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That may be true, but there is this:
https://www.cruxforums.com/xf/resources/crux-trek-a-taste-of-crucifixion-by-jollyrei.616/
TOUCHE! But it's those same three women again!
Looks like Eulalia, Barbaria and Messa. And...there's that Mustang!
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Loxuru
Graf von Kreuzigung
Zero gravity in space might be a big spoilsport for bondage, hanging, crucifixion...
Just continuing along in my line of surreal manips...
Barb in Lilliput
@Barbaria1 had a premonition that all was not quite as it appeared with her new friend Vera, but it was nothing she could really put a finger on. Vera was fun, clever, and enjoyed a glass of crisp white wine as much as the next girl. So when Vera suggested a short holiday to an "off the beaten track" sunny location, Barb didn't see any reason for anxiety. It was only when she found out that she and Vera were alone on the boat, and that Vera was deliberately turning the boat into the path of an oncoming storm, that Barb started to question her choice. The storm hit and the boat was blown along in the gale until it broke up on a reef. Barb and Vera woke up on the shore outside what would have been a pretty town, if the scale of it hadn't been so small.
Barb in Lilliput
@Barbaria1 had a premonition that all was not quite as it appeared with her new friend Vera, but it was nothing she could really put a finger on. Vera was fun, clever, and enjoyed a glass of crisp white wine as much as the next girl. So when Vera suggested a short holiday to an "off the beaten track" sunny location, Barb didn't see any reason for anxiety. It was only when she found out that she and Vera were alone on the boat, and that Vera was deliberately turning the boat into the path of an oncoming storm, that Barb started to question her choice. The storm hit and the boat was blown along in the gale until it broke up on a reef. Barb and Vera woke up on the shore outside what would have been a pretty town, if the scale of it hadn't been so small.
"You deliberately steered us into that storm!" accused Barb.
"The only way to get here. Ever been to Lilliput?" asked Vera, as if it was a normal destination.
"No. It's kind of cute," said Barb. "But we have no clothes."
"Yeah that's the drawback of having to be shipwrecked to get here. You lose a lot of stuff. Good thing the weather is nice."
"Yeah, it's pretty nice,
"But we can't stay too long. You have to eat about a houseful of food a day here. They don't encourage tourism from us big folks."
"So, how do we get home?" asked Barb.
"Last time, I swam out to sea and got sucked into a whirlpool, and was rescued by a passing freighter," said Vera. "You can swim, can't you?"
"Oh shit!" said Barb.
"It'll be fine. Try not to sink the King's yacht there. We need about a swimming pool's worth of Riesling and he's the guy to supply it."
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Loxuru
Graf von Kreuzigung
Barb in Lilliput? Considering the scale of things, there, everything is written in fine print!
I think I have a touch of deja vu here....
So, what's new?
Gentle Reader, if only you knew how much work @Jollyrei had to put into the detail of that ship!
But I think it was worth it!
Now imagine that there is a passage of fine print on the dwarves' documents.Barb in Lilliput? Considering the scale of things, there, everything is written in fine print!
Love this! Tremendous art and imagination. Could easily be expanded into a full length adventure story!I think I have a touch of deja vu here....
So, what's new?
Gentle Reader, if only you knew how much work @Jollyrei had to put into the detail of that ship!
But I think it was worth it!
Could your friend's name be Vera Gulliver, perhaps.
The Death of Icarus
I'm sure many of us are familiar with the story of Icraus, if we remember our Greek myths. Now the way the Greeks tell it, Daedalus was a great inventor, who built the labyrinth of Crete for King Minos, to imprison the Minotaur. But he also might have invented flight, if it wasn't for his son, Icarus. What he did, was fashion two pairs of wings, made cunningly with metal feathers held to a frame. They say the feathers were held to the frame with wax. On the maiden flight, so the official line reads, Icarus disregarded his father's advice and flew "too close to the sun", the wax melted, and Icarus' wings disintegrated, causing him to plummet to the earth and die.
But this doesn't really stand up. Firstly, Daedalus was a great inventor. Surely he had better things than wax to hold his wings together. And the Greeks were famed philosophers, scientists, and astronomers, and knew that the sun was quite far away, certainly farther than anyone could fly with a pair of manually operated wings. Fortunately, we have now discovered a painting that depicts a slightly different version of the story. Perhaps the Greeks made up the story about the wax because they didn't want to admit that two women might have had something to do with Icarus' demise. They'd want to save Daedalus from that sort of scandal. I mean, nobody said he was a nice man. In fact, he's described as a bit of an arrogant idiot.
Could it not be (and the painting seems to support this interpretation), that someone might have gone back in time, using a University of Virgin Martyrs Science Department time-machine (now available at Nailus Martyrs, catalogue number B35X-7247 - please travel in time responsibly), and might have run into Icarus at a party at Minos' palace. He might have tried to make her swallow (just guessing), or something, and then been discovered by his beautiful blonde wife. It's easy for wives to discover people who are being complained at loudly, after all. Now if the two women sorted out their differences, wouldn't that be nice, although neither of them might be very happy with Icarus. So when he strapped on his wings the next morning, might these women not have hatched a plan to cut him down to size a bit? And Cretan women were known for the their athletic ability (jumping bulls and such), so it's quite possible, the soon-not-to-be Mrs. Icarus might have also known how to use a bow, and she would certainly have had motive. Doesn't the other woman in the painting look a bit like Barb, and wearing at least some scraps of modern looking camoflage? It's actually uncanny. But perhaps that's far-fetched. You wouldn't call Barb an instigator, would you?
No, it's probably all speculation, shrouded in the mists of time. Best just enjoy the painting.
I'm sure many of us are familiar with the story of Icraus, if we remember our Greek myths. Now the way the Greeks tell it, Daedalus was a great inventor, who built the labyrinth of Crete for King Minos, to imprison the Minotaur. But he also might have invented flight, if it wasn't for his son, Icarus. What he did, was fashion two pairs of wings, made cunningly with metal feathers held to a frame. They say the feathers were held to the frame with wax. On the maiden flight, so the official line reads, Icarus disregarded his father's advice and flew "too close to the sun", the wax melted, and Icarus' wings disintegrated, causing him to plummet to the earth and die.
But this doesn't really stand up. Firstly, Daedalus was a great inventor. Surely he had better things than wax to hold his wings together. And the Greeks were famed philosophers, scientists, and astronomers, and knew that the sun was quite far away, certainly farther than anyone could fly with a pair of manually operated wings. Fortunately, we have now discovered a painting that depicts a slightly different version of the story. Perhaps the Greeks made up the story about the wax because they didn't want to admit that two women might have had something to do with Icarus' demise. They'd want to save Daedalus from that sort of scandal. I mean, nobody said he was a nice man. In fact, he's described as a bit of an arrogant idiot.
Could it not be (and the painting seems to support this interpretation), that someone might have gone back in time, using a University of Virgin Martyrs Science Department time-machine (now available at Nailus Martyrs, catalogue number B35X-7247 - please travel in time responsibly), and might have run into Icarus at a party at Minos' palace. He might have tried to make her swallow (just guessing), or something, and then been discovered by his beautiful blonde wife. It's easy for wives to discover people who are being complained at loudly, after all. Now if the two women sorted out their differences, wouldn't that be nice, although neither of them might be very happy with Icarus. So when he strapped on his wings the next morning, might these women not have hatched a plan to cut him down to size a bit? And Cretan women were known for the their athletic ability (jumping bulls and such), so it's quite possible, the soon-not-to-be Mrs. Icarus might have also known how to use a bow, and she would certainly have had motive. Doesn't the other woman in the painting look a bit like Barb, and wearing at least some scraps of modern looking camoflage? It's actually uncanny. But perhaps that's far-fetched. You wouldn't call Barb an instigator, would you?
No, it's probably all speculation, shrouded in the mists of time. Best just enjoy the painting.
Nah, I may be easily identified by loud complaining, but would never stoop so low as to be caught dead (or alive) in a hideous camouflage outfit like that! No Moore than I’d be caught dead wearing hideous shoes.
And besides, why should I care about those pesky ancient Greeks and what they may have said, or done, or written about? That’s sounds more like something over in @Eulalia ‘s bailiwick.
VERY CLEVER Jolly!!!!
Nah, I may be easily identified by loud complaining, but would never stoop so low as to be caught dead (or alive) in a hideous camouflage outfit like that! No Moore than I’d be caught dead wearing hideous shoes.
And besides, why should I care about those pesky ancient Greeks and what they may have said, or done, or written about? That’s sounds more like something over in @Eulalia ‘s bailiwick.
VERY CLEVER Jolly!!!!
These young Greek heroes are so full of themselves! Just like that Perseus with his weird-woman shield interrupting my date with my gorgeous sea-dragon. Well, I'm not going to let that happen again, my Barbarian friend will keep watch with her bow, that's just been delivered from Amazon by their time-express delivery girl - hey, have you brought those shiny shackles I ordered? The ones on my monster-meeting rock are so rusty, they're as old as Homer...
I must look into that, as part of my ongoing investigations.
There we are, you see. That cap is really out of place in ancient Crete. I knew it had to be a coincidence.
The archer (I think she is Mrs. Icarus in this version of the legend) has brought Icarus down with a single overhead shot. The arrow does not appear in Alexandre Cabanel's original painting, but the missile and wound have been neatly inserted here. The girls in the foreground are carefully blended with sympathetic skin tones and lighting, contributing to a wholly convincing ensemble.The Death of Icarus
I'm sure many of us are familiar with the story of Icraus, if we remember our Greek myths. Now the way the Greeks tell it, Daedalus was a great inventor, who built the labyrinth of Crete for King Minos, to imprison the Minotaur. But he also might have invented flight, if it wasn't for his son, Icarus. What he did, was fashion two pairs of wings, made cunningly with metal feathers held to a frame. They say the feathers were held to the frame with wax. On the maiden flight, so the official line reads, Icarus disregarded his father's advice and flew "too close to the sun", the wax melted, and Icarus' wings disintegrated, causing him to plummet to the earth and die.
But this doesn't really stand up. Firstly, Daedalus was a great inventor. Surely he had better things than wax to hold his wings together. And the Greeks were famed philosophers, scientists, and astronomers, and knew that the sun was quite far away, certainly farther than anyone could fly with a pair of manually operated wings. Fortunately, we have now discovered a painting that depicts a slightly different version of the story. Perhaps the Greeks made up the story about the wax because they didn't want to admit that two women might have had something to do with Icarus' demise. They'd want to save Daedalus from that sort of scandal. I mean, nobody said he was a nice man. In fact, he's described as a bit of an arrogant idiot.
Could it not be (and the painting seems to support this interpretation), that someone might have gone back in time, using a University of Virgin Martyrs Science Department time-machine (now available at Nailus Martyrs, catalogue number B35X-7247 - please travel in time responsibly), and might have run into Icarus at a party at Minos' palace. He might have tried to make her swallow (just guessing), or something, and then been discovered by his beautiful blonde wife. It's easy for wives to discover people who are being complained at loudly, after all. Now if the two women sorted out their differences, wouldn't that be nice, although neither of them might be very happy with Icarus. So when he strapped on his wings the next morning, might these women not have hatched a plan to cut him down to size a bit? And Cretan women were known for the their athletic ability (jumping bulls and such), so it's quite possible, the soon-not-to-be Mrs. Icarus might have also known how to use a bow, and she would certainly have had motive. Doesn't the other woman in the painting look a bit like Barb, and wearing at least some scraps of modern looking camoflage? It's actually uncanny. But perhaps that's far-fetched. You wouldn't call Barb an instigator, would you?
No, it's probably all speculation, shrouded in the mists of time. Best just enjoy the painting.
Icarus is very much the fallen angel of vanity in this classical composition. Curiously, his wings appear intact, possibly due to Apollo's intervention, and so the archery explanation for his death makes more sense than the original account.
It is very hard to tell if the archer's source image includes the bow and arrows, or alternatively if these have been skilfully added to the figure. The laced belt looks like the sort of thing an archer might wear, in a smaller version as an arm guard.
Meanwhile Barb is rocking a matching set of booty shorts and ski cap in disruptive pattern material. I'm not sure quite what is being camouflaged by such a small area of DPM, but the headgear almost reflects the crown of vineleaves worn by Icarus. She brings a curiously cheerful disposition to the scene of death. Nice work, Jolly!
Well, Barb wasn't happy with the camo shorts in my last manip (people can be quite fussy, I find, but as a man, I can't really make definitive comments on fashion), so I thought I'd try again. This is an adaptation of Ernest Normand's painting "The Bitter Draught of Slavery", a painting which, in its original version, seems to want to point out the evils of slavery, while pandering to the fact that we all want pictures of it. 
In any case, here we have a sort "Arrival of a New Slave Girl". Barb (represented by Caprice) shows her usual attitude, and if we can imagine that Sheri (seated) represents Eulalia, established in her role as favoured slave girl, and one who knows the rules, that would explain the slightly amused look. The girl in the background is Demi A (or Amica), and what she's doing is open to interpretation, but she seems happy nobody is looking her way.
"So, what is this now, O Bahb-el-Indr, that Ahmed is bringing me."
"It is a new infidel slave girl who has just arrived for the harem, O Sultan Al-Wrahig. A gift from the bandits, Jahl-el-Rahi and Phallebas the Terrible."
"I thought you said they never take prisoners."
"They do not take prisoners of the men they fight, O Sultan, but they are men of commerce and know a good thing when they see it."
"Indeed, Bahb-el-Indr. But why should they wish to provide me with this gift?"
"Perhaps they are hoping your eminency will give them safety and will stop fighting them."
"Perhaps. Does she not seem to have a haughty air about her. Perhaps they have sent her to me because they wish her to cause trouble in my home."
"You think this girl is a kind of trap."
"Allah favours the cautious, Bahb-el-Indr."
"Truly your mind works differently than that of normal men, O Sultan. What is it Ahmed?"
"When they brought the girl to me, Eminences, they said she had broken the Riesling and so they must rid themselves of her before they suffered further loss."
"Broken the Riesling. Do you understand this, O Sultan?"
"Allah has not shown me the meaning of this riddle, Bahb-el-Indr, but let us remember that Jahl-el-Rahi and Phallebas are devious. Very well, take her to the dungeons. We will at least impress upon her the need for care so that she does not break any Rieslings that may be lying about the palace."
"You don't know what Riesling is, do you, O Sultan?"
"I am sure that if it is important, Allah will see fit to show me the path to enlightenment."
In any case, here we have a sort "Arrival of a New Slave Girl". Barb (represented by Caprice) shows her usual attitude, and if we can imagine that Sheri (seated) represents Eulalia, established in her role as favoured slave girl, and one who knows the rules, that would explain the slightly amused look. The girl in the background is Demi A (or Amica), and what she's doing is open to interpretation, but she seems happy nobody is looking her way.
"So, what is this now, O Bahb-el-Indr, that Ahmed is bringing me."
"It is a new infidel slave girl who has just arrived for the harem, O Sultan Al-Wrahig. A gift from the bandits, Jahl-el-Rahi and Phallebas the Terrible."
"I thought you said they never take prisoners."
"They do not take prisoners of the men they fight, O Sultan, but they are men of commerce and know a good thing when they see it."
"Indeed, Bahb-el-Indr. But why should they wish to provide me with this gift?"
"Perhaps they are hoping your eminency will give them safety and will stop fighting them."
"Perhaps. Does she not seem to have a haughty air about her. Perhaps they have sent her to me because they wish her to cause trouble in my home."
"You think this girl is a kind of trap."
"Allah favours the cautious, Bahb-el-Indr."
"Truly your mind works differently than that of normal men, O Sultan. What is it Ahmed?"
"When they brought the girl to me, Eminences, they said she had broken the Riesling and so they must rid themselves of her before they suffered further loss."
"Broken the Riesling. Do you understand this, O Sultan?"
"Allah has not shown me the meaning of this riddle, Bahb-el-Indr, but let us remember that Jahl-el-Rahi and Phallebas are devious. Very well, take her to the dungeons. We will at least impress upon her the need for care so that she does not break any Rieslings that may be lying about the palace."
"You don't know what Riesling is, do you, O Sultan?"
"I am sure that if it is important, Allah will see fit to show me the path to enlightenment."
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