The Orphanage Chapter 30- a story told in drabbles

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link to chapter 29: http://section7mfu.livejournal.com/50788.html
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Moskva School No. 7 was clean and well organized. The students were mostly boys, and all intelligent, not like the mindless hoodlums and delinquents that filled the Orphanage. Here there were some who were Illya’s equal intellectually and a few, but not many who were superior.

He made acquaintances, though none he dared called friend. Grigory, Anton and Leonid were in his classes and sometimes he was included in their activities, mainly because they needed a fourth person.

The food was plentiful here, allowing young Illya Kuryakin to go about the business of learning without suffering the pangs of hunger.

Comments

[spotsycool.livejournal.com]

Such a sad bit here. Illya's all alone once again. But at least he has food, unlike at the orphanage.
Where did you find the pic?

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I find my pics by just hitting the internet. A lot of Russian sites out there that have interesting picture. If you notice, most of the pics for this were black and white, giving it a dreary mood. When he goes to the new school, life brightens for him, and hence the color.

I didn't notice until I posted that there's a figure dressed all in black sort of kneeling oh his seat, it could sort of pass for a young Illya.

[spotsycool.livejournal.com]

Thank you for pointing that out! I hadn't looked at it in that way, but you're right... the shift from black and white to color does certainly enhance the contrast of feeling that you were trying to convey in the different phases of young Illya's life.

Hmmm, yes I can see that. Or maybe the young boy bent studiously over his books in the far back corner could pass as a young Illya. Even though his hair isn't blond, he fits the withdrawn, intellectual, solitary boy profile.

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This is one of the things I love about LJ, being able to 'illustrate' the stories so to speak. Wish I had a scanner, as I can draw and would do my own illustrations if I could. But heck I don't even have a printer so a scanner is definitely low on the list. ehheheheee

I do have a good time looking for the perfect picture though, and I like posting non MFU pics. One of the best ones I found for the Orphanage was the portrait of the little blond boy for chapter 1. He definitely passed for a young IK.

[spotsycool.livejournal.com]

I absolutely agree, that was a beautiful portrait. The expression in those eyes was exactly how I imgagined Illya's when he was young. It was perfect.

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Thanks!