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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #915 on: August 26, 2022, 12:43:17 PM »
Fate gives all of us three teachers, three friends, three enemies, and three great loves in our lives. But these twelve are always disguised, and we never know which one is which until we've loved them, left them, or fought them.

~ Gregory David Roberts

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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #916 on: August 26, 2022, 03:04:28 PM »
Here is my prompt

https://archiveofourown.org/works/36794107/chapters/103533657
Really nice, dmeck! I already commented on AO3, however couldn't stop thinking about a possible prank by our usual suspect...

So your story inspired this... :)

Mikkel looks concerned, examing the broken toe.
It hurts, but the way Mikkel looks makes it hurt even more. "What's the problem?" Emil asks.
Instead of answering, Mikkel retrieves a small bag from a side pocket and opens it. There's a syringe, two or three ampoules with a clear liquid inside, and a large scissor. To Emil's horror Mikkel grabs the scissor and looks with a deeply serious face at the broken toe, and then at Emil.
"What? No! No way! That can't be necessary! It's just a broken toe!"
Mikkel says nothing. He just opens and closes the scissor while still holding that stare.
Emil's toe seems to pulse in pain, and he starts sweating. He turns to Sigrun, trying to hold the panic that's building inside him. "Sigrun! Please! Tell him this is not necessary! It's just broken! It will recover in time!"
However Sigrun also remains silent. She simply reaches into a pocket, retrieving a roll of bandage. She gives it to Mikkel, and then she puts a hand over Emil's already trembling shoulder. "Let's do it Mikkel. We have to move on." She turns her face to the other side, so Emil can't see her.
Emil's eyes bulge as Mikkel comes closer, still dead serious. "Try not to move, Emil. It will be over in a moment."
"No! Stop! Sigrun! Lalli!" Emil says, but Lalli is somewhere else, and Sigrun is looking at the other way. Her shoulders are moving up and down, and Emil imagines that she's sobbing silently. He musters all his courage, takes a deep breath and says to Mikkel. "Right! Do what you have to do." And then he closes his eyes, expecting a sharper pain in his toe.
Emil hears the scissor cutting tissue, but feels nothing. Then Mikkel's large fingers are touching his toe, moving fast for what seems to be forever, but the peak of pain never comes.
"Done!" Mikkel says, and Emil opens his eyes to find the toe carefully bandaged together with the others.
Mikkel is smiling the most mischievous smile he ever saw, and Sigrun is laughing out of control, her shoulders moving up and down. "Ha ha ha ha... You should see your face!!! Ha ha ha ha!"
"It seems the stories people told in Bornhold about the swedes' lack of courage weren't true." Mikkel says as he taps Emil on the leg... and winks.
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #917 on: August 26, 2022, 03:10:34 PM »
Really nice, dmeck! I already commented on AO3, however couldn't stop thinking about a possible prank by our usual suspect...

So your story inspired this... :)

Mikkel looks concerned, examing the broken toe.
It hurts, but the way Mikkel looks makes it hurt even more. "What's the problem?" Emil asks.
Instead of answering, Mikkel retrieves a small bag from a side pocket and opens it. There's a syringe, two or three ampoules with a clear liquid inside, and a large scissor. To Emil's horror Mikkel grabs the scissor and looks with a deeply serious face at the broken toe, and then at Emil.
"What? No! No way! That can't be necessary! It's just a broken toe!"
Mikkel says nothing. He just opens and closes the scissor while still holding that stare.
Emil's toe seems to pulse in pain, and he starts sweating. He turns to Sigrun, trying to hold the panic that's building inside him. "Sigrun! Please! Tell him this is not necessary! It's just broken! It will recover in time!"
However Sigrun also remains silent. She simply reaches into a pocket, retrieving a roll of bandage. She gives it to Mikkel, and then she puts a hand over Emil's already trembling shoulder. "Let's do it Mikkel. We have to move on." She turns her face to the other side, so Emil can't see her.
Emil's eyes bulge as Mikkel comes closer, still dead serious. "Try not to move, Emil. It will be over in a moment."
"No! Stop! Sigrun! Lalli!" Emil says, but Lalli is somewhere else, and Sigrun is looking at the other way. Her shoulders are moving up and down, and Emil imagines that she's sobbing silently. He musters all his courage, takes a deep breath and says to Mikkel. "Right! Do what you have to do." And then he closes his eyes, expecting a sharper pain in his toe.
Emil hears the scissor cutting tissue, but feels nothing. Then Mikkel's large fingers are touching his toe, moving fast for what seems to be forever, but the peak of pain never comes.
"Done!" Mikkel says, and Emil opens his eyes to find the toe carefully bandaged together with the others.
Mikkel is smiling the most mischievous smile he ever saw, and Sigrun is laughing out of control, her shoulders moving up and down. "Ha ha ha ha... You should see your face!!! Ha ha ha ha!"
"It seems the stories people told in Bornhold about the swedes' lack of courage weren't true." Mikkel says as he taps Emil on the leg... and winks.

LOL.  that was great!!
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #918 on: August 26, 2022, 05:52:12 PM »
That made me laugh out loud.

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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #919 on: August 31, 2022, 06:25:07 AM »
Mikkel says thanks dmeck and lwise!!!

Meanwhile this week we have something like "growing" or "leveling up" as prompt. I don't have that story ready yet, but while working on it I heard, from a secure but anonymous source, that one of our beloved characters signed in for a new role...



That anonymous source says that "Stupid Emil is happy" because now he has much more things to burn... ;)

BTW not that I think anyone could believe that gorgeous art is mine... :(
Anyway, here's the original

And Emil came from the last panel of page 227, adv. 1

EDIT 1 : I replaced the initial image. There was a problem with the neck, so I had to move Emil's head a bit up... Don't worry, I didn't ask Mikkel to do that part... ;)
EDIT 2 : Replaced the image again to remove the lettering so it matches with the following ones. Yes, I'm a perfectionist. Yes, I know I shouldn't be... I'm trying! :)
EDIT 3 : Replaced the image again, this time to make the font match with the others in the series
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #920 on: August 31, 2022, 08:12:54 AM »
Mikkel says thanks dmeck and lwise!!!

Meanwhile this week we have something like "growing" or "leveling up" as prompt. I don't have that story ready yet, but while working on it I heard, from a secure but anonymous source, that one of our beloved characters signed in for a new role...


And Emil came from the last panel of page 227, adv. 1


ooooo pretty!!  I am glad you mentioned the prompt...I forgot what it was. 
Fate gives all of us three teachers, three friends, three enemies, and three great loves in our lives. But these twelve are always disguised, and we never know which one is which until we've loved them, left them, or fought them.

~ Gregory David Roberts

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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #921 on: September 01, 2022, 06:31:09 AM »
The news about our characters leveling up keep coming!

Now Sigrun unexpectedly climbed several levels in one jump after meeting an influent character...

So here she is, ready to slice her enemies!



And yes, she's holding Lyn. (the sword shows up in Lightning, if you're curious about it ;) )

Also, just like in Emil's pic, this is not my art. This is the original

Sigrun face came from the fifth panel on page 218, adv. 1, and thanks to that smile...

Spoiler: show
Here she is, ready to slice the bread! :)


...because I did this one first, of course :)

And that is supposed to be Frigg's "constelations" coat that Sigrun gets at the end of Lightning



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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #922 on: September 01, 2022, 10:42:35 AM »
Oh, very fine! So nice to see artwork of ‘Lightning’!
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #923 on: September 02, 2022, 06:58:14 AM »
Thanks Róisín! I do have so much from that story in my head... I wish I had the time, and talent, do put it on paper the way I imagine it...

Talking about imagination, our characters keep leveling up!

This time it was Mikkel, that signed for a new role, one where he doesn't have to shoot anyone...



And I got this glimpse of conversation between two unidentified persons when sitting in the backstage...

"So, you still have zero faith in my battling skills?"
"Oh, as long as you don't have to use a gun there's no problem. And I do like that uniform on you. Working out a lot, hum?"
"Thanks. Yes, you know, I had to properly fill the role, it was not just a matter of having sideburns..."
"Hum... Those claws make you look really... dangerous! And I know you're quite dangerous with your hands, Mi-Mi..."
"Shhh! Don't call me like that in public!"
"Look, there's no one around, Mi-Mi!"
"There may be someone! And what would my fans say if they find out you call me like that, Run-Run?"
"What!!! You know I hate when you call me that way!"
"Hate? Last time it didn't look like hating..."
"You..."
"Hey, no need to draw the fancy sword! Look, why don't we find a better place to have this... conversation, Run-Run?"
"Come here!"

There was the sound of people running, and they were gone, leaving a smell of electricity in the air...

And this is from where Mikkel's face came from...


And here's the original illustration from Marvel.
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #924 on: September 02, 2022, 08:34:23 AM »
And Mikkel being not even Canadian!
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #925 on: September 02, 2022, 11:41:38 AM »
I haven't been around much due to RL craziness, but I'm really enjoying this superhero edition of ssss.
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #926 on: September 02, 2022, 12:27:02 PM »
Grey,
I am *loving* our super-heros.

What have you got figured for the rest of our merry band? ;)
Fate gives all of us three teachers, three friends, three enemies, and three great loves in our lives. But these twelve are always disguised, and we never know which one is which until we've loved them, left them, or fought them.

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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #927 on: September 02, 2022, 01:24:16 PM »
Thanks Róisín, Tehta and dmeck!

I have (what I suppose is) a good idea for Reynir, but would love to hear suggestions for Lalli and Tuuri (and perhaps Onni?)
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #928 on: September 02, 2022, 01:51:02 PM »
Night Owl from the Watchmen has a pretty sad vibe...
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #929 on: September 02, 2022, 02:08:08 PM »
Night Owl from the Watchmen has a pretty sad vibe...
Well thought, tehta! It would be a great match for Onni but... I'd have to find a way to make Night Owl keep being itself without its mask, otherwise how would we recognize Onni? I'll have to think about it...
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