bard training

[CATBUG!]

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[The Golden Fool]

Singing
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that turns a character into an accomplished singer.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The Character with this skill is an accomplished singer and can use this ability to entertain others and perhaps earn a small living. No skill check is required to sing in most circumstances. The character can also create choral works on a successful skill check. Use Musical Instrument Task Skills to see what a user can do and the difficulty checks as Musical Instrument Task Skills are similar to Singing. Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

Freeman sighed as he looked over the children’s book of songs. He wanted to learn how to sing, but he sighed under his breath. He was suppose to start from the basics, but they seemed so boring. He leafed through the book, starting with the voice activities. He started by going through his vocal range, loosening up his vocal cords and getting ready to sing. He sighed gently as he tried to prepare himself to sing.it seemed useless but it would help him hit the notes better. He gently flipped to the next page and began to sing.

“There was a man lived in the moon, lived in the moon, lived in the moon,
There was a man lived in the moon,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

And he played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle,
And he played upon a ladle,
and his name was Aiken Drum.

And his hat was made of good cream cheese, of good cream cheese, of good cream cheese,
And his hat was made of good cream cheese,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

And his coat was made of good roast beef, of good roast beef, of good roast beef,
And his coat was made of good roast beef,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

And his buttons made of penny loaves, of penny loaves, of penny loaves,
And his buttons made of penny loaves,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

And his waistcoat was made of crust pies, of crust pies, of crust pies,
And his waistcoat was made of crust pies,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

And his breeches made of haggis bags, of haggis bags, of haggis bags,
And his breeches made of haggis bags,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

[Nira]

Yeah... no.

Sure, there are some repetitions in songs, but this is way too ridiculous.

You don't actually have to write a song to train singing, you know. You just have to RP your character... singing. Like, lyrics not required.

What they feel in their throat as they sing, what they think about the song and their singing proficiency. Stuff like that.

If you do write lyrics, repeating the same phrase four or five times in a row is... bad.

+2

[The Golden Fool]

Freeman grunted and coughed as he sang, his untrained vocal cords weren’t use to trying to match a pitch. He reached out and grabbed a glass of water from the desk in his house, and taking a slow drink he wondered why his throat hurt from singing so easily. He sighed gently and began to read more in the book. It seemed to stress daily singing, no matter where you were. He nodded and agreed with it, even when he had been a street performer, he would practice his skill no matter where he was.

Soon, he would grow tired and realize it as late. He would put the book down and head for the shower. And as he stripped and entered the shower, the hot water filled the room with steam and he breathed deeply. As he did, he felt his throat clear and his vocal cords relax as he smiled before clearing his voice. He began to sing the same nursery song from before, as he cleaned himself. He tried his best to match the pitch of the song as best he could. He smiled gently as he sang to himself. The Golden Fool asnt one to do such silly things, not when he as by himself anyway.
2/5

[Captain M]

+3

5/5 LEARNED!

0-35 SP!

[CATBUG!]

(shoot me im dumb deleted)

[The Golden Fool]

Singing
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that turns a character into an accomplished singer.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The Character with this skill is an accomplished singer and can use this ability to entertain others and perhaps earn a small living. No skill check is required to sing in most circumstances. The character can also create choral works on a successful skill check. Use Musical Instrument Task Skills to see what a user can do and the difficulty checks as Musical Instrument Task Skills are similar to Singing. Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

SP gained:35

Freeman exited the shower after a rather lengthy shower. His hair still wet as he made his way to his bed room, still singing under his breath as he dried himself off and he smiled. He stood there in his room and thought back to when he had been younger, and how he had sung every day. His father made sure of it. The young child he had been never really understood hey it was important, most of their customers came to see them perform acrobatics rather than sing. But something in him realized that his father had always been looking out for him. And as he held his outfit in his hands to get dressed he thought back to a lesson his father had taught him.

“Son, what is the first rule of singing?” the older man asked one day as they sat on their cart moving to their next show location. The young boy didn’t answer, he didn’t know the first rule. He didn’t even know it had rules at all. The older man laughed gently. “It’s to sing with passion, you can sing without passion, but no one will ever notice your notes, no matter how beautiful.” Freeman didn’t understand what he had meant at the time, but now he did. He finished dressing and walked over to his desk, pulling out a note book of songs. His father had written these songs a long time ago, and as Freeman opened the book a surge of sadness reached out from his heart as the memories of his childhood began to flood into his mind.

“Father…Even when you’re gone your still guiding me.” He smiled gently and began to sing, reading the lyrics ahead of him before singing that line he wanted to memories each song and spend as much time as he could on it. Line after line, he memorized, taking his time to try to remember the beat that went with each line. The Golden Fool used his finger as a metronome to keep himself in beat as best he could. His lips moved as in his mind he saw his father and his band performing on their stage, and as he thought of this a single tear rolled down his cheek as he finally understood his father’s words about passion. No matter how sweet and beautiful the words if there as no passion behind it there as no one who would listen!


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[Captain M]

[Currently reviewing this post and rolling the needed die. Please make sure to repeat the technique in your post, it would help the grader greatly! Thank you. Alright give me a second. It would be also nicer if you put a count of how much SP you have per new post. Just make things easier for staff to grade, please!]

Alright!

LEARNED +5 TP

35-58 SP

[The Golden Fool]

Singing
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that turns a character into an accomplished singer.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The Character with this skill is an accomplished singer and can use this ability to entertain others and perhaps earn a small living. No skill check is required to sing in most circumstances. The character can also create choral works on a successful skill check. Use Musical Instrument Task Skills to see what a user can do and the difficulty checks as Musical Instrument Task Skills are similar to Singing. Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

58 SP

0/5

Freeman smiled as he finished singing the song, he knew what he had to do now. He had to do something he hadn’t done since his father passed away. He grabbed his father’s scarf and tied it as he ran out of his house, the song stuck in his head as memories flooded his brain. As he ran toward the center of the village a memory played in his head of him watching his father sing and dance on the stage. And how his voice carried without a microphone across a sea of people as he and his band sang. They had been very popular before the band split up.

As Freeman approached the town square he smiled and snapped back to the present day as he jumped to the top of a fountain, holding onto the head of the statue with one hand and his scarf blowing in the wind. He smiled as he stood there, with a few people staring at him like he was a weirdo as he prepared to sing. Starting off just low enough that only those near him could hear him and as he sang some of them stopped to listen. The song he sang was about a poor man who, while living his life as he always did, ran into a noble lady. The song spoke of how she felt disgusted by his poverty, and he felt disgusted with her loftiness, but in the end the universe brought them together in some way shape or form throughout their lives.

And as he sang, a decent sized group began to form around the square, and he laughed gently as a young girl batted her eyes at him. And leaned down, using chakra to make his feet stick on the statue and he ran his finger under her chin to lift her face to see him better as he sang, not toward her, but at her. as he stood back up he smiled and laughed as he finished the song. He bowed gently as every cheered for him and asked him to sing yet another song, but he declined and left before they could protest.

[Captain M]

I am currently reviewing this. Will edit the post when I am done.


+5 TP, LEARNED!

82SP!

[The Golden Fool]

Singing
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that turns a character into an accomplished singer.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The Character with this skill is an accomplished singer and can use this ability to entertain others and perhaps earn a small living. No skill check is required to sing in most circumstances. The character can also create choral works on a successful skill check. Use Musical Instrument Task Skills to see what a user can do and the difficulty checks as Musical Instrument Task Skills are similar to Singing. Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

82 SP

0/5

It took freeman another hour or so to find a good place to practice, but he smiled as he sat on the roof of a restaurant and ate a meat filled pastry. He finished the pastry and washed it down with some water as he opened his father’s notebook and looked through the songs till he found another one from his past, one of his favorite songs because of the way his father laid it over a nice rock instrumental. He read over each line and soon smiled as he took his time to memorize each line perfectly before moving onto he next, it was becoming easier and easier to memorize the songs as he learned more and more. But as he sung he heard the voice of another singer, and upon looking around he saw a female street performer.

He smiled as he jumped down and walking toward her he saw her dancing and singing for the crowd. As he approached the stage she smiled and seemed so happy as she sang alone, but he wouldn’t let that happen for long, a ninja leap into the air and he landed on the stage with her as she finished one song and he smiled before introducing himself and proposed a duet. The woman thought for a second and nodded as they quickly agreed to do a decently well known song between the two of them. and as they sang she dance, and Freeman captivated the audience with his voice drawing in more customers as they performed.

As they sang, the crowd went wild falling in love with their voices. He smiled gently as their song ended and he bowed gently. As he stood up he saw his father’s face in the crowd, and he smiled gently. Because in his heart he knew he had finally found his passion. “Thank you father…Thank you so much…” he bowed again and this time, loud enough for the crowd to hear. “Thank you! Thank you so much for your support!”

[Captain M]

[M is currently reviewing this, will edit this post once I have done everything.]
+ 5 TP!
96 SP

[The Golden Fool]

Jigoku no Mimi (Hells ears)
Rank: "D"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: With this technique the Bard is capable of pinpointing the location of a noise within a small area.
Special: ---
Drawback: Cannot be used to hear techniques that silent the user's movement. Must be trained multiple times.
Description: Bards are around sounds constantly and all their training in the musical arts hones their hearing. They are capable of further training their ability to hear to allow them to listen and precisely pinpoint the location a sound is coming from as long as it is within ten meters of themselves. They can continue to train their ability to pinpoint the location of a sound to increase the distance it can be pinpointed from by ten meters each time, capping off at fifty meters.
Limit: Art of the Bard

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Freeman sat there, in his new outfit. The blue overall performance pants blew gently in the wind as he sat there on the roof of a restaurant. He liked to come out here to think and just to sing to himself if he needed too. He sat there and closed his eyes, taking in the different sounds and smell. But the thing he focused on the most was the sounds. There were so many, a good singer had to be able to tell what sounds were what. He focused his mind and his left ear twitched as he picked up the sound of a conversation. It didn’t have to do with him, it was just a small conversation between friends about their day.

He listened in as they talked about their families. The youngest in the older mans family had finally moved out after getting accepted into a private school in the Tea Country. He seemed to be scared she would get hurt in some way. But the younger man just laughed and commented that if his little sister was weak enough to get hurt then he didn’t do a good job as a big brother. Freeman smiled, it seemed the two were father and son. And as they talked, Freeman listened. He learned a lot about them. But soon another noise would catch his ear and he focused in on it. It was further away and a lot more quite then then most noises, but he couldn’t catch it as the wind picked up and moved the sound away.

He heard the sound of crying, and looked down to see a small child lost in the street. The little one must have gotten separated from his parents somehow. Freeman didn’t waste anytime as he leaped from the building and purposely slipped and fell as he landed, to get the child’s attention. He moaned and groaned exaggeratedly as he stood up and the child looked at him. “Hey little one,” Freeman said as he knelt down to the child’s size and tilled his head gently to make the smile seem more friendly. Then tracing the smile with his pointer fingers he spoke to the child. “Why so glum little one? Turn that frown upside down it’s a wonderful day!” he stood and spun like a top, and the child smiled gently as he acted dizzy, before returning to the child.

“I…I lost my mommy and daddy.” The child said as he wiped a tear from his eyes. Freeman patted the child on the head and assured him he would help him find his parents. The child smiled a little stronger this time. “Really mister?” Freeman nodded and with a spin lifted the child up and sat him on his shoulders. The child smiled happily and giggled as freeman then jumped up to the roof of a building, a good grip on the child so he wouldn’t fall. He asked him to describe his parents, but the child could only remember so much.

Freeman decided on a different approach, he would ask the child to be quiet for just a moment as he tuned out the world around him. He listened closely for what he could guess would be the parents, and he heard the faint sound again. It sounded almost like a name. He strained himself, using every bit of his skill in sound recognition to try to make the noise he heard clearer. And as he did he heard the name, Mason. He asked the child if his name was Mason and he nodded and told him he had found his parents. The boy cheered as Freeman took of with the child on his shoulders and landed behind them, placing the child down as he ran toward his parents.

The parents hugged their child and thanked Freeman, who refused a reward of any kind. He simply knelt in front of the child and tilted his head. “your safe now okay? If you ever get lost again find a police officer or a shinobi to help you okay?” the child nodded and asked if he was a ninja, and he shook his head before honking the rubber nose on his mask. “Not today. Today Im.,..” he stood up and spun. “The Golden Pierrot!” the child giggled and waved as him and his family left. Freeman smiled under the mask, knowing he had just made that childs day.

[Captain M]

Works for me!

+10 TP

LEARNED