The Lightning Strikes Blue

“I think everyone should go off on an adventure for themselves at least once in their life. What’s keeping you from going traveling right now?” She asked, a curious lilt to her inquiry.

Eliza paused. "I s'pose... Work?" She asked it like a question, but it really wasn't. She knew nothing could keep her, really. She began to sketch on Kat again, adding in singular strands of hair.

Kat grinned and nodded enthusiastically, “I have. I’ve gone backpacking, camping in the woods, even traveled really far from home once. I’m going to go on a road trip with a friend one day too.”

Eliza grinned. "Sounds amazing." She added a bird to her watercolor. "Wow. I'd love to do that." Eliza added, and she leaned on her knees, wobbling slightly in the breeze. She turned to a new page and put away her watercolors, taking out fine point sharpies. She began to sketch someone, a basic female face, so that Kat couldn't tell it was her.

Eliza smiled. “I love it. What’re you passionate about, dear?” She looked again at the brunette and adjusted to sit on her knees. “I bet you aren’t that horrible.” She smiled warmly.

Kat laughed, “Oh no, I’ve tried it and trust me, it’s aweful. The only art...

"Art's much more then pictures, dear." Eliza smiled. "That's great!" Her eyes widened. "Wow. Have you ever been just... Adventuring?" She smiled and looked off at the sea in awe.

Eliza smiled. “It was gorgeous! I loved how genuinely beautiful it is.” She laughed slightly and added a shadow to her watercolor. “I studied abroad in France. It’s beautiful and really nice- just- Europe, in general.” Eliza laughed again. “Well, Disney, I suppose....

Eliza smiled. "I love it. What're you passionate about, dear?" She looked again at the brunette and adjusted to sit on her knees. "I bet you aren't that horrible." She smiled warmly.

“Oh yes, I’ve seen that one too!,” she said with a pleased sigh, “The gorgeous architecture of the cathedral in that movie! That was one of the first things that expose me to France. It’s one of the places I want to go see for myself one day.”

“How did you get into animation?”

Eliza smiled. "It was gorgeous! I loved how genuinely beautiful it is." She laughed slightly and added a shadow to her watercolor. "I studied abroad in France. It's beautiful and really nice- just- Europe, in general." Eliza laughed again. "Well, Disney, I suppose. Disney and Adventure Time, though that's newer, and a bunch of things, I guess." Eliza smiled.

Eliza smiled. “Nice haul you got there.” She smiled and counted a bunch of shells in Kat’s pouch. “Thank you.” Eliza said, and she laughed a little. “I guess you could say that. I’m an animator, but I do a lot of stillwork as well. Mostly cartoons, but the occasional...

"Both." Eliza smiled, excited to see someone happy about animation. "I have. I love Up, it's one of the nicest newer animations I like." She nodded and looked at Kat. "I prefer Hunchback of Notre Dame, I think."

“I’m doing pretty well. Just enjoying the day and getting shells,” she said, gesturing to the pouch on her side. She noticed the picture Eliza was working on and stepped a bit closer to see it, grinning in awed approval, “You’re really good. You like art, I’m guessing?”

Eliza smiled. "Nice haul you got there." She smiled and counted a bunch of shells in Kat's pouch. "Thank you." Eliza said, and she laughed a little. "I guess you could say that. I'm an animator, but I do a lot of stillwork as well. Mostly cartoons, but the occasional beach mural to drag me out of the apartment."

Eliza stood in her apartment, sketching something quickly on her tablet. What was missing today? Eliza shrugged and continued to draw. She barely looked today. Instead, her fingers traced back and forth on the tablet screen, quickly skimming the surface of the…

Eliza smiled. “I suppose it does. A good portrait day, I would say.” Eliza was sketching and painting a picture of the ocean, dripping together and swirling. “Eliza. Eliza Markson. How’re you?”

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The Lightning Strikes the Ocean|| katcarpenter x thelightningstrikesblue

Eliza stood in her apartment, sketching something quickly on her tablet. What was missing today? Eliza shrugged and continued to draw. She barely looked today. Instead, her fingers traced back and forth on the tablet screen, quickly skimming the surface of the plastic-y screen. Finally, Eliza looked up at her picture. She sighed. “I suppose,” she said, covering her tablet and the picture that was on it, “It’s probably time to go to the sea side.” She sighed and laughed a little. “The waves I get when I don’t pay attention are fantastic.” Eliza added to herself, covering her face.

Eliza headed to the shoreline, newly dressed in a swimsuit and sandals, jean cut offs covering the bottom of her one piece. She shrugged against the wind and sat on a rock, watching the waves occasionally decide to come up. “The waves are a little down today, huh?” She asked, looking at a girl who stood near her. Eliza watched the ocean, crashing and spitting raindrops at her.

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"I loved Paperman. Wonderful short. I drew Meg on my way home, in the taxi, the day I saw it." She smiled. "Beautiful animation."

“Interesting couple next to me in the cafe yesterday.” Eliza smiled. “Look normal, talk wonderfully. I broke out my tablet and it kind of happened.”

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The Lightning Strikes the Theater|| Lizzy x Eliza||

Eliza wandered the streets of New York. The animator sighed. She based her art off of people watching, which was not effective unless she was actually working at the same time. There were a decreasing number of interesting people and an increasing number of ironic hipster types, Eliza noted. She had to find someone, but as the young woman wandered the streets, she found herself muse-less. Finally, irritated and significantly exhausted, Eliza gave up. She slid into Duke's, the cafe on third street and Madison, and sat in a seat. "Well," she mumbled, "Might as well try again." Eliza looked around the cafe as she ate lunch, and her eyes landed on a blue-haired girl. When Eliza was about to leave, she stood and went up to the girl, smiling. "Hi- do you have any problem being a cartoon?" Eliza laughed a little. "Quite the pick-up line, I know. But I'm an animator, and I'm looking for really interesting people to focus on. I'd like you to be one of them." She smiled and looked up at the blue-haired girl. "Eliza, by the way. Sorry. Eliza Markson."

"I'm trying, at least." Eliza smiled. "This is my last cartoon, an original character of mine." She looked at it and judged in her mind, but kept quiet.