"...unfortunately, her window overlooked the river, the surface of which was about 30 more feet below street level.

I tried to wrangle my fall into a dive, but since I was still determined to hold on to my god-forsaken hat I hit the water with all the grace of a 400-pound frat boy defending his title of 'King of the Belly Flop - 3rd year running'.

I'm pretty sure the roof of a yellow cab would have made for a softer landing..."

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A rare opportunity presented itself this evening, so I took it and shot some images that were requested by ~Jetrie and ~Kaiyuga to (hopefully) aid in the illustration of a story on which they are collaborating. I believe these are going to be used as pose references, but if you can find other uses for them so much the better.

The images featuring this character are subtitled 'sam', which stands for 'slipped a mickey' not for Sam Spade (Sam would never look this unkempt - even after having been slipped a mickey...)

Download for the full-size image.

Photographer: The ever-talented Studio Pixie (not bad for only seven Autumns. )

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