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Page 13

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:00:00 -0700

Rape of any kind is a difficult subject to approach properly in a story like this. At first this scene was a lot more graphic (as were all of the sex scenes in this story), and I agonized a lot about how to do this scene with some semblance of taste. Finally at the last second the broken bottle seemed an appropriate metaphor.

For those that may ask, "She's a slave, why is she struggling?" Because historically not all slaves have submitted quietly to this sort of treatment. Emotionally, it's quite an overload for her. Her fiance just threw her to the wolf. By rights - as you'll remember from chapter 1 - she can say no because she's already on a date technically. And because, just because, it's plain violating. Finally, maybe she's got a little bit of fight in her after all.

Page 12

Thu, 02 May 2013 22:00:00 -0700

The poor mascot was forced to participate in this one. I forced her to stand still while Pestilence put his hand over her face. There's a big difference between a man's hand and a woman's, and I was actually amazed at how Pestilence's hand engulfed everything.

Page 11

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:10:00 -0700

There's a sweet side to Jiu Liu, I swear. I can't figure out how to fit it into the story, though.

Page 10

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:03:00 -0700

Actually he's beating the shit out of her because she knows his cutie mark is a cream puff pie.

Page09

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:00:00 -0700

I totally messed up with Jiu Liu's shadowing, but wasn't sure how to fix it so had to choose to leave it.

Page 08

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:00:00 -0700

What - you expected to never see her betrothed again ever?

Page 07

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 22:00:00 -0700

I tried very hard to get this to you a week ago. I've been dealing with some further financial ruin situations that have compounded what I've said in public already, and the stress pretty much has slammed my artistic libido into a near coma. There's no point in going into the situation more here... just know I'm trying to hang in there. If only a miracle would come along.

"What did you wish for?"
"Whatever you wished for."
"Oh..." she said mysteriously. "You'd better get back in the water and take it back."
"Why?" I asked, properly mystified. "What's wrong with it?"
Suddenly she was reflectively sad."Because I have no wishes left," she replied, pushing back a stray hair from her face as was her habit. It looked like our good mood was going to be shattered for the day, but then she grabbed my hand and gently squeezed. "Well maybe I could stand for some wine," she said brightly, all her cares vanishing into that one little request.

Page 06

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:31:00 -0700

It's been a long time since I got to do an origami page. I started the thumbnail for this one and realized... oh wait! Woo hoo! Origami!

I wanted Taus's ribbon to be more red, because this might be the same ribbon she's been wearing all these ages and it happens to be red, but I didn't have any paper that was red enough. So this paper was used instead. Pinks and blues are part of her color scheme for certain situations, but I've always been slightly annoyed at myself that I subconsciously made her main color scheme red and black for work and yellow for offtime.

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Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:44:00 -0700

Shopping seems to be Lhung's solution to everything uncomfortable and gloomy.

"If I get one of those anonymous confessions letters today, I am running away to the mountains to live. Alone."

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Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:39:00 -0700

Quick trivia: the card backs are from a really old Mayan mural and the fronts from a set of Medieval playing cards, country origin I'm not sure of. I couldn't use origami paper for that necessarily even though I prefer it.