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 Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:28 pm
Mark smiled when he saw Sam blush. He chuckled to him self as he visualized the painting. He closed his eyes, and the world seemed to hold it's breath. He opened his eyes, and began painting, seemingly in a trance. After 6 minutes he snapped out of the trance and smiled idiotically. "Done. Let me show you..." He picked it up and turned the canvas to the pair. He smiled at their expressions, "Well, what'd ya think?"
The painting did have the pair, but they could be more accurately described as a couple in the painting. They where in roughly in the same way they were now, except instead of both looking at the 4th wall, KC's head was off Sam's and they were kissing. They were on what appeared to be a balcony, with the sunrise in the background, they both wore vacation clothes; Sam in a tee-shirt, and KC in a tank top. Another oddity for anyone who wasn't acquainted with KC's people, were two wolf ears on KC's head, and a tail out from the base of her spine. And if the whole theme wasn't to subtle, the clouds in the sky outlined a heart around the pair, but only if you squinted or looked at it from the corner of you eye. This meant that you could only see the cloud formation or everything else, but not both.
"So....?" asked Mark again.
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:50 pm
Both Sam and KC's jaws dropped. Sam turned crimson, and KC laughed nervously.
"Um, this is a joke, right? No, wait..."
KC felt the top of her head but her hat was still there. She looked at Sam; he couldn't look her in the eye as he was still glowing. KC blushed a little as well, then turned to Mark.
"....Thanks. I thought as much. But... How did you know?"
she added quietly, gesturing to the ears and tail.
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:02 pm
Mark smiled, "I paint what is really there, not what I see. What is there is what exists, or could exist." Mark smiled and relaxed as much as you could on a stool. He opened the cup from before. And his eyes popped. The figurine was gone. He looked down under his stool. There stood the little figure. It gurgled at him. He picked it up and turned it back to an inanimate object. He put it back under the cup. He sat back and looked at the pair.
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:20 pm
"Ah. Could you, uh, wrap that up for us?"
KC turned back to Sam and tapped him on the shoulder. He slowly looked up at her, still very red. She smiled and pulled him off the stool, ruffling his hair.
"You're a dweeb. You know that, right?"
He gave her an odd look and she laughed, then looked back over to Mark.
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:41 pm
Mark came out of a trance. "Um.... ok..." He took out some wrapping parcel paper. He wrapped up the dry painting and put it in a plastic bag. "There you go. That is one of my best works so take care of it." and he chuckled slightly when he said, "and I hope it works out with you two." He handed them the bag with the painting and sat down again. "If you want any more paintings... um... no cell but.... AH!" he took the weird Cthulhu-like figurine and handed it to KC. "You can contact me through that. Oh and for fun, whisper 'animate' to it. You'll see what happens." he relaxed again, smiling.
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:11 pm
KC blinked at the figure, but shrugged happily.
"Thanks. If we ever get a chance, we'll pay you back for this. And I won't take 'no' for an answer. Well, I'm tired and- Whoa, look at the time! We have to get back before the sun sets."
They each gave a small wave and set off, then something hit KC. She backtracked to Mark and said,
"Hey, I think I'd like to talk to you about something. Would you like to come with us?"
Sam groaned quietly a little distance away, shutting up after getting an odd look from KC.
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:17 pm
Mark shrugged. "Why not?" he said. "Just wait a moment." He got more figurines from his pack, each different. He gave one to Neon & Pace, and another to Leo. He explained to them what to do the packed his stuff up. Carrying the pack and 2 bags he went up to KC. "Lead on then."
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:30 pm
KC grinned and walked back over to Sam, whispering to him. He sighed and nodded. She turned to Mark.
"Normally, we'd travel over the city, but I guess we'll have to go under this time."
They headed down into the subway and took it for quite a few stops. When they got off, it was just a short walk to their apartment. Sam and Mark went in through the front door, while, once again, KC went up by fire escape. When they met back up in the room, KC said somewhat apologetically,
"The landlady doesn't allow guys and girls to room together. Apperantly, it's not proper."
She rolled her eyes and fell into a chair, followed by Sam next to her, and he motioned for Mark to take a seat as well.
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:35 pm
Mark put his stuff down on the ground, and then fell back into a couch, bouncing on it a bit. "I haven't been to a place with furniture in ages. So, is this place safe? I noticed you havn't taken off your hat and jacket." he said to KC. Then in general he asked, "Why did you invite me here anyway? Not that I'm ungrateful. Could I just stay here? I mostly live on the streets."
{Floor plan of apartment?}
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:41 pm
Leo walked the hallways of crowded people. A lot of them were in wheelchair bounded by the arms. Some were being strapped down at that moment. It was all a bit sad, but he was able to walk [ast it all. The doctors had pointed him in the direction of the person he needed to see. though he doubted that person would be happy to see him.
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:49 pm
"Wha- Oh, I just forgot. Yeah, we're fine."
To prove it, KC flicked off her hat and tossed it with presision onto a hat rack near the door.
"Now, I was just wondering... How exactly do you see things the way you do?"
{{Right in the door, there's the sitting area that they're sitting in now. There's like a wall next to the door, making a little hallway, and on the other side of the wall is the only bedroom. Then in the corner across from the bedroom is the bathroom, which is actually almost as big as the bedroom. And in the other corner is a tiny kitchen. Very small. It's like a little live-in box.}}
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:59 pm
"Lemme get something first." Mark got up, and went to his pack, and pulled out the Dream Chisel. He came back, and unscrewed the long, blunt part of the strange thing. He took out some clay. Not much just about a palm full. He closed it and then began to mold the clay. After a minute he placed it on the ground. He closed his eyes, and the clay gnome came to life. It looked up at KC and Sam, took off it's hat, and in a high pitched squeak, said, "Nice to meet you." Mark picked him and gave him to Sam. "It's yours now. He can come to life like this when you want him to. Say, 'Inanimate' to him and he goes inanimate. I'm an artist. I somehow manage to do this. I have met many people with multiple theories. Most of them have something to do with me being an incarnation of Art, or a creation of Dream, one of the endless. 'Art is truth', said one philosopher. That pretty much sums it up."
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:07 pm
"Um, ok. Inanimate."
The little gnome became rigid in Sam's hands. He decided he was going to play with it some more instead of listening. KC ignored him.
"So, what you're saying is that you can make anything real simply by drawing or molding it?
Oh, and you can stay here if you want. You can have the couch."
Sam perked up this and tried to whisper to KC, but she pushed him away and rolled her eyes. She normally stayed on the couch, but it didn't matter to her.
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:16 pm
Mark heard a snippet of what he whispered. Innocently, and not implying anything he said, "Why don't you share a bed. Or i could sleep on the floor. That is how i've slept for most of my life so far. Or...."
Mark got his sketchbook from his pocket. He took out a beat up pencil and drew a twin-sized mattress on the paper. He closed his eyes, visualized it, and when he opened his eyes, there it was on the floor. No sound effect, it just wasn't there one second, there the next. Mark smiled absentmindedly,
"There, someone can sleep there." He put away the paper and pencil. "Yup thats pretty much it. Although, people call my art genius, but I think its just mediocre. Plenty of better artists."
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:30 pm
KC glared at Sam for a moment, just enough time for it to say, "Idiot!", before she sighed and said,
"No, that's alright. You can take the couch. Trust me, it's more comfortable than the floor, by far. Besides, Sam doesn't mind, does he?"
She laughed and punched his shoulder, a little harder than need be. Sam shook his head.
"It's ok. Oh, um, we never got your name. Nor did you get ours. I'm Sam, and this is KC."
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