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Artistic Streak? [Demetrius?]
« Thread Started on Apr 6, 2008, 6:07am »

Ebony sat up straight, breathing hard. Once again, the dreams of darkness surrounding her had come back and she dreaded telling her mother who she knew had already left for work as it was just past 7 on the clock on the wall.

Getting up she dressed in jeans, a white puff-sleeved shirt and her favourite thigh-length cardigan in black, tied with a belt-like affair around her slim waist. The next ten minutes were devoted to her hair - this morning was a bun with chopsticks with the bottom half of her hair left down, small braids coming through it at regular intervals, beads of silver on the ends. She dressed her eyes with equal care: deep blue and purple with the customary black mascara and eyeliner, silver brushed over the whole masterpiece. Taking an apple from the kitchen counter she quickly packed her art supplies and wrapped a white scarf around her neck before leaving the house, slipping the keys into her jeans pocket.

Walking from her house to the park took a good 20 minutes on a normal day but it was so cold that she reached the grassy expanse in just over 10. She chose a park bench covered in frost, brushed it off as best as she could and sat down, pulling out a book, ink, waterbottle and brush. She set to work depicting the scene before her in greyscale using the ink and water out of her bottle out of the bottlecap. From her brush grew a gaunt leafless tree surrounded by empty park benches, the occassional person walking hurriedly through the icy weather, and the shops, most of which were closed.

She shivered a small gust of air brushed past her and she realised to her annoyance that it had begun to rain. She bundled her belongings into her arms and made it to undercover the tree which stood on her page and settled down onto the other bench. She abandoned the painting for the moment, enjoying the smell of rain and the cold weather which, as much as it could be uncomfortable, was more desirable than heat.

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Re: Artistic Streak? [Demetrius?]
« Reply #1 on Apr 17, 2008, 7:43pm »

It was unusually early for Demetrius to find himself awake, but awake he was. Deciding to make the most of those infrequently seen hours he dragged himself from the warmth of his bed and staggered groggily to the head of the stairs, stretching out his arms to full length and unleashing a wise yawn. Hand groping for the banister to aide his descent, he edged down the stairs in search of the kitchen and the caffeine held within.

Mug in hand and suitably awakened, he made back for the bedroom, grabbing some clothes and heading about his morning routine - which with Dmetri was usually more of an afternoon routine - the caffeine now coursing his veins and all hints of tiredness irradicated.

Decked out in his jogging gear with his hair pulled back into a loose ponytail, he grabbed the house keys and a thin hoodie, exiting onto the still quiet street and closed the door behind him, throwing his jacket around his shoulders and pulling the zip right up to his throat. Throwing his keys into a pocket, he hit the play button on his iPod and set off in the direction of the park - the morning run hadn't been done in a while, time always against the student and his car making him increasingly lazy.

Feet pounding the pavement in steady rhythm in time with the music, he turned left from the increasingly noisy street - traffic increasing in volume by the minute as those eager commuters began to trickle towards their workplaces - into the calm of the park, very few people daring to brave the crispness of the morning. A frown of concentration sat upon his face as he made his way to the heart of the green area.

Breathing rather too heavily for the length of run that he'd put in so far, he stopped and rested his hands upon his thighs. Straightening, he walked stiffly over to the bandstand and perched on the edge, inwardly chastising himself for allowing such a slip in his performance. Taking the mp3 player from his pocket, he skipped through a few songs, nothing in particular taking his interest as he was steadily bringing his breathing back under control, settling for some generic melodic rock and leaning back on his hands - beginning to procrastinate, taking his time before restarting anything.

sorry it took so long! i've been totally museless of late...

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Re: Artistic Streak? [Demetrius?]
« Reply #2 on May 10, 2008, 8:02am »

Still staring out across the park Ebony didn't really register the rain coming down steadily harder and harder until she noticed she was soaking now and the ink on the page beside her had run so much it wasn't clear what the picture had even been before. She sighed and put her belongings away as best as possible but stayed seated. After all she was already wet so it wouldn’t make much difference now...

Out of the corner of her eye she could see a young man, most likely nineteen or twenty, running. In the rain? she wondered idly, but guessed it hadn’t been raining when he started. Ebony pulled her legs up to her body and sat, still gazing out absentmindedly into the rain which fell on her cheeks and made her feel even colder. The man had stopped running now, looking tired out and she watched him in mild interest. She wondered vaguely if he was a part of the dramatic college here in London; there weren’t usually that many teens out and about London this early and the only ones she had seen seemed to all be from the college.

To be actually in the dramatic side of the shows, she thought wistfully. Admittedly she had no problems speaking or acting and her piano playing was still up to standard but she couldn’t stand only remembering what she sounded like sometimes. It almost drove her crazy some days and she would lie awake some nights simply remembering what it was like to sing or play the piano and to hear actually sound responding to her delicate touch over the ebony and ivory.

it's ok! sorry it’s not a particularly fantastic reply...

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