[open to Investigators] Roll call and IC welcome/infopost

[howexciting]

Is everyone all right? I think-- cazzo!-- I think a roll call is in order. Leonardo da Vinci, present.

We seem to have found ourselves in the Afterlife, or some form of it. But where precisely, I don't know. Angels and demons in the same place... it's unheard of, in the stories of my time.

For those new Travelers, welcome to your first Jaunt. I am sorry it is not more hospitable... if anyone needs better clothes or any supplies, I would be happy to assist, if only I can manage to disperse this crowd-- Dio mio, this crowd! This is ridiculous!

... please, if anyone has found a quiet spot where I may hide, tell me? I am having a bit of trouble, here.

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[howexciting]

But it's not even that good.

[... uh. Leo. Why.]

I may be physically, but it is doing little for my state of mind at the moment. I'm having a hard time even hearing myself think, let alone you all.

[creativefool]

Hey, hey! Don't go puttin' yourself down, alright?

Hang on in there.

[howexciting]

... putting myself down? What do you mean?

[Guess who doesn't know modern phrases and idioms.]

[creativefool]

...Ah. Yeah. Y'know, lookin' at yourself in a bad way. Sayin' what you do is worse than it is. That kinda thing.

[howexciting]

... oh! Well, I don't look at myself too negatively... other than the fact that I am a coward at the best of times. I merely look upon my paintings with a critical eye because they are not completely accurate to real life.

[... so, no need to worry, right??]

[creativefool]

[Funny sort of definition of coward, Kanji thinks, though his perspective might be a little skewed.]

No-one's paintings are! That's part of why we invented cameras... but yeah. I get it's easy t' see what you're doin' wrong. Happens to me, too.

Seriously, though. They are good.

[howexciting]

But the entire point is to make our paintings, sculptures, all works of art authentic to real life, no matter how fantastical the subject might be. Inaccuracy is a failure on the part of the artist.

[Don't ask how he felt about modern art, okay.]

[creativefool]

[Kanji's not got a good answer to that for the moment.]

Eh... What you're callin' 'inaccurate' is still a hell of a lot better than what most folks are callin' 'inaccurate'.

[Never mind the fact that something being imperfect or fragile can be what makes it more interesting or precious...]

But ... we probably oughta talk about this more later.