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The origins of this tune was already religion to Junbei, meticulous in both worship and execution, was Isabella's song. After playing this song for years, he'd wondered, why was it that this specific tune brought a lull to it's listeners, as peculiar the notes strummed in chords against the body of his mistress, Jam. The keys on the Painotar left untouched like silk covering a virgin's bosom on her first sexual exploit, imagery from a cheesy romantic novel, romanticising the ideal of purity. Yet, the song left a quaint but argentous lining, as a keep sake of his time with the woman. Sitting in the heart of Mermaid's Cove, as the songstress hummed along, each of them, one by one, sending each other into a deep slumber, a gentle smile sat on the face of the Songbird. It was then a large hulk of a man appeared before Junbei, he was about nine feet in stature, and was a Puffer Faced Fishman, however, he'd had no spikes, and it was his Adam's Apple that seemingly expanded as he talked. The man's hands gripped tightly on two sticks, and around his shoulders he carried his instrument of choice. "That's an interesting song you're playing their boy..." the Fishman exclaimed. As Junbei's fingers scuttled across the notes, not even batting an eye in excitement or even a hint of frustration, the Yonko continued to play, chuckling his usual awkward pattern of 'Rishi Rishi' slipped from his lips. "To be still walking while listening to this song... That's impressive." Junbei exclaimed. "I heard about a Pirate who'd been known for his artistry, I just had to come and check em' out for myself. You know Pirates... Fragile little things. One minute they're hear... Next minute they're kissing em' babies on their forehead before leaving for sea." the Puff Fishman commented. "Luckily for me I have no kids." Junbei responded. "A young adult like you... with so much power and influence... You must be joking." the Fishman said, plopping onto the ground, crashing a gourd of Sake in front of him. Reaching into his man-bun, he'd remove a guitar pick, this one slightly broader than the usual, swing the brazen strapped instrument from his back to the across his abdominal region. Ukulele was a beautiful string instrument and as the man began to play along with Junbei, he'd added in notes and progressions of his own, giving flare to the song in a way he'd hadn't heard it before.

No words exchanged, just notes, the two musician's played until fresh calluses grew on their index fingers side, bopping their heads from side to side. It was the kind of communication Junbei longed for, outside of the Pirate Lifestyle, the pointless battles and ambition driven ones, music was always his first love. "You know... I think life is like a song." Junbei began to elaborate as his strumming becomes softer and softer. "Hohoho... You picked up my strumming techniques already. A song huh? I can see that." the Fishman continued playing in his usual style. Junbei noticed the man didn't attack the strings like he did, he'd kind of grooved with each stroke, it was something much more intimate and the songs he was creating set the tone for filling various gap's in his childhood lullaby, that weren't their before.

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"You're pretty good on the strings Young Blood." Kalem commented, halting in playing his Ukulele, noticing it was out of tune. As Junbei's fingers continued to danced across the guitar, he smiled, looking at the man's huge figure. "For someone your size, you're pretty soft spoken. And the way you lightly glide against your strings with a pick... It's a pretty interesting play style." Junbei commenting, now completing play of the song's score. "You're music has that charm... as if it'll infect everyone around you." Kalem stated. "However, as a musician you're still pretty rough around the edges." Kalem continued to explain. "You're strumming is amateurish, your transition is weak. And, to top it all off, you're arrogant in your music structure. You go for highly melodic pockets as opposed to building full compositions." Kalem concluded. "Rishi Rishi... I'm a better pirate than I am 'musician' I guess. I never signed up to be a professional in this anyway. I just wanted to keep a past time... Given to me by someone whose gone. Even now, that's changing. I play more for her than myself." Junbei stated, his dipping into a sullen state momentarily, before forcefully wavering back to a state of acceptance. "I like you kid. You're young but I can tell you've been through a lot. How about I help you truly recompose this song?" Kalem inquired. Stopping his strumming, Junbei paused for a minute to think about it, for some reason, the man's rendition on his instrument sounded more wholistic. Nodding slightly, "Sure. Give it a shot." Junbei said, pressing against a giant sea shell to his back. "Can I borrow your guitar... I think it's faster to show you than to talk it out. Besides... I'm not all that good with words... I poor it out into my music." Kalem said grinning. As the Puffer Fishman took over Junbei's Funky Jammer, his posture changed to accommodate the guiatar's massive body. Placing his pick on the strings, balancing the other end with his left hand, the man played Junbei's version of Isabella's Song. "So this.... is how you current play this piece." Kalem stated. Going through all of the chord changes, keeping time by tapping his foot against the floor, and rocking gently as the tune filled the air, Junbei was astonished in the difference between his play and Kalem's. And, it was the same chords, same progression, what made his style different? "The song as is... When played with a little passion can go along way. You hit the middle notes too rough, and the softer end notes too unsure. The start is fine... but when going into the middle, the composition seems a bit sloppy. All in all, it's a great song." Kalem commented.

"However... If you play it like this!" Kalem exclaimed. Adding on a few addition complimentary notes, Kalem added an intro to the song that had about four or so new rifts, it felt as if the introduction was almost forcing you to pay more attention to the song's melodies and placement, as opposed to the song as an entirety. As Junbei's progression began, the earlier version of Junbei's song but with a slight change on the last note. It'd made all the difference, the tune even began to make Junbei drift off a bit but fighting it with his Willpower, he came too. Which was weird, his Oto Oto gave him immunity to the effects of any sound based skills, maybe it was the man's rare trait? As he finished up, Kalem strummed the last added part of a makeshift bridge that had most of the Mermaid's in the sea fall into a deep slumber.