Friday, August 17, 2012

Oz

Australia, eh? Lovely country, full of weirdoes...

I'm sitting in my hotel room in... where am I? Melbourne? Adelaide? Wherever. Anyway, here I sit, tapping away at my laptop, about to go to bed and I figured I'd drop by and say hi.

So, y'know... hi.

The tour continues to go well. In fact, it's going great. Brilliantly. The response has been incredible, with so much energy and enthusiasm at each event. Signing queues have been massive, which is slightly less cool, because I just don't have the time to chat to each person as much as I'd like to, or even sign all of their books in some cases. Next time I'm over I'm going to INSIST that more time is left for signing. Some of these Minions-with-funny-accents go through an awful lot to get to me- some have been driving for 7 hours, some have even FLOWN in... The least I can do is have a chat and sign whatever they have. Sometimes that's just not possible, but I try my best.

I've met so many people from this Blog and the Forums and the Facebook pages (and the old Bebo page! Which I must reactivate... maybe... The Bebo page was DAUNTING because of the amount of comments and emails I'd have to answer every time I logged in... Every time I opened the Bebo page I'd spend HOURS there... no such thing as a quick dip in and out...)

Where was I? Oh yes, meeting a load of people I've only seen online. That's pretty cool, to be honest. I had no idea, for example, that Nixion or Calamity were Australian (well, maybe I did have an idea once, but I'd totally forgotten it). It's always so weird when I meet people and realise I know them from somewhere online- it's like we're old friends, and yet we've never met...

Another nice thing about being on tour is the amount of hyperventilating teenage girls who arrive in front of me. I swear, if Teenage Me ever found out what Adult Me is confronted with every day on tour, he'd be so insanely jealous... You're all hysterically funny and quite, quite odd.

When I get home I'll post pictures of some of the cool stuff I've been given (really, you'll have to see them to understand the coolness of some of your fellow Minions), but suffice it to say that I'm really glad I only packed half a suitcase worth of stuff- because I'll be going home with a LOT more than I came with.


Right then, just a few things before I go... According to the Facebook page, some stores in the UK and Ireland have already released KOTW. Naughty,  naughty stores. On its OFFICIAL release date I'll put up a special Spoiler blog where you can discuss it here openly, but until then, please keep doing what you're doing and don't spoil it for the others. I'm very grateful to you all for the restraint you've shown so far.


Because of the fact that some schools are back early, some of the Irish times have been changed.


Thursday 30th August
Public Signing: Easons, Whitewater Shopping Centre, Newbridge, TIME CHANGE FROM 12 noon to 2PM start.

Friday 31st August
Public Signing: Dubray Books, Market Cross Shopping Centre, Kilkenny, TIME CHANGE FROM 2PM TO 4PM start.




And one last thing- the competition winners from, ahem, last year. Yes yes, it's taken me ages to send you your books, but now you're also going to get a signed KOTW too, so, like, yay...! But I need you to send your names and addresses to us again, because SOME of you, hilariously, decided not to include your real name the last time, and instead insisted that the books be sent to your online taken name... which would have confused the nice people who deliver the parcels. Also, I know that at least one of you have changed addresses since winning, so we're gonna need an update.

So, send your real name, and your real address (and also your online name so I'll know who you are) to this email:

kids.marketing@harpercollins.co.uk.

It's the only email address they could find that wasn't being used for anything else... Sorry...

EDIT:

Here's the list of winners, in case you've forgotten.

Miss Arianna Dark

Skulduggeryaddict

Octaboona

Asteria Wing

The BookNommer

Necros

Andrew

Silke Gronau

Lauren Longbottom

Mar-Chu

Valkyrie V

Kallista
Thalia

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Savannah said...

Velvet: But what now... I have no house...
Kayleigh: *squeals* We can be homeless buddies!
Velvet: Yay! *giggles* I'm so glad we're friends again!

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

(I am back.

Thank you, Star.)


Ember: Yes. It was a nice holiday.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(*cuddles Soph*)


*nods*
Glad you got a break.

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

(*huge Jaimie and says "Aww you're so sweet and amazing and brilliant and misunderstood I just wanna hold you and say that it'll all be okay."*)

(*curses phone*)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(*frowns* nuh, that's myrnin. Not me.)

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

(*cuddles Jaimie back*)

Ember: I have never had a break before. That was a nice few seconds rest.

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

(You're better with these words than me. But that is something I'd say to you.)

You can stay in the bunker if you want.

Ariadne Silver - Goddess of Passion said...

Jesa - *Stalks over to Mark*
*Changes into a human and stamps on the back of his leg as he's crawling away, breaking it*
Go, try and crawl now. Trash.

Savannah said...

Velvet: *looks up* Both of us?
Kayleigh: *hugs Tanya* Thank you*

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

Aww, of course you can both stay! *genuinely smiles*

John said...

*Jumps down from the skeletal tree where he slept, creating a little patch of dirt where the grass around him dies. He pays no mind to the obvious trail he leaves through the woods as he makes his way back towards Blogland*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*laughs*
Try having a whole day off!


Mark: *screams, clutching his leg*

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

(Hey, J!)

Savannah said...

Velvet: *grins* I might have to buy some new stuff... All I have is the clothes on me now... And I need to sleep... Oh well... *sighs*
Kayleigh: *laughs* I need blood...

John said...

(Hey all.)

Savannah said...

(Heya J!)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Hey J)

Ariadne Silver - Goddess of Passion said...

(Hey John)

Jesa - *sits back on the couch*
*smirks*


*Gets up and goes back through to the bar*
Trip, I'm going for a walk. I'll be back later.
*Goes outside*

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Ember: I don't have the time. I have a thousand years of things to make up for.

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

Velvet, Kayleigh or I will show you where the bunker is.

Kay, my clones can spare some blood.

We can go shopping now or tomorrow. *smiles* you guys! :)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Annabelle: *pads over and joins Jesa*

Mark: *shakily starts crawling again, nearly crying*




Ah yeah..Good point.

Savannah said...

Velvet: *grins* This is great! LET'S GO SHOPPING! Wait, Kay, you alright?
Kayleigh: *looks pale and starts swaying dizzily* I'll be fine...

Star Inkbright said...

MYRNIN
<3

C:

I'm still trying to work out if I experience crushes or not, but if I do, which I think is unlikely, then I definitely have a crush on Myrnin and I'm also panromantic. :P

Star Inkbright said...

*jumps back into Obsession Mode and bounces around happily*

I need to apply my new Quoting To Rant Via Photographs And Word Documents method to Myrnin so I can quote every page he appears in and fangirl and stuff but I can't be bothered so I'm just gonna like sit here freaking out happily. :P

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(@Star if you need to rant about Myrnin my email is open!)

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Ember: Do you ever have breaks?

Bethany: Lots, at the minute.

John said...

*Stands at the treeline, looking at Trips bar, trying to remember exactly what happened*

Star Inkbright said...

Myrnin reminds me of Hunter so much.

Okay, in the Mistborn series there's a character called Kelsier and then when I read the Stormlight Archive there was a character called Kaladin and as soon as I met Kaladin I was just, like, frowning, because Kaladin WAS Kelsier. I mean, the author had basically used the same character twice across two different series. I mean, yeah, they came from different backgrounds and had different experiences so they varied a little but they were SOOOOOOOO similar and they even had similar names I mean wtf. I think Kaladin was probbaly created fisrt though beacuse even though the Mistbron trilogy was published first Brandon Sanderson said he'd thought of the Stormlgiht Archive in his head for years and he was like in an intro for Thw Way of Kings once "I first completed a draft in 2002, but it took em another seven years to get the story to the level I wanted it to be at" and I was just like SEVEN YEARS WTF but then again over a thousnad pages per book ah-em and ANYWAY my point is, Kaladin is just like a more depressed, more moody, less kind version of Kelsier and you know -
Myrnin is like the Kaladin version of Hunter.
They're THAT similar.
I swear.
Okay, maybe Myrnin and Hunter are slightly more different than Kaladin and Kelsier, but they're SOOO similar I mean like. :P
I want to kind of rant adn quote and rant now but I need to go in the shower meh.

*carries on bouncing in Obsession Mode with a conflicted look*

Star Inkbright said...

I know, Sil.
I may have to take you up on that offer beacuse like shdianmdaimdasimasidmnaidnasinaxcnzxckjzxcmkxzmcxzkcnzxjcnxzjcnxzjcnzxjcnzxjcnzxjczxncjzxnczxjnczxjcnzxjcnzjcnzxjcnejsndzjcncnzjjjjjjnaaiddasndzjjjjjjjjjjnadsasjsdnasjdaaaaaaaaafbnasjdnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnas help.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*blushes slightly and smiles*

Star Inkbright said...

Aidnsaixmasixmasixmaimaskxmas,sldlalallllfmaaadakmdaskdmaskdmadkladmalkdamsdlkasmaslkdmlakdmalkdmalkmdalksdmasdmmaslkdmaskldmakldmalsdmasldmaslcmaslmsaldmsaldmsadlasmdlasmdklmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmggggggggggggggggggggggggasdddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddklllllllllllllllllllllllllmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
*fangirls happily*

Ariadne Silver - Goddess of Passion said...

*Walks towards the forest, her head still hurting a little*
*rubs her head where it hit the wall*

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

*holds Kayleigh reassuringly with one hand, and calls some of her clones using her phone*

*the clones arrive, and start injecting blood into Kayleigh*

Star Inkbright said...

HasinddsaindnaidnmasimnasidmsaidsaimciamfdewrfsfasfaseqdasfasfieamomfamlmlmlmlmlasidooasdmaisdmasimadimaiermiaemfaimidmsaidmaisdmasidsaidiemdaskdmasidmasdiasmiemfsaidmskamdnisninieanfeifnmsiGNIAENFIEANSADKCMNAISDFMEAIFMEAIAEMNFIEAMNFSADKFMNAFIEMFKSAFMAKFMEKFMDASKFMASKFMAEKFNMAKFMNASKFNASKDNIEAFNSAKDNMKSFNKENFIAMNKSADNASKDNIQEONFKASMSKAFMKSADMASKDMEAIOMSAKDFSMADFKSANFKADFNIANDINEINAKNKNEFEAKNNNNNNNNAENIDAAA I'M GOING TO LIKE EXPLODE OR CRY OR SOMETHING SOON.

Star Inkbright said...

I would dearly like to rant but like WHERE DO YOU STAR? WHERE DO YOU END?
This is why I like quoting but that takes so longgggggggggggggggggggg, even with photographs and I think C has one of my books idk.

Osjdismadakdaksdaskldmaskdmaskdmaidwqmimkmasdkasmdaskmdieieiandddddddddddakndsnakdmnaskdmasi I should probably go in the shower and see if I've calmed down a bit by the time I get out.

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Ember: Lucky for some.

Savannah said...

Kayleigh: *rests her head on Tanya's shoulder and sighs* Thanks... I feel so much better...

Star Inkbright said...

*START
I often write 'star' instead of 'start' lol like I write 'silente' instead of 'silent' and then I just keep typoing 'silent' like "No. No E. NOOOO E go away. Look, I KNOW it looks stupid and unnatural wqithout an e but THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SPELT STORM IT"

ajsiaheisdnsimsaidmaskdmsakdmaskdmsakdmsadksmadkamkasdmkasdmkasmdcckasssmmmmmmmkaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

(*grips Star by the shoulders*

Breathe! Breathe, not talk. Breathe!)

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

(OMG TOP GEAR USES SHERLOCK MUSIC OMG!!!)

John said...

*Watches Aria getting closer, and hides behind a tree. Of course, the tree dies rendering his hiding place useless*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*smiles, resting her chin on Beth's shoulder*
Yes. I am lucky..

Ariadne Silver - Goddess of Passion said...

Jesa - It's amusing to see him in pain like this, isn't it, Annabelle?
*Grins*

Ariadne Silver - Goddess of Passion said...

*Sings softly as she gets to the treeline, not noticing Wayke as she walks by him*
*Walks to the waterfall and lays on the ground next to it, looking up at the sky*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Annabelle: *wolf-smiles, jumping down, stalking him*

Mark: *whimpers slightly, watching Annabelle*

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

It's okay, Kayleigh.

So... shopping?

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Bethany: So am I.

Savannah said...

(WHAT'S THIS ABOUT SHERLOCK MUSIC?!)
Kayleigh: Okay... I like shopping...

John said...

*Cautiously follows Aria, trying to stay behind trees and such without touching them*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*smiles*
Not as much as me.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Ugh. I HATE year ten. Everyone is coupling up then telling me about it and I'm just like
*nod and smile*
Aha. Mhmm. Mhmm. Didn't want to know that. Mhmm.)

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Bethany: More than you.

Claire: And here they go again...

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Nope. You didn't get an angel who rejuvenates blood and makes your heart beat again.

Star Inkbright said...

@Silente: XD
My friends don't really couple up . . . B had a boyfriend once and they never spoke or interacted with each other and they went out for about a year like this before they broke up. Half our friendship group didn't even knwo they were going out until B told us she broke up with him, lol. XD
Then C went out with someone for quite a few months and then they broke up.
That is as many couple-ups of my friends I have viewed in all my life on this earth, not including my online friends' couple-ups. XD

Star Inkbright said...

I'm still freaking out in y head wtf.
Like, I'm not even freaking out in my thoughts, but my emotions are just kind of dancing exclamation marks in the back of my head. :P

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Bethany: I have better. I've got you.

Star Inkbright said...

Although my friend-ish has dated quite a few people.
And like
I have barely any friends. XD

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Well I sit with 5 people. S, C, E, N and G. S and C are together, and they're yucky type together. Technically my fault they're together. E and N are together but they don't really kiss much.. then G is fawning over Ch but won't tell him. A different friend, Ju, is now telling me about her bf. And I'm just here like
"...")

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

That's not better..

Ariadne Silver - Goddess of Passion said...

I know you're there
*Looks over at him*

Jesa - *Watches anna, grinning*

(Gtg guys, night.)

Star Inkbright said...

@Sil: O_O
Woah.

I'm only friends with straight females irl so I wouldn't ahev inter-friendshipgroup-relationships . . . that sounds uncomfortable. O_O

John said...

*Freezes when she calls out to him, then slowly moves into the open. He tries to ignore the patch of dead grass at his feet*

H- hi...

Savannah said...

(Night Aria!)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Bye Aria!


@Star it is. I mean, I'll be trying to eat and they'll be RIGHT THERE snogging, G will be telling me to move so she can see Ch and N and E will be blissfully talking between themselves.)

John said...

(Oh, night.)

Savannah said...

(Jai, thank for I go to an all girls school! XD)

Savannah said...

(*god)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(@Iris yeah..lucky you. *shakes head* AND when C ISN'T snogging she's talking about 'australia' and 'maths' and how I'm a moron!)

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Bethany: It is to me.

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

(Sorry, I'm so distant. I think I'll formally leave now.

Good bye, guys!)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*smiles, kissing her neck gently*
And probably only to you..
*blushes, remembering they have company*

Savannah said...

(Fun times Jai...

Bye Tia!)

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

(I never sat with anyone, so I was rather sheltered from all the romance.)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Yeah. Flipping brilliant times. I swear if she doesn't drop the whole 'maths' thing I may slap her.)

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Claire: Hey, I'm happy to have you, Silente.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*smiles at Claire*
Good..I'm happy to have you too hun...
*glances at Ember*

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Ember: What?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*shakes head*
Nothing. Nothing.

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Ember: Were you waiting for me to say I'm glad to have you?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*laughs*
Nah. I was vaguely wondering if you would.

Savannah said...

(I'm off, night guys!)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Night Iris..)

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Ember: *she shakes her head* Not yet. Anyway - I should be leaving now. Things to do.


(I will be back soon.)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*nods*
Okay..Bye. Try not to get caught or hurt or anything.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Now I understand..
And it's time to leave the woods!


D': )

Star Inkbright said...

Wow. O_O
I'm glad I have my friendd instead, insane though they may be. :P

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

( Yeah..)

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

(I am back.)

Ember: *she vanishes in a flash of fire*

Claire: She's cool.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(*cuddles tightly*)



Eh. She's not so bad I guess..
*smiles, nuzzling Beth's neck*
*grins sneakily, using magic to pick Claire up and levitate her over to Beth and herself*
*hugs them both close*

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

(*cuddles Jaimie tightly back*)

Bethany: *she smiles, hugging her back*

Claire: *she frowns a little before she hugs her back, also*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Love you..)

*gently kisses the top of Claire's head then kisses Beth lightly*
*smiles happily*
We're probably one of the strangest families ever..

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

(I love you, too.)

Bethany: *kisses her back* I wouldn't say so...

Claire: I would. But it's fine. I like odd.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*smiles, holding them both close*
My strange little family...

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Bethany: *her wings and hair start to glow white*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*smiles at the glowing*
I love you, both of you..
*gently squeezes Claire's shoulders*
If in slightly different ways..

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Claire: Good. That'd be... Ew, otherwise. *she sighs* I love you too...

Bethany: And you know I love you. *she smiles*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*laughs slightly*
Very ew.
*ruffles her hair slightly*
*smiles back at Beth*
Yes, that I do know.

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Bethany: And I'll love you forever.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*smiles, cuddling into her side*
And I'll love you longest..
*looks out the window*
Anyway! Bedtime for a certain someone.
*looks at Claire*

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Claire: What? It isn't that late...

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Mmmhmmm. Sure. Come on, scoot. Of to bed missy.

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Claire: Fine, fine... *she stands up and walks towards her bedroom*

Garret Falcone said...

This thought just popped into my head, there's a new ship on the blog.... Japhia!!

*ships Japhia*

*also ships Garky*
Garky
Garky
Garky
Garky
Garky
Garky
Garky
Garky
Garky
Garky
Garky
Garky

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

*rolls in*-Zag

Garret Falcone said...

(Hello and Happy birthday Zaf!!!! )

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

(Hello.)

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

(*growls at Rhos*)

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Birthday was fun-Zaf

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

(What did you do that was fun, Zaff?)

Lavender Hope said...

Hmm... Just learned that today is Australia Day.

Happy Aussie Day!
*poofs because she's not supposed to be on right now*

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Well I got a Loki wallet and a shirt like Tony Stark.-Zaf

Garret Falcone said...

(Kas what was the growl for?
Are you jealous of Garky?
Or Japhia? )


(nice presents Zaf )

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

(Happy Australia Day, Hope!

That's cool, Zaffy!

Rhos, I do not need you to remind me sixteen times in a comment that I'm not in a ship.)

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

(Okay, that's probably unfair. Sorry, Rhos.)

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

Purple.

Garret Falcone said...

(its all good Kas,
You'll find your ship one day *nods*
And in total the number of ships on that comment was 15 )

(Blue Duggy!)

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

(*hugs Duggy*

Hey...)

(Your name has a ship.)

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

@Gar orange?



*huggles Tia*
Hey..

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

(How are you feeling, Duggy?)

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

Meh. Stupid cough. Stupid cold.
How are you?

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

(Tired. Sleepy. Worried.)

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

Soy! Dinner happened

If you haven't already, you should sheep!

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

(Yeah... Good night, Duggy! Take care! And tell Jaimie to take care, too.)

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

Good night!! Sheep well!

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

Anyone here?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Depends, do I get told off if I say yes?)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Oh and in reply to Soph.)


*smiles*
Good girl..call me in once you're changed.
*has gotten her proper pyjamas, with a slight humorous twist*
*one is a ninja onsie*
*one is a superhero onsie*
*and one is a 'victim' onsie*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Darn it. I ded to love and loss. Never so fine a pair did come along. Two L's intertwined within each other. You love and lose, you yearn for what you've had simply because it is gone..)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Hello Dramatis! Don't mind my lyric spamming a second, I've a song in my head.


BAKER'S WIFE
What was that?

Was that me?
Was that him?
Did a Prince really kiss me?
And kiss me?
And kiss me?
And did I kiss him back?

Was it wrong?
Am I mad?
Is that all?
Does he miss me?
Was he suddenly
Getting bored with me?

Wake up! Stop dreaming.
Stop prancing about the woods.
It's not besseming.
What is it about the woods?

Back to life, back to sense,
Back to child, back to husband,
You can't live in the woods.
There are vows, there are ties,
There are needs, there are standards,
There are shouldn'ts and shoulds.

Why not both instead?
There's the answer, if you're clever:
have a child for warmth,
And a Baker for bread,
And a Prince for whatever-
Never!
It's these woods.

Face the facts, find the boy,
Join the group, stop the Giant-
Just get out of these woods.
Was that him? yes it was.
Was that me? No it wasn't,
Just a trick of the woods.

Just a moment,
One peculiar passing moment...
Must it all be either less or more,
Either plain or grand?
Is it always "or"?
Is it never "and"?
That's what woods are for:
For those moments in the woods...

Oh. if life were made of moments,
Even now and then a bad one-!
But if life were only moments,
Then you'd never know you had one.

First a Witch, then a child,
Then a Prince, then a moment-
Who can live in the woods?
And to get what you wish,
Only just for a moment-
These are dangerous woods...

Let the moment go...
Don't forget it for a moment, though.
Just remembering you've had and "and",
When you're back to "or",
Makes the "or" mean more
Than it did before.
Now I understand-

And it's time to leave the woods. )

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Anyway, how are you Drama?)

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

((A/N: Silente, you're being extremely unwise. You need sleep.))

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(*sighs* Aaand now the lectures. I'm fine, I was asleep, I woke. Now I'm here.)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(woke up that should say.)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(4:44!)

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

((A/N: I'm going to go before I snap. À bientôt.))

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Oh...sorry...*sighs* Wait, come back! I'll go to sleep just..come back yeah?)

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

Soy for Poof!

But you probably should sheep Sil. :/

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

Hear hear

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

((A/N: Ironically enough, I'm in a sour mood because I didn't get enough sleep last night. Also the internet isn't working and my phone doesn't charge fast when I constantly use it. So no, I don't think I'll be back just now. Thanks though.))

Dugglyn Carzainia said...

*hugs Fabi*
Hope you sheep well :)))

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

(Hello.)

Claire: *she sees the onesies, immediately undressing and putting the ninja one on* This is so cool.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(*hugs Soph* heyy.)


*laughs, leaning on the frame*
Figured you'd prefer some better pyjamas than Hello Kitty, not that the ones Beth made weren't proper pyjamas just...not your style as such.

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

(*hugs Jaimie back* Hello.)


Claire: They're awesome. Thanks. *she climbs into bed, cuddling her submachine gun* I'm ready.

Star Inkbright said...

Started reading The Way of Kings again last night, and I got 25 pages through and read the acknoqledgements, the prolouge-bit and the prelude-bit, and reading the second thingybeginningwithp was actually rather fascinating, because the whole capter seemed different now I had context. And now wvwryrhing seemed normal instead of 'wtf what are these weird races and cultures,' everything just seemed to . . . fall into place a bit more. And little things I paid no attention to before had so much significance . . . like how Szeth walked pqst Dalinar and the first read I was just like 'meh, minor character from weird people with weird name' and the second time arpund I was like "O_O That's Dalinar, Dalinar Kholin." And then Szeth started killing the guards, and the first time around I was like "meh, killing guards," bevause usually when guards get killed you don't care too much coz, like, they're just guards, minor characters, but the second time I was like "That's the KING'S GUARD. KALADIN'S kings guard" and although none of the Kaladin-characters were in the guard yet, it really made me think of the guards as, well, PEOPLE, and I think that was rather valuqble. No one is 'just a guard.' No one is 'just' anything. Everyone is unique and special and no one ever deserves to die.

Star Inkbright said...

Also, not really here. :P

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*rolls eyes and walks over, pulling the covers up around Claire, tucking her in gently*
*smiles down at her, brushing the hair from her face, lightly kissing her forehead*
Safety on?

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

(Given the fact that they are fictional, Star, I must argue against your point. The guards have no names and no personality as such. Their entire purpose was just to get killed - therefore they are "just guards". If this was in reality, I would argue otherwise, because then they would have personalities and the like.)

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Claire: Yep. *she smiles*

Bethany: *she walks in and sits on the edge of Claire's bed*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Good
*smiles and leans against Beth's shoulder*
*starts humming quietly, a slow melody*

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Claire: What are you doing?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*stops humming, blushing*
Um..nothing.

Star Inkbright said...

They DID have personlities, somewhere.
I think of it like Inkheart. Thwre's much more to a story than is seen on tge surface - books only cover a snapshot of it.

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Claire: I was just curious I didn't ask you to stop...


(Perhaps, Star, but that snapshot is all you have.)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*rolls eyes, smiling slightly and starting humming quietly again*

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Bethany: I think it's a lullaby.

Claire: *she frowns for a second* Screw it, I've never had one. *she relaxes into her bed*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Shh. Language.
*smiles but keeps humming, smoothing Claire's hair to the side again*

Star Inkbright said...

(I know. Isn't it sad? :()

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(WHY HAS MY PHONE DELETED ALL ITS MUSIC?!)

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Claire: Screw isn't a swear word. Shit is a swear word. So is fuck and bitch and bastard.

Star Inkbright said...

@Jai: ??????????? O_O!!!!????

(Claire. XD)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*sighs and shakes her head*
Shush you. Stop being a smart arse. That's my job.
*is smiling despite herself*

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Claire: So you tell me off for saying screw, which is like going all DIY on that lullaby, but you smile at me actually swearing? You make no sense.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*laughs slightly*
I never claimed to make sense. Shh. Go to sleep, ninja's need rest.

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Claire: This ninja isn't tired.

Bethany: You need your sleep, Claire.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

If you don't sleep, you'll end up being clumsy and turn insane.

Commander Sophia Keating (N7 Operative and Council Spectre) said...

Claire: You haven't been sleeping recently, have you? *she grins*

(I have to go now. Goodbye.)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(*cuddles Soph* bye!)



*raises an eyebrow*
Nope, I've been having fun instead.
*grins and kisses Beth's neck gently*
*winks at Claire*

Lavender Hope said...

Hello?
*thinks that she's probably an hour after the last comment/everybody poofed*

Well, wbd anyway.

Lavender Hope said...

*is about to say something, then decides against it as it would be a really late comment*
...
*wanders back to distantland*

Garret Falcone said...

Hello?
Anyone here?

Lavender Hope said...

Sup, Rhos! I'm here! How are you?

Garret Falcone said...

Lavvy! *huggles*
I'm alright thank you
How be yous??

Lavender Hope said...

*huggles back*
:)

Other than getting my brain fried trying to do some stuff, I'm great!

That stuff is actually copy/pasting all of Star's Hunter(Inzanity) story. I want to save it for reference and stuff. Kinda a long story unless you'd actually be interested in listening?

Garret Falcone said...

Go for it,
I'm interested *smiles*

Lavender Hope said...

The thing is, I'm repeatedly going back and forth from her blog and word document while also trying to make sure I don't paste the same thing again and going to the next chapter and repeat the process...

It's frying my brain. :P

Lavender Hope said...

Well, once I had this idea(last year, actually. around the same time) about writing a fan fiction of Star's Inzanity story. Suffice to say, it didn't go too far. :P

But then it just struck me to keep going, so I'm just trying to save all of Star's chapters for the story so I can use them as a reference.

The reason I'm doing THAT is because sometimes Star's blog disappears and I can't read the stuff from there.

I guess this wasn't as long as I thought, but the whole process of doing this is taking HOURS. :P

Lavender Hope said...

And her chapters are so long like :O O_O

Lavender Hope said...

I'm only on chapter 15 (and she's got around 30 some chapters at this moment) and already it's 38 pages long with 17,700 words!

Garret Falcone said...

That explains the brain frying :p

And i like that idea, even though your brain is frying....
Keep at it, because as you said if the blog keeps disappearing
Copy and paste all of it and then you have it for when you need it.

Garret Falcone said...

Wow.... That's alot of words and chapters

Even though this is hard
Keep going and stick with it!
Don't give up!

Lavender Hope said...

Exactly!

And not JUST disappearing, the thing is Star likes temporarily deleting it(at least, I think that's what happens, I didn't ask her about the OTHER times it's been missing, she did it once though), but ALSO, sometimes the link takes me to another random person's blog.

and it's dinner, so I'm going to have to stop soon... :/

Lavender Hope said...

Sorry, Rhos. I'm going to go eat. I'll be back though!

Garret Falcone said...

Right okay.... Star is definitely a mystery (sometimes)
And that's definitely a new one in my book (using the link and going to a random blog )
And once you stop for dinner,
You could always come back to it afterwards ^.^

Garret Falcone said...

And okay,
See you soon Bud )

Lavender Hope said...

I'm back!

...

To being distant. :P

Lavender Hope said...

Update:

I'm now on chapter 21. 15 chapters left to go!

Garret Falcone said...

Welcome back! *hugs*
And well done!
You are almost there!

Lavender Hope said...

*exhales loudly*
I finished!!! :O

145 pages, 68,314 WORDS.
*slumps back in her chair, staring at her screen, shock on her face*

Garret Falcone said...

Congratulations!
And my days
That's long......

Lavender Hope said...

haha, yeah...

That's enough to be an official NOVEL.

Jophiel said...

Happy Australia Day :)

Garret Falcone said...

It is! *light bulb*
You should suggest to star about maybe getting that published!
Then it will be an official novel!!

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

(Hello.

Happy Australia Day, Danni!)

Lavender Hope said...

She didn;t even finish it, Rhos.

You too, Death! :D

HI Tia!

Bbs.

Garret Falcone said...

Ah I see..... Well the idea is there.... Ah well )

(Happy Australia day Danni / Rose (which ever) )


(Hello Kas )

Wbd on my xbox )

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

(Rhos? You off school?)

Lavender Hope said...

That took six hours... SIX HOURS. I started around 2:00 and it is now half past 8..

Lavender Hope said...

Hi. I'm back by the way but will probably have to go again.

Tanya Halcyon (Kas) said...

(Aww... *hugs Hope*

How are you feeling, Hope?)

Lavender Hope said...

Actually pretty okay now that I finished all that.
*waves a hand, indicating her past comments saying what she had been doing*

Brain's a little mushed though, but it's getting a little break now. :P

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