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I am glad that Cen retains a modly air post-resignation, it's better than the other way around for me haha, wherein I am a mod but don't actually perform any mo-

ANYWAY

I got distracted from the WoM by a) things going terribly wrong at work (for no fault of my own) b) my personal life being temporarily derailed c) writing an Armor Games related soundtrack.

Eventually I hope to actually write the fully orchestrated versions but at this stage I'm just dashing out some drafts for two pianos (seeing as my brother and I can then record them first, in fact I plan to write a couple of hours worth of tracks and then we can do a recital lol). I've already posted links to a couple of them but here's the slowly growing list:

Now Go Forth! (Let Me See the Strength of Your Will) (3:38) - a proposed theme song for my AG story universe in its entirety. Seeing as this is my AG verse that I'm writing for, you could also loosely consider that it may end up being Strop's theme.

Between this and the next track I'm still writing a song in which a great storm is blowing through the wilderness.

Good Morning! (How Do You Do, Fellow Citizen?) (3:09) - Clear blue skies preside over a quietly bubbling industrious morning in Armor City. This refers way back to the time when I first joined AG and it had a population of about 50000 (as opposed to 2.4 million).

Beware the Fish (In the Moat) (3:25) - As some of you may have guessed, this one's dedicated to Ubertuna (who mysteriously disappeared and nobody seems to have seen him since like 2009), the keeper of AG castle's moat. He also fancies himself a grand villain and necromancer, and rumour has it that all those trout in the moat are already dead...

Quiet Please (The Library is for Reading (3:19) - Cen is a librarian, this is his theme. Influenced by his (secret) fondness for musical theatre, so I laced it with Sondheim. You can't have Cen having a nice quiet day in the library without Strop rocking up and dragging him outside because he needs to see the sunshine/rain/hail/snow and generally get some exercise and man up.

Okay back to the next WoM update!

The links didn't work for some reason - the downloads were all 0 bytes...

killersup tries to come into this forum and finds horse porn..........just gonna walk aaawwwwwaaaaayyyyy rrreeeaaaalllllllyyyy, RUUUUUNNNNN!!!!

KR: You're right, that's odd. What a waste of five bucks to use that service lol. Here's the links again in a different place.

Now Go Forth]
Good Morning
Beware the Fish
Quiet Please

Killersup: this is my thread, what else did you expect? 8D

Killersup: this is my thread, what else did you expect? 8D

killersup did not expect horse porn.athogh now he knows

Welcome to AG.
There are no official tours, just look around, and try to avert your gaze at the...non-ninja horses.

Well while you're here, how about you listen to the music I've uploaded >_>

killersup did not expect horse porn.athogh now he knows

Listening to the tracks, and being a lover of classical / incidental music I'm enjoying them. (I went to boganland for the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular the other week)

Now Go Forth: It will be pretty amazing to see / hear you playing this on piano, the starts bit were insane. I loved the slower middle bit too. The ending was also cool.

Beware the Fish: I liked it, but it probably could be a bit more fishy...although I don't know if that is possible / what that would sound like.

Cen's Theme / Quiet Please: I think that...although the quieter tone and less hecticness of the piece fitted the library theme; if it is going to Cen's theme it should be a little bit darker? It is just a bit too 'lovey' for what I picture as my representation of Cen (esp. from the WoM).

Good Morning: Does very much remind me of the olden days...well, it fits my memories. It also sounds like a bit of a remix / note change of the second part of Rondo alla Turka.

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I would love to play around with what would be KR's theme...if you're planning to do it.

Also, I'm assuming that you did this in Sibelius - could I have a look at the score?

Oo been a while, Cen's no longer mod run! Strop will be left unchecked :P anyways nice pick I see going inverted looks good,white on black. Just wondering what the background is suppose to be besides the moon what is the round silhouettes suppose to be?

I've never tried drawing Lyra before. Apparently it's nearly right, apart from her not wearing such a small jacket, and her hair is much longer than that.



Cen has a crush on Lyra. He's had a crush on her for ages, at least I'm led to believe. Lyra doesn't know what to make of Cen, as every time she's ever spoken to him, he squeaks, and runs away, which is odd because he's always making efforts to run into her, at least that's what it must be (nothing to do with a certain ninja horse shoving Cen towards BEING A MANLY MAN at the most opportune moments, surely).

And of course, there's this revolving door girl called Sai. That makes Cen's history a little interesting.

Strop never visits the library. But if Cen's getting grilled by Lyra about Sai... well either:

a) it's worth watching the drama unfold
b) hey hold on, maybe Cen might be in a pinch here!
c) but really he should just man up. This is a perfect chance to put his training to good use!

All these possibilities seemed an each way bet until Lyra marched up and slammed her hands on the table. She looks PISSED. Strop looks Oo

And Cen is in trouble.

To which his most used sentence will be &quotlease don't kill me!", even if she has no reason to.

The world needs more Lyra.

wow working weeks destroy me.

Blew an hour this morning doodling, and this is what resulted:



Based on a girl I'm seeing, she knows kung fu (wing chun, to be precise, currently she's learning butterfly sword forms). Maybe I can persuade her to learn how to run up walls and climb trees like real leopards can haha.

...yeah I know the colouring really sucks :P

However, you did this in one hour, which is impressive. I assume you did most of the detailing with the shoes, skin, and twin sabres. Actually yes, definitely the swords, the design looks very intricate.

Based on a girl I'm seeing,