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[emet_sulk]

Who has been placing these indecent effigies around the area?!

[ Context? You don't need context. Someone finally found some of the offerings left by the natives. ]

Even after I remove them they return.

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[emet_sulk]

[ Emet-Selch is unfortunately too incensed by these images to pick up on the ulterior motive. ]

I feel as though I cannot take five paces without seeing one out of the corner of my eye. Mayhap I should be thankful that the more outrageous designs are in discreet locations. If only they were discreet enough to keep them inside their own homes.

[touchofcashmere]

Clearly they should be documented for further study, just so we can apprehend the culprits. [he takes a note to show Ed later]

Or the scoundrels who might track down the artists in order to make commission. [oh now there's a thought]

[emet_sulk]

[ Oh, by Zodiark... ]

I do not even wish to entertain the thought of their numbers increasing further. If it weren't so much bother I would simply go and destroy them all right now.

[touchofcashmere]

[there is no Zodiark here. Only Stede]

What is it about them that you find so greatly offensive anyway? Have you tried not looking?

[emet_sulk]

They are indecent and crude: all titillation and no artistic merit. Furthermore, I never consented to seeing these depraved works in the open and I'm sure I am not the only one. 'Tis impossible to simply avoid looking when one's gaze is unable to escape them in the first place.

[touchofcashmere]

[he hesitates, then texts somewhat casually (not that anyone could tell)]

Are you sure that this outrage isn't covering up some latent[a beat] interest in these works?

There's no shame in it.

[emet_sulk]

[ How dare you call him out like this, Captain. ]

Absolutely certain.

[ It's not like he's been missing someone for over ten thousand years. Nope. Couldn't be him. ]

[touchofcashmere]

Well, that seems a shame. Art is meant to provoke after all!

But if it's not your thing it's not your thing.

I'll certainly take a look so I will have a thorough idea of what you're talking about but...you know...

It does occur to me it might be someone else's thing. That they might even take[pleasure is not a great word here]a kind of happiness from looking at it. Is it right to take it away?

[though he might just snag a few pieces for a private collection depending on the nature of them]

[emet_sulk]

Then they can join the crude masses and create their own effigies in the privacy of their own homes. I shan't stop them.

If they are so desperate for public approval then they can form a gallery where like-minded individuals can gather and oggle - rather than flaunt this indecency where anyone can see.

[touchofcashmere]

We'll have to ask the locals about it, I suppose. After all, it is their home.

[and he can't help but wonder if this man would be peeking in the gallery just to be disgusted at it]

[emet_sulk]

Mayhap I shall do just that.

[ And Stede may even get to see this old man arguing that very proposal with the locals later. To very little effect. ]