selfpreservationist | [imeeji] overflow

[He leads Raven into avante dorms proper, through his room - which is about as messy as one might imagine from Nero - and into:

Griffin's bedroom contains a door that leads into a workshop similar in style to the dorm's kitchen, but none of the "appliances" are appliances, and are instead actual functional forges, anvils, metallurgy and glassmaking ovens, lit with actual hellfire.

Against the back wall sits a drafting desk, with plenty of room for concept work, drafting, and tinkering, as well as pencils, rulers, grids, compasses and other tools useful for these purposes. Above the entryway is a stained glass window that provides non-fire light to the entire room, the glass blazoned with a singular rose. Red and blue vine roses grow up the wall with the exception of one large section around the drafting desk, which is smoothed and pliable - perfect for hanging sketches and completed works.

Around the desk, sketches for various projects are pinned up: from mural planning to weapon customization. On the desk are stacked a number of projects in varying degrees of completion: stencils for spraypaint, delicate strings of flowers drawn on tracing paper. Even one of his prosthetic arms - a wooden one, that he's carved a design of thorns and thistles into.

And of course, a stack of canvases. There might be one reminiscent of Glory's new hairstyle and her room, leaned against the wall to dry.]

Taadaa~

[this is... a lot. way more than he expected]

You know how to use all of this?

[sees the painting and goes over to examine it closer]

Is that... Glory?

The metal working stuff, I got no clue. But I figured, why not try and learn with all this free time, right?

[embarrassed nose scratch,]

Ah, yeah... I was gonna give that t'her when it dried. I painted something for Vergil, too.

... it's beautiful. May I see the one for Vergil?

I dropped it off at Baritones earlier, but I took a photo...

[he has an instagram, ok

Anyways, he shows Raven the painting of yamato from his phone]

[glances over]

... he loved it. I'm certain he did. If he pretended otherwise, he's lying. You've... really been working hard on this.

I mean... you got your books. I got my projects.

Just seems like a lot 'cause I've been here for like-- almost 200 days.

Still... it's impressive. These paintings are beautiful, Nero.

Aw, c'mon. They're okay.

[Still, he's smiling.]

I'm glad you like it. Vergil did, too.

They're far better than my attempts at writing.

[awkwardly scratches the back of his neck]

... it's good that you're able to do things like this. I... hope it gives you satisfaction.