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VanGold — The Mask of the Red Death
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Published: 2023-11-01 02:26:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 1263; Favourites: 14; Downloads: 0
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"Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be properly made. The whole company, indeed, seemed now deeply to feel that in the costume and bearing of the stranger neither wit nor propriety existed. The figure was tall and gaunt, and shrouded from head to foot in the habiliments of the grave. The mask which concealed the visage was made so nearly to resemble the countenance of a stiffened corpse that the closest scrutiny must have had difficulty in detecting the cheat. And yet all this might have been endured, if not approved, by the mad revellers around. But the mummer had gone so far as to assume the type of the Red Death. His vesture was dabbled in blood — and his broad brow, with all the features of the face, was besprinkled with the scarlet horror."
For the prompt of "Costume" nothing fits better than my personal favorite story from Poe, The Mask of the Red Death .
I tried my best to got their look right. Not just a red cloak but an actual blood-soaked shroud. I think I nailed it
