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Published: 2008-12-26 07:13:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 1115; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 31
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Description To: Lord Arruk Daleil, in response to his humble request for an escort to the Winter Ball.

From: Lady Eguaine Sanguine, of Sanguine Wineries


Greetings and salutations, my Lord Arruk, and I do hope that you are well. My husband, Lord Wilhelm and I have heard that you were in need of a partner to attend the Winter Ball so graciously hosted by Lady Genesis and yourself, and we believe that we have the perfect solution for you. Our youngest daughter, the petite yet undeniably lovely Genevieve is we believe more than qualified to become your escort. She is a more than capable dancer, and is even (That is, if your Lordship wishes) quite easy to lift, should you like to impress your guests with more complicated dancing maneuvers.

Now, it is a concern of my husbands that you may have, by any chance, heard some of the rather unfortunate rumors circulating Clockwork City concerning my daughter. For instance, that she was until recently, a crew member of the unrefined, and utterly despicable Gimmick. Alas, these rumors are indeed true, but I must mention that she was dreadfully misinformed, and clearly not in her right state of mind. But all is well now, and aside from some rather unsightly burns (Which are not at all visible under the dress we've picked for her), and an unfortunate haircut, both courtesy of some no good rogue who accosted her. We would like to assure you that she is now perfectly well, and certainly happy to be home. And I'm certain that if you were to select my daughter as your escort, she would be more than happy to supply you with all the little secrets and tips she picked up whilst among those junkyard barbarians that Gimmick claims to be her crew.

Again, hoping you are well,
Lady Eguaine Sanguine



"Perfect," her mother said in a chipper voice as she stamped the wax seal upon the envelope. She handed it to one of their many servants. "Have that delivered to Lord Arruk immediately." As the servant girl left the room, her mother turned to look at her. The bright smile she had been wearing turned immediately back into a frown. "Did you loosen your corset?"
"No... And don't you dare tighten it, I can't breath!" Genevieve glared at her from her fixed spot on that accursed stool.
"Its obviously not tight enough, you're still speaking. That's the certain way to lose your chances with him."
"Good, I'll do just that, then."
Her mother glared furiously at her. "You've already brought enough shame to this family, now its time to make up for it! Should Lord Arruk choose you, you WILL go to that ball, and you WILL behave yourself!"
"Whatever you'd like to believe, mother," she muttered, and turned away, thinking contently of the extra bottled explosion she'd managed to grab from Newton's workroom before her utter failure. It was now residing somewhere in the hideous lavender ruffles of the dress she'd been forced into.

In a way, she was sort of hoping she would get chosen.

The night might prove to be an interesting one yet.





I'm alive.

Yep.

Forgive me for the crappy colored pencil job. I'm still quite photoshop-less, so this is all you get.

Done in about four hours total.

Merry fricken Christmas.

-Deficient



For the contest.
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Comments: 29

sephirothx666 [2008-12-29 01:17:45 +0000 UTC]

some drugs should ease the pain

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DeficientAtLife In reply to sephirothx666 [2008-12-29 02:05:21 +0000 UTC]

Good idea.

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sephirothx666 In reply to DeficientAtLife [2008-12-29 02:13:06 +0000 UTC]

i always have thoes

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drigulch [2008-12-28 18:43:55 +0000 UTC]

Young Mistress Genevieve Sanguine seems to steam. Personally i would hope that she shows them all and allows that internal intensity to turn to tricks beyond bending spoons. Surely she has been saving up things that she has seen and perhaps harbors a deep seeded desire to do what Genevieve wants to do in the long term, writing her own letters and counting no one among her betters. i wonder what would happen with the world if this Divine Femme in her finery became the Wicked Witch of the Winery.

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Bilious [2008-12-27 06:33:58 +0000 UTC]

BWAHAHAHA Unruly, unhappy young woman with a grenade in her guarder-belt- a guarantee for a wild party!

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DeficientAtLife In reply to Bilious [2008-12-27 07:19:31 +0000 UTC]

Oh yes, there would have been a lamp shade on Arruk's head within minutes. Hahaha. LOVED your entry, by the way. The night would have been even more interesting if Gen and Newt had both gotten accepted.

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Bilious In reply to DeficientAtLife [2008-12-27 07:47:14 +0000 UTC]

Hahahahaaha esp. if Newt was there in drag XD I have no idea how Gen would have responded!

Thanks so much! I did it for the lulz XD

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DeficientAtLife In reply to Bilious [2008-12-28 02:29:55 +0000 UTC]

Hahahaha, ohh that would have been a fun comic to do.

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nekotali [2008-12-27 02:04:35 +0000 UTC]

I can see you're exploding with comments, but thought I'd add another anyway!
this is excellent in every possible way. I can't wait for more (:
nice work!
x

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DeficientAtLife In reply to nekotali [2008-12-27 06:25:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! I'll be trying to post things more often.

Your gallery is fantastic, by the way.

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SinnerxSaintxCore [2008-12-26 23:39:14 +0000 UTC]

OMAHGAWD

7#15 15 4/\/\421/\/6

....Lawls :3

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DeficientAtLife In reply to SinnerxSaintxCore [2008-12-27 01:36:06 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha, 7#4/\/|<5

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Optimus-Prime-rib [2008-12-26 20:43:20 +0000 UTC]

.....VERY NICE.

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DeficientAtLife In reply to Optimus-Prime-rib [2008-12-26 20:48:43 +0000 UTC]

THANKS, BLACK GUY!

Also! We should get together to practice our moosebutter thing. SOON.

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Optimus-Prime-rib In reply to DeficientAtLife [2008-12-26 20:57:57 +0000 UTC]

SWEET! IM BLACK! But yeah, someday we should get together.

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DeficientAtLife In reply to Optimus-Prime-rib [2008-12-27 01:37:05 +0000 UTC]

NO SHIT SHERLOCK.

And yes, that we should.

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cuteswan [2008-12-26 20:24:38 +0000 UTC]

That's a sweet set-up for the tale, and the back-story sounds like it has lots of goodness in store, too. The picture itself is great, and the marker work gives it a better earlier-age (Elizabethan?) feeling. I love her expression as she pouts and plans, and fantastic work on all the details. (Is the paintbrush a hint that has to do with the artist? ) I even like the way you worked in the nighttime sky over the city. (Of course she's up past midnight, drinking tea so late.)

I suppose it's good that Lady Eguaine was so straightforward with her reply, though I don't know how she expects Genevieve to be such a great dancer in those leg irons.

BTW, Sanguine Wineries? Aren't they the ones who make wine for Klingons?

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DeficientAtLife In reply to cuteswan [2008-12-26 20:45:45 +0000 UTC]

Haha, thank you very much. Actually, there were no markers used apart from the silhoette of the city where I attacked it with sharpie. The lines were done with a micron inking pen, and all of the colors were with colored pencil only. I did a minute amount of editing in microsoft picture manager with the contrast and overall tone, but thats it. Thanks very much!

And yes, yes they are. xD

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Carsis [2008-12-26 19:32:28 +0000 UTC]

Neat !

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DeficientAtLife In reply to Carsis [2008-12-26 20:45:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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crueltyinpoetry [2008-12-26 14:56:27 +0000 UTC]

WICKED AWESOME!

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DeficientAtLife In reply to crueltyinpoetry [2008-12-26 18:00:32 +0000 UTC]

Heh, thank you!

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crueltyinpoetry In reply to DeficientAtLife [2008-12-26 18:41:37 +0000 UTC]

... -_-' forgot to fav it...

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DeficientAtLife In reply to crueltyinpoetry [2008-12-26 20:46:22 +0000 UTC]

lawl

Uh, I mean, how dare you?!

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crueltyinpoetry In reply to DeficientAtLife [2008-12-26 22:06:32 +0000 UTC]

haha faw show! i was ashamed as well.. i must now go cry in a dumpster in the hopes of clensing my unpure soul in filth!

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HeCallsMeHisChild [2008-12-26 07:16:48 +0000 UTC]

It's good! Is there/will there be more to this story?

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DeficientAtLife In reply to HeCallsMeHisChild [2008-12-26 07:17:39 +0000 UTC]

Definitely. In comic form.

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HeCallsMeHisChild In reply to DeficientAtLife [2008-12-26 07:18:18 +0000 UTC]

Sweet!

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DeficientAtLife In reply to HeCallsMeHisChild [2008-12-26 07:21:25 +0000 UTC]

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