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The Overdressed Plaice
Random inspiration: overdressed plaice
AI-generated painting and story
The story
The plaice had been invited to dinner by the retired ichthyologist who lived alone in the flat above the laundromat, and though it had protested — ‘I am a fish, not a guest’ — it had been overruled with the quiet insistence of habit. It sat now, waiting for the sherry to be poured, its fins tucked neatly beneath the tablecloth, wondering if the olive in its glass was a metaphor or merely an oversight. The clock ticked. No one came.
The brief
A plaice, fully dressed in a miniature velvet waistcoat, lace cravat, and polished oxford shoes, stands upright on a mahogany side table beneath a single brass lamp, its gills slightly flared as if mid-sentence, the background a muted ochre wall with a faint water stain near the baseboard.
The painting and the story were written from this same scene, so the two describe one moment.
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