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The Cheerfully Doomed Caribou
Random inspiration: cheerfully doomed caribou
AI-generated painting and story
The story
Bartholomew had accepted his fate with remarkable enthusiasm. He did not know exactly when the end would arrive, only that it was inevitable, and he saw no reason to be rude about it. He had put on the hat an hour ago to mark the occasion. Now he stood in the waiting room, watching the smoke from the heater drift toward the ceiling. He smiled because he thought it was the polite thing to do. The walls were yellow, which he found comforting, and the light was steady. He waited for the inevitable, feeling quite pleased with his attitude and the way the hat sat on his antlers.
The brief
A lone caribou stands in the center of a dimly lit room, wearing a small, bright red party hat. The walls are pale yellow, and a single hanging bulb casts a flat, grey light over the scene. The animal smiles broadly while smoke curls from a small fire in the corner.
The painting and the story were written from this same scene, so the two describe one moment.
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