07-18-2013, 07:17 PM
It didnt even occur to Rune that Thalia might not chuckle at her joke. It was funny! Americans really were loud. Which is what made them awesome! Yah! But, like Thalia, she had to admit Moscow wasn't the worst place to be.
Then it was Rune's turn to chuckle, and her imagination buzzed over to a day (somewhere between Dayton and Toledo) when her and Uncle Seth came across a tanner, at least, thats what Rune called it. It fed on humans, dead ones thankfully, there was not much worse in Rune's mind than something that ate its meat fresh (which is exactly why she tells snobby waiters to shove it when she burgers well-done.... or eats in diners only.... diner cooks only knew well-done, which suited her just fine). Like so many others, it skinned the flesh and hair off its steaks before carving them up. And apparently it liked to stretch and dry the hide like leather-makers of old. The gore and freezer of man-steaks, and butchery knives never bothered Rune, but the drums of skin stretched across the top, well, she put an extra umph in her swing when she lobbed off the thing's head.
So, yeah, the canvas was different. But didn't the Indians used to paint on animal hide-canvas? Way way back in the day? It worked pretty good, actually. But Thalia probably wasn't being literal, and Rune's chuckle reflected her conclusion.
"I've been in Moscow a while for work, and didn't know they were going to have me stay until a few weeks ago. I could pay you. It won't be much, see, because I have to save for the actual tattoo artist and all that, who, i'm sure, will have some great ideas for how to put an extra spin on anything we come up with, unless you know someone down with taking a transfer off your drawing, but......."
She scooched her chair sideways to better face Thalia, sending the iron legs scraping obnoxiously across the sidewalk. She held up her arm as though to wave goodbye, but instead pointed just above the wrist. "I want a dragon-snake thing looped in a circle eating its own tail, but not just that. I want it on some sort of great background. You know, bright and colorful and intricate and detailed. Not all fuzzy and abstract. Shapes and lines and design."
Then it was Rune's turn to chuckle, and her imagination buzzed over to a day (somewhere between Dayton and Toledo) when her and Uncle Seth came across a tanner, at least, thats what Rune called it. It fed on humans, dead ones thankfully, there was not much worse in Rune's mind than something that ate its meat fresh (which is exactly why she tells snobby waiters to shove it when she burgers well-done.... or eats in diners only.... diner cooks only knew well-done, which suited her just fine). Like so many others, it skinned the flesh and hair off its steaks before carving them up. And apparently it liked to stretch and dry the hide like leather-makers of old. The gore and freezer of man-steaks, and butchery knives never bothered Rune, but the drums of skin stretched across the top, well, she put an extra umph in her swing when she lobbed off the thing's head.
So, yeah, the canvas was different. But didn't the Indians used to paint on animal hide-canvas? Way way back in the day? It worked pretty good, actually. But Thalia probably wasn't being literal, and Rune's chuckle reflected her conclusion.
"I've been in Moscow a while for work, and didn't know they were going to have me stay until a few weeks ago. I could pay you. It won't be much, see, because I have to save for the actual tattoo artist and all that, who, i'm sure, will have some great ideas for how to put an extra spin on anything we come up with, unless you know someone down with taking a transfer off your drawing, but......."
She scooched her chair sideways to better face Thalia, sending the iron legs scraping obnoxiously across the sidewalk. She held up her arm as though to wave goodbye, but instead pointed just above the wrist. "I want a dragon-snake thing looped in a circle eating its own tail, but not just that. I want it on some sort of great background. You know, bright and colorful and intricate and detailed. Not all fuzzy and abstract. Shapes and lines and design."