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[stripartist]

WHO: Yusuke, Takame, Vash, and Wolfwood (also possibly Libra)
WHERE: Vash's cottage
WHEN: All the month of June
WHAT: Yusuke offered to paint a mural on a blank wall at the cottage! Also offered to paint Wolfwood with his shirt open because apparently that makes Vash have a Crisis and Yusuke's gremlin gene took over.
WARNINGS: Wolfwood has a mouth like a sailor?

[Once the event at the Vogue is over and Yusuke's recovered from all of that chaos and the chaos of the spirit realm, he gathers up all of the paint he'll need for the mural, a ladder, a boyfriend, and makes his way over to Vash's cottage. It's going to take him a good while to get it all done (and someone is absolutely going to have to make sure this now-unhealthy-bluish-white-ish idiot does not burn in the fucking sun) but he wants to get the mural done as soon as possible.

See, he has a Plan. Vash loves red geraniums, so the mural will absolutely have a lot of those as a sort of border. The center will either be the cottage or a stylized scene of the farm. There is absolutely going to be a river.

Don't ask for any more details on the plan. He couldn't tell you.]

Comments

[stripartist]

[Yusuke will be found doing One Singular Thing Unless He Is Stopped.

So please, someone stop him from just painting for twelve hours straight without a break?]

[hoshikiri]

[Oh he sees you, ser.

He sees you overworking. Granted, Takame does leave him for a few hours so as to not interrupt but after some time he still has to do the having a braincell thing. Also, Sakuya came along and is just as aware of Yusuke's bad habit. The Eevee is now batting at Yusuke's tails to help.]

Yusuke, is it not time you took a rest?

[stripartist]

[There is no response, save for his tails twitching at Sakuya's batting. Yusuke's Alolan Vulpix sleeps nearby in the shade, because she is smarter than her owner.]

[hoshikiri]

...

[Yeah, that was about expected. Alright... you asked for it. It's time to bring out the Ultima Weapon.

He waited until Yusuke was changing between paints rather than mid-stroke at least but Takame is going to walk up to him AND.

Plop his chin on top of Yusuke's head. And just Not Move.]

Yusuke.

[stripartist]

[And as always, it works like a charm. Yusuke looks up from where he was opening another thing of paint and just. Well, he can't look at Takame but he does tilt his head a little.]

Yes? What is it?

[hoshikiri]

[It beat physically dragging him away from his work. Takame pulled this either way when they were alone it was just multipurpose cute.]

You should rest for now. You haven't eaten in some time.

[stripartist]

I haven't? How long have I been working?

[asipofbride]

general

[ Vash has People over the house so Wolfwood is on his Behavior. he'll be wandering around the farmstead picking crops, tending animals, arguing with said animals, smoking like a chimney, and maybe doing a bit of maintenance on his bike or his gun. he's trying not to be underfoot and it's not that he's SHY about new people it's that he's surly and stoic and not cagey and uncertain how to act when liquor's not involved yet. ]

wolfwood's big titty adventure

[ but eventually it'll be Wolfwood's turn to be a subject of Art, so there he'll be with his shirt unbuttoned and his jacket slung over a very squeaky Fritter, who's now motoring around the cottage floor as the tiniest black ghost in the world. ]

I ain't sat still for a picture in years so I have no idea what you want me to do for a paintin'. [ he's got a cigarette in his mouth and his shirt pushed back off his shoulders, waiting for Yusuke to tell him how he wants him before Vash can start wailing about him putting his shirt back on. ]

[stripartist]

For now, just sit in a way that is most natural to you. If it's wrong, I'll fix you.

[Yusuke has been made to sit in the shade, even if Wolfwood isn't at the moment for better lighting. Apparently going "scarily bluish-white" means "you will now burn faster than bacon". He has a sketchbook and pencils at the ready.]

[asipofbride]

[ Wolfwood's fine in the sun! even if Trigun: Stampede really paled him up because that's apparently what the in-engine color schema decided it was gonna be the greater will of the cosmos still respects that Nicholas D. Wolfwood is Brown, Go Fuck Yourself Funko Pop, so he's just peachy sitting in the sun. the air's not even as dry as a bone here, it's downright breezy.

he sits down and lets his shirt puddle around his hips, taking a moment to get comfortable, legs crossed and one arm at rest on his thigh, the other hand reaching up to catch and fiddle with his bent up cigarette. ]

Can I smoke durin' this or is that a problem?

[stripartist]

[Hmm...]

Not yet. Let me get your general shapes and shading before we add anything that might disrupt that like smoke or whatever. Let me know if you need move, and if I don't respond after the third attempt just move.

[He's learned how he gets, okay.]

[asipofbride]

Fine, fine. [ he's not so far gone that he can't go a couple hours without smoking, especially if he's just... sitting. thinking his thoughts. enjoying the mild sun on his shoulders, settling in to get comfortable and to watch the master artist at work.

he would draw with the other kids at the orphanage sometimes, back in the day, but clearly there's more to portraiture than drawing what you wanted to--shapes and shading, huh. Wolfwood's never thought about himself as shapes before. ]

What kind of shapes make up a person anyhow? [ he doesn't... feel like a bunch of circles, secretly? ]

[stripartist]

It depends on the person. Our heads and joints are circular or oblong, like an oval, at least at the most basic, but torsos have a bit more variety. I lean more towards a rectangular shape but Takame is more triangular.

[That man's waist is tiny.]

And this is of course assuming the artist is going for accuracy and not stylization.

[asipofbride]

[ thinking about people in terms of shapes is... weird. and once he starts it, he's having a hard time stopping it, tracing the rectangle Yusuke professes to be and trying not to wonder if he'd made the mistake of asking what's in the sausage by starting this line of questioning.

Takame has a waist that Wolfwood wishes he had. maybe in another life. a more Maximum life. ]

Do you go for accuracy or style in your art?

gen

[hoshikiri]

[At some point before stopping Yusuke to eat, Takame would be outside as well curiously eyeing the myriad of crops Vash had prepared on the land. He was impressed and relieved that he was on such verdant and fertile land. He had no shortage of food surely.

Something the Eevee on his shoulder noticed too as he passed by some carrots. He chirped at Takame to get his attention. Wolfwood might see the Au Ra while he tries to avoid everyone else because well he's kind of hard to miss being taller than anyone here. Also the scales thing and the hungry Eevee.]

Hm? What is it, Sakuya? [Unbeknownst to Takame but maybe not to Wolfwood, the Eevee was repeating "Can I have a carrot?"]

[asipofbride]

[ there is plenty of food just growing their little hearts out, getting big and beautiful and appropriately leafy with minimal fears of weird crusty bits or overenthusiastic bugs; Wolfwood doesn't really understand it but they don't really have farms back home so maybe that's just how stuff works?

Wolfwood has his back to Takame as he passes by, but he hears the call and response as clear as a bell--which is probably why he doesn't swear much when he calls over his shoulder. ] It's fine, he can have some. We've even got some clean ones in the larder already if you don't wanna be bothered with rinsin' 'em off and trimming roots and stuff.

[ playing the pronoun game babyyy ]

[hoshikiri]

Hm? Ah--

[Nyoom. And there's Sakuya jumping off his shoulder and now running in circles around Wolfwood wondering where the larder is.

Takame was slightly aware that he'd been addressed but is more confused as to why is Eevee is jumping for joy around the local RBF holder.]

He seems... to want something from you? [Said somewhat awkwardly to Wolfwood.

"Carrots! There's carrots, Takame!" Which is all fine and dandy for someone who understood what that meant. So not Takame who only heard the cutest most excited Eevee chirps but nothing else.]

[asipofbride]

[ one minute, Wolfwood is weeding and minding his business kind of and the next he is being pranced around by--whatever kind of animal Squeaker is. he blinks down at the excited little guy, and then looks up at the other voice--looking up at the scaled man looming in the garden, moving carefully to stand so he doesn't step on Sakuya's excited prancing circle.

like Sisyphus and the cat ears, the animal hearing isn't just going away. good to know. ]

Er, actually he wants something from you. He was askin' for carrots, and now he's really excited that there's carrots. [ he's trying not to be too deadpan right now, and trying not to crane his neck up too much. ]

[hoshikiri]

[Well, he won't comment on the cat ears at least but when you're heavily covered in scales you lack the right...

Carrots though... well Sakuya did like them, that much was true but.]

... You're able to understand what he's saying? [Interesting...]

Of course you can have a carrot. [Spoken sweetly to his excited little friend. He held a hand out to his Eevee, wordlessly gesturing for him to climb up Takame's arm to which he gladly did.]

[doubledollar]

[ listen, the first thing Vash is gonna' worry about is Yusuke's health. Him being a shade of blue is NEW and DIFFERENT, and he's so used to these body-changes and curses right now that that he absolutely understands that its just. Something to deal with here.

But what he, a man from a desert with two suns is gonna notice, is the man BURNIN'.

Vash is currently making the most elaborate set up he can right now--and that's to actually set up a pair of umbrellas he'd bought to cover the windows during rainy nights...
...And use some boards and farm tools to set up a sort of shade block for Yusuke while he's painting.

Either help him set them up or something, sheesh.
For yusuke himself, he's definitely gonna get a dozen smiles from Vash at the very least, as the painting grows more in beauty--the shape of his mother slowly growing among the flowers as time goes on. ]

[ and to yusuke himself: ]

--Do you need a drink, or some water or something? You've not really moved in a bit, hey!
Might wanna get up and give your legs a shake.

[stripartist]

[Vash says all of that and...Yusuke does not respond. Or move. He is in the Zone and Vash may have to try again to get his attention.]

[doubledollar]

[ oh god. ]

...Hey.
Heeeeyyyyy.
Yooooo-hooo.
Earth to Yuuuuusuke...
[ he's gonna wave his hands
...wiggle the umbrellas a little
and then slooooowly slide in front of him
half-bent at the middle to try to make eye-contact. ]

[stripartist]

[I mean good news: that worked.

Bad news: it startles Yusuke and he flails, hitting Vash with the paintbrush and splattering him with paint.]

What the--

[doubledollar]

[ Aggah ahagsh, hacgkd--very very normal noises Vash uses as a splatter of red paint smears over him as he'd?? Apparently startled Yusuke so badly that he got punishment: paint sploot for it.

...

He can't help but to laugh. ]

Damn, you were really in the zone, there, huh??

[stripartist]

Ugh, yes. And you disturbed me, and I can only hope I can get back into the zone when whatever it is you needed has been taken care of.

[Give him a moment to be less cranky. He takes a breath.]

...apologies. I don't like being interrupted like that and I snapped.