For a warm-up, she spends two AP and paints two small portraits on smooth primed boards — the kind you can carry anywhere by stuffing them into the "other" slot. After which she solemnly shows her creations to Guyon.
Together forever (paired portraits)
- 😅 I see, I'm your main source of inspiration.
- You bet. You know what I thought? When you disappeared, I didn't have time to get scared only because I went after you. And if Her Majesty hadn't transported me there? You'd have stayed there all alone. But now I'll always be with you. Here, take this — she hands him her portrait.
- Thank you... That really is sweet.
- You'll look at it and think about how strong and enduring you are, how many punishments from your mistress you endure — she grinned lewdly. — I hope my portrait charges you with such health, protects you so much, that you could withstand even ten attacks from any singularity without flinching, there. And mind you, I drew it only for you. No one but you should even touch it! And even if someone does, it won't have that effect anyway. I'm only your mistress, and no one else's 😘
- 😅😳🥺 A... And what will you think about, looking at my portrait?..
- About what a handsome man you are. That I'll tear anyone apart for you, or to get out of any crap and come back to you. I'll hit harder and knock down any singularity in one blow. And I won't show you like that to anyone. Only I have the right to admire you that way. Because you're mine alone, I won't give you to anyone.
- 😳🥰
- Now I need to think about what to draw for the boss... — Beata hoists a larger canvas onto the easel.
The Indomitable Fury
- Inte-e-e-resting armor design...
- I'm an artist, that's how I see it! But it looks like her, doesn't it?
- It does. Same face.
- See! I hope with this painting the boss becomes even more... Boss-like. So that everything good in her multiplies. Let her be inspired looking at herself.
Beata was tired from all the drawing, and she had no new ideas yet. But at least the foul mood from the robbery had lifted somewhat. So she and Guyon decided to chill in limbo and slowly paddle toward the contest results.