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[dontthinkaboutelephants]

Who: Arthur
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: SS Red fish if you want
When: Today

[Arthur turns on the video, and it appears he's hanging out in his bunk on the Red fish. He holds up a small moleskine notebook, turning the page to the camera and letting it adjust. On the page is a very neat, realistic sketch of a woman's face, delicate with big eyes and long dark hair. He flips it to the next page, where he sketched a man's face, with bigger lips and scruff around his mouth. He takes the notebook away so the camera can focus on his own face.]

Those are just some sketches of people I know. I was thinking maybe I could try and draw things for people. I can even try for some portraits of people from your home, if you'll describe them to me.

[ooc: The drawings are of Ariadne and Eames from Inception. I really like the idea of Arthur sketching people in his notebook, and I imagine his style of art like sin_repent's version. ANYWAY, feel free to have facetwin confusion with the drawings if you'd like.]

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[resnipstance]

[WELL IF YOU INSIST.]

Hey! That looks like Meathead! Only all cleaned up!

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[dontthinkaboutelephants]

[GOOD.

Arthur raises a brow.] Meathead?

[Okay wait what.] Wait, someone here looks like this drawing?

[He holds up the drawing of Eames again and points to it.]

[goodjob]

Aren't you a little... multi-syllabic to know that guy?

[dontthinkaboutelephants]

'Meathead'? The stubborn dirty guy?

[Poor Max.] I'm guessing he just looks a lot like my friend. Which would delight my friend to no end, I'm sure.

[Can he even call Eames his friend?]

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[kill_switch]

Nice work. Fool has never looked better.

[No, she knows that's not him, but the resemblance is uncanny.]

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[dontthinkaboutelephants]

So I hear.

[Okay, this is getting kind of hilarious. 'Meathead', 'Fool', he seems to know a lot of people. Eames would be intrigued by this.]

So you're a friend of his.

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[speedboat]

I've never seen him wear a suit, but that's... him, alright. [ howard doesn't have a name for max other than 'that guy with a dog' tbh. ]

Who is the woman?

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[dontthinkaboutelephants]

So I've heard. [Arthur seems quite amused by this.] Strange. I was drawing a friend from home.

Her name's Ariadne. Another friend from home.

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[mucked]

-- Had a hunch he'd look quite dashing without his beard. [ ... ] You seem to have stumbled upon a sketch of a crewmember on the Starstruck.

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[dontthinkaboutelephants]

Ah, I see. The man with no name.

[This is really strange. He taps his pen against his notebook.]

I was attempting to sketch my... friend. A man named Eames.

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[theirinurpants]

Hey I've talked to that guy. He was kind of an arse. And not as clean. Also, he's terrible at naming dogs!

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[dontthinkaboutelephants]

So I've heard. Eames is an ass, and I'm sure he'd be terrible at naming a dog, but he's quite clean. Strange, how alike they look.

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[bigvessel]

...Hey. It's Tuck. Or...a wishful thinking of NotTuck. Which is it to you?

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[dontthinkaboutelephants]

Neither. [He chuckles.] Another one, huh? That's incredibly strange. This one's Eames.

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[theroadwarrior]

[He just stares with a mixture of 'What the fuck someone drew pictures of me,' and 'wow fuck the rest of you'. This bearded, monosyllabic, suitless, arse-slash-fool-slash-meathead looks mildly offended.

Every single one of you is f i r e d.

... Like, sure, he agrees with all your assessments mostly, but really.]

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[dontthinkaboutelephants]

...Eames? [Sorry, he's squinting at the video.] Or... you're the other guy?

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[onlyburnhotter]

Hey, not too bad. Can you really do a good sketch of someone just based off a description of them?

[She doesn't sound challenging in her question, more so genuinely interested. Perhaps considering whether or not to take Arthur up on his request?]

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[dontthinkaboutelephants]

[He smiles.] I've done it occasionally with not so bad results. It's much easier with a photo, but I'd do my best.

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[two_jedi_sticks]

Actually -- if you don't mind, I would love to take you up on that. There's a few people who aren't here, but they'd have some sentiment for a few people.

[What could go wrong with showing pictures of her brothers to her parents.]

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[dontthinkaboutelephants]

Of course. If you'll send me as detailed descriptions as possible, I can get started on preliminary sketches. And then I'll show you, and I can tweak whatever needs to be tweaked.

[He smiles, twirling the pen between his fingers.]

What's your name? And who would I be drawing?

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[throwsdown]

[!!!! Takeshi immediately perks up at the offer.]

You can draw people? Do I gotta pay you?

I'd like pictures of my mom and — my two dads!

[This is an extraordinarily exciting prospect.]

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[dontthinkaboutelephants]

[Arthur grins, already completely charmed.] Yeah, I can. And no, no one has to pay.

[It's going against all his instincts as a businessman (thief), but this is about giving people a piece of home, not filling his pockets. For once.]

All right, good. If you can send me descriptions of them, I'll make some sketches. Make sure you describe them in as much detail as possible. And then you can tell me which parts are wrong, and I'll correct them.

What's your name?

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[thetigress]

[Caterina was about to pass this by, but at the last second she changes her mind.]

It takes a talented artist to work without the aid of a model. Or so I have heard.

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[dontthinkaboutelephants]

[He shrugs.] It's helpful to remember people's faces is why I studied art harder. But thank you.

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[child_of_bhaal]

I didn't know you were an artist. Those are quite good.

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[dontthinkaboutelephants]

[His lips quirk up, a little pleased that she likes them.] Thanks. It's just a hobby, but it comes in handy.

[He sets his chin on his hand propped up by an elbow.] Do you have hobbies, Sye?