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miss-tc-nova · 3 years

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Different This Year - Brain & Chirithy

I know this is like 2 months late, but I finally got the green light to post my “Hearts for the Holidays” zine piece! So tada!

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Perched atop slippery shingles sits a silver spirit watching over the gaggle of youth enjoying a rare moment of peace—well, almost peace. No blissful silence is had with all their hoots and hollers; there is calm in Daybreak Town, but by no means are the Union leaders taking it easy.

Today’s almost as sunny as a summer day but, unlike the warm season, it’s frigid outside. The days before brought clouds and the clouds brought the signature of winter: snow. It’s finally let up enough to allow wielders to awe at the beauty. Heaps and heaps of glittering powder blankets the world, hiding away the impurities of the town under the veil of a winter wonderland. Everyone is out and about enjoying this chilly setting: shopping, meeting up with friends, and getting into all sorts of shenanigans in the snowfall. The eager leaders are participating in that last one.

Ephemer, Skuld, Ven, Brain, and Lauriam had ventured out of the clock tower, dragging a random assortment of objects behind them. Only after following their key bearer did this hat-wearing Chirithy discover that the troop was going sledding. It’s not that Chirithy didn’t know what sledding was, but this is the first time Brain has had any friends to go with.

So now, the dream eater watches on as the youthful humans run up the slope and fly back down, hopefully without crashing into each other—though that one run where Skuld mowed down Ventus was pretty funny. Most importantly, Brain is smiling and genuinely enjoying himself.

Apprehension leaps into the feline’s chest when Lauriam points right at them, revealing their presence to their wielder. The Chirithy wasn’t exactly hiding, but they weren’t expecting to be called out either.

Brain waves a hand over his head. “Hey Chi-chi!” A second gesture beckons the spirit to join him.

The thing about Brain is that he only recently began to treat his guide as an ally rather than a possession. Being chosen as a Union leader has so far proven a great benefit for the young man in teaching him about friendship. This new desire to buddy-up to Chirithy has flustered his little prickly pal though.

Nervous, Chi-chi poofs, appearing beside the key bearer in another cloud.

“What’s with all the spying, partner?”

“I wasn’t spying,” the cat protests.

That smirk makes the spirit suspicious. “Sure sure. If you wanted to join, all you had to do was ask.”

“Join?”

“Yep.” A few steps away, the man plops down into a plastic toboggan and extends an arm to his companion. “Let’s go.”

Little arms fold with a huff. “No.”

“Don’t be a stick in the mud, Chi-chi. Come on.” There’s hesitation and this time, Brain is almost chastising when he calls, “Chi-chi.”

“Alright! Fine!” The grump of a feline totters towards the wielder. Before they can sit down, their hat suddenly goes missing. “Hey!”

Lauriam smiles down at them. “You don’t want it getting run over and ruined, do you?”

Reluctantly, Chi-chi lets it go and carefully climbs into the sled.

With a clear smile in his voice, Brain asks, “Ready?”

From the rooftops, this hill doesn’t seem all that significant. However, from the top of the hill, sitting in a flimsy piece of plastic, as a very short creature, this is starting to seem like a bad idea.

“Not really,” comes the timid answer.

“Don’t worry, buddy. I’ve got ya.”

Each lurch forward has little paws clinging tighter and tighter to the legs on either side of them. The tiny heart thumping in their chest might just burst.

“W-Wait!”

And then the sled reaches the point of no return.

Wind whips at the riders as the snowy terrain flies by. Every bump brings with it the fear of crashing which is only exaggerated by the feeling that this ride will never end. A scream follows them all the way to the bottom, even after the sled creaks to a stop in the snow.

“Chi-chi. Chi-chi stop screaming. It’s over.” Jaws snap close and Brain laughs. “See, it wasn’t that bad.”

Getting over the adrenaline rush, Chi-chi peers up at the young man. Granite eyes gleam like the snow in the sunlight while he wears that smile just for his little guide. They had never celebrated anything before, but if Chi-chi had one wish, this was it: enjoying time with Brain. Folded ears suddenly find it easy to fight off the cold as warm euphoria spreads through the little creature.

“Can we go again?”

“Haha, you sure?” They give an enthusiastic nod. “Alright, but we gotta get back to the top of the hill,” he says, using his glove to ruffle some fur.

On their trek back up, they hear a cheer.

“WAAAAAHOOOOOOOO!”

Speeding down the hill is Ventus, his own spirit flailing their arms in excitement. Brain and Chi-chi wave as they pass and pause to watch their race to the bottom.

Brain treats his buddy to another couple rides in the toboggan but by the fourth go, he needs a break from hiking uphill. Chi-chi resorted to popping back up at the top after their second trip, so they can’t really blame the wielder for catching a breather. Still, just standing beside their human and watching the others, especially the other Chirithy, enjoy themselves makes them self-conscious.

“Hey.” They glance over to see a Chirithy with a crown of leafy holly berries, Lauriam’s Chirithy.

“Uh, hi,” is the uncertain reply.

“Do you wanna build a snowman with me?” they ask sweetly.

Chi-chi isn’t exactly sure how to respond, but comes off a bit snippier than intended. “No.” In a scramble to backtrack the rude response, they tack on, “I…I don’t know how to build a snowman.”

This flowery Chirithy gives a giggle. “That’s okay. I’ll show you.”

Without waiting for an answer, Lauriam’s Chirithy takes Chi-chi by the paw, and pulls them away. The captive glances back at Brain who’s in the middle of a conversation with Lauriam. Surely he’ll come get Chi-chi when he’s ready for another run so there should be no harm in learning to build a snowman.

The two wander just a little away and, as the flower cat is showing Chi-chi where to start, another pair of Chirithy—belonging to Skuld and Ephemer—approach to join in on the project. So the four felines get to working on what ends up being snow Chirithy and Chi-chi, even while simply mimicking what the others are doing, is actually enjoying themself.

Flower Chirithy waddles closer, placing their sphere on top of Chi-chi’s just as the Chirithy with star earrings pushes their snowball closer.

“I like your crown,” they say to Flower Chirithy.

“Thank you. I love making them with flowers, but Lauriam and I make these ones every year with his sister.”

“Really? Skuld and I like to make smores in the fireplace when it gets cold out.”

The second-tier orb settles on the other base while Scarf Chirithy peeks around. “Me and Ephemer usually build a blanket fort and drink hot chocolate.”

Flower Chirithy looks to Chi-chi. “Do you and Brain have any traditions?”

Shrinking internally, the cat in question lets their gaze drop to the blank snowman that suddenly feels like kin. “No. We’ve never celebrated anything together.”

The trio just stares for a moment.

“Never?”

The scarf Chirithy prods where they probably shouldn’t. “Why not?”

Bitter cold sinks in just how different Chi-chi’s relationship with Brain is compared to others. The answer comes out barely above a whisper, “Because we aren’t friends.”

Before Chi-chi can soak in the reality that the only person who should be their friend isn’t, Star Chirithy bluntly declares, “Well that’s just not true.” Chi-chi looks to them with no valid response. “You two looked like you were having so much fun.”

“That’s right!” adds Flower Chirithy. “Brain was talking about leaving just before you got here.”

“Really?” Brain seemed like he was having plenty of fun before he called Chi-chi out for spying.

The hopeful, floral Chirithy nods. “Yeah. He was telling Lauriam he was gonna head back to the tower until we told him you were watching.” They rest a paw on Chi-chi’s arm. “He stayed for you.”

“You really think so?” they say, almost daring to not let themself hope.

“Absolutely! Even if you weren’t friends to start with, you’re definitely friends now. And it’s never too late to start traditions with friends.”

There’s hardly any time to process the information when a voice calls out. “Chi-chi!” Brain is waving the cat closer. “You ready to go again?”

Elated, spurred by the information the others had given them, the Chirithy runs to him. “Yes!”

“Looks like we’ll have to wait for the toboggan unless you want to try a different one.”

They glance around, spotting the large, black object. Climbing into the center of the giant donut full of air, Chi-chi asks, “What’s this one?”

“That’s an inner tube. Is that the one you wanna try next?”

“If you’ll go with me.”

“Of course, I will.”

“Count us in.” The pair look back to find Ephemer and his companion coming closer.

“Even better,” agrees Brain. The two humans lay across the opening in the center, holding onto their respective dream eaters. “Yo, Lauriam, give us a push.”

Blue eyes roll but he stalks closer. “Everyone ready?”

They all confirm and the tube inches closer to the “point of no return” but not quite straight forward, instead going down at an angle.

Again, adrenaline rises and cheers fill the air. The inner tube provides a smoother ride but with little control, spinning the riders as they go—it’s a new twist on the fun. That proves true until they get about halfway down the slope.

“Uh oh!” Ephemer shouts.

Brain exclaims, “Oh crap!”

Oh crap indeed. At the bottom of the hill, Ven and his Chirithy have been piling snow. Well, now the speeding donut is heading straight for that mound.

“VEEEEEEEN!” everyone yells.

There’s just enough time for the young blonde to snatch up Chirithy and dive out of the way before the tube hits the jump. All four passengers are sent airborne. For a solid second, there is no up or down and there’s certainly no inner tube. In the next second though, there is definitely a down for Chi-chi lands upside down in the snowdrift.

Shock reigns for a moment until a hand pulls Chi-chi out of the bank by the back of their cape.

“You alright, partner?” Brain asks in concern.

The Chirithy stares at the keyblade wielder who stares back, both ridiculously disheveled and coated in frost. Then, unprompted, the two begin to laugh. Pretty soon, all four toppled riders are laughing, half-buried in powder. Disaster or not, this is the most fun Chi-chi has ever had and it’s made all the better sharing it with Brain.

“Are you guys okay?!” Ventus hollers, rushing towards them. He too hits the snow when a snowball explodes in his face.

“Oi! You! What do you think you’re doing building a ramp?!” Brain scolds, digging his way free.

Ven pops back up. “That was for me to use the snowboard on! That’s why I built it over here!”

Everyone falls silent. In the distance, as in the top of the hill, a cackling can be heard.

“LAURIAM!” the boys shout.

Back up the hill they climb where they spot the mischief maker. The instant he lays eyes on his victims, he nearly doubles over laughing, relying on a sheepish Skuld to remain standing.

“Alright, you jerk!” Brain hurls a handful of snow at his friend where it splatters across the guy’s back. The other boys join in chucking snowballs at the offender.

Eventually the antics settle down and more trips up and down the hill are taken. Time spent with their friends and Chirithy is well enjoyed by the leaders, but one by one, they stop going down the slope. Finally, the last to call it quits is Ven.

“You made it!” his Chirithy cheers at the top.

“Give me a break,” he pants, dropping the snowboard. “Not all of us can poof to the top.”

Skuld calls out, “You finally worn out yet?”

“Yeah. I think I’m done.”

Lauriam adds, “It’s about time. It’s getting cold.”

Ephemer chuckles. “Let’s head back. I’m pretty sure we have hot chocolate back at the tower.”

His Chirithy bounces beside him. “Can we build a fort?!”

The boy laughs while Skuld’s Chirithy tugs at her sleeve. “And smores?”

“We’ll have to see what we have in the kitchen,” she answers happily.

The gang collects their belongings and starts the journey back to the clock tower, but Chi-chi pauses with some uncertainties. This feels like another moment not to intrude on.

Brain looks back. “What are you doin’, Chi-chi? Let’s go before you catch a cold.”

This time of the year has always proven important to the key kids because of the holidays and, depending on their relationship with their wielder, many Chirithy get to celebrate too. Chi-chi was not one of that privileged group. Brain barely celebrated anything on his own and his Chirithy was unimportant to him until recently. But this year was looking to be different—for both of them.

Absolute joy fills their chest to the point they could just pop—but that would be out of character. Even if the man can see right through the façade, Chi-chi is not about to let on just how giddy they are.

With a huff, Chi-chi toddles after him. “I don’t think Chirithy can get colds,” they say matter-of-factly.

“Yeah, yeah,” Brain laughs, dropping a familiar hat over the dream eater’s ears. “Whatever you say, partner.”

#hearts for the holidays #zine feat nova #kh zine #chirithy #brain #kh brain

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skymoonandstardust · 7 years

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A Perfect Arrangement

Peter Parker x reader

Word count: 3.6 K (ok, so apparently this ran away with me because this is one of the longest things I’ve ever written)

Prompt: Having come of age, your mother, (with some help from her advisors) has arranged a marriage for you, to the prince of the neighboring kingdom

An: Here it is finally, the long awaited royal au with Peter! Sorry about that stall guys. I’ve been sick and had absolutely no energy or will to type this out once I wrote it plus I scrapped it and stared from scratch three times and my schedule’s been crazy lately. Anyway—here it is and I hope you think it was worth the wait haha

R/N= Random name

“Remind me again how you convinced me to sneak you out?” M.J said pausing in the middle of an archway leading between two gardens and looking back over her shoulder at you

Taking your eyes of the bed of tiger lilies in full bloom you’d been admiring you looked back at her and answered “Because, I’ve been in this palace for two days without really doing anything and I’m going stir crazy.”

“Oh yeah.” she drawled before shrugging “Seems good enough to me.”

Michelle started walking off again and you followed behind her “Plus, I meet the prince today---- you know, the prince I’m supposed to marry in a month or two, the one I’ve never even seen before --- and I need a distraction.”

“Yeah, I’m not feeling that last one as much. But whatever—sneaking the betrothed princess of the prince out of the palace seems like fun.”

“I’m glad you think so.”

M.J stopped suddenly in front of a wooden door (one of many you’d passed.) Making you almost run into her “This is it.”

“Thanks.” You said.”

“Don’t mention it.” There was a beat of silence then “Seriously, don’t mention it to anybody. I could get in trouble. And remember—straight down the path then take the second right. It’s a straight shot to the town from there.”

“I’ll remember.” you assured her, taking a step towards the door.

“Good. Cause if you get lost I’m not coming out to find you.” With that Michelle turned and walked away leaving you standing there stunned for a minute before you finally turned and opened the door.

After closing it behind you, you didn’t hesitate to start down the tiny dirt path—repeating M.J’s instructions over and over again in your head like a mantra. The little track soon widened into something that could possibly be called a road, with one or two people passing you from time to time and when that changed to a cobblestone paved way with more people on it you knew you had to be nearing the town.

You were right.

Only three minutes later you saw the town’s gate looming overhead while the protective wall stretched left and right as far as you could see.

The guards at the gate took one look and waved you through-- and you found yourself in the crowded streets, practically fighting to get even a step forward. It wasn’t anything you weren’t used to. In your home, the capital of your kingdom, you’d managed to sneak out to the city a few times and it was exactly like this. It was something you were learning, that cities behaved the same no matter where you were.

You wondered on, drinking in the sights and sounds and smells everywhere—enjoying every bit of it because you knew this freedom would be short lived.

You had no idea how close you would be to being short lived yourself.

Drawn along with the crowd you wondered into a market place and shuffled from stall to stall, lingering at each one for a while to see everything they had to sell. You were hovering over one piled high with jewelry and when you spotted a gorgeous ruby necklace near the bottom of the heap you couldn’t resist the urge to try it on. Once the stall owner had helped you clasp it around your neck and handed you a small hand mirror you glanced in it. . .and after being sidetracked by the piece of jewelry and how it looked you noticed something in the background that grabbed your attention.

Or well. . .someone.

It was a boy half obscured by the stall he was obviously trying to hide behind to keep you from noticing him. You could see a wild unruly mass of gorgeous brown curls over an adorable face made even more so by the expression of pure awe on it. You had to bite back a smile at the wide dark brown eyes and red lips slightly parted in shock as he stared unabashedly at you—clearly too caught up to even think of trying to make his gaze less obvious.

Looking away with slightly red cheeks and putting the mirror down you thanked the stall owner and gave him back the necklace. As you moved on to the next one you tried to get the staring boy out of your head but he wouldn’t leave or stay away.

When you were looking over the wide array of apples two stalls later you glanced behind out of curiosity—to see the boy again.

This time he was standing in front of a stall loaded down with different breads and pastries, pretending to be looking them over except his head quickly whipped around when he noticed you looking his way—and you saw the red blush dusting his cheeks as he did.

That was all the evidence you needed.

Saying goodbye to the stall keeper you turned and walked over to the baked goods booth, the inviting scent of fresh bread already making your mouth water.

When you were halfway there the boy peeked over again and a look of panic flashed across his face when he saw you coming. You just had time to see the blush invade his cheeks again before he turned back and feigned studying the rye loaf in his hands as you stopped right beside him and greeted the man behind the counter.

Reaching down you picked up a random loaf of bread and looked it over once while the boy beside you studiously ignored you. Without taking your eyes off the still warm and heavenly smelling delicacy in your hands you spoke “Is it good?”

“W-what?”

You looked up into the boy’s face and asked again “Is it good—the bread?”

“I—uh- I don’t know, I’ve never been here before.” He answered shyly, barely keeping eye contact with you for a minute before looking away again.

You smiled at him “I haven’t either, it’s my first day here.”

“From the palace?” he asked, for the first time not stuttering.

For a second you were confused then you remembered the servant dress M.J had ‘borrowed’ for you to wear and glanced down at it reflexively before looking up to meet his eyes again “Yeah, it’s where I work. I just came in with the princess’s routine two days ago.”

“Yeah, the princess. I heard something about her arriving. . .” He said, his voice trailing off. There was something, some emotion showing in his eyes and just slightly coloring his voice but you couldn’t pin it down so you just filed it away and pretended not to notice.

“What’s she like, the princess?” He asked

“She’s nice. . .at least from what I’ve seen and heard, I haven’t been around her much.” You lied smoothly wondering for a second why he asked before getting distracted when you realized you hadn’t introduced yourself or gotten his name yet “I’m R/N by the way.” You said, picking the first name that popped into your head (you couldn’t exactly tell him your real name, that would give everything way.)

The blush was back and this time it was pared with a heart stopping little grin “It’s nice to meet you R/N, I-I’m Ben.”

Ben. Probably named after the old king who’d died a year or two ago. It was a popular name, or at least had been at one point and you wouldn’t be surprised if you heard that more than half the boys in the entire kingdom were named Ben.

It was your turn to blush and smile “Nice to meet you, Ben” just then the stall owner cleared his throat jolting both of you out of the daze you’d been in. “Are either of you going to buy anything?”

“Y-yeah. Here.” Ben said quickly, pulling out some coins and handing then over to him. The owner studied them for a second before nodding once and stowing them in the depths of his pocket. “Thank you, pleasure doing business with you.”

In the lull this gave you, you realized you should probably leave. . . much as you wanted to stay. You still had plenty of time before you needed to go back to the palace but as nice and sweet as Ben was you couldn’t talk for too long without risking leading questions or possibly letting something slip that could reveal who you were. So when he turned to face you, smile on his face and bread clutched in his hand you spoke up.

“Sorry, but I should probably go.” You said taking two steps back but hesitating to leave.

“Yeah. . . I probably should too.” Ben said, sounding as sad as you felt

“But I hope I see you again sometime.” You added, taking another step back

“Me too.” His voice was slightly breathy as he nearly murmured the words—but you still heard, and flashed him one more smile before saying “I’ll see you soon.” And walking off.

Between the noise of the people all around you and the distance you almost didn’t catch the “See you soon!” He called after you.

You slowly started heading away from the market, following the flow of the crowd again and hoping it would lead you back to the gates and the road to the palace.

Out of nowhere a hand closed around your mouth while another wrapped around you in an iron grip and yanked you back before you even knew what was happening.

You caught up quickly though and had to keep from rolling your eyes and restrain the laugh that threatened to bubble up in you at the cliché. You were being pulled into an alley by a mugger, real original.

He forced you to stumble a little further down the tiny path and stopped once the street was out of view—no one was going to see either of you there unless they walked right by and the echoes would tell you someone was coming before you saw each other.

The hand holding you still was traded for the feeling of a cool knife blade at your throat. “Hand over all your money and you don’t have to get hurt.” The threat was murmured into your ear and you could feel his breath ghosting past your ear and tickling your neck.

“I disagree because---” In the middle of your sentence while he wasn’t expecting it you lashed out--- starting by chomping down on the hand covering your mouth as hard as you could. The man yelped, dropping the knife and you twisted out of his grip and brought your knee up hard into his groin. He doubled over in pain with a groan and you got a straight shot to his head which you took, picking up a nearby spoke from a half of a broken wagon wheel someone had left discarded and bringing it down on his skull with a thunk. Your attacker crumpled to the ground and you stood above him for a minute, improvised weapon at the ready until you were sure he was out cold.

Dropping the weapon, you scanned the alley for a rope—or anything you could use to tie him up as the wood clattered to the cobblestones.

Before you could spot anything useable a dark hooded figure swung down from a roof on some kind of strand looking white rope and had the man trapped against the wall in a second with the same weird white substance (you could have sworn the shape was almost a web)

“Ha—the mugger just got mugged!” the voice was surprisingly young (he couldn’t be much older then you) and happy. He turned—as though just remembering you were there and practically gushed “That was awesome—you’re awesome! Where—how’d you learn to fight like that?”

Completely ignoring what he’d said you asked “What about you?! where’d you get your powers? What’s with the web stuff?” realizing a second too late how rude that sounded you back tracked “Sorry-- I meant thanks for helping me. I’m R/N.” You gave him the same name you gave Ben earlier, the name rolling off your tongue a little easier now.

You could hear the smile in his voice as he said “Nice to meet you, R/N.--- and these powers, they were an accident. I’m just trying to make the most of it, help people.”

“Seems like you’re succeeding” you said looking over to the mugger still unconscious and webbed to the wall.

“No offense but, who are you if you can tell me?”

You saw his shoulders shrug “People call me the spider, cause of the webs and everything.”

“That’s cool but I kind of meant your name.”

“O-oh yeah, r-right.” He stuttered and you bet that if you could see under the hood in that moment his cheeks would be red with embarrassment. There was a second’s silence before he said “Sorry, I can’t tell you that.”

“Right, of course. I figured. . . sorry I asked.”

“N-no, it’s fine—you’re fine.” He assured you quickly “I just don’t want to put anyone in danger.”

“No, I understand. That makes sense” You said before clearing your throat and changing the topic after casting another glance at your would be mugger “Anyway—I’ve got no idea why he targeted me but I’m just glad he can’t hurt anyone else today.”

“The guards should be coming by on patrol in ten minutes. They’ll find him, put him in jail and he won’t be hurting anyone for a good long while. As for why he came after you—it was probably your clothes.”

“What?” You asked turning to face him again

“The—the palace crest.” Spider said, gesturing to your dress.

You looked down to see the little crest embroidered on the pockets as Spider kept speaking “He probably saw them and figured you were a palace servant coming to town on a day off to spend their new wages—thought he’d be able to get a lot of money off you.”

“You are a palace servant, right?” he added making you whip your head up to look at him.

“Yeah, why?”

He shrugged again “No reason, just curious”

“In fact I should be heading back right now.” You said noticing how late it was getting and backing up a step or two “Thanks again for the help, it was a nice meeting you and I hope I see you again.”

With that you turned and walked off only pausing for a second to smile when he called out after you “Me too!”

He watched until you disappeared out of sight around the corner then shot a web out to the roof of the building above him. Launching himself up he landed quietly and set off across the rooftops—another hour at the most, then he had to head back to the place. He couldn’t be late for that meeting with the princess.

You followed the same track back to the wooden door and it was a slight surprise when you walked through to find Michelle waiting.

“Soo, what happened.” She asked, her emotionless face and flat voice making M.J seem completely uninterested— but just by being there and asking that question she showed that she was so, you answered her as you set off back across the garden and Michelle fell into step beside you.

“I went to the market, and got stared at by a boy. . . .he was too shy to talk to me so I went up and talked to him.”

The two of you passed under the arch again as M.J laughed and her lips split in a rare smile “I would’ve loved to see his face when he saw you coming.”

“It was hilarious.” You assured her, flashing a smile back “And after that I was on my way back when I got attacked by a mugger. I beat him up right before the Spider came and webbed him up for me.”

“So you’ve met him huh? I haven’t—but I know a lot of people inside and outside of the palace who have. There’s some new story about him every day.”

“So he’s been around for a while—webbing up muggers and saving people?”

M.J paused, her hand hovering over the handle of the wooden garden door she had been about to open “No, Not really. Only for about two months.”

She turned the knob and stepped through, holding it open for you ‘Wow” You said before stepping after her “That short a time?”

“Yep.” Michelle answered, popping the P as she let the door go to fall closed with a slam.

“Any way we’ve got more important things to focus on right now like how we’re gonna get you up to your room without being spotted or found out.”

You smiled “Easy--- you say that the princess asked for an early supper and when it’s prepped we just bring it up to my room. You go back down and say that her highness asked for me to stay in case she needed anything for the rest of the evening and when the guards change no one will know. The old ones’ll just assume I left during the next watch and the ones who take their place won’t know anything about a servant girl in the first place.”

M.J blinked and studied you for a minute as though she was seeking you for the first time before her face broke into another rare smile (two in one day—that must be a record) “That’s one devious mind you’ve got there—I like it”

You smiled back at her “Thank you-- I have my moments.”

As the two of you got to the kitchen you put the plan in place, M.J taking the lead and doing most of the talking—and it went off without a hitch. Almost in the blink of an eye you found yourself approaching the wide elegant double doors of your temporary room, following behind M.J, your arms loaded with dishes.

Michelle stopped in front of the guards and said “An early dinner for her highness.”

The one on the right leered at you “Why do there need to be two of you?”

In answer you held out your full arms “Does it look like only one of us could carry all of this—it couldn’t even fit on a tray.”

He grunted in response and --clearly grudgingly ---opened the door for the two of you while his friend did the same.

As soon as you were inside and far enough away from the doors that the guards couldn’t hear M.J set the dishes down on the table with a clatter “There you are your highness—out, and back again safe and sound in your room.”

“Yeah, at least for an hour or so. . . then the servants will descend, dress me like a doll, and drag me off to meet my future husband.” You let out a sigh as you plopped down into a chair. “Anyway, thanks M.J – you’re a life saver and I owe you.”

“No problem—it was fun and you don’t owe me anything. I love breaking rules and helping an act of rebellion . Anytime you want to sneak out again let me know, I’ll help you and cover for you.”

“I will.”

“Good. I’ll see you later, your highness.” She drew out the last word, making it long and mocking and dipped into a curtsey that seemed designed to be more of an offence then a sign of respect. With that Michelle turned and walked to the doors, the guards opening and closing them again.

Finally alone you sat down to eat your dinner figuring that you wouldn’t be able to eat again till later.

As predicted you had an hour of peace before the doors opened again and a gang of women entered the room and the petting began.

They picked out your dress and had you stand dumbly as they tied you up in it. One dragged you to sit in front of a mirror and began the process of styling your hair. When it was halfway done and there was a lull another one stepped forward to do your makeup which felt thick and strange on your face.

Just after she put the finishing touch on your lips the last lady came back again to finish up your hair – and after a half hour of sitting still for that you were more than done with the whole process, but your jewelry still had to be picked out.

So your box was rifled, every piece you owned pulled out, fawned over, commented on and considered before it was finally all done. They slipped rings on your fingers, wrapped bracelets around your wrists and after you dipped your head down so a maid could clasp a necklace in place you were ready. Walking out at the head of the procession you made your way to the throne room where you knew the queen and prince would be waiting.

As you approached the double doors another set of guards opened them and you passed through without breaking stride—walking up the long wide room to the far end where you could just make out the thrones and the figures sitting on them.

When you got close enough to see clearly it took all your will power not to gasp or gawk once you locked eyes with the prince—and not because you fell in love with him at first sight or were stunned by how handsome he was but because the wild brown curls and chocolate eyes that tired hard to hide the shock in them as they stared at you belonged to Ben—your market place admirer. Because apparently his name wasn’t Ben, but Peter—and he was the prince you were supposed to marry.

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Development, Process, Collaboration

(This is our entire Facebook chat group, which shows our process of thought and elimination).

Hey gals! Alrighty, we need to get this project underway! Let's all post our ideas on here and we can throughout the week decide on an idea we really like? MarleenaYeah that sounds like a good idea i will get back to u guys with an idea tomorrowMAR 31ST, 11:20AMMarleenaOkay, so there's a work in week 4's powerpoints (topic: responsibility) called "Rythm 0" by Marina Abramovic. Basically, Abramovic lay out a bunch of props and allowed museum goers to manipulate her body, with or without the props, for six hours. Yoko Ono did a reinterpretation of the idea, but allowed the audience to take turns snipping pieces of cloth from her clothes.MarleenaI think it'd be really interesting to take these ideas and spin them in a more positive and constructive way. (The Rythm 0 artwork ended pretty "violently" - someone used the provided loaded gun to position it against her forehead, and then there was a fight in the audience to make them stop etc)ImmiYes will have a look into this later today !MAR 31ST, 1:19PMYes I really liked that one, I checked it out on YouTube!I'm down for thisMaybe we can even do an installation type thing and record itSo many ideas! Where do you live Marlena?*marleenaI'm thinking we should all get together sometime before class next week if we can, if not we can prepare it all over here MarleenaI live near liverpool, western suburbs Im still trying to brainstorm ideas on how we could reinterpret the work tho Hmm okay that's like a 55 minute drive MarleenaLOL we can try meet up at uniI reckon if we all agree on this artwork, let's each brainstorm ideas on any sort of way in which we could reinterpret it, then just post ideas here. Maybe on Sunday we can try and decide on what we like best?Yeah I think so hahahMarleenaokay lets do that, sunday we'll make a decision on what idea to pursue Im not too familar with "time-based work" sooo gotta do some researchMAR 31ST, 6:09PMImmiAPR 1ST, 9:37PMHaha all good!APR 1ST, 11:19PMHere are some very rudimentary ideas so far!Oh I just had an idea, we could go up to randoms on campus and out in the city and get them to write one word and hold it in front of them and we can film them holding it up. We can get them to write down whatever; what they think life is, beauty is, what is real, what dreams are, what they are labelled, whatever you want!Just an idea APR 2ND, 9:31AMMarleenahey just finished reading your ideas! looking good so far i think right now though the ideas as they are dont really link to responsibility clearly or are resolved enoughim looking at some of the stuff u written and trying to think of ways to push them furtheri think the idea of taking something that is meant to shed light on the negative parts of being human, and flipping it to show positivity is something really interesting relating to responsibilityi think that idea of asking people a personal question, like what life is etc, that u suggested touches on that and has potential reminds me of that artist who let people write on a wall what they want to do before they diesorry if the stuff im saying sounds kinda disjointed or weird, cos i just woke up and im just writing what i think as it goes in my head hahaMarleenaan idea i had about transforming marina's work, is maybe laying out a table of items like she did but including "caring" items instead, like bandaids and spa stuff and chocolates. we can put out a chair and a camera, and people are allowed to use the stuff as long as they sit in the chairMarleenahey about that idea with recording people's smiles, itd be kinda cool to expand it and do it about human's relationship with others, not just smiling but hugging talking and high fiving etc. itd be interesting how it relates to physicality, and itd probs contrast really well with the marina workImmiHey guys! Soz for being a little MIA I was going to have a good look this morning and see if I can workshop some of the ideas we've got too so I'll let ya know :)) awesome job so far teamMarleenano worries ive been supa swamped with stuff too hahaAPR 2ND, 11:22AMImmiok so i was having a look at some of the work in the lecture slides from the documentation and editing week and this work i thought was pretty interesting-- we could have a wall where we get people to collaborate by writing ideas or or drawings on like sticky notes or scrap paper and then organise them on a wall and then the time based aspect could be a sped up video of people writing and adding to the wall? http://monumenttotransformation.org/atlas-of-transformation/html/c/crisis-of-capitalism/crisis-of-capitalism-ayreen-anastas-rene-gabri.htmlCrisis of Capitalism | Ayreen Anastas, René GabriCrisis of Capitalism | Ayreen Anastas, René Gabrimonumenttotransformation.orgImmicould be like a question related to stuff going on in the world and how they would fix it? or invent something? and get people to draw sketches or write ideas?i don't know just thinking :))APR 2ND, 6:19PMMarleenai think thats an interesting take on documentation... like, it relates to the idea of a kinda "communal" documentation?its pretty interesting to create a public forum for documentation, kinda like designated grafitti walls or online forumsImmiYeah nice!APR 2ND, 7:58PMMarleenahi everyone, dunno bout u guys but im still kinda conflicted about this assignment hahai think all the major ideas we came up with so far have been pretty interesting and im having trouble deciding which one i like the mostwhat are your opinions on this assignment?? is there anything u guys r super keen on so far?or anything u rly wanna do?for me, i definitely wanna do something that's hyper creative and outside the box - for this assignment im a little afraid of doing something thats been done or reminds me of a facebook or youtube vid i watchedi think no matter what idea we pick i definitely want to push it to its limits Yeah Marlena in response to your first response I agree, they were all heaps rudimentary ideas that I quickly wrote down before bed and definitely need expansion - they were just an idea to kick us off I like the smile/high 5/hug ideas. I definitely want to do something "fresh" as well so I'm with you on that! No body likes the same old same. I'm still conflicted about the assignment too haha. The only thing is we have to think about the readability of it all - we don't really want to spend money buying items, etc, and we have to think about how we can record it and where we will do it MarleenaThanks for brainstorming so much im definitely also keen on saving money too - doing something performance-y like suggested or just paper and pen like immi's idea seem like practical ideas to keep costs lowYep I like!MarleenaThe idea i suggested about the "caring" items would probs be no good for thatHaha maybe not Good thought butOkay let's keep brainstorming then and maybe decide by Tuesday night?MarleenaHaha yeah lets see how it goesWorse comes to worse we can talk it through with the tutor on wednesdayYeah, I'm sure we will figure it out but!MarleenaI will try make a list of ideas like u did No probs. We could even make a Pinterest board or whatever MarleenaOohh high tech hahaAPR 3RD, 1:09PMOkay so let's decide tonight on something solid so we can each conduct rudimentary experiments tomorrow on our own and document on TumblrMarleenaOk understood Immiyep nice.. i think maybe doing a time lapse or something could be interestingand maybe doing a trial of that? could get audience involved through drawing? I'm happy to do that at college?MarleenaIm looking at that email again and i think that tutor is only talking about her class, not ours, so i doubt when we rick up to class our tutor is going to expect us to have anything prepared (she will probs even send us an email herself)Immiok coolMarleenaBut doing a little experiment for tumblr ourselves actually sounds like a good idea to get us started, practice-led research and suchImmianother random idea hahah could be to record sound? and say have a story where each person hears the previous story and then adds to it?MarleenaThat sounds like a fun experiment to try im down for that Immiawesome! just not sure which artist it would relate to?i guess we could just say we used "so and so" as a starting point and then developed our own idea?MarleenaUr documentation one defsImmiok cooland then could focus on sound/ voice documentationMarleenaThe idea is to deform and experiment anywaysImminice!MarleenaHow bout for our first experiment, immi u can make a voice recording of the beginning of a story, u can send it to me and i will send my bit to ruve So its kinda like chinese whispers hahaImminice!! so just do it ourselves? or with other people?MarleenaAfter ruve we can keep sending it along and in the end we can compile itImmiyep sounds goodMarleenaImmiwill havd to do it later this arvo though once I've finished work hahaMarleenaAll good Immiawesome! nice work teamMarleenaWhat's the concept of this voice thingy? Soz I'll be at work for the next few hours so I won't respond ehahahMarleenaSo basically one person makes a voice recording of the beginning of a story and passes it along, and the next person continues the story with their own recording and passes that along kinda like chinese whispersOkay, how do we get ransoms to do that though? Also I'm keen to try some experiments with people where I live tonight/tomorrowImmiI recon just ask people if they want to be apart of it hahaJust a trialMarleenaWe were just going to start with our group and maybe we can ask our friends to volunteer? HahaImmiAnd we can build on itYeah coolImmiMarleenaWhat kinda live experiments were u thinking of ruve??Another idea - photograph people's shoes, and get them to describe them self in one word. Show the pic to someone else and get them to describe whose shoes they see in one wordOr something like thatI don't knowMarleenaThats kinda interesting its kinda like that saying "if u were in their shoes" APR 3RD, 7:31PMHahah APR 4TH, 10:43AMMarleenaHey guys this is just a compilation of the total ideas we made up so far! Feel free to add it to ur tumbr as documentation I brainstormed some more ideas and such and added them to the list, too responsibility – marina abramovik, rhythm 0 Sit in a busy location with a sign explaining what to do – one of us filming place cameras on campus that people can draw on create an instagram page like ‘humans of UNSW’ where people take selfies and talk about themselves get randoms in the city to write one word and hold it in front of them and we can film them holding it up – the prompt can be: what life is, beauty is, what is real, etc recording people interacting affectionately with their friends/other people – smiles, hugging, high fiving ask a question and get people to write their answers and stick them on us ask them to write one sentence if that was all they had left to say documentation – ayreen anastas & rene gabri, crisis of capitalism have a wall where people collaborate by writing ideas or drawings on sticky notes or scrap paper and then organise them on a wall – time-based aspect would be a sped up video of people writing and adding to the wall – could be a question related to stuff going on in the world and how to fix it, maybe just sketching or writing ideas recording sound – have a story where each person hears a previous story and then adds to it (currently experimenting with this idea since it’s low effort and cost effective) wouldn’t it be sick if we could make a kinda song and beat out of every person’s clip of audio? Haha would definitely be interesting photograph people’s shoes and get them to describe themselves in one word – show the pic to someone else and get them to describe whose shoes they see in one word some of the ideas we have here would definitely relate to both responsibility and documentation artworks – I think both topics just both naturally overlap really well PS: in the above ideas I left out ideas which would be too expensive or unrealistic to carry outMarleenaoh god i just realised the formatting is really wack hahaanyways I JUST HAD AN EXPLOSION OF INSPIRATIONim excited to hear what u guys think of it!! i will type it up. i kinda tried to continue upon what u both already thought of (just uhh typing it up)ImmiAwesome Marleena!! Killing it with the ideas I recon they are all good starting points- we can discuss in class tomorrow and I think next step will be about pushing the ideas so they are more interesting and unexpected and perhaps considering time based and getting creative with how we approach it, so we aren't just creating a 5min film or audioMarleenayeah i definitely agree with interesting and unexpected ImmiImmiWe'll have lots to discuss in class :))Marleenaso uhh here's that exposion of inspiration i was talking about. reading it again, some of the logistics dont make any sense like how the projection is going to work but i will share it here anyway in the spirit of experimentation MarleenaGet a large sheet of blue cellophane and draw a picture of a crying person. Draw exactly the same picture but instead on a sheet of paper of the same size. (In faint pencil instead) Have people draw/write on the sheet of paper what they would do to cheer the crying person up. Record the entire process of people drawing/writing on the paper. Turn the video into a time lapse. Hang the sheet of cellophane in front of a projector. Play the video on the projector, align the pictures of the crying person. Result: get a cool time lapse video of people drawing, be left with awesome looking artworkImmiMarleenaHahahaHey guys, you're both awesome! I have to go to work again now but I'll check this all out later and post something to Tumblr!ImmiNice yeah I've got classes pretty much till 5 now so will check back in laterMarleenaAg ttyl APR 4TH, 9:52PMAlright, so I'm going to update my tumblr with our ideas, I really like what we've got so far!And I'm going to pinterest ideas too. Then tomorrow in class maybe we can discuss with Anna our inability to choose an idea because we like them all hahahAPR 6TH, 1:51PMImmihttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1U8dukQ49_29jkB9ViKhWvooZRMLgVwbAOS3aFafhOuU/edit?usp=sharing hey guys I've made a group doc here which i recon will be easy to post info on and share ideas APR 6TH, 7:17PMMarleenathanks immi! checking it out now ImmiNot much info now haha just added a tiny bit before will some more tomorrow Add what you want and we can start formulating and idea to pursue Cool! Love what you've written so far - I've never used google docs though so I may take a little to get used to it APR 7TH, 12:28PMMarleenahi immi! would u be able to give me edit access for the doc? i sent a request, ty ImmiYeah I'll do it when I'm back at uni APR 8TH, 4:39PMImmihttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1U8dukQ49_29jkB9ViKhWvooZRMLgVwbAOS3aFafhOuU/edit?usp=sharing sox guys had it wrong setting should work now!APR 8TH, 6:40PMCool I'll try to figure it out ImmiAPR 9TH, 9:36PMYeah I'm liking these ideas guys maybe we should do some experiments around these concepts?MarleenaIMMI i just read your comments and i think you're right about just picking something and pushing through with itdoing some experiments around this would be an excellent ideaim thinking of just trying out some basic things on my family haha like instructing them on things, and seeing their reaction when ive told them what theyve done is the artwork lolYeah I like the instructions and the audience creating the artwork through their perspectiveBut I love film too so I'm keen for eitherBut yeah if we pick one then we can each do experiments around that and see what worksMarleenamaybe in one of ur experiments u can try think of a way to incorporate more film elements??im not too sure how to do that cos i dont think im creatively inclined that way but it could be rly cool like... maybe you can play a film with realy different sound from whats actually being played, and have the audience watch it once blindfolded but then reveal the actual footage afterYEAAAAHThat's cool!MarleenahahaAPR 13TH, 6:27PMMarleenahi guys! im just checking in to see how you are all feeling about the assignment i did some stuff and put it in the google doc, and i kinda have a vision for what i think would be goodAPR 14TH, 11:24PMHeya girl, I literally haven't thought any about it this week as I've been so busy, it's due first or second week back? Also I'm keen to try whatever MarleenaHaha no worries due wk 8 first week backLel we should probs get on it then Let's decide on it and run with itMarleenaI was continuing our asmr video idea and writing a script for the instructions and voice - some is in the google doc If u wanna continue that idea, could u look into ways we could get a voice to say the instructions? How to record it, and maybe possibility of having music to it too?I dont think this idea will be too hard to accomplish with the little time we have leftAlso help and ideas on the script would be amazing Sorry if it seems im just pushing watevs i wanna do lol its just an idea if u guys wanna get the thing over and done with lolNo totally cool, we've only got about 12 days so all good I'm keen to look into music and voice recording, I could get my brother to say it? He has a nice audio voice. I can do some recording for experiments and send them through and post on Tumblr?I'll send you through an example here too0:09This was for another assessmentJust a thought hahaMarleenaThats a gr8 idea! Itd be awesome if ur brother could do it thatd be way better than a text to speech robot lmaoId love to see some experiments and stuff 2 on the tunblrIll try get the script done asap too hopefully by early next weekIm a total noob at voice recording and stuff like that so uhh might need to rely on u guys for that lolHaha cool, I'm down! I'm with my family this weekend so I'll record my brother doing some experiments and I'll post to tumblr Any ideas on what you want him to say?I'm going to check the google doc nowMarleenaYeah its all there its kinda unpolished but just what u want with it Have fun with ur family!!!Yeah cool, I like what you've written so far, I think it could be really cool! I'll get my brother to read out the script so far, and I'll play around with some rad sound effects to go with it! Are we still getting the audience to close their eyes?Also I reckon we could even do just the one piece, but have parts slowed down, made faster, toned up or down, with different 'music' or sounds to it to create different emotions?Maybe instead of having three different ones, show how we can create the atmosphere just through exploration with tone, etc?MarleenaThe stuff I've written i intended to just be one piece, its just i wrote different versions and wanted to include in thr doc as documentation the second script is the latest draft. Sorry should have clarified. I rly like the idea of using music and tone to create emotion and atmosphere! Pushes the limits of what audio can be MarleenaI think getting the audience to close their eyes would be good for immersion Oooh i just reread the docYeah rad, all good! Alrighty, so do we want the instructions to go for like 2.5 mins or so with their eyes closed, and then they have 2.5 mins to create the artwork? or do we actually want them to just sit an listen the whole time?hahahaMarleenaYeah those three paragraphs at the end r supposed to be part of the same script Making them sit there for 2.5 mins thinking of the artwork sounds sadistic but totally marina-esque xDI say we do ithahaahah okay!MarleenaItd probs be 3 parts audio 2 parts thinking instead thoHahahaso say we provide them with the artistic tools needed, they sit there eyes closed, then produce the work in the dark still with music/sounds still playing?MarleenaThis is the kinda thing which makes normal think arti d ts are crazy lmaoahahhahahlove it but!so trueMarleenaI reckon including the actual creating if the artwork by the audience would be interesting! We wouldnt even have to have them blindfolded for that bit. Would be rly interesting to see wat they imagined Hand out pieces of paper and set up pencils etcmaybe in keeping with marina's style, we could give them a bunch of mediums to choose from, i.e. giving the audience even more controlyeah definitely not blindfolded, but maybe keep the lights lowish?are we going to blindfold them?that could be funMarleenaI was thinking of blindfolds during the audio instructions but probably not for the creating part yeah agreedMarleenaYay! This is exciting This is gonna be fun hahaYeah I'm keen!what sort of mood are we thinking? because the sound effects will create the mood and toneor are we trying to evoke more than one emotion?MarleenaIm thinking a calming and compelling moodIf we're going to evoke an emotion itd be inspiration?Or enlightenmentalrightyso maybe some intense parts to make them really think, but sort of calming as well?MarleenaYeah! radI'll get to work MarleenaA+Since we're including a creating part, maybe the length of the script we have is enough?Do u reckon u'd be able test that in ur experiment?I just realized the time lmao. Goodnight all! Im off to bedYeah no props haha night!APR 15TH, 9:46AMImmiNice guys!! I will have a read of the script and stuff today Awesome I was checking out some awesome social vids on YouTube last night and they were really inspiring! I'll some the links through and you guys can check em, maybe we can use some of the ideas for experiments or whatever. Also for the actual product, maybe we can include some more personally encouraging words, like starting with, 'you... are amazing... beautiful ..." etc and continue with the script?Just an idea ImmiCool I'll have a read of the script and let you guys know what I think :)) so far seems v v good hahaRadddd I'll have to post the links later on as I'm out and don't have them hahahttp://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Hzgzim5m7oU&vq=mediumThe Power of WordsHarness the power of words to grow your business today: http://tinyurl.com/phokf69 For personal transformation order Andrea Gardner's book 'Change Your Words...youtube.comCheck this out!ImmiI think itd be more interesting to have the audience create the artwork at the same time as the recording so maybe we could do a trial using this script.. I can do it with my brother and have hie draw at the same time and if one of you wants to do the script and have someone draw after? And then we can discuss the implications and results of each?Marleenaok sure i will test out having someone draw the thingo afterwards ImmiAwesome :))APR 15TH, 6:29PMyeah great idea, that can be one of our experiments I'm getting my brother to record it tonight so once it'd done I'll send it through and start playing with sound effects )ImmiQuestion, do either of you play an instrument?also I've added the youtube vids to google doc if you wanna check them out Marleenaunfortunately i dont haha all good, was just wondering for the soundtrack alright, here is my first edit!Play-5:01Unmutelet me know what you do/don't likeI added a few words to your script Marleenahope that's okay!APR 16TH, 10:13AMImmiokki so just did this with my brother and feedback is: that if we are drawing at the same time as the audio then it should be a littler more instructional.. not telling you what to do explicitly but perhaps having some words like "draw" or "translate this thought to the page" so that the audience knows to communicate the image they have in their head on the page. However, also good to draw after so having say 1-2 minutes of straight talking about imagining different things and then 1-2 mins after to drawMarleenai listened to the audio and i think the words u added helped out the script a lot ruve enhanced it moreso i just tested out the audio and i definitely agree, the way it is designed now is best suited to having the drawing/creating component after the audioi think if we want to create a more "immersive" and ASMR-like experience, keep the drawing and audio separateMarleenai really enjoyed the music of the audio, i think it fits the tone of the piece well my only thoughts are to add longer pauses between certain lines (like the one which says "i'll give u a minute" - this will help with immersion and give the audience space to think) and also refining the script more (tho i think it's pretty alright now)Marleenaother than that, only the final details are left. for the drawing/creating component, we can hand out A4 pieces of paper and any other materials to let people use (im sure the class will have stuff they can use to draw lmao) and for the audio part, i was thinking of just tearing up old rags and such for blindfolds we could probably also get bedsheets to block out the window light as well, if u guys wanted ImmiI agree with the audience closing their eyes but it might be enough for them to just close their eyes? As then they have to conscious of not seeing and focusing on imaging? Also it could be good to leave the drawing up to the audience where they either draw during or after?Like if they have an idea they can jot it down but then have time after to drawAPR 16TH, 12:36PMMarleenai agree blindfolds might not be necessary, i just thought it might be good for immersion if its completely dark for them (and if their eyes open up a little bit, they still cant see) - i think for the sake of being immersed in the audio, it would better to have drawing afterwards so they can concentrate on thinking of what they will drawMarleenaim a bit worried if we leave it up to the audience they will chit chat during the audio lolAPR 16TH, 6:26PMImmiTrue pointAPR 16TH, 10:55PMRad! Glad you guys like it yeah I definitely think I need to make some pauses longer, my brother said it pretty quickly. So you think the songs good to keep then? Yeah I reckon just to really immerse the audience we should blindfold them, and get them to draw once the voice says "open". The music will still be playing and I reckon keep it dark to keep the mood. Do you want to add anything else to the script? Also I reckon we should provide the art materials so we can point to that being the "responsibility" of us as the artist's APR 17TH, 9:45AMImmiYeah and I think discuss, in linking to marinas work, responsibility in terms of the 'creator' and whether the artist has to be the creator or whether the audience can be the creator etcYeah APR 17TH, 11:24AMMarleenaok, i will look over the script thing again soon - u guys can go over it again and add what u want as well umm im not really too sure what to add and i guess adding too much might be bad for time limit reasonsglad things are coming along!! feeling less stressed already lolOkay no props, I'll work on it later today all good! don't stressAPR 18TH, 9:52AMMarleenai just checked over the script again added a few things here and there! looking good guysTUE 8:34PMOkay cool, let's have it finalised by tomorrow night then? And I'll get my brother to say it again Marleenasure thing! im fine with it if everyones ok with this deadline ImmiYep cool! I'll have a look in the morn sorry I've been trying to get a science report done ahh haha tomorrow night is good though WED 9:16AMImmiokki cool i re-listened to the audio and left a couple of comments on the google doc in regards to specific parts. If you guys want to have a look and then we can workshop the ideas into the final piece? :)) keen to do it in class and see what results we get hahaMarleenahullo ur up early!! hahai just checked ur comments and took ur advice into account and removed+added things i think its pretty much done!! i think its pretty interesting how u felt super relaxed and didnt feel like making art afterwards listening to it am also keen to see what everyone else things - for me, its more like it inspires me rather than gives me great ideas etcWED 1:38PMImmiNice ! Yeah I think everyone will respond to it differently which is cool THU 1:11AMRad! I'll send the script again to my bro and then put together the piece, did you want me to keep the same musical soundtrack? Anything else you want me to add to it? We could even get the audience to just simply write one word about it or whatever as well THU 8:25AMMarleenaI think the same music is gr8, the only thing i rly wanna add is dramatic pauses xDFRI 12:04AMYeah great, I'll do it!FRI 9:37AMMarleenaso about the drawing bit, did any of youse have a4 paper and other drawing supplies at home that you could bring in for next wednesday?ImmiI've got A4 cartridge paperI've got pencils and heaps of mediums they can useAlso, what are we as the artist's going to do during this process?Are we going to do it too, or sit there as an object, watch and take notes, what?FRI 12:53PMImmimaybe we could also do it?then there isn't an 'us' and 'them' its just everyone responding to the audio?Marleenai think we might need to explain things a bit (like telling everyone to remain seated in the beginning and relax, and afterwards explaining we're going to give them to tools to draw what they want afterwards) because the audio isn't extremely explicit about thisso we might not be able to participate because we need to keep things running hahaImmitrueMarleenajust trying to think of the logistics because our class is pretty chatty/distracted sometimesImmior we could explain at the start everything and then the audio goes and once its finished we just have time to draw?haha true marleenaMarleenahahahayeah thats a good ideagive a little explanation at the beginning, prepare the art stuff, and then we can all participate togetherImminice :)) and then if we have to just stop and explain thats fine toowe won't really know how its going to pan out until we've done it any way! so will just have to see eee!Marleenayeah no worries at allid appreciate if u guys could bring in the art stuff you have, i will too, i dont thing we'll need much paper just one sheet for everyone (like 20-30pcs), will only need pencils and other basic stuff as well, not to mention everyone in class probs has their own stuff tooImmiyeah for sure! i don't have a whole heap of stuff just cos I'm at not living at home but I've got some acrylic paint that i could bring ? and ill bring what ever i can find :))FRI 6:12PMMarleenanice! thanks FRI 9:04PMYeah man I have heaps I'll bring it all! What if I get my brother to say all of that, so we don't have to even talk at all? That could be kind of cool - like we remove ourselves so that we become part of the artwork, instead of having to explain ourselves? And then we can participate too?MarleenaYou know, that could work! We'd have to figure out the timing etc but itd be awesome!! Okay, I'll tweak the script a bit and get it done!FRI 10:51PMMarleenathanks i will also tweak a little to help, if its not too lateYeah go ahead! I'll get him to do it tomorrowSAT 1:22AMImmiNice!!I'm happy to record stuff too if you need but otherwise it's looking v goodSAT 2:52AMSure, if you like just for continuity though do you think we should have just one voice? We could both record people tomorrow and compare the sound before I edit it if you like? SAT 8:14AMImmiHmm true, maybe it would work better with just one person? I guess depends if we want the instructions and audio to be connected or separate, what do you guys think?Marleenai think connected would be less jarring ImmiYeah true, ok in that case ruve are you ok in recording both parts?Marleenait should be ok, i just checked the script again and added in more instruction-type phrases and there's not much extra ImmiOk cool :))Marleenaso i read the script a dozen times lol, i was thinking instead of adding in the script "please use the materials at hand to create your artwork", we could have a slide on the projector instead say it? so that it kinda doesnt break the narrator's character as "our conscience"so that when everyone opens their eyes, they see the instructions on the projector to begin creating their artwork etcImmiYeah that could be good! We would just have to make sure that everyone stays on task I guess cos it could be easy for people to just stop thinking once the audio is over?Or we just have in the introduction that after the audio we will be drawingAnd then have the slide up? So that the audience is already thinking about creating a work from the audio and then once the audio is over they can go straight into it?Marleenai tried adding that bit to the audio but i think it breaks the atmosphere and also "ruins the surprise"cos i was thinking of our intentions and it might be better to have an authentic "first impression" by the audience?ImmiYeah trueMarleenaits kinda like, the intrigue plus if they knew theyd have to draw stuff, it might spoil the effect of the audioImmiYeah nice and then I guess linking to responsibility too and that they don't know before hand they are drawingMarleenayeah!ImmiYep I agree, will take away from the meditative aspectOk cool maybe we have the slideMarleenaalso about staying on task, the music will still be going during the drawing, and they're not drawing for too long, so it shouldnt get too crazyuhh hopefully LOLImmiHahaMarleenacos audio is what, 2 or 3 minsImmiYeah about thatI think 2 mins plus Intro?Marleenayeah i reckon it will be ok ImmiMaybe we can record the audio at the end of ruves brother saying the bit about drawing and then we can cut it out later if it interferes too muchBut at least we then have the option Marleenagood idea, doesnt hurt to try it outnice!! glad everything's coming along!! SAT 10:49AMYep cool, I'll get him to say it all then I'll do two recordings (we can use one for an experiment for Tumblr). If we have a slide, do you think the light of it will be too distracting? Or maybe we could have a really dark slide, almost like an artwork in itself, and have the words almost hidden there so they have to concentrate on reading it? Also, if we place paper in front of them they'll know they have to draw, so for an element of surprise we could perhaps place maybe a box with things in it secretly when they are listening (but then we can't listen) or we could just put the materials out front and let them choose? But that could take too longThoughts?MarleenaWhile their eyes r closed and theyre listening to the recording, we can just put on the slide and set up the art things we can make the slide have a black background with white textI think the light will be ok like that - also btw i dont think i will end up making blindfolds because it doesn't seem too necessaryI think it will be fine just asking them to close their eyes - simplicity is bestIts a shame if we do it this way we wont be able to participate, but it sounds like it will run most smoothly if we handle the behind the scenesIm not too sure wat u mean about placing a box with things in it, putting all the stuff out front sounds good and simple and i dont actually think it will take too longIm worried having the text be too unreadable will take focus away from the limited time they have to draw Yeah no not so unreadable they can't read it, just dark enough so the light isn't too much, but yeah a black background what I mean by a box is just having all the same materials placed inside maybe a box, one for each table, so they don't have to get up which should take less time?I know, what if we do the audio after we finish making it before class, and include it in our final product and compare ours as the artist's with the audience?That way we still get to do it and it could be more of a comparison?MarleenaThat would be pretty interesting do u mean doing it alone or meeting up?I think its a little l8 to meet up but i can try it out defsImmiYeah we could do it separately or before class if there's time?No we wouldn't have to meet up, I mean each of us do it respectively at home ImmiOk yeahMarleenaYeah defs!ImmiAnd we could also compare doing it by yourself vs with other peopleJust so it adds another element to it?Yeah!ExperimentsLolMarleenaI think the box idea for each table is gr8, you dont even have to get a box u can just evenly spread it out on each tableSo we could bring ours in and maybe even display them nicely whilst everyone has eyes closed? But maybe have them flipped so they can't see them until we reveal them at the end after they've drawn something?Yep okay cool MarleenaHahaha i like thatAlso, we don't want them to talk or look at each other's work right?What can we do to stop them doing this?MarleenaSlap their wrists with a rulerAlso don't forget the lights can't turn off, so are we blocking out the windows?Hahahah Hahahah#marinaMarleenaHahaAlso is there anything else that needs to be added to the script before I record?MarleenaWe could block them out, only thing wed need is sheets white is ok but still lets light in, black would be betterIts not entirely necessary but might be coolAlso ye done with the script, the blue writing is the instruction bits I think having the calming music playing moderately loud will make them not talk as much - should keep them in the moment for 2-3 minsSo maybe in the audio u could raise the volume of the music just a little during the creating phase? We could include on the slide that they shouldnt talk etc but i think that's the extent of our power Yeah great idea I can do that Okay I'm not sure I have any black sheets but let's see what we can findAnd good idea having the instructions in blue!I'm keenMarleenaBlue font! Good idea No stress, the sheets arent entirely necessaryRadMarleenaOH i thought u meant have the instructions in blue font xDLike on the slideHahah that's okay, what colour do you want them?MarleenaAhh it doesnt really matter as long as the background is black - i was thinking dark grey, white or calm blueYep coolSAT 9:42PMOkay so they are going to have about 40 seconds to get down their ideas lolBut that could be coolSAT 10:46PMOkay! I've done the edit, I'll send it through once it's uploaded and you can see what you think Also we should definitely give it a title Should we make note of the fact they don't have long and say that it was for a specific purpose?MarleenaSounds good! Good for reflectionAlso once I send it through, do you reckon we should get 3 people each to do it, and then we can compile these pieces together, maybe make a collage to post on Tumblr, and can display them on Wednesday as well?Just to add even more depth?https://www.youtube.com/uploadYouTubeShare your videos with friends, family, and the world.accounts.google.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNIUppJHQTYRUMINATION (audio artwork)This audio piece was a collaboration with two other art students. We have created an audio set of 'guidelines' in the contemplative stage, or the conceptual ...youtube.comsoz ignore the first one!I've called it Rumination for my youtube account, but if you don't like that we can change it! let me know what you guys think of it and if you want something changedAlso we can't forget to write our 300 words SUN 1:52AMImmi awesome! And thankyouu Haha would have likely forgotten about thatSUN 9:23AMMarleenaomg not gonna lie i completely forgot that as wellalso i think testing the audio out on ppl and displaying them is a nifty idea not entirely necessary tho so dont have to stress about itMarleenaso just listened to the audio... having a mixture of putting the instructions on the screen and having ur brother read them out worked surprisingly well! that was a good touch. i think we can actually afford to cut out some of the audio to make more time for the creating process at the endMarleenahmm ohh actually, i think a minute is alright, i just went over the audio againi went to the google doc and i underlined the chunk we could cut out if we wanted to extend the creating time, lemme know what u guys think im pretty happy with what we have so far btw, i think we did a gr8 jobSUN 9:58PMCool! I think I actually don't mind the monologue taking up most of the time, because for me personally, I see the work as something that stimulates the conceptual stage rather than focus on the production of a piece, so I reckon a minute is okay. But I can edit it again if you both like if we had a little extra time at the end we could possibly gather the pieces and display them out the front, but that may take too long anyway. Also, shall we all just write 100 words each about the project? Say we allocate a dot point each? Or would you prefer to do it a different way?Marleena100 words each sounds good Immiyeah i agree i think the drawing doesn't need to be too long as it is mostly about creating an image mentallyMarleenaYeah, im ok with not cutting much out tooImmiand yep 100 words sounds goodAlrighty, leave it as is then? Okay great, let's look at the rubric then decide what we shall each write?Also, do you mind if I post the vid to Facebook? I wanted people to do it and send me pics of their work, just to see what they created MarleenaLol no worries at all go ahead!Rad!I'm just looking up the assessment now Immiyes for sure!MarleenaYeah same Ahh sweetImmiim going to bed now cos I've got my stats exam tomorrow :// so will be able to do my 100 words tomorrow afternoon/ evening after the exmaMarleenaNo worries, good luck with ur exam Immiahhh thanks! hahaAll good! Good luck!!I think I need to make the music a bit louder during the drawing process?Just listened to itMON 8:35AMMarleenathat sounds like a good idea considering we're going to be playing it in a large room, which might make the music sound even softerso i checked what the 300 word statement has to be about, and it basically needs to include: the original artwork chosen, the relevant weekly topic, and the process of productionso yeah! we can just pick a subject each, and write 100 words on that if u guys dont mind, i will get started on "the original artwork"Yep cool! Immi want me to do the process of production so I can talk about the editing process?ImmiAwesome so I'll do weekly topic and how it links to responsibility?Marleenayup. woohoo! ImmiMarleenaso i just put mine in the end of our google doc for convenience MON 12:14PMImmiMON 7:25PMAwesome! Let's all put them there and then collate it so we can put it on our tumblrs MON 10:24PMHey girls! I've done my piece too, so I'm just editing them all together now, I hope that's okay how'd you go today Immi?ImmiGood exams all done and I've put up my 100 words to the docWill do the audio tomorrow and drawing etc tooI'm happy to edit them if you want ruve! You've done heaps of work already :))Awesome! Yeah I know, I'm stitching the three together It's okay I'm almost done! I'll post it and then you can change it if you like ImmiOkki cool :)) awesomeOh yes I'll do the audio tonight too! Though it's hard with us because we already know what to expectOk it's up so you can check and change if you like Chat Conversation EndSeen by everyone Type a message, @name...

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