Ordinance 155
By: Swordkat
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Disclaimer: I do not own FAKE or the many songs I have included.
Many thanks go to the Anime Lyrics website where I found the song translations.
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Ok, originally this was supposed to be a one shot. However, thanks to the wonderful reviews from Kalinta, Tsugath, katastrophic88, Kasumi sono Ookami, me, katzchenkitty, DragonFlame Mistress, Kitsune's Grrl, ColeridgeFan, KillmeKissme, and Devil666sc, I have decided to add one more chapter. Only one. So this will be the last chapter. But it has karaoke!
Once again, I ask that you please read the scanlated epilogue.
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Warning: There is some inappropriate language in one of the songs, hence the rating.
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The Chief was troubled. The Chief was irritated. The Chief really needed to escape his office before he went completely insane.
"Aaaaaaahhhhh!"
Ok, so he didn't make it out of the office before going insane. But at least he made it to his door.
All of the people in the station looked up as the Chief's office door flew off its hinges.
"Is everyone in this entire precinct gay, bi, lesbian, or involved with a co-worker in some way?" the Chief yelled at the top of his lungs.
The inhabitants of the building just stared at their insane chief.
The Chief took a deep breath before speaking in a more normal tone of voice. "Will anyone qualifying for the afore-stated question please raise your hands?"
Slowly, with a lot of scattered nervous glances, every worker in the office raised their hands.
The Chief closed his eyes, counted to ten, and muttered "I really need a drink" under his breath before letting out an earsplitting scream and dashing out the station door.
The bewildered employees were left staring at their chief's retreating back as it disappeared down the city street.
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A boisterous group of detectives and a lone FBI agent arrived at their destination, a bright, welcoming bar with a neon pink sign loudly proclaiming the establishment's name: The Ebony Caterpillar.
"Woo-Hoo! Who's ready to party? I know I am!" Shouted Dee gleefully.
The other seven members of the party stared at him before Ted tentatively asked, "Dee? Are you already drunk? Because I think some people in over in Japan might have missed what you just yelled."
"No…well… ok, so maybe I am. But I'm not that drunk. And I'm still ready to have one hell of a party!" Dee replied.
JJ, who up until now had been somewhat out of it (like always), suddenly looked around at the others, spotted the bar, and was off and running before any of the other detectives realized that he had moved. As they followed him into the bar, albeit at a slower pace, they could hear the echoes of his voice shouting, "Yay! Alcohol!"
The bouncer had stepped aside and allowed JJ to pass without an ID. When the rest of the group came up to him, he also allowed Dee, Ryo, and Drake, a.k.a. the regulars, to pass without the need for an ID. The others flashed their IDs and went inside.
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Meanwhile, the Chief staggered out of a bar across the city. After passing out in the street for a minute, he rose to his feet and weaved off to find another bar.
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The first thing the group saw once they had blinked the afternoon sun from their eyes was JJ already at the bar, with at least two empty glasses next to him and a third clutched tightly in his hand. Drake hurried over to attempt the task of prying him away while the others took in their surroundings. Dee soon spotted the bar's newest addition: a karaoke machine.
"Oh yeah! Awesome! Come on guys, let's each sing a song before the DJ arrives!"
Ryo glanced at the puppy-dog eyes of his lover before turning to ask the others, "Well, should we? It can't do any harm."
After gaining the consent of all seven of his friends (yes, even Berkeley was included as a 'friend'), Dee ran over to the karaoke machine and started flipping through the songs. Once he found one, he grabbed the mike and addressed his fellow detectives. "I want to sing the first song. I've picked Romantic Soldier, a Japanese song that I wish to dedicate to my one and only love, Ryo."
Ryo blushed as Rose, Diana, Drake, Ted, and Marty clapped. JJ was off in another one of his little worlds, perhaps Coffee World or Alcohol World. Then the song started, and Ryo only had eyes for Dee.
"saa samishisa ni kawaita tamashii yo
saa tatta ima yuuki wo sakase
maru de kurai daichi ni saku
akai bara no you ni sa
daremo ga jibun to tatakau soldier
kurushimi fumikoe ashita wo sagasu
Soldier of love"
Dee stepped off of the small stage and started to slowly walk towards Ryo.
"aa nemurazu ni nayanda yoake ni
aa umareta yo atarashii jibun
kurayami kara noboru asahi
ore no mune ni hirogaru
anata wo mamotte tatakau soldier
ai koso kiseki wo umidasu chikara
Soldier of love"
There was a collective sigh of contentment from the romantics in the bar as they gazed upon the love so clearly shared between Dee and Ryo.
"daremo ga jibun to tatakau soldier
kurushimi norikoe ashita wo tsukame
anata wo mamotte tatakau soldier
ai koso kiseki wo umidasu chikara
I'm a soldier"
As soon as the song ended, Ryo flung himself at his black haired lover for a passionate kiss. Dee accidentally dropped the microphone as a result, and it rolled to the feet of JJ. He came out of his alcohol-induced haze and immediately grabbed it before leaping on the stage. Drake let out a small groan and whispered, "Please, JJ, just don't sing anything stupid. They already think you're brain-damaged."
Before the words had hardly left his lips, JJ let out a little yip of excitement and moved to the front of the stage to declare his song choice.
"I have just found one of my absolute favorite songs, 3.14, from the hit TV show Cowboy Bebop! So I'm going to sing it! Even though it doesn't have any actual music to sing along with!"
Drake let out an even bigger groan as JJ began to sing.
"maru wa medama
maru wa kirei
kuroi budou no amai aji
sankaku wa jikan
sankaku wa hayai
sakana no shippo no furuekata
shikaku wa sora
shikaku wa hiroi
hana o kaidara ii nioi
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And with that, JJ pranced off the stage and back into the little world from which he came.
After the rest of the group exchanged confused glances, Ted volunteered to be up next. He took the microphone from JJ and went to select his song. In the audience, a hurried, whispered conversation between Ryo, Drake, and Marty determined which Japanese song would come after Ted's.
"Okay, guys, I want to sing this one for Marty. Umm… It's called Never Ending Dreams, it's also in Japanese, and like Romantic Soldier, it's from the anime Yu Yu Hakusho. Well, here goes nothing…" And having said his little speech, Ted began to sing.
"Ima sono te no hira kono mune kazashite
Kimi ga yume mite ita kaze wo tsutaete
Hateshi no nai toki no naka no Mistral
Futari ima meguriau Mystery
Saa sono kanashimi yasashiku iyasou
Boku ga yobiyose furimaku hikari-banachi
Owari no nai yoru no sumi no Fantasy
Futari ima inochi yori Forever
I know Ai dake miete iru yo
Ikusen mo no hoshi no you ni
You may Yume dake dakishimeru yo
Nan-oku kounen nagarete mo
Forever"
Marty had turned a bright, fire engine red that showed up even against the darkness of his skin. And the color just seemed to be getting brighter. All of a sudden, he passed out. However, everyone in the audience was caught up in the haunting melody, and no one noticed when Marty fell to the floor unconscious.
"I know Tamashii kanjite 'ru
Ikusen mo no hana no you ni
You may Kimi dake shinjite 'ru yo
Nan-oku kounen hanarete mo
I know Ai dake miete iru yo
Ikusen mo no hoshi no you ni
You may Yume dake dakishimeru yo
Nan-oku kounen nagarete mo
I know Tamashii kanjite 'ru
Ikusen mo no hana no you ni
You may Kimi dake shinjite 'ru yo
Nan-oku kounen hanarete mo"
As the last stanzas faded away, the audience slowly shook themselves free of the song's entrapping tune and began to clap. Ted left the stage and knelt by Marty's unmoving form to attempt to rouse him.
Ryo and Drake had another hurried discussion when it appeared that Marty wouldn't be able to do their earlier song. Then Ryo went over and dragged JJ up on stage to sing what Marty had been going to sing. Meanwhile, Drake announced the song.
"We're going to perform yet another Yu Yu Hakusho song, Eye to Eye. We hope you enjoy."
Berkeley turned to Diana and whispered, "Why do they all know Japanese? I thought that Ryo would be the only one that knew it. And another thing, why does the bar have the Japanese songs?"
"Ok, first off, this is a primarily Asian bar. And who cares about the rest? Now shut up, I want to hear this song."
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In a different part of the city, the doors to another bar flew open. A body was tossed out by the bouncer to the cries of "Get out, you drunk!" and "Come back when you can actually afford all you drink!".
Yes, this sorry excuse for a man was the chief.
After yet another sojourn in the middle of the street, he staggered to his feet and made his way to the next bar.
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Ryo was the first to start singing.
"Ano hi no sora no iro wo wasureya shinai ze
Tagai ni chikara tsukite taoreta mama miteta"
"That… is quite a different style from what I thought they would sing…" Berkeley remarked.
"Shut up!" hissed Diana, "Drake's going to sing next."
"Tekagen nashi de naguri atte
Hajimete wakaru no sa
Chachi na yuujou nanka yori mo
Shinjirareru mono"
All three of the singers started to sing the chorus.
"Kotoba nado nakute mo EYE TO EYE
Tsutawaru omoi wa
Tatakatta mono dake ga shitte iru"
JJ's voice rang out alone on the next line.
"Kakegae no nai kizuna sa"
Then all together again they shouted:
"SHAKIN' HEART"
Ryo: "Toki ni wa kizutsuite mo itami wo kakushite
Otoko wa tatakawanakya naranai koto mo aru"
Drake: "Nagusameta nara tsuraku naru to
Wakatte iru hazu sa
Damatta mama de atsui kimochi
Uketometekure yo"
All: "Kotoba nado nakute mo EYE TO EYE
Yuuki ga waku kara
Kanashimi egao ni kaerareru"
JJ: "Yasashisa no hontou no imi"
All: "SHININ' ON"
JJ: "Kotoba nado nakute mo EYE TO EYE"
All: "I can get you You can get me"
JJ: "Kotoba nado nakute mo EYE TO EYE"
All: "Kotoba nado nakute mo EYE TO EYE
Tsutawaru omoi wa
Tatakatta mono dake ga shitte iru"
JJ: "Kakegae no nai kizuna sa"
All: "SHAKIN' HEART!"
The trio walked off stage to a huge round of applause. Drake and JJ went to get refills on everyone's drinks while Diana went to pick which song she would sing. After flipping through the songs, she finally found the perfect one.
She picked up the microphone and said, "This song really means a lot to me. And it's actually not in Japanese. The name of the song is 'I Loved You Once in Silence', from the broadway musical Camelot."
"I loved you once in silence
And mis'ry was all I knew.
Trying so to keep my love from showing,
All the while not knowing you loved me too.
Yes, loved me in lonesome silence;
Your heart filled with dark despair.
Thinking love would flame in you forever,
And I'd never, never know the flame was there.
Then one day we cast away our secret longing;
The raging tide we held inside would hold no more.
The silence at last was broken!
We flung wide our prison door.
Ev'ry joyous word of love was spoken.
And now there's twice as much grief,
Twice the strain for us;
Twice the despair,
Twice the pain for us
As we had known before.
And after all had been said,
Here we are, my love,
Silent once more,
And not far, my love,
From where we were before."
She walked off the stage and snuggled up to Berkeley. He didn't seem to notice, however, as he seemed to have reached some important decision.
Ted (having finally revived Marty, who was now downing glass after glass of beer) got Rose's attention with a simple question. "So, what are you going to sing?"
Berkeley bolted upright. "What are you talking about? I don't sing."
Diana said, "Aww, please? For me?"
At the same time, Dee said, "Hah! The Commish is too scared to sing!"
Rose glared at them both and stomped unwillingly up onto the stage. He looked through his choices. Then he looked through them again. After about ten minutes of this, Ryo finally said, "Umm, sir? The English songs are in the second binder."
Rose blushed. "Oh, thank you."
He finally found a song. "Ok, since they don't seem to have anything else, I have chosen another song from Camelot. It is called 'If Ever I Would Leave You'."
"If ever I would leave you
It wouldn't be in summer.
Seeing you in summer I never would go.
Your hair streaked with sun-light,
Your lips red as flame,
Your face witha lustre
that puts gold to shame!
But if I'd ever leave you,
It couldn't be in autumn.
How I'd leave in autumn I never will know.
I've seen how you sparkle
When fall nips the air.
I know you in autumn
And I must be there."
Rose started to walk off the stage towards Diana.
"And could I leave you
running merrily through the snow?
Or on a wintry evening
when you catch the fire's glow?
If ever I would leave you,
How could it be in spring-time?
Knowing how in spring I'm bewitched by you so?
Oh, no! not in spring-time!
Summer, winter or fall!
No, never could I leave you at all!"
As the song died out, Berkeley knelt in front of Diana and pulled out a small box. The entire bar watched the scene unroll with drunken interest.
"Diana, I never want to leave you. Will you please marry me?"
Silence had finally arrived to preside over the crowded room waiting to see what she would say.
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The back ally reeked of the vomit of a hundred drunks. The hundred and first drunk was slumped against one of the slimy walls. In the course of the two hours since he had bolted out of the 27th precinct's police office, he had:
1. gotten smashing drunk at one bar, 2. passed out in the street in front of that bar, 3. drank a paycheck's worth of alcohol at another bar, 4. been kicked out of that bar, 5. stopped at the bank for more money, 6. spent all of that money at the next bar, and 7. ended up in a filthy alley adding everything that he had drank to the slime on the ground.
It looked like it was time to go to the bank again for more money.
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Silence saw the impending burst of noise, and promptly vanished.
"Of course I'll marry you!"
Berkeley disappeared under the ecstatic blur called Diana. Everyone in the room applauded the happy couple, and the waitress brought a fresh round of drinks.
Ted looked at the rest of his friends and asked, "Did anyone else see that coming?"
"No, I never thought that he would actually propose. He's been acting as if he didn't want to settle down with just one person," answered Drake as he retrieved the tray of drinks for the table.
Dee added, "Yeah, first he chased after Ryo for so long, and then he was going out with that Renee person."
"And don't forget that man from the restaurant over next to the 30th precinct," said Ryo as he took a fresh glass and passed the tray to JJ.
"Yay! A margarita!" yelled JJ. Everyone else ignored him.
"And after that guy, he went out with that stripper. That ended quickly, but he lost no time in finding a replacement. Who was it he found next? Wasn't it that Richard Z-something guy?" Ted rejoined the conversation.
"Yep, and he was dating the girl from my apartment building at the same time. Once they both dumped him and started going out with each other instead, he turned to chasing Ted…." Marty jumped in while grabbing a glass of beer.
Ted said, "Don't remind me! That was horrible. At least he eventually got the hint about us. After that, he never seemed to notice anyone. I mean, he still watched Ryo and Diana, but they were both off limits."
A small, annoyed voice came from underneath Diana. "I would very much appreciate it if you would stop gossiping about me while I'm still here."
Dee called back, "Well, then leave already!"
Ryo lightly smacked him and turned to the mass on the floor. "Diana, you might want to let go of the commissioner. I think he needs to be able to breathe."
She looked down at her fiancée and reluctantly let go of him. They got off the floor and sat down at the table. After straightening himself, Rose asked a question he had been meaning to ask since the karaoke started. "How do all of you know Japanese?"
Drake answered first. "It's easy. High school."
Diana was second, saying, "I learned it in high school too."
Ted said, "Ditto."
Marty chimed in. "I learned it in college. Oh, and sorry that I didn't sing before."
Drake shook JJ out of his daze long enough to answer. "My grandmother was Japanese. She taught it to me when I was little."
Dee said, "Ryo taught me."
The table turned to get Ryo's answer. He looked at them and sweat-dropped before asking, "Are you guys seriously asking where I learned Japanese? I thought you were smarter than that."
They all laughed at that. Then Berkeley asked another question. "Ok, so what did all those songs mean? Like, could I please have a translation?"
Dee answered first this time. "Sure. The song I sang, Romantic Soldier, basically said… umm, why don't I just write it down."
He scribbled on a napkin and then passed it to Rose.
'Oh soul, dried up by loneliness,
right now, let courage bloom!
Just like a red rose
blooming in the dark earth
Everyone is a soldier, fighting with themselves.
Overcoming suffering, looking for tomorrow
Soldier of love
Out of the sleepless, worried dawn,
a new me has been born.
The morning sun rising out of the darkness
unfolds spreads out/blossoms in my heart.
I'm a soldier fighting to protect you.
Love is the power to give birth to miracles.
Soldier of love
Everyone is a soldier, fighting with themselves.
Overcome suffering and grasp tomorrow.
I'm a soldier fighting to protect you.
Love is the power to give birth to miracles.
I'm a soldier'
Berkeley looked up to find the table staring at him. He paused for a moment, then said, "Why don't the rest of you translate the songs and I'll just read them as you finish them?"
They nodded and grabbed for the napkins.
JJ finished first even though he paused every three words to take a sip of his drink.
'3.14
circle is eyeball
circle is beautiful
blackberry's sweet taste
triangle is time
triangle is fast
the movement of fish's tail
square is sky
square is wide
it smells good when you smell flowers
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Berkley shook his head and grabbed the next one.
'Never Ending Dreams
Now your palms adorm my heart
You tell the dreaming winds
Mistral of everlasting time
Mystery of our encounter
Well Let us gently heal that sadness
The light I call forth
Fantasy from a corner of endless night
Forever the two of us together past our lives
I know Only love I see
Like thousands of stars
You may Only dreams I embrace
Even if for hundreds of thousands of years you wander
Forever
I know I feel your soul
Like thousands of flowers
You may Only you I believe
Even if for hundreds of thousands of years we part
I know Only love I see
Like thousands of stars
You may Only dreams I embrace
Even if for hundreds of thousands of years you wander
I know I feel your soul
Like thousands of flowers
You may Only you I believe
Even if for hundreds of thousands of years we part'
Berkeley put that one down and picked up the last one while wondering how his detectives managed to finish writing the translations in the exact order that they sang them.
'Eye to Eye
I'll never forget the color of the sky that day
Our feelings for each other were indescribably strong
Our hopes were easily accomplished
I knew we could do it on our first try!
If you disrupt things like the name of friendship, then
Do you believe in anything?
We do more than just speak when we are Eye to Eye
While we transmit our feelings for each other
You seem to fight just so you know
Replacement doesn't create different bonds
SHAKIN' HEART
At times, my feelings are hurt, and the grief bring tears
But men fight the pain in tears, and continue to accomplish their goals
I need to be comforted if things get worse
Being young and shy
Don't try to ignore your warm-hearted feelings,
Take my hand!
We do more than just speak when we are Eye to Eye
Our courage is boiling from inside us
Our sadness is changing into smiles
The gentleness of truth has real meaning
SHININ' ON
We do more than speak when we are Eye to Eye
I can get you, You can get me
We do more than speak when we are Eye to Eye
We do more than just speak when we are Eye to Eye
While we transmit our feelings for each other
You seem to fight to know
That replacement doesn't create different bonds
SHAKIN' HEART'
The Commisioner put all of the translations down and joined the conversation as they all settled in to listen to the DJ while getting drunk.
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The chief was confused. For some obscure reason, he was once again kissing the pavement. He didn't even remember the bar this time. Oh well, he still didn't think he was drunk enough. It was time to find another bar.
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By this time, an hour had passed since the proposal. Berkeley and Diana had disappeared, JJ had passed out in Drake's lap, and Marty had won a drinking contest against Ted. Ryo took all this in with interest while futilely trying to ignore Dee's rather obvious advances.
Then Marty stood up and staggered away from the table. Ted looked up from his slumped position on the table and slurred, "Where's'e goin'?"
Ryo was about to say that he didn't know when the DJ cut the music and made an announcement.
"Attention ladies and gentlemen. A request has been made for a karaoke song at this time. So please give your attention to the karaoke stage for the song 'Closer', by Nine Inch Nails."
After a ragged cheer, the music started and Marty, of all people, got up on the stage.
"You let me violate you,
You let me desecrate you
You let me penetrate you,
You let me complicate you
Help me I broke apart my insides,
Help me I've got no soul to sell
Help me the only thing that works for me,
Help me get away from myself
I want to fuck you like an animal
I want to feel you from the inside
I want to fuck you like an animal
My whole existence is flawed
You get me closer to god"
Ryo said to no one in particular, "You do realize that he'll kill us in the morning since we didn't stop him."
Ted groaned an affirmative sounding noise.
"You can have my isolation,
You can have the hate that it brings
You can have my absence of faith,
You can have my everything
Help me tear down my reason,
Help me it's your sex I can smell
Help me you make me perfect,
Help me become somebody else
I want to fuck you like an animal
I want to feel you from the inside
I want to fuck you like an animal
My whole existence is flawed
You get me closer to god
Through every forest, above the trees
Within my stomach, scraped off my knees
I drink the honey inside your hive
You are the reason I stay alive"
Then Marty passed out face first. Ted went up and dragged his lover offstage as the DJ put the next song on.
Ryo shoved Dee off and went to call a cab for Ted and Marty. When he returned to the table, Drake had dragged a revived JJ off to who knows where. Dee guessed that it was one of the back rooms.
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Dee was wrong. JJ and Drake were on the dance floor. JJ had come out of alcohol-land and was trying to get Drake into one of the back rooms.
"Aww, come on Drakey. Please? I really really really want you!"
"JJ! Stop it! I said no already!"
"But Drakey, I love you!"
And then JJ used his greatest weapon. Puppy-dog eyes.
Drake sighed as he realized there was no way for him to win this argument. He pulled JJ to him and kissed him passionately. Then they went off to find a room.
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The chief looked up at his newest bar. 'The Ebony Caterpillar', the neon pink sign glowed out to the night. Then without a second thought, he pushed open the doors and went inside.
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Ted placed his unconscious lover in his bed and kissed him on the forehead. Then he passed out halfway on top of Marty.
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Dee was very close to passing out himself at the table in the bar. Ryo kept a close eye on him, wondering if they could go home yet. He had drunk far less than his companions, having only two to three drinks to fuzz his perception. There was suddenly a loud cheer from a nearby table.
Dee asked Ryo a question, distracting him from finding out what was happening at the table. "Hey, 'yo, isdat da chief?"
Ryo finally saw what was going on at the table. Their own chief was standing on the table, doing…a striptease.
"Dee? I think it's time for us to go."
There was no answer. Ryo looked over, and then down, at Dee. He had passed out. Ryo sighed and picked up his unconscious boyfriend. Then they headed out the door.
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The next morning, Ryo found himself curled up next to Dee.
Diana found herself gazing at her engagement ring while lying next to her fiancée.
Ted found himself contentedly draped over Marty.
Drake found himself in a ray of sunshine that fell across him and JJ in the back room.
The chief found himself once again lying in the street outside a random bar, with absolutely no recollection of the past twenty-four hours.
And our beloved Silence was watching over them all.
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THE END.
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And this time it's really the end. I hope you all enjoyed my short addition to the original one-shot.
I apologize for not matching characters to voices on the songs...especially about Ryo's.
Will someone please IM me? Silence's company is okay most of the time, but it does get monotonous. My aim screen-name is Amurkat.
Anyone who wants an mp3 of the songs: Romantic Soldier, 3.14, Never Ending Dreams, or Wild Wind, IM/e-mail me and I'll figure out how to get you a copy.
Thank you for reading.
SWORDKAT