Wednesday, August 22, 2012

No Place Like Home

Sitting in my hotel room, waiting for a radio interview... and then I'm going home.

I've enjoyed this tour. Yes, I hate leaving my life for weeks at a time, and staying in hotel after hotel and getting flight after flight is not exactly fun, but every reader I've met and book I've signed (no matter how hurriedly) just seems to replenish my energy.

I've met so many people from this Blog, from the Forums, from the Facebook page, and then thousands more, and each and every one of you have been good-humoured and cool. I'm not even going to MENTION the hyperventilating teenage girls.

I've been given loads of pictures, loads of letters (that I'll read on the flight home), loads of odd little toys and, er, marmite... which was nice of them...

The weather was almost bearable, even if the heat did seem to just magnify in certain places, and no event was anything less than fun. So thank you, Minions-with-funny-accents, for making this tour a great success.


In other news, some of you will have heard of the BBC shooting something Skulduggery-related. It's to do with the books- not a movie or a Skulduggery TV show (I'd have told you if it was)- but it is something cool and quirky and a lot of fun, and I'm dying to see their stylistic interpretation. It's going to be pretty short, I think, and I'm just sitting back and letting them do their own thing.


The next bit of the KOTW tour will focus on Ireland. For those of you who want to attend the launch in Eason bookshop in Dublin, either go to the Eason website or visit the Skulduggery Pleasant homepage and click on "Latest News". There's a whole host of signings in Cork and Swords and Drogheda and Kilkenny and Kildare, plus a rather unique event in the Mountains to the Sea Festival in Dun Laoighaire on September 5th. Here's what it says on the website:


Did you know that Derek Landy started his career writing screenplays? Did you know he is one of Ireland’s biggest cinema buffs, with a collection of memorabilia that makes movie nerds go weak at the knees? Joined by Eason’s Children’s Books Buyer (and wannabe Hobbit) David O’Callaghan, Derek Landy will share his favourite cinema moments in this exclusive festival event, where he’ll highlight some of the films that have inspired his phenomenal Skulduggery Pleasant series.
If we ask very nicely, he may even show us some of his original props and costume pieces from the likes of Superman and Alien. If we don’t ask nicely, he might just demonstrate some of his black-belt karate moves on poor Bilbo O’Callaghan! Either way, a fantastic evening’s entertainment lies in store, so make sure you’re there to witness the silver-screen shenanigans! Of course, Derek will also be talking about his new book, Kingdom of the Wicked, as well as signing after the event.






4,841 comments:

  1. Ooh my god I got first!
    Hi Derek! I have returned

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  2. I'm going to miss having you in my country, Derek. =[ Good luck with the Ireland touring! Did you get Vegemite as a present by the way?

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  3. I happen to be a big fan of myself.

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  4. Fourth!!!
    And Derek, you were amazing! I was one of the hyperventilating teenage girls, after all. ;)

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  8. Damn. :p

    By the way, this is also the Book Addict Molly! :D

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  9. And I don't get what the website says. I've never heard any of that awesome stuff about you.































    This may possibly be where I go hide under a rock or something....




    (please don't use your karate on me Derek)


    I'm too young

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  10. I'm actually afraid I may never find myself before Derek in awe watching him sign his books.
    Because I am a canadiminion.
    That, or hopefully if I do meet him, there will be a miracle and somehow I'll be able to open my mouth even slightly and chat with him.
    But I doubt that will happen. It doesn't work with anyone else, I have to wish really hard for it to work with Derek.

    I just can't or don't ttalk. :(

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  11. And to male matters worse my iPods TIME is completely off!

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  12. Yea? How's that supposed to teach yah?
    You think after WARS people smile and say, "well, we were close."
    and I suppose then they would laugh and roll down a hill into infernal lava.
    "oops" they would say "next time I thin- bllllaoorghhh......."


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  13. Excuse my punctuation and possibly spelling, I am typing on a deranged iPod. I just had to teach it that it was actually late at night... Ahand not 6.51...!
    Stupid silly little thing

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  14. Oh yes so do I... But damnit I didn't say so. I hope you can always find minions' energy as a special charge for your own.
    There that's sorta okay. Right?! Right??!
    *eyes wide*
    *eyes fall out*
    *picks up jawbreakers and shoves them in sockets*
    oh wait....

    *cats come to help start the proscess of the removing of the jawbreakers*

    damn typing on iPods is boring.

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  15. I gotta go to bed. Maybe I'll be less growtchy. However everthing that may have sounded groutchy was actually a joke. I hope you guys realised that. It's what happens when all the funny is outta me. I grasp onto everthing. It's hard being me. Sigh....

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  16. Can't wait to watch!
    though, I do have to wait until Halloween for the Canadian release.
    just peachy

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  17. Almost considering flying to Ireland... even though I'm not even a teenage girl. (I would, probably, hyperventilate anyway, though.)

    But, alas, can't do. Not this year anyway. Sigh.

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  18. Hey Derek, have you heard the Raising Cain podcast yet? The first episode is on Podomatic! -Dan

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  19. http://www.raisingcain.podomatic.com

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  20. DEEEEEERRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEKKKKK!!!




    Just so you know


    1.) Be sure to read my letter! YOU WILL LOVE IT! Especially the part where I dreamed about KOTW...


    2.) YOU HAVE TO COME TO MY SP PARTY THIS YEAR. It's your BIRTHDAY party. Ask someone you know for a plane ticket to America or something!

    3.) Why can't there be a competition HERE? Pleeeeeeeease? Something that involves meeting you?

    4.) Also! If you ARE making a movie, I call dibs on being Valkyrie! Ha! I called it!


    5.) Hello! I'm insane!

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  21. Oh, and Derek, I hope you have had your experience dealing with hyperventilating teenage girls, because when I meet you next year, it'll be even crazier.


    However, maybe I could meet you THIS year... *cough come to me party this year cough*

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  22. Insanity has been taken hostage by me.

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  23. Hello Jonathon! *picks up an arm and waves to him with it* *tosses it at his head, and the hand hits him in the face*

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  24. *Jonathon laughs* I see your still insane. You really must tell me what your holding your reflection hostage for. :)

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  25. Ah. Yes, well, I always thought it would be fun to interrogate myself, you know? I mean, yes, it's incredibly disconcerting, but you know, still fun.

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  26. I was at the Morley signings and got to meet Derek for the first time! It was awesome. I gave him my favorite book to sign, [mortal coil] and hes like: "Is this your favorite book, not the latest one?" I said, "Nope."

    He seemed really surprised, somewhat impressed that someone actually had an opinion of their own. :D

    Loved it!!!

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  27. Derek, do you have a Superman cape? Because it you do, I have to ask: do you run around your house with it on when no one's looking?

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  28. We’re all going CA-RAY-ZEE on the Facebook page, Derek! Thanks for the clarification!

    And Marmite? I got you Vegemite. And Timtams. In a shoe box. Vegemite is cool. You should eat Vegemite, now.

    Can’t WAIT for this interpretation! Timothy will surely make a brilliant Skulduggery.

    I… I was hyperventilating THAT much, was I? Siriusly, I had reason to. I mean, have you met yourself lately?

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  29. Yep, that's me.... The hyperventilating teenage girl.... :P

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  30. Hey! I was at the Melbourne signing and happily, I was one of those hyperventilating teenage girls.

    DEREK! YOU SAID YOU LIKED MY GLOVES! THEY WERE A LATE BIRTHDAY PRESENT! THEY WERE BLUE AND HAD BLACK LACE ON THEM!












    Just realized that I'm an idiot, I wrote the whole thing above holding onto the shift bar instead of pressing 'caps lock'.

    I'm an idiot!

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  31. Hi everybody I'm back * chops down door with axe

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  32. Hi MR. Threatening! Your scary.
    I'm Random!












    **Makes stupid faces at computer screen**

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  33. Also, I'm known as I Love Billy Ray Sanguine

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  34. Well you see my name name implies some degree of fear and your s well how dare you kill tanith

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  35. http://www.mybookcorner.com.au/articles/712-author-interview-derek-landy.html

    GUISE! IT’S THE INTERVIEW!

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  36. Yes, well, I'm Valkyrie Cain! Otherwise known as Darquesse! I WILL KILL YOU ALL!


    *rides off on a unicorn*

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  37. Why wont anyone reply?




































    Derek, you like my gloves! Also, when you weren't looking I was one of the hyperventilating teenage girls in Melbourne! I LOVE YOU!

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  38. Yeah, I kill Tanith using my boyfriend's strait razor.


    Hi everybody, I'm Billy Ray, don't you just love me girl?



    Isn't he just SO sweet?

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  40. If you consider nearly getting your throat slashed by him as sweet, then yes, Billy-Ray is positively cuddly.

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  41. You should see his face! He is like :O



    He is so red! Don't tell him there is a trash for the comments! Please!

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  42. Oh Billy-Raaaaaaay, there's a trash for the comments!

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  43. Yeah, he actually saved me from the skeleton and Ghastly. I was at a club and i saw them and I was like 'OMG! Got to get out' They chased me into a dark alley and then Billy Ray was there with Tanith and saved the day!

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  44. Well, he is a criminal. And he did try to murder me. Multiple times.

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  45. Yeah, but you stole his razor! He hates that. I almost threw it out yesterday. . .

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  46. So? My life versus his razor. I think I win.


    I repeat: HE TRIED TO KILL ME.

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  47. But he said that he fancied Tanith to you, that means he'd never actually kill you. He trusts you!

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  48. *frowns* The only reason he didn't kill me was because he thinks it's crueler to let me live. He doesn't trust me.

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  49. And I saw how many people he had to kill in order to get that razor and the title 'hit man deluxe'
    He has a beautiful place in Texas. It's a farm and he has a pet horse named Steph. Yeah, Steph

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  50. Ok well guys I found a way I could be in the books it could be a longshot listen to this there's eventually gonna be more teleporters than fletcher natural talents and all maybe Derek can make fletcher mention it like there's another teleporter me

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  51. He's always be quite the lier. Billy Ray is a genius. He fooled Ghastly into thinking that he had feelings for his tanith

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  52. Good Idea! Mr, Threatening. Can I call you Eden?

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  53. Hmmm. Well, I have to go - probably to save the world from the Faceless Ones or something - so bye!


    *gets in the Bentley and leaves*

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  54. Somewhere like aus new zee land or something

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  55. HE IS NO COWARD! HE IS SWEET STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL!




    **starts crying. Billy Ray pick up the keyboard**

    Your lucky you ain't here. You made my darlin' cry.

    *Glares**

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  56. WAIT! ONE LAST THING!




    Derek! Party! You! Come! PLEASE!



    Your editors have my email address (and my normal one, for that matter) so if you can will you PLEASE - I beg of you - send me an email about whether you can come or not?

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  57. *punches Sanguine across the jaw and runs off, leaving Blogland*

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  58. Ooh a fight. holds death rose back. So val can get away

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  59. I just got away from those stinkin' gods. Rose hates 'em! 1 full month and me girl goes to hysterics due to the Skeleton takin' her into custody. She has a major crush on Ravel too





    **Smiles at Death's tear swollen face**

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  60. Hey maya what do you think of my idea for getting into the books

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  61. "Eden! Let do of me! She punched Billy Ray!" Starts crying again and wonders if she can come to a party?

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  62. Now calm down . Punches rose in the face and runs off

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  63. Hey can you help me get into the books too? I'd love that! Death Rose and Eden Threatening.

    P.S. I'm an adept. I can make gravity go different ways. And I can make people go into trances and make them see different things

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  64. NO! IT IS MY PARTY!



    However, if you want to see what last year's party was like...

    http://bringingskulduggerytothemasses.blogspot.com/2011/10/here-are-pictures-from-party-and-of.html



    And, even BETTER...


    http://dereklandy.blogspot.com/2011/10/first-competition-ends.html

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  65. @Eden
    Pretty Good!
    But I don't think he will introduce another teleporter cos ... wait a sec... that's a spoiler.
    RIVER SONG MOMENT!

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  66. Hello selene welcome to the wondrous and exciting world of blog land . Punches rose again

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  67. 78 comments,this is the closet I have ever come to being first. HEY WAIT WHEN DID DEREK POST THIS, HE STILL MIGHT BE ON HERE!

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  68. Speaking of River Song moments...


    Chapter 17 of Mortal Coil:



    "Hello, sweetie," Marr smiled.

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  69. Calls Billy Ray

    "Honey, Eden Threatening just punched me in the face!"
    "What?! To my girl? He's gonna pay"
    "What are you going to do about it?"
    "What do you think darlin'? Neck or wrist?"
    Smiles evily, "Neck."

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  70. Hi Dew/Selena/realname/vena/you
    @Rose Are you an Nz minion?

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  71. Well then I can change but I am not going to give up I will be in the books even if I have to threaten derek
    And sure rose as long as you don't cramp my style

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  72. No, I'm an Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!

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  74. I wont, as long as you apoligise for punching me in the face, TWICE








    If you do, I'll call of my honey bunny

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  75. Sorry for punching you rose .kicks sanguine in the groin . Now call him off

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  76. Glad i got to meet you! Now i'm wondering if i mighhhtttt have been hyperventilating.... Nope... Maybe... Ah well! I was in ADELAIDE (dymocks) :D

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  77. @Selena
    What Cultraulness are you going to beeeee?

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  78. Yeah hi five rose for their new partnership if there's no teleporters I'm going to have to think of something else

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  79. I know. I was going to say oh... cos I thought you were this girl from my school.
    Nice to meet you!
    Meanwhile...*Tanith Regenerates*

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  80. Derekkkkkkkk, read this:


    http://valkyriesstories.blogspot.com/2012/08/surprise.html

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  81. Why does everyone think I'm a girl this is the last time I AM A BOY anyone who gets it wrong will face my wrath

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  82. Tanith is dead, I went troll on her

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  83. I knew you were a guy, I don't know why. . . P.S. I think your out of milk

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  84. Sharpens knife to stab any mistake makers

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  85. Eden, no offence, but Eden sounds... Girlie! *Steps into a force field to avoid a certain someones wrath*

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  86. HE IS NOT A GIRL! Do you think I'm a girl???

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  87. Jonathan don't make me disintegrate your other arm
    And I got Eden from the Chelsea player eden hazard and threatening from frightening jones
    Destroys force field and punches Jon

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  88. Jonothon, your mean! I kill people with Billy Ray but you, insulting my friend? Unforgivable. Eden, teleport over to my place so we can show Jonothon what were made of!

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  89. And no I'm in a hotel we are leaving today but we have milk not that I would drink it
    Hits Jonathan again

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  90. Rose, I know someone who's middle name is Rose. She is very annoying. Hey, that's just like what I said to Jonathon, its true though, both of the things I said

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  91. Dia duit, tá ardaigh bás. Conas atá tú???

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  92. Gets rosé and punches Jonathan again

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  93. *Shakes fist* Gasp!!!
    Choose an account already :)
    Also what culture are you going to be?

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  94. Oh, sorry, people are talking in my empty house. LOL!

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  95. Goes to Jonothon's with Eden. Were in your bedroom!

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  96. Eden's leaving? I'm stuck in a random house by myself.

    **Takes out phone and calls billy ray**

    "Sorry you have no credit, please recharge"




    Anyone have change for a pay phone??

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  97. Eden, come back and take me home to Billy Ray! PLEASE!

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  98. Uses power symbols disintegrate jons other arm
    What are you going to do now sucka

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  99. *starts humming payphone*
    Cos I'm at a payphone trying to call home...

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  100. Smiles as I see Billy Ray come out of the ground at my feet. Eden, I'm goin' home with me honey bunny now

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  101. I'm not leaving and sure I'll bring you back what are friends for : )
    Teleports rose to sanguine

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  102. No, Billy Ray comes and joins the fun!

    Punches Jono in da face bro!

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  103. Maya I love that song I had it stuck in my head for a week
    All of my change I've spent on you

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  104. Thanks Eden! I love you!


    Billy Ray looks at his straight razor to Eden threateningly.

    Whoops

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  105. Well Jon is armless get it so
    knocks
    jons teeth out

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  106. Can anybody tell me why? I'm lonely like a satellite?

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  107. Let's start a karaoke!


    What shall we sing?

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  108. WAIT A SECOND
    That sounds like MIKA

    We shall sing... Summer lovin?

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  109. GtG

    Bye, I love you all!










    Kisses Billy Ray as I sink into the ground

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  110. Now billy ray you don't want to do something youll regret
    Teleports behind him and puts him in a sleeper hold
    Playing with fire is he dead na just sleepin

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  111. Bye Rose!
    Hey Future! Not meaning to be a Malfoy but you spelt mystical wrong... unless you meant to do that. Then just ignore this

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  112. Hi mystical cant call you mist cause zathract is mist

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  113. hi all i'm Mistical but you can all me Misty
    *Shakes everyones hands

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  114. hi all i'm Mistical but you can all me Misty
    *Shakes everyones hands

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  115. Yeah I only noticed that now I spelled it right though

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  116. helloooooooo

    it was nice to meet you Derek!!
    I wonder if you're going to put up that picture I drew for you...

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  117. Hi misty that reminds me anyone going to see the hobbit I read the book and it's gonna be brilliant

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  118. Good morning/evening/etc. Miss Cain!

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  119. Hi miss Cain I hope he does I'd like to see it

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  120. the afternoon here, Maya
    my new school is AWESOME

    although I go there in 2014, it's still cool

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  121. woops i did it twice
    and yes i did mean to spell it wrong but thanks for cheking

    oh i hav enews on the BBC Skulduggery thing!

    Timothy Renouf is playing Skulduggery

    but that's it to what i know

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  122. I'm on the BBC website RIGHT NOW
    looking for anything else...

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  123. this is his twitter page
    https://twitter.com/TimothyRenouf
    and he talks a little about the SP thing

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  124. I already googled him and checked the page where he tweeted

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  125. Oh I haven't done it yet every time I'm on I'm here with you guys

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  126. Hi Mistical, WE SHOULD SING A THOUSAND YEARS BY CHRISTINA PERII!

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  127. "your welcome" Misty says to miss Cain

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  128. bye Harmony!

    *is reading his Twitter page*

    *squeals in excitment*

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  129. Yaaaaay! I went outside to collect the clothes, expecting cold winter chills, and I didn't get one shiver down my spine! There was a breeze, but it wasn't cold! The air had a certain thickness to it, and it was actually a bit WARM! SPRING IS ALMOST MAKING AN APPEARANCE!

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  130. One of the kids on the twitter page said renouf was the shuttle bugs I think I speak for us all when I say Derek is our only messiah

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  131. brb i gota do some thing i should be back in 15-30 min

    see u all soon

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  132. Maya what do you think is renouf the new messiah or is it the golden god

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  133. Golden God!
    I trust that Renouf will do a good job.

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  134. Hope so I always thought it woul be someone like depp for the real movie

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  135. Is Renouf irish?
    Also who did the skulduggery audio on the UK site?

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  136. Help!

    i werent here did u see my bro runing into the hall today som embra

    What does it MEAN?

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  137. Eve, maybe what it means:

    I wasn't here. Did you see my friend running into the hall today?

    and I haven't a clue what the last bit is

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  138. "Did u just call me a

    B****

    well b**** means dog..right

    And dogs bark, bark comes from trees

    And trees are a part of nature

    And nature is BeAuTiFuL

    So thanks for the
    COMPLEMENT"




    Yeah..... But that's what all the b****es say!


    Haha no im kidding that's quite clever. I wonder what they'll say if I call them a moron...




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  139. "Som embra".... Maybe it's Spanish.

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  140. I sometimes call people oxymorons and idioms cos they don't know what oxymorons and idioms are. Tis funny

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  141. my friend told me that b***h thing before

    quite smart

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  142. Embra is the capital of Scotland if that helps...

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  143. Awww it's so nice to hear you had a great tour! I have been looking at some of the gifts the guys on the facebook page were giving you and it's hilarious to say the least.

    I also loved your reaction when ever people would say hi from Becky xD I swear that girl is infamous

    Can't wait to see this 20 minutes thing the BBC is doing- it sounds awesome and it will be a nice distraction from the ending of KOTW- yes damn it I'm still in shock :P

    But don't worry no spoilers from me ^_^

    Enjoy your radio chat!

    -Nicolette

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  144. What did I miss? And Billy Ray don't like you Eden!

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  145. Did we end up singing karaoke??

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  146. Hello? Eden? Misty? Nicole? Maya? Miss Cain?

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  147. Oh! No karaoke? Hey where is Eden? Billy Ray owes him a few stabs

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  148. Also Billy Ray is sorry for acting like a jerk to you Miss Cain and the rest, not you jono

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