[~Killing you softly} Ignatus {with his songS~]

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Strumming your pain with his fingers
Singing your life with his words
Killing you softly with his song
Killing you softly... with his song
Telling your whole life with his words
Killing you softly... with his song

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Living on streets for his life; 17 years
Born and forgotten like a stray pup on; unknown date
Seen by all as a; boy
Never using them holds; knives.[/ul]

[~Appearance}

You heard he sang a good song, you heard he had a style
And so you came to see him, and listen for a while.
And there he was, this young boy, a stranger to your eyes

He is not your typical street musician guy and neither he is something completely stunning. Blond hair, grown out to his shoulders, gray-blue eyes, lean built, dark clothes. That would be all about him in short. But let's take a closer look at him and we will see that there is more about him.

His hair, indeed, is blond, but more like golden-blond than dirty blond or any other shade. He seems to keep good care of him self and his clothes and except the fact his hair is always falling in his face, they look well cared for and clean... But maybe he just like to shadow him self a bit like this. Who knows.

His eyes in short are gray-blue but they look like swirls of mist more than anything and sometimes, they grow so coldly gray like steel. They are quite hard and cold most of the time, anyway. They have that sharp "I know what you are thinking" look which scares most off. And only when he sings and plays, his expression does soften up, his eyes growing dreamy, as if his mind and soul would be wondering other realms.

He is thin, with muscles, but thin. And also tall, but not overly so. Just to be slightly taller than most of guys around his age. He prefers dark clothing but as long as it's not dirty, almost everything will do. He has no piercings, no jewelery. Nothing that would make him too different form a usual guy that can pass you any day on anytime.

[~Personality}

You felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd
You felt he found your letters, and read each one aloud
You prayed that he would finish, but he just kept right on

Say what you want but he is strange. For example, he talks very little and some thinks never besides the singing. It's quite a loss, actually, for his voice either he is singing or speak is melodious and very pleasant to hear. Even with his best buddies, he often communicates trough playing tune or sining a song.

He seems cold, even scarily so, when you try to speak to him when he is not singing. Is it just a way to defend him self or a real attitude, only his few best friends can say. His gaze is sharp and he mostly doesn't need to tell someone back off - they get scared away by just his look.

He does not want popularity and what he does, he does only for him self. Knowing his talents that really surpasses most of the famous singer one's, it's truly strange. Purely devoted to just the music it self, not people around him. But he is trustworthy because the few to be called his friends will be protected by him and will be almost as dear to him as music is.

Often he is considered as ignorant about the world around him, though, just because if he does, he gets involved in something only in the last moment and it always seems as if someone has forced him into it.

He might not seem so but he is quite romantic/poetic minded. Many songs he writes him self but those are not sung on street mostly, saved for private moments. Actually, he is quite mysterious not only about his emotional world but life altogether because no one knows where he lives.

It is hard to mistake his silent nature or cold looks for being stuck up, though. It just doesn't give off that feeling. More like it's obvious love for solitude. Maybe a old pain that does not let him trust anyone fully.

He can be rather caring, though, for those in need of help. And it is surprising how empathic he is - he easily senses everyone's moods and seemingly even thoughts and lives and easily he does find the perfect song for you to listen right now, even if it doesn't match your usual music taste at all.

He is also silently stubborn and will never argue. If your thoughts doesn't match, he will just talk about his reasons to think the way he does but when it gets too heated up, he will silence, change to topic skillfully, if not start playing and usually never pick up that talk again, yet, be assured, you have not changed his thoughts in any way.

You can never understand him fully but his nature is full with greatly hidden treasure so it's worth trying to get to know him.

[~History}

Strumming your pain with his fingers
Singing your life with his words
Killing you softly with his song

To put it bluntly, no one knows it. But it is rumored that he was a unwanted child of some famous singer and musician, an outcome of a one night stand or something of that sorts, and that he was abandoned on the day he was born. However it is, he really had lived on street or close to that all these 17 years. But his adventures in this time stays unknown.

[~Other} Give him any instrument and after longer or shorted inspection and training (Always less than half a year), he will have mastered it. He is miraculous at it, really. He has perfect hearing and he can memorize song tune and words from hearing it once - but those are not only things that he remembers well. He has huge collection of songs in his mind, almost like your online lyrics site.

His only staying instrument is an acoustic guitar, though, as he can't afford to keep anything else. He is also a street performer but unlike many, he never asks for money, just sits and plays. His public is very strange and different and quite random (Just like his appearing) but there are some who follows him around all the time. He is almost famous person between beggars and other 'low-lives'.

He composes some songs him self, just like words. His education in music is quite impressive and he has also read quite much but from where all this knowledge, no one knows. Just like his home and and while some Undergrounders that knows him, can tell he knows of their Underground home, he is not a Helper or a Undergrounder.

In short, he just is. Like a spirit of New York streets, he is the playing ghost who will touch your heart very softly but painfully, catching on a street with his music.

[~Pictures} [~X~] & [~X~]

[/b] The lyrics do not belong to me in any way - I have only rewritten few words from the song called "Killing me Softly" and lyrics were copied from here[/ul]

[Chris]

Very nice, he has all the requirements...

Accepted