Monday, July 8, 2013

Geek Girl

Those of you who dip your toes into the ocean that is Twitter may have noticed me mentioning a book for silly, soppy girls, called Geek Girl, by Holly Smale. In the interests of full disclosure, I have to say right now that I met Holly at the Harper Collins Summer Party last week and, well... she's kind of besotted with me. It's a thing, it happens, it's perfectly natural, so let's all move past it without making Holly feel at all self-conscious.

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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Alastair Cruciatus said...

Look, Adra, if he's not dead by now, he probably won't die. Just get yourself out of there, and if any souls are still hanging on, he can deal with them.

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Edward Fletcher said...

Trip we need to contain the souls

Noelle said...

Ari, I can't move. I want to move, and I know you're right, but I can't, he's not letting me.

Star Inkbright said...

@Trip: I can sense all the energy swirling . . . but I kind of wish I could see it. :)

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Star Inkbright said...

*lies down and stares at the atmosphere of the earth that makes us see blue above us*

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

I can see them thanks to Justaria but still...poor people

Edward Fletcher said...

Trip what do we do * creates energy cage around souls*

Star Inkbright said...

@Ez: THAT IS THE SKY, YOU EVIL CREATURE.

*drops packet of Supernoodles on her face* STARE AT THEM.

@Adra: Really nothing I can do . . . but I'll think. Can't you sort of hit them mentally, so they let go?

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

*mind-soul energy attacks soul that's hanging on* Yeah, you don't like that much do you?

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

Excruciating isn't it? *attacks again* Like your very being is crumbling?

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Noelle said...

Hunter, I'm throwing everything I have at him, and I am doing literally everything in my power.

(talking: I DEDERCARTE THIS PAGE TO DERK LANDER!
*raises glass* CAN I HAVE AN AMERN?)

Edward Fletcher said...

* throws lightning spear at a soul* come on then

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

You can sense it can't you? I have so much more than this. So many more options. So much more raw power, I'm just giving you a chance to go peacefully.

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Noelle said...

Trip, be careful. One wrong move and you'll hit me. Then I'll hit you

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

Hey Dalek? What exactly is your discipline anyway?

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

*hangs from tree watching*

Nobody touches my dynamite trees!!!

Star Inkbright said...

*jumps up, grabs Ez's phone, drains its battery, touches Adras shoulder, and transmits energy to her* Throw that extra energy at it?

#ChaseForBookNine

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

Adra, I can hit a remnant inside someone, the chance of me missing and hitting you is tiny.

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Niccolò Croatoan said...

*speaks in Adra's mind* My sincerest apologies for this- she despises noise... *Adra's mind is filled with screaming and thrashing*

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

*attacks slightly stronger* Leave. You know you can't defeat me.

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Star Inkbright said...

*takes phone back off Hunter* *sighs* Yes, we're very well equipped for emergencies.

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

Ah! *falls out of meditation* I felt that from the outside...

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Niccolò Croatoan said...

*pulls harder at soul inside Adra*

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Noelle said...

*screams, clutching her head in her hands, and throws the energy at the soul*

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

*goes by Coco*

Hey Niccolo if you can hear me thank you for letting Alexis out

*touches his hand with my own and stands up* (in Zaf's family it was a sign of thanks...her family was weird)

Edward Fletcher said...

My discipline is unknown to even me, but I have a basic fire control and can use my mind to create energy

Star Inkbright said...

*lends more energy* *collapses*

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Edward Fletcher said...

The energy is a pure force of power

Star Inkbright said...

Oh, you IDIOT. *jumps up* Hunter?

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Edward Fletcher said...

* throws some of own energy into the souls*

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

Hmmmmm. How did you come by this mind energy attack ability?

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

I'm just so tired...

I wish everyone could be happy. I just want everyone to be happy. I'm so tired, even happiness seems exhausting. It's roasting out, and I feel like I'm under pressure. It's like my brain wants everyone to be happy, and refuses to let me relax until that statement is true. I want to curl up and cry. I just...
It's my fault. All of it. Everything. My fault. I'm a screw up. Oh God, I'm such a screw up.
I need a hug. A real hug. I can't even smile anymore. I messed up. Everything is wrong. My fault. All my fault. Oh, God.

... Sorry.

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Star Inkbright said...

I'm sorry . . . I didn't mean to! YOu would have done the same! I'm me! I'm Hunter! *punchs ground*

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Niccolò Croatoan said...

Talking: Adra, I'm leaving it to you to decide when the soul will leave, unless you dictate that you would prefer me to do it.

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Edward Fletcher said...

Got hit by a warriors spell and when I awoke I had the power of the mind energy.

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

What year was this exactly? *starts to get exited*

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Noelle said...

(Talking: Oh. Right. Sorry, I was afk for a second)

*feels the soul rip away and she gasps, falling backwards* ooowwwwwwwwhhhhhhhh dammit...

Edward Fletcher said...

About 1996

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

Talking: Mara, it's not all your fault. How could it be?

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

1996... What did this warrior look like? Who was he working with? I need to know all the details. NOW!

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Niccolò Croatoan said...

Talking: Maralie Lily Charm, I promise you that none of what you're blaming yourself for is actually your fault. Everyone has their own emotions, and important as it is that we feel happiness, sometimes people are simply not capable of that. It does not, by any stretch of the imagination, give you any sort of excuse to blame yourself. I do apologize that so many around you are suffering, but they will come around eventually, and in the meantime you are not to blame yourself. It is perfectly alright to be tired, but not to assume all the guilt for what is no more than an unpleasant bit of the spectrum of human emotions.

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

Uhm no we are in 2013 so idk where '96 came out of this mess

Noelle said...

(Talking: Mara, I don't know where you got the idea that everything is your fault, because it's not. You're not responsible for what happens to other people, and what happens to them is to them. Which I get you empathize with them, but none of it is because of you. So don't think for a second that it is.

Edward Fletcher said...

During the great war a lone warrior turned against his master and set out to learn a way to harness a great power. He apparently succeeded until I tracked him down and fought him. He gave me the power accidently. I hav'nt heard of him since.

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

No Zaf, this is Dalek stuff.

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Niccolò Croatoan said...

*screams immediately leave Adra's mind* *eyes snap open, sits bolt upright* *gets up and leans ever so slightly against tree* *glances at everyone* Good Lord, I apologize for all of this...

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

But what did he look like, who was he with at the time? I need more than just lore dammit!

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Star Inkbright said...

Maraness? *hugs*

What are you sorry for? *hugs*

How are you a screw-up? How is wanting people to be happy a screw-up? If you want people to be happy, you're a wonderful person. But you're more than a wonderful person. You're Maraness, and you're absolutely Perriefect. If you're tired, maybe you should go to sleep, beacuse sleep is a magic cure. :)

You say everything is your fault, but I bet few things are. So far, in the whole time I've known you, the only things you have been partially responsible for are arguments on music tastes and the only things you have been fully responsible for, you're imagined. Yet, you think you're responsible for many bad things. Therefore, in real life, a lot less is probably your fault than you imagined. The mess will untangle, don't worry. It always does. Look, I read this books recently, and it had the extended metaphor of life being spagetti. And sometimes it gets all tangeled up, beacsue spagetti is tangly, but you can always untangle it. IT also said that sometimes you had good meatballs and simetimes you had bad meatballs, and look Maraness, this is a bad meatball, but don't stress, you'll find a better one soon. :)

I can't give you a real life hug, but I can give you a hug I've never given anyone before. *gives Maraness a ovehug, transmitting love and hope and lighT*
Sorry, it was the best I could do.
Listen to Little Mix and One Direction for a minute, then come back to your spagetti and untangle it very slowly, and don't worry, okay? *hugs*
WORRYING BRING BAD TOOTOO, AND VOLCANOES GO BOOM BOOM, AND TREACHERY AT EVERY CORNER, AND SUPERNOODLES.

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Noelle said...

*looks up at Niccolo, and tries to speak, but fails, ending up shaking her head*

Star Inkbright said...

*lovehug

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Alastair Cruciatus said...

Talking: I understand that, Mara. I really do. Too many of my friends were depressed and at one point I nearly fell into depression because of it. I kept thinking that if I was just a better friend, they would be ok. I blamed myself for everything. But in hindsight I realized it just wasn't true. A lot of people are having a hard time, and that's exhausting. Completely draining. But it's ridiculous to blame yourself for it. I'm not asking you to brush it off and be happy- I know you can't just magically do that. You're exhausted. It's ok. But you need to try not to feel so much guilt, because as much as you think it is, it really ins't your fault. *hugs*

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

COCO!!! *hugs him tightly* YOU DIDNT DIE!!!

Edward Fletcher said...

He wore a blood red cloak and an armour made up of raw power. He was helmeted so I couldn't see a face apart from two red eyes. And his name is a mystery lost in time. He is known as the lone warrior

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

Talking: Mara, I wasn't always this calm and collected. I used to be very much like you, but not as feisty. I was a bit of a pushover. Then I started Karate. I don't know when it how, but one day, I was a changed boy. So Mara, I urge you, find your Karate, and find your happiness.

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

Raw power as in raw energy? Red eyes? Did the irises look endless vortexes like mine?

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Niccolò Croatoan said...

*stiffens slightly and stares at Zafira* No, I didn't. Purely because of the efforts of everyone here.

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Star Inkbright said...

Msd, really sorry.

Oh, this msd is for me, Hunter and Ez all, btw.

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Alastair Cruciatus said...

*sighs, smiles slighlty, and discreetly walks away into the woods*

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

Well Niccolo I owe you. You brought my baby back to me...thank you. Even if you are a bit crazy.

Star Inkbright said...

YOU DIDN'T DIE?????????????

*screams* *hugs Coco* :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

SO HAPPY!!!! :)

I have really missed you, you know, when Alastair was here. :) :) :)

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

Mr. Croatoan, where are my spies?

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Star Inkbright said...

You here, Maraness? :/ *hugs*

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Edward Fletcher said...

The irises were blue lightning like mine in overcharge but they changed to vortexes

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

Okay, endgame question, did he carry a weapon made of the same crystal as my sword? *holds up sword*

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Edward Fletcher said...

Yes, a staff made of that with a green orb on top.

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

111-001-200-001, 212-012 110-120-211-012 221-120-210.

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Niccolò Croatoan said...

*is hugged again* *shakes head* Zafira, you owe me less than nothing. It was my name that stole your child from you to begin with. All of her memories from that have gone now- she should be all right. But I cannot apologize enough.

Mr. Castalan, which spies would you be referring to? I regret to say that I have not yet sorted through all of the memories of events that I missed.

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

Thank you Niccolo. He did that to me too you know. But it was worse on Alexis. She's only 10.

Alexis: *goes up to Mommy* Is that Niccolo? *pokes Niccolo*

Noelle said...

*pulls herself against a tree, leaning against it, taking a swig of her whiskey, and closing her eyes to meditate and examine her energy and soul*

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

Niccolo, this was before any of this. The ones I sent to watch Aretha. Who all disappeared.

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Star Inkbright said...

*hugs Fabi* You okay? :/

Sorry I poofed, everyone, btw. Real life buisness.

And I may go now. D:

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

Dalek, this man was a channeler. And I believe you have been unwittingly using simple channeler techniques for a decade.

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Niccolò Croatoan said...

When did this happen, exactly? What was going on at the time?

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

100-111 120-102-001-221, 101-210-201-202 112-120-202 202-001-110-102-100-112-021. [hugs back] 202-022-001-112-102-201 201-202-001-200.

002-221-012 100-020 221-120-210 110-012-001-211-012.

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Noelle said...

*suddenly gets up* I- I have to go. *portals away, to a small dojo-looking structure, high on a mountain*
*sits down, and tries to repair her soul, drawing from the energy around her*

Edward Fletcher said...

Explain in depth because he was powerful and I mean he could beat the armies of the great being. He had access to unlimited power. He was a destroyer of worlds!!

Niccolò Croatoan said...

*speaks in mind* Adra, is there anything you can do to help?

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

Well, I sent three. The first was when Aretha was just starting to rise as a well known assassin, then when that one went missing a month later another. I waited a few months to send the next one, about six months. You should remember this one, he was one of my best. He manages to get one word into his radio before it cut off dead; crow.

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

100 200-210-100-112 012-211-012-200-221-202-022-100-112-021. 110-210-010-100-201 110-012-001-211-100-112-021 111-012... 210-201.

I gtg... Bye.

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

Niccolo...*hugs* I missed you...

Niccolò Croatoan said...

*I
I can do to help, not you. Apologies.

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Noelle said...

*nods* I need someone to heal it back... Dammit this isn't working. *draws a portal on the floor and falls back to everyone else, hitting the ground* Ow, ground. That hurt.

Edward Fletcher said...

Trip who were you talking to then? Just to be clear

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

Dalek, sounds like a crazy evil channeler to me, we wield that sort of power. Army destroying? All in a day's work.

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Noelle said...

*groans* Zaf, just kiss him already you're not doing anything by holding it back. *tries to waggle her eyebrows, but fails*

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

Adra, did you say you hurt your soul?

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

Adra I. Am. Married. I do not like Coco like that i am not his biggest fan but...he did save me daughter

Edward Fletcher said...

Fair enough but explain the many different powers I can do like ice and energy and portal manipulation. Are they channeler powers too?

Noelle said...

*rolls eyes* Keep lying to yourself then, Zaf.

*looks to Trip* did I stutter?

Sorry, I become a sassy bitch when I'm unbalanced

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

And Aretha would kill you if you did. *smiles uncontrollably*

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Niccolò Croatoan said...

Oh, yes, I recall them. They're all dead. If you need them, though, I can bring them back.

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

No Dalek, they aren't. As far as I'm aware anyway.

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Edward Fletcher said...

Ah

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

Im not kissing him! The only way I'd kiss him if he kissed me first!

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

I suspected as much. I wouldn't mind if you returned them to them world of the living no.

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Niccolò Croatoan said...

Of course. *walks to Adra, places hand on shoulder, and slowly works on repairing soul*

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Noelle said...

*glares* But you wouldn't pull away, though.

*glances at Niccolo* ta, mate

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

But this man... He was most definitely a channeler. Dalek, I have an idea.

#CgaseForBook9

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

002-221-012 111-001-200-001... [hugs] 221-120-210 011-120-112-202 "200-210-100-112 012-211-012-200-221-202-022-100-112-021," 002-012-110-100-012-211-012 111-012. 221-120-210-200-012 121-012-200-020-012-010-202.

100 212-100-201-022 202-022-012-200-012 212-001-201 201-120-111-012-202-022-100-112-021 100 010-120-210-110-011 011-120 020-120-200 110-210-010-221...

[has now lost track of what I said and hopes I remembered to write everything]

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

Alexis; *goes by Niccolo* Mister Niccolo! I think mommy has a crush on you!

Niccolò Croatoan said...

*glances, mildly concerned, at Zafira* Is this actually a serious conversation? *looks at Alexis* Do you, really?

I shall go and fetch your spies, then, once I'm finished with Adra.

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Edward Fletcher said...

Whats the idea trip?

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...
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Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

I...Yea yeah it is Niccolo this seriously is an actual conversation

Alexis: Niccolo she likes you! *giggles*

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

Dalek, try to channel your energy into the crystal of my sword. You'll have to make physical contact. Here. *holds out sword*

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Niccolò Croatoan said...

*finishes repairing Adra's soul* *is breathing just a tad harder than normal* If you all don't mind- please know that I mean no offense to anyone- I happen to be feeling a tad unsettled at the moment, so I shall return in a few moments with Trip's spies.

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

Why thank you Niccolo, you're too kind. *smiles*

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Noelle said...

*breathes out* Thank you Niccolo...

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

Dibs not telling Javier.

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

Okay Niccolo!

Talking: so god help whoever may ship me with Coco

Edward Fletcher said...

* takes sword and blue energy powers into sword. creates an energy cage around dalek. * NEARLY DONE * cage collapses.* I channeled a piece of my energy through, now what?

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

Um, try and keep the energy in the sword. Then stab it into the ground.

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Edward Fletcher said...

Ok * stabs sword in ground * what ...* cracks appear to reach into the air

Noelle said...

So I was completely delirious to what was happening. Trip? What's going on? *stands up, leaning against a tree*

Star Inkbright said...

So sorry I'm not here. Insanely emailing. In fact, I'm going, because if I wasn't trying to untangle this spagetti I would be asleep. :(

So sorry. Fours. Love ya, guys. :)

#ChaseForBookNine

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

I think Dalek may be a channeler...

Talking: What's going on dalek, could you describe it a bit clearer?

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

Talking: Bye Star!

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Alastair Cruciatus said...

Talking: *hugs Star* Goodnight. And good luck untangling that spaghetti. :(

Noelle said...

Oh. *disappears into a cabinet, and pulls out some bread and cheese* So it just occurred that none of us have ever eaten... Ever... We just drink alcohol.

Edward Fletcher said...

There are cracks of blue that are reaching into the sky. They are creating a tunnel upwards into the sky.

Noelle said...

(Talking: Bye Staralar!)

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

Least she hasnt shipped me

Alastair Cruciatus said...

Talking: Adra that's too true! I just burst into laughter! Stop it, I'm not supposed to be happy!! (I'm fine, just trying to feel what my characters are feeling, before anybody asks.)

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Emerald Melody said...

Talking:

6 months today.
Gone but never forgotten.

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

Okay... That doesn't normally happen...

But then again, it doesn't look like you were 'infected' by someone of a skill tree similar to any current known one...

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

Talking: No Em, no one's forgotten him. Wow... Six months.

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Alastair Cruciatus said...

Talking: Oh God, Em, I'm so sorry... *hugs* I might actually cry now...

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Edward Fletcher said...

What should I do trip * tunnel starts to take shape of a figure*

Noelle said...

(Talking: *huggles Em*
Yeah, Aretha I just about cried right then.)
RP:
*sits back, drawing a circle on a counter, and places the cheese and bread on it. She touches the circle, and it lights up, a white color. When it dies down...*
*picks up the grilled cheese*

Yum. It tastes like nutrients. WHY HAVEN'T I EVER EATEN BEFORE THIS IS BRILLIANT

Edward Fletcher said...

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

Talking: oh god Emmy *hugs tightly*

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

*leaps forward and pulls sword from ground, fills sword with own soul energy, pushing out Dalek's* The hell?

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barmybex said...

I LOVE 'Geek Girl' I even have a 'Geek' badge on my bag. I read it as a book proof before it was released and fell in love with it. Holly is awesome, hope I get to meet her one day. Just like I want to meet Derek again. :D
Seriously everyone should read it!

Edward Fletcher said...

Talking: Definetly not forgotten em.

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

I can talk outside of code again. [smiles slightly]

Roleplay: If I may... I would guess that the channeling power combined with whatever power Dalek may have had naturally and it's a variation/combination of some sort. Of course, it's a stupid guess.

Talking: [hugs Em]

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Edward Fletcher said...

Trip what have you done!! * figure laughs*

Edward Fletcher said...

Talking: fabi, trip is trying to find out the source of my power

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

No Fabi, I'd say that's about right. It's a new skill tree...

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Alastair Cruciatus said...

*walks out of forest, eyes ever-so-slightly red* Fabi, I don't think that's a stupid idea. It sounds pretty clever, actually.

Zaf, what was it you were saying earlier about green slashes? Maybe I could look at it for you- I'm no doctor, but if there's anything I know about, it's blood.

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Emerald Melody said...

Talking:

Enjoy your roleplay guys, they get more interesting.

I won't join in tonight and I don't want to reduce the blog to tears while you're in the middle of something.

Noelle said...

*watches with eagerness, chewing her sandwich* *frowns* I hope I didn't hurt Niccolo... After all this time...


Edward Fletcher said...

Talking: ok Emmy

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Noelle said...

*drops the sandwich and runs over to Aretha, taking her hands* Are you alright, sweets?

(talking: ERMERH. *latches onto her back* I love youuuuuuu

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

Talking: Em, you are infinitely more important than these roleplays, we can talk to you and do them.Today is a special day, one never to be repeated. Don't waste it.

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Alastair Cruciatus said...

Talking: Em please, please don't leave just because we're roleplaying. We had a huge discussion about this earlier- this whole thing we're trying out is supposed to let us talk and roleplay at the same time. So don't worry about it. And please, please don't worry about reducing the blog to tears. That's basically already happened, and it's not even close to your fault, so please don't leave because of it! *hugs tightly*

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Edward Fletcher said...

Exactly like Aretha Said em there was a big thing about talking and role-playing at the same time earlier.

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

Ah yes *shows Ari my arm* it's green from when my magic rebounded and cut me

Noelle said...

*nods* Uh-huh!

Edward Fletcher said...

Talking: trip I gotta go but carry on about 5 English time tomorrow yes?

Alastair Cruciatus said...

Oh, I'm fine, Adra, really. Just got a bit emotional. What do you mean, you hope you didn't hurt him? You pretty much just saved his life.

Talking: Em, I'm going to echo Trip- you are infinitely more important than any roleplay. Please don't leave on our account. If you're just busy, that's fine, but don't go because you think you're bothering us. You're really not.

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Noelle said...

*glances at Zaf* Uh... What did you do, again?

Emerald Melody said...

Talking:

There's so much I try to say to him still.
I just can't get around the fact that 6 months have gone so fast already.

There's a part of me that just want him back and to never be apart from him ever again.
But that is just too selfish of me.

He was in a lot of pain and if I brought him back just for me. I would never live with myself.

It's just he was always there, and I mean ALWAYS...

It's just the getting used to him not being there I guess.

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Alastair Cruciatus said...

*closely inspects Zaf's arm* Green? And these started out as normal cuts, right? Talking: can I have some more details on this? Is it, like, green blood, or is there something green oozing out of them, or are they glowing green, or what's the texture, how big/deep are they...? Sorry, I think you get the picture.

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Edward Fletcher said...

Trip?

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Noelle said...

*laughs*Yeah... I suppose so....

Talking: I love you, Emerald. Really. It sucks that you have to go through this but we're here if you need anything. A hug, a distraction, a kick in the arse... *hugs* You're my sister, and I'm not going to sit and watch you suffer

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

I'm sorry Dalek, I won't be here tomorrow, or the next day, or any day until Sunday.

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Alastair Cruciatus said...

Talking: Bye, Dalek!

Em, I won't pretend I know what you're going through, but I know what you mean about that person who is always there. I'm sorry. And you're not selfish- it's only natural to want him with you. He wanted to live his whole life with you, too, don't forget, and I bet it would be worth the pain to him to see you again. *hugs again*

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

Talking: the slashes are green and when they bleed the blood is green and it feels rough. Whenever Zaf bumps her arm it bleeds and the whole arm has green veins the cuts are almost to her bone. Roleplay: yeah it was regular at first

Edward Fletcher said...

ok what time on sunday is good?

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Edward Fletcher said...

goodbye everybody

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

Talking: Em he is with you even now *pokes your heart* in your heart and in all of our hearts. His memory will live on

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Noelle said...

Bye Dalek!

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*continues to stare at arm, perplexed* Have you ever seen anything like this before? Maybe when you attack other people?

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

Once before when Justaria attacked someone their whole face was like that and spread killing them...

Noelle said...

*eyes widen, and she slides off the stool* What, Zaf?

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

*stands, silent and emotionless*

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

Their face looked like my arm and it spread in a few days killing them

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*bites lip* Well, I can stop it spreading, but you won't be able to use your arm- or feel it- until we figure out how to get rid of that green stuff if I do. And I'll need some of your blood.

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Noelle said...

Trip? *stands by him, waving her hand in front of his face*


How. WE get thirty minutes to celebrate a win then BAM! - thrown right back into a new plot. Not that I'm complaining

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

Ari...I dont think stopping the spreading...will hellp... *my other arm starts to turn green and my neck* it took 2 days for the person...

Niccolò Croatoan said...

*appears with Trip's three spies, all of which are unconscious, and lays them on ground* They'll awaken any moment now. My apologies, again. *goes to inspect Zafira's arm* My, that is odd. I haven't seen that before. It's almost as though you've infected your blood with some sort of sour magic, if you will. The magic is definitely what's spreading it, so whatever you do, don't use any more of it.

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

I know! When we brought me back from the dead we got about five minutes before Alistair showed up and spoiled the fun.

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Emerald Melody said...

Talking:

I wish the bastard never came back into my life.

I wish I never fell in love with him all over again...

...

I just sat earlier on today and re-read the moment he appeared at the Requiem Ball.
And I read it about 5 or 6 times, just re-living that... perfectly insane moment when that bastard took my heart and breath away yet again.

...

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

Oh good, my spies. Thank you very much Niccolo.

*sends a text, teleporters arrive and teleport spies away*

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

I havent yet Niccolo but omg...it hurts....

Talking: Oh Emmy...*hugs*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*watches other arm and neck turn green* Darn it! It's already reached major arteries! What do you suggest we do, then?

Ideas, anyone? It doesn't look like we have much time.

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

Talking; Em, that's... That's beautiful. :,).

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Noelle said...

*tacklehugs Niccolo* Thank you... For helping me and for everything. I owe you one


Noelle said...

Chop it off?

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

*seals self in bubble* Now I'm not going to get infected, let's have a look at these symptoms.

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Alastair Cruciatus said...

Talking: Em, I'm so sorry. I hope the good times were worth the pain, even though no one should ever have to go through that...

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

Owww...owww...*collapses against tree* oww!!!

Niccolò Croatoan said...

*stares at Adra* I've hardly done anything useful. You've certainly done far more for me than I for you.

That may have been an option if it was just the one arm, but we can't very well slice off her neck and expect that the problem will be solved.

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Noelle said...

.... *turns and kneels by Zaf* eh, erm... Erm erm erm erm erm.

Erm.

I dunno. Zaf, ideas?

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

*lights Zaf with energy and shakes her* Zafiara! Snap out of it!

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

*glances up at Niccolo*thanks...rather...not...be...beheaded..

*looks at Adra* I...dunno...it...hurts...it's magic for surep

Alastair Cruciatus said...

*winces* Zaf, I might be able to force the infected blood out of you and accelerate the growth of new healthy blood cells, but it'd be painful, and if magic is the problem, I can't be sure it'll be a permanent solution...

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

Area, I would stay back, it's highly contagious and I won't be here to help stop it, we're hoping to need some healthy people.

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Noelle said...

C'mon, Zaf. Don't loose your head. THINK..


:D

Niccolò Croatoan said...

*lays hand on Aretha's shoulder* She won't be infected.
Adra, will you be all right on your own?

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

It's defeinely magic Ari Justaria doesnt have the brains for blood infectiong

Adra i can only think of just letting it kill me

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

Area, do we have any RedRays left?

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Noelle said...

Wait, own? What?

Noelle said...

No, Trip. We used them up on Niccolo. ALTHOUGH we might have, had someone not used a bit

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

No, I used the tiniest of sprinkles, we would have used it on Niccolo anyway.

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Niccolò Croatoan said...

I'll make sure Aretha isn't infected while she's close to Zafira, and Trip has his... Bubble, it would appear, to prevent him from being infected. So when I ask if you'll be all right on your own, I mean to ask whether you can resist infection.

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

Hello?

[Contemplates joining the roleplay]

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

Niccolo....my baby...Alexis...keep her from getting infected

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

Hi Fabi

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

[hugs everyone]

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