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LA summer ☀️🌻
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Side quest
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A month of murder and magic
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MURDER IN RAVENSWOOD BLUFF 🐦‍⬛🩸

@purelytopaz , these six would-be killers (and their extravagant victim) are the incarnations of your ambition, your passion, and your genius mind. I have never felt more fulfilled than to bring John Smith, “The Blacksmith” to life.

He’s a widower, who lost his wife, Elizabeth, to circumstances he couldn’t control. He’s a father, who is doing all that he can to protect his only son, Mortimer, from the dangers he faces. He’s a debtor, who despite giving and loving to the fullest, he was beaten and cast down. He’s a gambler, who’s used to playing with fire, but keeps getting away by the skin of his teeth. He’s an addict, with no one to understand him, no one to confide in. But he felt the alcohol cleansed him, and the adultery fulfilled him. He’s a soldier, who’s seen civilization at its worst, and still believed in it. He’s an apostate, who questions why, in a world full of good, why does evil exist? And most of all, he’s a blacksmith, who forges weapon and armor for a living. He meets a new person every day, and can tell you everything about them by the way they hold a blade. He abandoned his wealth, his power and his king to live a humble life in Ravenswood Bluff, get married, raise a family … but thanks to the torment of fate, he never go the chance to pursue a full life. He was damned to live a transactional one.

But despite being betrayed by everyone he loves, despite holding no cards, and despite being both a perpetrator and a victim of a cruel world … he never lost his capacity to care for others, even if he knows it hurts them. He never lost his capacity to love, to fight for what’s right, to guide others to greatness. But most importantly, he never lost his clarity of thought when the black smoke rose around him.

And he could never bring it upon himself to murder the man who ruined his life. John Smith was the only townsperson who had a clean slate across four shows and the dress rehearsal; he was executed twice. I like to think he joined Elizabeth on the other side. I hope he finds the peace with his first and true love until the end of time…

Thank you for your service, John.

-T
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See you next year ~
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it’s cold here
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