ART LIVE

[artisticliberty]

Who: Fox, and you...?
Where: The lobby
When: Day 41, around midday

[time for a calligraphy Live! in the lobby there's some floor space that's been covered in many sheets of paper--probably about 13 by 13 feet, it's taking up a good portion. taisho's fox (wearing this) sans shoes) has gathered buckets of different colored inks, and he stands at the edge of the "canvas" in bare feet, pointing his paintbrush directly at the camera.]

"Blossoms fall, and leaves scatter". Behold!

[in a rush, he begins painting four stylized characters that are large enough to cover the entire space. it looks kind of like this:





[he finishes, panting, with ink stains on his clothes... and then picks up a bucket of black ink, and, in a whirlwind movement, splashes the ink over e v e r y t h i n g. it completely blots out the characters he's just spent a good twenty minutes painting. he looks triumphantly into the camera and declares:]

This is what my heart expresses. I challenge anyone watching this: cast off the things that are holding you back! Declare it here, in ink and brush, and then destroy it!

[he peels back the ruined paper to reveal another layer underneath, blank and fresh (save for a few stray inky footprints).]

Well, then. Is anyone up to the task?

Comments

[we_meet_again]

...Huh... maybe? If you find one that's really good, let me know. It'll give me a chance to find out.

[justfuckingtryit]

Sounds like a plan.

[we_meet_again]

Thanks!

What kind of mythology books did you get?

[justfuckingtryit]

Angels, the devil, heaven and hell - that kind of thing.

[we_meet_again]

...Uh...What mythology is that?

[justfuckingtryit]

Some religion. One of the guys on my unit says it's popular.

[we_meet_again]

Huh. Someone in my unit mentioned heaven and hell to me, but he was really shaky on the details. I wasn't even entirely sure if it was a religious thing or what. I have no idea about...the rest of the things you just said.

the heck is the devil?

[justfuckingtryit]

Some guy who told God to fuck off, apparently.

[we_meet_again]

Well I guess somebody's gotta.

[justfuckingtryit]

If he deserves it, he deserves it.

[we_meet_again]

Gods, right? Thinking they can just do whatever they want because they have ultimate power or whatever.

[justfuckingtryit]

[This is a long, considering sort of look. Then, at length:]

...anyway, it's that kind of book. Mythology, stories about snakes, stuff like that.

If you've got a minute, I can show you.

[we_meet_again]

Really? I'd like that, actually.

[justfuckingtryit]

[Gives him another once-over, then turns for the elevator.]

Come on, then.

[we_meet_again]

Lead the way.

[justfuckingtryit]

[Leads the way! Up they go, to Bad End's floor. He stands at the side of the elevator, arms braced absently on the bars behind him.]

[we_meet_again]

I've never been to another unit's dorm before. I heard they all have a different theme.

[justfuckingtryit]

Do they?

...what's yours?

[we_meet_again]

School theme.

[Gestures at his uniform.]

The main room looks like a classroom full of school desks. There's a big chalkboard on the wall, and a teacher's podium, and some cubbies for storing stuff. The individual rooms are pretty unremarkable, though. I can't tell if that's part of the theme or if all the rooms are like that for everyone.

[justfuckingtryit]

Definitely not for everyone.

[we_meet_again]

Yours isn't austere and utilitarian, huh?

[justfuckingtryit]

Ours is definitely something.

[And since they've reached the right floor, he's just going to open the door up and show him.]

[we_meet_again]

[Peeking inside.

ojamashimasu]

[justfuckingtryit]

[Behold: Bad End's disaster of a dorm.]

[we_meet_again]

Oh boy, yeah. This is certainly different.

You guys have some couches, though. That's nice!