121st moon [video]

[paladinlost]

[The feed opens with a Clefable, seen from the right. She pays no attention to the Pokégear; her eyes are fixed on the easel before her, on the brush delicately spreading its colors upon the canvas, with the occasional glance at the source of her inspiration. Said muse is offscreen at first, but Cecil quickly moves the camera to reveal it.

At the center of the tableau, a Gardevoir stands, triumphant, facing the painter. Her left arm bears an Aegislash, lowered and covered in red stains. Her right lifts a Zoroark's head, dripping red and lifeless, perfect except for the tell-tale expression of a giggling Ditto. Behind her stands a Rapidash, proud and dignified even with wobbly papier-mâché wings attached to her back. Finally, at her feet, the headless body of a Zoroark. Either the body's positioning was carefully arranged to hide its head, or that Illusion ability is coming in handy. Those traces of red all over the fur, however, are undoubtedly very real.

That's ketchup, not blood. Probably.

The whole composition has an elegantly classical feel to it, really, but Cecil sadly does not have the necessary art background to appreciate it properly.]

...Should I now worry about the madness that sometimes afflicts artists, or is it already too late?

[He sounds very tired and done with this.]

Comments

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[cyan_maid]

...Great googly moogly...

[I mean. What do you SAY to all of this?!]

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[paladinlost]

Her technical ability with a paintbrush has greatly improved over the years, but her taste in sujects...

[He wishes he knew.]

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[cyan_maid]

I mean...obviously that wouldn't be a real scene of gore and violence, but it's still...

[Concerning? Jarring? Bizarre?]

...Unexpected.

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[paladinlost]

[Cecil would have gone with 'alarming', personally.]

To think she once preferred to paint her former sweetheart frolicking in the woods... Thankfully, she's yet to ask anyone to bleed for her art.

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[thenightsky]

That's...certainly a scene to paint.

[The prince is leaning against a counter in his kitchen in Olivine which allows for Ardyn the Zorua to peer out from behind him looking extremely entertaining.]

I take it this isn't the first time they've done something like this?

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[paladinlost]

Rosie has painted many portraits before, prepared plenty of posters, and even attempted to redecorate a Pokémart's wall. However, the... decapitation and blood are a brand new aspect of her artistic sensibilities.

[Rosie huffs at that, though she doesn't take her eyes off her future masterpiece.]

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[thenightsky]

Sounds like she's branching out.

[Noctis is torn between being frightened and being amused.

Pokemon are something else.

Behind him, Ardyn snickered, the fox Pokemon's tail flicking about.]

It's...it's really good, if nothing else?

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[adandyinspace]

Y'know you can spray her with a squirt bottle and she'll knock that shit off.

[Works with cats, anyway.]

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[paladinlost]

If I did, I'd risk damaging her painting, which might cause her to give up on an activity she loves and grow resentful. Besides, she could throw a Water Pulse back at me.

[Art is a very serious business, as far as Rosie is concerned.]

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[adandyinspace]

I...have no clue what that means, but I kinda wanna see it now.

[Does he really want to kill an artist's creative spirit? Not really. But does he want to see said artist totally blast their critics? Absolutely.]

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[icecastlemadonna]

Oh...well...at least she's getting familiar with more classic art?

[That's the only compliment Yuuko can think of at the moment.]

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[paladinlost]

Decapitated bodies are artistically classical?

[Cecil sounds absolutely horrified by this new information.]

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[icecastlemadonna]

Not exactly, but...from what I've seen, classical art from older time periods could get a bit violent sometimes. [Even classic Japanese art had its share of severed heads.]

[sociallychallenged]

...Fuck. I immediately started trying to do a mental crime scene analysis based on fuckin' ketchup spatter. I'm useless for artistic feedback.

Couldn't they take pictures of themselves in the pose and then draw from the picture? Seems like it'd save time. And stop repeated condiment clean-ups.

[paladinlost]

Is the cause of death not obvious even without an in-depth analysis?

[Can sentient ghost swords giggle? Yes, yes they can, and it's creepy.]

Rosie was once willing to paint portraits from memory; I've no idea why she insists on a live model now... But I suspect they intend to let my Altaria clean it up in their place. She abhors stains and messes.

[sociallychallenged]

Yeah, but the ketchup is in the wrong spots for a beheading. So if I were to see that I'd be pretty sure the actual murder happened elsewhere.

[God, the fuckin' giggling sword. What the hell. He knows there will never be Pokeguns, but if there were? He'd not be able to stand it having the chuckles.]

Her memory is that good? Damn. Would have made for a good sketch artist. How long have you had her?

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[sunspotted]

Uh....

[ marco just... sounds worried. the furret on his shoulder looks worried, too. ]

At least she's ... being very creative?

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[paladinlost]

...She is exploring a brand new subject using techniques I'd never seen before, yes.

[The subject and techniques just happen to be alarming. That's all.]

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[sunspotted]

[ whatever the clefable does next, the furret gives an encouraging clap of his hands, even if he looks mildly worried. ]

Maybe it's like getting negative feelings out on canvas. You know, so she doesn't bottle them up or anything?

[islandshore]

[Riku spends about a minute just... staring and processing.

Right. The camera is on.

Uh. Quick! Better act natural.]

Geez... Maybe she's got some pent up angst she needed to let out.

[He chuckles a bit.]

She do a lot of morbid paintings?

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[paladinlost]

It's her very first, as far as I know. If she'd expressed strong negative feelings or showed interest in... less peaceful artwork previously, I'd understand how this came to be... But I simply walked into the room and found them all like this.

[Rosie just huffs at that. Can't a girl expand her artistic horizons, experiment with new techniques and subjects?]

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[islandshore]

Hmm. Well, if it's just the first time, I wouldn't stress it too much. Maybe she just wanted to try something more more challenging.

[He shrugs. Far from the squeamish sort, Riku doesn't find it particularly offensive, at least.]

I'd only start to worry if she starts cackling like mad while painting nightmarish horrors that could make grown men cry.

[It's said with a wry smirk and just a hiiiint of an ominous tone.]

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[tearsofademon]

...Suddenly I'm thanking my lucky stars that Rose isn't the artist in this house.

[and that she's not in the room to get ideas]

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[paladinlost]

Rosie was a perfectly normal artist until 6 hours ago. I've no idea what happened.

[Inspiration! Creativity! The healthy exploration of boundaries!]

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[tearsofademon]

Did you get any new books, recently, or anything? She must've gotten the idea from somewhere.