tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-22:114577 Joshua Kronengold Joshua Kronengold 2022-03-22T23:27:31Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-22:114577:96033 2022-03-22T23:27:31Z 2022-03-22T23:27:31Z Edelweiss artistic public 4 Huh. Just realized I never posted this!<br /><br />This is, of course, fan-filk about <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://seananmcguire.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/></a><a href='http://seananmcguire.livejournal.com/'><b>seananmcguire</b></a></span>'s Incryptid series.<br /><br />Aeslin Mice<br /> By Lisa Padol (<span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://drcpunk.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://drcpunk.dreamwidth.org/'><b>drcpunk</b></a></span>) (with help from Joshua Kronengold) (who wrote the parts she didn’t and then fixed the parts she did)<br /> May be sung to the tune of Elelweiss (Rogers & Hammerstein)<br /><br /><i>A minor note: Aeslin is pronounced "ash-lin" like the name.</i><br /><i>Also, this is written as a duet. All caps are the mice. Things with a slash are gender-variant versions. Indented lines are spoken word.</i><br /><br />Aeslin mice, Aeslin mice<br />Every morning you greet me<br /><br /><dl><dd>HAIL THE SINGING PRIESTESS / HAIL THE GOD OF SONG AND SILENCE</dd></dl><br /><br />Small and light, brown and white<br />Every day you entreat me<br /><br /><dl><dd>GIVE US CAKE!<br />I have a cupcake. Will that do?<br />YAY, CAKE! ALL HAIL!<br /></dd></dl><br /><br />Long may your colony live and grow,<br />Live and grow benignly,<br />Aeslin mice, Aeslin mice<br />Chronicle a divine me.<br /><br /><dl><dd>ON THIS DAY THE PRIESTESS/GOD BLESSED THE COLONY!<br />What!? Sure, ok, whatever.</dd></dl><br /><br />[During this verse the mise are sneaky]<br />Aeslin Mice, Aeslin Mice,<br />You guys are really sneaky,<br />Following day and night,<br />Starts to get really freaky.<br /><br />Although I love you, I need to roam. <br />Need to rom-ance privately,<br />Can I please offer cheese,<br />For some hours of privacy.<br /><br /><dl><dd> AND THUS WAS THE ANCIENT CONTRACT RENEWED! FOOD FOR PRIVACY!<br /> I also got another cupcake.<br /> HAIL!<br /> Alright--that’ll buy us about three hours.<br /></dd></dl><br /><br /><table style="border-collapse:collapse;border: none" cellpadding="15" cellspacing="15"><tr> <td><br />[Priestess/God]<br />Aeslin Mice, Aeslin Mice<br />Teach the next generation,<br />Though your faith is not ours<br />You might be our salvation</td><td><br />[Mice]<br />La la la - lal la la<br />Teach the next generation,<br />Though our faith is not yours<br />You are our revelation<br /></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br />[ALL]<br />In your scriptures is every Price, In our scriptures is every Price<br />(and) Every price that we have paid,<br />(for) What we’ve learned, trust we’ve earned,<br />Help us keep what we’ve all made,<br /><br />Family feud, Family wooed,<br />We will keep what we’ve all made.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=mneme&ditemid=96033" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments