"...
Music greeted him as he entered: sounds resonating with cold and mournful and crystalline melody, the hauntingly bittersweet song filling the large room without effort. Deep and slow metallic reverberations washed over him in waves, their gentle undulation dotted and broken up by eerie and enchanting almost-cries of fast paced high notes.
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I think this one might need some explanation...
so a little while ago ShadderStag introduced me to the instrument that is Cristal Baschet. And I fell in love with it's sounds... I would commit war crimes for Second Dream cover in this thing, Or We all Lift. Or The Sacrifice... Just fucking LISTEN :'D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCrk0MNlwhk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cmzjIkx6b8

but also, on a more relevant note: I saw that thing and immediately thought "that's some decorative looking nonsense the Orokin would have!"
anyway! my operator plays that on days she's not too drunk to exist.