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Fantabulous Nanomorphique Adventure of M Hardoon Rotman - (Week 10)

[Previous Week Plot Review]

Invisible Rohardoon quickly descended to the rotunda and retrieved the Jade Cong without any difficulty, then immediately headed for the basement for the Amethyst.

Meanwhile in her basement office, Catherine and her daughter were facing their worst nightmare!

Hurried out of the fire exit stairs and ran toward Catherine’s office, Rohardoon was just in time to see one of the ninja extended his hand to grab the amethyst.

Without thinking, Rohardoon pointed the Jade Cong he retrieved at the amethyst. The amethyst flew over and attached itself to the Jade Cong.

Because the invisible Rohardoon was standing right in front of the mural, so what the other people saw was the amethyst flew into the mural and disappeared completely.

FIVE – “The figures in the painting are moving!”    – Continue  < Week X >

Cassandra, who also witnessed the vanishing of the blinking eye, sensed the presence of Rohadoon, as she discern the transparent human silhouette in front of the mural!

Rohardoon was running up and down the corridors and stairs, so his body had gradually changed from invisible to transparent. This transparency acted as a huge magnifying glass; so as Rohardoon moved swiftly across the mural, the optical effect thus put the characters of the entire picture in a sequential animation.

Presently Cassandra perceived that Rohardoon was heading back for the Fire Exit, she ran after him.

Catherine called out and ran after her daughter: "Cass … come back!"

A Ninja immediately grabbed her arm. Catherine vigorously struggled and pulled herself away and ran after her daughter.

Another ninja with a mighty Kung Fu Feat leaped up and “flew” over towards Cassandra; with an extended arm the flying Ninja clearly targeted at Casandra’s ponytail.

Without mistake, it was the signature fighting skill of Japanese Ninja House of “Butterfly Armour.” The hand, in their most famous “Cloud Pinching” gesture, reached out so gracefully yet with lethal precision! The result would be grave if not deadly, if the elegant fingers did pinch the ponytail, Cassandra would be pulled up off the ground and swung backwards into the other Ninja’s waiting catch.

Just as these lethal fingers so close of touching Cassandra’s ponytail, suddenly a translucent silhouette of a human foot kicked up in the air and stamped on the Ninja’s left shoulder and knocked the Ninja backwards flying.

In turn this backward flying Ninja clashed with the Ninja who was chasing after Catherine and both hit the ground hard.

Catherine encircled Cassandra with her arms.

But now the third Ninja leaped up and flew over trying to detain the mother and daughter. Again, the third ninja was knocked over in the same fashion, and flew backwards into the other two and all three fell to the ground one more time.

Rohardoon quickly dragged the mother and daughter into the freight elevator. He pressed the 3rd floor button, but the closing door was block by one of the Ninja trying to get in. Rohardoon hit him in the face. The elevator started to climb.

At close range Catherine saw the translucent human figure, she became very pale, clutched her daughter tightly, and faintly asked: "Who … who are you?"

Rohardoon responded her with a big smile. His business here was almost over, and soon he would be able to tell Oldman mission accomplished!

The Oldman instructed him that after he retrieved those two objects, he was to go to the 3^rd floor roof top, and would find proper means of transportation to go back home. In his mind, the Oldman probably chartered a helicopter, and very possibly at this moment the Oldman was even waiting for him on the roof top.

The elevator suddenly stopped on the first floor, the door opened, no one outside. Catherine and Cassandra moved themselves further back. Rohardoon pushed the third floor button.

To reach the 3^rd floor roof top, the direct way was through the fire exit. Rohardoon’s using of the freight elevator was actually for the protection of the mother and daughter. He intended to escort them first to the security control room on the 3rd floor. But now the elevator was stuck on the first floor, the only way to get to the control room was through the spiral stair case.

Not realize that he was completely invisible now, he signaled the mother and daughter to follow him.

Surely enough, Cassandra responded to his beckon right away, she released herself from her mother’s arms, and let Rohardoon take her hand.  Right at that moment, the amethyst that was still attached to Rohardoon's newt suit, flashed twice, as if winking at Cassandra.

(To be continued next week)

Digital Illustration for Character Design

Mahako - One of 3 major female characters in Novel: "Beauties from the Golden Vase." Digital Art.

麻葉子 － 『金瓶麗人』三位女主角之一。

Tang Mayie at the Opening Party

This is my illustration for Sci-Fi Graphic Novel: Fantabulous Nanomorphique Adventure of M Hardoon Rotman.

Tang Mayie attended the Opening Party, but did not participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony, only sitting at the VIP seat, wearing wide-brimmed hat and dark sunglasses.

[To read the story:  www.fantabulousnarrations.com/copy-of-test-1 ]

Poster for Jade Exhibition at Pellimet Museum in Paris

Fantabulous Nanomorphique Adenture of M Hardoon Rotman (Week 3)

[Previous Week Plot Review]

Musée Pellimet des arts asiatique de Paris was holding a unique Chinese Jade exhibition. The contents of this exhibition were donated to the museum by a Marseille entrepreneur and philanthropist Alfonse de Baux.

Certain strange anomalies presented among this donations posed difficulties in analyzing the history and origin of the pieces.

After a close examination of all the artifacts, the museum archaeologist, Dr. Catherine Denver was totally baffled by two pieces which seemed to be beyond any earthly means of analyzation!

One was a Chinese Jade Cong, one was an Amethyst.

[ONE  –  The little girl looked up again and again]  – Continue <WEEK III>

Act in their promotional role, Dr. Tertois and Catherine appeared on several television and radio shows.

Other than the museum’s promotion, the philanthropist himself also vehemently involved in a major role of publicity; using his celebrity status and accompanied by his fiancée, the Chinese movie star Tang Meiye who had even a bigger celebrity status, attended every possible press conferences, art exhibition openings, and movie premieres.

Frequently he was questioned on the spot by the press, about his donation to Pellimet Museum; the source of his collection, under what circumstances he acquired these pieces, etc. He was very evasive towards these enquiries, only stated that he will explain everything at the opening day ceremony.

Highlight to all the buzz, was a huge poster, hanging over the banister of the third-floor balcony in the museum. It was the photo of the couple. Both in Chinese attires; Tang Meiye was in "Little Phoenix" style costume - a high-collar, narrow-waist jacket and plaited skirt in vermilion satin with gold peony embroidery.  He was in traditional Chinese man's costume – fitted satin robe with “Lucky-Bat” icon texture, a vest, and a “melon-skin” hat.

They both supposed to attend the opening ceremony, but something unexpected happened, two days before the opening, Alfonse de Baux disappeared, a global search was conducted, but he was nowhere to be found！

Tang Meiye appeared at the ceremony, but did not answer any media questions. A pair of dark sun glasses hid her red and puffed eyes. The silence treatment whetted up a bigger public appetite both French and International. Curiosities and guesses alike created rumors: “is his disappearance linked to the mysterious Mayan civilization? Or to the ancient Chinese civilization?” “Could it be possible some jade pieces carry some kind of ‘curse?’ similar to the mummies of Egypt?”

All these whispers and unanswered questions, stroke a nerve of Parisian press; consequently it all made this exhibition the biggest event of the decade.

The ribbon cutting cocktail party stated at ten o'clock in the morning.  Tang Meiye appeared, but did not participate in any of the ceremonies, just silently sitting on the VIP seat, wearing a wide brimmed hat and a pair of big dark sun glasses.  Next to her sat Melane de Baux, Alfonse's younger sister, who was attending on her brother's behalf. Flashlights sparkled hundreds of times, focused on them.

The exhibition opened to the public at one o'clock in the afternoon. The lineup started early in the morning, by the time the door opened up, the line of outside waiting people almost encircled the entire block.

There was a non-stop flow the entire afternoon, endless people and groups came in to see this famous collection, yet all in a controlled manner. Newly recruited and quickly trained guides were in high spirit, but obviously exhausted towards the end of day.

Now it was seven o'clock at night, just a little while further to go before closing time, the rotunda was still full of people and activities, at least three groups in an orderly manner, followed their guide, visiting each glassed display. The guides were particularly trained not to swoon on to the cases two groups at the same time.

At the present, Catherine searched the beautiful vault ceiling, nothing seemed out of place to her, she returned to the glass case.

Inside the case, under bright illumination, was a dark brown colored CONG. At a first glance, it was no doubt a typical Chinese jade that could belong to the Red Mountain period or the Liang Wet Land period.

But after a second look any scholar would raise a few questions. This CONG, compared with any existing antique ones, differed both in size and in shape; it was 5 millimeter longer and 3 millimeter thicker, and it was a hexagon!

Catherine found it impossible to tackle all these problems in such a short time. She would have to know the history of the pieces and even to visit the exact locations where they had been excavated.

She tried to ask Alfonse de Baux directly, but did not find any opportunity to do so before his disappearance.

Facing so many uncertainties, Catherine put a lot of question marks on the index card posted at the corner of the glass case. The line indicates the origin of this CONG was marked: "Unknown."

At the moment, Casandra suddenly raised her head again and stared at the vault with its slow color-changing illumination from outside. Then she pulled on her mother's clothe.

"Cass, what's the matter?"

"Maman, there is a man on the ceiling."

(To be continued next week)

洛哈同奇譚之奈米奪魂記 － 小說連載預告

連載預告  ──  全新插畫科幻小說

【洛哈同奇譚】之《奈米奪魂記》      ──  姬璘璆著

原創科幻小說【洛哈同奇譚】之第一篇《奈米奪魂記》即將於下週起，於本網頁開始連載！

連載方式：

每週一篇，每篇字數約八百至一千六百不等。

全篇連載將以中文及英語，同時於同一或不同之部落格網頁推出。

連載每篇將同時附一幅插圖。

【本小說故事純為虛構，任何人物、地點、事件等若有雷同，實屬無意之巧合。】

以下是小說故事與角色人物之簡介。

全篇故事簡介

巴黎著名的『裴聿美東方藝術博物館』正展覽著一批捐贈而來的中國玉器，可是就在展覽開幕的當天晚上，其中兩件，被三名蒙面的日本忍者武士劫走了，同時失蹤的，還有一位十歲的羅珊蒂小妹妹，她是博物館考古學者凱薩琳丹芙博士的女兒。

表面上看，一如警方公佈的資料所稱，這是個簡單的劫寶與綁架事件，但實際並非如此，羅小妹妹不是被忍者綁架的，她的母親凱薩琳目睹並親身經歷了整個的事件過程，她相信女兒是被一個神秘的『隱形人』帶走了！

對警方未能公佈事件真相，令凱薩琳非常憤怒，驟失女兒使她傷心欲絕，而如果警方只肯往錯誤的方向去調查，她又如何能把女兒再尋回身邊來呢？！

同時，當晚博物館附近不少居民，報警堅稱見到一艘外型像馬蹄蟹那樣的大飛船，自博物館上空一閃而逝。

凱薩琳見到的神秘隱形人是誰？被劫的兩件古物珍寶，究竟藏了什麼秘密？羅珊蒂此刻身在何地？

事件真相撲朔迷離，請您於下週同一時間來此網頁繼續閱讀，本篇連載小說將帶領您一步步向事情的真相逼近。

小說人物介紹

主要人物：（第一組） 

馬樂開·哈同·洛特曼──書中代號：洛哈同。小說主人翁，被一種外星奈米菌元體生物擇定為實驗對象，體內部分為外星奈米菌元體入侵並控制，行為因此稍微有異常人，故外號『瘋帽匠』。

凱薩琳·達維·丹芙──法國巴黎裴聿美東方藝術博物館駐館考古學家。

卡珊德拉·丹芙·羅──中文名：羅珊蒂。凱薩琳丹芙的女兒，十歲，自幼便有『心靈感應』能力。

羅軒轅──中國權威地質兼礦物學家。凱薩琳丹芙的丈夫，羅珊蒂的父親。與凱薩琳正經歷分手中。

（第二組） 

老人解吉諾──外星奈米菌元體生物領袖。運用一種宇宙稀有礦苗及其水晶體，投影成形，外表乃一老人，有斜著行走的毛病。

解蓉娜──外星奈米菌元體生物。投影為地球人類女性。

解傑若──外星奈米菌元體生物。投影為地球人類男性。

解極茸──外星奈米菌元體生物。能投影並改變形狀為任何生物或物體。

（第三組） 

薄鳳池──法國馬賽實業家兼花花公子。『美夢世界影業公司』董事。

薄樂妮──薄鳳池妹妹，電影製片人。

唐美儀──中國女影星。薄鳳池未婚妻。

次要人物：

（第一組） 

伊萊夏蒙──日本名字：梶兵猶太郎，社會尊稱：『東京先生』，社會暱稱：『東京的川普』。七十歲，美籍猶太人，長住東京，著名外星文物收藏家，自號『十全老人』，因所收藏的外星文物已達十件。
春花若子──歌舞伎藝名：『玉奴春五郎』。著名歌舞伎藝人，東京先生機要秘書，『蝶甲蜂刃流』忍者武士。
天外竜之介──東京先生私人保鏢，『乾坤神隱流』忍者武士。
天外猿之助──東京先生私人保鏢，『彌形淨賀流』忍者武士。

（第二組） 

一色理性──日本新一代電影導演。
瀨戶內珡海──日本青春派女影星。一色理性女友。

瀨戶內瀚海──瀨戶內珡海同父異母哥哥。日法混血。
筱川雲友──編舞家。
仙道也──作曲家。

【本小說故事純為虛構，任何人物、地點、事件等若有雷同，實屬無意之巧合。】

第一週第一章將於下週推出。

Character Illustration Preview #5 - The Oldman

This is the last preview, now the novel is to begin, stay tuned.

Character Illustration Preview #4 - French Film Producer

Character illustration preview. French film producer.
One more preview to go. Then the novel starts.

Character Illustration Preview #3 - A Chinese Movie Star

Graphic novel will start very soon.

Character Illustration Preview #2 - Mother and Daughter

They are Mother and Daughter. 

Mother is French, Daughter half Chinese.

Bad Boy’s bad hair do day - Colin Farrell Portrait

 

Bad Boy’s bad hair do day - another study of hair rendering in pen and ink. 

Colin Farrell Portrait