Tag: Paris

  • Decoding

    Hogwarts, 3 feb. 2002

    Hidden in the special hideout room they found month ago, the team starts deciphering the secret correspondence they found. Letters and notebooks, some hidden in double bottoms, some masked by some obufcat… osbucat… some masking spell.
    In the sofa, Cecil’s asleep. Too much emotions, they think. They don’t know about the divination he just done, and about the toll on his body. Paris watches the time, they must be quick before the students whom they rummaged the belongings notice the scuffling. They know these are important, Voldemort’s mark on a crumpled paper dissipated any doubt left. Artemisia is holding the mirror, letting Alastor do the translation, she found very surprising that a boy who don’t like books very much is quite proficient in decoding a two layered cipher. Substitution and mirroring, that was clever.

    Soon, patterns starts to emerge. names, connections, even dates. “William had it. He deserved it” Paris shudders, remembering the scars on William’s arm. No wonder William never talk about it.  "The end of the year is near, soon we’ll be free from this prison that is Hogwarts. Free to do as we want.“…  ”I made him say it. Then told the professor about it. Now he’s gone. forever. Good riddance“… ”Keep your mouth sealed, you idiot. They must never know.

    And finally: ”We works for the glory of the deatheaters.

    As they look at each others, they know what to do. No time to gather the avengers and discus, they must act now.

    – Mc Gonagall?
    – Mc Gonagall.
    – Yes. Let’s go.

    Pencil doodle on A6 sketchbook

    ***

    Poudlard, 3 Fév. 2002

    Caché dans leur QG secret trouvé quelques mois auparavant, l’équipe se colle immédiatement au décodage des correspondances secrètes qu’ils ont déniché. Lettres et carnets, certains dissimulés dans des doubles fonds de malle, d’autre masqué par un sortilège d’obuscat… ofbucat… par un sort de masquage. Cécile dors. Trop d’émotion, ils supposent, ignorant qu’il a encore fait usage de divination, et le coût à payer pour cela. Paris surveille l’heure, ils doivent procéder avec célérité avant que les étudiants dont ils ont fouillé les affaires ne s’en rendent compte. Ce sont les bons papiers, ils en sont sûr. La marque de Voldemort hâtivement griffonnée sur ce papier chiffonné ne laisse pas de place au doute. Artemisia maintien le miroir pour qu’Alastor puisse déchiffrer. Elle trouve vraiment surprenant qu’un gamin avec aussi peu d’intérêt pour les livres que lui soit assez doué pour déchiffrer si vite un code à double couche. Substitution plus miroir, c’était futé.

    Bientôt, des motifs émergent… noms, dates, connexions. ”William l’a bien mérité, c’te pauvre tache.“ Paris frémis en repensant aux cicatrices sur le bras dudit William. Pas étonnant qu’il n’ait pas voulu en parler.”La fin de l’année approche, bientôt nous seront libre de cette prison qu’est Poudlard. Libre de faire comme bon nous semble.“… ”Il m’a tout avoué. Je l’ai dit au professeurs, et il a disparu. Pour toujours. Bon débarras.“… ”Ferme ton clapet, idiot. Ils ne doivent pas savoir. Jamais

    Et enfin : ”Nous travaillons pour la gloire des Mangemorts

    Se regardant les uns les autres, ils savent désormais ce qui doit être fait. Pas le temps de rassembler les vengeurs pour prendre une décision. Il faut agit maintenant.

    – Mc Gonagall?
    – Mc Gonagall.
    – Oui. Allons-y.

    Porte-mine sur carnet A6

  • Ghost Pantheon

    The Panthon of Paris is a huge mausoleum,
    A place to honor the memories of famous departed.
    To us, the living, this place is quite solemn and quiet.
    From the other side, it must be a blast!

    ***

    Le Panthéon de Paris est un immense mausolée.
    Un endroit où l’on honore la mémoire des illustres disparus.
    Pour nous les vivants, c’est un lieu solennel empli de silence
    Vu de l’autre coté, ça doit être tout autre chose !

    Pencil doodle on A6 sketchbook / Porte-mine sur carnet A6

  • Convention Booth

    I was holding a stand with my sweetheart at a fantasy convention in Paris this weekend.
    It was my first experience from the other side of the table and it was a very stressful experience for the introvert i am, but much needed as I want to try selling my doodles and my craft more. We had some dreadful hiccups along the way (my sweetheart lost their phone in the subway :/) but overall, had plenty of fun. I even had the joy to encounter one of my childhood idol : Didier Guiserix, who is one of the one which made me want to start drawing in the first place. Sitting behind the stand and watching cosplayers pass through while exchanging with so many peoples, gave me myriads of inspirations.

    So… Expect a lot of random doodle for the next weeks ^^

    Pencil doodle on A6 sketchbook

  • Orient-Express – Heated discussion in Paris

    Paris, a café near the National Library, 1923, January the 15th,

    Choura
    was extremely nervous. This café was a gathering point for socialists
    wannabe and left-wing extremists. Not the kind of place you expect to
    visit when you are from Russian nobility. He took a glance at Carl,
    which was quietly drawing on the small and crowded table. Several people
    of the café were looking at him go, steadily outlining the various
    monument of Paris on his sketchbook with a precision that only
    architects could have had.
    The real center of attention
    was Cihat, which was engaged in an oratory duel with some agitated young
    men in a very heated discussion about the importance of a central
    figure of authority in an ideal government. The young turk was brilliant,
    methodically disconstructing his opponent argument one after the other.
    His passionated voice were captivating the audience which was listening
    closely an epic verbal joute. Henry unsuccessfully tried to stop them.
    They had very pressing matters at hand and a lot of research to do. This
    was no time to convert a gathering of socialists  into a pro-authoritarian aficionados of the old Ottoman empire !

    Pencil doodle on A6 sketchbook
    Excerpt from an ongoing run of the “Terror on the Orient-Express” Campaign of Call of Cthulhu RPG