Haunted 1-17
DEAR EVERYONE:
I apologize for alluding to the existence of an interesting character, setting it up in a way that suggests a future entertaining interaction with the protagonist, revealing that this character showed up to her professional photo shoot ready for Vogue and decided to glower at the camera like a Disney villain—can you even call it a look if your lipstick doesn’t match your hair beads? Again, this is for the head shot displayed in the foyer of the business she owned—and entangling this reveal with a shot of the maintenance lady taking down her photo.
I’ll let you know when I figure out how to deal with this emotionally.
For your sake and mine, Althea’s first appearance is going to be way earlier than I planned.
(don’t worry about the names, this took forever b/c I had to design 9 new characters, but I’ll do the work for you)
BREAKING. SHITPOST. NEWS.: Xiyuan_irl
Omg, so many exciting new faces! I really appreciate all the attention you put into designing them. They all look great, and it looks like you’re setting up a dramatic reveal, here…
Miles is cute!
Miles, the big teddy bear with a ponytail whose fashion sense seems to be Easter colors? Cute? Yeah, I can see it now.
Ha! I’m a fan of the obvious!
Oh man, Althea looks so amazing in the photo, the fierce look in her eyes, the stunning hair, the jawline… meanwhile, my photo on my work pass makes me look like I have jaundice and haven’t slept in days. Oh well. On the brighter side, I never use my work pass these days, yay!
That’s one way to make an impression on the new employees, hah. I love the range of their reactions, some puzzled, some shocked, some annoyed but a couple downright pleased. I wonder if any of them will become important as we go on.
Yeah, I look like a nerd in my work ID, but I’m a professional nerd so I guess that isn’t so bad. Good thing neither of us are internationally famous tastemakers. On the other side of the photogenic spectrum, I don’t think it’s possible to get a bad picture of Thea. You could try to get a candid shot of her vomiting into a toilet and she’d end up with a sexy windswept beach look.
(Ah, man, I screwed something up. Sergio isn’t supposed to look quite so pleased; I’ll go back and fix it when I’m less of a beginner.)
Maybe Sergio is the type that starts manically grinning when he’s annoyed or upset – it’s a thing!
I think this might be beyond my understanding. Clearly, everyone looks like Yuan just shat in their (uhhhh… whatever type of shoes people that deal in the artworld wear)… Except the Archivist. Both she and Yuan look like they’re about to take over the world Pinky and the Brain style. Like those deviant looks are amazing. Like, I can’t help but be excited for them and whatever shit-show is about to take place now that Yuan is in charge, much to the devastation of her coworkers.
I mean, I get the whole adult situation where a bipoc woman is being replaced by a man, and although he is not a white man, the question remains, does it still make it bad b/c he, like her, is also non-white…
LOL I just noticed Ari has pokeballs on their headband. Not the first nod to Pokemon (pinata Bulbasor). There might be more that I haven’t found, and I GOTTA CATCH THEM ALL… or maybe I need to catch something else altogether….Hmmm.
lol Miles and his fake picture ID smile is hilarious. He’s so adorable.
Hahaha, yes, Iliana is the only one who is FREAKING READY for this. Everyone else is trying to figure out wtf just happened after their beloved boss—regardless of race or sex—sold her gallery late last night with no warning or advance planning. Oop! You have a new boss now!
(thank you for appreciating Ari’s sartorial choices)
Hahaha I love Iliana for this 😀
THEA!
WINDY SCARF!
LaTeX!
Props for making Sergio’s tie look like it hangs down towards the camera. Also Sirak kinda looks like someone ordered Bernard from Wish.
Man. Sirak is going to have opinions on Yuan’s eventual soulmate looking so similar to him. But as you also know, the author has opinions on relationships where one person is in a position of power over the other…