While the Old One Dreams - 旧支配者が夢見るあいだ - Kyūshihaisha ga yumemiru aida

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Shin-hanga Japanese woodblock print, in the style of early twentieth-century masters such as Kawase Hasui and Hiroshi Yoshida, with echoes of classical ukiyo-e, a calm and intimate scene in a traditional Japanese living room at dusk. A Mediterranean man in his forties with an athletic, toned physique and very short, almost shaved dark hair and a Mediterranean woman in her thirties kneel facing each other on woven tatami mats, both in perfect seiza posture: knees together, sitting back on their heels, tops of the feet flat on the mat, backs straight, on opposite sides of a low lacquered wooden table. On the table lies a wooden chessboard of light maple and dark walnut squares with finely carved pieces, a game in progress; along the border of the board the name "Milo" is inlaid in small gold letters. He wears an elegant, slightly open shirt of deep petrol blue with a teal undertone, Pantone Caribbean Sea, sleeves rolled to the forearms, and tailored trousers of dark midnight navy, almost black; his left hand rests on his thigh while his right hand moves a knight, his gaze focused, a faint, confident half-smile on his lips. She has a short asymmetrical layered pixie cut of very wavy, snow white hair, with two soft, organic white cat ears pricked forward in concentration, and a thick, fluffy white cat tail with wavy fur curling around her side, its tip twitching playfully, evoking the graceful feline yokai of Japanese folklore. She wears an elegant summer evening gown of flowing champagne and pale rose silk with delicate thin straps, its skirt neatly folded beneath her knees; her hands rest on her thighs, her head slightly tilted, eyes narrowed with amused cunning, lips curved in a sly, knowing smile. Both have their feet without shoes. Around them: glowing shoji screens of translucent rice paper, dark wooden beams, a softly glowing paper lantern, a celadon tea set beside the chessboard, and a tokonoma alcove with a single branch of red maple in a simple vase. On the plaster wall of the alcove, the words "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn" are written by hand in dark ink, in a nervous, jagged, irregular script with trembling strokes and small ink drips, an unsettling intrusion into the serenity of the room. Directly beneath the inscription, on a small black lacquered stand in the alcove, sits a small okimono sculpture of Cthulhu carved in dark green jade: a squat, winged figure with an octopus-like head and coiled facial tentacles, half in shadow, a single faint glint of lantern light catching its eyes. On another wall hangs a small, minimal digital clock with a softly glowing display reading "306º 2026 CE", a deliberate, ironic anachronism. Through a partly open sliding door, a twilight garden with a stone lantern, moss and crimson maple leaves fades into evening mist under a deep indigo sky. Clean, confident black key-block outlines, flat areas of color with subtle bokashi gradients, visible washi paper grain and gentle woodgrain texture, a refined palette of indigo, warm amber, vermilion, celadon, jade green, ivory and soft rose, with warm lantern light glowing across the figures and cool blue dusk filling the shadows, quiet and contemplative with a faint undertone of cosmic mystery.

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Things I like: cats, Franz Kafka's literature, and chess.

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