The Demitasse Samurai
Piece was inspired by a tip jar i saw years ago.
Drawn on a paper bag using pencil, ink, copic markers, chameleon markers, and actual espresso
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Some might spot a fractal similarity between this, a neighbourhood heavy demanding money from a storekeeper in exchange for keeping the store “safe” from the thugs with which the heavy is himself in cahoots, and the recent offer of a minerals-for-security deal to Ukraine. #longspoon #sdaag

so 21st century-pilled I assumed the ambassador was the villain until I read the second paragraph and remembered political manipulation in the interests of a foreign power is Good, Actually

Hush "Spuds" Bellows.
Hush Bellows.
Gaunt and small, braided hair, viewed as rigid by former friends. A gambler, whatever they regretted came at "the right time."

Sorcerous Dice, a False Bishop's skull shard, tongs, longspoon, etching tools; really just built for thievery.

Why Spuds?

A vial of horse anesthetic, a thief's longspoon, and a brick of river clay are all /bad/ bits of equipment to carry with you into the hinterland.

But they are /all/ you have with you now. You got them somehow - I have a table for this too.

What do they say about your desperate state of being?

With its shallow draft allowing it to reach areas of serving dishes previously considered secure, the Viking Longspoon was the terror of medieval all-you-can-eat establishments.