Monday, July 29, 2013

The Last Of Us

I've been pretty busy these last few weeks, while at the same time trying my best to take some time off.

Apparently, time off is a good thing. Time off is necessary. We released The Maleficent Seven at the start of the year, and we're gearing up to the release of Last Stand of Dead Men in EXACTLY one month's time. That's two books out in the same year, one written straight after the other, not to mention one or two other short stories for various things yet to be announced. So I've pretty much been working nonstop since November of 2012. Wow. When I say it like that, I suddenly start to feel very tired...

I'm still waiting to hear back from Harper Collins on things like the back cover reveal, and possibly putting up a sample chapter or two. I also need to pick a date for a VERY informal reader get-together in Dublin over the next few weeks. When I said I'd do this back in April I had no idea I'd be so busy, so hopefully I'll still be able to fit it in. Oh, and in a matter of days I'll be posting the tour schedule for LSODM, which will be kicking off at the Edinburgh Book Festival on August 25th- where copies of the new book WILL be on sale.

I normally HATE early releases, but seeing as how it's only a difference of four days PLUS the fact that the Edinburgh audience never reveal spoilers, I don't mind this at all.

Er... I think I've strayed from the point of this Blog entry... what was it again?

Yes! Time off! That's it!

So, I haven't ACTUALLY been able to take any time off, but then I've never been one for taking holidays. However, I have managed to watch a few movies in the evenings, and watch a few TV shows to relax, and to play a few video games. And THAT is the point of this Blog entry.

Over the past few months, I've played two very good games. Bioshock Infinite and Tomb Raider. I've talked about these games in an earlier post. Of the two, I preferred Tomb Raider. It just felt more visceral. The gameplay was excellent, the atmosphere was amazing, and the tension was nerve-shredding. But apart from all that, it was the character work that stood out. Tiny emotions flickering across Lara Croft's face, paired with such wonderful voice acting, meant that I really cared about her. I liked her, and I didn't want anything bad to happen to her. In contrast to the gritty, naturalistic world of Tomb Raider, Bioshock was hugely imaginative fun with great gameplay, stunning visuals, and a great supporting character. The best supporting character in video games, I reckoned.

And then came The Last Of Us.

The Last Of Us is survival horror. 20 years after the outbreak of a fungal virus that latches onto a person's mind and drives them insane, the world is in ruins. Survivors gather in quarantined cities. Life is miserable. Life is cheap. Death is quick, cruel, and common. But outside the walls of the cities, it's even worse. That's where the Infected roam.

(A fungal virus sounds pretty laughable, right? Type 'Cordyceps' in to any search engine. Read up on what it does to ants. Now imagine what it'd do to people.)

You control Joel, a man in his 50s who has to escort Ellie, a 14 year old girl, across America. They go from city to town to suburb to countryside to mountains, and not only do they have to avoid the Infected, they have to avoid most of the other survivors as well. Because these are NOT nice people.

This is a game that combines the best elements of both Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinite. The world is grim and gritty but so, so beautiful. Lush greenery spills up from cracked cement. The sky is a million shades of orange at dusk. But the action is brutal. And the supporting character is astonishing.

Play this game for a few hours and you'll start to really care about Joel and Ellie. Play it for a few hours more and you'll find yourself terrified. You'll hear the clicking of the Infected around you as you crouch in the darkness, and you'll freeze in fear. Why? Because you want to keep Ellie safe. That's ALL you'll care about.

This is one of the best games I've ever played. Is it the most fun? No, that'd probably go to one of the Uncharted games, just for sheer entertainment. But this is definitely the scariest, the most tense, and the most involving. It sucks you in and it doesn't let you go. This is a masterpiece of gaming that will be used as a benchmark for all games that come after, and as a piece of storytelling it succeeds where so many other stories fail.

It's brilliant. If you're over 18, then ready yourself, and go play it.


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

Time off is a lie in general.

THE BACK COVER. O.O I NEED TO SEE THIS!

OH AND I TOLD EVERYONE ELSE AT THE PARTY YESTERDAY THAT THEY HAVE TO READ SP.

BECAUSE THEY DO. THEY'LL LOVE IT.

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

First again? WHAT IS THIS MADNESS?!

HELLOOOOOOOO! [Waves]

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Adra Cruciatus said...

AHHH

Star Inkbright said...

FABIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII YOU GOT FIRST . . .

WHATTTTTTTTTTT. *cries* *has never gotten first on a blog post in my life, and is a whole blogyear older than Fabi*

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Noelle said...

DEREK WHWRE ARE MY QUESTIONS, MAN?

Maralie Lily Charm said...

SCREAM

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Star Inkbright said...

AVENGED SEVENFOLD HAVE A SONG CALLED SCREAM!

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

DEREK YOU'RE RELEASING IT ON LIAM'S BIRTHDAY

OH LORDY LOUIS

I AM INSTAGRAMMING THIS TO LIAMMNMM!!!!!! *screams*

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

STAR
*liaughs*
THAT IS SO LIKE YOU

DEREK PLEASE COME ON BLOGLAND D:

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

Sorry Star! [hugs]

I did have the advantage of being psychic, though, and knowing that Derek would post this morning, if that makes you feel any better. Granted, I didn't know it until this morning, but...

MARA YOU WILL PAY FOR THAT ENDING! D':

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Noelle said...

*cries in a ball*DEREK COME TO US PELASE YOU NEVER DO ANYMORE PLEASE ANSWER MY QUESTIONS

I'VE DON'T MY WAITING
12 YEARS IF IT

IN AZKABAN

Star Inkbright said...

@Maraness: It is? :O

WHAT HAS MUSIC DONE TO MY LIFE. :P

I said about when I screamed in McDonalds because I saw the word 'rev' in a sectence about revving up for summer on the back of my Sprite cup, didn't I? I think I did . . . Maybe not. :P

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Star Inkbright said...

@Fabi: It's not your fault. :P
It's mine. XD
I just always read the post before I post a comment. XD
BAD STRATEGY, STAR. :P

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

[Gets out chocolate and cheddar cheese]

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Star Inkbright said...

*frowns at the cheese*

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

Fabi - *laughs evilly*
It had to happen :P
WAIT TILL YOU SEE THE REAL ENDING >:)

Star - Yep, you did XD

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Noelle said...

DEREK
DEREK
DEREK
DEREK
DEREK
DEREK
DEREK
ONE OF US
ONE OF US
ONE OF US
ONE OF US

Maralie Lily Charm said...

what even was i before one direction

holy mother of nando's


*screams* SPAM DEREK'S TWITTER! GET HIM TO COME ON BLOGLAND!

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Star Inkbright said...

@Maraness: WELL I'M ALLOWED TO SAY IT AGAIN BECAUSE I AM A BUBBLE . . . oh wait no i'm not blaze turned me into a caterpillar NOOOOOOOOO.

(Does anyone know how to turn me back into a bubble? :/)

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

I read the post first as well. I just read quickly. :-P

[Cheese frowns back]

MARA IF I WASN'T PLANNING A DEATH SCENE OF MY OWN SUBPLOT, I WOULD BE ATTACKING YOU WITH A CHEESETHROWER, DO YOU HEAR ME? D:

I tweeted him once!

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Mary Contrary said...

DEREK GET OVER HERE THIS INSTANT, MISTER. (PLEASE).

My brother was given The Last of Us last week. I'm planning on waiting a few months, until he'll more likely let me use it. :P

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Noelle said...

HHHEEEEEEERRREEEESSSSS JOHNNY

Maralie Lily Charm said...

OMG JONNY WHERE

*laughs because nobody will get her joke because she is a sad little fangirl who spends her days obsessing over a band who don't know she exists sigh*

FABI OMG THERE IS THIS THING ON THE COMPUTER CALLED THE LITTLE MIXER AND YOU MAKE YOUR OWN SONG USING LITTLE MIX CLIPS IT'S SO COOLLLLLL

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Ieni Strider (Ieni The Ninja Aeroplane, Eater of Fabi's armses) said...

Omg, one month to LSODM.
AHHHH!!!!
I notify my friends about the countdown everyday XD

Me and my friends did the 'pass out' challenge today, which is highly dangerous.
I found this out afterwards though.
I fainted and it was fun and then it kept not working and then I had a flashback and it was so scary that I stopped being dizzy and then yeah and then I forgot what happened, because I was going to tell my friends, but I forgot.
But it was so cool, even though it's dangerous and stuff.

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Noelle said...

*HUGS MARA*

IT IS OKAY. EVERYONE KNOWS HANNIBAL BUT NO ONE KNOWS SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

IT PUTS THE LOTION ON ITS SKIN OR IT GETS THE HOSE AGAIN

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

IENI [hugs]

I AM NOT ON THE COMPUTER RIGHT NOW! D: I NEED GO TRY IT THOUGH.

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Mary Contrary said...

Actually, Derek, come to think of it, it seems that you and my brother have pretty similar taste in video games...
He favours Uncharted, too. :3 ^^

@Adra: I'VE BEEN TRYING TO WATCH SILENCE OF THE LAMBS FOR SO LONG.
BUT I PARTIALLY DON'T WANT TO BECAUSE LIKE HANNI WHEN HE'S YOUNGER AND UNDERCOVER-LY AND HAS MIKKELSEN CHEEKBONES. BUT I MOSTLY NEED TO WATCH IT AT SOME POINT. :P
ANd, also need to read the Red Dragon, and the other books. And the other films.
Ugh. I need more time for Hannibal in my life. :P

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Noelle said...

SILENCE OF THE LAMBS OMG DONT EVEN

MIKKLESEN AND CUMBERBATCH HAVE CHEEKBONES THAT CUT LIKE A KNIFE ON DEAD SKIN

Noelle said...

DEREK, SWEETIE PLEASE

Ieni Strider (Ieni The Ninja Aeroplane, Eater of Fabi's armses) said...

Hey, Fabi!:) *ninjaeroplanetacklehugs*

I don't really play any video games. I'm silly like that.

I think I look very ridiculous in these glasses...

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

DEREK PLEASE WE LOVE YOU

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

Apparently he's gone to see his nieces.

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Mary Contrary said...

O.O

I typed that, and iTunes just started playing the Mads Mikkelsen song. ITunes wasn't even /turned on/. And I mentioned Mikkelsen's cheekbones and BAM.

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Noelle said...

BULLSHIT

DEREK DONT ABANDON YOUR MINIONS

Maralie Lily Charm said...

*does air quotes irl*
Of course he's "playing" with his "nieces".

*scowls*

HE DOESN'T LIKE US :(

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Mary Contrary said...

@Adra: Did you watch the Hannibal tv series? :3 ^^

Cheekbones - agreed. :3

Cumberbatch was on a television show a couple of weeks ago - don't remember what - but my mum just, like shook her head and said "He is a weird looking guy", and I'm like: ._.

xD

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Ieni Strider (Ieni The Ninja Aeroplane, Eater of Fabi's armses) said...

Mara, we are too peasanty for him - he's the Golden God;)

He's not come back on on Twitter, so I don't think he is coming on:(

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

I don't really play video games either...

D: WHYYYYYY DEREK?

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

You're probably right, Ieni.

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

I AM NOT A PEASANT

*is insulted*

WHY, I LEARNED MY SASS FROM THE SASS MASTA OF DONCASTA;)

seriously though i am such a peasant like gosh

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Mary Contrary said...

*hugs everybody who appeared*

*hugs everybody who was already here*

*hugs everybody else*

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Star Inkbright said...

I can't control my anger and I've been
About to explode far too many times
I've seen my dreams becoming more violent
Every time that I see you
No matter how you try to define it
I have been broken too many times
Too much emotion, too long confined has
Weakened the wall that protects you

Ease your mind
This moment will pass if you just . . .

Leave it alone
Leave it alone
Every time
My dysfunction is one your mind
When you find that you're at odds with your desire
Just leave it alone
Leave it alone
Every time
My destruction is on your mind
Before you find that you have
Tested my resolve one too many times

I am no stranger, you know that I've been
Pressed to the wall far too many times
Huard your behaviour or you will find my
Murderous nature surround you
Others have wandered over the line that
Awaken the monster too many times
Leave it unspoken and you will find an
End to the violence if you can

Ease your mind
This moment will pass if you just . . .

Leave it alone
Leave it alone
Every time
My dysfunction is one your mind
When you find that you're at odds with your desire
Just leave it alone
Leave it alone
Every time
My destruction is on your mind
Before you find that you have
Tested my resolve one too many times

Ease your mind
This moment will pass if you just . . .

Leave it alone
Leave it alone
Every time
My dysfunction is one your mind
When you find that you're at odds with your desire
Just leave it alone
Leave it alone
Every time
My destruction is on your mind
Before you find that you have
Tested my resolve one too many times

. . . I stil adore this song's lyrics.

SOrry for my distance, string art claimed me. :P

Oh wait. Brb. :/

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Melica Frost said...

Im going to the festival in edinburgh because Im scottish and I can...and Ieni is saying some very nasty words to me...

hey guys :)

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

[hugs Taia back]

MEL ITS BEEN FOREVER.

I have to go soon... :-(

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Ieni Strider (Ieni The Ninja Aeroplane, Eater of Fabi's armses) said...

WHAT MEL YOU PEASANT I DID NO SUCH THING

you peasant


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Maralie Lily Charm said...

STAR STARSTARSTAR STARRRRR

I FINISHED LIGHT!

*sobs*

*sings along to Pretend It's Okay*

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Melica Frost said...

HEY FABI! I know, I decided to take a break from the blog and then I went to Tenerife :)
YOU DID IENI. AND YOU ARE THE PEASANT. NOT ME. :)

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

MELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL *tacklehugs*

IENI HOW DARE YOU
POOR MEL :P

lads these imagines are making me cry i mean what no my eyes are just sweating shut up

*sings along to F**king Perfect*
I LOVE MY PHONE IT HAS AWESOME SONGS XD

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

I have to go now, will not be back for...time.

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Melica Frost said...

hey Mara!!!!!!
guys have I missed anything important in the last three months...?

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Ieni Strider (Ieni The Ninja Aeroplane, Eater of Fabi's armses) said...

*hugs Mara because Light and feels and what*
*HUGS AND SOBS*
I ACTUALLY WANT TO RUN TO IRELAND AND HUG YOU

So are you back now, Mel O'Peasant?
I AM NOT A PEASANT O'PEASANT
You know they built Hadrian's Wall to keep the Scottish Barbarians out.
YOU BARBARIAN!

I have that on my MP3, Mara:)

YOU MISSED THE ROLE-PLAY CRISIS THING
I'll explain on Facebook:)

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

Bye Fabigail! *hugs* :(


oh god
"The Letter He Leaves You After He's Died From Cancer"
doN'T YOU DARE DO THIS TO ME WATTPAD I SWEAR TO GOLDEN GOD I WILL BAWL MY EYES OUT OH GOLDEN GOD

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Ieni Strider (Ieni The Ninja Aeroplane, Eater of Fabi's armses) said...

Byebye, Fabi!:( *hugs*

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Mary Contrary said...

Hiya Mel! :)
It's awesome to see you! :3
How're you doing?


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Mary Contrary said...

Aw, bye Fabi! *hugs*

Distant - writingness-things.

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Melica Frost said...

I AM NOT A BARBARIAN. I AM A CIVILISED MEMBER OF MY COMMUNITY. AND I DO NOT APRECIATE BEING CALLED A PEASANT. I AM MIDDLE CLASS PERSON. and I returned because I missed you peoples is that ok?!? but I may dissapear and return in a million years because I can mwahahaha :)

Maralie Lily Charm said...

*hugs Ieni back*
*wails* BRIANNA AND ORC AND CAINE AND JACK
B R I A N N A AND C A I N E
MY TWO FAVOURITE CHARACTERS
LORD SAVE US
MY WINDOW IS OPEN YOU CAN CLIMB IN TO MY ROOM
just try not to die bc 1D and LM posters everywhere
i like my SP corner though :)

I HAVE ALL 1D'S SONGS AND COVERS ON MY PHONE AND LIKE 19 VIDEOS LOL XD
brianna said lol
*sobs*

Mel - You missed roleplaying and stuffs... :P but that's it *nods*

IT'S LIAM'S BIRTHDAY IN A MONTH
AND NOW LSODM IS OUT ON THE SAME DAY
OH LORDY LOUIS I WILL BAWL

*sings to Up All Night*
ZAYN'S GOING BREAKING TABLES, LADS! XD

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Melica Frost said...

Its awesome to see you to! Im good how are you? :)

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

when will we get a one direction ice dispenser that sings "i've tried playin' it coooooool" whenever it dispenses ice

i'm serious

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Mary Contrary said...

@Mel: I'm grand, thanks. :)

@Mara: I think I'd buy one of those, and I'm not even slightly Directional. xD

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Star Inkbright said...

*IS BACKKKKKKKKKKK*


IENIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! :)
MELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A BILLION YEARS WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN. *hugs*

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Ieni Strider (Ieni The Ninja Aeroplane, Eater of Fabi's armses) said...

STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!!!!! TAAIAAAAA!!!!!!!!! *ninjaeroplanetacklehugs*

STAR BE CAREFUL OF MEL SHE'S A SCOTTISH PEASANT.

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

I WOULD FORCE EVERYONE TO BUY IT XD

omg seriously though i would keep that in my room and press the button just to hear liam sing

bc who doesn't like liam

come on

liam james ian payne is physically unhate-able

daddy direction is perf

you heard me correctly

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Star Inkbright said...

@IENI: WELL I'M A BUBBLE CATERPILLAR.

I HAVE DECIDED THAT I CAN'T POSSIBLY HAVE STOPPED BEING A BUBBLE BECAUSE I AM A BUBBLE OKAY SO WHEN BLAZE TURNED ME INTO A CATERPILLAR IT MUST HAVE BEEN A BUBBLE ONE.

AND BUBBLE CATERPILLARS ARE WORSEEEEEEEEEEEE THAN SCOTTISH PEASANTS. *Nialldles*

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Star Inkbright said...

23, 19, 37, 40, 57, 39, 79, 4! *dances*

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Noelle said...

Heyyo I'm distant

Ieni Strider (Ieni The Ninja Aeroplane, Eater of Fabi's armses) said...

Mel had to go:(

YOU WHAT STAR I AM NOT GETTING THIS
Sorry, my mind is dead from a whole day of Brahms, Smetana and Tchaikovsky.

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Star Inkbright said...

@Ieni: Blaze turned me into a caterpillar and trapped me in a container . . .

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

Can we fall one more time?
Stop the tape and rewind?
And if you walk away
I know I'll fade,
Cause there is nobody else.
It's gotta be youuuuuuuu!
Only yoUUUUUUUUUUU!
IT'S GOT TO BE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
ONLY YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUu!

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Dragona Pine said...

Hello.


I am far too busy playing Mass Effect to by ANOTHER game... except for maybe GTA V and Battlefield 4. They're my treats to myself for... hm. Fun.

Maralie Lily Charm said...

AND I'M LIKE OW!
NEVER THOUGHT IT'D HURT SO BAD
GETTING OVER YOU-OOH
AND OW!
YOU'RE GIVING NE A HEART ATTACK
LOOKING LIKE YOU DO-OOH
CAUSE YOU'RE ALL I EVER WANTED
THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE THE ONE
IT'S OW!
GIVING ME A HEART ATTACK
GETTING OVER YOU-OOH-OOH-OOH!~

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Star Inkbright said...

@Maraness: *smiles*

@Dragona: You seem to be obsessed with this game, but that isn't a bad thing. :P

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

*me

*facepalm*

*is probably either not here, or extremely distant*

Heh heh. WMYB Laughing Version...
WHOEVER MADE THAT ILY.

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Dragona Pine said...

Oh god damn it. Not again...


Sorry I have to comment a lot to refresh the page. Yay. At least when we get to page 2 I'll be able to comment at a normal pace.

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Dragona Pine said...

Yes I'm obsessed with it. It's a great game. Big on story, big on shooting, lots of things to see and do...

azkn said...

When I'll be in Dublin, you'll be in Edinburgh, when you'll be in Dublin, I'll be in Edinburgh.
So much luck for an overseas fan.

Star Inkbright said...

@Ayse: Oh, that sucks! D:

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

Me: *walks into class*

Teacher: you're a little late.
Me: i'm already torn
Teacher: What? Who do you think you are?
Me: you only love to see me breakin'
Teacher: Get out.
Me: get out, get outta my head

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Star Inkbright said...

*Liaughs* XD

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Dragona Pine said...

@Maralie - lol.





YAY I FEEL PROUD I USED @ :D

Noelle said...

*waves* Okay so I was at a zoo. But I'm here now. Or, at least until the RPers return

Maralie Lily Charm said...

That's meant to be,
*Teacher: What? Who do you think you are? Who do you think I am? :P

{Le pic of Josh and Niall fighting over a segway}
"niall give me a go"
"no josh stop"
"i want it"
"it's mine"
"niall no"
"JOSH STOP THAT'S NOT THE CRAIC"
harry in distance: "fightstagram"

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Mary Contrary said...

@Ayse: That's just unlucky, :c
Similarly, last week, when a certain artist would've been playing a show up here that I'd have liked to see, I was in London. The day after I returned home, they were playing a show in London. Awesome can be very annoying. :P ^^

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Mary Contrary said...

@Mara: *laughs* That's awesome. :P

@Dragona: Congratulations! :P

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Star Inkbright said...

@DRAGONA: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY @! :)

Or should it be @YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY? :P

@Taia: THAT ALSO MASSIVELY SUCKS. O_O *hugs*



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Maralie Lily Charm said...

*CRASHES THROUGH YOUR BEDROOM WINDOW AT 3 IN THE MORNING* DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE DIRECTION

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Noelle said...

:( Sorry Taia! When I went to Sicily we saw a set up for Santana

Dragona Pine said...

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@


Ok, that IS too far.



Ahem.




Cheese.

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Paul had to be escorted out of the venue by security last night because so many fans wanted a picture with him.

Directioners; the only fandom that has created a need for security guards to have security guards.

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Noelle said...

*laughs* Mara, I think every band fandom has its... Nuances. I mean, have you SEEN the things that Beatles fangirls did back then

Mary Contrary said...

Meh. I probably wouldn't have been able to go, anyway. :P

*hugs Star back*
*hugs Adra also*
Thanks, though. :3

@Adra: Awesome. :)

LOL, Dragona. :P

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Dragona Pine said...

Cheese again. :)

Maralie Lily Charm said...

*1D3D movie in cinema*

*eleanor comes on screen*

"aw elounor"
"beard"
"larry is real"
"shut up"

*huge fight*

*popcorn everywhere*

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Mary Contrary said...

Gotta go.

bbl maybe.

Bye!

*hugs*

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Noelle said...

Ong.

*bites into a taco seductively*

Anonymous said...

pfft, over 18
ha
haha
ha

Dragona Pine said...

I wish someone could invent a word that you say when you don't know what to say anything else...



I COULD DO THAT!



The word is... FLUMP.



CHEESE YOU ARE NOW GONE. FLUMP AWAY!

Maralie Lily Charm said...

Liam: *gets hate on twitter*
Liam: *gets ignored at m&g*
Liam: *gets told to shut up at concert*
Liam: "i'm sorry"

do you see what's wrong here

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

HARRY LIKES TACOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS

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Noelle said...

Dragona, I think the word is supercalifragilisticexpiallidocious

Star Inkbright said...

@Dragona: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ IS SUCH A PRETTY PATTERN. :O

And, FLUMPPPPPPP. *nods*

@Maraness: *laughs* XD XD XD XD
And - :(

AND - I just added three vids to my playlist all at once, different versions and that, so yaaaaay. :)

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Star Inkbright said...

26, 19, 37, 40, 57, 39, 79, 4.

*grins at the number 26*

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

{pic of louis on a jetski or whateveryoucallit}

"louis where are you going"
"to find the tea"
"but lou they dumped it 240 years ago"
"she can't go to bed w/o a cup of it tho"

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Star Inkbright said...

I DON'T LIKE THE TERRY DATE MIX OF WAIT AND BLEED . . .

(Sorry, I'm spamming and not really saying anything. D:)

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

MIX

LITTLE MIX

I LIKE LITTLE MIX A LOT

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Star Inkbright said...

I ALSO HAPPEN TO LIKE LITTLE MIX QUITE A LOT, BUT THAT IS BESIDE THE POINT. :P

Not that the point I am trying to make is my point.

And of course I am not near the point, least it pop me.

POINTSSSSSSSSSS. D:

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Dragona Pine said...

Flump :)

Noelle said...

((I'm leaving for a bit- bbl!))

Star Inkbright said...

I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell I wait and bleed
I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell I wait and bleed

GOODBYE!

I wipe it off on a tile
The light is brighter this time
Everything is 3D blasphemy
My eyes are red and gold
The hair is satnding straight up
This is not the way I picture me
I can't control my shakes
How the hell did I get here?
Something about this, so very wrong
I have to laugh out loud
I wish I didn't like this
Is it a dream or a memory?

I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell I wait and bleed
I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell I wait and bleed

Get out of my head coz I don't need this
Why didn't I see this?
Well I'm a victim -
Manchurian candidate!
I have sinned by just
Making my mind up and taking a breath away

I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell I wait and bleed
I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell I wait and bleed

GOODBYE!

You haven't learnt a thing
I haven't changed a think
My flesh was in my bones
The pain was always free
You haven't learnt a thing
I haven't changed a thing
My flesh was in my bones
The pain was always free

I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell I wait and bleed
I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell I wait and bleed

AND I WAIT FOR YOU!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zagSV7fToc&list=PLTslNdjmKxFvz82_82YflzFzAn1Nltzi7&index=13

(More random lyrics may follow, sorry.)

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Dragona Pine said...

I have to go now, bye.

Maralie Lily Charm said...

"doctor what's wrong with my daughter?"

"well ma'am i'm afraid she has a serious case of... the feels"

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Mary Contrary said...

Back! :)

And I just found this interview with Matt and Justin from MCS which I've not read before, and this one question:
If you had to marry a male celebrity, who would it be and why?

Matt: Well, it would have to be someone who could, you know, sing me a nice love song... so with that in mind, some sort of crooner, let's go with Jeff Buckley. That man could sing. I'd need some songs in life.

And I'm just sat here, like, squeeing. x3

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Star Inkbright said...

HEY TAIA! :)

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Star Inkbright said...

I'm just finding all these different versions of songs and therefore getting so many videos so quicklyyyy . . . :)

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Mary Contrary said...

HEY STAR!

Awesome~~ :3

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Mary Contrary said...

:P

What did you want to be when you were little?

Matt: An astronaut or a musician.

Justin: A hamster.

:3

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Star Inkbright said...

(Sorry for my distance, confusion happened).

@Taia: :)

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

I figured out what was wrong with that video ded from nearly a month ago...

[Tries to decide whether to reupload it as it is or update parts to fit better with what's happened since then]

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

AHAHAHAHA

{Niall and Louis at le concert, Niall with his hands crossed above his head}

"louis"

"what niall"

"when you're ready"

"oh god"

"come and get it"

"niall stop"

"na na na na na"

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

Taia - Niall wanted to be a potato when he was little...

"POTATOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

I'd eat that potato...;)

ON AN UNRELATED NOTE FABI HI *hugs*

Are Irish people the only ones who call potatoes "spuds"? Thought so :P

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

Mara, a car with One Direction, 1D and hearts all over it in spray paint drove past right as I saw that comment.

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

[hugs Mara back]

I think I'm just going to upload it as it is, and you'll all have to remember it's a month late. :-P

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

OH LOUIS' BUM

HOW THE

FABI

*laughs*

OH LORDY LOU

ibetthatwasthewantedssecretcar *cough* ;)

BUT OMG I WOULD LIVE IN THAT CAR

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

Oh well, at least we can see it XD



ugh the feELS *screams into pillow*

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Mary Contrary said...

@Mara: *laughs* :3 (We call 'em spuds here, too. :P )

Hiya Fabi! :)

Sorry for distance. :3

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Star Inkbright said...

30, 19, 37, 40, 57, 39, 79, 4 . . . *has done so much playlisting today it's untrue*

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

THE VIDEO DIARIES ARE BACK *cries tears of joy*

MEMORIES OH LORD

CUDDLY HARRY IS MY FAVOURITE HARRY

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

[Laughs]

Hi Taia, hi Star!

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Star Inkbright said...

*smiles at Mara* :)

IT'S SO ODD HOW LIKE YOU'RE RANTING ABOUT MUSIC AND I'M RANTING ABOUT MUSIC EXCEPT LIKE YOU'RE RANTING ABOUT 1D AND I'M RANTING ABOUT SLIPKNOT AND LIKE POLAR OPPOSITES LIKE . . .

And hi to you as well Fabi! :)

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

*is irl sobbing and laughing*

Oh goshness..

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Star Inkbright said...

@Maraness: Please don't forget how to breathe! :) *hugs*

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

no it's just

star

help

please

i'm crying and idk why

LOUIS TOMLINSON YOU ARE THE CAUSE OF THIS
"MORE INTENSE" MY ARSE

*whacks head off wall*

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Star Inkbright said...

NO NO NO NO NO DO NOT HURT YOUR HEAD! :P

*coats wall in cushions*

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

*whacks head off ceiling*

it hurts that i'll never be able to meet these five boys that have made my life worth living again

sigh

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

[Ties pillow to Mara's head]

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Noelle said...

I don't even know what you guys talk about anymore

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

[hugs Adra]

I'm sorry...

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Sapphire Lore said...

Hi! I'm new on Derek's blog (actually on everything blogger). Sooooo... Hi!

Star Inkbright said...

*coats ceiling in cushions*

ARGHHHHHHH SOME GUY SAID THAT THE REV IS THE BEST DRUMMER ON THE PLANET AND EVERYONE WAS COMMENTING POINTING OUT HE'S NO LONGER ON THE PLANET . . . :(

@Adra: I talk about more when I'm actually HERE. :P RIght now, I'm in distanceandrandomspammode. I think most of us are. :P

*starts conversation to kill the mode*

HOW IS EVERYONE? :)

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

I have to go now. Hopefully the ded will finally be up when I'm done with this. If not, I'm going to just forget about it, it's been a month already.

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

*screams*

*runs around blindly*

VAS HAPPENIN' KEVIN?!

*wallops into wall*

*stumbles backwards*

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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Star Inkbright said...

HI SAPPHIRE! :)

Welcome to Blogland! :)

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

Hello Lore! Nice to meet you!

Goodbye Lore! Bye everyone!

[vanishes]

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Noelle said...

No I mean all the 1D stuffies... *shrugs* that's why I tend to RP a lot because I really don't know a lot so

Noelle said...

Hello Lore! I'll have to call you that because there already is another Saph

Star Inkbright said...

drummingblue 2 years ago


The Rev did not actually die, god just needed drum lessons.

Reply · 128 Vote Up Vote Down

:P

*hugs Fabi* :( FOURS!

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Sapphire Lore said...

Cool. Just double checking, we're all crazy here right? Because I definitely am. And actually I have to go.

Bye!

Noelle said...

*waves, handing her a skulcake* Bye?

Mary Contrary said...

Bye Fabi! *hugs*

@Sapphire Lore: Welcome! :)
*offers a cookie*
It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance!
D'you mind if I/we call you Lore, or have you a preference? Just, there's another Saph around already. :)

@Adra: YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW ANYTHINGS :P
I know about 1D only what I hear from Mara and my Directioner friend/s.
I'm distant, but always happy to talk about pretty much anything (within fair reason. :P) :)

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Star Inkbright said...

:( FOURS SAPPHIRE!!!

And NOPPPPPPPPPPPE. I'm not insane, I'm not insane . . . *is singing along to the song I was just playlisting*

Kidding. XD WE'RE ALL MAD.

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Mary Contrary said...

@Lore: I like to think of us as a bunch of psychopaths, helping each other out. So, yes. :P

Bye! *hands her a cookie*

@Star: :P

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Noelle said...

Yeah yeah, I know that it's 1D and those bands that Star adores, I'm just saying- no one really knows who Kerli is, or wants to talk Aerosmith or Led Zep. That's all.

Not that there is a lot to talk about anyways....

*RPs*

Star Inkbright said...

I know so much from Maraness. I know more about 1D than my friends who are into 1D. XD
(They aren't really that obsessed, thoughhhhhh)

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Maralie Lily Charm said...

Sorry...

*disappears because she seems to be annoying too many people today*

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Star Inkbright said...

@Adra: And who talks about anyone with anything? :P
You can randomly spam if you want whilst we're randomly spamming. No one knows who anyone is. :(

BUT ANYWAY. THE RANDOM SPAM WILL HOPEFULLY MOSTLY STOP.

*frowns at screen*

Btw, msd. I'm always msd at night, because the wifi could get switched off . . .

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Snoogy said...

I really wanted to play it but it's PS3 exclusive :(
Also BACK COVER ASDFGHJKL XD

Mary Contrary said...

... I need to stop using Hannibal quotes to describe things. At some point, it's going to start getting creepy. :P

@Adra: Nobody knows the majority of what I listen to, either. But random spam goes on, and sometimes one thing can be related to another, and, IDK.
If there's anything you want to say, say it, I guess. :)

Even if it's just like "CAAAAAKKEEEEEE."

Because cake is nice. :3

Possibly msd.
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Dean said...

And, of course you forgot to mention that you're not coming to Australia, Derek...
*Fumes*

Still sick. Another sick day...

Noelle said...

*waves to everyone who left?*

Okay then.


I finished the video btw

Star Inkbright said...

I PREFER BUNS AND MUFFINS TO CAKE.

CAKE IS ALL AWKWARD TO HOLD.

PLUS I LOVE THE TOPS OF BUNS AND MUFFINS AND THAT.

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Mary Contrary said...

Snoogy! Hi! :)

*hugs Mara*
:/ Bye~

@Adra: Was this the video you were editing yesterday? :)

Hi Death!

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Star Inkbright said...

DEATHHHHHHHHHH! :)

Sorry about the fact he lives over here. :(

*could quote numerous things to do with the fact she's sick, but doesn't, because it might encourage the sickness*

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

Okay, I think I'm back now...

A bit...I don't know.

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Star Inkbright said...

@Adra: Yay for videoness! :)

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Star Inkbright said...

Hey Fabi! :)

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Mary Contrary said...

@Star: THAT DEPENDS ENTIRELY ON THE CAKE ITSELF.
But buns and muffins are nice, equally. :P

Hi again, Fabi! :)

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

Hello Taia, Star, Adra, anyone else.

[hugs all]

[Rocks back and forth uncertainly]

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Noelle said...

*laughs* Yes it was. *pauses* What's wrong, Fabi?

Star Inkbright said...

MY DAD MAKES THE BEST-TASTING CAKES IN THE UNIVERSE.

ANYONE WHO DISAGREES WILL DIE.

AND MY MUM ICES THE BEST.

MY PARENTS ARE THE BIRTHDAY CAKE OVERLORDS.

(Seriously. We've had fairies and hedgehogs and rockclimbing and all sorts.)

But I still prefer buns and muffins. :)

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

I'm just...

Worried, I guess. And wondering if I made the right decision or not.

It still feels like something's going to explode. Like it's not realt over. I mean... I don't know, and I'm sorry if that offends anyone, I just feel...tension of some sort whenever I come on here anymore.

Maybe it's just my imagination...?

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Noelle said...

*tackles Fabi*

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

I want cake...

I don't remember having lunch today... I don't think I did.

Meh, I'm not hungry anyway.

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

[is tackled]

[hugs Adra]

[hugs everybody who wants a hug]

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Noelle said...

*crawls up onto Fabi's back* *whispers* I love youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Star Inkbright said...

@Fabi: . . . I hate to say it, but I sort of get what you mean.

I guess it'll take a while for the memories and that to die down . . . :/

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

Oh, the video ded from a month ago is up. Too lazy to get the link. :-P

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Star Inkbright said...

@Fabi: *looks at numerous YouTube tabs open already* I SHALL CHECK THAT SOON. :)

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

[smiles sadly]

It's almost eight minutes long, just a warning...

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Mistical Future said...

Cool Mr Landy! Cool! It sounds good ... but I'm not over 18 so I can't play it :(

Mary Contrary said...

@Star: My dad makes no involvement, but my mother rules, to some extent, when it comes to cake.
We've had a toadstool-fairy-house, we've had pokémon, we've had spongebob and trains, we've had lightsabres and tigers and a circus and the best damn dalek you'd ever see made out of cake, icing, and bronze/gold dust. :3
Not that I'm disagreeing, but I think some of ours were pretty cool too. :P
And, hedgehogs and rockclimbing both sound awesome. :)

*high-fives for the arts of cakeness* :P


*huggles Fabi*


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

Hi Misti!

My mom made a chocolate potato-based cake once...

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Star Inkbright said...

@Taia: . . .
OKAY, YOUR MUM CAN BE ONE OF THE OVERLORDS TOO. :) *hugs*

THEY SOUNd VERY COOL. :)

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Star Inkbright said...

@Fabi: WHAT. O_O
AWESOMENESS! :) :) :)

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Octa said...

Ahem.

Hello people!

Mary Contrary said...

Hi Misti! :)

@Fabi: Awesome! :)
I've had potato-based chocolate cake before, but not made by a relative. ^^

@Star: *laughs* *hugs back* YAY! :P

The dalek was pretty awesome, though... Until it was accidentally decapitated by somebody's bag. :P

That said, the Pikachu wasn't much of an achievement. :P
It was a sort of squished sphere, with ears and a tail, basically. :P

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Mary Contrary said...

OCTABOONA! HELLO! :3

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Star Inkbright said...

THE EVIL BAG. O_O

HEY OCTA! :)

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

*screams* I SWEAR TO JESUS I WILL BE HOPEFULLY SKYPED AT THE DUBLIN GET TOGETHER

Noelle said...

OCTALALALALALALALALAAAAAAAA *tackles* HULLO!

And my vid is almost 18minutes

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

Yeah, it was good. She lost the recipe, though, and now denies she ever made such a thing.

BUT IT WAS FOR MY BIRTHDAY

SO SHE FORGOT MY BIRTHDAY.

Or actually my unbirthday, I think it was. But we were celebrating my birthday, just really late. SO IT AMOUNTS TO THE SAME THING

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

Greetings Octaboona.

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Octa said...

TAIA,STAR ZAF, ADRA, FABI *huggles*

Hey :)

I hope the Dublin thing is actually happening.

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

Hi Zaf!

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Octa said...

@ Adra, is the video uploaded yet?

If so link?

Mary Contrary said...

*huggles back*

How're you doing, Octa? :)
It's been forever again. :P

*nods* It'd be awesome if it was to go ahead. Not that I'd be able to go, but for those who can, I'd still be happy to know that they could. :)

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

I WILL BE AT THE DUBLIN THING




...in spirit. :-P



Wbd, recording.

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Octa said...

It has been ages, indeed.

And hopefully I am one of those people who are able to go :)

But since I'll be at the Edinburgh Festival I don't suppose it matters too much if I can't.

Also I'll be getting LSODM four days early, and probably won't be online because I am terrible at resisting spoiler requests.

Octa said...

First :)

Star Inkbright said...

HI ZAF! :)

I WILL BE IN DUBLIN IN 2014. *nods*

IT IS HAPPENING.

(See, because I never ask for anything, when I DO on the very rare occasion ask for something, I usually get it. :P)

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