6. You open the door and find yourself inside an art studio. The door vanishes behind you; in front of you, there is a canvas, and beyond that, there is a space for a model to strike a pose. One of you must paint the other, using paints in very specific shades. Once the painting is finished, you both find yourselves back out in the hallway, disoriented. Only four minutes have passed, but the subject of the painting will find themselves overwhelmed by the emotions corresponding to the colors they were painted with for half an hour after emerging from the room.
Claude is just glad that there's no monsters coming at them. ]
I'm afraid I paid more attention to the deadlier skills... [ Claude, completely unaware Kazu used art to kill a man. ] I don't mind, unless you're in the mood to see my interpretation of your form.
Depends! I usually end up doing more landscapes and stuff, but I like doing portraits, too. I just need to have someone willing to model for me, you know?
You'd be surprised how shy people can be! There are other reasons people wouldn't want to do it, too, but I think everyone has something about them that would make them worth drawing.
[ the ahnkeen air is oppressive from the moment they step out from the revolving doors and into the oasis, though the sun doesn't bear down on them just yet. they stand in shadow, but not that of a building, and kazunari has to move around and squint up to see exactly what it is.
I'm cute, for one! [ don't you think he's adorable? ] I'm nice, I know all the best places to go out for good food, and I'm always happy to help take pics for the 'Blam.
Music and some games, probs! But those are easy. Stuff like never have I ever, two truths and one lie, and the king's game are all pretty easy to do - we'd just need cards for the king's game, and if it comes down to it, I could just draw some.
You are a frog, and you're watching two girls that you kind of like kiss. It's both fascinating and alarming, because you want to focus on the fact that this is literally happening in front of your tiny frog eyes while you're being held by one of the women in question, but you also can't stop thinking about how you'd like to eat another fly.
"I'm sorry, Annie. But I love Dimitri."
This is also a bizarre turn of events, and it kind of hurts your feelings a little, but you can't dwell on it much because—
"Annie is WAY better than Dimitri!"
"You think I don't know that?! You think I like feeling this way when Dimitri loves Claude?!?!"
And you take that as your cue to hop away, but you don't get far before Nier is picking you up. He exchanges some words with Dimitri, and suddenly, Dimitri's face is looming ahead of you, and you don't know what to do.
You are kissed.
Claude, just keeps staring ahead, his expression bleak. ]
Well then, that's a clever trick. It's a good thing they were able to spot it before Thursday night to stop you. I hope those shadows will eventually be as easy to predict...
Yep. I don't think that was related, though? Someone else used a gumball that should've nullified the refraction thing earlier that week, it just took a while to kick in.
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week 1, monday, ? room 6
Claude is just glad that there's no monsters coming at them. ]
Looks like we're in for an art class.
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Oh, sweet! It's been way too long since I've really gotten to paint something!
...Unless you want to give it a try? I can always come back later, or we can swap out.
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Nope, haven't got an artistic bone in my body, I'm afraid. I'll gladly let you take the lead.
You're an artist?
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Soooo, if you don't mind modeling, I promise I'll do you justice!
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I'm afraid I paid more attention to the deadlier skills... [ Claude, completely unaware Kazu used art to kill a man. ] I don't mind, unless you're in the mood to see my interpretation of your form.
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I wouldn't mind seeing it sometime! It's always fun to see a new way of looking at a subject. [ anyway! ] You can take a seat, though - get comfy!
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Do you normally do portraits of people?
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Depends! I usually end up doing more landscapes and stuff, but I like doing portraits, too. I just need to have someone willing to model for me, you know?
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No, nevermind. There's plenty of shy people around here.
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You'd be surprised how shy people can be! There are other reasons people wouldn't want to do it, too, but I think everyone has something about them that would make them worth drawing.
w2, monday
once he realizes, he draws back in surprise. ]
No way! Is that really a skull?! It's huge!
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... This is another one of the past murder locations, right?
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That has been the trend so far. I think I saw something about a marketplace on one of the brochures, too, but I don't remember the bones?
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... Well. At least it's already dead. Nothing for us to worry about?
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And I throw great parties!
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I'd hope not! I don't think we have any way of dealing with something like that.
...It is kind of a cool aesthetic, though!
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Okay, I can definitely see why you'd be popular. I'd say it wouldn't be bad to have a party here, but...
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...Unless we just raid the restaurant for drinks, but there are a bunch of people underage here, so.
[ maybe not that! ]
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Other than that, all you need is music, right?
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[ shadows... ]
I wouldn't mind drawing it! Just maybe not in the heat.
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Not a fan of warm weather?
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Besides, if it gets too hot, you could potentially smear the ink while you sweat. I don't want that!
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Last time we played "wed, bed and behead". Which was a little damaging to the ego.
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[ he's laughing ]
I can see what you mean - especially if they kept putting you in the k-- "behead" category.
week 3, monday, spa
You are a frog, and you're watching two girls that you kind of like kiss. It's both fascinating and alarming, because you want to focus on the fact that this is literally happening in front of your tiny frog eyes while you're being held by one of the women in question, but you also can't stop thinking about how you'd like to eat another fly.
"I'm sorry, Annie. But I love Dimitri."
This is also a bizarre turn of events, and it kind of hurts your feelings a little, but you can't dwell on it much because—
"Annie is WAY better than Dimitri!"
"You think I don't know that?! You think I like feeling this way when Dimitri loves Claude?!?!"
And you take that as your cue to hop away, but you don't get far before Nier is picking you up. He exchanges some words with Dimitri, and suddenly, Dimitri's face is looming ahead of you, and you don't know what to do.
You are kissed.
Claude, just keeps staring ahead, his expression bleak. ]
Being a frog, huh.
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...Huh. The frog thing was a lot less chaotic for me. Were they all cursed? Like, all at once? That's so much.
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... You could tell?
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...Did they actually kiss you? [ a beat. ] Did it actually work? We talked about that a couple of times, but no one ever tried it.
Actually... maybe one person did? I don't know. Def didn't happen when I was ribbited, though.
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I did turn back to a human after Dimitri kissed me, but I'm pretty sure it was part of the joke.
[ aikawa ]
Why were you turned into a frog?
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[ some people really don't take the years well, do they?! ]
Oh, but that was just so I wouldn't kill anyone or be killed. So, like, preventative measures.
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Were you likely to kill someone?
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Because... I was refracting. You could say it was a little like how the shadows work here.
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Well then, that's a clever trick. It's a good thing they were able to spot it before Thursday night to stop you. I hope those shadows will eventually be as easy to predict...
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Yeah, it def helped! I was back to normal the next day, too, so no worries there.
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It kind of felt refreshing.
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