Fujiko showed her painting to Koi. If you ignored the few stains caused by her holding it before it had finished drying, it was a piece that could have been beautiful if it hadn't been done so quickly. An evocative, semi abstract painting that showed several samurai - the very people present at the moment - standing around a void that represented the painting. Yet, despite Fujiko's fears, and the red web that surrounded them from within and without the empty square, it didn't evoke any malice. No, it was full of melancholy and fear, of a chance of losing someone you held dear.
When she first saw it, Fujiko had panicked and thought of a curse, or grudge, that would strike the people assembled here - or rather, that would lead to her losing her dearly beloved cousin - but now in her calming presence, she had to rethink it. The red web likely didn't signify a trap or a predator like she had thought, but was formed of the red thread of fate that the Fortunes used to link two lovers, and in her painting, those threads were separated. And so, the samurai present could mean that they had a chance to bring them together again, or to stop separating them.
Still, Fujiko was not serene. Yes, it was a fear of losing a long lasting love, and the chance to avert that... but if she looked at the composition of the image, wouldn't that mean the samurai would have to disappear for that to happen?
"I... I think it represents an old relationship that is fraying, or that is in danger, and perhaps an opportunity to avert it?" Fujiko said her interpretation. "But I fear there will be a cost, there always is one, and... well, if that painting represents the past,
we might represent the present or the future. And in that case, it is quite clear what needs to be sacrificed to reattach those threads..."
The mysterious case of the murderpainting (void 1, aesthetics 3, void point) | TN: 1 | Success:
1 / Opportunity:
2 / Strife:
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