I'm back home for a bit before my last weekend away, and I've spent today wandering around the house staring blankly at things. It's only when I'm back for a few days that I start to decompress and behave normally, so it looks like I'll have to wait a while for that to happen...
My few days in Ireland were awesome, as usual. I signed in Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Drogheda and Cork. The Cork signing was probably the longest, because I haven't been there in a while, but everywhere there were enthusiastic readers laden down with books. Some truly bizarre and cool people.
Then I had a few days off before my event at the Mountains to the Sea festival, where I chatted on stage with Dave from Eason bookshops about movies that have influenced the series, and we even got to show clips.
Dave showed bits from Starship Troopers (awesome!) and A Nightmare Before Christmas (amazing!) and It's a Wonderful Life (uhm... what?)
I showed a few trailers for a few things, but I don't think I'll tell you what they were... In fact, it might make an interesting blog post, discussing these movies and showing clips... Oh goody, I've worked out what I'm going to be talking about next time!
I headed over to the UK on Friday- just in time to experience the heat- where I signed in Southampton, Bournemouth, Dulwich and Bluewater in London. Last year, I was signing in Bluewater for four hours. I figured there was no way I'd be signing for any more than that this time. Five hours later, I had changed my tune. From people coming in costume- I'm thinking of a skeleton morph suit in particular here-
to people who had made their own Skulduggery T-shirts (and a certain tall blonde with the most awesome T-shirt ever, festooned as it was with lines from the books)-
there was no chance of my smile ever dipping. It's the sheer enthusiasm and energy of the people who turn up to get their books signed that energises me every single time.
And the hugs...
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*tilts head at L* Okay.
Can I call you . . . *thinks* I know! I can call you Maybe!
. . . Joke. XD
*mutters* I don't like my second middles name...
I know I'm drawing from people's pain Nix and this might sound... weird.
But I've known nothing but pain all my life and now that I'm dying, I'm practically in pain all day every day.
What better discipline to pick, then Necromancy?
And I was going to ask you about using a tattoo, I guess I'll have to think of something else...
*yells back at Helena*
I HATE THE NAME ZATHRACT MIST!
Also, at least three other people from Generations before me have had their second Taken Name as Mist or had a character with their second Taken Name as Mist.
And then there's Madame Mist in SP.
And 'Zathract' is just weird...
My middle name is Megan. *tries to decide if I like it or not*
I like my given and taken names
*shrugs*
It's your choice. Personally, I don't think it's right for you
Zathract is an awesome name. I just added to letters to an animal's name. That's just lazy.
My given last name is Phoenix. People call it me at school because it sounds so much better than Lizzie.
My middle name is Mildred-Marie.
I don't like Mildred. I like Marie.
Zath, you took that name and it suits you well. I love your taken name, because it's yours. Don't make me attack you with highlighters! *pokes*
Why do you not think it's right for me??
BUT ZATHRACT MIST IS AWESOME!!!
*shakes head sadly* You're blind. That's my fault. *points to strip of cloth I tied around Zath's eyes*
*cringes away from [whatever she wants to be called now]*
I hate highlighters...
I'm back! And Eden...
*Holds out hand with a diamond the size of a bowling ball*
I had it specially made so no one can take it without your permission, it goes whatever colour you want and if you concentrate hard enough, you can grow diamonds!
*Smiles*
You like?
*swings from tree banch* My name's cool.
Chase, you're far too nice to be a Necromancer. It doesn't really suit you...You seem too...peaceful, to me. *shrugs* Just my opinion, though.
Damn... *walks around with the blindfold still on and bumps into a tree*
I think that, for one, you're not the sort of person who'd go around looking for death to get energy. You're too kind hearted
I got highlighters for my birthday. I'm not gonna waste them on attacking Zath, though. I need them.
Yes I do thanks * hugs death*
Lol wow Luce, I've never been called peaceful before.
The war inside of me most days would give WWII a run for it's money.
Be back soon
Bye!
K Nix.
Bye Nix!
*throws a lemon after him*
*Hugs back*
I was away for a bit and thought i would get you a pressie for saving me all the time! And Eden, do you know that Australians have sauce on ice cream?
See you Nix!
*hugs Chase tightly*
You're so... No idea! I just thought that you deserved a hug.
K Nix,
*frowns*
I hate my character as well. It's just too stupid, to have yourself as a Sanctuary Detective. It's too much like SP.
The only good thing about Zathract was when he goes insane...
And what type of sauce Death, strawberry or chocolate or chilli.
Mist! I will give you a pretty diamond if you go crazy!
Tomato!
*sighs*
Maybe Em is right... maybe this whole magic thing is a bad idea.
Bye, Nix.
Issac, don't you want to be able to do this?
*Shimmers out of view* *Reapears with a diamond in hand*
*looks around room for inspiration* *eyes land on Sequin Art* Luciana/Clover/L/Robyn/Person, can I call you Sequin? If you no like, I will go back to looking around my room.
Well it only is if you think it is just pick an item and start its your choice.
And Death that would be soo nice, I wish they had chip flavoured ice-cream.
Star...What!?
God! I was wanting you to say "Really?" then I would say "Good God no Eden!"
*Jumps up to a tree and spins on little finger upside down*
STAR!
YOU HAVE SEQUENTIAL ART?!
Of course I want to do this Death.
I don't want to just be the mortal that stands there, looking on while his girlfriend has to protect him.
*grabs a 99 from somewhere* *sticks chips into it, being careful not to dislodge the flake* *hands ice cream to Eden* Would you call this chip-flavoured? Or would you just call this yucky?
*Starts quietly bounding away without being noticed* *Heads for the outskirts of Blogland*
*climbs on branch*
*yells at the top of my voice*
SEQUENTIAL!
Love that word.
Well it wouldn't surprise me. Why do you aussies put eggs and beet rooter something on your pizza and burgers?
Star I would call that heaven.
Tackles Death so she can't get away.
*whispers* I have to go now.
*jumps around hugging everyone (some tighter than others) *
*nods at Zath* Yup. I have 3 completed ones and 0 uncompleted ones. One is a dolphin, one is these lovebirds, and one is a Sequin Art and Beads and is an owl. The owl is by far the best.
I love Sequin Art.
Bye Hel.
*Throws something at Issac*
A note says:
Touch it to your forehead and listen for the ocean,
When you have thought of what you want, then will be the potion,
In your cupped hand, in a glass vial
Just never give the Diamond to Lord Vile!
*points at Eden* You get another hug! *hugs*
I don't know why everyone's freaking out about Eden building a fort in the forest. I put a PIANO in the forest, and placed ELVES OF UTTER DOOM in the forest. What's wrong with a nice little fort in the forest?
Bye, Hel.
*tilts head* Maybe I should call L-person Sequintial, Sequin for short.
You too L! *hugs*
Eden, have I ever told you that I hate you?
*Sweetly*
I know the elves and the fort was cool but Nix made me move it, it's got a bouncy castle if you want to go use it.
Bye Hel!
*Struggles to get free of Eden* *Fails*
*waves*
HI EVE!
I started building a tower in the forest. Then I destroyed it because it failed its purpose. HI EVE!
*looks up at top of comment* Wait. I aleeady said hi. Never mind. HI EVE!
No, have I ever told you that I hate you *sweetly*
*already
Damn typos.
..... A bouncy castle?????????!!!!!!!
YOU IMBOSILE!!!! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE????
Haha :P Jokes, but seriously, respect the forest. It must remain pretteh.
*Frowns* *Plays dead and hopes Eden gets off*
Hi Eve.
Bye Hel!
Hello, Eve.
HI STAR! HI STAR! HI STAR!
The bouncy castle is inside the actuall building.
Clings on to Death.
*Starts to shimmer then realize that Eden was shimmering too* *Frowns*
L-SEQUIN-PERSON, I AM GOING TO START CALLING YOU SEQUINTIAL. YOU HAVE UNTIL NOON IN THE UK TO OBJECT. THAT IS, ELEVEN MINUTES.
*begins countdown* ELEVEN . . .
HI EVE!
TEN . . .
Sequential Art is awesome!
How big or small can an object be??
Do whatever the hell you like, Star.
I don't really care.
Anything you desire! It could be your own planet! Just add H2O!
Anything, Issac.
Mine are my gloves, for example. Valkyrie's was a ring. [SPOILER REMOVED]'s was his amour.
The best size would be something you could hold and move in two hands.
*shrugs* Okay. *eyes fall on book* Or I could call you Leaf. *thinks* Nah, that sounds a tad silly.
Mmmm! Eden, could you be a dear and let me breathe?
* still holding on to Death *
@Death have you seen Brave recently? I haven't seen him in weeks.
*sighs and waits for Nix/Sparky*
No, I haven't actually!
*Frowns*
I don't think I murdered him either!
Uh, Eden... I think one of my lungs have collapsed
Oops, sorry for poofing! I was typing...
S'okay, Lynxiana.
Hey, Lynxia! Want a diamond?
*Holds out a diamond the size of a baby's fist*
*holds up lucky guitar pick*
Will this do??
*a tiny wisp of shadows curls around the pick*
WOAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *nearly drops the pick*
Okay * lessens grip * I hope nothing bad has happened to him. I've figured out how to listen to a YouTube song and be on blogger at the same time on my iPad
I'm okay thanks.
Hey, awesome, Issac, you did something!
Maybe but I'd strap it to your hand, because holding it with two fingers is a bit uncomfortable.
You play guitar?
I sing, play piano, guitar, drums, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, bass and any prucussion instrument you could think of!
I play the guitar and piano, but I can also play the drums and the bass.
Wow, you play a lot. Do you play the zither? Or the Nacu drums?
I play piano, flute and saxophone.
Play guitar?? lol you could say that
I can play 29 instruments, all grade 8.
Let's just say the music is in my touch.
I normally just keep it in my pocket Eden, will that do??
* straps Isaacs pick to his hand * now dropping it shouldnt be a problem.
I dedicate this page to my dear friends death rose and Stiltskin brave and the song terrible things.
I learnt drums for a year and I can play anything and I've made a few songs aswell!
No it won't cause you have to move it to move the shadows
I can sing.
Well, no, not sing, more like...
Uh...
This. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFJIBtqunHY
Yeah. I can do that.
I do piano and I can sing pretty well if I doe say so myself ( I can hit a high c)
No! Not terrible things!
*Shimmers away to my cave in the outskirts and starts playing a strange drum kit that I brought here* *Starts playing Terrible Things*
Hmmm??
I can strap it to my neck if that will work.
But how did I do... anything??!!!
I don't know anything about magic
I have quite a lie voice, listen to the phantom from phantom of the opera, I sing like him!
I'm listening to it as I type.
I'm thinking about learning to play it on piano.
No! I made my own back beat to it!
*Cries quietly in cave*
Must've come naturally, Issac. But no, you'd probably have to strap it to your hand or something.
It's be cool to have a Necromancy object surgically implanted.
You could put it on your wrist and then youd just have to move your hand to move the shadows
Ha :P I can't play any instruments. I can sing, but then, everyone can sing, so... Yeah. I have absolutely no musical talent xD
* teleports to cave and offers Death a tissue *
I can't sing.
I can't sing, as I said. Only scream/growl, like Corey.
Okay I can sing in a normal male voice or quite high.
*threads the pick onto a leather strap before strapping it around my wrist*
Now, I look like a kicking rock star.
So is that it?? All lessons completed???
That can't be it!?
Thanks...
*Takes tissue*
You know that you should stop stalking me right?
*Goes to the drum kit*
This is the back beat..
*Starts playing*
Heloo
Hi Nix.
No, that's not it.
You still need to learn how to control it and such.
Eurgh.
I've been put on caffeine tablets.. This won't go well...
Hi Nix!
Cool
@chase that's about it, you just move your hand and the shadows move too. There is some tricks like shadow walking that Zath can teach you but that's mostly it.
Hey Nix!
*Starts singing what I've done by likin park*
Hey Nix.
Eden
Learning how the control the shadows is the main bit
*frowns at Death*
Bah. Linkin Park was only good when they were Metal. They started sucking pretty much after Minutes to Midnight.
Yeah I know.
HI NIX!
I don't care!
*Shimmers to another cave on the other side of Blogland*
Eden! DONT follow me!
Hey Nix, check it out.
*shows Nix the strap around my wrist with the guitar pick*
Awwww
My favourite rock band is U2, new years day is epic.
U2? Rock?
*bursts out laughing*
You Me At Six ftw!!!
U2 are brilliant.
Hey, Nix.
*Shimmers into the middle of Blogland's core* *Starts crying again*
Very good Issac
Yeah I've heard about them they're okay.
Never said they weren't, Eden, but no way in hell are they Rock.
*Teleports a packet of tissues to Death-*
LOOK UP BASSHUNTER'S NOW YOU'RE GONE!
Well I love them. I love 90s and 80s music
Gtg bbs
LEAVE ME ALONE EDEN!
*Shoves him away and teleports elsewhere*
I've heard that song before its okay
And you can, I'm not saying they're bad! I'm saying they aren't Rock!
*sits under a tree*
Disturbed's cover of I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For was so much better though.
You Me At Six are pretty good.
That is what I listen to when I'm like this!
*Gestures to self*
A jerk, a cow, a bitch, a douche bag, a idiot, a annoyance, a mistake!
Gtg, might bbl.
Bye Eden.
*resists urge to rolls eyes*
Bye Ink!
Hey, Lynxia, do you like any of the full blown Screamo stuff?
Bye ink. . .
*Glares at self and laughs at the pain, knowing I deserve it*
I love The Swarm. I adore that one. And Playing The Blame Game!!
Bye Star!
... Yes. I always hate to admit it because I get so many dodgy looks but I quite like Screamo sometimes.
Bye, Star. :(
Right lets go!
*starts flexing*
I'm ready for lesson 2
From what I know...
Look, I've mastered Elemental magic. Necromancy... well, I'm begining that and considering quiting
Bah, they're all idiots.
Ignore them.
Death, have you heard Burning In The Skies by Linkin Park? That's one of my favorites :D
I'll teach him Necromancy if you like, Nix. I've almost mastered it now.
Finally!! Someone who agrees!! *holds up hand to Zath for high five*
*takes of strap from wrist*
Do you really think I would be better off being an Elemental??
*hi fives Lynxia*
Yeah!
Any good bands you'd recommend?
I think you should do whatever feels natural to you
Necromancy isn't natural to me, so I probably won't go through with it
I think you would be, Issac.
Let me guess... I'm too nice??
Not really. I only ever really listen to one song from each band because some start to get a little same-y.
Nah. I just think it'd be easier, especially because you're way past the Surge age.
Fair enough.
Heard any Slipknot or Lamb of God?
Never heard of Lamb of god, Slipknot are okay. I like Ensiferum!
Issac, you obviously find Necromancy natural, so do it
I'm just saying, on the practical front of it, I'm not much help
Dammit...
*kicks tree in frustration. Cries out as a shadow cuts my arm*
OW!!! What the hell!?
You've never heard of Lamb of God?
Search up Ghost Walking by them.
Be back soon.
I give up!
*Shimmers away to a far away place and calls Skulduggery*
"Hello?"
"Skul, it's me, Death."
"Oh, you mean crasher of my car?"
"Yes, that's me."
"What do you want?"
"I want you to kill me, yeah, murder!"
"Oh, okay. . . I'll see what I can do!"
O_O Freaking... Epic...
Death, what's up?
*Skulduggery walks up, flame in one hand, gun in the other*
"What would you prefer Death? Slow or quick?"
*I lay down on the ground and waited for my doom*
Death? :( *hugs* Want to talk?
I just . . . I am such a cow!
*Lays back down and body jerks with the impact of the bullet that went through my brain* *Doesnt dare heal myself and casts a spell to stop others from healing me too*
*Judhipur is released and floats away happily*
Death, you're not :(
*Starts dancing on the breeze of a thousand dead souls*
Everyone stop being depressed and depressing others and listen to this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_404230&feature=iv&src_vid=WrLqGHadPsc&v=HldB6Ia_tNc
That's an order!
Gotta go now
Bye!
I'm being quiet so I don't depress other people...
But I'm depressed because my medication has changed, again...
Bye Nix!
Did you try Ghost Walking, Lynxia?
Distant.
Bye Nix!
And Lost, no! I have school tomorrow, countless tests and I am being social and staying on here! I should be sleeping but no, I am being social!
Bye, Nix.
Yeah, i did Zath.
Not to sound rude Death, but seriously. I come on here to escape depression not to be forced back into it. You're not helping. Other people come here to escape too so you're not just hurting me but others too. If a threat, an argument and tests are the worst things in your life then think yourself lucky. You could have no family, you could be starving or you could be forced to kill other people. A whole load of crap goes on in the world and if that's the worst that's ever happened to you then count your lucky stars and blessings or whatever because it could be a whole lot worse.
So come on, say I'm being heartless and inconsiderate but I'm not taking it back and I mean it so shut up.
Death, most of us here don't have friends outside of Blogland. We've got problems, all of us do. But we're here for each other. Because that's what family does, helps each other.
Basically my point here is...We'll be here if you need us. I'm always here to talk. Just e-mail me or something. I'm happy to help. :3
*second's Lynxia*
A lot of people come on here to escape their lives at home or school that are pretty much horrible, Death.
*resists rolling eyes again*
Bye, Death.
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