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[delincuente]

[Alex sets up the camera to face her and her small room, which seems to have been filled to the brim with art supplies. There are canvases, small containers of her magically-multiplied paints, and a couple of dismantled easels she found in a junk shop, all piled on and against the vacant side of her large captain's bed.

She clears her throat, looking a little awkward, and gives a wave.] Hey. So - I've been thinking of setting up sort of an art studio, over on the Iskaulit. Like, a place where people can just chill out and paint, or whatever. Get their relaxation on. Art therapy, whatever you want to call it.

I don't really talk about this or anything, but I used to live in this really shitty castle with a bunch of our other pals here, and it did some awful stuff to me. So I got all messed up, and depressed, and I got through it there by just literally painting all the time. And maybe there are some other people here who need to do the same thing, just to keep sane and everything.

I got all the supplies I need on the station, and I can use magic to multiply and restock them. Just let me know if you think it sounds like a cool idea. I mean, I'll be doing it anyway probs, but... Yeah. Hit me up.

[She's never been good at normal, earnest broadcasts, and that's about all she can manage for the moment. She throws up a peace sign before leaning up to turn off the camera.]

Comments

[delincuente]

yeah totes
the thing no one tells you about painting is that there's no such thing as knowing how
you just slap some paint on the canvas and move it around
put down crazy colors or make random shapes
until it looks like how you feel
that's art

[astrobleme]

Like how I feel... I'll be making lots of scribbles then.

If anyone is allowed to join, I would like to give it a try. Please. Thank you.

[delincuente]

hey it's no prob
i'll have it up and running in a few days
i'm alex btws

[astrobleme]

I'm Shinji. Thanks again.

Stupid question, but were you serious about the magic restocking part?

[delincuente]

totally serious
i'm a wizard

[astrobleme]

That is so freaking cool.

Does that mean you can ignore the conservation of mass? Things will just appear out of thin air whenever? I mean, if it's okay to ask... I've never met a wizard before.

[delincuente]

idk what conversion of mass means but
yeah basically
i never stopped to ask where it all comes from
it's just sort of bending reality
like changing the reality where i'm holding an empty glass
to one where i'm holding a soda

[astrobleme]

That sounds like something that would be easy to abuse. I'd have no self-control... hamburgers everywhere.

[delincuente]

duuuuude
the struggle is so real
if the gross protein stuff wasn't like resistant to magic
we'd be eating like kings over here

[astrobleme]

Your magic doesn't work on it? That is pure sadism on Atroma's part...

[delincuente]

just another part of the whole big carousel of sadism we're all trapped on here

[astrobleme]

[...]

Maybe it's stupid and pathetic, but this place is a lot better than where I was before. Still wish I could have a real hamburger though.

[delincuente]

nah it's better for me too
not as good as home but
still way better than the last place

and someone probably has some real meat tucked away from the last hunting planet
may not be an animal you know but
hey it's better than nothing

[astrobleme]

I don't know if I'm ready to branch out to alien meat...

Did you try any of it?

[delincuente]

a little bit
tasted kind of like pork chops

[astrobleme]

I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

[delincuente]

it depends
i'm not a pork chop person myself
unless you could find a way to make them into an enchilada

[astrobleme]

[...]

What is an enchilada?

[delincuente]

oh you sad, deprived boy
it's a tortilla with stuff inside of it, like meat and beans
and then covered in sauce and cheese

[astrobleme]

I see.

I've been trying to learn new recipes. Maybe I can figure out this enchilada thing.