Oook's Songbook

Notes: Oook was an amazing bard, creating many original compositions. He oftentimes opened the Bardic Circles hosted by the Chosen of Fate. Here are some of his works.

A Mastery Song

Performed August 26, 2003

Oook says (in common), 'A Mastery Song.'.
Oook says (in common), 'Commissioned by Cordir.'.

You smile happily.

Oook pounds out a driving rhythm on his drum.
Oook chants, 'Seek it, track it, bring it down,'
Oook chants, 'Find it, learn it, teach the ground,'
Oook chants, 'Sacrifice the greatest thing,'
Oook chants, 'Of these acts the bards will sing.'

Oook pounds on his drum.

Oook chants, 'Sets of tasks each chosen true,'
Oook chants, 'Lessons waiting those that do,'
Oook chants, 'Tested at each step in turn,'
Oook chants, 'Driven by a soul that burns.!'

Oook continues to pound on his drum.'

Oook chants, 'Honor those who do prevail,'
Oook chants, 'Learn from those who try but fail,'
Oook chants, 'Choice is always yours alone,'
Oook chants, 'Consequences sure as stone.'

Oook drums to a finish.
Oook bows deeply.

A Personal Song of Power

Oook looks around and finds a good spot in the grass.
Oook rests.
Oook gets a small drum from an egg casing.
Oook stops using a mallet.
Oook holds a small drum in his hands.
Oook taps solemnly upon his drum, each beat slowly finding its place in the world.
Oook continues to play, the beats now coming in pairs - slow, steady, constant.
Oook's eyes light up and you feel the drumming match your heartbeat, or perhaps it is the other way around.
Oook chants, 'Three watch Many, One watch One,'
Oook chants, 'From Start of Time to Time Undone,'
Oook chants, 'Watch those fly, watch those crawl,'
Oook chants, 'Watch what sleep 'til end of All.'
Oook drums faster, and you feel your blood surge to meet the pace.
Oook chants, 'Spire heights to sunless lake,'
Oook chants, 'Spiders seek and blood bats take,'
Oook chants, 'Swirling grey to fungi five,'
Oook chants, 'Heed the call of jungle live.'
Oook drums yet faster, driving the sound to into a fevered rhythm!
Oook chants, 'Ogre blood in ogre veins!'
Oook chants, 'Sharp teeth and claws and gruesome stains!'
Oook chants, 'Ancient people - monsters We!'
Oook chants, 'Power ever Ours to Be!' and slams both hands flat on the drum!
Oook grins toothily.

The Song of Squising Things

Oook drums a bouncy little beat on his small drum.
Aravan bows before Vex. Vex nods in recognition to Aravan.
Tiax taps his feet in the rhytm of the drum.
Oook says (in common), 'This am Ceremonial Opening Song for the Traditional Festival of Squishing Things!'.
Oook chants, 'Long ago come Squishy Thing!'
Oook chants, 'Say 'Up and Down! This am good thing!
Oook chants, 'Bounce bounce bounce! Make noise like cow!'
Belsambar says (in common), 'moo'.
Oook chants, 'Bounce for One What Teach Us How!'
Oook bounces up and down in place, beating on the drum.
Wunk gives a skill score to Oook. Wunk leaves east.
Oook chants, 'Bounce! Bounce! Bounce-bounce-bounce!
Oook chants, 'Others learn what 'Squishy' mean!'
Oook chants, 'Take fat elf and make him lean!'
Belsambar snickers softly.
Oook chants, 'Show Squish to all am only fair!'
Belsambar is so excited that he cheers just for the hell of it.
Tiax throws back his head and cackles with insane glee!
Oook chants, 'Bounce for One What Tell Us 'Share!
Oook chants as he bounces: 'Bounce! Bounce! Bounce-bounce-bounce!'
Oook chants, 'When time come They squish us flat!'
Oook chants, 'Must end to start and that is that!'
Oook chants, 'Squish us, squish us, Great and Small!'
Oook chants, 'Bounce for One What Squish Us All!'
Oook chants, 'BOUNCE! BOUNCE! BOUNCE-BOUNCE-BOUNCE!'
Oook lands with a final THUMP! and bows.
Oook smiles happily.

Der Shiny Fishy Song

Ananasi says (in common), 'Sing, ogremonkey!'.

Oook says (in common), 'Der Shiny Fishy Song!'.
Oook pounds out a playful beat on his drum.
Oook chants, 'Shiny fishy swim so long,' Oook chants, 'Liked me chanty bardy song!' Oook chants, 'Came to visit every day,' Oook chants, 'But out in swamp am where he stay!'

Oook snaps out a little drum solo!

Oook chants, 'Shiny fishy swim so far,' Oook chants, 'Hide from pike an' hungry gar!' Oook chants, 'Me tell fishy me hide him good,' Oook chants, 'In a barrel with much food!'

Oook does a quick drumming-clapping mix.

Oook chants, 'Shiny fishy swim so fast,' Oook chants, 'But all dat feedin' couldn'a last!' Oook chants, 'Out of barrel, into pot,' Oook chants, 'Fishy soup - Watch out, am hot!'

Fire and Darkness

Oook begins to play his drum, slow and quiet.
Oook's drumming grows in strength, building a feeling of distant power.
Oook reaches a dark rhythm, a pounding tribal beat with echoes that fill the room.

Oook chants, 'Deep in earth am dark complete,'
Oook chants, 'Where Dread crawl and fly and sleep,'
Oook chants, 'Unformed ears they hear the feet,'
Oook chants, 'As those with torch-light mine and reap!'
Oook chants, 'Meld their bones and make them scream!'
Oook chants, 'Poison cage for Star that gleam!'
Oook chants, 'The dwarves, at last, do set them free,'
Oook chants, 'To rip and shred and leave to bleed,'
Oook chants, 'Battles rage among debris,'
Oook chants, 'And dark ones run to They that lead!'
Oook chants, 'Meld their bones and make them scream!'
Oook chants, 'Poison cage for Star that gleam!'
Oook chants, 'Lives Above do band and fight,'
Oook chants, 'Drive the Dread down deep inside,'
Oook chants, 'Draktha hold them from the light,'
Oook chants, 'But not forever can dwarf hide!'
Oook chants, 'Meld their bones and make them scream!'
Oook chants, 'Poison cage for Star that gleam!'
Oook chants, 'Meld their bones and make them scream!'

Oook slams out three final beats that rip through the room, then dissipate
like smoke.

Oook bows deeply.

Mighty, Mighty Head-Foots

Oook says (in common), 'Mighty, Mighty Head-Foots! ... commissioned by Wish.'.

Oook pounds out a war-like beat on his drum.

Oook chants, 'Mighty head-foots rule the sea,'
Oook chants, 'Chase Meryl's ship - them make him flee!'
Oook chants, 'Tempest knows it am no good,'
Oook chants, gainst giant squid it am squid food!'

Oook pounds out the chorus!

Oook bellows, 'Head-foots! Head-foots!'
Oook bellows, 'Mighty, mighty head-foots!'

Oook transitions smoothly back into the war-beat with a toothy grin.

Oook chants, 'Tentacled like polyp-thing,'
Oook chants, 'Of swimmer-critters them am king,'
Oook chants, 'Eight-feets, ten-feets, twelve-feets, more!'
Oook chants, 'Tear you up on ocean floor!'

Oook's massive hands slap out the chorus rhythm again!

Oook bellows, 'Head-foots! Head-foots!'
Oook bellows, 'Mighty, mighty head-foots!'

Oook shifts the drumming back into the war-beat.

Oook chants, 'Someday them learn to walk on land,'
Oook chants, 'From icy waste to desert sand,'
Oook chants, 'The bestest runners ever seen,'
Oook chants, 'Them hunt you down and eat your spleen!'

Oook cycles back to the chorus rhythm one more time!

Oook bellows, 'Head-foots! Head-foots!'
Oook bellows, 'Mighty, mighty head-foots!'

Oook beats the drum thrice with a flourish!

Oook bows deeply.

Oook smiles happily.

Stomping in a Mucky Ogre Swamp

Oook says (in common), 'Stomping in a Mucky Ogre Swamp! ... sort of to the tune
of 'Winter Wonderland..

Oook says (in common), 'And much thanks go to Jahiliya for help with translation
into Common.'.

Flint sneezes.

Oook plays a romantic rhythm on his drum.

Oook chants, 'Bone chimes riiiiiiiiing, am you listenin
Oook chants, 'In your nooooooooose, snot am glistenin
Oook chants, 'A bootiful siiiiiiiiiight, us am happy toniiiiiiiiiiiiight,'

Grale winces. Ouch!

Oook chants, 'Stompin' in a mucky ogre swamp!'

Oook bellows, 'Gone awayyyyyyyyyy am the bluebird,'
Oook bellows, 'Ate him uuuuuuuuuup with some elf curd,'
Oook chants, 'It went down a treeeeeeeeeeeeat with somebody's feeeeeeeeeet,'

Oook chants, 'Stompin' in a mucky ogre swamp!'

Oook chants, 'In the swamp-hole us can make a mudmaaaaaaaaan,'

Malcom snickers softly.

Coleman enters like the way he was born...through a hole much too small for his head.

Triston arrives, checking to see if you've been naughty or nice!

Oook bellows, 'Then pretend that he am yummy gnooooooooome,'
Oook bellows, 'He'll scream: "No! Dont bite me!", well use fry paaaaaaaaan,'
Oook chants, 'To cook him up like ogre ma at hooooooooome!'
Oook chants, 'Later oooooooooooon, we'll perspirrrrrrrrrre,'
Oook bellows, 'As we seeeeeeeeet it all on firrrrrrrrrrrre,'
Oook bellows, 'Us face unafraaaaaaaaid the mess that we've maaaaaaaaade,'

Oook chants, 'Stompin' in a mucky ogre swamp!'

Oook chants, 'In the swamp-hole us can build a mudmaaaaaaaaaan,'
Oook bellows, 'And pretend that him am scary cloooooooooown,'
Oook bellows, 'Us have lots of fun with mister mudmaaaaaaaaaaaan,'
Oook chants, 'Until them alligators knock him doooooooooown!'

Oook chants, 'Holdin' haaaaaaaands am so romantiiiiiiiiic,'
Oook chants, 'Look at dwaaaaaaaaarf's, it got big tiiiiiiiiiick,'
Oook bellows, 'And if us look moooooooooore, the snacks that we'll scooooooooore,'

Oook bellows, 'Stompin' in a mucky ogre swamp!'

Oook tucks his drum under his arm and bows.

The Popcorn Song

Oook says, 'The Popcorn Song! ... as requested by Gytar.'

Oook plays a little drum roll.

Oook chants, 'Little doves in red-white box,'
Oook chants, 'From brownish eggs, hard like rocks,'
Oook chants, 'Yellow nectar on their backs,'
Oook chants, 'Salted twice - such yummy snacks!'

Oook slaps the drum twice, making popping noises.

Oook chants, 'The fans, they scream for popping corn,'
Oook chants, 'Then lose it quick, from corpse torn,'

DarkClaw tries to imagine what Oook's drum would sound like in the water.

Oook chants, 'Bloody doves in red-red box,'
Oook chants, 'Stolen by one who yet walks!'

Oook slaps the drum again - Pop! Pop! Pop!

Oook smiles happily.

Oook bows deeply.

Ogre Sonnet #1

Oook says (in common), 'Ogre Sonnet 1.'.

Eve grunts to Oook to explain yet another pearl of barbarian wisdom.

Oook chants, 'Me woman's eyes am not like snot,'
Oook chants, 'Mud am far more brown than her lips' brown,
Oook chants, 'If swamp am green, why am her skin not?'
Oook chants, 'If hairs am trees, hers am fallen down.'

Oook chants, 'Me seen shrooms all red and white,'
Oook chants, 'But am none there upon her cheeks,'
Oook chants, 'And in some rot am more delight,'
Oook chants, 'Than in the breath me woman reeks,'

Oook chants, 'Me love to hear her scream, yet well me know'
Oook chants, 'That trap'd cat have far more good-good sound'
Oook chants, 'Me grant me never see a warthog go'
Oook chants, 'Me woman, when she trudge, fall down to ground.'

Oook chants, ' But me skin it have no wart,'
Oook chants, ' So only her what can me court!'

Oook bows deeply.

Ogre Nursery Rhymes

Oook says (in common), 'A Selection of Ogre Nursery Rhymes!.

DarkClaw says (in common), 'Ooooo!'.

Oook taps a fun little bouncy tune on his drum.

Grale is so excited that he cheers just for the hell of it.

Grale grins mischievously.

Oook says (in common), 'First up, 'Ompty Ogre!'.

Oook chants, 'Ompty Ogre sat on a stump,'
Oook chants, 'Him fall down and make a big THUMP,'
Oook chants, 'All them big spiders and all them old crones,'
Oook chants, 'No could right fix all them busted-broke bones!'

DarkClaw giggles at Oook's actions.

Oook says (in common), 'And now, 'Ogre be quick!.

Oook chants, 'Ogre be nimble! Ogre be quick!'
Oook chants, 'Ogre jump over that burning stick!'
Oook chants, 'Ooops! Ogre am be on fire!'

DarkClaw laughs.

Oook says (in common), 'This one is 'Lil' Miss Ogre..

Serene throws back her head and cackles with insane glee!

You chuckle.

Grale giggles.

Tynian smirks.

Silence throws his head back and his chest heaves up and down . . . you guess he's laughing.

Oook chants, 'Child what los', sat in the moss,'
Oook chants, 'Eating the last of her lunch.'
Oook chants, 'Along came a spider,'
Oook chants, 'What sat down beside her,'
Oook chants, 'And him she did thunk to munch!'

DarkClaw snickers softly.

Grale is so excited that he cheers just for the hell of it.

Grale is so excited that he cheers just for the hell of it.

Grale is so excited that he cheers just for the hell of it.

DarkClaw enthusiastically cheers Oook to victory.
Cordir giggles.

Oook says (in common), 'This one am personal favorite: 'Ring around the mushroom..

Oook chants, 'Ring around the mushroom!'
Oook chants, 'Bag what full of bog bloom!'
Oook chants, 'Slug-slime! Slug-slime!'
Oook chants, 'All fall down!'

Oook grins mischievously.

Grale grins mischievously.

Coleman falls down.

Lycron throws back his head and cackles with insane glee!

DarkClaw laughs.

Silence grins evilly at Oook.

Oook says (in common), 'And finally, 'Ooog and Omp!.

Oook chants, 'Ooog and Omp slogged through the swamp'
Oook chants, 'To fetch a sockful o' leeches,'
Oook chants, 'Ooog down goes (mud up his nose!),'
Oook chants, 'And Omp feel-a snake in his breetches!'

The Demon Stomping Song

Oook says (in common), 'The Demon Stomping Song!'.
Oook says (in common), 'As requested by Lanfear.'.
Oook straightens his drum.
Oook raps out a fun little rhythm on his drum.
Oook chants, 'Demons dropping from the sky,'
Oook chants, 'Some them crawl and some them fly,'
Oook chants, 'But them all have a thing the same,'
Oook chants, 'Them all went SQUISH when Lanfear came!'
Oook chants, 'Stomp em flat! Stomp em flat! Rah! Rah! Rah!'
Oook chants, 'Marching boldly to the fore,'
Oook chants, 'She bravely stood and faced the gore,'
Oook chants, 'As them demons hissed and spat,'
Oook chants, 'She stomped her feets and smushed them flat!'
Oook chants, 'Stomp em flat! Stomp em flat! Rah! Rah! Rah!'
Oook chants, 'Happy that her job then done,'
Oook chants, 'She wandered off to find more fun,'
Oook chants, 'Which means 'Beware!' to demon fright,'
Oook chants, 'Or Lanfear feets be your last sight!'
Oook chants, 'Stomp em flat! Stomp em flat! Rah! Rah! Rah!'
Oook bows deeply.
Oook grins toothily.

The Clan Song

(Part of Oook - Level 20 Bard Review)
Oook says, 'The Clan Song... requested by Cordir.'.

Oook gets a large decorated bone from a bag made from blood bat hide and untangles the feathers and beads tied to it. It rattles quietly.
Oook holds the bone up, closes his eyes, bows his head, and growls some words under his breath.
Oook begins a low, murmuring chant, the words too faint for you to understand. As he chants he slowly turns the bone from horizontal to vertical.
Oook's chanting grows in strength and beads within the bone start to fall, slowly at first but then quicker, with the sound of falling rain.
Oook's free hand drops to the drum - DOOM - and he begins to shake the bone.

Oook plays: doom DOOM sheka-sheka doom DOOM sheka-shek.
Oook plays: doom DOOM sheka-sheka doom DOOM sheka-shek.

Oook chants, 'Come close, Clan of Ages, come close, We of Three,'
Oook chants, 'Hear these Words of the Past and of Things that yearn to Be,'
Oook chants, 'As the orchids finally bloom and the soft rains fall,'
Oook chants, 'The time again has come to pass the knowledge on to all.'

Oook plays: doom DOOM sheka-sheka doom DOOM sheka-shek.
Oook plays: doom DOOM sheka-sheka doom DOOM sheka-shek.

Oook chants, 'Dream back, to the first land, dream back, 'fore the Flight,'
Oook chants, 'To the time and the place where the Clan took up the fight,'
Oook chants, 'Where battle raged for cycles and the blood ran thick and red,'
Oook chants, 'And the roses dark as night grew up from the piled dead.'

Oook plays: doom DOOM sheka-sheka doom DOOM sheka-shek.
Oook plays: doom DOOM sheka-sheka doom DOOM sheka-shek.

Oook chants, 'Call out, for our losses, call out, loud and strong,'
Oook chants, 'For the lives that were given and the names long gone from song,'
Oook chants, 'And the lands that were left when the Clan did break in two,'
Oook chants, 'Half stayed to battle devils and half left to start anew.'

Oook plays: doom DOOM sheka-sheka doom DOOM sheka-shek.
Oook plays: doom DOOM sheka-sheka doom DOOM sheka-shek.

Oook chants, 'Breathe deep, gathered cousins, breathe deep, we who live,'
Oook chants, 'Fill your lungs and your hearts with what the Spire has to give,'
Oook chants, 'From the dark lake's waters to the horn-tipped height,'
Oook chants, 'And the Clanfriends ever-watchful, who lend the Clan their might.'

Oook plays: doom DOOM sheka-sheka doom DOOM sheka-shek.
Oook plays: doom DOOM sheka-sheka doom DOOM sheka-shek.

Oook chants, 'Grow strong, young and thriving, grow strong, young of Clan,'
Oook chants, 'The promise of our future rests there firmly in your han','
Oook chants, 'And though Timeless War yet rages, our bitter gift to you,'
Oook chants, 'First flower as the lily of the depths would have each do.'

Oook plays: doom DOOM sheka-sheka doom DOOM sheka-shek.
Oook plays: doom DOOM sheka-sheka doom DOOM sheka-shek.

Oook chants, 'Breathe deep, of the blossoms, breathe deep, of the three,'
Oook chants, 'Of the orchid and the rose and the lily symphony,'
Oook chants, 'Know that from their scents they are three and they are one,'
Oook chants, 'As the world all around us from the jungle to the sun.'

Oook plays: doom DOOM sheka-sheka doom DOOM sheka-shek.
Oook plays: doom DOOM sheka-sheka doom DOOM sheka-shek.

Oook chants, 'Call out, we of Seeker, call out, fury strong,'
Oook chants, 'We bellow at the sky, be it right or be it wrong,'
Oook chants, 'With our clubs held high and our minds on war,'
Oook chants, 'Clan heroes to the end, the warriors of lore.'

Oook plays: doom DOOM sheka-sheka doom DOOM sheka-shek.
Oook plays: doom DOOM sheka-sheka doom DOOM sheka-shek.

Oook chants, 'Dream back, we of Sealer, dream back, through the Age,'
Oook chants, 'Remember that of then so we can speak with voices sage,'
Oook chants, 'As we guide lost souls in this life and all the rest,'
Oook chants, 'Ever-mindful of the lore, ever-mindful of the Test.'

Oook plays: doom DOOM sheka-sheka doom DOOM sheka-shek.
Oook plays: doom DOOM sheka-sheka doom DOOM sheka-shek.

Oook chants, 'Come close, we of Sender, come close, learners all,'
Oook chants, 'And listen to the elders even as we heed the Call,'
Oook chants, 'As the orchids finally bloom and the soft rains fall,'
Oook chants, 'The time again has come to pass the knowledge on to all.'

Oook plays: doom DOOM sheka-sheka doom DOOM sheka-shek.
Oook plays: doom DOOM sheka-sheka doom DOOM sheka-shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

Oook sits, silent, as the beads in the bone fall with the sound of halting rain: slower... slower... and finally... gone.

A Love Poem, Aran Style

(Part of Oook - Level 20 Bard Review)

Oook says (in common), 'A Love Poem, Aran Style.'.
Oook says (in common), 'As requested by Faile.'.
Oook says (in common), 'As written by an Aara in Aran to him love in Aaracity.'.

Oook squints at the clumsy writing, clears his throat, and begins.

Oook says (in common), 'Three moons dissolve and fill again,'.
Oook says (in common), 'And still I fly alone.'.
Oook says (in common), 'Though ocean wide holds back your touch,'.
Oook says (in common), 'My thoughts of you have grown.'.
Oook says (in common), 'To see your eyes, to catch your scent,'.
Oook says (in common), 'To hear your whispered flight,'.
Oook says (in common), 'My dreams they try to bring me home,'.
Oook says (in common), 'Yet vanish in the night.'.
Oook says (in common), 'But soon, my love, the sun will rise,'.
Oook says (in common), 'To burn away the mist,'.
Oook says (in common), 'And you will stay, and I will stay,'.
Oook says (in common), 'No more to each be missed.'.

Oook carefully rewads the bit of paper and stuffs it in a bag of blood bat hide.

Der Trickster Song

(Part of Oook - Level 20 Bard Review)

Oook says (in common), 'And lastly!'.
Oook says (in common), 'A return to ogre roots'.
Oook says (in common), 'Der Trickster Song!'.

Oook starts pounding out a solid rhythm on his drum.
Oook chants, 'From many ages in der past,'
Oook chants, 'Come a tale dat ever-last,'
Oook chants, Bout how us ogres learn to eat,'
Oook chants, 'Dat super-yummy elf-ear treat!'
Oook chants, 'There were a time far-back you sees'
Oook chants, 'When ogres eat just fruit and trees,'
Oook chants, 'Very kind we all were, yes,'
Oook chants, 'But then there were a noxious pest!'

Oook looks expectantly to his elf.

Oook's elf slouches sullenly forward.

Oook taps his fingers lightly on his drum, waiting...

Oook's elf rolls his eyes and begins to speak in the tones of someone dutifully reciting poetry as a class assignment.

Oook's elf says, 'Greets, you silly ogre-guys.'

Oook chants, 'Said the elfy, sounding wise,'

Oook's elf says, 'Try you out these lovely greens,'

Oook chants, 'And offered up were leafy beans.'
Oook chants, 'Der trusting ogres took der bait,'
Oook chants, 'Which left der ogre bowels irate,'

Oook chants, 'And as dey howled with anger true,'

Oook chants, 'Der elfy said:'
Oook's elf says, 'Ha! I fooled you!'

Oook grins at his elf, who glares and slouches back out of the way.

Oook chants, 'After der elfy run away,'
Oook chants, 'Der ogre shaman come and say,'
Oook chants, '"Dat were no elfy real in blood,"'
Oook chants, '"Dat were The Trickster: Orag-slud!"'
Oook chants, '"Him be a lynx of mythic kinds,"'
Oook chants, '"Who change him shape and mess with minds!"'
Oook chants, '"To know it's him we'll try this tack:"'
Oook chants, '"Rip off bits and they'll grow back!"'
Oook chants, 'So now when elfy ogre sees,'
Oook chants, 'Him rip der ears off of dat tease.'
Oook chants, 'If dem grow back, him Trickster guy,'
Oook chants, 'If dem stay gone, then him not lie!'
Oook chants, 'Der extra ears dat pile up,'
Oook chants, 'We do not waste, instead we sup,'
Oook chants, Til Trickster to our house him roam,'
Oook chants, 'But this time him come as gnome...'
Oook wriggles his brushy eyebrows, grins toothily, and bows.