Title: Taking Leave
(The face above looks politely chagrined, then consolatory, as the overseer worms get more and more frantic and desperate as their sickness grows upon them. Their words get harsh and shrill, while those of the face remain calm and measured.)
(The face seems ready to take a cheerful leave, as the worms gasp out their last unknown words and fade away...)
5 thoughts on “Taking Leave”
JJA
It’s fair to mention that the alien script should be considered a Solvable Mystery. It is not random and those who enjoy codes may want to take a crack at it.
Fan of Most Everything
Only now do I recognize the negative space face. I feel rather silly.
JJA
Please don’t feel silly! I appreciate the feedback.
I’ve never really been sure how to handle this shape or what to do with it. Most shapes in the Botaram palette look like something in some way, but this one was sort of the margin between a group of other shapes. It would be more useful if it were broken up into subshapes, but that’s not permissible according to the rules I’ve set for myself. I can let part of it fall outside of the panel and so I’ve used a section of it for a mountain range a few times.
From one orientation it looks to me like a figure hunched over with its leg stretched out, which is one reason I adopted the tag “A Walking Shadow”. From another, I decided it was ‘facey’ enough to pass with a little help from some other shapes, so I went with that.
JJA
What do you make of it?
H
Today’s installment seems rather fitting in today’s political climate, with the big guy throwing all his allies under the bus. I’m waiting for those folks to rise up against him (in both cases).
In a bleak alien landscape, two creatures raised from birth to be each other's enemies decide to think instead. One seeks Botaram, a place of high ideals and austere beauty; the other seeks to protect Botaram from being defiled by creatures like the first. An uneasy truce is formed amid heartbreak and broken ties, and through the ashes of their world they search for a truth that may no longer exist, abandoning friends, honor, and perhaps their lives… or worse.
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