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[convents]

[ that's it. a rather detailed drawing of an apple. one man's journal is another man's sketch pad. ]

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[visiongirl]

[She recognizes the style of drawing, if nothing else.]

I guess that's one way to keep busy on the ship until the sun goes down, huh?

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[convents]

[ she recognizes his style, he recognizes her handwriting. ]

Among other things.

[ what better way to get a feel for the people here than to see how they respond to something as simple and non-threatening as a drawing of an apple? method to his madness: scarily, most of the time. ]

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[visiongirl]

Trying to get a feel for people's taste in the fine arts? [At least he's using his time productively. She may in fact be writing this from somewhere on the deck where she's currently sunbathing.

What? It's not like vacation time is something they normally get.]

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[convents]

We can't all work on our tans.

[ not everyone has a daywalking ring — except he did, once, and he destroyed it. good job, angel. ]

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[visiongirl]

I'm multitasking.

[Tanning and writing in the journal at the same time! ]

[undermyfeet]

[The problem with placing things in a public journal like that is that people might feel the need to contribute. After all, if he's going to make it public, he obviously wants other artists - and Alexander uses the term "artist" loosely - to add in their own twist.

Which is why he's going to pick up his own pencil and draw a tiny little gremlin, hiding in the shadow of the apple and waiting to strike.

The narration apologizes, Angel. Profusely.]

[convents]

[ no apologies needed; he's actually amused by this and adds in tiny little footprints detailing the apparent path this gremlin took to get to the apple. ]

[undermyfeet]

[ ... Yes.

If he could see the grin that Alexander was sporting right now, it would be amazing. it's so rare to meet someone who's a good sport about this stuff. He then takes over to the other side of the picture, sketching in a pear with it's own gremlin.

Clearly there was a grand stand off happening.]

[convents]

[ apparently it's a stand off over the right to rest on fine china. he adds in a small plate with a decorative, floral border between the two fruits. ]

[undermyfeet]

[There's a pause as he taps his pencil against the side of the book. There has to be something on the plate, unless the plate is like ... plated in gold or magical or something.

Hmmmm.

He will add a slice of pie to the plate - when all else fails, always go with pie.]

not here

[woundable]

[ he can't take you anywhere!!!! ]

[undermyfeet]

[Shut up, if he didn't take you places you would never have any fun!!!]

[woundable]

[ ...touché!!! ]

[believable]

Not bad. [ that's an understatement, really, but unfortunately wry amusement does not translate to the text all that well. maybe the tiny smile at the corner of angel's page will translate for her. she has absolutely no drawing skills - that would be jeremy's thing. ] Are you self-taught or do you take classes?

[convents]

Self-taught.

[ he has very nice handwriting. very nice. a little too nice, in fact. his handwriting looks more like a stylish font than anything close to how people are taught to move their pencils across the page. ]

[believable]

I like it. [ her own handwriting is nowhere near stylish, but it's legible, at least. she doesn't spend as much time pouring her thoughts into a journal like she once used to, but she checks every day just in case more familiar names pop up - or damon's being an ass again. but the drawing sort of reminded her of - ] My brother was a little bit of both. [ there'd been classes here and there, but jeremy always expressed himself the way he wanted to, whatever he was told. ]

[convents]

Was?

[ leave it to angel to zero in on the use of past tense. ]

/forever apologizing for this asshole

[consumes]

W O W. This apple is insightful. So glad that you've provided it to us all. I now understand the meaning of life.

never apologize ever ♥

[convents]

BOREDOM
    (n.) the state of being weary and restless through lack of interest

DOODLE
    (n.) an aimless or casual scribble, design, or sketch

[consumes]

So are you so boring that you've memorized a dictionary or is sketching apples while you read from one your form of entertainment? Feeling any less bored now?

[convents]

It's called an eidetic memory, and no. Little sketchy on you — pardon the pun — but no less bored with this boat on the high seas to nowhere.

[wemadeit]

HEY!!

holy cow that is like wow amazing!
how did you learn to draw so good? it looks so real!

[convents]

Lots and lots of practice.

[ centuries of it. ]

[wemadeit]

[sadly centuries is not something helen has. more like five years. more if she's lucky.]

did you study art at college or something?

[convents]

I never went to college.

[ to busy being dead and rampaging across europe. ]