Open Post of Trendwhoring - 2

[angstingpainter]

*is putting the finishing touches on a rather respectable, if small and rough, painting of Rachel. His usual pile of charcoal and paper and such lays at his feet. Finally, the painting is finished to something like his satisfaction, and he sits back, definitely available for people to comment, talk, and as usual request portraits themselves*

Comments

[visiblemystery]

*rather more quietly than is usually to be expected, stands watching for a moment* Interesting. I don't believe I've seen the subject before.

[angstingpainter]

*jumps slightly, as did not notice him* Her name is Rachel. We spoke briefly a few evenings ago, and I felt I needed to make something coherent of the sketches I took down.

[visiblemystery]

*stealth!Henry--!* *cocks his head to one side, examining it* Don't sell yourself short, my dear fellow, it's better than simply "coherent."

[angstingpainter]

*waves a sheet covered in doodles, blobs of colour thrown around in no apparent pattern* The idea was to improve upon these, which are not coherent through any stretch of the word. I had an admirable subject, at any rate.

[visiblemystery]

In that case, it's a success. Though chaos has got its charm.

[angstingpainter]

I suppose in small doses it must. When spread across several dozens of papers, however, it does make one long for a bit of order.

[visiblemystery]

Is that the aim of the artist, then? Organization? *laughs* Don't tell anyone else. They'll be terribly disappointed.

[angstingpainter]

If that is how you would like to see it. I will be most considerate of others, then. *finds a clean paper somewhere and goes right back to doodling*

[visiblemystery]

*and watches a moment in silence (quiet today, it seems, how odd)*

. . . Nothing is certainly interesting.

[angstingpainter]

*smiles* I remember hearing that you had spoken.

[visiblemystery]

Yes. Does he normally threaten people with death upon meeting them, or is that an honor reserved for myself? *clearly more amused than anything*

[angstingpainter]

I would not know. Are you accustomed to being threatened upon making new acquaintances? *will just be amused, too, because we're talking about Nothing and that is happy*

[visiblemystery]

Oh, very seldom. Death threats are generally the domain of third cousins one hasn't seen in years, and had no desire to.