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  1. Apherosy
    “Start the first sentence with a piece of dialogue that sets the tone for the rest of the story.” The boy told her.

    “But what do I do if I want the reader to know what the character’s names are in a smooth flowing sentence?” She replied.

    “Well it’s usually weird and out of place for a character to say another’s name if it’s implied that they’ve had some dialogue already, so you can have it as part of the narration.” Kip continued to lecture Alice on the art of story writing.

    “And character relations?”

    “If you’re good enough to throw it into dialogue, you can try that. It could work well with providing context.”

    “Context?”

    “Yeah, like what the characters are doing. Say, for example, a university student helping his little sister out with a short story that was assigned two weeks ago yet is due tomorrow.”

    “Ha ha, funny.” Alice laughed sarcastically.

    “You might also want to do that in narration because nobody would conveniently explain context, like a show that just returned from commercial break. Remember to give some kind of setting as well.”

    With the English assignment due the next day, Alice was hard pressed for time, but luckily she had the skill of her older brother to help. They had cramped up in her room, Alice sitting at the desk and Kip sitting on the bed behind her.

    “Also,” he said, “just a thought, but try to make the male character seem cool, like he always has something better to do at any given moment.” Kip quickly checked his phone for a text message. It was his friend inviting him out for a party in the city.

    “But if he did, why would he stay with the female lead? I mean no one is forcing him right?” Alice stuck her tongue out as she whipped out sentence after sentence in her notebook.

    “You could always say he pretends to be embarrassed and annoyed but actually likes hanging around.” The boy looked at the enthusiastic girl, thought, and then texted his friend that he was busy tonight.

    “You know, they have a word for that in anime.” Alice smiled, stopping her pencil for a brief moment, causing Kip to cringe.

    “Please don’t make the characters use terms like that in a normal story. This isn’t like the manga you read.” Kip glanced at the page, making sure she didn’t write the word ‘tsundere’ on the sheet. “Hey! I just said not to use that word!”

    “You said don’t make the characters say it. I put it in the narration!”

    “Just don’t use it at all. This is for your English class; it’s weird to say stuff like that.”

    “By the way, was this a proper use of those semicolon things?”

    Kip squinted at the notebook looking for the example. It was 2 sentences above the one she was currently writing. “Yeah, but for this sentence here,” he underlined the last sentence written so far, “use the word ‘two’ instead of the number. Unless the rest of your piece has lots of numbers like that, you shouldn’t use them.”

    Alice nodded, but she didn’t bother to fix it.

    Kip went on to explain that she didn’t have to explicitly put every sentence of dialogue in quotation marks either, and rather use the narration itself to explain what they’re saying and have the audience fill in the gaps themselves. Again, Alice nodded and wrote more of the story.

    When she was nearing completion, she asked Kip innocently, “What do I call it? It needs a name.”

    “Just give it something short and sweet. But nothing too pretentious.”

    Alice smiled and dubiously scribbled the title of her finished story onto the top of her notebook.
    Thread by: Apherosy, Jun 24, 2014, 2 replies, in forum: Archives
  2. Apherosy
    I would miss snow.
    Nothing better than looking at falling snow behind a window.
    Post by: Apherosy, Jun 20, 2014 in forum: Discussion
  3. Apherosy
    Hello, friends!
    Welcome to Apherosy's Lesson on ShibayanRecords.
    In commemoration of Shibayan's release of the latest remix album "Disco Metric," today we will be learning about Shibayan in general.
    ShibayanRecords is a Circle that makes mostly Touhou Music. And Touhou music, as you know, is fantastic.
    Although Shibayan did make a Miku Hatsune album before anything Touhou related, titled "Sugar Particle", which in of itself is addicting and fun to listen to, we will focus on the Touhou aspect in today's lesson.
    Shibayan's Circle usually only consists of Shibayan, but is also sometimes accompanied by 831 and a variety of other artists on the "TOHO BOSSA NOVA" series, with reappearing singers 3L, yanagiri, Chie Fukami, and my all time favourite Nachi Sakaue.

    Let us begin with the first Touhou Album, an "Assortment of Sense". This album was produced by Shibayan and 831 exclusively, I believe. Only one song actually has vocals, which will change in due time as in the newer albums, instrumental songs are the minority.
    Our only singer on this album is longtime ShibayanRecords singer 3L, who has a super high-pitched voice that's so freaking adorably cute like oh my god. The song Gap Paradise, is equally cute. A remix of Yukari Yakumo's theme Necrofantasia, the lyrics include the singer musing about how cute Chen is.
    > Gap Paradise Ft. 3L
    The rest of the album itself is very...magical sounding, if I could pick a word to describe it.
    You can tell from just songs fof and Welcome to the Owen House that the music seems chimey and fragile like glass, yet impossible not to dance to.
    > fof
    > Welcome to the Owen House

    The album Crystal Stone featured all but one songs from the game Subterranean Animism.
    Though personally, the album is my least favourite, it still has one of my favourite piano pieces I've ever heard.
    > The Former Deserted Hell

    The next album, Kiseki Impulse ~ Emotional Feedback is 100% Shibayan, and where the benchmark addictive Shibayan sound finally appears.
    Filled with heavy "Nu-Electro" beats and beautiful singing by Chie Fukami, 3L and yana, it is definitely the first stellar ShibayanRecords album.
    Just listen to how impossibly catchy this instrumental of the often over-remixed UN Owen Was Her?:
    > CRASH ME!
    And no ShibayanRecord album is worth mentioning unless you bring up the A+ 3L track, in this case, a very synth heavy beat.
    > That Which You Wish For Ft. 3L

    Otome Cute goes back to the quality of the first album, with more light and catchy songs rather than heavy synth ones.
    The highlight for this album is a fun remix of Patchy's beloved theme, Locked Girl ~ The Girl's Secret Room.
    > His, Her, and My Story Ft. yana

    And now we come to my favourite album personally, Kokoro Vibration.
    Here we hear the heavy synth that I so love from Shibayan with extremely ~sexy~ singing by all of the featured singers.
    > Thorn Castle Ft. Chie Fukami
    > The ABC's of Floral Ft. yana
    > Candle Magic Age of 11.3 Ft. 3L
    > Rabbit Explosion Ft. Nachi Sakaue

    If you only listen to one album, and if you love dead sexy singing voices, this is the album for you.
    That scream in Candle Magic. Oh, my! Gets me every time. How 3L can scream but stay in perfect pitch is beyond me.

    Speaking of sexy singing, the album Musou Materialise also features another sexy singing song.
    This album is pure heavy Nu-Electro synth. Not a single risk was taken with this one, I think, and it honestly pays off.
    > I Don't Need Any Oznei Haman Anymore Ft. yana
    That "ow" at the end of the second part. So fun~
    Also, Nachi Sakaue is back with her own Locked Girl ~ The Girl's Secret Room remix.
    > Cinderella is a Magician Ft. Nachi Sakaue
    Patchy's theme is my favourite in terms of seeing how well they can be turned from the original into something wild.

    (Now, I said this specific post would be about Shibayan in general, but I'm going to skip the Bossa Nova albums for now.)
    After two Bossa Nova/Light Jazz albums, Shibayan returned to the Nu-Disco/Electro basics with an album that parodies Nosia's Split the Atom with Magico Catastrofe.
    The album itself features what is known as Shibayan's most popular song, a remix of Rumia's theme A Soul as Red as a Ground Cherry.
    > Fall in the Dark Ft. yana
    Coindentally, the album features my favourite ShibayanSong by the sweet sounds of Nachi Sakaue.
    > Rain Lira Lira Ft. Nachi Sakaue
    And you can't go anywhere without that standout 3L song, another remix of Patchy's wicked theme.
    > ・-・・ --- ・・・- ・ - Ft. 3L
    It's morse code for LOVE. Aww <3

    That's it for today's lesson, but later I will get into the beautiful Bossa Nova and Jazz sounds of Shibayan that riddle a few albums, and all ofthe Myon's you can handle.
    Thread by: Apherosy, Jun 19, 2014, 0 replies, in forum: Music
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    Vocaloid

    Ooooh, I'm a big fan of CUL, but unfortunately she's not used very often :c
    Post by: Apherosy, Jun 19, 2014 in forum: Music
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    Taxidermy.
    Post by: Apherosy, Jun 8, 2014 in forum: The Spam Zone
  6. Apherosy
    Oh, my! Everyone is so nice.
    Thank you I feel so welcomed, Curie was right you're all great, thank you n.n
    Post by: Apherosy, Jun 7, 2014 in forum: Introductions & Departures
  7. Apherosy
    My name is Apherosy but you may call me Apherosy.
    I am a friend/mistress of Curie who apparently goes by the username "What?" which is confusing to have as a username but I respect the choices made by all.
    I like writing, acting, anime and rap and Touhou Circle Music. I haven't played a single Kingdom Hearts game in my life.
    Let's hope we have fun throughout the whole school year!
    Thread by: Apherosy, Jun 6, 2014, 12 replies, in forum: Introductions & Departures
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    Holas, Curie~

    Holas, Curie~
    Profile Post by Apherosy for What?, Jun 6, 2014