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Khet - Chapter 6
It took the better part of the afternoon, but by the time the sun was starting to slip below the line of the western mountains, I was trudging back to the Hall with an armload of red and yellow clay tucked into the sopping wet ends of my loin cloth. I used it like a basket, cradling the supplies against my stomach. My arms and stomach were a brilliant orange nearly to my elbows, and my legs were equally pigmented up to my knees.

I made plans to scrounge some animal fat and charcoal sticks from the dining hall to make some decent paints. I'd managed to find a few green branches left on a small sapling tucked high into the rocks on a particula
Khet - Chapter 5
It took four more trips to finish carrying the rest of the laundry to the top of the plateau. There were still a few hours of daylight, and I hoped they'd finish drying before night fell or I'd have to bring them in and hang them around the remains of the bonfire.

With the last load laid out flat on the warm rocks, I padded down the narrow steps leading away from the plateau, and stretched my arms high above my head to ease the pressure in my back. Usually it didn't bother me to sit hunched over for long hours at a time; I did plenty of that when I was painting. Maybe I was simply tired from the hike up the mountain.

I ran a hand back throu

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:iconmysticfeline7:
~mysticfeline7 Aug 30, 2012  Student Digital Artist
AMAZING HANDWRITING XD Mine fails [link]
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~DawnBlossom Aug 5, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
That must be so fun to do.
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:icondarlingmionette:
=DarlingMionette Aug 5, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
XD it passed the time at least lol
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:iconazzacanth:
~azzacanth Jun 23, 2012  Hobbyist
I never do memes but this one looked fun ;) [link]
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~azzacanth Jun 23, 2012  Hobbyist
and no I don't expect anyone to read it. haha
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~ken261 Jun 23, 2012
Nice penmanship.

Our schools have officially said they won't teach cursive any more.
It's a shame really.

Of course my handwriting looks so bad sometimes I can't even read it.
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:iconazzacanth:
~azzacanth Jun 23, 2012  Hobbyist
No cursive, how cheap!
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:icondarlingmionette:
=DarlingMionette Jun 23, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
XD thank you - aww that's sad. I can't imagine not having cursive o.O
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=DoktorKat Jun 21, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
You would write 'humor' instead of 'humour', like it asked. You american.
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=DarlingMionette Jun 22, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
XD Honestly I didn't even notice. :3 My american brain skimmed over the u!
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