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KILLED CREATIVITY
[Dual Destinies OST: 1-25 Florent L'Belle ~ Je suis L'Belle]
"Do you think this is a fucking joke, bitch? >:3"
Shelia
2024-12-21 19:47:43
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 14:48:24
"While engaging in humor would be a delight, this is no joke. ;)"
O-6 grabs Shelia by the bottom of her face and drags her forward to be forced to look at what she had created. O-6 is unbothered by the other two notails in the room. "Then motherfucking tell me what this is! >:3"
2024-12-21 19:48:45
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Posted by ID #2
Last edit: 2024-12-23 19:40:43

"Romance of Meat and Herbs - Shelia"

This work is a commission for O-6.

"It is the commission you requested. You said to draw you and your husband in an animalistic form engaging in a romantic event. ;)"
"It looks like fucking shit! You call that art, bitch? Are you trying to make fun of me? Spite me? I know you draw better than this!" O-6 pauses to look at the painting again, though never letting go of Shelia's face.
"You didn't even make it the right damn type of animal form. >:3"
"But it is a tiger, just like you asked. ;)"
O-6
2024-12-21 19:50:16
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 14:52:31
"You want to play smart with me, bitch? Tell me this. Why am I on four legs? >:3"
"Are not all tigers on four legs? ;)"
"You....want to play the fucking smart guy huh? You KNOW what I was ordering. And you fucked it up on purpose! I've commissioned you plenty of times in the past, this isn't your work! >:3"
"Hoo hoo.....I told you before. I do not do artworks of cloth, nor paints. You are thinking of Princess, not me."
Sheila
2024-12-21 19:51:13
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 14:53:00
"My art is of poor quality because I have simply never painted much before. Paint is not an art form that impresses me. It is too rigid. A single moment-" Shelia is cut off as O-6 grabs and lifts her by her neck.
"Don't you fucking start your fake ass 'I'm Shelia' shit."
Ox is finally forced to step in. She won't have her tour of the artworks ruined by having her coworker's dead body in the room. "O-6. Stop. c:<"
O-6
2024-12-21 19:52:01
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 14:53:26
"I'm not going to fucking stop until she stops with this shit. It's been twenty years, get over your damn phase already. It's annoying everyone. >:3" Despite his insistence that he wouldn't stop, O-6 lets go of Sheila.
O-10
2024-12-21 19:52:14
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 14:53:46
"I think, after twenty years, something isn't a phase, O-6. c:<"
"You act like Prince-Bitch hasn't done some fucked up long term shit to spite us before. >:3"
"You know she hates being called Prince-Bitch."
"Ah, wait, no I don't know if she hates that..... c:<" Ox mumbles something about Princess hating that under her breath.
Sheila
2024-12-21 19:53:46
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-11-17 14:54:25
Sheila just gives a few pats on Ox's back to signal that she, indeed, hates being called Prince-Bitch. "It flatters me deeply that the conversation is focused on me, but why don't we speak more about the artwork? ;)"
O-6
2024-12-21 19:53:52
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 14:54:47
"Oh sure, everyone gather around, lets talk honestly about the art. Go ahead, O-10. c:<"
Ox doesn't comment on being called O-10. "Well my honest opinion on the artwork is that...."
"It kind of sucks. I guess I should have asked about your skillset before ordering a commission for myself."
"But you already said you don't do paintings, so it's fine."
O-10
2024-12-21 19:54:53
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 14:55:10
"I do think that if you want to do abstract work, maybe study the great abstract artists of the metima species."
It wasn't supposed to be abstract.
"I have a lot of their artwork in storage if you want to see it. Some pretty famous works too. c:<"
"No one fucking cares about your physical art collection! >:3"
"......................."
"I'd be more than interested in seeing it with my very two eyes, and I do believe your criticism rings true, dear maecena. I'll do better next time." She then motions her hand at N-414's direction.

"What about you? Your opinion? ;)"
N-414
2024-12-21 19:58:28
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Posted by ID #53
Last edit: 2024-12-21 19:58:41
He can speak? Fuck the gods, he has to speak.
N-414
2024-12-21 19:58:44
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-11-17 14:56:14
"I suppose I do not understand why it sucks. 8}"
"Shut the fuck up."
"Just because Princess is your boss doesn't mean you have to fucking suck up to Princess about whatever she does."
O-6
2024-12-21 20:00:46
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 14:56:30
"Even a god loving G-class would know the difference between the amazing pieces of art around us, and this shit! I mean look over there! >:3"
"God hating. ;)"
O-6
2024-12-21 20:01:18
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 14:56:48
"I said god loving on purpose, bitch, because I'm INSULTING them."
2024-12-21 20:01:51
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Posted by ID #2
Last edit: 2024-12-23 19:41:59

"Trapped Hound" - By The Timeless Artist

To be freed from one's chains only to end up in another. The hound cannot escape his confines.

"There's a better image of my damn hound here, than there is of me! >:3"
"Hmmmm this is a very old piece, but it's not done by Shelia, so it can't be compared. c:<"
"If I stab your guts out, and Princess lightly scratches you, who did a better job at attempting to commit a murder? >:3"
O-10
2024-12-21 20:03:05
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 14:57:24
"That's an excessive example. Tone it down and don't be so dramatic. c:<"
"If I baked a cake, and O-6 made a more flashy looking cake than me, who did a better job at baking a cake? ;)"
"I know what you want me to say, but O-6's cake could be covered in mountains of frosting while being burnt on the inside."
"That being said, O-6 is great at baking...."
"Damn right I am. >:3"
Sheila
2024-12-21 20:04:01
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-11-17 14:57:51
"Which is why N-414's here. He's under my employ, but I'm sure that he has a unbiased eye, even if a little clueless on the world of art. His inexperience makes him the ideal bystander. ;)"
"That thing would die for you if you commanded it. >:3"
"Please. N-414. Kill yourself. ;)"
"Don't stoop to his level, Shelia. c:<"
"I must refuse that order. 8}"
O-6
2024-12-21 20:05:16
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 14:58:12
"No fucking shit! He's not going to kill himself for no reason. Let's try this!"
O-6 points a gun at Shelia. "Suffer. >:3"
O-6
2024-12-21 20:06:25
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Posted by ID #53
Last edit: 2024-12-21 20:06:40
"O-6, I'm vetoing your murder attempt right now. c:<"
"It's a fucking murder attempt, not a damn vote! >:3" O-6 drops the gun regardless.
"I'll give a simple proposal, and we'll vote for it. Simple, fast, and without blood, ok? ;)"
O-6
2024-12-21 20:07:13
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-11-17 14:58:34
"You agree that he would have risked his life to save her, right O-10? >:3"
"I do not believe he would have wanted to."
"But he better have. c:<"
"Would you, N-414?"
"You ask me to kill myself."
"But I am unarmed. 8}"
Sheila
2024-12-21 20:08:18
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-11-17 14:59:04
"Let's throw weight on this hypothetical, and say it is a situation where I must not die, or, in the case of my death, I won't be cloned. ;)"
"And in what context would this hypothetical take place, set the scene. 8}"
N-414's posture straightens somewhat.
"O-6 shooting you surely wouldn't end that way. 8}"
O-10
2024-12-21 20:08:51
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 14:59:38
"I don't think we need details. There's a gun pointed at her, and she's going to die. I don't think we need the stakes raised. Let's stop being dramatic. c:<"
"An assassin from another species breaks in, and aims a gun at Shelia. Do you jump in the way of the bullet? c:<"
"She would be cloned and come back. The hypothetical is not being fulfilled. 8}"
"So you're saying you wouldn't get in the way......" Ox starts writing down a few notes.
"I'll have you reassigned by next week. c:<"
"No offense, but we're looking for people who would take a bullet for an O-class...... It's ok if you value your life more. It just doesn't fit the goal of the position. c:<"
Sheila
2024-12-21 20:09:49
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 15:00:17
"Now, now, I didn't bring him here to be a good bodyguard. I bought him to be an art connoisseur. Is he unbiased, or not? ;)"
"His reassignment has nothing to do with his art tastes. c:<"
"You had the fucking gall to say you wouldn't take a bullet for an O-class. For this moment I'll respect your shitty opinion on her art. >:3"
"It's the result of not giving a single answer to several different hypotheticals. 8}"
"You should take a bullet for an O-class no matter what. You know that."
"Sadly it's just a numbers game. If Shelia dies there's quite a bit of time to get the clone up and running again. And well....you know...."
O-6
2024-12-21 20:11:25
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"The rest of your short life isn't worth even a WEEK of an O-class'. >:3"
Sheila
2024-12-21 20:11:37
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 15:01:42
"But for this single moment, in this single instance, what you say will matter in such a way that your peers would never be able to achieve. This is the peak of your career, among three O-classes. Now tell, what's your opinion on this painting you see? ;)"
"I don't care for art. It is a waste of time that could be better spent on more productive things, such as tending to the well being of Q-Classes entire systems away from home, or feeding my dog."
"We are not asking you about your thoughts on art as a whole, but on this piece. ;)"
"I'm going to rip out his neck."
"No you're not. c:<"
"I'm going to fucking maul his stupid little motherfucking body."
"Don't. c:<"
He clutches his wrist as his anxiety spikes, trying to stop his hands from trembling.
"He thinks he can fucking play selective hearing with us?"
Ox places her hand on O-6's shoulder. "You. Are. Not. Going to hurt him. c:<"
"You fucking tell me what kind of answer was that?!? >:3"
"It's just his opinion that he can't judge art because all art is useless to him."
"While I do not agree, we must respect his opinion on the matter. c:<"
"Thank you for your grace, Ox."
"..............................................." O-6 points at the painting and then at Shelia.
Sheila was good at redirecting vitriol. She was the O-4, after all.
"Just because my husband has no fucking standards doesn't mean you can deliver me shit! I can't give this to him. >:3"
"But he would like it, correct? c:<"
"Just because I could feed him microwaved meals doesn't mean I will. >:3"
"I assure you that this was not made out of spite, and the artwork I prepared for Ox is not much better. I know you're angry, and I'm more than willing to rectify this mistake through other mediums, but I don't jest."
"I don't do paintings. ;)"
"You could do paintings."
O-6
2024-12-21 20:15:50
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"Because you HAVE done paintings. Let me play along with your stupid make believe fantasy. Go into your brain, dig up the old memories of ""Princess"" painting, and fucking reabsorb what you've learned in the past."
"Redo my commission, that is an order. >:3"
"You can't give an official order to another O-class without approval. c:<"
O-6
2024-12-21 20:16:22
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Last edit: 2024-12-21 20:16:35
"That is my non legally binding demand. And you don't want to find out what happens if you fuck it up. >:3"
"That's better. c:<"
She sighs a little as she side-glances the painting.
"Fine. I'll redo it... But I have a question. ;)"
"Go on. >:3"
Sheila hands join up, awkwardly thinking as she slowly tilts her head to the painting, examining the tiger delivering the rose to his lover.

"What's the "right type of animal form"?"
"You have access to """Prince-Bitch's""" computer, you have access to everything she owns. Go take five seconds to figure it out!"
"And don't deliver that to me. That's not fucking art. >:3" O-6 does not wait to listen to Shelia give her "nonsense" excuses. He leaves.
"That's our tiger. c:<"
Sheila
2024-12-21 20:18:03
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-11-17 15:03:20
"He took it better than I thought! He's in a good mood today. ;)"
"Uh, actually, hey are you ok? I know you've been dealing with O-6 for ages but it really seems like he bothers you. c:<"
O-10
2024-12-21 20:18:25
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Last edit: 2024-12-21 20:19:23
"Should I step out for this? 8}"
"You can stay. Just in case he comes back with a bigger gun. ;)"
"We won't have to kill you as long as Shelia doesn't say anything classified. c:<"
"Is the gun hypothetical? 8}"
"Not that we want to kill you, it's just the rules. c:<"
Sheila
2024-12-21 20:19:37
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 15:04:16
"The tiger's draining, and I do often tune out what most he says, but I can survive him in small doses, sure. I prefer that he dislikes me a little."
"Specially since he dislikes everyone else a little more, hoho! There's no special treatment here."
"But, uh, I can't really do what he asks for. ;)"
"I would have just rejected his demands. Maybe if you were alone you'd have to do it, but you know as long as I'm around you don't have to worry about it, right?" Bundles of wires silently pour through the doorway behind Ox.
O-10
2024-12-21 20:20:30
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"O-6 owes me quite a few favors. He can't fight me, not as long as he has debts to pay. (I hope you haven't forgotten you owe me a few favors yourself.) So as long as I'm around, you don't have to worry about a thing."

The now towering pillar of wires reaches the ceiling and is forced to "slouch" to fit in the room.
"If you don't mind owing me a few more favors, I don't mind rush commissioning another artist to pretend it's by you..... Don't worry, I won't ask you to take on anything big. c:<" The wires slink closer to the commission for O-6.
"If you may, you'd be a life-saver! Both metaphorically and somewhat literally."
"I wish I was able to do it all myself without relying too much on your help, but." She gives a few small knocks on her mask's forehead, taking care to not touch the horn.

"The computer only came in with the memory, not with the experience or skills. ;)"
"No need to explain it to me. I get it. It's just, you know..." Ox holds out his hand to make a vague motion, when he slaps it into the wires.
"Makaʻu aʻōpala!" Ox shouts in fear as she jumps back. "What in the Neo's domain is this? c:<"
"Did you just call me a slur......."
"No, it's tourist for Holy Neo. c:<"
Barley Bonekeeper
2024-12-21 20:22:09
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Posted by ID #53
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"I don't know if that's any better....."
"Sorry for sneaking up on you, I just wanted to check out Shelia's new art piece."
Barley Bonekeeper
2024-12-21 20:22:32
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Posted by ID #118
Last edit: 2025-11-17 15:06:32
"I've been waiting weeks to see Shelia's new artistic direction into painting."
"Shelia, do you know this guy? c:<"
"We're in the same art group. ;)"
"They'd let an AI into an art group? They can't make art. c:<"
Barley Bonekeeper
2024-12-21 20:23:14
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"Ah...........I'm.....mainly in it to support independent artists."
"But I would have you know, I have created a few art pieces, some which are in this gallery right now. Have you checked out the video game over there?"
"The one where you can buy land and build stuff on it? c:<"
"Yeah!"
"It's pretty awful......I mean why would you want fake land?"
"No offense, but that's fake art. c:<"
Barley Bonekeeper
2024-12-21 20:25:34
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"Ah, well, you don't have to buy anything. You can do anything and be anyone you want in that world."
"I prefer sudoku. No offense. c:<"
"It's ok, that art piece hasn't been going well....I guess I just made the thing, I didn't really make art..." Barley looks at the painting before him, suddenly changing topics.
"This art is amazing!"
"I regret to inform you, it is not art. ;)"
"Fooled by AI art again....."
"Ah, no. I did make it."
"But it's a commission, not an artpiece. ;)"
"Commissions are art ordered by people, aren't they?"
"That is usually true......."
"But this piece in particular is not a work of art."
Sheila
2024-12-21 20:27:58
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"It is something made out of necessity, with no emotions or thought put into it. There is no one in the universe currently who cares about this piece. ;)"
Barley scans over the piece, slowly grabbing the frame and pulling the piece over to himself to view it closer. Ox attempts to reminds Barley to not touch the artworks, but Shelia touches his shoulder to stop him.
".............This looks just like art."
"Hoo hoo. It fools even AIs."
"Why do you think this looks like 'art'? ;)"
"This is one of the many forms of artwork. It's oil on canvas. You don't get more art than that."
"Is every canvas with some paint on it, 'art'? ;)"
Barley Bonekeeper
2024-12-21 20:29:49
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Last edit: 2024-12-21 20:29:56
"That's a simple one. All canvases painted by people are art."
"Or are you going to tell me you're not a real person? Heh..."
"You're not secretly an AI, right?"
"Hohoho! I'm not, but I think you're getting somewhere. Let's finish this thought together, shall we? ;)"
"Shelia.....you are a person....."
"Oil on canvas is art, as long it is drawn by a person. I'm a person."
"Why I do not claim this as art? ;)"
"Shelia you know I'm not good at your artist philosophy....."
"That's why you're a algorithm that happens to make things, and not a artist. ;)"
"I......." Barley clenches onto the artwork....no....the pile of lines he wanted to submit to the gallery.
"Sorry. Understood. I'll come back later." Barley slinks out of the room after placing the commission back on the wall.
Sheila comes closer to the portrait, and adjusts it a little as she speaks mindlessly. "Although there's some truth somewhere in your opinion, and some facts I naturally disagree. Art is a tool, N-414. It isn't useless. "
Sheila
2024-12-21 20:32:19
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Last edit: 2025-11-17 15:08:47
"In the hands of a proper craftsman, it can express a ideology, belief or thought. Visions upon visions, the path of somewhere where you want to go or an objective you want to achieve. Inherently meaningful. ;)"
"Which is why AIs can't make art. In the hands of that our wired friend that just left, art has the same meaning to him as random splotches of paint onto a canvas: As pretty as it is meaningless."
"Some AIs are so advanced that theses random splotches of paint do resemble something, sometimes. Marvellous, isn't it? ;)"
Ox writes down in her notes "Call Zookeeper and request he takes control of the annual prison planet art auction event again."
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