Learning on how to draw aged character and I’ve been toying with the idea of combining plague doctor with tribal druid.

While sailing the Mediterranean Sea in 1962, the American aircraft carrier USS Independence flashed the Amerigo Vespucci with the light signal asking: “Who are you?” The full-rigged ship answered: “Training ship Amerigo Vespucci, Italian Navy.” The Independence replied: “You are the most beautiful ship in the world.”

I seriously went, “AAAAAAAAWWWWWEEEEEE” when I read the story.

Prompt: Bait

In Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Cask of Amontillado”, our main character, Montresor, lured Fortunato (ironically means “the fortunate one”) with a promise of Amontillado, a rare vintage wine.

Little did Fortunato knew, he ended up chained and buried alive behind a wall.

“For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them. In pace requiescat!”