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4. Schrodinger. Playing the Melody
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Where am I?
If one were to study music, one's theory teacher might or might not tell them that the definition of harmony is "the opposite of melody." Harmony can be described as the logical structure of music, the pattern and progression of chords, the backbone to what we hear. On the other hand, the melody is an arrangement of pitches that play off that harmony, a succession of sounds that outline and rise from that chordal structure, a free-flowing line.
One might compare the others and I to the harmony, and the Major to the melody.
Fortunately I never bothered taking music theory.
But, I'll let you in on a little secret. The Major is not the only one capable of playing the melody.
Who would have thought that me, this little boy with soft hair blonder than straw and mydriatic violet eyes…
Didn't I tell you? I'm ubiquitous, yet my existence is only imaginary.
This little Nazi kitten…
The poison has been spilled, Major. Shall I feed it to him?
…could be capable of destroying the No Life King? Who indeed.
"Yes, my boy," He told me. "Do it now and finish our symphony of defeat with a dissonant chord! A tritone, a minor second, a diminished seventh, any would suffice! The vampyre that a million armies could never dream of destroying in a millennia, one child will vanquish simply by mixing his blood with his own. I have won, have I not? You have made me proud, Cheshire."
Once everywhere and nowhere, both dead and alive, I'm not anywhere now, neither dead or alive.
Where am I now, Major? Who am I?
"Denizens of the night, my dear boy. Now, quick! While the fires still blaze bright in a victory I have long waited for…Shokun…let's raise hell."
Who is there to say that I cannot play the melody once and a while? I wouldn't necessarily call myself a harmony, the sanity behind the music—for who is really sane here? But, must I always be the harmony, the structure behind the music so it does not turn into a cacophony of jumbled vibrations?
I see the Major atop of our blimp, hair billowing out frantically, gesturing wildly at the sky, at the balefire and purgatory around him. One might think he was being electrocuted by the sky, but on a closer look…
…You'd see that he was conducting. This was his melody now.
Yet, his melody would be nothing without me. I killed the ancient blood-eyed manthing that stood in our way for half a century. Me.
But now, I see many things, many memories that don't belong to me. They confuse me.
I bet you didn't know that the Major actually prefers music in minor keys. He believes that morose tones are more inspiring.
A bit of an oxymoron, that is.
Major prefers minor.
Now I am inside the Median, somewhere. I don't know where. But here, I see everything and everyone inside him. I know all of their thoughts.
I know his thoughts.
I finally got to play the melody, and God, it was quite a catchy tune.
Too many minds to see, I don't know where I am or where I am supposed to be. They are driving me insane. Being inside his mind.
I passed the theme on to the Major now. I think he'll like it. Look, I see him conducting it, still. Haha, he looks a bit like a penguin in that white suit.
It's a bit scary in here, I can't find myself.
A penguin? No, more like a maestro.
Conducting
a melody
that I composed.
Who am I? Who…who…
…who…