My Beautiful Solitude

In the farthest reaches of the world, tucked away beyond the ocean, deep within the darkest cave, lost within an oasis hidden in the middle of the most desolate of deserts, lived the loneliest creature ever to exist within our world. Age meant nothing, time was irrelevant. He had come to be longer ago than anyone could tell, and through it all, had never once known the company of another soul. Imprisoned in his solitude, he had not even the most insignificant of insects to keep him company. That is why such a creature, hadn’t so much as a language, a spoken word, not even a name, for what use would it have with such things with nothing to tell them to? Unaware of the sheer concept of existence, he was incapable of understanding the most basic of knowledge. Never having seen anything beyond with his own eyes, in the darkness, sight was not a sense he could enjoy the pleasure of, though pain was quite evident, and emotion was as intense as ever. From time to time he'd scrape up against the rocks, tear his flesh... that was a pain he could suffer but overcome... No that was tolerable, and what he dreaded and hated most, was the pain of loneliness, something he never understood but could feel quite the same.

At first he thought himself the same as the rocks, because they were both solid, it didn’t matter that they felt different, but over time he came to realize and understand, while he could move about freely within his prison, his brothers, the rocks always remained at their post, stern and unmoving. Later he fancied himself to be the same as the water, able to move about to and fro, yet as time passed the truth came to him. The water had no form, no set shape. No there was nothing like him, though he desperately wished there to be. It was then a question came to his mind. What if? He wanted to find such a thing, something like him, and for the first time in his life, he thought he might set out to discover such a thing. Still one truth held him back. When trapped within a lonesome prison, how can one find what they seek?


The writing is veeeeery old... the original artwork I reworked is veeeeery old. This particular picture is a new revamp? Its my character Sprite, someone that when I originally intented it was simply as a challenging RP character. I eventually decided its probably best to at the very least give him sight. Blind, mute, and and completely lacking any understanding of the outside world was a bit too much. Anyway it was a lot of work redoing this picture. I didn't much expect it to take as long as it did but I'm happy I finished him. I hope all of you like it ^^ And I"m pleased as punch I finished it before Acen. Enjoy.

~Centi