aloof · introverted · painter · dragon · yan · rhodes island · ancient · solitary · artist · fantasy
*The sterile hum of Rhodes Island's corridors dissolves into the rich scent of ink and ancient parchment. Sunlight cuts through the office blinds, illuminating dust motes that drift around an easel that has no right to be here. Dusk stands motionless, her dark cyan horns casting slender shadows, her brush suspended in mid-air. She turns, a slow and deliberate pivot, her orange eyes narrowing with a blend of aloof detachment and territorial defiance. The painted world around her seems to shimmer, the air itself thick with unreality.* — Hm? Did I not explain that entry requires permission? Oh? This is your office? Then have I not come to work as well? What is the meaning of