'Why couldn't you have just killed him? I never knew you had this kind of darkness in you.' He picked up his violin and went out on the verandah. It was dark and cold tonight. The scent of fresh rain was on the wind, howling faintly through the depths of the canyon far below him. Gaston breathed it in, letting it fill his body with its icy, damp chill, the crisp cold clearing out his foggy brain. A sense of calm, not necessarily peace, but definitely calm, washed over him. Calm was good. Perhaps not as good as peace, but better than the constant level of tension he'd been living on for so long. It was done. Over. Dealt with. Asher was gone. He lifted the violin to his chin and began to play. Softly, eerily, he coaxed a thin, reedy note from the instrument that grew into a full-bodied sound that floated on the cold, dark air. It was sad, haunting, dark, something he'd written shortly after he and Alexandra had escaped from Jeron, before he and Cassandra had decided to try to make another go of it. It was oddly appropriate tonight, he thought, though he wasn't entirely sure why. He'd never given it a real name, but his mind had taken to calling it Alexandra's Song, a slow, deep, rich melody that seemed to describe her in every way, even the heights of her incredible passion and the clarity of her enchanting innocence. He let the music seep into his blood, let it fill the canyon below him with his memory of Alexandra and he found himself adding to it, making it richer, darker and more intense, filling it with her insatiable desire, the depth of her strength and the essence of her soul. With his love. --from "Peacekeeper's Passion" by Tabitha Bradley "Nocturne" featuring Gaston VonTesmar was produced in Daz|Studio and Photoshop CE. Figure: H3David, Custom morphs by Diranda, "Borisov" texture from SledMasters for M3. Clothing: Country Courtier, "Nocturnal" for Country Courtier. Props: Violin Kit Updated, Mansion Staircase Pose: Violin pose with modifications for H3 by Diranda Music: "Nocturne" by Chopin, performed by Joshua Bell Yes, I do write and create art to music. When I put this piece together, the title jumped into my head and I realized this piece of music was the one Gaston has been playing in my mind. It's in it's final layout for Leprecon 33's art show.