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During his recital of Somnus (or Sombre something? Musical terms escape me quite readily.)

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I am certain, almost, after many retaliatory stares as he leered one too many times into my temporary laboratory - that those wide, slanted, eerily green eyes are indicative of something less than human. I won't denounce the chance that it might be the paranoia of my studies at work. But, together with his ...to put it lightly, 'mischievious nature', has prompted ringing bells in my instincts as a hunter of the inhuman.

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[color=FFE700][s][i]The first quoted portion of Ricardo's journal has been annotated in an elegant hand, and marked by an inky thumbprint. The writing while pretty, is cramped into the margins of the journal, and requires the reader to hold the journal on its side in order to read it properly.[/i]

"You refer to the Sonorous Symphony, or in layman's terms, me fucking with my lute to try and get it tuned properly. Unfortunately, I am cursed. Even my mediocrity outshines the most prestigious of lutists, and at my most unpolished, composers weep for my capabilities. You happened to miss my real showpiece that night, the spirited [i]Catspaw's Currs[/i], a bit folksy but a true foot-tapper if ever there was one."

[i]The second quoted portion is accompanied by a similarly cramped yet elegant footnote, though the careful observer may note that this footnote appears more hastily scrawled.[/i]

"Has it ever occurred to you that maybe you're just an ugly bastard? And for somebody who's so keen to peek under a girl's skirts, you seem woefully blind to the irony of your occupation when juxtaposed with your... Feral semblance. How would I fight a rabid dog? Get a bigger dog."[/s]

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(Fiers loves his lute. More than he loves insulting Ricardo, at least.)

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