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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 2, 2004 15:19:50 GMT -5
vib is pleased with the empress's compliment
now if she could only pass her usmle...
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Post by luvarchfiend on Jul 2, 2004 15:21:15 GMT -5
i am sure you will do fine.
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 2, 2004 15:23:11 GMT -5
i hope so. already failed it once
you like your character so far? she's a little young now, but she will be older when she and you know who find l'amour
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Post by Chung Kyun on Jul 2, 2004 15:26:00 GMT -5
i hope so. already failed it once you like your character so far? she's a little young now, but she will be older when she and you know who find l'amour wow i didn't even no it was luvarcfiend.
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 2, 2004 15:26:46 GMT -5
LAF=LCB stands for ...
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Post by luvarchfiend on Jul 2, 2004 15:27:15 GMT -5
i hope so. already failed it once you like your character so far? she's a little young now, but she will be older when she and you know who find l'amour if at first you don't succeed, try try again. not a cliche for nothing. yes like her fine. was a bit surprised by her age but knew you had a plan so no worries about it. and can't wait for the other.....
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 2, 2004 15:29:38 GMT -5
(LCB, i see you spotted your character right away hehe. you should get a choi bu avatar)
Chang bi walked nervously up to the gates of the palace. She hoped maybe at least the sentry she had sketched would be there so she could see a familiar face, but the sentries had been switched and the two new guards looked at her impassively.
in a small voice, she explained, "i'm her to see the emperor...i was given an order to do the empress' portrait..." the guards merely uncrossed their spears and allowed her to go through. breathing a sigh of relief, her stomach began to churn again when she saw the steps leading up to the palace. she'd never seen anything so grand and she suddenly felt even smaller than before she had entered.
outside the empress' chamber, the escorts announced her presence and she was led inside. the empress was already seated, coiffed and waiting. she was young, and very pretty. chang bi hadn't realized she was staring until bu yong asked, "is something wrong?"
she bowed and lowered her eyes. "I...I did not expect the empress to be so lovely!" in truth she had expected a dowdy old bag.
bu yong laughed at her honesty. "thank you, i am flattered!" she motioned for chang bi to come closer. "your name is chang bi?" the girl nodded. "you are quite pretty yourself" by yong smiled. chang bi smiled and bowed again. "well, shall we begin? hae yon, would you bring chang bi a small desk to work on?"
a tall beautiful girl brought a small lacquered mahogany table and set it in front of chang bi already arranged with a new brush and pigment stone. some water sat in a porcelein dish and a roll of the finest paper she had ever seen gleamed next to it. Chang bi arranged her skirts and sat down. Unrolling the paper a length, she placed a the weight on the free end and dipped her brush into ink. In a few minutes she had completed a good likeness of the empress.
"are you finished already?" bu yong asked incredulously. chang bi smiled and handed her the portrait with two hands. bu yong smiled. "hae yon, what do you think?" she asked her maid
the girl nodded, a look of approval on her pretty face. "it is an excellent likeness my lady."
bu yong handed it to her and asked her to put it in a safe place. as hae yon left the room, she turned to chang bi and said, "you should come visit me here at the palace and speak with hae yon. she is an artist like yourself. i am sure you two would get along fine."
chang bi remembered what her uncle had admonished her about before she had left. "my lady I-" she began to object. she was cut off when she saw the empress had brought her hand to her mouth suddenly. it looked as if she was trying not to vomit. "empress are you alright?" all bu yong could do was make small gagging noises.
hae yon rushed into the room. "madame! are you alright?" she held bu yong by both shoulders and rushed her out of the room. alone in the queen's chamber, chang bi was not sure what to do. nervous all she could think to do was to go back to her uncle's. pushing the little desk aside, she ran out of the palace.
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Post by luvarchfiend on Jul 2, 2004 15:37:17 GMT -5
hmmmm could the archfiend be a new papa again?
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 2, 2004 15:39:55 GMT -5
heheh eheheh eheh (laughing, eyebrow wiggling and rib elbow poking)
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Post by Chung Kyun on Jul 2, 2004 15:40:34 GMT -5
hmmmm could the archfiend be a new papa again? hope son2 doesn't get mad.
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 2, 2004 15:43:16 GMT -5
oh that's coming...
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 2, 2004 15:45:00 GMT -5
At his home, du was waiting fo his niece. He was surprised to see her run into the house, completely out of breath. "What happened?!" he asked. Chang bi was so out of breath that she couldn't even answer for a few minutes.
"I..did as..you instruc..ted..uncle...did...her painting and..didn't...say...any...thing...didn't...know...what...to do...think she might...be pregnant...got..frighten-"
"PREGNANT?!" her uncle boomed that only startled her even more. "are you sure?"
chang bi finally caught her breath. "i am not sure but that's what it looked like" she replied breathlessly. i've seen enough pregnant women growing up and she looked no different."
Du walked over to her. "well, at least it is over. you are not to go to the palace anymore, is that understood?" she nodded. "and i am afraid that it would be best for you to return to your mother's house."
her face fell. "when?"
"tomorrow morning."
chang bi knew better than to argue with the general. there was too much going on that she didn't understand. she wanted to stay with the uncle she admired so much, but she didn't want to cause him any more trouble either. she bowed and said, "i will do as you say."
du looked at her sad face and felt pity for her. he knew how much she loved to visit him and with the political strif of the past decades, she had not been able to very much. he put an arm around her shoulder. "how about i tell you the story about how I nearly killed this one man in battle with my bow and arrow?"
she looked at him puzzled. "what do you mean nearly killed? i thought you never missed?" du gave a hearty chuckle. he would miss her
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Post by luvarchfiend on Jul 2, 2004 15:50:58 GMT -5
she is so sweet. i do like her.
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 2, 2004 15:51:25 GMT -5
yay! you'll like her even more after this next scene i am writing
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Post by Chung Kyun on Jul 2, 2004 15:54:59 GMT -5
she is so sweet. i do like her. yeah she acts like a angel. ;D
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