Friday, January 6, 2012

Hmmmm

Hypothetically, if a writer had to fill 16 pages in the back of a book with "extras"- like DVD extras but for, like, a book- then what should he fill those pages WITH?

An interview? A list of his influences? Deleted/discarded scenes? Something else?

Or maybe you'd just like 16 BLANK pages at the end of a book. You know, for your own doodling and such...

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  1. Deleted scenes would be a good idea. It'd be cool to see where you might have taken us.

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  2. No blank pages!

    I just found PILES of blank paper at home when packing. So... no doodling pages needed.

    I really like the idea of deleted/discarded scenes. Interviews are nice, too, but the mere idea of seeing some deleted scenes... *wipes drool away in a discreet and ladylike fashion*

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  3. One of the things I was hoping you would do in the back of your books is "10 tips on being the worlds best detective" By Skulduggery Pleasant, and write it in Skulduggerys point of veiw. Other than that Deleted Scenes would be brilliant!

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  4. DEREK CONGRATULATIONS AS I WRITE THIS YOU HAVE REACHED 1400 MEMBERS FOLLOWING YOUR BLOG
    YAY!!
    YOU MUST BE WELL CHUFFED :D

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  5. Deleted scenes sounds cool, and I like Val's suggestion too.

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  6. Deleted Scenes!!
    You MUST Put Deleted Scenes!!

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  7. Any of the above would be amazing :)

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  8. You know Derek the way you suggested that last one, if I didn't know any better, I'd say that you are trying to get out of putting ANYTHING in those final 16 pages!!
    o.O
    :P

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  9. I like doodling - but only like 3 pages as i'd rather they be more skulduggery pleasant-ified pages
    Deleted scenes would be legendary!
    Interviews with the characters would be amazeballs!
    Basically everything your mind can think of - and more!!!!!!!

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  10. Deleted Scenes and more terribly witty humour. Like your dedications!!
    P.S: Congrats on 1400 followers.
    Also 9th!!!!!

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  11. I second Val's idea - that would SO much fun to read. Or maybe something along the lines of that, like a journal entry from a character.

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  12. You could do an interview with Skulduggery Pleasant... like a comedy type interview for a magical newspaper of some kind... like about what's happened in the books before and the back of the book that it's in... like to explain his opinions on things. The books are circulating around Val, and that's all well and good... but SP should have a chance to get his opinions through. Maybe the interview for the magical newspaper could help.

    ... which most likely will end up with the interviewer getting completely confused and Skulduggery laughing at him/her...

    Ooh! And I've already thought of a name for the newspaper.

    "The Daily Mage" :P

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  13. I see that everyone is seconding Val's suggestion, which is quite brilliant, and I also second or well third or whatever her suggestion.

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  14. Sarcasm!!!!!!!!!!!!! <----- defo!!!!

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  15. Deleted scenes, and/ or influences!!
    Or maybe, rather than blank pages for our doodling, how about 16 pages for YOUR doodling?!?

    Also, Hi.

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  16. Val's Suggetion is amazeballs!!! i 4th it!!!!!

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  17. OMG TAIA YESYESYES AMAZEBALLS LEGENDARY ETC.

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  18. Oooh, Dragona's is awesome too. I can totally imagine that happening too...
    *starts giggling as the scene unfolds in her mind*
    yes, either that or Val's earlier idea.
    or maybe some one else will come up with something as good...?

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  19. I'd like to see 16 pages of Derek Doodles! :3

    ...

    'Derek Doodles'
    The pages should SO be titled like that!

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  20. Omg new post *awws*


    Derek can you maybe give me your email?!?

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  21. so, my favourite so far has to be derek doodles!!!!!!!!!!!
    everyone elese ideas are totes amazeballs aswell but derek doodles would be legendary

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  22. To be fair, if Derek Doodles would happen they'd just be photocopied versions (unless Derek has years of spare time on his hands).

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  23. Aw man, I need to keep reposting because you all keep thinking of great ideas... not that that's a bad thing I suppose.
    Derek Doodles, or something from Skulduggery's POV (interview or little blurb of some sort). Gosh, that's a hard one...
    OH WAIT - what if the Doodles were FROM Skulduggery! That could be hilarious.
    Or maybe I'm just insane.

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  24. Derek I have two suggestions...

    Hmm.. *cough, cough*

    You write a short story and include it, therefore we won't have to be lunatics to go and buy the new paperback..

    OR...

    You write a short story and include it, therefore we won't have to be lunatics to go and buy the new paperback..

    *hint, hint* whichever way, it'll be awesome

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  25. @Dragona: How Likely is that though??

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  26. Thanks Libz!
    Obviously,(or maybe not so obviously) I think all the ideas are cool... and 16 pages could be enough to fit a few of them on... maybe? Because 16 ideas are better than one... Right?

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  27. i dont care if they're photocopies, id just make him do an actual doodle at the next signing where i see him

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  28. Derek is an awesome drawer..
    He draws skulduggery when he signs, and then maybe himself if you get lucky ;D

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  29. *pokes Dragona* I know they'd be photocopied versions. That's what I meant!
    It'd take a LONG time to doodle 16 pages in every copy of the book printed :P

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  30. Well said Taia! 16 pages... hmm... You should bea able to fit Derek Doodles and a interview in.

    And if not, Derek, you'll need to write REALLY small.

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  31. OH AND WHAT IS THIS? MY LAPTOP HAS MANAGED A FEW COMMENTS WITHOUT CRASHING. YAY!

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  32. Incandesence, thanks for liking my idea! ^^

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  33. And Derek.

    Is this the next skulduggery Book????

    Cos if you have 16 pages left to fill then that must mean...


    It's finished, right?

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  34. I reckon...you should do a Q and A sesh with loads of the characters about random stuff...and perhaps do a deleted scene...and then leae 2 or 3 pages for doodling:D

    btw I'm new so hey everyone!!! SOooooo excited to be here

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  35. LOL Incandesence!
    and if he wrote REALLY REALLY small, he might even fit some deleted scenes in there, too!

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  36. Phoenix, I think he's talking about the book he's doing for World Book Day.

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  37. you're welcome - that best part of it was I could completely imagine the scene as I read your idea. :)

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  38. Deleted scenes would be awesome! Or... maybe Fan submitted things? xD I still like the Derek doodles idea though, not gonna lie.

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  39. Exactly Taia!

    Or he needs to use BIG pages. :P

    And hi there Raising!

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  40. Oh yeah forgot about, EOTW!!!


    Derek, i can't wait,..

    And Derek ya know sp 8 and sp9 instead of keeping them a year apart, keep them in the same year!!

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  41. Thanks Natalie! Fan submitted things sounds awesome too! :D

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  42. YES A4 - but then there wouldnt be 16 pages left :(

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  43. YES FAN SUBMITTED THINGS
    he should do a factfil;e on the new characters from the competition!!!!

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  44. Good God, we keep thinking of the best ideas.

    And yes Dragona!

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  45. Natalie

    I second that, Derek you should do ANOTHER comp, to select messages from sp fans!!

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  46. Or how about small writing AND big pages? Then EVEN MORE would fit on!

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  47. Taia, why not A1 pages for the fun? :P

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  48. LOL Dragona! That'd be a big book... :P

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  49. Blerg. Comp is going slow so will be on chat.

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  50. there we go Taia! something like size 7 font and the biggest possible page size, and no margins or anything.

    Then he could fit EVERYTHING into those 16 pages!

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  51. *nods* Yes, Incandesence, Yes! EVERYTHING!
    *stares at a wall, hoping the Golden God will suddenly appear and see the idea*

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  52. They should make a golden page ..............

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  53. *glances around* Golden God, are you listening? 'cause we have some awesome ideas here...

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  54. Phoenix... you... you don't mean that ... do you?
    *looks around nervously*
    I'm kinda scared now...

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  55. *gulp* maybe. God-like powers and all that.
    I'm just gonna eat my soup and pray the end comes quickly.

    Oh, but not too quickly - this is really yummy soup.

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  56. Derek, You'd better be listening... Because if you're not, you're missing out on some awesome ideas, like Incadesence said!

    *begins chanting a Golden God Call, to try to make him appear*

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  57. LOL Incandescence! What kind of soup is it? :P

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  58. oh.. um... *stares at soup bowl, frantically trying to think of a way to give some to Phoenix*

    Um... I'm not sure how this will work out. Soup isn't very email-able.

    Oh! Great idea Taia! We should do a ritual and everything! I'll get the sacrifice.

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  59. It's a kind of Asian soup - noodles, mushrooms, cabbage, broth - but it also has turkey in it, so it's not a REAL Asian soup.

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  60. you could do the 'most quotable' (as my friend puts it) lines in the book for each character!!!! or just fill it with SMILEY FACES!!!!!!!! because I like smiley faces <3 or you could... mnini stories of storynesses 'suchlike' (as my friend just said) ... I think she made up that word... I can't be bothered to find a dictionary and check it though... um.... ok, lost my trail of thought. ignore the rambling...

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  61. Uh.. That soup sounds well not nice

    Im a fussy eater

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  62. LOL!
    Awesome Incandesence! *continues chanting, while drawing up plans for some statues to worship*

    Also, sounds like some great soup!

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  63. Lulu, suchlike is most definitely a word! And, oh my gosh, SMILEY FACES! that's genius.

    *watches Phoenix carefully, waiting for the right moment to pounce*

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  64. *the chanting somehow trails away, and is replaced by Stereo Hearts being sung very badly*

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  65. hurray!

    *swipes her soup back from Phoenix*

    so, food sacrifice, human sacrifice,object sacrifice, or monetary sacrifice?

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  66. O.O

    Are.. you're... mutilating my soup!!

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  67. wait, where did the machete come from?

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  68. UUUHHHHHHHHHHHHH...

    If suchlike Isn't a word, it SO should be. I'm going to say that word, for like, forever now!

    Also, what does Suchlike actually mean...? :P

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  69. I say I sacrifice you so I can have your soup..


    *grins evilly*

    Jking

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  70. it's a mixture of such and like, I think. It can mean either of the words.

    That's what it means in my mind anyway, Lulu's definition might be slightly different.

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  71. OOH! OOH! Pick me! Pick me! I wanna be a sacrifice!
    *chants* Sacrifice! Sacrifice! Sacrifice!

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  72. *gasp*

    oh, wait - I'm done my soup now. *glances at the empty bowl*

    Um, I have some more in the fridge, so I can get some of that!

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  73. Hurray! we have a volunteer!!

    Phoenix can borrow you're machet-

    *pauses to think*

    you know, I'm not sure if we've thought this through

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  74. *puts a potato on a table*
    An offering, to the Golden God, as it may somehow held speed up the time until his appearance.
    *nods*

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  75. you can have it Phoenix, as long as you don't start throwing it around. It's pretty hot.

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  76. Hmm... I see what you mean... If I were to sacrifice myself, I wouldn't be alive any more, y'know...

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  77. haha


    Can I bind you with my magic silver chain?

    And then tie you to the post?

    And burn you and cut your heart out.. Oooh

    This is fun

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  78. hehe, yeah, fun...

    *slowly backs away form Phoenix*

    Taia, run.

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  79. Oh were not sacrificing taia? Are we?

    *looks like something ripped something away from him*

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  80. *is stabbed*
    Ah well, at least we have a sacrifice now :P
    Do what you must, Pheonix!

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  81. a potato! A worthy offering to our mighty Golden God. May it speed his passage into the conversation.

    *keeps backing up from Phoenix*

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  82. Well I think I've been influenced by someone call VAL V CAIN

    When she met me she had murdered someone and said


    Hi my name is valkyrie wanna donate your spine!

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  83. cool, i just had another good idea! and beleive me, theres not to many of them in my brain.. (seriously 99% Skulduggery 1% school) what if you had a drawing contest and printed the winners on the last 16 pages? there could be 15 winners and a page with their names..? and maybe have all the entrys form a certain country. In which I am from. And You too, Derek. Hint Hint... ;)

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  84. *pulls knife out of herself*
    Huh. I'm not dead...? Weird...
    *skips around happily*

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  85. *stares in awe at the poem*

    That's awesome! Kallista, do you think Octabonna would mind if we used it as part of our summoning ritual?

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  86. Taia, I think you should go see a doctor.

    Taia, stop skipping! you're bleeding out buckets!

    Taia, listen to m- ah, what the heck.

    *skips around with Taia*

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  87. deleted scenes, for sure! CRACK. STUFF THATS NOT CANON BUT IS FUN ANYWAY.

    AND YOUR FAVOURITE FAN ARTS AND STUFFS. SHIT THAT WOULD BE EPIC.

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  88. Phoenix, I'm going to say this as nicely as I can.

    You're psycho.

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  89. Derek


    You should come before we 'accidentally' kill taia

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  90. Hey Kal! Awesome idea! It'd be great if Octa got his poem used in the book!

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  91. 'we'? I think you mean 'you'. I'm just watching...

    and kind of giggling...

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  92. *skips happily with Incandesence, still bleeding madly because of both stabbings*

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  93. It's a good thing I'm wearing red Taia, 'cause all this blood will never come out.

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  94. *nods* And you don't want me dead, do you Derek? Or do you...?

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  95. I think that's for the best Phoenix, Taia here is looking pretty pale.

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  96. awesome! Thanks Kallista!

    No, I'm sure Derek doesn't want you dead, Taia.

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  97. Hmm...
    *drinks a load of blue food colouring, trying to turn her blood purple, just to be annoying*

    Awww... But being stabbed was pretty fun, y'know...

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  98. wow, this is a ..... odd conversation - im scared of phoenix

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  99. He could,

    How about we sacrifice incandessecence?

    Hehe

    *noogies kal*

    Piggyback!!

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  100. Well, Libz, I am rather well known for my oddness...
    *hops around happily, bleeding purple blood*

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  101. *Stabs Taia*
    Your right, this is fun

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  102. Well... maybe...

    Libz - you should be scared. VERY scared.

    Aw, Taia! Now I'm all purple. I look like a grape now.

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  103. HEY - we already have one psychopath Libz, we don't really need another.

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  104. I like grapes...
    *looks hungrily at Incandesence*

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  105. *puts knife away and pulls out a gun and a bomb*

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  106. *is stabbed again*
    Oww... That one hurt!
    *pulls knife out, and passes it back to Libz*

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  107. hmmm *trys to think of something to do with the bomb and gun*

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  108. Kallista may I ask as I didn't understand that what?!?

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  109. *glances nervously at Taia*

    Did I say grapes? I meant... eggplant! yes, that was it. You don;t like eggplant, right, Taia?

    *crosses her fingers*

    A bomb... really, who carries bombs in their pockets? well, apparently Libz does, but still..

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  110. No prob Kal! It's a great idea!
    I just wish I'd made a bio for my OC! :P

    *looks at the gun, and the bomb* HEY! that's not fair!

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  112. *lights bomb and runs around with it laughing like a lunatic*

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  113. We can throw the bomb at the Golden God to get his attention!

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  114. *Takes bomb and gun off libz*

    You don't need these

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  115. ... I guess eggplant's not too bad, though I prefer grapes... You sure you didn't mean grapes?

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  116. *runs to her bunker, pulls on a hardhat, and prepared for the blast*

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  117. Throws the bomb away as I didn't realise libz lit it

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  118. oh, I'm VERY sure. And I look like a horrible eggplant - very overripe. Disgusting. You don't want to eat me.

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  119. oh, Kall, we're trying to summon the Golden God using various methods. first was a chant, then sacrifice (hence the bleeding Taia), then... I'm not really sure where we are now.

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  120. I g2g... Byeee!

    *runs away, bleeding badly, shouting*
    'DEREK DOODLES, DEREK DOODLES, DEREK DOODLES, DEREK DOODLES, DEREK DOODLES, DEREK DOODLES, DEREK DOODLES, DEREK DOODLES, DEREK DOODLES!'

    BYEES!

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  121. what are we doing right now again?

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  122. Um, Stabbing me, and lighting bombs? :P

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  123. Also, BYEEE!!


    *cough*DerekDoodles*Cough*

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  124. oh, dear...

    Taia, do you want me to call an ambulance?

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  125. maybe some of the most practisd Sourcer branches
    from the alchemistic side .. there we actuly know only the necromancers and maybe the teleportes
    but by the alchmist would be a more comon brunch
    exist that is more exeptet from the popularity of Sources or? ... hop i didint make this way to iritating ...my english nead pretty much improvents :P

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  126. Hey, where did my bomb adn gun go????

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  127. oh, right. You left.

    *glances in the general direction of Ireland* GOLDEN GOD, WHERE ARE YOU!?

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  128. well, you're bomb exploded on Taia, and I think Phoenix has you're gun.

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  129. *sigh* This was a bad day not to wear my Kevlar vest.

    *heads for the hills*

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  130. *runs after incandesence* *laughs like a lunatic*

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  131. In Dublin


    I live in Ireland hehe


    I took the gun and bomb, I threw the bomb away and it blew taia up..

    The gun has been unloaded and hidden

    I have to go, byezz

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  132. Ah. I seem to back again... Well, I guess I didn't have to after all! *is blown up by the bomb*

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  133. Interviews. I'd be really interested in interviews.

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  134. It's nice to see you back too! We're pretty crazy kids I have to say. And you're the veteran of the group! *salutes*

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  135. Thanks, Pheonix, for blowing me up. I really appreciate it.
    Also, Byee Pheonix!

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  136. bye Phoenix!

    *continues running from Libz*

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  137. *sits on rocket and lights it, catching up with incandesence*

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  138. *is revived* Thanks Kal! *glomps* It's great to see you on the blog again!

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  139. *pulls out semi automatic machine gun and hands it to Taia*

    here you go, happy Birthday!

    *continues running*

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  140. Oh and

    *takes away libz new gun and other weapons and dangerous objects*
    *hides them*

    Yay dragonas magic Yorkshire pudding!

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  141. *is shot. Again.*
    Hey again Incandesence!

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  142. ooh, yorkshire pudding, sound gre- OH DANG IT

    *hits the ground as Libz zooms over her*

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  143. *falls off the back of rocket* ouch :(

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  144. SCENES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! or a short story

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  145. I WANT CHINA SKULDUGGGERY SCENES!

    No blank pages

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  146. Oh. no... we're screwed.

    NONE CAN STAND BEFORE THE MIGHT OF THE MINI MARSHMALLOW GUN!!!!

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  147. But... I can't accept this. It's not my birthday. Also, I have a bullet through my brain, so even if it was my birthday, I wouldn't be able to take it :P

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  148. *drinks growing potion and started running around laughing like a lunatic*

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  149. oh. hmm.

    That's fine. Do you want me to, I don;t know, rez you or something?

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  150. *drinks an invisibility potion and sneaks away from Libz*

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  151. woah... We filled a whole page with awesome ideas, some rituals, soup, sacrifices, purple blood and killing me in various different ways... AWESOME!!

    Also, Congrats on 1st of the page, Libz!

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  152. whoa, yeah - I feel pretty important now. Congratz Libz!

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