Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Word Count

Second draft is done...!

Laura was meant to come round yesterday to pick up her copy, but instead she's calling round tonight. While I wait for her to arrive, I've been going over the word counts to all the books so far. I'm very surprised by the first four books— for some reason, I thought everything I've written had been over 80,000 words. Apparently not.

Skulduggery Pleasant was 67,393 words.
Playing With Fire was 69,683.
The Faceless Ones was 69,689.
Dark Days was 77,335.

And now we see the numbers start to jump...

Mortal Coil was 104,000.
Deathbringer was 118,000.
Kingdom of the Wicked was 134,765.

And the second draft of Last Stand of Dead Men is coming in at a back-breaking 156,688 words. Basically, it's twice the length of Dark Days.

I don't know how long it'll be after the edit, but hopefully I'll be able to trim it down a little.

Ooh, Laura's here. Hold on a sec...


Okay, this is Laura, holding the manuscript of LSODM.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I must chat to Laura about... stuff...

4,978 comments:

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Anonymous said...

whoa that was close I could have been first.

"the kid nearly touched me! I COULD HAVE DIEED!"

monsters inc anyone?

Anonymous said...

Can't ded :( I have to go teach my little brother his piano lesson. Darn brothers.

Snow said...

she thinks she's like doctor who

Duck said...

HI EVERYONE!!!!!

#ChaseForBook9

Snow said...

ahem...
well, i sall copy and past from meh blog den

Snow said...

so, this is the page ded for fabi

this is a ded to everyone that has welcomed me with open arms since my joining of the blog.
I mean, while it feels like it's been forever, it has really only been about 6 months since i stopped being a one-post kinda gal.
I love how i just decided one day to stay on after a post, to see who replied, and then a whole world was opened up. i think it was miss cain who first welcomed me properly. her and lav really made me feel wanted.
then, just as quickly, i met jubi and fabi! you guys mad me feel like someone important, someone worthwhile, and if it weren't for you, i doubt i would have got my confidence back.
since then, everyone i've met has been just as crazy and insane as me and i've loved every minuit of it!

so, this is for all of you, everyone who welcomed me, everyone who has talked to me, everyone!
i don't need to name you, because you know how you are! i love you all (as friends). :D

Anonymous said...

DUUCCCK!

I'm back, by the way.

Who's gonna ded?

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

Thanks Snow [hugs]

Hi Duck!

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Snow said...

hey duck *hands cookie*

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

Sleep now.! Bye!

[Leaves hugs for anyone that wants one]

[ poofs]

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Duck said...

OoOoh!

cookie........
*dribbles*

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Duck said...

BYE FABI!!!!!!

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Snow said...

BYE FABI!! (hugs)

Duck said...

So.....

WHAZUUUP!

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Snow said...

cookies.. and ice cream bonbons

Snow said...

ooh! and im on the SRC at meh school, so... that

Duck said...

I was on the SRC last year...
As school captain!

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Snow said...

dito

Anonymous said...

I'm organising the folder of all the bloglandian's voice recordings on the email thing.

Everyone's voices are just so CUTE!

Snow said...

?
huh?

Snow said...

imma have to go soon.... :(

Snow said...

byeee all!!!!

*gives cookies*

*disappears in a puff of smoke*

Duck said...

BYE SNOW!!!!

Don't give out too many cookies. You'll make us all fat.

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Anonymous said...

Uh-oh. Too late. I'm already fat.

SORRY I'M LATE BYE SNOOW! THANKS FOR THE COOKIES!

Duck said...

So Dau...

WHAZZUUUUUP!!!

#ChaseForBook9

Anonymous said...

Aaah, nothing much. I just finished my last exam today, and I only have two more days of school left.

And hopefully I might get my first laptop next week so I can stay up all night in bed on here.

And summer's coming.

What about you?

Unknown said...

Meeeeeeeeeep! Derek Landy, why cant the competitions be allowed for AUSTRALIANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:'(

Kara said...

Anyone online?

Anonymous said...

MEEEE!!

Kara said...

Hey Dau :D

Anonymous said...

Hi Moonlight! Or Skul-ManFan?

Kara said...

Moonlight or Moon's fine. :D How are you?

Anonymous said...

I'm very good, thanks Moon.

Except I'm super HYPER. Like SUPER HYPER because I just had lunch and FOOOD MAKES ME HYPER.

Kara said...

I'm reading Insurgent by Veronica Roth and I am FREAKING OUT. I have re-read SP so many times there are parts of it I can recite, so I needed to tear myself away. Insurgent is really great, though. Do you read the Divergence series?

Ah HYPER MOMENT! PLOT TWIST!

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Ugh.

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I'm Jubilance Glee / Occasional Haiku-er / And a dinosaur said...

AAGGGHHH MY 8TH GRADE GRADUATION IS TODAY!!! D:

Duck said...

How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?

A wood chuck would chuck lots of wood if a wood chuck could chuck wood.

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

Blogland has been quiet today...

#ChaseForBook9

Dynasty Maguire/Rathrockt Maguire (Brad Wood) said...

Hello.

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

One Direction "Our Moment" perfume out the day before my birthday... *fangirls*

#ChaseForBook9

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

It's been quiet for more than just today, it's all week. Exams and schoolwork and all that.

#ChaseForBook9

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

Oh.................... [hugs everyone/anyone who is okay with being hugged]

[Starts to sing Somebody that I used to know]

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Hello.

#ChaseForBook9

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

Hi Trip.

Here but can't really talk right now...

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

OK... anyone else here?

#ChaseForBook9

Star Inkbright said...

LUCRATIVE FRENZY.

And now I have to go.

Maybe I'll come back after rockclimbing? :)

#ChaseForBookNine

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

So anyone ELSE still on?

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

And I pushed the send button... [mutters]

Definitely not here now, sorry.

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Oh, OK. I'll go then. No use staying.

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Luciana said...

...Hello?

#ChaseForBook9

You're all perfect, to me. <3

Maralie Lily Charm said...

"We're going selling ice cream to Little Mixers,"

"We've got vanilla, we've got chocolate, we've got strawberry, and we've got mint!"

"Loooooads of mint!"

"The minty-est mint in the world!"

"Mint!"

*the girls come out*

*automatic frantic shrieks and hysterical screams*

*one girl screams* "OMG CAN I HAVE SOME BANANA ICE CREAM PLEASE?!"

*Little Mix look at each other doubtfully*

"You can, uh, have mint..."


I find this hysterical. XD

#ChaseForBook9

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

[hugs Lucy]

[hugs Mara]

[really shouldn't be here right now]

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Hey peeps. I'm back.

#ChaseForBook9

Maralie Lily Charm said...

*hugs Fabi* *hugs Luci*

I'm having a Little Mix fangirl day. c:

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

Hi Trip

Little Mix :-)

#ChaseForBook9

Maralie Lily Charm said...

I WANT TO SEE LITTLE MIX IN THE MARQUEE IN CORK SO FREAKING BAD, BUT NOOOOOOOO, THE TICKETS ARE TOO EXPENSIVE. *scowls*

Maralie Lily Charm said...

#ChaseForBook9

#ChaseForBook9

It's in his DNA...<3

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

D:

Perfect in every way~

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

*waits for something to say*

#ChaseForBook9

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

My mom was humming How Ya Doin the other day... :-)

It's contagious. XD

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

Fabi - I KNOWWWWW D:
I can pay for them myself and everything, I have money left over from my Confirmation, but apparently, it's a no either way ._. Hell, I could pay for three tickets, petrol to go to Cork, to stay in a hotel for the night and petrol to come back. And food. *sighs*
PARENTS ARE STUPID.

FABI I HAD A DREAM YOU AND I WENT TO SEE LITTLE MIX IN CONCERT IT WAS GREAT :)

#ChaseForBook9

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Fabi - Little Mix are extremely catchy :) my dad was singing Wings a few minutes ago because I was watching Little Mix on the music channel XD

Hey Trip.

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

DNA
way
say
day

...

IT ALL RHYMES

#ChaseForBook9

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

WE WENT TO SEE LITTLE MIX [hugs]

Mara, you have awesome dreams. Not like mine, mine are weird.

#ChaseForBook9

Luciana said...

Sorry for vanishing!

Just been thinking...

*hugs everyone* I love you all. Just want you to know that. :)

#ChaseForBook9

Maralie Lily Charm said...

...

face.

Kinda.

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

*hugs Fabi*
WE MET JESY AND SHE HUGGED YOU AND I WAS THERE CRYING LIKE OMG AND THEN PERRIE AND JADE AND LEIGH CAME OVER AND WERE LIKE "Hey, are you Mixers?" AND WE WERE LIKE "YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

We got their phone numbers c:


Luci - *huggles*
We love you too. Very much. :)

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

[hugs Lucy] We love you, too. Wb.

I was looking at the comments, Mara, not the song. A lot of the sake rhymes, though. Probably because we were blog singing parts of the songs.

"It's in his DNA"
"Perfect in every way"
"Waits for something to say"
"Hummimg How Ya Doin the other day"

#ChaseForBook9

Luciana said...

Hey my beautiful sister, Maralie!<3

How are you doing, my dear?:3

#ChaseForBook9

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

MARA THAT SOUNDS AWESOME
MEETING LM WOULD BE SO COOL.

#ChaseForBook9

Luciana said...

Hey Fabi!

How are you doing, gorgeous? *hugs*

#ChaseForBook9

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Hi everyone! How are you all?

#ChaseForBook9

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Fabi - Ah. Oh yeah! *looks at comments*
I KNOW RIGHT. IMAGINE.
I woke up giggling hysterically C:

Hello, my perfect sister Luciana!:D
I'm excited and giggly and fangirly and yes. *giggles*

Luciana said...

Hello, Rhydian!:)


*laughs* That's great, Mara!
And I'm not perfect, but okay. Thank you. <3

#ChaseForbook9

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Hi Luce! How are you?

#chaseForBook9

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

I'm mostly okay, a little bit upset still, but otherwise good. [hugs]

Hi Rhydian

#ChaseForBook9

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Hi Fabi! Why are you upset?

#ChaseForBook9

Maralie Lily Charm said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GUDK3wndPs&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Watch this.

Right now.

I'm not even joking.

Watch. It.

Oh my gosh.

Perrie's background vocals.

Jade's voice range.

Leigh-Anne's harmony.

Jesy's... voice.

<3

#ChaseForBook9

Luciana said...

I'm great thanks, Rhydian! Thanks for asking!
How are you?:3

#ChaseForBook9

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

I'm fine. I survived my first week at a new School. So I'm great.

#ChaseForBook9

Luciana said...

Aw, Fabi, *huggles*

*gives Popcorn and Skittles and tea*

I'm sorry you're upset. E-mail me if you want to talk more privately!<3

#ChaseForBook9

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Little Mix are really good. But I never listen to them...

#ChaseForBook9

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

Not saying, Rhydian. Sorry.

[hugs Mara] Can't copy the link, sorry, and can't watch it in school, but I recognize that one, methinks. You are beautiful, no matter what they say [hugs]

#ChaseForBook9

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

it's Okay Fabi! *hugs* Your vid should cheer you up;
youtube.com/watch?v=VzQcgdKTA5Q

#ChaseForBook9

Maralie Lily Charm said...

*hugs Fabi*

I hope you're okay, Fabigail. You can always email me if you need me. <3

Words can't bring you down~

Your ded was Perriefect, btw. :) *hugs*

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

[hugs back] Thanks Lucy. Skittles. :-) I should be okay for now, but thanks.

They are really good, Rhydian. [nods]

#ChaseForBook9

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

I can't copy/watch that either, Rhydian. [laughs] Plus I worked three days almost nonstop on it, so I'm pretty sick of it now! XD Thanks, though. [hugs]

Thanks, Mara [hugs] Thanks Mara, [hugs]

#ChaseForBook9

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Oh right. Never mind. It's really good btw.

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

I'm back!

#ChaseForBook9

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

It's okay, thanks.

#ChaseForBook9

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

Wb Trip

[frowns] Interesting...msd, Vikings.

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Hey Rhydian, what did Missy say?

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Hello?

#ChaseForBook9

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

OMGG! I FORGOT! Let's see if she update before Sunday and if not I PROMISE to e-mail her. (But you'll have to remind me)

#chaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

lol. OK.

#ChaseForBook9

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

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

Gtg, sorry, bye.

YOUREALLPERFECT

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Bye Fabi!

#ChaseForBook9

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Bye Fabi!

#ChaseForBook9

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Hello?

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Sorry, didn't know what to say.

#ChaseForBook9

Requiem Noble said...

Hello anyone who's here!

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Hi Requiem!

#ChaseForBook9

Requiem Noble said...

Hi Requiem! Excited about LSODM?

Requiem Noble said...

Oops...I meant Rhydian...not sure what happened there - brain not working properly...

*is very embarassed*

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

YEAH! Can't wait for it!

#ChaseForBook9

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Gtg. BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Requiem Noble said...

Bye

Aisling Dubh said...

Hello

#ChaseForBook9

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Back.

#ChaseForBook9

Aisling Dubh said...

Hi Rhydian

#ChaseForBook9

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Hi Ais!

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

I. will. stay. No distractions!

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Hello?

#ChaseForBook9

Aisling Dubh said...

Hi Trip

#ChaseForBook9

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Sorry, watching 1D videos and fangirling and stuff c:

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Sorry for distance. Watching TV

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Writing rules. Wanting to talk.

#ChaseForBook9

Emerald Melody said...

Yesterday was my blogversary.
The day that I first arrived onto the blog. I've been on the blog a whole year. It was back when I was known as Shell and was such a new newbie.

But a few days I took a name and Emerald Melody was born. And every day since then, I've just become more and more Emerald then anything else.

But my god what a year. Just a constant series of uplifting ups and tragic downs. With a touch of laughable good days and emotionally draining bad ones. And you have all been there for me, every step of the way. So much so that it is still hard to believe, one year later.

So I want to say thank you for being my blog family because being really honest, if it wasn't for a lot of you guys, I wouldn't be alive today.

#ChaseForBook9

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

I'm really going now. BYE!!!!!!!!

#ChaseForBook9

Aisling Dubh said...

Hi Em and HAPPY BLOGVERSARY yesterday :)

We'll always be here for you Em and for anyone else :)

#ChaseForBook9

Aisling Dubh said...

Bye Rhydian

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

gtg bye.

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Oh and happy blogversary Em!

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

OK, gone now.

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Aisling Dubh said...

Bye Trip

#ChaseForBook9

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

Happy Blogversary, Em [hugs]

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

And I'm back!

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Aisling Dubh said...

Hi Fabi
Wb Trip

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Sorry, distant, writing rules

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

Happy Blogversary, Em *hugs* :)

#ChaseForBook9

I'm a problem, I'mma p-problem~

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Alright
Oh, oh, oh, OK
What do we have here
Becky G, will.i.am, in the house
This is a problem
I'm a problem, I'm a p-problem
I'm a problem, I'm a p-problem
I'm a problem, I'm a p-problem
I'm a problem, I'm a p-problem
I'm a problem, I'm a p-problem
I'm a problem, I'm a p-problem
I'm a problem, I'm a p-problem
I'm a problem, I'm a p-problem
I'm one of a kind, got everybody in love
And I don't have to try, I just do what I does
Don't have to tell me, I already know
They all want me
Yo, I run this, I smash it
Like my bass real hard, boom-bastic
Speed race baby, I'm a lot faster
Cause trouble, never listen to my master
New Benz all black, from Malaysia
Can't drive, but my mama don't care yup
To the top, I'ma take it to the ceiling
I'm on the moon but I feel the sun beaming
I'm so dope like ooh la la
So so fly like a helicopter
Sup to the hood and the homies on the block
Doin' it big, ya you know, what's up
Some come and try to say I'm a problem
So crazy, gotta put 'em in an asylum
Some come and try to say I'm a problem
Ha, solve it
I'm a problem, I'm a p-problem
I'm a problem, I'm a p-problem
I'm a problem, I'm a p-problem
I'm a problem, I'm a p-problem
I'm a problem, I'm a p-problem
I'm a problem, I'm a p-problem
I'm a problem, I'm a p-problem
I'm a problem, I'm a p-problem
I'm one of a kind, got everybody in love
And I don't have to try, I just do what I does
Don't have to tell me, I already know
They all want me
Yo, yo, yo
You got one down, I'm on 2 now
There's another one! I gotta few now
You know I'm a beast, I throw down
Show down, whatcha gonna do now
Kick rocks cus you're just another hater
New team I'm an all-star player
Get at me but you better get your game up
My steez like ooh la la
I'm so fresh got this on lock
It's my time yeah, check my watch
My mama say I'm a leader
His mama say I'm a keeper
That's too bad cus I ride solo
Do it one time then you want some more
I'm a problem, tell ya, I'm a problem
Yo, yo
Yo, yo
Don't be actin' like
Like you didn't know
Like you didn't know
Like you didn't know
Like you didn't know
I'm one of a kind, got everybody in love
And I don't have to try, I just do what I does
Don't have to tell me, I already know
They all want me
I'm one of a kind, got everybody in love
And I don't have to try, I just do what I does
Don't have to tell me, I already know
They all want me
I'm a problem, I'm a p-problem

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Don't fear the reaper,
nehnehnehnehnehnene!
Don't fear the reaper
I don't know the rest of the lyrics,

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Aisling Dubh said...

Very wbd

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Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

*Thinks that Derek should send me a copy of LSoDM*

HAI BLOGLAND. *STROKES FLOOR* Oh how I have missed place.

Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

Missed this* place...

Aisling Dubh said...

Hello Cassidy have we met?

#ChaseForBook9

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Hi Cass! :) *hugs*

It's been a while :)

#ChaseForBook9

Sorry, wbd :/

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Hey Cassidy! You're my boss! What're the odds? Hello! We haven't met! I'm Trip! I'm quite new! Hello! I should stop using exclamation marks...

#ChaseForBook9

Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

Mara! *Returns hug* Hey! I know, I've been so busy. It's fine :) I'll probably be distant too. I CANNOT stop reading!

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

I forgive you for exiling me a few years ago... :(

Heh, I should explain.

#ChaseForBook9

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

So tired

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Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

Hey Trip! *Bows* Pleased to meet you!

No, don't stop with the exclamation marks! They are so fun to use!

Yes, please do explain! I am thoroughly intrigued!

Word or warning, I may say some weird stuff. I SUCK at socializing! Haha!

Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

Also, why is everyone saying #ChaseForBook9 ?

Aisling Dubh said...

Hi Zaf

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

so do I! Um, I've got his backstory here...


Backstory: Very little is known of Trip Castalan before a century ago. It is known, however, that he passed the surge as a wall walker, and worked for the English sanctuary and never really was of any importance, he was just a low level bureaucrat. As no one ever knew his given name he can’t be tracked by mortal records. But one day he didn’t turn up for work. Or the next day, or the next. When his bread street home was checked he was nowhere to be found. He was declared missing presumed dead and, as he had no next of kin or will, all his money and possessions were taken by the sanctuary. People went missing all the time, he was probably a slave for some crime lord now. He wasn’t seen for two whole years, until he popped up in Scotland with a crystal sword, which he could make glow purple. He fitted all descriptions and people who had known him confirmed his identity. No one knew how old Trip was, or who his family were. No one knew where he was born or indeed who he really was. Security hadn’t been all too tight back then. And he had apparently forgotten. He couldn’t seem to remember much of his past life. No one could tell him, and the parts he did remember where fuzzy, like a half remembered dream. When questioned what these these things were, he wouldn’t tell. He never told anyone what exactly had happened in the two years that he was gone, the closest anyone got was strange things. But the one thing everyone knew, was that his discipline had changed. But it hadn’t only changed, it had become an extinct one. The last of the channelers were wiped out in 2000 bc, so he couldn’t have learnt it from anyone, or from books. But then how? No one knows, or will EVER find out. (maybe) So after it was it over he was free to live his life, but he no longer had a job at the English sanctuary, and no means of getting back there, but this didn’t seem to matter to him. He approached the scottish grand mage and told him that his sanctuary was only reacting to problems, rather than stopping them, as was every other sanctuary in the world. But his could be the first to pre-empt problems, if he hired him as his ‘spotter’. To Trip’s own surprise he was hired on a minimal wage with a small budget. This was the start of the spotter project. Trip began to control his powers a little better.

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

One of the main downfalls of channeling is it’s lack of easy control. You may want a pillar of energy but instead release a lethal gas (unlikely but possible) It was at this point he met Hypsin Oasis and Xephos Leth. These two men were the oldest of friends and were at the time detectives on secondment from the English sanctuary. They heard about Trip and were intrigued, so they came and talked to him. This blossomed into a beautiful friendship, and before the end of their secondment they had quit their jobs in England to live in Scotland and work for Trip , using up the whole budget with their pay. The first ‘spotter squad’ had been formed. The spotter project became more and more successful and gained higher and higher funding, and more and more people came to work for them. And with this success grew Trip’s political and magical power. At this point he started training new channelers, He had become a full blown department and was even nipping problems at the bud. He became a feared crime fighter, people feared the ‘purple man’ in Scotland almost as much as the ‘skeleton detective’ in Ireland. At this point people started to take note of the merits of spotters and they started to pop up in every sanctuary, soon they were as commonplace as an administrator. He started sending out spies during the cold war, everyone else was doing it, why couldn’t he? At first they were a small division, but then they became larger and focused on more targets and the department became mostly spies sending reports. This got to the point when anyone of any danger or importance was being watched. Because of this, Trip commands just under half of all the Scottish sanctuary’s staff. and has the largest budget of any sanctuary department anywhere. Because of this, he knows about any major threat up front and is normally a key player in stopping it, and will probably know more details than anyone else.

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Um, I'll let someone who knew Chase to explain... Hi Zaf!

#ChaseForBook9

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Mwahaha. Free music is fun c:

Nothing more to say,
It's in his D-D-D-D-DNA~

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Hello? Apart from Mara. Where is everyone?
#ChaseForBook9

Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

Okay...

My name should really say Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary, shouldn't it?

Trip, that is a rawRsome¡ back story! The idea of it is GREAT.

Are you from Scotland or do you just like it?

Everyone else is doing it so I may as well. #ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

I love Scotland but haven't been there in years.

#ChaseForBook9

Aisling Dubh said...

@Trip well I'm in Dublin :)

And I would explain #ChaseForBook9 but I'm useless at explaining things.

#ChaseForBook9

Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

He Zafira. I love that name...

Emerald Melody said...

I started the #ChaseForBook9 campaign for Derek to put Chase in book 9.

I thought it would be such a re-memorable way to remember Chase as one of the bravest bloglandians that ever graced this blog.

He was a dad.
He had lung cancer.
He was my husband.

Chase passed away from his lung cancer on the 8th of January this year.

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

And thank you, one day I just sort of realised, someone must tell the detectives what to look into? Surely?

#ChaseForBook9

Maralie Lily Charm said...

OOOOOHHHHHHHHHH KISS YOU IS FREE FOR THE iPAD. LET MARA SEE THIS NOW.

Lying website ._. ONE DIRECTION ARE A REAL BAND YOU IDIOTS MY GOD ARE YOU ANCIENT.

This app is stupid bye bye now. *deletes app*

Now, to hunt for a Little Mix app...

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

I wish I could've met him, I really do.

#ChaseForBook9

Emerald Melody said...

All you have to do is read back on his comments when he used to be on the blog and it's as if you met him all over again Trip.

He was... something out of this world.

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

*looks innocent to try not to seem creepy* I may or may not have done that...

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Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

You're not missing out on much, Trip. Scotland is usually rainy. But the sun has finally arrived this month...

:'( My heart goes out to you and everyone who knew him. Chase sounds like he was a remarkable person.

Be brave.

#ChaseForBook9

Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

You're not missing out on much, Trip. Scotland is usually rainy. But the sun has finally arrived this month...

:'( My heart goes out to you and everyone who knew him. Chase sounds like he was a remarkable person.

Be brave.

#ChaseForBook9

Star Inkbright said...

HELLO!

Msd. I am tired enough that my legs ache walking up the stairs and my hands hurt holding a plate and my arms kill picking up rollerskates and holding them for less than a minute.
Yes, I have done all of these activites since coming home.

I HAVE DONE SUCH GOOD CLIMBING, HTOUGH. *pride*
And then I sat there and did nothing because my arms were exhausted. :P

Msd.

#ChaseForBookNine

Maralie Lily Charm said...

*hugs Em*

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

That's partly why I loved Scotland... So cold and rainy, I find it soothing.

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Emerald Melody said...

*hugs Trip*

I have too Trip, especially the Requiem Ball... that was when he first officially arrived onto the blog.

Thanks Cassidy, it means a lot.

*hugs Mara*

#ChaseForBook9

Aisling Dubh said...

Hi Star

#ChaseForBook9

Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

Hey Star!

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Hey Star! How long were you climbing? I've met my boss! Never known who it was before!

#ChaseForBook9

Maralie Lily Charm said...

My god, Perrie Louise Edwards... That voice<3

#ChaseForBook9

Star Inkbright said...

. . . Ah.

I sort of leapt in there being too cheerful. Sorry, should have refreshed the page and seen the mood.

#ChaseFOrBookNine

Emerald Melody said...

It's okay Star, just reminiscing.
I think we need to do that every now and then, just to remind ourselves that it's not all bad.

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Oh we're fine... I met my boss! Oh, actually I can't speak for everyone else. Everyone good back there?

Cassidy: Elemental or adept?

#ChaseForBook9

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Hey, Starar. *hugs*

Sorry for my distance, crying over 1D's new "Our Moment" perfume coming out THE FREAKING DAY BEFORE MY FREAKING BIRTHDAY and costing SIXTY FREAKING POUNDS FOR 10 FREAKING ML. ._.
And crying over Little Mix AND THEIR FREAKING PERFECT VOICES OH MY GOLDEN GOD

#ChaseForBook9

Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

I actually enjoy the weather like that too, Trip. Unless it's supposed to be sunny. Then I get agitated because I want the weather to be normal.





I think I met Chase at the ball. I may have even
danced with him. But my memory is failing me.

I shall shush about the topic now. I don't want to upset anyone. <3

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Mara, are you angry or exited? tones don't exist this universe unless specified.

#ChaseForBook9

Maralie Lily Charm said...

That's like...

That's like €80...

I'm not getting no One Direction perfume...

#ChaseForBook9

Emerald Melody said...

You won't upset anyone Cassidy, it's good to remember him on his good days cause he had so many bad days coming up to his final weeks.

It's okay.

#ChaseForBook9

Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

Elemental, of course ^_^

#ChaseForBook9

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Both, Trip. And disappointed. And annoyed. And sad. And happy. And nervous. And sick.

#ChaseForBook9

Star Inkbright said...

I was climbing for three hours, but it's not how long, it's what kind of climbing; how tricky it was and how much strength was required. :)

I'm sorry, Mara. MAYBE YOU CAN BUY SOME OF EBAY AFTER A BIT?

#ChaseForBookNine

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

The only ship I will get into is Harralie Mara. I became permanently scared of shipping because my first experience with shipping was Valduggery. HE'S 400 FREAKIN' YEARS OLD PEOPLE! BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEGH!

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

I'm basically the only person who does mage scotland around here at the moment. I need to write a grand mage, could I use you? It would be easier than making my own.

#ChaseForBook9

Aisling Dubh said...

Gtg night

And I also think its good to remember good things.

#ChaseForBook9

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Valduggery is perfect, shush<3

Call me crazy, call me disgusting, but it's cute.


Perfect in every way
I see it in his face
Nothing more to say
It's in his D-D-D-D-DNA~

I might leave... I'm getting b85.)y again...

#ChaseForBook9

Luciana said...

Once a Bloglandian, always a Bloglandian.

#ChaseForBook9

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Bye, Ais. *hugs*

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Night Ais! Mara I'm not going to call you anything. I distance myself as much as I can from shipping. Enjoy your separate views.

#ChaseForBook9

Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

I'm glad Chase found his peace, but I wish he had not been taken from his friends and family.

Emerald, you are so strong. To be able to say that. Wow.

Chase will always be remembered. Even those who never met him. Chase will be remembered for all of his goodness.

<3 *Huggs*

#ChaseForBook9

Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

Trip, go right ahead. If you need any notes on my character, don't hesitate to ask me in my blog, email me, find me on Twitter or Facebook. I will be happy to send you them.

Star Inkbright said...

:( FOURS AIS!

#ChaseForBookNine

Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

#ChaseForBook9

Cassidy Clarimonde (Self-Appointed Grand Mage of the Scottish Sanctuary) said...

Bye Aisling!

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

Thanks, I'm writing a collab right now, so could you just send them now that'd be great.

My email is chuck.mooning@gmail.com

#ChaseForBook9

Luciana said...

Oh... Chase is a good man. And a good friend. I won't say I miss him, because he's not completely gone. You can't miss someone who is still with you... :)

#ChaseForBook9

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

1000th!

#ChaseForBook9

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

Hello?

Wbd

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Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

1001sr!

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

[facepalm]

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