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riverview2018-07-16 06:39 pm
compartmentalise) wrote in riverview2018-07-16 06:39 pm
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[Markus has been busy. Since the festival, he's been working through some things. The humans here are so nice to him, so accepting. A few he's spoken with even encouraged him to try things for himself just like Carl did. It turns out that art is a good way of working through his feelings.
Most of what he's been doing are just recreations of scenes from the festival: the food carts and the various people working them, the float from the children's parade, people wearing body paint-- and here he included himself, wearing the android-appointed uniform instead of the scrubs he actually wore while attending. He did, however, include the face paint one of his new human friends did for him.
But that's not really the focus. He centers the camera on a portrait of an elderly man]
I was missing Carl, and so I painted this.
Most of what he's been doing are just recreations of scenes from the festival: the food carts and the various people working them, the float from the children's parade, people wearing body paint-- and here he included himself, wearing the android-appointed uniform instead of the scrubs he actually wore while attending. He did, however, include the face paint one of his new human friends did for him.
But that's not really the focus. He centers the camera on a portrait of an elderly man]
I was missing Carl, and so I painted this.
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[And then the war came.]
Once I enlisted a sketchbook and pencil became my close companions. They were cheap and easy to carry wherever I had to go. I've thought about branching back out into other mediums, but I think I might be set in my ways.
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Something else this person said has gotten his attention, though]
You enlisted in the military?
[He didn't even know there were any humans left in the military. Different world, different times]
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[There's amusement in his expression, as if there's a joke in there. People back home would understand immediately, knowing him as 'Captain America'. But one of the perks of the Quarantine is being relatively unknown.
Even if it means people are subjected to his lame humor.]
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A captain is the highest rank a soldier can achieve while remaining in the field.
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It is. I led a great group of men. I think...I might have a sketch of them somewhere...
[He disappears from the screen for a moment leaving only a chorus of shuffling papers to filter through the feed. Finally he returns, a sketchbook flipped open. He holds it up to the screen. The sketch is a detailed portrait of a group of men standing together, arms flung over each other.]
They called us the Howling Commandos. My team was known for having some of the craziest guys on it. And the bravest.
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He isn't sure if he's expected to say something, but he tries anyway]
It looks like a strong team, captain.
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They were. I know the sketch isn't much to look at though. Not in comparison with your portrait. You and he must have been close. Carl I mean.
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[Markus can say this without explaining how close they were]
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Is he a family member? Friend?
[The age gap seems fairly wide for casual friends, but it's not unheard of.]
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We take care of each other.
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Yeah? Makes sense why you miss him so much then.
What does he think about your art?
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If you're ever looking for someone to paint or draw with, or just to talk about art in general, you let me know.
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