Nina Paem
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 20, 2010 18:44:40 GMT -5
Nina had had to run back to her dorm room to grab a board, her sketch pad, and her pencils and pastels. The day was bright (or as bright as the odd eternal twilight at Dunehelden could be) and the grass was still cool from the night's chill. Nina found a nice patch of lush greenery that edged a half-circle of taller trees. She sat down and folded her legs lotus-style, spreading her materials around her.
She glanced up at Julien and smiled. She was going to have to draw him like this-- before he went into lemur form. The light was hitting the curves of his musculature in such an interesting way.
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Julien
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Post by Julien on Jun 20, 2010 19:00:55 GMT -5
Julien was still shirtless, the way things should be. He wasn't sure if Nina had come back yet or not so he stayed put. He was hunched over on the tree limb and shook out his orange-blond hair. The sun (twilight sun thingy) felt good. He took in a deep breath, held it and then exhaled with a soft smile. He missed being around nature all the time. . . He missed home.
Julien shook his head. Bad Julien! He had Nina and Jaebi and all his other friends. He could make it through to spring break. Julien smelled citrus. He looked down at his favorite blond and his smile grew broader. Yeah, he would be fine.
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Nina Paem
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Academy Junior: Mage
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 20, 2010 19:04:25 GMT -5
Nina had done a quick sketch of Julien's haunched body shape-- from there she could refine the lines into a photorealistic figure, and then move on to shading.
She glanced up for reference and saw Julien watching her.
"Hello, up there," she chirped, before looking back to her work. A smile curled across her features as she started sketching his hair. She paused, thought for a moment, and looked back up at her friend. "Hey, pick one-- graphite or color?"
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Julien
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Post by Julien on Jun 20, 2010 19:13:20 GMT -5
"Hmmmmmm," Julien pondered with a smirk. "Color" he shouted down at her. "I want to make your life as difficult as possible," he added with a laugh.
"Do I need to stay like this or can I move?" He said trying not to move his lips.
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Nina Paem
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Academy Junior: Mage
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 20, 2010 19:20:28 GMT -5
Nina laughed-- it might have been a rather bell-like sound if her voice were not rasped. "You're fine to move around," she said. She had a mental image of what she was drawing in her head-- if nothing else, she could always reposition Julien as needed. Which probably wouldn't be necessary.
Nina became rather lost in her work, then. It was almost like another form of meditation for her-- her eyes seemed to glaze and her hands worked deftly, as if acting on their own. A while passed, and the image of Julien crouched overhead, shadow and light playing across his face, arms, and shoulders, slowly formed on the paper. From pencil, Nina moved to the pastels, which she blended with her fingers. Occasionally she would lick the pad of her thumb and run it over a streak of pastel, thickening the powder and producing a starker color. It was a trick she had learned back in freshman year, while watching Himmel work on a piece.
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Julien
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Post by Julien on Jun 20, 2010 19:36:03 GMT -5
Julien leaped around in human form. Run, leap, flip, look, land. Run, leap flip, look, land. Run, leap, flip, look, oOOOOOOH MI GOD!! ok ballance. Ballance is good.
Julien looked down, Nina hadn't really moved or looked up in that matter. He bounded down from the tree and snuck up behind Nina. He placed his head on her shoulder and looked down at the picture. "Wow!! That's really good, Noona." Julien face glowed with pride for his noona.
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Nina Paem
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Academy Junior: Mage
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 20, 2010 19:46:22 GMT -5
Nina blinked a few times, brought back to her senses at Julien's touch. The image was nearly done-- she was in the process of adding shading to the thick foliage that framed the edges of the work.
The Julien in the image looked quite a bit more animalistic than the Julien at her side-- he crouched in three-quarter profile, one arms extended to touch his knuckles to the tree branch, the other bent slightly to rest upon his curled knee. The light played across his skin and congealed to shadow on his face, his orange eyes glowing through like candlelight.
It was a bit scary. And a bit awesome. And a bit...
Nina tipped her head to the side and stared at the image. Her subconscious tended to take over her thoughts when she was really into a piece of artwork. She didn't know where this slightly frightening form of Julien had come from-- it was near the polar opposite of the Julien that smiled at her from over her shoulder.
"Thanks," she rasped, wiping her hands on the grass to clear the traces of pastel from her palms and fingers.
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Julien
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Post by Julien on Jun 20, 2010 19:59:59 GMT -5
Julien looked a bit closer at the picture. Damn it. She'd seen his other side. Julien cutely pouted his lips together. "It doesn't really look like me though. Should I not climb as high so you can see better?" Julien asked.
Nina seemed a little confused. No wonder, after getting a glimpse of that.
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Nina Paem
Keme
Academy Junior: Mage
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
Posts: 427
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 20, 2010 20:25:40 GMT -5
Nina blinked a few times, setting down the sketch pad carefully in the grass. She stood.
"Nah... No, I think that's a good amount of work for today." She turned to smile at Julien, then glanced back down at the artwork. "I have no idea where that had come from..."
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Julien
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Post by Julien on Jun 20, 2010 20:31:35 GMT -5
Julien looked down at the picture agian. "Yeah, I have no clue where that came from . . . Hey, Nina!! Do you want to play a game, or climb a tree?" Julien stood up and clapped his hands together with a broad grin. "OOOOOR we can play a game IN a tree!!!" He gasped, "let's do it!!"
He grabbed Nina's wrists and tugged lightly, "Come on, Noona!!"
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Nina Paem
Keme
Academy Junior: Mage
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
Posts: 427
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 20, 2010 20:32:26 GMT -5
Nina's eyebrows rose, and she quirked her lips to one side. Nonetheless, she let Julien lead her over to the trees.
"Okay."
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Post by Julien on Jun 20, 2010 20:34:05 GMT -5
"Yay!!" Julien cheered excitedly. "Do you want to climb on my back, or can you climb this on your own?"
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Nina Paem
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 20, 2010 20:37:46 GMT -5
Nina smirked at Julien and stepped forward, jumping a bit to reach the lowest branch, which was a bit above her head. The contours of the musculature in her upper body became pronounced for the moment it took to hoist herself into the tree. She reached the next branch up and swung forward, wrapped her legs around another branch and hung upside down, swinging slightly and smiling down at Julien.
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Julien
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Post by Julien on Jun 20, 2010 20:54:45 GMT -5
Julien smiled back and felt his face get a little hot. He didn't understand why, Nina just looked so cute! He easily grabbed onto the same branch as Nina had before. He took a second to flex his shoulder and arm muscles. They were a little stiff, what a pain. He quickly swung up to the next branch and then the next. He dangled with one arm from Nina's branch and their faces were inches apart.
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Nina Paem
Keme
Academy Junior: Mage
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
Posts: 427
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 20, 2010 21:00:28 GMT -5
Nina's grin quirked to one side as she watched Julien climb.
She blinked when she realized how close he was.
She blinked again when she realized the heat creeping into her neck and ears. She didn't know if she was blushing, or if hanging upside down was making the blood rush to her head. She curled her body upwards, repositioning herself so she was sitting on the branch, letting her feet sway a bit.
"I wonder how Keme and the others are doing," she wondered aloud, coughing a bit as the heat faded from her face.
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Post by Julien on Jun 20, 2010 21:09:41 GMT -5
Julien shruged, "I dunno," He muttered, "hopefully not dead by Vero's driving. My cheetah was in that bus."
Julien smirked as he noticed how Nina's bare feet where within arms reach. He chuckled lightly to his self as he reached his free hand out and tickled her feet.
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Nina Paem
Keme
Academy Junior: Mage
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
Posts: 427
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 20, 2010 21:11:55 GMT -5
"Hey, he's my cheetah, too."
Nina grinned at the tickle attempt-- she wasn't particularly ticklish-- except at the hallow of her throat, which was an odd place to be ticklish, really. She flexed her feet and straightened her legs, lifting them just out of Julien's reach. She giggled.
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Julien
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Post by Julien on Jun 20, 2010 21:15:50 GMT -5
"Dawwww," Julien smiled up at her, "No tickles? ok then." Julien swung up and sat next to Nina. He tilted his head to one side and looked at Nina quizzically. A smirk slowly began to crawl across his face as he pretended to think. "Julien has an idea for a game," he said with a hint of mischievousness in his voice.
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Nina Paem
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No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 20, 2010 21:18:41 GMT -5
Nina curled her legs up so her knees were against her chest. She folded her arms over them, raising her eyebrows at Julien. "Oh?"
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Julien
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Post by Julien on Jun 20, 2010 21:23:58 GMT -5
Julien smiled and tapped the tip of Nina's nose gently. "Tag!" he shouted as he stood to his feet and began to leap up into the higher branches of the tree.
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Nina Paem
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 20, 2010 21:37:07 GMT -5
Nina blinked a few times before she realized what was happening. She pulled herself to her feet and began to climb after him, chuckling about how unfair it was that she was trying to catch a lemur. In a tree. She was a snake-- she climbed and slithered. She wasn't much of a jumper.
Nonetheless, she tried her best to keep up with him. She was fine lounging in trees-- but she was getting farther and farther from the ground, which was where she was most comfortable. She didn't work well with heights-- the ground was solid. The ground was safe. And at this height, she could get seriously hurt if she fell and wasn't able to stabilize herself.
Still, she climbed, staying as close to the trunk of the tree as possible.
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Post by Julien on Jun 20, 2010 21:41:35 GMT -5
Julien reached the top of the tree easily and looked down at Nina . . . who was still on the lower half of the tree. Oh, wait, he was a lemur, he forgot.
Julien jumped down to just below the branch Nina was on and smiled up at her. "I think I have an unfair advantage. The ground, I go to it." Julien jumped down to the ground and waited to Nina.
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Nina Paem
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Academy Junior: Mage
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 20, 2010 21:45:13 GMT -5
Nina watched him pass her, then bonked her forehead against the trunk of the tree several times. (Facetree?) All that work, and now she had to go back down again.
Her progress was slow. Eventually she got tired and slithered out to the end of a sturdy branch, coiled her legs, and jumped. She hit the ground at a roll and ended up on her feet, taking a step or two back to regain her balance. She adjusted her shorts and pushed her hair out of her face. Whew! Lack of death-- good.
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Post by Julien on Jun 20, 2010 21:50:01 GMT -5
Julien gasped at Nina hitting her head. Once she landed on the ground, Julien helped to steady her by pulling her into a gentle hug. "Are you ok, Noona?!" Julien smiled weakly, concern filling his eyes. "I didn't know you were so bad with trees. We can play something else if you want." He gently flipped her bangs off her forehead. "Why did you hit your head against the tree?" He asked holding back a chuckle.
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Nina Paem
Keme
Academy Junior: Mage
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
Posts: 427
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Post by Nina Paem on Jun 20, 2010 22:02:19 GMT -5
Nina smirked. "Didn't want to let go of the tree for a facepalm," she explained.
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