31_days | [21-Jul-2010] [Vocaloid] The Piano Has Been Drinking

Title: The Piano Has Been Drinking
Challenge: 21-Jul-2010 "Some say monkeys play piano well"
Based on: Vocaloid
Characters: Haku (mentioned), Kaito, Meiko
Type: Humor; 100 words
Warnings: None.

Vocaloid © Yamaha Corporation.
"The Piano Has Been Drinking" by Tom Waits.

Kaito sat at a studio mixing board, playing back a cacophonous piano instrumental.

Meiko walked up, covering her ears. "Are you stress-testing the studio monitors?"

"That's Haku," Kaito said. "I asked her permission to record her taking out her frustration on a piano while she was drunk."

"I thought it was a monkey having a seizure," Meiko said. "Why would you record something like that?"

"Haku is a failed popular singer," Kaito said kindly, "but she could have a second career in academia, in avant-garde improvisational composition."

"...you are a thoughtful man," an impressed Meiko said, "and a brilliant producer."