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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

[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.

[stressweets]

Oh.

[ ...see: someone who doesn't paint animals. ]

I guess it's the same with bark and all...
You could always just cover their legs with something.
Like a bush, or a fence, or some bales of hay.
Or just do a portrait?

[compendiem]

I guess some very tall, very thick bushes might work... Or a horse's face poking out from inside the shadows of dense foliage. One of its eyes gleam red. The words underneath read:

Vote for Horses
(o r e l s e)

[stressweets]

We are not fear mongering with horses!!!

[compendiem]

...Fine. What is your artistic vision for the poster like?

[stressweets]

Something that shows off the best side of horses, of course ♪
How strong and hard-working they are, yet gentle and kind. Elegance personified.

[compendiem]

Yours and my artistic visions can match up... We don't have to do the red eyes.

[stressweets]

I think a horse head coming out of a bush is still a little too scary?

[compendiem]

The horse can be eating flowers?

[stressweets]

[ .... ]

Really cute flowers.

[compendiem]

Yes.

[stressweets]

And the horse can have a flower crown as well...! Or a wreath of flowers.

[compendiem]

...Yes, that's fine.

[compendiem]

I did a preliminary mockup of the concept. Are you sure you don't want red eyes?
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[stressweets]

[ .............. ]

There is a lot to discuss here.

[compendiem]

Go ahead.

[stressweets]

1. This looks like a horror movie poster?
2. We are not fear-mongering with horses for horses!!!!
3. Horses deserve better than that!!!
4. The flowers look very nice, however.

[compendiem]

Hm. Okay. I'll take the concrit into consideration for the next draft. If this were a horror movie poster, would you watch the movie?

[stressweets]

[ ....uh, hm. ]

If it paints horses in a bad light, then probably not...?

[compendiem]

It doesn't. The horse is wearing flowers, and is appealing for public support. Some creatures can't help red eyes.

[stressweets]

The bloody "Vote for horses" suggests otherwise.

[compendiem]

It's red paint. To match the eyes.

[stressweets]

It makes the horse look like the killer here though... Well, so do the red eyes...

[compendiem]

Hmm. Does this look a little less murderous?
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