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[stressweets]

Good afternoon ☆ Your local Tsukasa Suzakura has a simple request for the artists of Retrospec...

I'd like a poster encouraging people to vote for the return of horses... I'll pay, of course ♪ Hard work should not go unrewarded.
Serious inquiries only. People who are fans of horses preferred, but not required.
Thank you for your cooperation ☆

Otherwise... I have a game I'd like to share with everyone. It's called renga -- essentially, one person begins a poem, and the other person finishes it.
We'll be using the usual format of 5-7-5 / 7-7 for this. The first person will do 5-7-5, and the second will do 7-7. (Those are syllables, for the record.)
Reply with a beginning to this post if you're interested in playing! Others are encouraged to reply around as well to finish poems and start new ones when it's their turn to do so.
I will be indulging myself as well, of course ♪

[ ooc: ...he's seriously willing to pay for horses— ANYWAY, just as stated, renga is a collaborative poetry game! trust me it doesn't matter how bad you are at writing this stuff i am just as terrible. tag around and finish each other's poems, or make fun of them, or whatever— it's a free-for-all. ]

Comments

[compendiem]

A question for you:
How do votes return horses?
Also what art style?

[stressweets]

[ WOAH, INVENTIVE... this'll be hard though, hmm. it's a little rough, but: ]

A survey appears; you vote!
A dynamic style, please.

[ His turn... ]

Are you an artist?
Or do you know of someone
who may be intrigued?

[compendiem]

I paint sometimes, however,
"dynamic" is not a style.

Your answer is vague.
Where do I find the survey?
I'd vote for horses.

[stressweets]

[ DYNAMIC IS A STYLE...... ]

To be honest, I don't know.
A friend mentioned it to me.

I'm thankful, though!
Horses mean a lot to me.
I'd like them back soon.

gives up immediately LMAO

[compendiem]

[ He was looking for realism or cubism or something, dynamic can be applied afterwards...

but also screw poetry, he's just going to type as normal and insert line breaks as necessary ]

It's better to get all the
information you need be
fore asking for help.
Are you one of those "obscene
ly rich" people who

[ ...

Sorry, he's taking your turn too ]

get horses for their birthdays?
Let's stop doing poetry.

YOU FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT i had a good laugh when i realized you did it in poem format though

[stressweets]

[ He's an expert on horses, not on art!? He just wants something attention-grabby. ]

I was very impressed by your dedication ♪
But no, I'm not. I work at the stables, and horses are my favorite animal! They're even why I started working there initially.
That didn't change when they turned into chocobos, mostly because I wasn't on Retrospec until earlier this month... but I'd never quit now anyway.

[ he has good standing and a friend, so. and he likes chocobos? they're just not horses. ]

I feel like it's natural that, with all that in mind, I'd really like for horses to make a return?

[compendiem]

[ Minato's art can be attention grabby, but not in the way Tsukasa would want, so he'll let somebody else take that mantle. ]

I thought it might be fun, but it lost to frustration.
I like horses, but they're harder to draw than most animals. Weird legs. Not a lot of reference material.

[stressweets]

Would you really consider chocobos easier...?
They have all of those feathers.

[compendiem]

Yes. Feathers and fur are easy to paint. You don't have to be as exact.

[akatatai]

Um, I take art commissions...
I'm not a graphic designer, so I've haven't done too many posters
But if you'd rather have a drawing instead of a printed picture, I can give it a try
And I also work at an art supply store, so I can hang it up there for advertisement if you want

[stressweets]

Sounds good ♪

[ ...wait, he can't just agree to commission just anyone who offers to do it— ]

Actually...
Do you have any examples of your work?

[akatatai]

Sure! I have my sketchbook with me

[And as promised, he sends over a few pictures. They're mostly just sketches of landscapes, various objects, and a few people (Mao and Hinata, among others), but it's clear that he's actually quite good. (This is like the only thing he's good at, let him live.)]

I do a lot of painting, too
Watercolor might be nice for a poster

[stressweets]

[ ...ah, wow, give him a bit to look over these. Hinata catches his attention for a bit, but on the other hand, Tsukasa's not... entirely surprised that he's here... he's the type of person who gets friendly with everyone he can, after all. ]

You're really good ♪ I might commission you for something other than horses sometime, actually...
I'm glad to find someone else who does watercolor too, though mine's just a hobby.
And I only do landscapes and other nature-related stuff to boot.

[akatatai]

You think so?
Thanks, that means a lot!
But if you do watercolor too, is it okay to ask to see your work?
It's a really fun medium, I bet you're better than you think

Um but if you already do watercolor, I can use acrylic paints for a poster if you want me to make one
Or oil pastel maybe
Markers? There are too many options!!!

[stressweets]

Markers sound fun!
And, umm... Sure.
Give me a bit.

[ He doesn't have his stuff on hand, he has to go downstairs and get it from his grandmother's room... and he'd like to show off his best things, so that takes a little longer to get in order? But eventually he has a small portfolio photographed, he'll send them along.

They're really not bad at all—he's been doing this with his grandmother for two or so years now, as a bonding activity, but it's just as he said: they're mostly landscapes (the shrine in different seasons, the stables, the beach at sunrise) and nature-related (flowers in full-bloom, Echo Woods in autumn, etc). Delicately painted and signed with a つ stamp. Some of them are done in ordinary watercolor, but the ones that are notably more loose are distinctly brighter and heavier in opacity—they're painted with gansai watercolor. ]

[akatatai]

I haven't used my Copics in a while so I might be rusty
But I'll come up with a few sketches later and see what you think!

[And that's exactly what he does as Tsukasa pulls his work together. But once they're sent over, he can't help but marvel just a bit. What delicate strokes.... there's a lot of love put into what he's painting, that much is obvious.]

Are you sure this is just a hobby?!
You're definitely not giving yourself enough credit, these are beautiful!

[stressweets]

[ Ah, he's pleased... He still feels like praise like this is totally unwarranted though... ]

No, it really is just a hobby. My grandmother paints, so I ended up doing it with her in my spare time.
She's a real master ♪ She even used to be famous back in Japan when she was younger, or so she says...
I'm not really sure how much I believe her, but I wouldn't really be surprised, either.

[ family bias? slightly. ]

Anyway, I'm really not that good, but thank you for the compliment.

[livens]

if horses were back
we could go horseback riding
and that would be fun!

[stressweets]

Standing tall, proud, elegant:
us, and the horses together.

[ an elegant finish to a cute poem. hm hm, his... ]

A fluffy, sweet love
is just like cotton candy:
it melts if held tight.

[livens]

my feelings for my best friends!
or strawberry parfait cake!

[ hinata... ]

in the early morning light
for you i get dressed
in my very best of smiles

[stressweets]

Enshrined in twilight,
I reveal to you my best side.

That one was really nice, Hinata ☆ The others were too, but that one was a perfect example of one of those waka you'd find beside your pillow at court... My mother would give you an A+, I'm sure.

[ romantic heian period stuff, that's all. ]

Branches gently sway,
petals dance without worry—
March comes in softly.

[livens]

i take a+ payment in sweets!!

in march we end and begin
winter pushes forward spring

my turn againnnnnnnnn

let's go sledding now
down down down the hill
until we're way too dizzy

[stressweets]

Our poems neatly finished
We dive into snow.

...Do you really want to go now, or was that just part of your poem?

[livens]

i definitely want to go sledding!!!!!!!!!!!
how smart of you to pick it up ☆

[stressweets]

It's not like you were being very subtle ☆
I've recently had some trauma regarding sledding though, so I'll have to pass for now...