Thank you.
I exchanged a few tweets with her a few weeks ago, then visited her twitter page. I figured if she was half as funny in her book as she is on twitter, it'd be a book worth reading. So I bought it, and I've just finished it.
My Review of Geek Girl
Geek Girl is a book about a girl who is a geek. There are no ninjas in it. Virtually no one dies. There are two haircuts (one planned, one not). There are bizarre characters. There is one tremendously awful bully that makes you want to punch the page. There are clothes and shoes.
And DESPITE all the lack of bloodshed... this book is brilliant.
Harriet is 15 years old. She's a geek. She likes facts and figures and doing her homework. She's not exactly popular in school. She's just... weird. Her mind works in unusual ways. When she's plucked from her life and told she's going to be a model she thinks everything is going to get better— she's going to change and suddenly be cool and have friends...
There are lines in this book that will make you laugh out loud. There are jokes. One liners. Gags. Set ups and payoffs. It may deal with popularity (or lack of same), and it may deal with bullying, and insecurity, and it may play with the myth of metamorphosis... but even when Harriet is at her most vulnerable, she is never less than hilarious.
If it helps, you can think of Harriet as the younger sister to Clarabelle, in the Skulduggery books. She is, literally, THAT weird. And THAT loveable.
I would rate this book eight fish out of eight.
But please, let's not mention how much Holly fancies me. It's just... it's embarrassing.
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Talking: Umbrella, ella, ella, ay, ay, ay...
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I dedic☂te to everybody on this blog. You guys ☂lw☂ys make me feel like I'm ☂t home!
I ☂lso dedic☂te to umbrell☂s... THEY ☂RE SO EPIC
☂nd Z☂fir☂, who needs ☂ hug and who is ☂WESOME ☂nd cool. *hugs*
And ☂dr☂, who is a really good and dedicated roleplayer!
☂nd M☂HU.
I should prob☂bly get to work on the story now... I w☂nted to h☂ve it done by tonight!!
OH YE☂H ☂ND HOMESTUCK
Nice ded, Ember! :-)
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... No, I don't think so. I mean, I don't know if I want to leave...
*nods to the man*
He's taken the form of my father, who died in the war against Mevolent. Great man, actually. He was killed, however, by one of his own patients who had gone crazy from the PTSD. Both my mom and my da were killed that day, along with a few other doctors...
They're the reason I always try to save people. Even when it's the wrong people, I try to follow the example that my parents made, even though they were killed for it.
I dunno... I've never come to terms with their death. Somewhere, deep inside, it still hurts when I think of them, and-
Victoria and Antonio? Those flowers that Alastair made?
They're my brother and sister, and right now they're waiting for me to get this all settled, because I'll be damned if I lose my WHOLE family.
☂DR☂ TH☂T W☂S SUCH ☂ COOL SPEECH!!
*raises her glass* Hear hear. *drinks*
[Deep breath] Oh...
[Looks like she wants to give Adra a hug]
[Doesn't]
[Murmurs to self] I remember Alastair. I hate him.
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Talking: omfg here we go again now we're giving me more hell for no reason why cant they leave me the fuck alone? I deal with them enough but oh how suddenly dad says im allowed to do theater when i tell mom
I'm doing ☂ Chin☂-Wre☂th v.s Eliz☂-Cr☂ven thing ☂nd it is SO MUCH FUN!!!!!
Talk: [hugs Zaf]
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Yeah, see. That's the thing, though! Even though Alastair doomed my siblings, I still can't hate him! He's endangered so many lives and all I can think about doing is fixing him.
*drinks again* Damn. If only the world were one color.
You're a good person, Adra. [Smiles slightly]
I barely even remember him, much less anything he did and I still hate him. I wonder... [Trails off]
Talk: Ari? [Waves] Bye if you left.
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Well, THAT WAS DEPRESSING. *rolls to her feet and looks quizzically at the ganger* Now, what to do with you...
Talk: my dad complains apparently i didnt wear the rubber bands but how does he even know? Everytime he asked was when i was in the middle of dinner or brushing my teeth so he gets all mad when he asked when i can't and was told to not wear them. I mean next with my retainer it'll be him asking whenever im not supposed to and it'll start with the same cycle i mean what is the bloody point?! I can't take him anymore if he died at this point he'd be doing a favor for everyone he never supports me never cares he complains if i ask for a simple thing like cereal or an iPod case so why does he stick around if he contributes a negative attitude
*glances around* Where DID Aretha go, anyway?
Oh Zaffy, I know you feel like that, but never wish for something like your father dying.
My mom got cancer, and she almost died. Don't wish for something like that. Besides, your parents love you and they're just trying to do the best they can.
[hugs Zaf tightly]
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Ember he never cares! He says he loves me but he never shows it not once after i turned 13 from that time on it was making me miserable
I don't know, she was right behind me. [Pales] Do you think she went back in there?
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*shakes head* I dunno... *calls* ARETHA
Fathers are sometimes like that. THEY ARE MEN FOR GOD'S SAKE (sorry, i know I sound mean but whatever)
And i'm sure there are plenty of people who love you, and i know your mom believes in you. Moms love their children. MATTER OF PRINCIPLE.
Maybe your father is having a bad time or something and is taking it out on you...?
Adra and Fabi, can you help me with Zaffy? She needs tlc ☂S☂P
Talk: yeah sometimes she acts it but Dad never does im age 15 and nothing changed unless you count more miserable. I begged and begged to possibly look into going to Ireland my mom said yes my dad had a hissy fit and told me no
I'm going back there. I have to see...
Talking: I'm really sorry, Zaf. [hugs again]
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Talking: *walks to Zaf* I know they piss you the hell off. And they frustrate you. But if you want to fix it, try to walk in their shoes a bit.
Because you're a great person and a wonderful girl and you'll be out of there in a few years. So hold on to that thought.
Where is Ari/Coco?
*goes with Fabi*
Talking: where did she go irl, though? :P
I'll see what I h[umbrella]ve, but I'm on my phone, so...
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Talking: Adra i dont know anymore what they think i dont feel wanted in my own home
Talk: Zaf: I have two homes, okay? I feel your pain.
Talk: I don't know. :-P She may have been interrupted, or she might be writing a really long speech to try and make Zaf feel better. Hard to say.
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Talking: Well, you're wanted here.
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Talking: Adra i know...I know it's harder on you
Talking: Sorry, I was sent to 'bed'. So now I'm 'asleep'. Yeah. Now I'm going to write the really long speech, so give me another few minutes. Sorry, guys.
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There she is.
Talk: *hugs Zaf* no one is more important than anyone else, and the severity of a situation is in the eye of the beholder. We all have issues, Zaf, and they all have the same worth to the one who is receiving it.
So it's not harder...
But we are on the same scale here
THIS STORY IS SO FUN
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“I want her to give me the child,” Sanguine growled.
“Child? What… which child?” Joy asked, looking around in confusion.
Sanguine looked pointedly at Tanith. “Say you’ll give me the child, or I’ll kill you AND her.”
“What are you talking about?” Ghastly said, pulling Sanguine off Tanith. “And how did you know Tanith was having my child?”
“It’s not your child, dumbass,” Sanguine snapped. “It’s mine.”
Candy picked at her leather boots. “Intense.”
Then Ravel burst in the door. “Tanith! How’s the child?”
Tanith turned white.
“How do you know about the child?” he yelled.
“Um, sorry to tell you Ghastly… but I think it’s mine,” Ravel sighed.
Sanguine looked confused. “No! It’s mine, isn’t it?”
Ghastly sat down and Tanith burbled a little bit.
Talk: S'okay Ari. [hugs]
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Talk: it's fine Ari...and Adra i know it's just i dunno i lost it after a while i get it my mom gets mad i get it but when i have to relive the anger from my dad its not fair
Talk: That's life, Zaf. We learn to deal with things and it makes us more wise and smart. It hurts, but we can take something from those experiences, and really make sure not to follow in those same footsteps. *which I realize is hard to do when you've been born of them* but this is a general thing*
Talk: yeah i know like if i ever have kids i won't ask them if they wear their rubber bands at dinner and expect to be told yes it's obvious they'll say no because eating is when you DONT wear them, and i know to make sure if said kid is in trouble only myself or my spouse yell at them not both
Talk: [Hugs everyone who wants a hug]
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Talk: thanks i needed one Fabi
*sighs* WELL. Anyone want to have their minds taken off things?
Talking: I'm gonna be distant soon... Roh is making me play Minecraft with him... I don't particularly want to... I'll be here and back and I think I'm here at the moment...
*Looks around and walks over to Niccolò* *Pretends to freeze and then points to face*
[hugs Zaf again]
You could try asking him to talk to the orthodontist...?
My dad usually asks doctors lots of weird questions and wants to know how everything works. [Mutters to self]
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Talk: he did but...he never listens
Roleplay: Death you realize Coco and i are training right?
*laughs at Rose as she takes the holy water from her bag, and some chalk*
Talk: Sounds good, Adra. Okay Death.
...I've never played Minecraft.
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*Puts thumb at Zaffy and gives her big hug*
HEY GUYS sorry about poofing.
I'M ALMOST DONE. ALMOST.
*yelps* Deathy lets not hurt me too bad eh? Coco and I were sparring and he made my knee bend how it shouldnt and uh yeah so the cartilage and tendons he healed but it hurts pretty bad
Talking: Go Ember! Go Ember!
I souls probably write some more IWAD tonight...
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Talking: Ok, I can't speak from personal experience and I won't pretend I understand just what that's like- my family has always been supportive of me, so I haven't been through what you have. But I have more secondhand scars than I care to count, and even though I don't understand perfectly, I've been effected enough to know how this kind of thing works. I have friends with awful parents. This one girl I'm close to was in 4 AP classes- she started with 5, which was the most you can take, but it was too much, so she dropped to the honors language instead of AP- and it still wasn't enough for her parents. It never is. Every night, since forever, they've come home and just yelled at her for no reason. I've seen it firsthand. One time her sister threw away an apple core, her parents saw it and blamed her and grounded her for a week for throwing it in the trash instead of the garbage disposal- later her sister admitted she had done it, but her parents grounded my friend for it anyway. She's basically just hanging on until she can leave the house and never look back. She loves singing, but her parents want her to do something they deem practical, and they won't pay for her college if she applies to the theatre school she wants to go to. So she has to figure out some way to appease them, maybe by double majoring or something. It just seems like they've had it in for her her whole life. Why am I telling you this? Because I swear on my life- on my brother's and parent's lives- on her life, even- that she is one of the most amazing people I have ever had the honor of meeting in my entire life. And she refuses to believe that because she's had it drilled into her so often that she's not good enough. What I'm trying to prove here is that even though they yell at you, it doesn't make them right. It just makes them stupid, and really really bad at parenting. And I know you're pretty much stuck with that for the next few years, and I don't envy you that in the slightest, and I won't try to downplay how awful that is. But you can make it. No matter how many obstacles are in your way, you are your own person, not your parents' clay to mold however they choose. They can try and force you to sign up for programs and honors classes and yell and scream and do everything in their power to keep you back, but you have a spark that's completely your own, and even though it's hard, you have to keep it bright. You have an essence that's completely unique that no one can ever take away from you, and no amount of yelling will change that. So they'll just keep being awful, and it'll always hurt you every now and then, but that doesn't mean they're right, and that doesn't mean they'll win. You are your own person, and you're not perfect like they want you to be- it's our imperfections that make us great, not the other way around- but keep in mind that beneath everything else, you are you, and you is pretty darn amazing. Don't you think on it when they tell you otherwise.
I hope I didn't loose track of myself too badly on that one, sorry...
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*Puts thumb up* *Runs over to lake and glares at reflection* Ow!! Yay!! I can speak again!!!
*finishes drawing, and sprinkles some holy water into the symbol*
*the ganger rushes forward, his face stern, a permanent scowl on his face*
*smiles* oops!
*touches the circle, and it crackles blue, and a large portal appears from underneath the ganger. He growls and falls into it. Adra sprinkles the rest of the holy water in there, before closing it up*
There you go!
Talking: Whoo! *wipes brow* I really hope that wasn't too confusing/it was at least mildly helpful...? I can write another one that's not so rant-y if that would be easier to understand...
Can somebody please remind me of what's going on in the roleplay now? I may have temporarily mentally exhausted myself between long lectures and Victoriandustrial songs...
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*raises glass to what Aretha said* not a dedication, but pretty damn solid.
HEAR HEAR
Um... I just sent the ganger to the afterlife
Talk: [Hugs Ari]
That was beautiful.
[Is most certainly definitely not crying okay maybe a little or more than that]
Yay, Death! [hugs] Talking is good!
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Talking: Ari...damn that's like cruel...so cruel to do to a person it is i didnt get into AP History or AP Biology and my mom wasnt mad i am in Honors English so she doesnt complain
I ran away from Cell Block D, but then we didn't know where you went, so I went back to look.
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Ari Zaf and Coco sparring and Adra i dunno
NEALRY DONE
ARETHA THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL
Yeah, and I almost had a mental breakdown *thumbs up* YAY! *not really*
Talk: Go Ember! [hugs]
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*Hugs Ari* That was amazing!!
Okay, playing Minecraft again...
Talking: Oh, ok. And your memories are still gone, right? So, how to go about this... Sorry, people in the haunted place will need to give me a minute to collect myself...
So, was that confusing, or just not helpful? Because I can write another that's a little more to the point if necessary...
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Talking: it was helpful
Talking: Yeah, they're mostly gone, but I remembered hating Alastair.
And it was beautiful and sad...
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A perfect chaos, if you will
Aw thanks Fabi :)
I'M FINALLY DONE! Should i post it here?? It's like 2255 words long (which is not big, but it might be annoying to scroll through)
Talking: Well if you don't, email it to me, please? I'd love to read it.
I have no objection to scrolling, though.
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Distant, working on making another profile pic that looks a bit more like me.
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*puts her things in her bag, and shoulders it* Well there goes that. *kicks through the salt circle.
Talk: what Zaf looks like is almost me...dark brown hair and brown eyes she's tall and always is found in black clothes she got made in Ireland. Necklace shaped like a skull is the her Object
IT DOES NOT LET ME POST IT
bit by bit then
IT STILL DOES NOT LET ME
I am going to do this one more time
“Look. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spite our parents and show them how capable we are. Are you in?”
“Come on, Ari,” Joy groaned. “You’re Cain and Pleasant’s daughter, you have a hell of a lot more to prove than us.”
“I thought you were my best friend!”
“Doesn’t mean I have to do this.”
“You’ll be fine, Rosie,” Candy Haze said, picking at her black-painted fingernails.
“Don’t call me Rosie. My name is Joy Rose. Call me Joy, or call me Rose. NOT ROSIE.”
“Yeah, whatever, shut your cranky mouth.”
“You shut your Goth mouth! See, this is why popular people and funeral directors shouldn’t mix.”
“Mist is not a funeral director!”
“And Ravel’s not that popular,” Aretha Tesla whispered to nobody in particular.
“ARI!”
“Gee, sorry. Grumpy much.”
Meanwhile, Loyalty Scar and Resentment Dark were glaring at each other in the back. They were complete and utter sworn enemies, which is what happens when the daughter of China and Wreath meets the son of Craven and Scorn.
“I vote for going,” Resentment said in an angry tone.
“I vote for going too,” Loyalty nodded. “And my vote is more important than yours.”
“Is not. And besides, I voted first.”
“I hate you to the ends of the earth.”
“Run out of comebacks, huh?”
“No, otherwise I would’ve stopped talking.”
“Really? I thought you weren’t capable of shutting your mouth.”
“SHUT UP!” Aretha yelled. “We’re running out of time! We need to use this time-travel device before Dad notices I stole it from him!”
Clarabelle and Sanguine’s daughter cackled madly. “Yeah, whatevs, we’ll be fine! Who wants salt-and-pepper ice cream? Made it with Mom three weeks ago!”
Candy looked at the tub clutched in Jubilance’s hands. “Did you keep that in the fridge by any chance?”
“Nah. Fridges are for losers.”
“You’re a rebel. I like that.” Candy snatched it and began to eat it with a passion.
“Look,” Aretha groaned, “Resentment and Loyalty are for it. Candy seems to be too. So Joy, we’re going to drag you with us. And Jubilance, I don’t think you know what day of the week it is, so you won’t mind if we bring you.”
“I know what day of the week it is! It’s January!”
“That’s a month.”
“Crap.”
“That’s not even the right month. This is July.”
“Double crap.”
“But you got the correct starting and ending letter, so you’ve definitely improved.”
“Oh yeah!” Jubilance started to dance really badly.
Joy looked away. “What are we even doing back in time?”
“We’re going to go meet our parents,” Aretha said proudly, “And help them with all that heroic stuff they used to do. And then we’ll come back and tell them how awesome we were and stuff.”
“Mom and Dad would kill me.”
“Come on! Bespoke and Low are totally chill.”
“Alright…well, fine.”
They all joined hands around the time-traveling machine. Well, Loyalty and Resentment slapped each others hands away before they reluctantly touched index fingers, but that kind of counted anyway. Aretha pressed some buttons on the machine, and then a bright blue light enveloped them and they disappeared into the past.
When the blue light faded, they were standing in Valkyrie Cain’s old living room. Melissa Edgley was giving them a very horrified look.
“I’M YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER!” Aretha screamed happily, and Melissa fainted.
Jubilance teared up. “That was a beautiful introduction.”
Candy simply pulled out her cigarette lighter.
“This is a no-smoking house,” Desmond Edgley said. “Please refrain from—“
He then paused. “Who are you?”
“The plumbers,” Loyalty said.
“The electricians,” Resentment said at the same time.
“Plumbers!”
“Electricians!”
“PLUMBERS!”
“ELECTRICIANS!”
“We’re plumbertricians,” Jubilance nodded.
Desmond scratched his head. “Aren’t you guys a little young to be plumbertricians?”
Candy rolled her eyes. “Aren’t you a little young to be sitting here doing bugger-all?”
Spiders leaked out of her hands (did I mention she was a Child of the Spider?), and Aretha smacked her on the back of her head. “That’s my grandpa, idiot!”
Desmond looked at her. “Stephanie has a daughter? Or did I have another child that I don’t know about?”
“Val—I mean Stephanie is my mom, yeah.”
“How old are you?”
“Fifteen.”
“So she was two when she had you?”
“Our kind reproduces young.”
“I see. Who’s the father?”
“400-year-old skeleton.
Desmond looked just a bit baffled. “So… Wait… What?
Jubilance waved her hand in the air and Desmond immediately fell asleep.
“Alright,” Aretha said. “Let’s split up, find our parents, and meet back here at 4 p.m.”
Everybody in the room who was not unconscious or sleeping nodded their approval, and the room slowly emptied out.
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Aretha flew over the city. Her parents had raised her to become an Elemental, not wanting her to become caught up in Necromancer politics. She could see why—Loyalty and Resentment were always at each other’s necks, although maybe that was just their families’ rivalry.
Ah, there they were! Valkyrie and Skulduggery were coming out from the Bentley. Aretha had always wished she could ride in the Bentley, but Skulduggery had never let her.
“Hi!” she said to them as she touched down. “I’m Aretha Tesla, your daughter, and I’m an Elemental, and can I ride in the Bentley please?
Skulduggery gave her an odd look. "My daughter is dead."
"Not THAT one, the other one!"
"I have another one?"
"You are such a terrible father," Valkyrie laughed.
"And she's my mom," Aretha said, pointing at Valkyrie.
Valkyrie stopped laughing. "That doesn't... make sense... What? I'm too young! And I don't even remember... stuff..."
"I'm from the future, idiot!"
"I think your father would not be happy with you calling your mother an idiot," Skulduggery nodded. "I should know."
Valkyrie whirled around to face him. "And you're okay with this??"
"Why shouldn't I be?"
"Because we're not a couple... like that, anyway! And we'd never.... Aretha, are we married?"
"In my time, you've been married for sixteen years."
Valkyrie turned white. "And when... when did the relationship start?"
"Today, actually."
Valkyrie looked like she was about to faint, so Skulduggery put his arm around her. She made a half-hearted attempt to swat him off, and then seemed to give up.
"We're really married?"
Aretha showed them a picture of them hugging her as a baby."
Valkyrie began to tear up. “Okay.” And then she kissed Skulduggery full on the teeth.
"Ew," Aretha groaned.
Talk: Ooh, I might paint Zaf when I'm done with Fabi.
[plots]
Oh, if you don't mind, that is.
Ember, is it too long for one comment?
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I DIG!
Meanwhile, Joy and Candy were having tea with Tanith and Ghastly. Candy couldn't find her father anywhere--he was probably tunneling somewhere. And Clarabelle? Only God knew where she was. Candy doubted even she knew where she was.
"Would you and your friend like some more biscuits?" Ghastly asked, pink mittens covering his hands.
Joy sighed. "She's not really my friend, I mean..."
Candy rolled her eyes. "Don't bother, I already ate the rest of the cookies while you were getting us some more tea. Oh yeah, speaking of the tea, I spat in it. So don't drink it."
"Why would you spit in the tea?!" Joy yelled.
Tanith sipped her tea. "Spit doesn't bother me."
"My spit contains spiders."
Tanith dropped the cup and screamed, then spat spiders out of her mouth frantically. Candy just laughed.
And that was when Sanguine tunneled up through the ground and grabbed Tanith by the throat.
"We're plumbers, dumbass!" Loyalty was yelling.
Yes. It was still going on, and the people in the library were getting seriously pissed.
"ELECTRICIANS."
"Plumbers!"
"Electricians!"
"Electricians have a more dangerous job! We could've electrocuted ourselves pretending to be an electrician!"
"But plumbing is SO ANNOYING," Resentment whined. "I don't want to dig around in somebody's poop!"
"Would you rather get electrocuted? Be a man!"
"You be a man!"
"I'm female, stupid!"
"What's going on in here?" China Sorrows sighed. "Would you please be slightly more quiet?" Scorn followed her out.
"Yes, mother," Loyalty bowed. China raised a delicate eyebrow.
"I am not your mother."
"I am from the future."
"Prove it to me."
"Wreath is my father. Until you decide to acknowledge my birth to the public, you are keeping me behind this secret bookshelf."
Loyalty pressed a button and a bookshelf slid back to reveal a tiny baby in a crib.
Everybody in the room looked at China. China looked almost horrified.
Wreath, unfortunately, also happened to be in the room reading a book.
He gave her an almost uninterested look. "You hid our baby in a bookshelf, did you? How original."
China glared angrily at him. "Where would you have put her?"
"I," Eliza Scorn smirked, "have a much better place for my baby boy, because I'm not ashamed of him OR my relationship with Craven. My little boy has his own mansion."
"Liar," Resentment muttered. "You hid me in the fridge."
Eliza hit him and he howled.
“You just hit our son?!” Craven yelled. “How dare you!”
“Back off,” Eliza growled, and Craven backed off.
“Your partner is a coward,” China smirked. “He absolutely pales in comparison to mine.”
Eliza put a hand on her hip. “Oh, you think?”
“You know me, Eliza. I always think. Unlike you.”
“I think!”
“On occasion. When it serves you best.”
“I’m not paranoid like you are, though.”
Craven laughed and Wreath turned to face him.
“You think your wife is better than mine?”
“Yeah, I do. What gave it away, besides that my wife is totally OWNING yours?”
“You’re so wrong, you have no idea.”
“Oh, you think? ELIZA! KICK HER ASS!”
Eliza gave him a look. “I don’t take orders from you. Shut up.”
He shut up.
“You have him well trained,” China said with a note of admiration in her voice.
“Yeah, Craven,” Wreath grinned. “Scorn owns you.”
“Does not!”
“He does whatever I tell him,” Scorn said, slightly pleased. “Craven! Kill Wreath!”
Craven immediately started to whip up shadows. Wreath got his cane ready, and China came to stand beside him.
“That’s hardly fair, China,” Eliza sighed. “I guess I shall have to fight alongside my puppy dog of a husband.”
She shot red light towards China, who deflected it by tapping some symbols on her arm and pushing the energy away. Wreath whipped shadows at Eliza, who used China as a shield. Wreath withdrew the shadows at the last second, redirected them at Craven, and then the reader got bored already so September decided to start writing about Tanith and Joy instead.
Talking: Ok, awesome, I'm glad that worked. I'm good now. I think there may be something wrong with me, though- I just can't sit still! Ah, maybe I'll supersaturate some tea if I still feel this hyper in, like, an hour. Is anybody still up for roleplaying?
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“PUT MY MOM DOWN!”
Sanguine laughed. “Hello, darling.”
“Don’t call me that!” Joy snapped. “And what are you doing with her?”
“I want her to give me the child,” Sanguine growled.
“Child? What… which child?” Joy asked, looking around in confusion.
Sanguine looked pointedly at Tanith. “Say you’ll give me the child, or I’ll kill you AND her.”
“What are you talking about?” Ghastly said, pulling Sanguine off Tanith. “And how did you know Tanith was having my child?”
“It’s not your child, dumbass,” Sanguine snapped. “It’s mine.”
Candy picked at her leather boots. “Intense.”
Then Ravel burst in the door. “Tanith! How’s the child?”
Tanith turned white.
“How do you know about the child?” he yelled.
“Um, sorry to tell you Ghastly… but I think it’s mine,” Ravel sighed.
Sanguine looked confused. “No! It’s mine, isn’t it?”
Ghastly sat down and Tanith burbled a little bit.
“It’s mine!”
“MINE!”
Tanith attempted to run from the room and the three men caught her and started questioning her.
Finally, she screamed, “I DON’T KNOW!” and fled the room, leaving the guys to beat each other up.
Joy and Candy gave each other puzzled looks, when Sanguine grabbed Joy and Candy and held a knife to their throats.
“STOP OR I’LL KILL THE GIRLS!” Sanguine screamed.
Joy yelled and kicked. The decision to not be magical was not very smart, when she thought about it. Candy, meanwhile, yawned.
And then Jubi burst into the door.
“DADDY!!!!!” she cried happily. She caught him in a bear hug, and then she made everybody in the room go to sleep.
“Come on,” she laughed. “Let’s go back!”
“Where have you been?” Candy frowned.
Jubilance grinned. “I’d rather not say.”
China and Eliza were slapping each other on the floor, and Craven and Wreath were hitting each other with their Necromancic objects instead of actually using them. So Loyalty and Resentment were seriously bored.
“I’m sorry about the fridge thing,” Loyalty sighed. “At least I had a crib.”
“It’s okay. And you know what, maybe we could’ve been plumbers.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. This is stupid,” Resentment said, gesturing to the fight going on around them.
Loyalty nodded and took his hand in her own. “I agree. Let’s go home.”
And they walked off, still hand in hand.
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Aretha was waiting for them at the machine, along with Joy, Jubi, and Candy.
“That was interesting,” they all said in unison, looking pointedly at Resentment and Loyalty, and then they disappeared in a flash of blue light.
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Later, after suitable bragging to parents had been achieved, Candy went up to Tanith. “Is Rosie my half-sister?”
Tanith sighed. “I honestly don’t know. I never got her tested.”
“Well, you should do it now. For her sake. Otherwise she might stay angry forever.”
Joy had been curled up on the couch, not talking to anybody, for about two hours.
“Alright, I’ll do it.”
They got her tested, and some time later the results came back—Joy was Candy’s half-sister. Candy gave her a hug and bought her some black nail polish.
“I don’t know,” Joy sighed. “My entire life I thought Ghastly was my father, and now… I don’t know what I know anymore…”
Candy hugged her again. “Look, Joy, it doesn’t matter who your blood father is. Ghastly loves you so much. And so does Tanith. And honestly, so do I. We’re a silly, lopsided family.”
Joy laughed for the first time that day, and then drifted off to sleep.
THHHHEEEE EEENNNNNNNDD
FIINNNALLLLYYY
yeah that would not have fit in one comment
Talking: Zaffy is! Zaffy is ready to get beat up by Coco more
I'm stil roleplaying, Aretha!
The plotline, that is.
That was... Insane! XD
I loved Jubilance in this! XD
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Talk: I can still roleplay. :-)
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(I know! I really dig, Ember!)
Talking: Ok, awesome. I need to throw myself into something or I'll never get rid of all this energy...
Did we leave the penitentiary yet?
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No, but we can. I may/may not have just thrown the ganger into the afterlife in rage
WE NEEDS SOMETHING ELSE TO DO
Alexis: *climbs down tree and starts pulling on Niccolo's sleeve* There's someone in the treehouse they tried to kill me!!!
We're still there, Ari.
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Well, apologies for my absence. Would you like to continue?
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Yes of course Niccolo *gets up from sitting*
*stares at Alexis* Tried to kill you in the treehouse? All right, stay here. *teleports into treehouse*
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Ok. Now that the doppelganger is taken care of... Fabi, we need to get your memories back. Ideas, anyone?
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*looks at the other two*
So.
Wanna go find some trouble?
Um...
We could hit you really hard in the head, Fabs
*we all here a scream that sounds like Alexis and the next thing we see is Alexis laying on the ground bleeding from a stab wound*
OMG ALEXIS!!! *runs over despite Niccolo warning me to not walk*
*a man stands in fromt of Alexis and I and he reaches for Zafira*
They're coming back...slowly... I remember who you are now. Sort of?
Adra, if you try to do that, I will defend myself. Just saying,
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I could try negotiating with the dead thing in Cell Block D...
[Hesitates]
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You think it was him that did it? Took your memories?
(Talk: Zaf..? Why do you live in a treehouse?)
*teleports next to Zafira, shoves her out of the way, then teleports behind stranger to Alexis*
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Talk: only if I dont go home usually i do but my spar with Coco...
I think so... All I know is that's where I woke up, and when I went back there, that thing got really angry...
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Fabi, if you think that thing is what stole your memories, I say we go in there and beat it to a pulp. Yeah?
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Beat it to a pulp
AND
hope we all don't get possessed by demons.
Alexis; *tries to speak* Ow! Mean...person...hurt....me
*looks up at person and is in shock* how...you...you're supposed to be dead..Kyle...(Talk; Kyle is a crimminal Zaf arrested but he escaped te Gaol his magic is Elemental)
I'm not sure...if it even has substance enough for us to do that. I didn't see anything, I just felt this presence..,
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Yup
Deal with it
Talk:
NIXION FUCKING STRANGE *tacklehugs of doom* OMG ITS ACTUALLY
HOLY CRAP
RP: It's okay, Fabi. We'll find a way. We always do
Nya Hello!
*picks Alexis up, heals and hands to Zafira, without taking eyes of Kyle* What do you want?
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Talk: Hello Nix.
RP: Thanks, Adra....
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(Talk: Hi, Luna! Have we met? *shakes hands and hands a skulcake* I'm Adra :D)
Fabi... We can try and find something off of that magical Ebay of yours
Talk: HELLO LUNA.
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Kyle: to get my revenge on the Grand Mage of course. *sends knife right into Zaf's eye*
OWWW *holds Alexis close*
Kyle: what are you her husband?
So... huh?
You can look... I'm not sure if I really trust it, though. I can't remember why... You can look.
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*grins* Well, I love a challenge, and I have way too much adrenaline right now. So I say we go! If it'll be especially mad when it sees you, though, Fabi, be careful, ok? *runs into room and yells* I'd like my friend's memories back, please. Now.
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Talk: *facepalm of doom*
Talking: Hi everybody who just showed up! Sorry if I seem ignore-y, I'm being two people and I'm really hyper! LDKFADNFLAJFKOASLDFJlskdfjLK
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*runs after Aretha, wielding salt and holy water*
Talk: NIX! WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN I HAVEN'T TALKED TO YOU IN MONTHS! *hugs again* ARGH
Oh, well, I've been around. Lazy, but around
Talk: *nods* okay, okay. Well. Care to join our RP?
That's whats the huh was about. What's going on? Do I have to beat someone up?
[We're in this haunted jail place and I don't remember why, because I lost my memories except they're coming back a little bit, and I think it's because of this thing in Cell Block D, and Niccolo was training Zaf back at Blogland, only I think they're being attacked.]
#ChaseForBook9
WELL, I've been painfully trying to ignore Zaf's advances on Niccolo (who, at any moment, might become a psychotic, sadistic mass murderer named Alastair, despite the fact that Zaf is married
OVER HERE we're trying to convince/ beat up a ghost until it gives Fabi her memories back
[Takes a deep breath and walks into the room after Ari and Adra]
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RP: You'll be fine, Fabi. *holds up her shotgun* I've got us covered
*teleports behind Kyle and presses knife to side of neck* He is quite obviously not around at the moment. I happened to be nearby, and I don't care to bear witness to murder. With that in mind, I would recommend you leave now, or I will kill you without hesitation. Have I made myself clear?
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Talk: Nic, you're kind of a badass. Just putting that out there
Kyle: *summons flame and presses against Niccolo* well if i were you i'd look at the Grand Mage she's about to die my knife is poisoned look she's screaming
Talk: I GOTTA GO BE ON IN MORNING! Like uh 9am
If you're sure, Adra.
Okay, dark shadow-thing. Just give me my memories back! Please?
#ChaseForBook9
Adra, surely your finger missed the x there and hit the c?
Cause we all know who's got the highest body count
Talk: Bye Zaf!
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*facepalm* Did you just-
*shakes head* You did. Oh God.
RIIIIIIIGHT. I wouldn't be too sure about that.
RP: Fabi, you've got this. We've got your back *cocks gun*
Ima just joking Nicco, I'm sure you seem like a perfectly badass person
Talking: Aretha can be awake at 9. We'll finish whatever that was then, I suppose.
Adra, were you actually referring to me with that statement? *appears very confused*
Shall I join all of you in the penitentiary, then, or do something else?
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Just 020-210-010-102-100-112-021 return them already! [shouts]
[Pauses a moment]
[Pales]
Adra... I think Leo was right.
[Starts to run]
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*shrugs* A little more manpower can't hurt.
And don't get too full of yourself. I still don't trust you. Until this is over...
Wait- Fabi FABI! WHERE ARE YOU GOING
[Turns around and grins, black shadows spilling from eyes]
No, I won't return her memories.
[Shakes violently, shadows disappear]
[Starts running again]
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*curses, and runs after Fabi*
YOU LITTLE SHIT, GIVE HER BACK!
Adra, I don't want to hurt--
[Shadow-eyes]
[Stops]
And why should I do that?
[Laughs]
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Darn it! *throws fire from both hands* *takes a few breaths in an attempt to calm down* What do you want from her?
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Looks like beating up time of somebody
Talking: I would highly recommend not trusting me. That would be why I am confused. Well, that amongst other things.
Roleplay: *teleports to penitentiary, begins to look for people*
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[Laughs]
I just want another chance, is that too much to ask? Another chance at life, since the first was taken from me.
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Because I will burn your soul to a crisp!
*runs and jumps on Fabi, flipping her over her shoulder, and kicking her in the stomach, sending her backwards*
I did nothing, he attacked me first, it was self defense.
They just hated me because they thought I was mad.
[Shadows spill out of eyes quicker]
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[Flies backwards and lashes out with shadows]
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If you want another chance, why are you taking it from her? You should possess me instead. Or even a dead body would work. Would it?
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[Shadow-eyes fade momentarily]
Adra, I--
[Shadow-eyes]
Stop that, Fabienne S.!
[Shadows fade]
Don't beli--
[Shadow eyes]
She can't keep this resistance up for much longer. Either she'll give in or have her soul crushed.
[Laughs]
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*dodges, taking a quick sip of holy water, and then slid on the floor, her boots hitting the bottom of Fabi's feet, knocking her over*
Little help here, guys!
*turns and glares at Aretha* Possess YOU? Yeah right!
*turns* Hang in there, Fabi! We'll get him out
No, it wouldn't. The dead are dead.
I tried my own body first, of course.
And as that warlock said, her mind was weak from the memory-loss attack.
[Laughs]
Wrong place, wrong time, Fabienne S.
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[Flips over and back to feet]
[Sends a ribbon of shadows for Adra's neck]
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*lets out a low growl* *eyes widen* So, if she was dying, you couldn't use her?
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*raises her arm to block the attack. Ducking her head as her arm is ripped to shreds. She cries out, hitting the floor*
Good God you never give up. *grabs a vial of holy water* I have no idea if this will work or not...
*throws holy water and alt at Fabi*
*runs to Fabi with knife, makes small cut on her arm, then darts backwards again and waits to see if holy water will work*
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So hows life?
[Smiles]
If she was beyond saving, yes.
[Laughs]
I'd return her to you if it came to that. I died once already, that's enough.
But nothing would stop me from taking her again of you brought her back.
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[Swings shadows at Aretha]
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Talking: Hi Luna! I'm really hyper for apparently no reason at all and trying to find some outlet for all of this energy! What's up with you?
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Talk:@Luna:... Fun. (as you can see)
RP:
[Shadows flicker as the holy water hits her]
He wants you to join him! Don't--
[Shadows return]
Holy water. [hisses] And salt's a myth. But as long as I am Fabi, I'm not a ghost. Nice try.
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So then, you're what? A leech? A demon? What?
I AM FABIENNE S.!
[Sends shadows everywhere]
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*dives sideways to avoid shadows, ends up with scratches all along one side* *licks blood off of knife blade* Could you leave the penitentiary if you wanted to?
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*has a circle prepared and touches it, white energy crackling towards Fabi as she shadows whip around her, slicing at her skin*
*the energy whips Fabi across the face, sending her hard into a wall*
[Shadows calm]
They said I was a mooncalf, a witch, a freak, BUT I WILL SHOW THEM. And where are they today?
[Laughs]
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((I'm just breathing and hoping my brothers hurry up and finish watching The hunger games so I can go play Guild Wars 2 XD oh and I'm on Chicken Smoothie))
[Is covered in shadow cuts]
[hits wall hard and crumples]
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(Hi Luna! I'm, uh, channeling anger through a shadow-demon-ghost-thing.)
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*Walks over, wrenching her jaw open, and pours the holy water down her throat, then jabbing at her neck*
Like hell you're going to keep her.
Could you leave the penitentiary?! Tell me! Can you leave without a body?
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([{Does anyone here play GW2?}])
[Lets Fabi through just long enough for her to stare at Adra in shock]
[Fabi mouths something like "more-a-wig" and he shadows take over again]
[Laughs/chokes]
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[Can't talk because is choking on holy water]
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((No, sorry Luna :-( ))
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*finds and enters room with everybody else* *looks through Aretha's mind briefly to figure out what's going on*
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Yeah, I didn't catch that, Fabi....
[Sends a ribbon of sharp shadows straight for Niccolo's throat]
[Coughs and spits water]
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Darn it! Don't let her choke, I need to hear this!
Talking: Sorry, no...
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How do I not let her choke!
It's the demon, anyway. Not her... *frowns*
Not all things can be said through voice, Aretha. *tosses her a pad and paper*
*sends shadows to block attack*
Talking: I understand that since we are dealing with a spirit, the shadows may not cancel each other out as they would if we were both necromancers. I am leaving it to you to inform me as to whether or not that defense was effective.
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