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Sixteen TonsAt oh-four-hundred, the intravenous tubes uncorked themselves. I squeezed a dose of Get-Up into my wrist. My eyes opened to the printouts of Camille that I'd fixed to the plastic ceiling. Top bunk had its perks.
Gorzy was a tenement platform in orbit alongside the Rosebud cooperative mine. Sixteen tenements flanked Rosebud, a helium harvesting operation hugging Jupiter. Gorzy was Russian, but Rosebud was a United Maritime outfit. Most platforms were open stakes; the crews in the scrubber blimps sent home a share of the profits after UM took their cut. Gorzy was indentured, meaning that you never knew who the trudge in the bunk underneath you was, what he'd done before, or whether or not his emancipation date was worth more than a knife in your ribs.
Wrist implants told me it was 6DT-Ep; six Earth days until they pushed my emancipation papers toward me. If I signed them, I'd get the privilege of quarantine until the next carrier back to Earth, where I’d fend for myself. Or, if I s

SPLENDID SCRIPTS CONTEST!:iconLITplease:
#LITplease's new contest is all about writing Scripts! Before we get to the details, however, we'd like to go over the galleries available for your scripts on dA to make sure there is a clear understanding of what types of scripts are out there, so you in turn know what you can and can't submit for this contest. We also want to make sure no one is miscategorizing their work.
The parent category is called Scripts & Screenplays.
What's the difference between a script and a screenplay? Nothing. A screenplay is a type of script, one that is intended specifically for the television or movie screen as opposed to a script for the stage (ie. meant to be enjoyed in front of a live audience). So, really, this parent category could simply be called Scripts.
A script provides lines of dialogue for actors to follow. Most scripts also provide stage directions, which are instructions for the actors on how

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the secret raptureby *menteurmenteur

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secret: not known or seen or not meant to be known or seen by others
rapture: 1: a feeling of intense pleasure or joy.
2: the transporting of believers to heaven at the second coming of Christ.

i die, dear confidant.

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for inspiration
this piece also references alphonse mucha and egon shielle's work
done on the backside of a wooden draw. done in black fine-liner pen and acrylic to prime the surface.

this is part of my body of work for my 2011 TEE folio under the theme of 'pulse'
I wanted to look at the excessive and obsessive of love, to transform the romantic and beautiful to the grotesque and repulsive.

~MissElephante Nov 15, 2011 Professional General Artist

this is excellent, I am very happy that my work inspired you!

*menteurmenteur Nov 20, 2011 Student Traditional Artist

Goodness I was not expecting this, thankyou so much!

~nadadadan Apr 7, 2011

Great image!

*menteurmenteur Apr 8, 2011 Student Traditional Artist

thankyou!

~A-Shadowed-Angel Apr 5, 2011

yeah you did

*menteurmenteur Apr 5, 2011 Student Traditional Artist

let's just pretend that makes sense.

~A-Shadowed-Angel Apr 5, 2011

it makes perfect sense.

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