94.7 the River Knife radio DJ announcement: Fact: Songbooks aren't permitted to leave the Music Guild. They are filled with recipes for the pronunciation of sounds to cast magic. If a songbook fell into the wrong hands, the same sound that heals can harm too. So what would possess Windy to break the rules? Well, his decision is more harmless than you would think—coming in at #7, its been around for twelve weeks, Windy's Tune.
Int. Music Guild. Day
The banned faced Lean Heavy and Windy.
How did you escape the Ice machine?"
Drago blew off Windy's question, "We're too cool for school."
A breeze rushes through the Guild carrying one of Windy's tunes.
Lean Heavy raises his ear to the wind, "Wait a minute, what? That sounds like one of yours?" He examined Windy. "Where's your songbook?"
Windy closed his eyes and dropped his head.
"What have you done?"
Windy tried to explain, "You know as well as I do, I can't remember my own lyrics."
"Songbooks on stage are considered a crime," announced Phoenix.
"I dropped it when I left the Fardel's."
"Windy! let me tell you this about that," suggested Lean Heavy
"I'll check it out."
"Bring the Banned with you."
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BLADESTORM
FantasyBLADESTORM is a 2024 fantasy adventure story written by Billy Benner and Mike Solomon, the first installment in Benner's Windy, Mysteries of the Kung Fu Whistler trilogy. In the story, Windy--a musical Pitch for the Music Guild, joins the Banned, a...
