 | "Contemporary Abstract Art" by Akira
(2010-09-15) |
I'm not really sure I should be using "Contemporary Abstract Art" for today's joke, since I don't know deeply about that particular art. But I hope you get the joke. I thought of using the name "Picasso" for the punch line, but I admire him too much. I can't use his name for my stupid joke.
As you can guess easily, the first panel took the most time and effort. Although it didn't take that much time than I expected. I finished this page within 3.5 hours.
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 | "Looking into Touhou with detail - Scarlet Devil Mansion" by Totaku
(2010-09-15) |
Today, I will be giving a rather detailed look into one of the more known locations in Gensokyo. As we covered a bit anout it already. But here I will explain a bit about the location itself. We will now looking into the mansion known as....
The Scarlet Devil Mansion
The Scarlet Devil Mansion itself is a rather large mansion that located past the misty lake. And it the home of the main group that make up the Scarlet Devil Cast, Meiling, Patchouli, Sakuya, Remilia and Flandre.
To begin, as of today, the Scarlet Devil Mansion is a large mansion that's surrounded by a tall wall and gate. There' is only one entrance into the main part of the mansion's Garden and through the main entrance, and that's through the main gate.
The gate is of course guarded by Hong Meiling as it has been her main resposibility to keep intruders out of the mansion grounds. As expected, most typical humans don't stand a chance against, her, but if are truely talented in the art of danmaku, that's whole nother thing....
Pass the gate is the garden, which is kept in order, but isn't much details on what the garden is like.... regardless now we will talk about the mansion....
The Scarlet Devil Mansion itself, is painted in a deep scarlet color and various accounts suggest that the mansion itself is a 2 or 3 story building. And from looking around the mansion. It's suggested that the mansion also lacks a lot of windows. Mainly for Remilia and Flandre's personal safety as the last thing they need is a nasty sunburn. :P
On the top of the mansion rest a large clock tower which stands up high above the main portion of the mansion. While it's said that the clock doesn't work, there is rumors that suggest that on certain nights.... the bell in the clock tower rings 13 times.....
Inside the mansion itself, the Scarlet Devil mansion is made up od long hallways and many rooms, and is dimmly lit due to the lack of windows. There is a grand hallway that is part of the entrance to the mansion as well. As far as it's known, this hall goes down multipule paths through the mansion itself....
Beyond that, it's unclear where Sakuya or Remilia reside within the mansion though it's known that Sakuya mainly cleans the mansion itself And while this would be a difficult task, for her to do alone, she mainly gets most of the work done thanks to her time freezing capabilities.
Course Sakuya isn't alone, as she also has a sqaud of fairy maid that also tend to the mansion.
The mansion contains a basement where the Volie Library is located. This is where Patchouli mainly does all her work and lives. The library itself is said to contain the most complete collection of books, that are all well preserved. Not only in terms of condition, but in also books that come from many eras, as well as many books that even come from modern times including multiple languages.
Also within the Volie library is the sealed room, which is where Flandre was sealed during the EoSD event before she broke loose. But as explain earlier, she now roams around the mansion on her own free will since she's better behaved. So wether or not she still uses the sealed room to rest or not is unkonwn.
As expected, The Scarlet Devil mansion is well armed to deal with any intruder, if the door gaurd and the faires don't get you, the knife throwing maid and the librarian will, and if not them, then the vampires will. :P
So attempting to brake into the mansion can be very risky. (Course Marisa does it all the time. :P) So unless you are a risk taker or are invited to come to the mansion (Remilia does hold parties, so that's true), your best bet is to stay away from the mansion. And don't attempt to even pass the gate.
That's the Scarlet Devil Mansion for you. Next time, I will cover a small, but important subject matter, as it's an important thing in the world of Gensokyo....The Spell Card Rules.
Till Next time
Totaku
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