WOF-You are Not Alone shaded

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I'd initially sketched this really quickly on a 4x4 scrap of paper (again while bored in class), but I liked the picture so much that I scanned it and reprinted it onto an 8x11. This is the shaded version of that original sketch, colorized only slightly for the red.

This picture is set sometime in Wand of Fortune 2 (Jikuu ni Shizumu Mokushiroku). Shortly after Est's seals were broken by Salo-mon to reveal his true (tattooed) form, he runs away from Lulu and tries furiously to recast the sealing spell that had until then masked his true identity from everyone else, only to have Lulu find him and comfort him. Maybe she's telling him that he isn't the freak he thinks he is, or that his abusive childhood was not his fault, or that discovering his secret has made her love him even more. This is a Japanese (and not English-dubbed) otome game, so who knows? I just think the story is so sweet. (And so chilling at the same time.)

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