>>67940447 >Bubbling frustration, that feeling of leaving something incomplete, lines turvy and unfinished. >It's what I'm feeling right now. >After Iadakan's death, I can't seem to get anything right. >Everything looks wrong, the colors aren't right, the composition is all out of shape. >I stare at the canvas, hands grasping the paint-brush, threatening to break it >It was supposed to be a simple self portrait. >Now, it's like looking through a fun-house mirror >My scales a shade of pitch-black, maw contorted into a expression of pain, white silver dots looking into nothingness. >It's not me, it's something else. >The realization that I might not ever return to art, that Iadakan was the only thing that kept me attached to it...and that he's gone, forever... >It settles on me, and I can't help myself from breaking down. >Tears seep into my clothing and the bed. >I can barely see a thing in this darkness, not after my 'performance piece' on the window. >I can think straight, can't... >For a moment, I swear, the drawing was looking at me...
>>67940637 >The more I stare, the more wrong it looks. >Maybe it's the darkness, affecting my eyes, but the painting looks... deeper >Am I... hallucinating? Was this all I dream? >I hope so... >My hand reaches towards the painting, moving ever so closely towards the still wet cloth. >The thing is looking at me, staring >It moved. >My heart wrenches in terror as the beast crawls from out of the painting, it's oily body dripping paint all over my bed. >Undistinguishable cackles echo from it. >I try my best to crawl to safety, but it's too late, I feel the thing grasp my feet. >And then...darkness.
>>67940775 >When I come to, I'm...still inside my bedroom >I try to move, turn on the light, but I can't >I'm stuck in something, smashed between frames >As my eyes adjust, I see someone on my bed. >It's...me... >Footsteps approach >"Olivia?" >Inco! Maybe- >'Come in' >"Olivia...what happened in here? What's that painting?" >'Needed to vent out some frustrations' >"You feeling better?" >INCO, PLEASE, THATS NOT ME! >'yeah' >"Let's go to the living room, Damien is worried." >I stare in horror as Inco takes the copycat away, carrying her in his arms as if it were me. >I try to scream, cry, move, anything. >But I can't...