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Midnight hours in the wizard's study
Lit by a glowing crystal sphere, this wizard's study at midnight is a tower room, and it plays on for free in your browser. The sphere hums on the desk, a warm tone that swells and fades like a wet finger on a glass rim.
Beside it, a brass model of the planets turns, its small gears ticking softly. A little fire flickers in the hearth and flares up whenever the chimney draws. Someone has just turned the hourglass, and fine sand whispers through its neck.
On a perch in the shadows, a tame owl shakes out its feathers. It gives 2 low hoots, so close that you look up from your book. A quill scratches, a dictionary's thin pages flutter, and the hush of the tower wraps around you again. Time seems to slow down.
If the steady hum distracts you, choose Without the hum. Without the owl takes away the hoots and the ruffled feathers.
What you hear in the wizard's study
- Crystal sphere humming: A glowing crystal sphere gives off a soft, warm hum. Faint glassy tones swell and fade, like a wet finger on the rim of a glass. Plays all the time.
- Fire flickering in the draught: The fire in the hearth flickers in the chimney's draught, flaring up now and then with soft crackles. Plays all the time.
- Brass star model ticking: A brass clockwork model of the planets turns slowly on the desk. Its small gears tick softly with a faint whir. Plays all the time.
- Tame owl hooting softly: The tame owl on its perch gives 2 soft, low hoots close by. Plays at random moments, about twice every 10 minutes.
- Owl ruffling its feathers: The owl shakes out its feathers with a soft flutter, then hoots once, quietly. Plays at random moments, about twice every 10 minutes.
- Sand running through an hourglass: Fine sand runs through a large hourglass just turned over, a soft and steady whisper. Plays at random moments, about twice every 10 minutes.
- Quill writing: Now and then, a quill scratches out a few lines on parchment. Plays at random moments, about twice every 10 minutes.
- Leafing through a dictionary: The thin pages of a big old dictionary flutter as someone leafs through them quickly. Plays at random moments, about twice every 10 minutes.
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