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The Overdressed Ptarmigan
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AI-generated painting and story
The story
The ptarmigan had been invited to the annual Feathered Formal, but missed the train and took refuge in the attic of its estranged aunt, a retired milliner who insisted on ‘appropriate attire’ despite the solitude. It adjusted its cufflink with its beak, sighed, and waited for a knock that never came, the bow tie slowly loosening as the light faded.
The brief
A plump ptarmigan stands rigidly on a worn wooden perch in a dimly lit attic, wearing a slightly crooked velvet waistcoat, a miniature silk bow tie, and one lace cuff peeking from its left wing, under a single bare bulb casting a yellow glow on dust motes and forgotten hatboxes.
The painting and the story were written from this same scene, so the two describe one moment.
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