ORIGIN - Profile of The Piano

CYCLE 120 — Current time: Apr 03 2025, 09:45 PM

The Piano

Inactive

Full Name: you cannot comprehend it.

Alias: the piano

Gender: it's a piano.

Age: 35 Cycles

Species: a piano.

Magicka: ʡ 265

Postlog: n/a

ACHIEVEMENTS

ENCHANTED ITEMS

2 ★

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03/21/25 — Aged up to 35 cycles.
01/27/25 — Aged up to 34 cycles.
12/28/24 — Aged up to 33 cycles.
12/02/24 — Created a thread Oh so you're a Chopin fan? Name every single Nocturne then in Canis
11/28/24 — Aged up to 32 cycles.
10/28/24 — Aged up to 31 cycles.
09/29/24 — Aged up to 30 cycles.
08/29/24 — Aged up to 29 cycles.
07/30/24 — Aged up to 28 cycles.
06/30/24 — Aged up to 27 cycles.
05/31/24 — Aged up to 26 cycles.
05/10/24 — Joined thread [Quest] Awakening the Dreamer ... in Hydra
05/04/24 — Attempted to Cast Intimidate (Barely Successful!) in [AtD] Crucible Cleanup
05/01/24 — Aged up to 25 cycles.
03/31/24 — Aged up to 24 cycles.
02/28/24 — Aged up to 23 cycles.
01/29/24 — Aged up to 22 cycles.
01/20/24 — Attempted Other (Successful!) in [AtD] Crucible Cleanup
01/20/24 — Attempted Other (Barely Successful!) in [AtD] Crucible Cleanup
01/20/24 — Attempted Other (Successful!) in [AtD] Crucible Cleanup
01/12/24 — Attempted Other (Successful!) in [AtD] Crucible Cleanup
01/12/24 — Attempted Other (Successful!) in [AtD] Crucible Cleanup
01/12/24 — Attempted Other (Successful!) in [AtD] Crucible Cleanup
01/07/24 — Attempted to Cast Biteform (Barely Successful!) in [ATD] Blinded Stars
01/07/24 — Attempted to Cast Sensorial Link (Barely Successful!) in [ATD] Blinded Stars
01/07/24 — Attempted to Cast Red Sense (Successful!) in [ATD] Blinded Stars
01/07/24 — Joined thread [ATD] Blinded Stars in Hydra
01/07/24 — Attempted to Cast Biteform (Critical Failure!) in [ATD] Blinded Stars
01/07/24 — Attempted Other (Successful!) in [AtD] Crucible Cleanup
01/07/24 — Joined thread [AtD] Crucible Cleanup in Hydra
01/07/24 — Attempted Other (Failure!) in [AtD] Crucible Cleanup
12/30/23 — Aged up to 21 cycles.
11/30/23 — Aged up to 20 cycles.
10/31/23 — Aged up to 19 cycles.
10/01/23 — Aged up to 18 cycles.
09/01/23 — Aged up to 17 cycles.
08/02/23 — Aged up to 16 cycles.
07/03/23 — Aged up to 15 cycles.
06/03/23 — Aged up to 14 cycles.
05/05/23 — Aged up to 13 cycles.
04/05/23 — Aged up to 12 cycles.
03/30/23 — Was taught spell Intimidate by Origin Cave
03/11/23 — Attempted to Cast Ephemevenom (Barely Successful!) in EYYYY I'M WALKIN' HERE
03/06/23 — Aged up to 11 cycles.
02/27/23 — Joined thread EYYYY I'M WALKIN' HERE in Tunnel E
02/27/23 — Attempted Other (Successful!) in seeking brand-new henle edition urtext piano music volumes please
02/27/23 — Attempted to Cast Biteform (Barely Successful!) in Ivory
02/27/23 — Attempted Other (Barely Successful!) in seeking brand-new henle edition urtext piano music volumes please
02/18/23 — Was taught spell Sensorial Link by Origin Cave
02/17/23 — Attempted to Cast Biteform (Failure!) in Ivory
02/14/23 — Joined thread [Event] My Sweet! in Polaris
02/14/23 — Attempted to Cast Biteform (Failure!) in [Event] My Sweet!
02/13/23 — Created a thread seeking brand-new henle edition urtext piano music volumes please in Canis
02/13/23 — Attempted Other (Successful!) in seeking brand-new henle edition urtext piano music volumes please
02/13/23 — Joined thread Ivory in Polaris
02/13/23 — Attempted to Cast Red Sense (Successful!) in Ivory
02/13/23 — Learned the spell Biteform
02/13/23 — Learned the spell Ephemevenom
02/13/23 — Received ʡ 677 from Jinyi
02/04/23 — Aged up to 10 cycles.
02/01/23 — Was taught spell Red Sense by Origin Cave
01/05/23 — Aged up to 9 cycles.
12/06/22 — Aged up to 8 cycles.
11/06/22 — Aged up to 7 cycles.
10/07/22 — Aged up to 6 cycles.
09/07/22 — Aged up to 5 cycles.
08/08/22 — Aged up to 4 cycles.
07/09/22 — Aged up to 3 cycles.
06/09/22 — Aged up to 2 cycles.

Appearance

It appears to be a standard 9-foot concert grand piano, complete with a glossy, organic black wood body and 88 perfect ivory keys. (It has not poached nor used the black market for the ivory. It’s all… organically grown, in-house.) Parts of its body will grow back with time, if the damage is not extensive. It is mobile: it can lift up its lid to speak louder (and to enact certain… essential metabolic processes), wheel itself around on its three legs, and speak by depressing and releasing its own keys. It has three pedals, and they appear to have the same effect on its voice as the pedals of any grand piano.

Its anatomy is, however, more… flexible than your average piano. It has two means of intaking food. First, its lid can slam shut with terrifying speed and seal itself, trapping creatures inside. Its metallic-looking strings can detach themselves from the key mechanisms and cut its food to small, easily digestible pieces. (These strings are capable of reaching outside of the box they reside in, in case it needs to fight.) It may choose to tenderize the meat with its hammers. It then floods its internal cavity with digestive fluids. For this reason, it cannot speak while eating. The keyboard also opens up to act as a second, smaller mouth, with the 88 keys acting as teeth. Some are sharp, and some are blunt. Perfectly balanced, as all pianos should be. It does not need to excrete waste. It digests everything.

On its side and above the keyboard, where a piano manufacturer might normally place its name and logo, there are golden letters and designs of a seemingly alien origin. You cannot comprehend it. It seems to blur and become easily forgettable. Your attention often slides elsewhere, but if you stare at it, they seem to begin to grow and move. That is because it can move the lettering at will, sliding it to any point on its surface (inside or outside) and condensing or expanding the gold into a smaller or more spread-out area. The alien writing is certainly worthy of haunting your nightmares.

The alien gold writing seems to be somehow related to its vision. It has very sensitive hearing, but it can adjust itself to be less sensitive—a useful trait, given how loud the piano itself can be. Its hearing can be damaged if its strings are cut, or dampened if a blanket is placed over its body. Smells permeate the black wood and are processed by a brain hidden in the center of that short vertical area you see when you face the keyboard. The piano itself gives off the smell of a brand-new instrument: wood, varnish, and the impression of being very cultured.

Its tone may change with age and maturity. It sounds mellow and warm when it is full or sleepy, and unpleasantly bright, to the point of being tinny, when it is injured. It may choose to speak like a harp instead of a piano by plucking its strings instead of using its hammers. It may imitate other instruments with more difficulty, though this causes it pain.

Yes, it can be played like a regular piano. If you dare.

Personality

Dignified, as might be expected of a sleek black 9-foot concert grand piano, and amoral. Petty and vengeful. Inherently selfish, and will protect itself and its own over looking out for the "big picture". However, it is hardly a coward, and in fact has a self-assured, adventurous spirit: it is confident in its own strength, and has trouble believing that anything could really hurt it.

It is extremely difficult to read its emotions; it has no facial expressions and speaks through key-smashed imitations of a normal voice. Yet, somehow, one can make out the intended words. It does not expect to be understood, as its method of communicating tone and emotion are different from most others, yet it enjoys understanding where it finds it. It appreciates music and people who appreciate music, and might even let someone live through playing it if they're good enough.

History

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