《Music System》Chapter 18
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It was one morning that Saturn was once again doing his daily workout that he suddenly got the bright idea to record a fancy song. Saturn wasn't a religious person, but he was someone who appreciated Gregorian Music as well as Templar Music. In the playlist that he made in his memories he had a few songs that featured choir music sung by genuine knights and priests from the 9th and 10th century. If Saturn were more of a historian he could probably used his memories to confirm many mysteries and theories simply from the music he had in his memories. One of which being whether or not Gregorian Chants were based off of Roman Chants.
Once Saturn had the idea in his head about doing a Gregorian Chant he couldn't suppress the idea. So the instant he finished his morning workout including his martial arts training he instantly went to the mall, not for his job, but to find his trusty musical sidekick Luther. Saturn put on a pair of light blue worn jeans and a button up club shirt, he of course had a wife beater on under it, but it was black as opposed to white.
After that he hopped in his Tahoe and drove to the mall, staying under the speed limit of course. After he got to the mall he fast walked to Luther's store. When he reached there he found Luther as usual lazing around watching some of the kids who were playing around.
Something that Saturn had noticed about Luther was that even though he was an old hardened veteran he really liked kids. He would always have a small smile while watching the youngsters playing with instruments. Even when he was walking around in the mall he would look at babies and toddlers. Saturn even asked the man about it one day and the reply he got was.
" I miss the days when my children were children. "
Saturn had realized that Luther didn't simply miss the days when his kids were young. He likely missed his wife since she died only a little bit after their kids grew up. He probably missed spending time with his young children and his wife.
Saturn had just been guessing that all however.
" Yo Luther, I've come up with a great idea for a song, but it'll be a stamina run kind of thing. "
" Then let's get to it. "
Saturn and Luther had worked together close enough and long enough that they new what to do. Luther instantly started getting everything ready while Saturn told him what settings needed to be set. How much echo and what not. The Gregorian Chant that Saturn was going to be doing required a lot of echo as a lot of them did. Once the settings were done and everything Saturn hopped in the booth to start practicing the vocals. The vocals being the entire bread and butter of the song would have to be perfect so Saturn of course had to practice. This included not only using his original voice but also voices that he copied and created.
When he started he made sure to have his phone trained on Luther who had been focused on the equipment. The reason being because as soon as he started singing Luther looked up wide eyed and his mouth hanging. His wrinkles seemed to have been vibrating. Luther was surprised because of the deep baritone voice that came out of Saturn's mouth. Normally Saturn while having a deep sultry voice didn't have a voice so deep you could feel it in your chest.
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Saturn being a professional could barely hold in his laughter seeing the face of his best friend.
Eventually he calmed down though.
A couple hours later Saturn was much more confident, he knew that everything was perfect., but he also knew he had tons of room to improve. After all most catholic priests in modern day as well as the 9th and 10th century took years to get to their level of singing skill. The only reason Saturn was confident was because he had his Music System. Though since he wanted extra insurance Saturn bought Singing Talent from his system.
" Alright break down . . . . . I mean time, I've uhh, I really liked your German song from earlier. Anyway, want to get lunch together? "
" Heh, sure let's go. Where do you want to eat? "
" Chinese. "
Saturn had apparently reformed Luther into loving the Chinese restaurant at the mall.
After that the two walked to the restaurant and ordered their food. Saturn ordered General Tso's chicken, lo mien noodles, and an order of krab rangoons, which was actually just four. Luther ordered white rice, teriyaki chicken, and two eggrolls and two krab rangoons. Both of them got a large water to drink. After that they went and sat down across from each other at a booth.
They then proceeded to eat in silence.
About seven minutes later they were walking back to Luther's store to check out Saturn's singing progress. During the time they checked his progress Saturn also looked up the lyrics to make sure they wouldn't get him in trouble among the Catholic crowd. . . . He wasn't worried about being in trouble he just felt it would be troublesome to to be assumed to be Catholic. Not that he had any dislikes towards religion, Saturn felt that people could believe and worship whatever they wanted, he just didn't want people thinking he was Catholic.
The words weren't to incriminating it seemed.
A few hours later Saturn was done not only stamina wise, but his voice was basically dead. Though that fact was rectified by a medicine he bought from the system store. The medicine did nothing but heal his damaged throat. Basically it made sure that his voice was always in peak condition.
" Alright Luther, I'm heading out you be careful alright. "
" Yeah yeah, you worry more than my bratty kids. "
" See you tomorrow. "
After that Saturn walked to his Tahoe that had been parked in the same spot for hours. Luther had walked to his daughter's store to check on them and spend some time with them. There was also the fact that his daughters had driven him to the mall that day.
After that Luther and Saturn had spent one month recording the full song. Not one month straight, but one month including both their job's and hobbies and other fancy bits that they were involved with in their lives. Saturn training with Dante and going on dates with his girlfriend and mom. Of course his dates with his mom weren't romantic. Luther would occasionally be busy spending time with his family or dealing with his store. It seemed he didn't have anybody competent working in his store which required him to deal with a lot of snags himself.
Eventually though they had the vocals recorded and all of the different samples synced which had been a big time waster for Luther. Even with the convenience of his newest app.
Once everything was said and done Saturn was sitting with his mother, girlfriend, and Luther in a small restaurant, he had a laptop in front of him, which was in the process of uploading the chant to his WeStream channel.
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He was uploading the song at the time when he got his most views which was between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturn assumed that he was popular among adults who worked average day jobs. After he uploaded the video he closed the laptop and put it to the side, then he started talking with his people while waiting on the food.
The four were in a small burger shop that was well known in the small town.
" Alright, I should have have a few dozen or so comments at least by the time we're done here. "
" Cool. "
" So how was work today Amelia? "
" Pretty good, though it had been pretty difficult ever since Lizzy got pregnant. I've been taking double shifts a lot to make up for her. " ( Lizzy is one of Amelia's co-workers. )
" Why doesn't your boss get some of you other co-workers to pull some extra shifts. "
" Because none of them volunteer, I'm the only one who said I would do 'em. "
" Are you at least getting paid extra? "
Amelia nodded her head.
" Yep, though it's not like I need it with my big baby here bringing in all the money. "
" Mom, I ain't a baby. "
" A thousand years from now when we are both dead you will still be my baby. Especially if you do what I want after I die. "
Luther cut in at that moment.
" What do you have in your will? "
" When I die I want to be cremated and have my ashes be buried with a tree seed. That will effectively allow me to grow as a tree after death. "
" That's a thing!? "
" Yep, they do a lot of different things these days. I read about something where they turn you into a diamond and fire you into space or something like that. "
" Damn. Well that's to much for an old soldier like me. I think I'll copy Amelia and become a tree. "
" Alright, alright, let's change the subject. All this talk about death is bad luck. "
Amelia was about to tease her son, but she saw him stand up and wave. Seeing such odd behavior from the stoic and somewhat anti-social Saturn Luther and Amelia turned to look at who he was waving at. Samantha who was sitting beside Saturn already saw the woman, but she didn't know who she was. All Sam knew was that the woman was pretty and Saturn's type.
The woman was very pretty and looked like she was in her late twenties. She had a couple white hairs, but they made her more attractive like a stressed mom or a boss lady. Along with her white hair she had bags under her eyes that she tried hiding with makeup, but barely covered up. She was wearing a tight grey skirt that stopped under her knees. Her skirt matched her jacket well.
" Hey Ms.Thompson. "
" Huh . . . . You are Mr.Emerson correct? "
" Yeah how are you, haven't talked to you since my last check up a few months ago. "
Saturn's last check up had literally been his last check in. During that time he was determined to have been well reformed and integrated well into society. He had a decent job and a small internet presence. Even though he only had one or two friends that was a lot better than some released prisoners.
" I've been pretty good recently. Been having some light health problems though. "
What she didn't say was that she had been dealing with a lot of resistance from the govt. who hadn't appreciated her efforts with prisoners. It wasn't that what she had been doing wasn't working. It was working too well. The govt. didn't want to admit that their system was so bad. This of course didn't apply to the entire govt. but the ones that she had to deal with. It seemed that her doing so good meant they weren't.
" Well you should take care of yourself better. How about you join me and my family for dinner. You have met my mom already, this is Luther my best friend, and my girlfriend Samantha. "
" I don't know if that would be appropriate. "
" Oh don't worry about that, come eat with us. "
Saturn would rarely be so friendly with someone, but Ms.Thompson was the reason he not only got out of jail. He had even got out months earlier than he should of. Ms, Thompson hesitated before sitting next to Amelia. After that she ordered a massive 1 lb. burger that came with lettuce, onion, tomato, mustard, ketchup, mayo, cheese, and an egg. Sam, Luther, Amelia, and Saturn were all surprised that the somewhat dainty Ms. Thompson ordered a big ol' burger and a larger order of fries.
" Dang Ms. Thompson, you really can eat. "
" Huh, oh no, I just order a lot and eat about half and save the rest for later. It saves one trip or more. Anyway just call me Elizabeth. "
" Then call me Saturn in the future. "
" Sure. "
After that the four happily talked for an hour straight. Even the seemingly straight laced Elizabeth ordered some beer. She said that she had plans for more work, but " screw it ".
Apparently she needed a stress releaver occasionally. After she got slightly tipsy Elizabeth started complaining about the fat pigs working for the govt. She of course didn't say that, but the other four understood her meaning. In the end though that was the limit of juicy gossip they got. Even when drunk Elizabeth knew not to let the public know the problems among the government
Eventually Saturn pulled out his laptop to check his views and comments. That was under the supervision of Elizabeth who decided she wanted to check out Saturn's music. She listened to the Chant while Saturn checked out the comments. Most of which were part of a main three or a comment based on those three. The main ones being.
" First. " Similar to the " First " comment would be " Second " " Third " " 99,976,145 " many varieties could have been seen.
" Great Song "
And last was " Do something other than music. "
There were of course comments hating on the song for many different reasons. But Saturn didn't focus on those. He instead payed a lot of attention to the comments requesting that Saturn do non music related videos. Mainly vlogs, so Saturn decided to start just that. While he was thinking of the future of his channel he was lightly slapped by a silly drunk woman.
" OHH MYY GOODDD! THAT WAS AMAZING. You have to email the link to your channel. "
Saturn wasn't used to drunk people or women so when a drunk woman was crowding him he didn't know what to do. So he changed spots with his girlfriend who seemed to have experience dealing with drunk women.
Another hour or so later Saturn and the rest left with Amelia and Saturn sticking around a little longer to make sure Elizabeth got a taxi. Neither wanted her to potentially be kidnapped or raped mugged or all of the above.
After Elizabeth safely left Saturn and his mom left to Amelia's home in his Tahoe.
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