ALPHINAUD

[chanteuser]

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[arcsplainist]

Hm?

[ He looks up. ]

—Ah, Alex! Good afternoon. You are fine; I am only passing the time here.

[chanteuser]

It's a good place to pass time.

[ she will sit! seeing as she's not intruding, apparently. ]

Although just be careful of the leopard.

[arcsplainist]

[ Nope! Come join him. ]

All should be well, if left alone. 'Tis not going about attacking others, is it?

[chanteuser]

Iiiiii don't think so? But it's also not been happy we're here, I don't think.

[arcsplainist]

As is the wont of some wild beasts. I do know to ware my step, at the very least, though it seems to be clear around here for now.

[chanteuser]

That's good then. I don't want to be antagonising the local wildlife that much. [ especially after fighting a dinosaur and adjacently an elephant yesterday ]

[arcsplainist]

[ yeah... he chuckles, lightly. ]

Certainly not. Leave well enough alone and you should be fine, I think. 'Tis been mine own experience, anyroad.

[chanteuser]

[ ... ]

Do you run into leopards often, then?

[arcsplainist]

Not leopards, precisely, though I have come upon all manner of beasts in my travels.

[chanteuser]

[ alphinaud you are a 4'9" twink, she's concerned ]

...

What exactly do you do that means you keep running into "beasts"?

[arcsplainist]

[ wow??? ]

Hm? I am oft required to move from place to place, is all. 'Tis only natural to run into them here and there when you must make way on foot.

[chanteuser]

[ AM I WRONG ANAIS? ]

Natural, huh? They're just... something that exists where you're from? [ out there in the wild in front of everyone's salad? ]

[arcsplainist]

As much as anything else, some more dangerous than others, of course. My comrades and I are all well practiced in defending ourselves, so there is usually little for us to worry of when out on the open road.

[chanteuser]

We don't have dangerous beasts where I'm from. Most of the time you just have to worry about other people.

[arcsplainist]

Hah, that is all too true, as well. Bandits are ever on the loose, aye?

[ alphinaud not everyone lives like ye oldes ]

[chanteuser]

[ bandits.... ]

Mm... that's a word for them? Mafia henchmen, just... people who abuse their power over others. Those kinds of people.

[arcsplainist]

Hm—yes, those sorts, as well.

[ He taps his pencil at his chin. ]

A shame it must happen. It is always a much bigger issue to tackle...

[chanteuser]

... It's kind of horrible that it happens everywhere, even across multiple worlds.

[arcsplainist]

Where there are people, there will be those who seek power. Even in mine own world do I see it happen time and time again.

But I believe there is always far more good out there, as well.

[chanteuser]

Oh yes. There always is, it just... takes some time to find it, sometimes. The good parts.

[arcsplainist]

That it does. I confess it took me quite some time ere I had learned such, myself, but 'tis not the easiest journey.

[chanteuser]

It's worth it once you find it though. Don't you think?

[ guys this is a really pretty waterfall stop angsting it up. ]

-- Ah. I got us pretty off track there. What were you drawing? The view?

immortalizes your html heckup

[arcsplainist]

[ it's not ANGSTY it's PHILOSOPHICAL ]

Oh, this? [ he nods ] I had been generously gifted this to draw with, so I've been putting it to some use. I am more practiced with portraits, but it had been suggested to me to try landscapes, as well.

[ Alphinaud isn't going out of his way to show off, but it isn't hard to catch what he's working on, either; he is... surprisingly good at what he does! ]

i'm being bullied

[chanteuser]

[ oooh. ]

Goat was talking about that, wasn't he? Picking up hobbies to keep us busy. How are you finding it? Landscapes versus portraits, I mean.

:*

[arcsplainist]

Yes, I do recall. I thought it a bit amusing that we have been working on the same things.

And there are, of course, different rules one must use when approaching a different subject matter, but it is a nice challenge, if I say so myself. That, and I could not very well hold up everyone's busy days simply so that I can sketch their visage.