to know that Robin is here with us, performing and participating in the "hanging out". Before this, he would spend many sencrons in his study, investigating Slade. Now it seem that he is less willing to do that, in favor of creating music with us. With me......

[GASP!]

Regardless, I am having a wonderful time with these drums. Even criminals seem to take notice, as crime has been on a decline this summer season. Beast Boy suggested that even criminals take the opportunity to leave and venture elsewhere for the summer portion of the year, as is the earthen custom.

I wonder if we could partake of such a journey.

I would, then having the opportunity to see more of Earth, but our place is here, to protect the citizens of Jump City...

AN: Hey. Another monologue here. I usually listen to The Pixies (or whatever's catching my attention at the time.) when I'm writing. Besides, it kinda goes with the chapter. Now, huge, HUGE thanks to all who reviewed:

bunny133, Dark-Bird2, Human Lightshow (My sister can't sing either), and Blackshield. (Cy's going to be the roadie, and Rae's going to manage the band. So they do a lot more than observe.) Reviews are awesome. They really help with any writer's block problems. Chapter four's coming soon!

Later.