Sunday, July 14, 2013

Colleen

A few days ago, I was asked by a reader to talk about mental health issues on this blog, a topic about which I know nothing about. I was hesitant at first— in fact I still am— because there is nothing worse than being given the wrong advice. And me? I have no advice to give.

But these last few signings have been interesting. I've met quite a few people who have made me stop and think about my role and my responsibilities an an author. This isn't something I wanted. I didn't write these books to be famous or to be listened to— I wrote them to write them. That's it. By my reckoning, I shouldn't have any responsibilities towards any of you. I just write books that you happen to read. Why should I care about you beyond you reading my work and giving me your money?

But of course, I do care. Quite by accident, I assure you. This was not planned. I've met a few of you, I know a few of you, and I've heard from even more of you. I read your comments and your tweets and your letters. Some of you have stories to tell, and I end up listening. 

These past few months, since The Maleficent Seven has been released, I've met a lot of new people.  I met a girl who thanked me for mentioning the fact that Tanith once had a thing with Aurora Jane— and she thanked me again for not making a big deal out of it. I met a girl with selective mutism who, by the end of our encounter, was chatting away and grilling me about plot details. Then I met a girl who thanked me for Clarabelle.

I smiled and told her how much I loved writing that character. The girl nodded, smiled, told me again how much she loved Clarabelle. Then she told me she had mental health issues, and sometimes she found it hard to separate what was real from what wasn't, and she loved Clarabelle because she saw in her a person who was different from others but who was loved, and accepted, and allowed to thrive. 

And I looked at this girl and I didn't know what to say. I came up with Clarabelle because I needed a certain kind of warmth and a certain kind of quirkiness. Never in a million years did I think that someone out there would relate to her. 

These three girls have all sorts of pressures on them that I can't understand, and all three of them have a handle on it. The Clarabelle fan was getting the help and support she needs. The girl who couldn't speak was speaking, and she even fist-bumped me on her way out. And the Tanith fan was as strong and confident as anyone I'd ever seen. And as each one of these girls walked off, I realised that they were my readers. These girls, and boys and girls and men and women like them all around the world, are my readers, and if I can do anything to help them in any way, even if it's just to raise a smile when they're feeling low, then I have managed to do something that I never thought I'd be capable of. I'd be able to help them. 

We all have problems. We all have issues. We all have pressures. If you don't seek the right kind of help, if you don't know where to look or you don't have the friends and family to support you, things can go wrong. But there is help out there. There are people, unlike me, who know what they're talking about. Every country will have its own helplines and websites, sites like SpunOut.ie here in Ireland. Search for them. Find them. And for god's sake use them.

I am now going back to being selfish and egotistical, and absolutely sure that Holly Smale fancies me. 

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

Mm. Well if there's anything I can de-confuzzle-ify, let me know.

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

That's all that came to mind.

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Alastair Cruciatus said...

Alright, awesome. I'm going to sleep now, because I'm tired. Goodnight everybody!

Death, if you come back later, I'm sorry I missed you.

*hugs everyone* *falls asleep*

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Snow said...

:DDD best thing ever!!

go on google images and google "fez, doctor who"

Snow said...

bye ari!! *hugs*

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

I should probably sleep as well....

Night.

Sorry, Snow, [hugs] I'd love to stay, but the window people are coming early tomorrow, and I'm likely to try to kill them if I'm low on sleep.

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Snow said...

bye fabi!!! and dont kill anyone, or i'll be really disappointed in you

Duck said...

Hello?

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Snow said...

DUCK!!!!

Hëłlø

Snow said...

hello...???

Duck said...

SNOW!
Sorry about the 'not being here', I was eating chips and then my sister snatched at my chips and then they fell on the floor and then I had to go get a vacuum and then I had to eat the rest of the chips in case my sister decided to get some more.

But any who, HI!

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Snow said...

:D

hey

Snow said...

hmm......


i am in a crazy mood today....

Duck said...

So what's being happening!
Have you being having fun in Blogland. On second thought, don't answer that. The answer is obviously yes.
So.... How are you???

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Snow said...

hmmm... like a plasma coated, beige coloured plebeian.

Snow said...

the dictionary is a girls best friend!!!

Duck said...

dictionary |ˈdikSHəˌnerē|(abbr.: dict. )
noun ( pl. dictionaries )
a book that lists the words of a language in alphabetical order and gives their meaning, or that gives the equivalent words in a different language.
• a reference book on any subject, the items of which are arranged in alphabetical order: a dictionary of quotations.
PHRASES
have swallowed a dictionary informal (of a person) use long and obscure words when speaking.
ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from medieval Latin dictionarium (manuale) or dictionarius (liber)‘manual or book of words,’ from Latin dictio (see diction) .

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Snow said...

*laughs*

why dd you just do that?? :DD

Duck said...

Well it's the dictionary meaning for dictionary. So that's double girl's best friend!

It's also the slightest bit ironic...

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Snow said...

okay, i have to go taasp!!

see ya!! *hugs*

Duck said...

BYE SNOWBALLZS!!!!!!!

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Duck said...

Well then, I'm off.
No one seems to be around.
If you suddenly come on that's just really bad luck, you could have being talking to the greatest man alive (i.e. me).

BON VOAGE!

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Miss Cain; The Aussie Ninja Stalker said...

...Hullo?

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Duck said...

HELLO MISS CAIN!!!!

Mind you, I did leave after my last comment and I only recently came back on. I don't consistently stalk this blog...

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Miss Cain; The Aussie Ninja Stalker said...

Hey Duck!
How are you??

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Kara said...

Hello everyone! Very deep post, Mr. Landy. Very touching. The book HAS helped me. And not just me. All of your fans all over the world.

(I know this is really late on the post to be talking about the post, but, eh).

- Moon

Duck said...

Very very very very very DISTANT.

I'm good though, thanks for asking Miss.

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Miss Cain; The Aussie Ninja Stalker said...

Don't worry, I'm extremely distant as well.
Might poof to go shower soon...

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Queen Flora Ophelia of the Flowers; Leader of the New Land of Stickers; Prophet of the New Order; General of the Shadow People said...

Hellooooo?

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Luciana said...

...Hello?

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Noelle said...

Hi !

Jophiel said...

And if I close my eyes, what happens? Do they simply disappear? Are they hidden?
I pulled the knife out of the wound and showed them weakness. It was me who did it. I made the decision to keep in bleeding. My mistakes. I have to get myself out of this tangled life.

Is it only you an me in the wreckage of the world?

Adra Cruciatus said...

Hmmm. Aretha, if you're here, (somewhere) I didn't get the email for the Nameless Attempt thing, which I'm sure you said you sent. If not, I can give you my email when you get on here again..

Adra Cruciatus said...

*hands Death a skulcake and a blanket and a Snickers, teddy bear and ten boxes of bad sitcoms*
*sits next to her*
You know, I've seen you post things before like what you just did... Most people hug you, but I never... I never answered because I didn't know what to do for you. Sure, I could give you a virtual hug... But in my eyes, I couldn't fathom to just leave it there...

So what can I do for you to help?

Jophiel said...

Kill me? Ari said the same thing and I gave the same reply

Queen Flora Ophelia of the Flowers; Leader of the New Land of Stickers; Prophet of the New Order; General of the Shadow People said...

Helloooooo

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Adra Cruciatus said...

(Hello, Flora!!!)

Yeah, well. That's not going to happen any time soon... How old are you again, Rose?

Unknown said...

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

Queen Flora Ophelia of the Flowers; Leader of the New Land of Stickers; Prophet of the New Order; General of the Shadow People said...

Hello :)

wbd - having lunch :P

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Alastair Cruciatus said...

Anybody here?

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Adra Cruciatus said...

Ari!!!

I never got your email...

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

*stands in forest clearing, doing what looks like tae chi (Is thathow you spell it?) except with energy involved*

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Adra Cruciatus said...

*glances over at Trip and goes back to her drawing pad*

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

Hya! *sends a burst of energy from hand then starts to increase speed and strength used*

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

Hadukan! *does a 360 spin and hadukan punches (exept using energy) a sapling into spilinters*

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Adra Cruciatus said...

*nods* Hey. *looks at the transmuting circle on her piece of paper, frustrated*

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

*opens eyes, takes a deep breath and laughs* Always end on a high note!

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

*walks over* Watcha doin old buddy?

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Alastair Cruciatus said...

Ok, sent the email again!

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

Talking: Oh Aretha! Could I get involved?

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Alastair Cruciatus said...

'Course! I'll need an email to invite you as an author, though.

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Adra Cruciatus said...

Wait, Ari. Which email did you use???

RP: And, erm.. Thinking.

Alastair Cruciatus said...

I used the one you put in your comment.

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

It's chuck.mooning@gmail.com

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Adra Cruciatus said...

...I might not have spelled it right, Ari...

koritsi.sofos@gmail.com????

Alastair Cruciatus said...

Oh, ok, that was definitely not the right email. I was using a different one! Ok, I'll invite you from this one. Trip, I just sent you an invitation. And I published the format for chapters.

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Adra Cruciatus said...

Talk: Okies!

Alastair Cruciatus said...

Alright! Trip and Adra, you've both been invited as authors, and I have the format up for how to make posts.

Trip, when you can, will you write the long version of Arra's possession and exorcism for me?

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Adra Cruciatus said...

Talk: OH WAIT. No, that is the wrong email. *facepalms* good lord. It was adrasdosdark477@gmail.com

Sorry, I was commenting on this account, and well... Yeah. Stuff. I'll remove myself from this email..

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

I'mj working on it, but it's quite long.

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Noelle said...

Ah, there we go..

Alastair Cruciatus said...

Oh, ok. I've invited you from the right email, now.

Trip, that's awesome, thanks! Feel free to cut out some of the details if it's taking too long or just way too ridiculous.

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

RP;
*lies in bed* *stares at ceiling*

Mhm...

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

Nah, I aint gonna cut no corners!

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

Talking: Hey Mara!

Want a drink Adra?

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

Talking: Hello?

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

Talking: Hey Trip!:)
Hey Ari and Adra! :)

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Noelle said...

Talk: Sup Mara! *huggles*
RP: Yeah, I would actually...

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

Let me guess, whisky?

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Noelle said...

Actually, no whiskey for me today, just lemonade... *sits on one of the seats*

Talk: Oh god... Which post is which? I DON'T KNOWWWWWW WHERE TO FIND THESE THINGS... Does anyone know the post where we did the whole magic-backfire, Alastair saves us thing then he BEGINS to die?

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

Talking: Sorry, no idea.

RP: *hands Adra lemonade* There you go darlin'

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Noelle said...

Talk: Ah HAH! I FOUND IT!

RP: Darlin'? *laughs* Now you sound like a certain Texan

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Talk; *huggles Adra back*

RP; *gets up* *goes to kitchen and pulls out pink lemonade and four glasses*

*teleports down to everyone* Pink lemonade, anyone?

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Alastair Cruciatus said...

The post with the magical backfiring was the Conclusion of the Whole Alastair Thing. I might break that one into two parts later. But that's the one. I kind of mushed a bunch of things into one post with that one in the interest of time.

Also, I'm making a post for everybody's current location/activities in the roleplay, so whenever you guys want you can update your positions. Otherwise I'll keep it as current as possible.

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

Or a cockney...

Sorry, my personality is still a bit off, I'm recalibrating it.

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Noelle said...

Recalibrating? Lord, you're not a robot, Trip

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

It's the best way to describe it...

I'm fine thanks Mara. Come sit down.

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Alastair Cruciatus said...

I might have to go now. I'm definitely distant.

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Noelle said...

Talk: Okay, Ari.

Hm. I suppose...?

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

You suppose?

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

*teleports* *comes back with two glasses*
Anyone?
*sits beside Trip* Thanks. *smiles*

Talk; Awh, okay Ari :(
Msd and mbd, btw...

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Noelle said...

I suppose it is the best way to describe it... But certainly there... *shrugs* nevermind.

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

So, our problem with the thing underground.

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Noelle said...

Right, so earlier yesterday, a few of us were investigating a band of mages who had gone bad. We arrived at their house, and were ushered in.
We basically were being beaten to death, and at one point... One point this shadow figure took me away, and I was gone. It didn't feel like teleporting, but it didn't not...
That's beside the point. I woke up immobile in complete and utter darkness, without the ability to use alchemy. All I heard was rushing water, and the occasional inhuman screech. I didn't know where I was.
After what felt like hours, a shadowy figure came towards me... He was tall, and thin, and- get this- his legs were bend backward. He had sharp claws as well and a dark face. And he didn't say anything- he just stood there, then he screamed. It was awful, actually, to hear. And I was back at the house.
I had no idea where I went.
Or even if I physically went somewhere, or if it was all in my head. But it was weird, and I wanted your opinion on it.

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

My opinion? Why mine?

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

My opinion? Why mine?

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Noelle said...

Because you're the one who warned me the other day for digging around. And, seemingly, you're the only other type of alchemist I know and there's a chance you would have any idea what this is.

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Hi all! How are you? Mbd.

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

Okay then...

weird bent legs, horrific scream, weird teleporting, sharp claws, dark face. Sounds like a Jaberwocky.

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

Talking: hey Rhydian! I'm good! You?

I haven't read you in ages!

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

Oh, did I tell you the news? *smiles*

*teleports away* *reappears with a Yorkshire Terrier puppy*

This is Tilli. She's Harry and I's new dog. *grins*

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Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

I'm good! Last day of School today. So emotional...For everyone else. I'm new so it didn't seem to bother me that much. And we're going to a new building next year. (September) Very exciting.

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Noelle said...

talk: Sup, Rhyd.

RP: A Jabberwocky? Who are you now, Lewis Carroll?

Noelle said...

*pets Tilli* how precious!

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Hiya Adra! Jabberwocky? What's going on?

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

You never knew they were real? Awful things. Awful awful things.

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Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

*looks at Tilli* Aw! She's adorable!!!

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Luciana said...

...Hello?

Wbd. (I'm writing Imperfect):3

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

*looks at Tilli* Aw, sweet.

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Noelle said...

I've read about them, yeah...
Bloody hell, why a Jabberwocky? What does that have to do with the Earth? There's no way that a Jabberwocky would be pulling the strings... I don't think they're even capable of thought.
*frowns, thinking* Unless it was just sent to scare me. In that case, it was a failure.

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Hi Luce! How are you? YAY FOR IMPERFECT!!!

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

Well, if the earth itself is angry with you, it could send just about whatever it wants.

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

She's the most energetic dog ever. *laughs* But not right now. She's tired.
Harry brought me to the pound yesterday and we saw Tilli and just knew she was adorable. *smiles*
She had been abandoned as a pup *frowns* Just a few weeks ago. But she's okay now.

(wbd, dinner!)

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Noelle said...

Talk: okay! Hi Luce!

RP: And still, I don't know what I've done. I can hardly even make portals anymore without it taking a lot out of me.

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Talk; Luciiiiiiii! *hugs* :)


Actually, make that a brb...

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Star Inkbright said...

. . . I wrote out this massive, meaningful thing, and then the page refreshed by itself. -_-

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Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

*hugs Star* It's okay. If you wanna write it again then sure. Or we can just take your word and believe that it was meaningful.

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

As I said, maybe the earth is just pissed off with you? You know, taking and never giving anything in return?

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Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Gtg now. I won't be on for a few days. Going on holiday and I won't have internet. But if I do I won't bother coming here cos it'll only cut me off for no reason at all. so, bye!

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

Talking: Bye Rhydian!

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Noelle said...

Balance? You mean equivalency? You think the earth is angry at me for equivalency? I lost an arm and a leg. I've lost both my parents and my childhood friends. Everyone I have ever known and gotten close to outside of Blogland,is dead. For God's sake, my own brother and sister are flowers! Flowers! I have given so much to this planet, and have had so many taken away from me, the planet ought to be the one giving me something. There's no balance in that.
*shakes her head*
That's the truth. Of course, everything I believe in is based on that, and it sometimes proves true, but...

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

I guess.

Maybe you're just getting old?

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Noelle said...

*looks at him*

You did not just say that to me.

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

*smiles* It happens to all of us. Even mages can't escape the clutches of old age, just evade them for longer than mortals.

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Luciana said...

Hey all c:

Sorry I'm as distant as I am. I got really into this chapter, because it's so... Accurate to what today's society is like. :)

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Noelle said...

Talk: You're fine, Luce!

RP: *climbs over the counter, and grabs a handful of Trip's shirt, shoving him against a wall* I'm. Not. Old

Jakro Tintreach said...

its been sooo long!

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

How old are you anyway? *remains perfectly calm despite being held quite uncomfortably if I'm honest against a wall*

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

Talking: Pleasure to meet you Jakro! *gives bottle of blogland 2023*

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Star Inkbright said...

Seriously, t was brilliant. And I can never quite recapture it the same, because it sort of rambled from one point to the next, and if I write it out again, I'll just be blandly repeating myself. THe emotion won't be there.

But here goes:

This girl complimented me today on the straightness of my teeth! :)

Yay! :)

(Admittedly, her exact words may have been, "Holly, you know how your teeth are straight? Well, they'll be bent if you don't shut up." BUT STILL.)

You know, I think people like her are under this illusion that weird people like me want to be normal, and that we think we're normal, but we're not, and it's so sad because we will never know what sad fails we are. But she's the one seeing the illusion, because I make an actual effort to try to not follow the crowd simply because they are The Crowd. To be normal is one of my great fears. Maybe you'd hate to be weird like us, but I'd hate to want to be normal like you. You know, I used to realise that I did actually try to fit in, and I did want to be one of everybody, and I was so ashamed of myself. I worked to want to be myself, be different. And now I'm here. And it's glorious. Whenever anyone 'normal' calls me weird, that feels like a compliment, because it's proof that I'm here, I did it, I'm awesome.

You know, I sit there on he bus and I feel so sorry for you, because you'll never UNDERSTAND. And I know you probably sit there feeling sorry for me . . . no, not sorry, because you're a bitch. You're probably angry with me because I irritate you so much with my blindness, and you want to smash my head into a table to try and get my eyes to work, to get me to SEE, to UNDERSTAND. But it's you who doesn't. In The Inheritance Cycle, in the last book, Inheritance, the good guys are fighting agianst the evil bad guy. Well, he's really The Evil Bad Guy, capitals. The whole evil bad guy of the whole story. And the good guy looks him in the eyes and he does this magic without words, this ungraspablebymost magic, and he makes him UNDERSTAND, because he just wanted him so much GET it, to SEE what he was doing. And I feel like that.
I always feel sad when the evil bad guys are defeated and die without becoming good or whatsit, because they die blind, without UNDERSTANDING. If a good person dies, that's more okay, because at least they climbed to the top of that hill before their death.
And you, you from the bus who apparently thinks I have straight teeth . . . I sit there and I feel sorry for you, because you're at the bottom of the hill and you don't even know it. You think you're shining at the top, but you're not, and it's heartbreaking. And I just sit there, and I wish I could take your blindfold off so you can see where you're going, but I don't know how to undo the knot. ANd I feel so bad, because I do nothing to help you. :/

(I recaptured and refelt the emotion, so it's all good. :) )

. . . Guilty, now. :/

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Jakro Tintreach said...

great to see you guys again... i think i havent been on since october 2012

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

Talking: So true Star, TESTIFY!

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Noelle said...

Talk: *hugs Star* You have kind of just gone outside of rational thought, while staying in rational thought.. I don't know how to respond to that, just that it was wonderful, your speech. Sad, but wonderful.

RP: Trip, I'm only a bit over 400. *glares*

Star Inkbright said...

Hmm. I'm sure I missed something, but still. :)

In our penultimate Geography lesson, we watched half of Slumdog Millionaire, because we'd just been doing about India and Slumdog Millionaire shows us a lot of India.
But then our real Geography teacher, who'd had to give us up for a few weeks to teach A level or something, found out, and said we weren't allowed to watch it. Maybe something to do with the swearing, maybe someting to do with the fact people were getting their eyes burnt out with acid. So we couldn't watch it. And I was realy annoyed, because like, I wanted to find out what happened! D:
I mean, we watched the Top Gear Indian Special instead, so it was still a good lesson, but I was still annoyed.

So I went and got the book out the library. XD

I WILL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS.

I bet the movie's better, though. -_-

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

Well, I hold no intention of taking it back, so you can punch me in the face now, or we can continue our conversation like this.

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Noelle said...

*let's go of Trip* Hmph. No, I only hit you when you're being really stupid. Lucky for you, this doesn't qualify.

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Oh, how I wish that was me~

Back! :)

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

Oh okay.

Well, I'm out of ideas.

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Noelle said...

Yeah, clearly. *jumps over the counter again, and grabs her notebook, giving a deep, over exaggerated bow* If you'll excuse me, I'll go see if I can get back into wacky world.

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

Wacky world?

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Noelle said...

*nods, walking away* Back to where I was yesterday morning. The place with the strange creepy figure. I'm sure I can find a way back there.

Star Inkbright said...

@Adra and Trip: *hugs*

And this is how you can tell you're really awesome people and not bitches. :)

I love you. :)

(Sorry for my distance, I'm reading. D:)

#ChaseFOrBookNine

Noelle said...

Talk: Good to know I'm not a bitch. *nods* :P

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

Talking: We love you too Star.

RP: *hurriedly picks up coat and follows Adra* Then you'll need a jaberwocky won't you?

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

*pets Tilli*

*teleports* *sits in tree*

*hums Little Things*

#ChaseForBook9

Noelle said...

*stops* No... No, I'm certain that it'd already be there. I just need to get in and actually move around. If I can do that- which I'm confident I can... I can maybe find out what the hell is going on

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

Well, you'll need someone to have your back then won't you?

#ChaseForBook9

Star Inkbright said...

Dammit, brb. :(

#ChaseForBookNine

Noelle said...

*glances at him* Maybe. Maybe not. I wouldn't want you wasting your time on an old woman like me.

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

*laughs* When you say it like that it sounds as if I were insulting you!

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Noelle said...

*crosses her arms* Here's a Trip- one you have somehow failed to miss for however long you've been alive, which really evades me- you don't tell a woman she's old.

Ever

Maralie Lily Charm said...

*appears beside Adra*
Woah, what's going on?

#ChaseForBook9

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

Oh I know, I was just having a laugh.

Wait, that's pretty twisted. *frowns*

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Noelle said...

*glares at him, before walking away* I shan't be needing your help, anyway. I hardly even know if this is physical or mental, this place and there is no way in hell that I'm letting you into my head. Or anyone else for that matter.

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

*stops, seems hurt* Oh, okay then... I'll just, wait here. *slumps on grass*

#ChaseForBook9

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

Talking: Hello?

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

Mara, do you mind if I send you this thingy I wrote--not sure it's even a full chapter?

Hey guys [waves] Not here, or if I am, it's only for a couple of minutes or so.

#ChaseForBook9

Noelle said...

*shrugs and looks for a clearing to set everything up*
*finds a nice large flat piece of rock in the woods and takes out her chalk, drawing a rather large symbol on it, one she had come up with earlier that day*
*takes a black marker and draws a definite symbol on her arm- one that counteracts with immobility*
*shoves the marker in her pocket and lays down in the middle of the symbol, as it lights up around her, and in a flash, she's out*

Noelle said...

Talk: hello, Fabilous!

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

Talking: Out of reality or conciousness?

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Noelle said...

Talking: I think consciousness for the moment... So it's just inside her head but if this continues, probably reality

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

Hello Adra! [Waves]

#ChaseForBook9

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

Oops, gtg!

[Vanishes]

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

*just sort of lies there, shocked, and a little bored*

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Noelle said...

*wakes up in complete darkness again. She tries to move her arms and finds that this time, they are able for mobility*
*hears the sound of rushing water and an ominous moaning from somewhere.*
Well... This is new

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Oh, sorry Fab, I just missed you...!
And no, I don't mind :)

#ChaseForBook9

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

Talking: Hey Brad! I haven't read you in months! Where've you been?

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Noelle said...

Talking: Hello, Brad! *hands skulcake*

RP:
*walks in the general direction of the flowing water, the only other sound in the room. Again, her alchemy wasn't working, but the room was lighter, with a dim source of-*
*she stepped into the water*
*it wasn't water*
*Adra looked down as the sharp, vile smell of blood rose, and she realized that no, it wasn't a stream that she had been hearing. It was a river of blood*
*a dull object hit her boot and she screamed, tumbling backward, realizing that it was- a severed head*

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

Busy! Woah #ChaseForBook9 is still going on!

Coz my Mam had a baby!!

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

Talking: Well yeah.

#ChaseForBook9

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

Talking: Why wouldn't it?

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

Omg, Best Song Ever 6 Days To Go *cries*

IT'S SO PERFECT NIALL AS HARVEY OMG ❤

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

Well, I guess more exercises will always be helpful, let Adra leave you here, me here? Me here, she'll regret it when she needs backup. *gets up gruffly and heads towards the woods*

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Noelle said...

*runs back to the place where she woke up at, and grabs a small rock, throwing it as far as she can*
*the ground begins to rumble underneath her as a voice roars: "You have really angered us now, Adrasdos Dark. Coming into this sacred place without a Guide? The ultimate offense. One more slip up like that, and we will expel you from here, and close the doors that allow you to preform your alchemy- for good*
*the ground beneath Adra cracks, and she is suddenly falling, and jolted back into her regular body. She sits up, gasping for air, and feeling like she got run over by a train*
Whoa... Wipeout.

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

No she won't, she's a badass. She doesn't need me, she doesn't need anyone. And look at me, falling apart because of my own power.

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

WBD. MSD.

Queen Flora Ophelia of the Flowers; Leader of the New Land of Stickers; Prophet of the New Order; General of the Shadow People said...

Sorry I disappeared earlier! Had to clean :P

How's everyone? (Sorry if I'm disrupting roleplay)

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Luciana said...

Of course #ChaseForBook9 is still going on.

It will continue as long as it needs to!

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

*sobs*

NIALL HAS A BEARD

OMG

BEARD

NIALL

ILY BBY❤

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Emerald Melody said...

*goes after Trip*

So you're just gonna leave Adra there?!

Not knowing what to do or how she got there?!

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Noelle said...

*turns and empties the contents of her stomach into nearby bushes, feeling her eyes tear up*
*falls back onto the ground, pulling out a little vial of mouthwash and water, swishing it around then spitting it out*
That was... Certainly unexpected... *lays on her back, looking up at the sun* If only someone or something could just bloody tell me what I did wrong...

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Hi all! How are you?

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Queen Flora Ophelia of the Flowers; Leader of the New Land of Stickers; Prophet of the New Order; General of the Shadow People said...

Alright, Rhydian, and you? :)

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Noelle said...

Talk: *waves* Wingapo, Rhydian

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

I'm good Lia!:)

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

*turns to Em* I would expect she knows exactly how she got there and what she's doing! I also /know/ she doesn't want my help and I can pretty much just bugger off!

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

Talking: Hey Rhydian!

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Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Hi Trip! What's going on?

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

Talking: Well, Adra's doing some stuff... I don't think anyone knows exactly what, and Trip is pissed off because she didn't want his help.

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Luciana said...

FLORAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

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Noelle said...

*digs the heels of her hands into her eyes* ARGH! What the hell is going on!

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

Mara, if you're here, check your email. :-)

Hellooo everyoneee!

#ChaseForBook9

Queen Flora Ophelia of the Flowers; Leader of the New Land of Stickers; Prophet of the New Order; General of the Shadow People said...

LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCEEEEEEEEEEEEE! *TACKLEHUG*

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

I ded to the little things. Those small, uplifting, funny things that just make life worth living. We all have our little things, so I'm not going to list mine, but... it's those little things that make me who I am. Without them I wouldn't be able to sustain this level of emotional toughness, and I wouldn't be half as awesome as I am. So to the little things, I say thank you.

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Emerald Melody said...

*grabs Trip up against a tree*

Don't be such a stubborn fool!!!

You know she needs your help. She has gone for you for help because you know that none of us can help her except for YOU!!

If I could I would but I can't.

*shows Trip her shoulder wound which has turned black*

I'm still infected from the possession. If I go near her in her
alchemic state, I could damage her!

#ChaseForBook9

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

*walks into clearing, differnt one to Adra's and starts to do energy tae chi*

(Will be gone for a short while, food.)

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

*mumbling as falls into trap* No Em... She didn't want my help, if she does in fact need it, she'll need to learn from her mistakes...

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Noelle said...

Talk: *raises glass* hear hear!

RP: *hastily gets to her feet, and grabs what is left of her water, splashing it on the circle, so the chalk begins to wash away*
*walks back to a small house where she washes her arm in the sink, to get the ink off her arm*

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

Hello Flora, Lucy, Rhydian, Adra, Em, Trip and um anyone I missed.

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Queen Flora Ophelia of the Flowers; Leader of the New Land of Stickers; Prophet of the New Order; General of the Shadow People said...

Hey Fabi :)

#chaseforbook9

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

What have I missed

Luciana said...

HEY FABI!

#Chaseforbook9

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Hi Fabi!

#ChaseForBook9

Noelle said...

Talk: Zaf!http://anamelessattempttoestablishsomeorder.blogspot.com/

go here, it'll tell you

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

Hello Zaf. :-)

Um, alchemy stuff I can't explain, mostly, I think.

#ChaseForBook9

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

Will someone tell Ari that I wanna have Alexis talk to Niccolo but I won't be on until about 10 as Ian going to Medieval Times at 7:45

Noelle said...

Talk: Will do, Zaf!

Yeah... Fabi, I don't know either..?

Edward Fletcher said...

hello

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Emerald Melody said...

*pushes Trip away and spits on him*

You're a f**king cowardly idiot!

*charges off away towards the lake*

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Noelle said...

*sees Em storm past*
What the...

*dashes outside* Em! Emerald!

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