"Write a new blog post," they say. Like it's that easy. Like it's that simple.
And what if I have nothing to talk about? What if there is nothing I WANT to talk about? Don't I get a say in any of this? Doesn't my opinion MATTER?
And of course the Twitter people are nudging me. Every. Single. Day. I can't escape them. They're getting into my head.
They're in my DREAMS...
I'm all achey. I've had a long day and I'm tired. All I want to do is go to bed- and yet going to bed before 2 AM always seems like a waste of time. Like there's something I could be doing, some work I could be getting done...
33,000 words done on Book 8, by the way.
This time last year (January 6th) I started KOTW. I had been hideously delayed because of work to the house I'd been having done, and the deadline was fast approaching. So this year, having 33,000 words done by this stage is something of a relief. I am, of course, assuming that I can continue writing at the same rate. So, er, hopefully I can.
Wrote a cool scene yesterday. It involves Fletcher. It involves blood. It involves AWESOMENESS.
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good job Shai :P
BYE LAV!
BYE LAVENDER!
Yup, Shai.
THE STORY OF HOW JUBI BECAME MY APPRENTICE WILL FOLLOW.
Oh! Shaida, if I were to clot your blood, or drain it of oxygen, or command it to attack your body cells... Would you be resistant to that?
I'm not entirely certain, Aretha. Let's not try it.
Good plan. :)
One day, Persephone Grief stood outside the bookstore. It had been raining, and small children splashed through the puddles. One stumbled back and slammed into her, falling to his knees. He looked up to apologize, and saw a scowling face, twisted by a scar. He ran to his mother, and hid behind her legs. Persephone went back to sipping her coffee.
The children started to laugh hysterically, rolling on the ground. The mothers and fathers standing nearby began to chuckle, then burst into full out hysterics.
I'm so awesome...
Keep going! I want to hear this!
Persephone stood up straight, and began to walk away quickly. She could probably take these mortals, but whatever was causing them to laugh...
She turned into an alley, stepped on top of a trash can, and vaulted over the low brick wall. She slammed right into a young woman.
Sorry, I'm writing this off the top of my head, so it's not very good.
SEPH you're getting it all WRONG
The two women stumbled backwards, but Persephone gained her balance quickly.
"I do apologize." she said smoothly, and started to walk away.
Suddenly, she heard laughter behind her, as a man driving mini-van skidded out of control. His face was red with laughter, but his eyes were full of terror.
The van was heading right at the woman Persephone had slammed into.
I am not! I am awesomeful! Anyway, you can write your's next.
Wbd...
*face palm* THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED
I'm a bit distant but still listening! Tell me more!
Persephone grabbed the woman's shoulders, and pulled her out of the way. As the man sped past them, he slowed down, and stopped laughing. Taking one look behind him at the glowering Persephone, he quickly took off in the opposite direction.
"Thank you so much!" the young woman said. "My name is-" Here she stopped suddenly, as if remembering something. "Jubilance. I'm Jubilance Glee. And you are?"
"Persephone Grief. Why are all these people laughing?"
Jubilance looked shocked at the suddenness of the question.
"I don't know what you mean."
"It's obvious that this hysterical laughter has something to do with you, so spit it out."
JUBI! I'M JUST WRITING STUFF!
NO!! YOU - YOU'RE GETTING IT ALL WRONG
I g2g now... Bye!!!
Flame but not fire (first letter)
Crevasse but not chasm (second letter)
Irk but not annoy (third)
Terrifying but not horrible (fourth)
Slim but not skinny (fifth)
Jubi. You can write your version. It's not like we wrote anything else.
Ok, let Persephone finish, and then you write the whole story, Jubi!
BYE SHAI!
It's a good story, either way.
Bye!
*leaves*
BYE SHAI!!!
Seph.. Continue. Then I can tell you all the things that you got WRONG
"Well," Jubilance said, looking down at the ground. "Magic exists. And I can make people laugh. But I'm not very good at controlling it."
Persephone raised her eyebrow.
"I know it doesn't sound very likely, but I swear that it's real, and-"
"I know it exists."
"What?"
"I said I know magic exists, don't make me repeat myself again."
"Really? How do you know? I mean, how did you find out?"
Persephone smirked, and vanished.
*face palm*
this is
ALL
WRONG
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
she's just making this up
when she's done I'll tell you the REAL story
Ok gret! I want to hear both!
"Wow!" Jubilance exclaimed. "So you turn invisible? That's so cool!"
"Have you been to the Sanctuary yet?"
"No. Gustav told me about it, but I haven't gotten a chance. He's the one who told me about taken names. Do you work for the Sanctuary?"
"Sometimes."
"What do you mean?"
"When they have need of me. Even the high-and-mighty Sanctuary needs someone disposed of every once in a while."
Jubilance gasped.
"You kill people?"
"I send them on, yes."
"Can I, can I help you?"
"I don't work with others." Persephone strode off down the street, Jubilance running along after her.
And that leads into the story we're writing right now, where Persephone finally lets Jubilance work with her.
Cool! Are you posting that on your blog or something?
STOP MAKING ME SEEM LIKE A WHIMPY LITTLE CLUE-LESS WIERDO!
I don't have a blog. Trying to convince my mom and dad to let me.
And Jubi, you kind of are.
JK!
(Rowling)
*sigh*
TADA!
Ok, Jubi, I want to hear your story now.
OK! so this is what REALLY happened....
(It's nothing like Seph's story BTW...)
So I reeaallyyy needed a job, and an Assassin was something that I had been wanting to be for a while. So I got a job as an apprentice for this dude named Gustav. I kinda hated him. He... wasn't the best guy. I don't think that he really WANTED to have an apprentice, so he really just sent me out on a death mission to get rid of me. I was supposed to kill Persephone. Apparently she had been causing trouble for him because she was getting to all the people that he was supposed to be going after. So I just went out with the small amount of training that I had, and... well... I kinda panicked..
I was right infront of her (well... not literally), and then it suddenly occurred to me that I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO. So... my powers went crazy and everyone started cracking up, because I didn't really have complete control back then...
And I could tell that she knew that I was around there somewhere, so I ran away so that she wouldn't notice me. Then she cornered me in an alleyway, and... well... nearly killed me. But OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF HER HEART (^_^) she DIDN'T and then let me become her apprentice instead.
Well I really don't know WHAT it was.. but she let me work with her because I kinda... spilled the entire story about what I was doing there.
So that's about it... in a nutshell
Well. I honestly don't know which story is better. But this whole argument and the different stories you told... Is sounds like something straight out of an SP book!
JUBI!!!!
GUSTAV IS MY BROTHER!!!
And we have a better relationship with him than China did with *sob* Mr. Bliss.
*I
Thanks Aretha! Do you write?
.... well it MIGHT'VE been Gustav...
it started with a G and sounded Russian
Grigory?
i'm too lazy to actually write out Zaf's history...no wait no im not lazy i'm waiting for book 8 so i can end it however Derek deicdes either her death or well idk but i got the majority of it written just need book 8 xD though i have the bulk of what i need which is how she became an Elder
Yeah... That might be kinda important
I do write, actually. Quite often. In fact, I want to become an author. I've taken writing tutoring every summer since third grade. Yeah... Writing, dancing, science, and Krav Naga. Those are my passions.
http://randomnthingsthatdomatter.blogspot.com/2013/01/les-miserables.html
me new Blog post
If you want, Zaf, you could tell us the beginning now... *slides jar of cookies towards Grand Mage*
Theater Singing and Writing
maybe Zaffy needs to use her damn brain and actually post how she became an Elder...yeah that IS important
HEHEHEHEHEHEHE. I've guessed Lav's name and Val's name. :P
I like stuff. Reading, singing, writing, some theater.
Stuff is really cool
Stuff is magical.
So... How about your dreams? Like, any and all limitations aside, if you could be anything, what would you be?
Well okay this is what I came up with I might alter it when book8 comes out so here it goes
Zafira Kerias:
Zafira studied Necromancy as her magic after having no caring for her sister. She stayed in the Temple and learned what she could. At age 20 she experienced the Surge and went off to find her mother after going through all kinds of begging the High Priest of the Temple. When she found her mother she soon found that her father was murdered in an attack on the Sanctuary in California. The war with Mevolent was going sterong in Ireland and even in America it was felt. She begged Grand Mage Bisahalani to allow her to help in the capture of the forces that killed her father, he agreed and Zafira helped the detectives. After the war with Mevolent an American Elder had died Zafira having been around a long time hoped maybe she'd be an Elder and her wish was granted, she had become respected by the Americans for her courage despite what others thought of her being a Necromancer. Ever since then she has held a position on the American Council of Elders.
A FLYING MIND READING TIME TRAVELLER
I don't know. It changes a lot.
Right now probably a marine biologist. Like studying the cleaning stations or whales singing
Persephone Grief knelt above the window. She had been hired to kill the American Grand Mage, Zafira Kerias. All she knew was that Bisahalini wanted to be Grand Mage, and that he had given her a lot of money. This assassination wasn’t like her usual jobs. Bisahalini didn’t know, but Persephone harbored a personal grudge against Grand Mage Kerias. The Necromancer was responsible for the scar that marred the left side of her face, and Persephone had waited a long time for revenge.
Persephone shifted in her precarious position. The ledge was very small, and she hoped Kerias would be alone soon. She didn’t want to take the chance of being outnumbered. The wind whipped Persephone’s short brown hair in her face, and she brushed it away with one hand, careful not to lose her balance. Kerias had been talking in the office with the Administrator, a user of symbol magic named Kestrel LeStarre, for a long time now, and Persephone was starting to get impatient.
At last, LeStarre left the room, but didn’t leave earshot of Kerias’ office. Persephone sighed and slid along until she was above the window of LeStarre’s current location. She turned herself invisible, and swung through the window. LeStarre turned at the noise, but saw nothing. Persephone kept an eye on LeStarre’s katanas, knowing their dangerous properties. Slipping up beside LeStarre, Persephone reached out and tapped her lightly between the bottom of her ear and her spine. LeStarre, whose hand had begun to reach for her dagger, crumpled to the ground, unconscious. Persephone took LeStarre’s daggers and katanas and moved them out of reach. Then she took off her belt and tied it around LeStarre’s wrists. As she left the room, she was careful to lock the door. With any luck, no one would find LeStarre until Persephone was long gone.
As Persephone stepped out into the hallway, a small man with a worried expression rounded the corner. She recognized him as Hector Gray, an Elemental. He stared at her in shock for a few seconds before pressing at the air. His hesitation had been all the time Persephone needed however, and she had her hands around his throat before he could stop her. She cut off his air supply, and after a few seconds, the man collapsed. Lifting Gray up, Persephone opened the door to the Grand Mage’s office. Kerias quickly turned and whipped a shadow at Persephone and Gray. Persephone swore as she tossed Gray in front of her and stepped to the side. Kerias must have heard LeStarre or Gray fall. Kerias’ shadows sliced Gray across the chest, and his blood sprayed against the carpet.
Persephone quickly turned invisible, and ran behind Kerias. The Necromancer heard her footsteps and turned around, shadows slicing across Persephone’s arm. It began to bleed, but luckily the cut was not deep. Kerias reached out to finish Persephone off, but she ducked beneath the blow and broke Kerias’ nose. Kerias screamed and pulled out her knife. Persephone brought the heel of her palm up against the side of Kerias’ head, knocking the Grand Mage off balance. As Kerias stumbled, Persephone twisted the knife out of her hand and stabbed it through the Necromancer’s eye and into the brain.
As the Grand Mage--no, the body--lay on the ground, Persephone knelt and yanked the knife out. Wiping the blade on the corpse’s jacket, she quickly slashed the left side of Kerias’ face.
“There,” she said. “Now we match.” As she stood up, Persephone could hear the footsteps of Cleavers coming closer. She smirked, and climbed out the window and down the side of the building.
When Persephone told Bisahalini that she had been successful, he gave her the payment, and thanked her for the service. As she took the bag, Persephone memorized Bisahalini’s face. Somebody would want him dead someday, and she needed to be ready.
Hi! Taking a break, though I think we're already finished.
Dammit Zaf...
WHY DID YOU HAVE TO PUT THAT SCAR THERE!?
See I altered it so Zaf was an Elder only recently because i figured i might as well stick to the books on the bio but like in Blogland i am Grand Mage
Sorry if I made you seem weak Zaf. I'm not really good at writing battles.
honestly i suck at battles too see where i lack...xD
its cool i'm sure Derek will have me killed off too so i;m getting used to reading my death in varous forms
I have to go now! TOODLES!
BYE SEPH!!
Night Seph!
Nice writing. All of you. :)
I'm trying to write a book now, called Dragon Keepers. It's from my own imagination.
I want to be the next Tesla, inventing things that everyone swore were impossible. The next Nir(he's a fighting expert. like... he's the one they send in after the Navy Seals. that kind of good.) I want to be a best selling author, and change peoples' lives with my books, the way Derek Landy and Micheal Scott changed mine. I want to be a professional dancer and sweep at parties like China and Skulduggery. I want to be that person that everyone can count on. I want to travel all around the planet, like my parents did. I want to leave this world in better condition than I found it. (Wow sorry that was longer than expected...)
Bye Sev.
*realizes everyone called her Seph*
Hope you don't mind me calling you Sev.
Don;t knock Derek from bestseller he might just so happen to kill you with his ninja leprechaun powers xD
Or just dedicate the book to him and let the ego grow he might not kill you then lol
Michael Scott? like from the office??
Oh my god scariest moment ever in school
So me and vinette are at lunch and its like the end of the period almost I see this guy who i swear to god looked EXACTLY like Derek I told her to turn around and she grabbed her KOTW book and i took my PWF book
me: has the Golden God come?!
V: He finally came to America?!
Me: oh my god...oh my god...
Then his accent proved our hopes were shattered
If I'm not mistaken, Michael Scott wrote the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel.
Oh... heh heh heh...
im laughing so hard at how freaked i was...im petrified actually to meet Derek...so seeing his freakin twin....
You can imagine
Zaffy off to bed
Really? Exactly like Derek?
Oh. Good night, Zaf.
BYE ZAF!!
See, here's something I really love about Derek's writing... I'm a trained fighter. I'm no expert, but in three years, I will be. Although I have a lot to learn, I know what I'm doing. And so many movies/books get the basics wrong. I still read/watch most of them, because the rest is good, but for me it just tears holes in the realism, even just for that scene. And I'll never,ever forget that tiny little mistake. But Derek has never once messed up a fight scene. I can recognize all the moves his characters use. I really like that- it makes me feel more connected. Like when I'm in class or sparring, and I just have this moment where I realize, I'm doing the same thing Valkyrie does. And I love that.
YES! YES THANK YOU LAVENDER!!!! THAT'S MY SECOND FAVORITE SERIES! BUT I SWEAR, NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT... T.T SP wins for my favorite series and hs tons of characters I admire... But Scatty from Micheal's series is my hero. So when I say I want to be the next Nir, what I mean is that I want to be a Scatty. But it's not even possible at all for me to get that good in a human lifetime...
Yeah, and I don't know the names of fighting moves so I'm a bit confused when someone throws someone over their hip or swung a whateveritwas punch.
Not saying that to be mean, of course. I just can't picture what it would look like in my head. Of course my imagination tries, but it's difficult.
Whenever they use their elbows in fighting... I have this really awkward image of people awkwardly jabbing eachother in the face with their elbows... and its wierd
You're welcome. :)
I haven't read the last book yet, but I will buy it soon. Scatty is awesome.
Well, I'm glad I'm not alone with the fighting thing.
Sorry. Gtg. Bye!
Be back later- again.
BYE LAV!!
Hello, guys!
Sevpie, I love that story, but it makes me seem so weak... Plus, my knives are throwing knives, not for close quarters, and they're in boot sheathed, so I wouldn't go for them, I'd go for my swords...
*sheathes
HEY KESSIE!
gah caps
Yeah, I can see how picturing the moves would be difficult if you hadn't learned them... Well, there's always YouTube, or if you guys wanted I could make some videos of various strikes. Or just find videos of experts doing it better than I can...
Hi Jubi.
*reading earlier comments* Wait, Brave is Blogolder than me? *frowns* That's not right...
I should write Kes's history. I think it's really cool...
MEE!!!!
MEE!!!!
MEE!!!!
MEE!!!!
Hi, Aretha.
Hmm. I wonder if my energy symbol shields would be able to stop your blood powers from working on me?
yes!!!!!!
OK so I ded this to all the stuff that I usually ded to, but im just too lazy to do it now. I ALSO ded to SPPB YAY!! 13 (i think) POINTS!!! I don't ded to braces though... because when you get them tightened... IT HURTS!!!!
Brb
Wait, you what? Sorry, I'm confused...
Ooh, yeah Kes, that would be interesting. I don't know that it would be the best idea to try it, however...
Aretha, could be fun, though. if we're gonna test it, it might be best to wait until someone like Ember is on.
Jubi, I've had mine on for about a year and a half, now, and it's gonna be another 3-4 years...:/
*If
What does Ember do again?
God that sucks Kessie...
I don't know how long mie are staying... BUT THEY MUST GOOO
Aretha, Ember's a healer. She can bring people back from the dead, too.
Jubi, that's 4 and a half years without POPCORN.
Jubi, just because I'm curious now... What were you saying "MEE!!!" for?
.... just break the rules...
I EAT POPCORN ALL THE TIME
Oh I was saying that becasue I was getting first
*because
I eat it at school. Kilandra brings it, and teachers let us pop in in our microwave.
Wow,resurrection... That's powerful stuff. Does it take a heavy toll on her, or...?
No clue.
I really want popcorn now... BUT I CANT EAT IT BECAUSE MY BRACES HUURRTTTT
*sob*
Hm. That's very interesting about Ember, and I'm sorry you can't eat popcorn, Jubi. :(
POPCORN!!!!!!! *runs around screaming*
I'm hungry and can't eat anything, because I'm 'asleep.'
Virtual Hershey's Kisses??
*Offers a bag*
Oh, yeah, I hate it when that happens...
*takes Hershey Kisses*
*noms*
Aretha, I'm used to it.
Do you get to eat a decent amount during the day?
Oh yeah. I eat a lot...
It's just I was out really late tonight, for reasons, so we stopped for McDonald's, which isn't really filling...
And I'm always awake when I'm not supposed to be.
Oh. Well, it's good that you eat a lot! So many of my friends are paranoid about calories, and it drives them nuts... I hate seeing them like that.
When you dance around ten hours a week, it becomes much less of a problem.
*has just finished reading the torture scene in Dublin Daes*
I think I'm the only person who actually likes Deacon...
I really need to read Dublin Daes don't I.....
You should. It's really good. *nods*
Hello!
I read something about popcorn... so i'm here. I've had my braces on longer than you though kessie.
Oh my Golden God. Nigel...
Sorry, I'm just a tad distant... Writing.
KILADNRA!!!!
*resists urge to hide*
Hi, Andra.
'Ello Jubi! *in fake accent* Would you like some tea? *pours tea* *hands tea to Jubi*
Anyone up for a spot of tea?
'Ello Kessie!
... is it poisoned...?
I'll take tea.
*takes tea*
*taps symbol on hand*
*symbol begins to glow*
Yes, Jubi, it's poisoned.
*dumps it out discreetly*
Why would you think that, mate? *continues in fake accent* Why does eveyone think everything I have is bloody poisoned?
because that's what you do
xD
Wait..*falters* *looks at tea that was about to be drunk*
That would be because, apparently, it is poisoned.
Andra, you realise a good amount of are actually Englandmininions...?
(You like my equivalent of Kestrel in LBTS's ring?)
So?
YES!
*tries to conjure ring*
*ends up with banana* Anyone want a banana?
It's not a weapon, genius.
Warning mechanism.
I'm writing a fight scene- would you guys rather i use the names of the moves, or jus described in detail what is happening?
oh and a banana is? how the hell do i even manage to get bananas?
the peels can be very deadly...
Do a mix of both
But then why wouldn't i get a bag of peels? *tries to conjure banana peel*
*monkey appears* AHHHH! *looks at thumb* THE MONKEY BIT ME! *cradles thumb*
Ok, I'll try it. Oh, and also I WOULD LIKE THE BANANA, PLEASE!!! BANANAS ARE GOOD!
BE CAREFUL!!
it could be rabid...
xD
Do...I don't know. Like how it is in the Princess Bride(the one on the Cliffs of Doom), if you've read that.
*hands banana over to Aretha*
GET THIS STUPID MONKEY OFF OF ME!!!!
Thanks! *eats banana* *pulls monkey off of Kilandra and holds in air* What should I do with it?
Andra, you get bananas because your subconscious registers them as weapons after Let's Kill Hitler.
You know, you could probably get hallucinogenic lipstick...
Just throw it into a tree, Aretha...
LET IT ROAM FREEEEE!
No, throw it in the lake.
*goes and lies down near lake again*
Maybe I'll see another shooting star...
*sets it on ground* There. Not it can choose its own path.
NO!! IT'LL DROWN!!
Oh... OK
Anddra, listen to the song "The Game".
*laughs*
You guys are insane. :P
I've only gotten part one of my OC's history up on my blog... Been meaning to write the rest, but got distracted by my other story, Dragon Keepers.
It's a bit hard to know Lavender if you don't know her background, huh?
Hi, Lav!
Kes's history is fairly weird/complicated. I haven't written any of it...
Hi btw.
Oh- and her mom's an elemental. She works for the Sanctuary in America but her job allows her to travel places. Not sure how to explain her job though. She's not a detective.
Lav, you/she's a shapeshifter, right?
Kes was China's apprentice(or student to learn symbols) though, right? I know that much.
I haven't looked at mine for a while. I'm probably going to change it.
*is confused*
You're American? or is that just your OC's mum?
I'm back, I poofed, working on spanish. msd.
Yup. Animals. Has to change back to human form before shifting to another animal though. And can only be an animal for two and a half hours.
Ya gotta have a weakness.
hallucinogenic lipstick? Now that's an Idea....
Hello :) *hugs everyone so tight they choke*
Just decided to drop in. Will be sort of distant... I'm trying to finish a book. It's called City of Bones. Any of you heard of it?
My weakness is that i am constantly conjuring bananas instead of weapons.
Hi Andra.
Yeah, I'm American. What did you think I was?
Lav, yeah, she/I was. But then, Kes was doing something in another country for China in Death Bringer, so she wasn't there during the whole explosion of the library thing. So when she came back, she found Skulduggery's hat int he wreckage, so she blames it on him and had a vendetta against him. She couldn't find China afterward, so she went to America.
It's the part before that that's a bit complicated.
Andra, does Czernobog have a history?
I love that series! btw., as you get into the series it gets.... pg13. and stuff
Hi Sapphire. Yeah, I heard of it. Haven't read it though.
Bananas? *laughs*
Hi, Saph!
Lav, I thought you were from the UK...Oops.
*whistles awkwardly*
Yeah. My friend's already read it and she kept tell us the plot *rolls eyes* we were in school when she read the part in the greenhouse (do you know the bit I'm talking about?) and she screamed so loud that a teacher came running in :)
*has read the first two*
It was meh.
how far has she gotten into the series? it gets if-y at the third book. How old are you?
Bananas... now that is an interesting weakness :) My OC's weakness is her fears. She's really terrified of heights. Also, she finds it hard to trust people and work as a team.
*laughs again*
That's okay, Kes. I live in California.
And I/my character likes to use an English accent sometimes. Only when I'm alone though. I think I can do an okay job with it.
I use movies for a reference, so I'm not sure how good mine is.
Kes's weaknesses are overconfidence, and she never completed her symbol training, so she would never be able to stand against an expert...
She blames Skulduggery, of course.
Lav, I have a cousin who lives in California...she made me a custom SP painting...!
It's not exactly a weakness... it's just if i can't picture the weapon good, if im panicked, or it doesn't qualify as a weapon ( like a towel or something ) I get a banana.
Towel's are weapons...*frowns*
overconfidence... sounds like someone i know very well....
Oh, shut up.
eveidently not according to my discipline or whatever controls this stuff.
kessie...
Make me
Finally I know one SP fan who lives in Cal. That's cool, Kes!
Btw, does she live in Southern California, or more north?
Sorry if the question's too personal. I just want to know if she lives somewhat close to me.
No. Then I'd be bored tomorrow.
Andra, what are Czernobog's powers?
HEY GUYSSS
i poofed
So wait, you guys know each other in real life too?
Lav, well technically she's my dad's cousin. She's in L.A.
Not actually an SP fan, my grandparents, who know how obsessed I am, commissioned it from her and gave it to me for Hanukkah. Best present ever.
Hi Jubi.
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