What's this, you ask? A brand new Tom Percival cover for Book One? But why? Whatever could be going on?
Well, my loyal and grinning Minions, it's because of the response we've been getting from our American readers that we've decided to have another go in the States. You've all been spreading the word to such an astonishing degree that we figured we'd help you along by re-releasing the first trilogy in eBook format, all with brand new covers. In fact, to FURTHER aid you in your recruiting endeavours, the first book is FREE to download for the entire month of October.
Because you're awesome. And so am I.
To see what's happening, just go to www.skulduggerypleasant.com/promo/index.html.
But hark! The news doesn't end there. We're also about to run a first-of-its-kind competition for my American Minions (Ameriminions?), and my American Minions ONLY. Let's face it, the poor dears have to go through an awful lot to keep up with Skulduggery, so they deserve a bit of special treatment every now and then...!
What does the winner get, you ask? Oh, nothin' much... just the brain-melting honour of a special Halloween short story being set in their home state, starring (and I know you've been missing her) Tanith Low, to be released free in time for October 31st.
And what KIND of competition is it, you're asking now? Why, it's the kind of competition in which you write the first line of the story, and I continue on from there. Simples! So it's up to you, my Ameriminions. It can be as spooky, as crazy, as scary, as funny, as weird or as atmospheric as you like. I've read all your posts, and so I like to think that I know each of you just a little bit, and I know for a fact that you're all, y'know, just a tad... UNUSUAL. Ahem. Oh, and naturally I'll need your permission to actually USE your first line, so at the start of every entry could you all write "I hereby give my Golden God, Derek Landy, full permission to take this line and incorporate it into his wonderful, wonderful story."
And you had BETTER put that at the start of your entry, because if I find the PERFECT opening line that lends itself so much to a weird and spooky story, and then I realise that you didn't give me your permission to use it...? Why, I'd just have to hunt you down and kill you with a spoon.
And this is all thanks to the reactions we've been getting from the Ameriminions, so thank you Kallista, Skyril and Mar Chu, and Skulgirl13 (A.K.A Deryn Mellifluous), and Saoirse Equus, and of course Thor, and Thalia, and Ann Marie, and Vivianna Spark, and not forgetting Alana Core, Jugglingpaynes, Laura, Valkyrie V., Tori, Skulduggery Skellington, or even Gwaila, Pandora Wakeshima, Ophelia, nights.raven, Arabella Valkyrie PleasantSparrow, Nicole, annaslanski, Naomi Wiflath, MooGirl XD, Bella Votolato/Valkyrie Cain, mmodrall, Artemis Shakora, Ven Curor, Minnie, Lois Lane, Another Individual, Deila, Thornton, legolas3, Anya, Captain Zombie, Lauren Longbottom, Idlewind, Hanna, Gwyneth Noire, Funk Tuba, Docktor, Dantea William, Cat, Bekka, and last but not least- Andrew.
Did I miss anyone? I bet I did. Dammit.
RULES:
You MUST give me your permission at the start of your entry!
There is no limit on word count- it can be as long as you like, or as short, cutting and snappy as you like. But it must ONLY be one line!
Competition closes on October 23rd. The winner will be announced soon after on this Blog.
With your entry, please include your home State, not your town. Your State is all I need.
Each person is limited to FIVE entries each.
The short story, once it's finished, will be available to everyone, all around the world. Yippee! (Ahem.)
Anyway! That is the first of our Americaland competitions, and the second will be unveiled next week, with all sorts of goodies up for grabs. But for right now, for THIS competition, all I have to say to my Ameriminions is good luck, and don't be afraid to be different. Embrace your inner lunatic. Fun times guaranteed.
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(At least this should give us more time than the other one did.)
Welcome.
(Hello, Dugglyn.)
((Oh, no problem. Not like I went searching for it myself, though. :P
*transfers thanks @Keiron?* :) ))
*hugglyns Dugglyn*
Onwa: Admit you're wrong!!!
James: Hmmm..
I would like to, yes.
Manuel: however I apologize for upsetting you.
Ben: He'll be fine. This doesn't happen often, but it's happened a lot of times.
Hey Sophia!
*hugglaia Taia! :D*
Hilo Starararar!
Evening Jai!
(Hey dug.)
Oh, soy. Gtg.
Pie!!
XD Dugglyn :)
Oh :P
BYe Dugglyn!
sorrry, not really here
XD
Hi/bye, Dugglyn.
(*sighs*)
No words and no language,
It doesn't deserve such treatment,
And all my stumbling phrases never amounted
To anything worth this feeling
All this heaven never
Could describe such a feeling
As I'm feeling
Words were never so useful,
So I was screaming out a language that I
Never knew existed before.
*hugs Jai*
@Jai: ?
(Doesnt matter. Night guys.)
@Jai: :/ Night..
:/ ?
Night, Jai. *hugs* Sleep well. ^^
(I'm going too even though i wasn't really here. Night.)
Noelle, whose last attempt failed and surmounted with an intense sickness, sat at her table.
No one cared... No one even noticed..
All I wanted was to be told that I'm loved.
All I wanted was a friend.
And no one looked twice.
My mother
Brothers
Friends
Father...
Is it any wonder why I want to do this.
Is it any wonder why I'm so fucking alone.
Her hair fell from her head- she had just shaved the entire thing. Her eyes were hollow. A bead of sweat slipped down her skin.
a glass was in front of her.
She began to cry.
The glass was empty, and the bleach was swimming in her stomach, and heat was burning her throat, skinning her from the inside out
Her heart flickered
Vomit grew in her stomach
She cried
And her eyes fogged
And then died
I don't know how to respond any more.
I typed up a very harsh comment, much in the same way I tried a gentler one.
But with both I came to the conclusion that it would do anything at all.
But nothing ventured nothing gained.
Open your damn eyes.
"No one cared... No one even noticed..
All I wanted was to be told that I'm loved.
All I wanted was a friend."
Are you legitimately blind? I want you, right now, to read through every single freaking post on this blog and count up the times people have told you that they care, that they love you, that they would be devastated if you left.
"Is it any wonder why I want to do this.
Is it any wonder why I'm so fucking alone."
Same deal. It is a wonder why you do this, not just to yourself but to everyone else here who, as I said above, cares about you.
Take a moment to use the brain I know damn well you have. Stop making assumptions and look at reality.
*applauds Blake*
She won't listen, but you spoke my thoughts.
It is very 'me' - as some would say - to attend a picnic in the rain, and then find myself running through and around a skate park. How...
Quaint.
Quaint isn't generally a word I associate with skate parks but whatever floats your goat.
'floats your goat'? That is an expression I have not heard in quite an amount of time... It was with a few friends, something akin to an 'End of Holiday' celebration, despite the fact that none of us return to school until the week after next.
Blake and Zafira, Noelle and Alastair have both said this multiple times; clinical depression is a medical disease.
It is not about will power.
It is not self pity.
It does not mean she's weak.
"More than just a bout of the blues, depression isn't a weakness, nor is it something that you can simply "snap out" of. Depression may require long-term treatment."
"it affects how you feel, think and behave"
Multiple sites say something along these lines. Noelle once wrote a comment about how she sees people's comments but has a hard time believing them. I wish I could find it so I could quote or repost it but Idk where it is and i don't want to paraphrase it for fear of making a mistake that degrades Noelle or clinical depression in any way.
Even though I am unsure what I could do to help, comments like yours, Blake and Zafira, are not helping at all.
As much as I regret to admit, I have previously been diagnosed with depression. It was not something I could 'snap out of', but that didn't stop me from trying. Perhaps it was the knowledge that I was not like the rest of the people I know and associate myself with, for months after, I began to feel normal again. I have heard that sometimes willpower can overcome depression, but it is a lot less likely.
Thank you, Dugglyn.
I only wanted to say that, in this instance, she wasn't referring to anyone on this blog, to begin with. She was referring to the people who are physically around her- her real-life friends and family.
And I don't think I can phrase anything more productive at the moment than what Dugglyn has written, so I will leave.
(*hugs Noelle gently*
I'm sorry no one noticed for your real life.)
Noelle... I care. Please, find a way to live...
(*laid awake waiting for a message to come through*
*doubts it'll happen*)
(John - Noelle did give a list of people, and it was my interpretation that she was talking about them, rather than us? Although I will admit she did not make it clear, that was just what I read.)
Liliana: Never!
Parasite: Any thoughts?
Claire: ... Is that secret code for sex?
Lily: No, it's okay.
Elizabeth: Then I shall accompany Ember. Morgan has a small crossbow that I gave him, could you return it to me, please?
((I slept last night. :)
Nine hours.
Still tired, but y'know.
*nods to Dugglyn*))
Ben: *takes crossbow off Morgan* *chucks it to Rowan*
Rowan: *catchs it* *hands it to Elizabeth*
((Because Rowan's closer. I think))
WHY AM I STILL TIRED
We think Lizzie's WhatsApping us in her sleep. O_O
Haha now she's texting us.
(@Star guess what literally just arrived. Hint; it's 1118 pages long.)
Onwa: *tickles her more and faster*
*grins, shadow limbs forming, helping tickle her more*
James: Hmm.. nothing like Susan or Nancy..
Nope. It's code for my wife is yummy. And maybe sex.
Manuel: *nods*
(Hey Star.
John, Zafira, i agree.
But i do think that time she was referring to her family. I know how hard it is to go through it alone. How much it hurts that no one cares, Noelle. And i tried to help and make you feel better but you just shut me out.
Want to continue our RP, Star?)
(@Gemmy its like with me and you. When you're upset you don't want to type to me. If you plan on talking to me you want to Skype, or call, because you want a person, not font.)
(It's easier. But it's still nice to hear you're wanted.)
(I know, but still. You prefer to talk to me as opposed to text/type on a screen..
Anyway, do you wanna continue the Sil/Chi/Twins rp? Sil had asked if Hecate had lied when she'd said she loved Sil..)
(Is that a bad thing?
And sure.)
Chi: *pauses*
I honestly don't know, Sil.
We're blurring...i don't know what's happening. We're becoming closer...it'll be easier for her to...
*looks like she might cry but shakes her head*
She might be feeling my love for you. Or her own. I don't know.
(No. I'm just saying it might be the same with Noelle?)
Sil: *hugs her gently*
It's okay Chi.. I can call Manuel and Orpheus? Have them try set up some barriers?
OKAY.
I have been ghosting this blog for ages now. Most of you won't remember me, and I'm fine with that, honestly. Even when I was on here often I didn't make much of an effort to talk to people. That was mostly me being a self-conscious moron, tbh.
But you know what?
This has to stop.
All these petty fights, all this rudeness and bitterness, all of this hatred and vitriol. STOP.
Some of you are being absolutely ridiculous, alright? I mean, if you ignore basic common sense, compassion, and decency, then yeah, your actions make sense. It's an unspoken rule that you do NOT act like this, especially on the Internet. How many of you, who have been aggressive and just plain rude on here, would dare to say and do what you've done, in real life? How many of those accusations would have been made? How many of you would be comfortable saying the words you've published here, directly to someone's face?
When a person is sad, or angry, or depressed, or anxious, or feeling crap in general, do you try and make them feel worse? Or do you listen to them, and try your best to respond kindly and civilly? For God's sake, guys, I thought you had better judgement than this.
When I joined, in late 2013 (I ghosted for about six months before first commenting), Blogland was a sanctuary. It was mainly peaceful, people were welcoming and nice, and it was generally great. I'm not saying it was perfect, but it felt a lot more safe than this.
Fast forward to mid-2015. It's completely different. I'm fine with the rp's, I actually really love reading them, but it's what happens in between them that concerns me. There's so much anger and hate and everybody's fighting. It makes me genuinely sad that people I know and care about are so against each other.
I'm not saying all of you are like this. Most of you are actually quite polite and lovely. But I think the Internet brings out the worst in certain people, and that breaks my heart, because I know you're all wonderful. The thing is, having a screen or a taken name to hide behind will make you say things you wouldn't otherwise say. In some cases that's good, as it makes people more confident, but in some cases, well. It ends up like this.
If you're feeling hurt by someone, or shut out, or anything, when telling them, the least you could do is be respectful and polite. I'm not saying everyone in this comment section should be holding hands and wearing daisy chains and singing Kumbayah around a campfire with smores (although that would be lovely). All I am asking is for people to show some common sense and courtesy. Respect yourself and above all, respect others. We only have one life, presumably, so why waste it being bitter and rude?
You know the #NicerInternet movement that was started a couple months ago? Yeah, well, I think we really need it here.
That's all I'm going to say. Hopefully. Please, please don't fight, because it just makes this place so much more worse. And I know that nobody really, truly wants that.
*goes back to ghosting*
*sighs*
*not really here*
I don't think many of you understand - the population in Blogland is much nicer than the population I see in real life.
I think we're all doing pretty damn well.
I just realised that rant was posted late.
Sorry.
*leaves*
Overall, on the Noelle front - SO many people have been nothing but nice and caring and patient.
It actually rather amazes me.
*shrugs*
(*hugs star*
...
*also hugs Fay, because ive missed her, and because everyone opinion is important..*)
But on the whole, there must be about twenty of us here, adn if you expect all twenty of us to be perfect angels 100% of the time then - y'know. You're letting yourself in for a let-down.
Or thirty or summat.
*hugs Jai*
*agrees* *everyone's opinion is importnat, and I'm glad to hear from everyone* *thank you, Jai*
A lot of people have been lovely and wonderful, yes, and I'm really glad about that. Most of the comments have been amazing. It's just that the negative comments cause huge shitstorms that could easily be avoided.
Idk, I'm starting to regret saying anything.
*hopefully actually leaves this time bc dinner*
(I think..
It's easier for a small group of people to seem bad if one person steps out of line that for a large group of people..
If you have two groups, one with 100 people in, one with 10, then in each group there's one rude person, it seems worse for the group of 10 because 10% of them are being rude, whereas 1% of the 100 are being rude in the other group.
I think this happens with blogland too.
It's like being under a microscope.)
(Fay, if you are referring to me and if you have been ghosting, you know i've tried. And i've given up.)
(Then in response to this person maybe three people per group argue back? Then two more protect the rude person.
That's 60% of one group arguing.
6% of another group.)
@Jai: *nods*
@Gemma: I think she was mostly referring to John, but y'know.
@Fay: *shrugs* Well, you see, I wouldn't expect peopel to be this caring anyway. The lovely and wonderful people are exceeding my expectations.
(Hi...
I like to believe I am polite... but if and when I say something mean I know I have said worse face to face, so in the moment it wouldn't stop me.)
(As have I, Keiron.
Hi and Goodmorning)
(So those 10 people seem horrible and like they argue all the time and the 100 people seem like they barely ever fight.
Those 10 people aren't better or worse than the 100, they've reacted the same way as the 100 people, there's just less of them.)
Sil: *hugs her gently*
It's okay Chi.. I can call Manuel and Orpheus? Have them try set up some barriers?
((I'm just generally less confident in real life. Also my words don't work as well in real life so I can never get out what I mean to say.
People keep interrupting me when I try to say long paragraphs, too. -_- You can't get it all out . . .
Talking online is just easier, for me. So I would definitely say I say more online than I do in real life, but yeah.))
((But I don't normally have issues like this in real life, so I don't know how it goes.))
(You never seen my mad or mean side. It can get bad if I don't contain it.)
@Jai: Yeah, but I think it's unlikely that only one person would be *whateverwordyouused* in 100 people. You're more likely to get 100% nice people in a group of ten, for instance.
(@Star I know, I was just showing how a small group can look very bad when people argue compared to society and the world. Because its easier to see what's happening here than to record every fight, racist statement, apathetic word in society.)
((... OK
But also consider, if 10% of a group is rude to a person or says something unkind, isn't it possible for that person to take it more seriously, as opposed to if only 1% were unkind?
10% of the group hates you /// 1% hates you.
And what if, of the 90% remaining, a couple don't say anything to you? That's immediately 20% you're doubting - they might hate you too?
Maybe it LOOKS worse in a smaller group, but does that mean it is less harmful?))
(No, it's just as harmful. I'm just pointing out that we aren't that bad..
@Star I have a good feeling about this book. Page 7 so far.)
(since no one else is asking.... what book is it? )
@Jai: Yeah.
@Taia: Yeah.
(*grimaces* Ow.. that's a nasty death.. and he knew it was coming..
Way of Kings. Stormlight archive volume 1
You know a books good when you're 13 pages in and your hearts already bouncing.)
@Keiron: The Way of Kings. C: Currently my favourite book.
@Jai: :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
(Very happy now. :P)
@Jai: OMG
I'M SORRY HAPPY YOU LIKE IT
LET ME GO EXPLODE NOW
(@Star *sad face* Poor guard.)
(*laughs at stars reaction*)
Your pages are different to in my copy awwwh.
@Jai: Mmmmmmmhhhhhhhhhhhh YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH especially as the Stormlight Archive made me emotionally attached to guards
omg
omg
and
yeah
:(
poor guard
Sorry, just exploding a little bit.
(*hugs Fay*
*and hugs Dugglyn*
*hugs Noelle & hopes & hopes*
*hugs Jai, and Star*
*and Kas*
*and Gemma and Keiron and Blake and Zaf*
*and somebody whose identity I'm not sure of and any ghosters out there*)
(@Jai: Sorry. I think I do get what you're saying, I'm just, yeah.
You're saying that the population of Blogladers are kind and caring and etc for the majority of the time, but that each occasion of not-so-nice skews us further down the not-scale because we're a small group?
And that actually the group is a lot nicer than it might appear statistically?
Which is totally true and blogland is & has always been full of good people being good, but with occasionally less-than-good incidents happening, and sometimes more-than-occasionally happening, because we're a group of people, etc. And it has always been like that, to my own recollection?
And I'd say that you're right. :)
...But I also think that each occasion of not-so-niceness is still significant, qualitatively. And there's still room to slide back up that scale? Idk if I'm saying what I'm trying to say right. Um. Never mind, maybe. :P)
@Star/Jai: :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) !!!
(I might need to give that a go once I actually finish sp because it's one of those where I read it get further and then like I don't want it to finish :/ )
@Taia: *nods*
@Keiron: :) :/
(I know what's coming and it's going to annoy me soo much when it happens... ugh I've made up my mind I'm going to edit something fast then read the rest of the day... I will finish LSODM then TDOTL I can do it, maybe. )
@Keiron: Okay.
:) Good luck.
And I know what you mean. I tend to read bad books or books I don't knwo whether'll be good or bad as soon as I get them (or as soon as I have time), whereas books in good series often stay on my shelve for months. :P
(Guess you won't want to come out a walk with me then, Keiron...)
(@Taia *nods*
@Star onto part 1 (?) Now.. well, I would be, but I'm having a nap, because I've had like no sleep.
Also, THATS A COOL ABILITY TO HAVE. Sad that he's no control over himself, BUT COOL ABILITY! LASHING IS COOL!)
@Jai: :) I like Part One.
Well.
I like the whole book. XD
Part One has Kaladin adn Shallan in it. :)
(Not Dalinar though.)
YES.
IT'S VERY COOL.
:)
:) Good luck having a nap. I hope it goes better for you than naps usually do for me. :P
(uhm yeh nm where when now?? can I shower first?)
(Yeah, i'm just out of a shower and getting lunch.)
Well Blake was honest, so don't hate on him. I agree with him, she needs to learn to open her bloody eyes and use her god given head.
Now I have to go drive so adios!
Yes, me behind the wheel.
@Zaf: But when she opens her eyes and uses her head, she doesn't see the world as it is, but how depression taints it.
The fact she isn't seeing isn't anythign to do with whether her eyes are open and her head is being used, and her lack of sight doesn't instantly mean her eyes are closed.
*nods* ^^
(my mums asking if i'm bringing Lucy should I just say no? -jw)
(Hello.)
Liliana: *she laughs, struggling* No! Please!
Parasite: No, nothing like that.
Claire: Ew...
Lily: ... Could I maybe come back and live with you if I am able to come back alive?
(Zafira, honesty is irrelevant in determining whether or not something is going to be hated on. The same suggestion of "she needs to learn to open her bloody eyes and use her god given head" could be said to you when you go off on one, and yet you continuously draw different conclusions to me no matter how much you use your head. Different minds see things differently, it does not mean that Noelle is not thinking.)
Noelle if you see this, I am so sorry that you feel that way about yourself and people so close to you.
I know how you feel, it is so debilitating to feel like that, that you see no other option.
But please remember that even though we are not physically close to you, we still care and love you and you shouldn't put a full stop on the end of your life when you deserve a semi-colon.
Please look after yourself and if you need anyone to talk to, me and everyone else is here. Always.
(*hugs Em* *nods*)
Hello?
Onwa: *grins more*
Admit you're wrong! Admit I'm right!
James: Hmm.. Ada. Ziba. Lisa. Alice. Margo. Leila.. *thinks*
Hey, at least I was honest.
Manuel: You don't wish to travel anymore?
Hey, Jaimie.
(Hi. Distant.)
Hi, Kas. *hugs* How are you doing?
(Sorry, not really here. I downloaded a writing programme but turns out it's only a free trial so now I've got to spend 15 days writing before it runs out :P)
Liliana: No!
Parasite: Are those not slightly... Nice?
Bethany: *she cuddles against Silente*
Claire: Fine, okay. You two can go up.
Lily: *she shakes her head*
Onwa: *more hands materialize, tickling her as well*
*smirks, watching her*
Admit it.
James: Perhaps. Hmm.
Empusa. Kopek. Lamia. Lamina. Lilitu. Yuki.
*smiles, lifting her up again, starting to wall upstairs*
Manuel: Then yes, you may reside with me when you are once again free to leave this realm.
Liliana: *she laughs more and struggles more* No!
Parasite: Those hardly suit me.
Bethany: *she smiles, pressing against her* I love you so much...
Lily: Thank you... I mean it.
(...in Italian male = evil.)
Onwa: Yes!
*leans back, two more shadow arms reaching out to tickle her*
James: Mm.. Masama, Zlo?
I love you too Beth.
*caries her to their room*
Manuel: You are welcome.
Liliana: Okay, okay! I'll give up!
Parasite: How about Isabelle?
(Time skip?)
Lily: I really do feel at home in your house...
Onwa: Admit it first, then I'll stop!
*grins broadly*
James: Mmm. If that is the name you want.
(Yes.)
Manuel: I'm glad that you do.
Liliana: What do you want me to admit?
Parasite: Are you happy with it?
Bethany: *she cuddles against Silente, resting against her*
Lily: It's like... the only other place than my actual home that I feel welcome... That I feel needed... It's hard to explain...
Onwa: That you are beautiful.
*smirks*
James: *raises an eyebrow*
Does it concern me?
*smiles, yawning slightly, holding her close*
Manuel: You don't have to worry, I understand.
Liliana: No!
Parasite: Yes? I may be the mother of your child.
Bethany: *she kisses Silente*
Lily: Good. *she smiles, hugging him*
Onwa: *raises an eyebrow*
*the hands resume their merciless tickling, a few more also forming*
Hmm.. tickle torture.
James: Hm. Isabelle is nice.
*kisses her back, smiling*
Manuel: *hugs her back*
Sorry for disappearing.
*hugs Taia*
I'm good and bad. You?
Oh, and hey, Sophia and Jaimie. How are you?
(Hello, Tia.)
Liliana: *she laughs more, struggling a lot* Please!
Isabelle: Then Isabelle it is.
Bethany: *she kisses her passionately*
Lily: *she rests her head on his shoulder* Dying isn't pleasant.
(Hi kas.)
Onwa: Not until you say it. I can wait all day.
James: *nods*
Very well. Anyway, you made me sleep. I told you not to.
*kisses her passionately back, smiling*
Manuel: I don't imagine it would be.
(Jaimie, could you email me?)
Liliana: No!
Isabelle: You said I couldn't. I showed you otherwise.
Bethany: Thank you...
Lily: It isn't exactly painful, but it's just... cold... and scary.
How are you?
Onwa: *raises an eyebrow*
*inspects her nails, the hands continuing to tickle her*
I can wait.
James: fine. Point proven. Now allow me to wake up.
What for?
Manuel: *nods* I'm sorry you have to go through that.
(Fine. You?)
Liliana: *she continues to laugh and struggle* No!
Parasite: No.
Bethany: ... What we just did?
Lily: It... makes you think. There are so many humans that die every day... millions... And why do I deserve the ability to come back alive? I haven't done anything special...
Onwa: *grins, watching her struggle under her*
Admit it.
James: Yes.
You don't need to thank me for that Beth
*kisses her neck*
Manuel: some people are lucky, blessed. Others are not. It is merely how you were born. Why do some people deserve to have disabilities, or illness? They don't, they are just unfortunate. And you are just fortunate. However, you are also good. You are kind, gentle and caring.
Okay, thanks.
Liliana: No!
Parasite: Make me.
Bethany: Yes I do... It's nice...
Lily: That doesn't make me... worthy of it. I... I don't know. It's hard to explain...
Onwa: Mm..
*a drink appears in her hand*
*takes a sip, the shadow hands continuing to tickle*
I'll wait.
James: ..I.. how.
*smiles* And I want to do it.
Manuel: I know.
(Sorry, had to go cook and wait and eat and etc.)
@Kas: Good to hear that you're good, though sorry to hear otherwise, too. Good is good. :)
I'm kind of exhausted, but good. Having twelve people around the house is tiring. O_O I have until Thursday before having to deal with any more guests now, which is nice. :) Thanks for asking. ^^
(Hi Taia.)
Hey, Jai. :) How're you doing?
(I'm fine. How are you?)
(Hello, Taia.)
Liliana: No, please! Just stop! Please!
Isabelle: *she grins* And that is for you to find out.
Bethany: Yes but... Still.
Lily: I'd give my immortality to you, if I could.
(I will be back soon.)
Onwa: Nope. Not until you admit it.
James: Mm.. forcing you with violence wouldn't work..
*kisses her neck gently again*
Dont worry about it..
Manuel: I wouldn't deserve it.
I'm alright, thanks Jai. :) Tired. :P ^^
Hello, Sophia. How're you? :)
(I am back.
I... Am not so good, Taia. But it is largely alright. I would ask how you are, but you have already stated.)
Liliana: Please!
Parasite: Not in the slightest.
Bethany: *she smiles* Okay. But I'll still thank you...
Lily: Yes, you would. You're the best friend I've ever had.
Onwa: Nope.
James: Mm.. bribing you could maybe work..
I know.
*kisses her cheek*
Manuel: But other people are also others best friends.
Welcome back, Sophia. :) Sorry to hear that. :/ If there's anything I can do... ^^
(No, Taia, it is perfectly alright.)
Liliana: Please!
Parasite: Money is no use to me.
Bethany: *she kisses her on the lips*
Lily: Yes but you're... Good. Very good. You're one of the nicest people I've ever met and I care about you so I'd give it to you if I could...
Onwa: *pokes her stomach gently*
Nope. Not until you admit it. I can keep this up for a long time.
*has another sip*
James: Who mentioned money?
*kisses her back, smiling*
Manuel: You don't have to.
*hugs Taia and Jaimie*
@Sophia I'm here if you ever want to talk...
(No, Tia, it is perfectly alright.)
Liliana: Fine! I am saying this because I have no choice and Onwa is making me: I am beautiful.
Parasite: What else would there be to bribe me with?
Bethany: I really do love you... With all my heart and everything.
Lily: I can't... But if I could...
Alright, Sophia. ^^
*hugs Kas back*
Onwa: Mm. That'll do
*the shadow hands dissipate, the drink vanishing*
*smirks*
I win.
James: Mm.. gifts, jewels, experiences.
I love you too Bethy.
*kisses her gently*
Manuel: *nods*
I understand.
(Hello.)
Hey, Gemma.
Hello, Elleni...
(*quietly offers hug to El*)
And how do you know we don't have depression, Elleni?
How the hell do you know what's going on in our lives?
Just because Noelle went to the doctors, got help and they said she had it. Maybe dome of us are too scared to go to the doctors. If we went and they said we did, would you treat us any differently?
I doubt it. So how about you think before judging us. You don't know anything about our lives. Don't asdume we don't have depression. Apparently i do. But i fon't like the word. I tried to help Noelle but she didn't even acknowledge me. What am i supposed to do now?
So i'm just not going to try if she doesn't want my help.
I understand what Noelle is going through better than anyone Elleni.
I also understand where everyone else is coming from because it is not a physical illness and will never be treated that way unfortunately.
And I also understand where you are coming from. It is frustrating to have to explain this illness to people who are nothing more that afraid of it.
Mental illness, the likes of anxiety, depression, bi-polar and so on, are frightening things. They are they monsters inside us, not the person that is trying to be free.
But as I said Elleni, because people cannot see it, they fear it and even in 2015 that will never change.
Hello, Keiron.
*sighs*
(Was my email that bad? kas.... )
Hello, Em.
@K No.
@Elleni Well, that's what it's supposed to be...
@El Sharing your experiences, being there and listening to others...
And what if they do?
Maybe Zafira has no one either. Then she comes on here and gets abuse from people. And i'm not exactly defending her because i know i've said some hurtful things to her but i've apologised for them. Most of them. I'm just one person. I used to be friends with her, still have her on fb but every time she comes on here it's to argue which is why most get so amnoyed with her but think how alone she must be if she gets regected from here. And i know it's really her own fault but maybe she's on a downwards slope that she can't climb out of. She's upset and lonely, comes on and complains she's upset abd lonely then gets annpued then becomes more upset and lonely.
Blake...i don't know. I can't really speak for him anymore. But even when i went out with him he was alone a lot. He has Danni now and i hope they're both happy but they're far apart and he might still be really lonely in real life...
Maybe they snapped at Noelle because they're going through the same thing but not reacting the same as Noelle?
I can't speak for them. I'm just saying you don't know what they feel or what they understand.
Well, either we've screwed up, or I don't know what I'm saying because I'm tired.
Good night.
Arguably.
I don't think she was being insulted. I'm kinda annoyed too that she comes on, tells us her problems and then won't even acknowledge us when we try to help. We were just trying to be nice and she ignored us. That annoyed me. Made me think 'well why bother?'
It makes me wonder why she tells us in the first place. If she's that lonely she can make an effort to talk to us. Star or Fabi, they're the only people she seems to care about.
Hey Trip ^.^ how was your, trip? Lol
Hello, Trip.
Not quite sleeping yet.
@Gemma Are you still mad at me?
She tells us so at least someone knows how and what she's feeling in that moment.
She doesn't expect a knight in shining armor to come to her rescue, or everyone to flock to give her hugs and let her know she is loved. She knows that, even if she doesn't show it.
She does it because at least she knows that someone, somewhere is acknowledging how she's feeling.
She's not obliged to thank you, to say anything else, to do anything. It is just the knowledge that somewhere in this huge world, someone has read what she has said and heard her.
I don't know Kas. I am kinda annoyed that you wouldn't talk to me about it but if you want to, my email is kindlion34@hotmail.com or gemmaverlaque@googlemail.com.
Although i don't know how much help i'll be since i'm feeling down top but at the very least i'll listen.
@Em :/
I know...
It's sad
It was fun, I got burned on the underside of my knees though.
However, when I read I didn't see an awful lot of niceness coming from your camp. Although I believe you were trying to be it simply came across as aggressive and rude, much like your previous attempts with her.
And the way that these attempts seem to go down with Noelle as a message of unkindness and an aggressive disliking.
I'm not new. I've been here for 5 years. I knew Noelle before you i'm pretty sure Elleni.
(Hello...
Elleni - I have criticised Noelle in the past, and I do have a definite understanding of depression.
Gemma - I can understand where you are coming from, largely, but perhaps talking about her problems helps her - and so may being nice to her. After all, you should surely be attempting to help Noelle because you wish to help her, rather than to get an acknowledgement from it?)
I was certainly not trying to be agressive with her at all.
I tried to help with her situation, say hi, hug her and got nothing so i said i had given up. That was it.
Right!
Enough, the pair of you!!
You two fighting over her like she's just some dowry to be won is disgusting and would certainly discourage me from coming back on if I were her.
The way Noelle is feeling at the moment, she doesn't need this. She needs calm, she needs to know that somewhere is safe. No bitching. No arguing. No right fighting.
If you really had her best interest in mind and care for her like you say, the two of you would pack it in!
Elleni i was just saying i wasn't new would you stop being so aggressive and angry please.
Hello, Sophia.
Can we all please calm down?
I have to say, Elleni makes a good point. I do feel as though people here have become somewhat less receptive to peculiarity nowadays.
Please do say if I am being too aggressive with my vocabulary, I'm trying to pick neutral words.
She does have a good point. I'm not saying she doesn't.
But the fighting pisses me off.
Once and for all, we should move past all the bitching and bickering and try and make this a safe place again.
Em, the blog has been like this since Adra and Zafira started fighting...
And we've tried to stop fighting. But this is what happens when people are expressijg their opinions and beliefs, it's just life. People argue their points all of the time. We're all just very opinionated and like to have our opinions heard.
I haven't heard from Danni for a few months now.
*sighs*
*hugs everyone*
I think it is the failings of adolescence that leads to our problems Em, which might be a trouble we are unable to overcome.
*hugs Kasu*
I think that's it Trip,
I think I'm getting too old to be coming on here and expecting it to be how it used to be.
And you can have your opinions heard without jumping down each others throats. It's called waiting to see what the other person posts.
Neither have I, Tia. It's a mystery, I would love to know what I've done wrong to be ignored.
I don't think she reads what we write. She may have just moved on.
Anyways, good night.
I try to be nice. I don't even know why. Noelle was one of the people that slsughtered me that night. Who bullied me into a corner where i burst into tears, alone and cut so many times i lost count. And i would have kept going if Keiron didn't turn up at my house at 10pm to check that i was probably still alive. As was Sophia. And i didn't get an apology for their behaviour that night. I did from Adam and Danni. I think Blake too but i can't remember.
She made my depression worse. And i'm trying to help hers. And you're saying i'm aggressive and rude...how is that fair?
(Which night was this, Gemma?)
I find you've just got to go with the times, Em.
The blog exists to serve a different role in the lives of all the people who pass it, and if Death has moved on then she has what she needed. Need we want more?
(The night that you, Noelle, Blake, Adam and Danni were aelrguing against me. I think it was for bringing Keiron on. The night Blake called me a whore.)
(Blake's actions can be hardly attributed to my own. I may have argued against you, but I can assure you that my arguments were completely separate from those of the others.)
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