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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]

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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[stressweets]

All you did was lighten it!




But yes, actually...? Though now it looks old...

[compendiem]

I was going for a vintage feel. Warm and nostalgic. Like childhood summers.

[stressweets]

Or a retro postcard.
That might work though...?
I'd still like to get rid of the red eyes.

it's a ghost horse now ig

[compendiem]

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oh my god

[stressweets]

[ ...it still looks sort of terrifying

if he's like

really, really honest.

but. ]

That's better.

[compendiem]

[ he should just be honest and tell Minato to stop ]

We'll go with this one, then.

[stressweets]

[ no that's rude?? ]

Thank you very much for the help ♪
How much do I owe you?

[compendiem]

106,000 USD

1/3

[stressweets]

[ .............................he has to take a few minutes to read that over

a few more times

make sure he's not just imagining this? ]

2/3

[stressweets]

[ nonononono that definitely says 106,000 USD, which is

a lot more than he has!!!! oh no oh no ohhhhhhh nooooooo ]

3/3

[stressweets]

You're joking, right...!?

[ PLEASE. ]

[compendiem]

I could take it in installments over the next... entire lifetime, I guess.



...
I'm joking.
I'm about that much in debt, so any little bit would help. But it's fine without pay, too.

[stressweets]

[ wheeze. ]

No, if I'm having you help me, I'm definitely reimbursing you for the trouble...
I'm not really sure how to do art estimations, but would $100 be okay? If that's not enough, then I can pay a little more, since I got my Christmas shopping out of the way already...

[compendiem]

[ ...The art was originally just a joke he didn't expect payment for, so an actual offer of money throws him off. ]

That's probably more than enough... It's "pay what you can" but you can donate it to the robot fund at the Tea Kittle. There's a jar on the counter.