Story 72

Art is hunger, and hunger is art...

From an empty stomach springs boundless creativity! No muse inspires like the rumble of a tummy!

Be that as it may... I’m a little too hungry for my liking.
In fact, this is no time for art at all! Even I, the great Smearguru, must eat to produce a masterpiece!

You there, won’t you help a poor, starving artist? All I ask for is a simple ….

Won’t you bring me a …?

Oh my, what a ripe, juicy-looking …! And that color... Red as the burning flames of inspiration... Why, merely gazing upon it sets my withered heart ablaze!

AHAHA! Yes, yesss, I’ve come up with a brilliant idea!

Hold on to that … for now, my friend!

Thanks again for showing me that …. It gave me a breakthrough!

That reddish hue! That brilliant sheen! Surely the only way to make a … shine brighter is to smash it!

That’ll surely bring out its sweet, sweet artistic potential and satiate my hunger for knowledge! And food. Heh.

Bring me a smashed-up …, would you? You may want to ask a Pokémon who can crush things.

Bring me a smashed-up …. You may want to ask a Pokémon who is good at crushing things.

Wh-what is this?!

All I wanted was to savor the sweetness of a smashed-up …... Such a sumptuous-sounding snack...

To think it would turn into PAINT instead! Oh, sweet tragedy...

I suppose this is fate telling me to paint more! And paint I shall! INSPIRATION, THOU ART WITH ME!

I cast my aching hunger upon the wind! My brush need only taste the canvas!

You can’t win against fate... Heh. So be it. I shall use this to paint something spectacular!

But what canvas is worthy of being painted by my new dye-namic muse? Oh, the choices...

Smearguru can use their Paint specialty to change the color of certain items and houses. You just need the item or house in question, along with some paint!

You can give Smearguru items to paint or lead them to a house you want painted.

If you’d like to try it with items around here, the nearby … and iron pipe (horizontal cross) are great candidates for painting.

Oh, how I YEARN topaint! I’d trade my whole palette for a … or iron pipe (horizontal cross)... Nay—the canvas matters not! I beg of you to let me paint ANYTHING!

You can lead me to a house somewhere or just hand me something. The choice is yours, (your name)!

Blessed be the artist, beloved by the very fates themselves! BEHOLD—my captivating MASTERPIECE!

Ahhhhhh...The sweet taste of a project most delightful. If you ever wish to witness another EARTH-SHATTERING MARVEL... Well, you know who to call. Heh.

Don’t think I haven’t noticed, (your name).

I’m talking about that little twinkle in your eye as you gaze upon my artistic wonders...

What say you, (your name)? Ready to admit your desire to become my disciple?

Aha... AHAHAHA! Yes, yesss! I see right through you!

Ahaha! No need to restrain yourself... I see the HUNGER in you. I know it all too well, heh heh heh...

Ahhh, what a wonderfully wicked feeling it is, to be the one to inspire other Pokémon to walk the bittersweet path we call artistry...

Oh, sorry. Got a little carried away. First time I’ve ever had an artist friend, y’know?

In any case, from this day onward, you are my disciple, (your name)!
And now I shall teach you my special recipe for paint balloons!

You came up with a recipe for paint balloons!

Use these to paint things whatever color you like! Try and change the color of something now, (your name). Let your creativity color the world!

Try using paint balloons to dye something a different color.

So you managed to utilize a paint balloon? Heh, you’re pretty quick on the uptake. You’re not on MY level yet, but what a MARVELOUS first attempt at artistic brilliance!

Let my genius talent blaze the trail for you! Together we shall sink into the very CORE of ART ITSELF!

…(your name)... My dearest disciple...this is the end for me...

This is the WORST, most AWFUL, exceedingly MISERABLE slump OF ALL TIME! I can’t think of a SINGLE new idea!

Is there not one road left that leads to innovation? I’m finished! Kaput! I’m a total hack! I am not worthy to call myself an artist!

My mind grows more tangled than Tangrowth’s mane...

I am sorry that I am such a worthless, washed-up teacher, (your name).
I need something that can shock this paltry talent of mine back to life... Have you any ideas?

In times of trouble, one should look to the wisdom of the old masters, eh? Something old... Something old... Something that makes you feel the romance of ages past...

A fossil? Could the answer really be a plain old fossil? No, no, I must chase after ANY potential ray of hope!

An old rock...? Wait, that’s it! Someone once told me long ago that fossils contain the romance of ages past!

(your name)! I’m begging you! Please bring me a fossil!

Please bring me a fossil!

Hmmm... So this is a fossil?

Ah, I can sense the endless flow of time... An accumulation of moments forming an unbroken line connecting the past to the present...

Wait, that’s it! Art is the same! Our smaller works—the mundane accomplishments we amass over the course of our lives—inevitably build into art!

I might have been putting too much pressure on myself to create a singular MASTERPIECE. First I’d just have to... And then I’d only need to...

EUREKA, I HAVE IT! Inspiration courses through my mind! Nay... Through the very fiber of my being!

(your name)! Watch closely, my dear disciple! It falls upon your teacher to create art worthy of our studio!

So patiently you have waited, my dear disciple! From the ancient fossil have I devised the fresh and new!

So—objects are made up of various small parts, yes? Say how a chair has legs and a backrest and such...

By changing the color and pattern of the PART, you can reinvent the image of the WHOLE, can you not?!

AHAHA! Once I come up with an idea, my brush YEARNS to create it! You MUST let me paint something!

You must let mepaint something! I want to try coloring individual parts differently!

Oh, to be burdened with the weight of this prodigious painting talent...

I could coordinate all the colors together... Or even play around with different accent colors...

BEHOLD, BOUNDLESS POTENTIAL! Why, even I am frightened by my own talent!

Phew... It’s thanks to you that I made it to this point, (your name).

Together we will sink into the very core of art itself! Prepare yourself well, my dearest disciple!

Aha... AHAHAHA! These colors! Simply stunning!
Yes, this is the beauty—nay, the very ESSENCE of art!

All right, just a little more... Keep going...

Ah... I hunger...

Art is hunger, and hunger is art...

From an empty stomach springs boundless creativity! No muse inspires like the rumble of a tummy!

Be that as it may... I’m a little too hungry for my liking. In fact, this is no time for art at all! I must eat!

You there, won’t you help a poor, starving artist? All I ask for is a simple ….

Hm? Do you already have one to give?

Oh my, what a ripe, juicy-looking berry! And that color... Red as the burning flames of inspiration... Why, merely gazing upon it sets my withered heart ablaze!

AHAHA! Yes, yesss, I’ve come up with a brilliant idea!

Hold on to that … for now, my friend!

Heh. The master can’t be outdone by the student, you know? Behold my glorious new painting technique!

Smearguru can now paint patterns!