Theatrical Muse; 225, Boo. How would you go about scaring someone?

That’s a crazy question. Why would I want to? Fear don’t make for good music. Depression doesn’t either, and that can be bad enough. It’s hard to get a decent tune out of someone who doesn’t feel good enough to sing, but fear can be worse. Did you ever hear a good song about being frightened?

It’s not just that fear can make the customers kind of swing away from all those feelings that get the music rising, there are people who attack what they fear. That can also mean that you start getting songs about the habits of spiders and praying mantises – and let me tell you those ain’t my idea of romance.

If I wanted to scare people I know ways. I was at a great party on Saturday night. Orange and black theme, a pumpkin piñata, singing, dancing – I mean, the kind of thing the humans expected as well as the entertaining little numbers.

It was a costume party, all kisses and canapés and champagne. I was really enjoying it - but it went downhill badly after midnight.

That’s when they'd thought I was going to take off my mask.

Muse, “Sweet” the singing demon.
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