WAR
PENGUIN
018The Sitting

WAR PENGUIN / EPISODE 018

The
Sitting.

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the commission

Vivienne commissions a society portrait of her silent husband.
Vivienne
Something that captures the man behind the uniform.
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the study

The painter studies War Penguin with intense professional concentration.
Painter
Extraordinary. Such intensity. Such restraint.
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the expression

Vivienne raises an eyebrow with her fingertips beneath her chin as the painter asks Penguin to hold his expression.
Painter
Please hold that expression.
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his best

Vivienne laughs affectionately and gestures palm-up toward the unmoving Penguin.
Vivienne
He’ll do his best.
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the ordeal

Much later, Vivienne covers a discreet yawn while leaning on the chair. The dishevelled painter works feverishly amid discarded sketches. Penguin is exactly as he was.
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every nuance

Vivienne leans forward eagerly, hands behind her back, as the exhausted painter presents the covered portrait.
Painter
I believe I’ve captured every nuance.
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the portrait

The lavish gilded oil portrait depicts an absurdly muscular white War Penguin in bright Hawaiian shorts, with the same blank dot eyes, outline beak and helmet. Vivienne clasps her hands in delight; the exhausted painter proudly stands beside it.
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