It hasn't been easy. Dear GOD it hasn't been easy. There were so many great entries that offered up so many great ideas and moods. I narrowed it down to ten, then added five more, then did the whole process again, and again...
Then I started writing the story itself, writing from the middle on, and once I got the feel of the story I went back over the entries, searching for a line that fit with what I was writing. And that's how I found it.
There can, of course, be only one winner. But so many of you came close. I'm going to include just a handful of these entries, just to give you an idea of the broad range I was getting. First of all, there where the funny entries, entries like Kallista's:
Tanith Low found herself running for all she was worth from a crazy pack of sugar-filled screaming, drooling zombie toddlers.
Or Zoodude254's:
It was a dark and stormy night... actually it was a perfectly bright Tuesday morning, but being chased down the street by a giant squid makes it feel like a dark and stormy night; squid spittle feels a lot like rain, and it blocks most of the sunlight as it's running towards you.
The BookNommer's:
Tanith was scared: not in the look-behind-you-feels-like-someone-is-watching-you-but-no one-is kind of way, but in the OHMIGOD-OHMIDGOD-I-AM-SO-SCARED-I-AM-GOING-TO-PEE-MY-PANTS-THEN-DIE kind of way.
Jaid's entry was a wonderful lesson in the surreal:
"I am going to kill you with this fork," said the man in the grey trenchcoat, standing before Tanith, holding a spoon.
And of course, there was Ann-Marie:
The man rounded the corner at a dead run and was immediately trampled by a herd of goats.
(Um, all of Ann-Marie's entries were about goats. I worry about her.)
Then there were the atmospheric entries, one of the best of which was Saoirse's:
The crescent moon rested its tired frame upon the peak of the South Sister that jutted, stark white, into the dwindling twilit sky.
I was sorely tempted by this one. Not only is it well written, it's also set in Oregon, and I had a girlfriend who came from Portland... But no! It was beautiful, but it just didn't fit with the story I was writing.
Then there were the people who tried to sneakily undo the damage I had done to poor old Tanith at the end of Mortal Coil... JoelsCrazy tried it with:
The Remnant left Tanith's body.
And Dane Stull attempted to reverse the damage with:
Tanith felt terrible, her head felt like it weighed a thousand pounds, she hated lying to Val and Skulduggery about being fully possessed by the Remnant but she had bigger problems, here in the United States, the end of the world... again.
Very sneaky, but I spotted it just in time...!
As I said, many great entries, which only reinforces my belief that you're all insanely talented, and deeply disturbed, people. The less said about Lauren's attempt to put Valkyrie is a very revealing Wonder Woman outfit the better... Desmond would have a heart attack!
(Hmmmm... might put that Wonder Woman outfit into the next book...)
(No! No, I can't! Inappropriate for younger readers! You are a NAUGHTY girl, Lauren!)
I wish I could go through them all, but I simply can't. And so it gives me great pleasure to announce that the winner of the Ameriminion competition is THALIA, with:
Tanith wiped the blood off the carving knife and, ignoring the body of the man she had just stabbed to death, went back to carving her Jack-o-Lantern.
Simple, sinister, and there's already a corpse in the story. I like your style, Thalia. Now I have to go and finish the story.
Well done!
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sure NJ
:D I'm good, thanks Nights! (Is that what I call you?)
How are you?
Thank you guys :)
im fine
u can call me that if u want 2
I'm in New England. It's only October and it's snowing oh my God why is it snowing.
IT'S SNOWING.
-dies-
Ivy I won?!? Cool... ;£ I had read the fanfic already
Nj I accepted the link...
Haha, awesome. I would love it if it snowed here. I'm in regular England, by the way.
ok NJ, i checked it out and i commented :) (idk how to follow)
Hey, Everisse, I just went on to BBC news and they're reporting your snowstorm! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15502380
I'm in Ireland!!! (if that helps) (but not really);£
Woohoo welcome to the blog flame!!
Anyone else that wants anything up on the blog, to be mentioned or anything my OC E-Mail is on the blog.
I'd be happy if it wasn't right before Halloween. It's going to be freezing, and I'm going out to an amusement park.
I think the weather is broken.
*dances crazily around blogland*
I am also in Ireland. :)
Oh the weather In Ireland is broken...
10 INCHES?
Oh heck no.
The weather in England is...boring...
Lol...... I hate the cold... Snow/rain whatever!!
It really is flame apparently it is set to snow between now and next week.
I can see how 10 inches of snow could be problematic.
I've never been to England or Ireland...never been off the US East Coast, actually, but I'd like to.
Go to http://bringingskulduggerytothemasses.blogspot.com/2011/10/paintings.html
and I have two Skulduggery paintings posted
Oh jesus- DO NOT SAY THAT!!!!!!
I've been to New England, briefly, on a school trip. I liked the accents.
Ok ivy brb!
Ivy I can't see them :/
whoo!! england!!! hi guys
Flame, what ever weather you have, is almost always practically the same here. Same latitude.
Hey, the pictures aren't coming up...
Hi guys!
You can't? They're on the new post...
hi marine
@Azzy98 Hey! You also from England?
HELLLOOOOOOO
yup i am
then just try going to bringingskulduggerytothemasses.blogspot.com
I'm gonna sign out then check if I can see them... brb...
Hi azzy,, not cumin up for me either....
and now i'm really depressed cos all the homework that i've left to dust over half term now has to be done. :(
@Ivy It's not that the post's not there, the pictures just disappear.
Ivy I went to both.... Neither
@Azzy Unlucky...I could rub it in by saying I finished all mine this morning, but I'm not that mean >:)
I got none... Yay!!
i think you just did :(
Weird... It still comes up on mine... the pics take a while to load though. Even if it says you're done loading, it usually isn't.
Yah u and I both did.... I only got my midterm only yesterday ;)
bringbacktanith.blogspot.com
HEY NEW ARRIVALS LOOK AT THE LINK PLEASE :)
Hello guys, just wasted about twenty minutes of my life trying to reformat my blog. Back!
WELCOME BACK EV *hugs*
Wb!!
Ivy still nothin...
Yeah, it worked, I think, but it's running really slow now. Oh well.
I'm really bad at staying on task.
And by task I mean chatting and blog-surfing.
Grr... It isn't showing up right... gonna go re upload it...
Go to mine.... Only profile!!
Be right back guys, go to go have tea :)
Okay, Digi.
:)
I want tea... I will have my mumzy (get used to that word) make me some...
Well, I'm back now.
I'm hungry too.... My mummy Is asleep... I ate in a fancy restaurant earlier so I didn't get dinner..
My mumzy just made me walk into the kitchen where her ipod is playing and said that the song "Who I am" reminds her of me... Weird...
Who I am? Who sings that?
Good Question.
Back again. You made me crave tea. Now I have some.
*shrugs* Don't know. I'll ask.
*walks into kitchen*
Me: Who sings that song?
Mumzy: Something... Um... *looks for song* Jessica Andrews
Me: Ok
*comes back to computer* It's Jessica Andrews.
Lawl.
In Ireland, well in my family, we have a thin for Tea it is AWESOME
Ev!
Hey!
*glomps*
It's been ages!
Kewl
hi octa
'Ello Octa. Have we met?
Hi Octa. I'm sure we haven't met, but hi all the same.
Octa!
-hugs-
I've been off for a month, but I swear I'll be regular again. How've you been?
Octaboona *hugs and glomps*
HEY OCTA
*hugs*
How are you??
bringbacktanith.blogspot.com
CLICK THE LINK PLEASE
Hi Marine Grey. We haven't met either.
Hey guy, I'm back!
WB Digi :)
I guess not... I read your blog on occasion but we've never spoken. I'm Mari, nice to meet you.
Hey Raven!
Hey Ivy/Val... whuch ever you want to be called.
Nice name change btw..
Hey Marine!
No we haven't met! Greetings!
*offers a cookie*
And Ivy I'm not sure we've actually spoken before.
I've seen you around the blog a lot though.
Do you know Pyro? He's my little brother.
Lol, apparently I started a conversation about tea.
Hi Marine and Octaboona! I don't believe we've met.
Flame! Digi!
Greetings!
I've been great Ev. Started A Levels. Sooo much work.
It's been restricitng my blog time :(
But I'm still great anyway :)
Seriously octal? Cooool...
Hi again...
Hello Marine
Nice to meet you
thank you for commenting on the Blog :)
Will do NJ!
*offers Digi a cookie also*
Hiya Digi! Nice to meetcha.
I know Pyro, yes... And I'm not surprised you've seen me around a lot... I'm practically always here...
Thanks for the compliment on my name! I have a whole list posted if you scroll up... Username's Valkyrie V. fo that though...
Nice to meet anyone who I've never met before this!
OCTA
LINK LINK LINK
PLEASE CLICK IT!!
I must depart now to gorge myself on pasta and cheese.
And everyone can call me Octa if you wish.
*waves frantically*
Farewell for now!
Oh and hi, NJ too. Didn't catch your post there.
Is pyro ur brother?
:) Hey guys! *accepts cookie from Octa*
Nice to meet you too, Mari!
Yea Pyro and Octa are Brothers :)
See you around, Octa!
Ew, okay, this tea has way too much sugar.
...
-drinks it anyway-
Like, brothers by blood, or...?
Hey any of you guys know anyone else in persson who comes here? I've got Amanda Moore/China Sorrows...
Bye Octa
*hugs*
I had steak and ale pie for tea. It was kind of delicious.
Bye.....
Nope...
Hey Digi, I have a definite American question for you... Around what time is tea?
I usually have mine around 6/7, but it kind of varies.
Nobody in person, but I am good friends with someone through email.
I gotta go get dinner now, i am having Chinese :)
Honey Chili Chicken LOVELY
Ah, thanks. I was never very clear on whether it's just drinking tea, or an actual meal, or around what time of day, so I was curious.
@Mari why do you ask?
Who here's Irish? *raises hand* *someone slaps it down* Who lives in Ireland?
Brb to eat breakfast..
Bye nj
Lol, everyone's going off to eat. I have started a trend.
Just curious... Someone mentioned it in a book and I had no idea what time it was supposed to be.
I am *seriously*
I'm here. It's only 2:30, so already ate lunch.
It would be awesome if we had tea as a meal/snack/thing in America.
You are seriously what?
Yeah, it would. Gotta love tea.
What do you have instead of tea?
It's half seven here!
Brb
Bye Flame
Lunch? I don't know... Possibly assorted snacks? I have no clue.
What do you call your evening meal? I mean, it must have a name?
@Digi
We just have breakfast, lunch and dinner, and you can have a snack whenever if you want. I just drink tea with breakfast.
Just dinner. Or supper, if you're from the south.
Ohhhhhhh I see!
We have breakfast, lunch, and tea. Tea is the evening meal but also the drink. I don't ever drink tea, I don't like it.
Wait, so do you have tea instead of dinner, or after or before?
Excuse my Americanness... ^_^º
How can you not like tea...?
Lol, no, it's as confusing for me as you :D
The word 'tea' is used instead of your 'dinner'. As a meal.
To further confuse things, people in my county usually call lunch 'dinner'.
I return!
Well it varies all over the world but here in London we have breakfast lunch and supper/dinner...
Tea is used more in the north....
Oh okay, I'm a slow poster. So is tea just a small meal, or a regular sized one?
Or the 1950s....
I was eating breakfast XD
I also return!!!
@Octa ;) that's me! I'm a Northerner.
@Eve Regular sized.
I think it would be easier if all meals were called "food." Breakfast could be called "food 1." Dinner could be "food 3." It would simplify things.
@Mari XD that would work!
??
Octa! You're back!
It's still snowing. I hate you nature.
Hi Flame :) We're discussing terms for food in different countries.
Or everyone could say it the way I do. That sounds like a better idea to me. Maybe not to everyone else...
I prefer the first idea.
I realised XD
Anyway snowing is cool.. Sometimes
@Marine, I agree! XD
Anyone who's not me probably does.
That last one was @Digi, not Eve.
The first one, I meant. But what would we call snacks?
I've just realised, there are some people here who weren't around for my very first post...those people, prepare yourselves for some shameless self-promotion...
Skulduggery Pumpkin!
http://its-a-digiconspiracy.deviantart.com/#/d4ec3rm
XP
@Eve: I think it would be "Small food."
(Ev, BTW. It's pronounced kind of weird, sorry)
@Mari Excellent idea! But what if it was a large snack?
1st
@Ev is it pronounced ev-er-eece?
...Hm. Large small food?
1st
Sorry... writing is distracting me...
And I love snow.
Tis my favourite weather!
congratz on first ev!
Ooh, first!
I dedicate this page to the fact that it is SNOWING IN OCTOBER, and also my unicorn friend Juan Pedro.
Unlucky, Flame.
@Digi, it could be called "Extra food," then, for all snacks. That way we wouldn't need to specify size.
I think I'm not gonna suddenly disappear again...
Speaking of disappearances, at our school dance, if I was out of Amanda's sight she'd find me and scream, "I thought Caelan got you! Don't disappear! You can't do that!" XD
That works. Brb guys, just got to fetch something.
Octa does poetry run in ur family?
Actually, scratch last post. Harry Hill's TV Burp is on!
@Digi
Yeah. Not sure what I was thinking when I named myself, but kind of too late to change it.
Well, guys, I gotta head. Thanks for clearing up the 'tea' concept. Don't forget to start calling meals "food 1," etc. And always remember, we need Tanith back. See yas!
Bye bye
Ooo, wow, awesome-sauce
THALIA!
THALIA!!
THALIA!!!
THALIA!!!!!
THALIA!!!!!!
Congratulations, my brilliant friend :D
Skyril!
-glomps-
Hey! :-D
Hi Skyril!
Flame! Watch out! *kills zombie behind Flame*
Skyril glomps.... Hey!!!
hi sky *hugs* how r u?
I wanna fight something... How about toddlers? They are the enemy.... No offense to Alice...
Hey Skyril!
@ Flame... well Pyro and I write it...
Toddlers are fair game. Don't touch the puppies, though, or I'll have to kill you.
*impales zombie toddler head*
I go for too mins and ur killing zombie toddlers..
I might have to go in a min or 2 *shrugs*
*kicks toddler to the moon*
Flame wanna join?
BRB, have to wash dishes.
Already have... Jeez.... When did I nee an invite
*buries toddler in sandpit* ;)
hi everyone! *hugs*
EVERISSE! HI! I haven't seen you in forever, and I barely know you sort of!
SKYRIL! I haven't seen you in forever too! But it's been a shorter forever!
*knocks Lego down in an overenthuasiastic hug*
*gets trampled by little kids* NO NO NO NO NOOOOO!!! LITTLE KIDS ARE MY WORST FEAR!!! ESPECIALLY ZOMBIES!!! GET THEM OFF!!!!
Hi all!!!¡¡¡!!!
*turns into giant*
*stamps kiddies*
*throws stick at flame* HELP ME
Pyro *hugs* ur octas brother (still cant get over it)
I stomped kiddies!!!
Hi Flame!!!¡¡¡!!!
Yes, yes I am.
Hi Pyro! Hi Lego! We're fighting zombies! *sees wave off zombies who ae my age (12)* Hey we've got the toddlers' older siblings!
Coool
*sends spear of shadow through zombie creeping up on Flame*
Hi Ivy!!!¡¡¡!!!
Yay! Zombies!!!
*hands glow a blinding white, and suddenly 5 of the zombies are in flames*
Lego, hi!
-hugs-
Yeah, still need to wash those dishes. Back in five!
Omfg!!! Why am I the target....
*kicks zombies head in* I'm confused and angry
*waits till Pyro's magical light is gone then runs and jumps into the air* *kicks zombie head off*
*leaps into the air, incinerating zombies from above*
*sings happily while stabbing zombies*
*cleans blade*
*sticks head around corner*
Guys there are more
*rolls under a table to avoid being hit by pyro's incinerating powers*
Pyro I was nearly burned
*feels hair*
My hair it's messed up *grrrr*
Yay! More!
*draws twin katanas from crossed scabbards on his back*
*the katanas burst into flames*
Bring it on.
*crawls back out and lunges on zombie*
*glances around* Flame's right, there are more coming...
Any one got a spare sword?
*Kicks pYros shins*
No more fire
*burns zombies* ooops
Hey, it's only fire.
*glances at the miniature bonfire atop his head*
This thing's permanent, it's awesome!
Nopes I only gotta a machete
*throws one of the katanas to Ivy*
You can take this one.
*pulls sorting hat from heroines bag*
*pulls sword of gryfimdor*
*kills zombies 1,2,3 and 7
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