Kavaina Tari

Kav's Guitar: Kaihua (Bloom)

A guitar case of all black. Simple. Somber. Elegant. New. It didn’t scream out for attention, but rather sat in stark contrast to the flurry of colorful fabric surrounding it.

Kav sat on the decorative rug in the entertainment room she had rented for some time in Falconwing Square. Though there were plenty of lounging couches and pillows, the elf seemed to prefer the floor at that moment, her eyes fixated on the case before her. With a gentle movement, Kav’s hands went for the locks and popped them open with a click that echoed in the vaulted ceiling above. She glanced around, attempting to tame her quickly beating heart.

Curtains were hung on every wall, mostly purples but a couple reds to accent where doors might be. Though the bay doors were shut the sound of a fountain in the square below seeped into the room with the sunlight. The light was red from the sheer fabric, causing the room to glow and strange shadows to appear along the couches. In the far corner a bottle of plum wine sat upon a small drink counter with a cabinet for storage under it; the bottle was open and almost empty, hinting to recently being drank from.

Exhaling slowly, Kav returned her attention to the unlocked case before her. Without another thought she pulled open the top and let it lay flat on the opposite side. The vision inside still made her gasp, though she had looked at it a few times already.

Each piece of the instrument radiated from recent polish and little use. Tuning pegs silver pieces, head a bold amber color, fretboard of a darker stain with each fret a shimmering contrast. The bard’s unpolished fingernails moved slowly from the top to the soundboard. It was here that the beauty was at its peak. The same amber of the head bounced the unnatural red light of the room in many directions, accenting the gorgeous color. A rosette finely made of lilies and vines circled the sound hole, broken only be the nylon strings which stretched along it. Tracing the thinnest string down to the bridge and saddle, she paused. At the bottom was another lily design made from splinters of dark wood and polished over to be flesh with the amber.

“Thank you,” Kav whispered, “You’re perfect, my Kaihua.”

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(( This piece is from April 2015. I originally posted it on tumblr after a guild event resulted in Kav's long loved guitar getting smashed to bits in a pretty nasty fight. ))