Thursday, September 26, 2013

Ali

A little over half an hour ago, I buried my doggy.

Not one of the silly doggies. Mable passed away a few months ago, and Sherlock is still pottering around the kitchen. No, this was MY doggy. This was Ali, my German Shepherd, my Alsation, the best dog in the whole world, and the undisputed love of my life.

Almost fourteen years ago, we needed a dog. I was living at home and working on the farm, and it was decided that we were getting a new dog, a few years after our last one had died. My mum, being my mum, looked upon this decision as a starting point. From here, the breed would be chosen, we'd start asking around, and then, in a few months time, we'd actually get the dog.

My dad, being my dad, looked upon this decision as a go-ahead to get a dog the very next day.

And so, while my mum was at work, we drove to a house down the road who'd just had a brand new batch of puppies. It was my little sister who picked which one we'd take home — she picked the quietest out of all the yapping pups — and we took the pup home, and I was in love.

It was obvious to everyone that she was going to be mine. We kept her in a shed for the first week or two, because she was filthy and she smelled terrible. But every evening after work I was in that shed, sitting on the ground with her. I couldn't stand to hear her whine. I couldn't stand the thought of her being lonely. I convinced my parents that she should be an indoor dog, and after she'd been washed and didn't smell quite so bad, my folks gave in.

Oh, and her name? I remember this discussion VERY clearly. We were all in the living room one evening. I wanted to call her something awesomely cool. I'm pretty sure I wanted her named either Buffy or Xena. Nobody else agreed with me. But, I argued, I'm the one who's going to be looking after her and feeding her and spending the most time with her. Surely I should be the one to name her?

Apparently not. I'm pretty sure it was Audrey who suggested the name. Remember, this was fourteen years ago, and the TV show Ally McBeal was at the height of its popularity.

"Ally!" Audrey said. "Because she's an Alsation! And also Ally McBeal!"

I was outvoted, but I vowed that day that my doggy's name should forever be spelled... Ali.

(Take THAT, Ally McBeal.)

Ali became a part of the family. Granted, it was the part of the family that slept in the kitchen and to whom my older sister Nadine never REALLY warmed. Every so often she'd look at Ali lying there, and she'd soften, and go over and pet the dog and say nice things. And then the moment Ali nudged against her Nadine would freak out and the dog would wonder what the hell was going on.

But we all loved her. When she was a pup, she used to run at whoever was sitting in the armchair in the kitchen, leap up and stand on their chest/shoulder/head and look around, like she was proudly surveying her territory. A year or two passed, and it never occurred to her that maybe she was too big to keep doing that, so she kept doing it. Many a time my dad would be sitting in the armchair reading the paper, and I'd see Ali readying herself like a sprinter on the block. Suddenly she'd leap, bursting through the newspaper, and dad would cry out in alarm and there'd be a mad scramble of legs and then sudden stillness, and she stood on my father's chest, one paw in his face, looking around at her kingdom. And the only thing we'd hear from dad would be a "Bloody mutt..."

Then, of course, she got too big and too powerful even to do THAT. The amount of times she'd leap onto dad and find herself hurtling over the back of the chair...

Ali had many talents. She was a bit of an actress, appearing in my very first movie, Dead Bodies. She can be seen at the start, jumping up and down at a patio door. I was on the other side of that door, though you can't see me, leaping about like a nutter in order to get her excited. That was her first and only film role. I think she realised she had a choice to make — LA, or Ireland. She chose Ireland.

I wrote the first Skulduggery book with her in my room. Every single evening I'd sit at my computer, writing away, and I'd hear the pat pat pat of her approach, and she'd nudge the door open with her nose, walk in, jump up on my bed, and curl up and watch me. That's how we spent our evenings. She wasn't happy without me and I wasn't happy without her.

After the book got picked up, I went to New York for a week to meet with my American publishers. After a few days I started to miss Ali DREADFULLY. I called home and my mum told me that Ali was spending her nights in my room, waiting for me to come home. When I finally did come home, she  got all excited and started bouncing and whirling in circles, and then we went to my room, and she got up on the bed and I leaned in, and she licked my face for fifteen minutes. It was disgusting — by the end of it, my face had a thick layer of saliva coating it — but I didn't want to move. Fifteen minutes. I counted.

I used to take her for long walks around the fields a couple of times a day. Whenever I'd get stuck writing, off we went. I'd sort out problems with the plot as I walked, and Ali would chase birds and rabbits and splash in puddles and come back to me every now and then for a cuddle, then bound off again. Those memories are some of my favourites from when I was living at home. I was happy, I had a future, my family was proud of me, and I had my dog.

In 2008 or thereabouts, I moved out. I bought a house seven minutes away, so every evening I could go back to visit the folks and walk the dog. For a long time after I moved out, Ali would wait outside my old bedroom for me to return. I hate thinking of times like those, times when she was disappointed or she missed me and I wasn't there. She got used to the new arrangement, of course. Now she started looking forward to 5:30, when I'd walk in. Around that time every single day, she'd be waiting at the kitchen door. She'd get so excited to see me, and after we'd played around and she settled down, she went back to the door to wait for my mum to come home. Her ears would perk up and I'd know she heard an engine, and I'd open the front door just as my mum got out of the car and Ali would race out, excited all over again.

About four years ago Ali got cancer. She developed a large tumour on her belly. I was distraught. She had an operation to get rid of it, but the vet told us the cancer was going to come back. He gave her two years, maybe. Two more years with my dog.

These last few years, Ali got old. She got stiff. The long walks became shorter and shorter. She couldn't handle it anymore. And suddenly there were babies in the house, wobbling about. Ali didn't know quite what to make of them. She learned pretty early on to try and stay away if she possibly could. She was great with the kids. She's never been anything other than gentle and loving and lovely.

Yesterday I took her on a short walk, just out to the shed. We reached the shed and she lay down. This wasn't normal. I went over and petted her and she seemed fine. She got up and followed me to the postbox, and lay down again. Then she followed me back inside the house, and went to her mat and lay down.

"Is everything okay?" my mum asked.

"No," I said.

She had perked up this morning, according to the text my mum sent, but by this afternoon she was lying down again. We took her to the vet. She lay in the back of my jeep and he came out, but he didn't even have to examine her to see that the cancer was back. He injected her there and then and I cried. I haven't cried like that in... I don't ever remember crying like that. I'm crying right now. I love my dog and I miss her, and the reason I'm writing this is because she deserves to be remembered.



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Edward Fletcher said...

Goodbye

Mary Contrary said...

*blinks*

My homework planner is full of flower petals.

O.o

Uh, Hi/Bye, Benjamin! *waves*

#ChaseForBook9

Noelle said...

Hi... I'm back. *waves* And dead

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

Hi bye Benjamin

I have wifi by my uncle but wen we go to the other house god knows if I will I hope because it'll be a miserable time for me to sit there like hi and be bored I get pestering if i'm bored long enough

Edward Fletcher said...

Hello Taia, back

Mary Contrary said...

Welcome back, Adra! :)
Dead? Oh, dear. How did that happen? :(

#ChaseForBook9

Edward Fletcher said...

Hello Zaf and Adra

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

*waves* I feel like I should know you.

Edward Fletcher said...

Me?

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

Greetings.

Mary Contrary said...

@Zaf: Hm. Can you, like, think up some ideas for writing/drawing/creating/even homework, if nothing else, while you're there, to keep yourself occupied?

#ChaseForBook9

Edward Fletcher said...

Greetings Mycroft

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

Yes you Benjamin I feel I ought to know you yet I don't think I do...*bangs head against floor*

Anonymous said...

Hey! I'm back^^

Edward Fletcher said...

Well, you should remember me as Johnathon and Edward

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂Hey, Adra, I'm sorry I spoiled the book a little a week or two ago :( I'm just the kind of person who LOVES spoilers because the SP books never come out in my country until months (sometimes years) later.☂

☂And my mom hates ordering books for me online.☂

☂So my view on spoilers is different.☂

Edward Fletcher said...

Hello Mithria

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂☂shakes Mith☂☂

☂I WAS WAITING FOR YOU YESTERDAY☂

☂☂falls over☂☂

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

Taia maybe its just agrivating I dont even generally like the side of my family I have to go by after my uncle's so to me I'm awkwardly sitting there usually we have the annual pool party but obviously in September we wont

Mary Contrary said...

G'day, Myrcroft/Ember! :)

*watches Zaf* *hopes the floor is carpeted, at least*

Welcome back, Mithria!

WBD, trying to persuade myself to do homeworks.

#ChaseForBook9

Anonymous said...

I'm feeling with you, Ember! I know exactely what you mean!
Oh btw, I WAS WAITING FOR YOU THE TWO DAYS BEFORE!! So, wanna go on, right?^^

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

Greetings, Mr. Lament! I approve of your new taken name.

*looks away*

Hello, Mithria.

Anonymous said...

Hi Benjamin and Hi Taia! :)

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

Oh.....right. I totes knew that...*stares* so I got to experience forced to obey Niccolò remind me to slap him when I see him as that really hurt amd being cut by that knife wasnt cool

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂☂sticks tongue out at Mith☂☂

☂True dat, true dat...☂

Greetings, Miss DeMars! Good to see you again.

Noelle said...

Ember, there's a difference between spoiling it for yourself and spoiling it for others.


Hi people who just came.

Taia, I was on a horse and I've overheated again. -_-

Anonymous said...

*is sitting in a corner, holding the still wrapped gift that Mycroft gave her in her shaking hands*
*doesn't even see Mycroft*
*thinks* What did you expect? You thought he'd love you? Ha… not after what you did to him. You've hurt him. You made him CRY! And why? Because you simply can't shut up! You've made a mess of it - once again! *is crying without noticing it*

Noelle said...

((MITHCROFT OMG I SHIP UT))

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂I know, Adra.☂

☂I'm sorry. I won't do it again, okay?☂

☂☂hugs Adra☂☂

Anonymous said...

Sherlock: *suddenly appears right next to Mycroft* *sounds bored* Got talk to her.

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

((I do too *raises pumpkin hot chocolate*))

Anonymous said...

*Go

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂(hey, Mith, do you think it'd be a good idea to bring Malik into this?)☂

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂(I was going to suggest Sherly too, but you beat me to it XD)☂

*glares at Sherlock*

No! I'm quite sure she does not want to speak to me at present!

Noelle said...

((Yeah- don't do it... As for when we should talk about the books on the blog, it should be up to the people who haven't read it- just more on that point))

Anonymous said...

(Don't know... What do you think about it? I could bring him into this, if you want)

Sherlock: *sighs* Go talk to her. She is feeling awful and sorry. You love her. The only logical reaction is: Go and talk to her.

Mary Contrary said...

@Zaf: *nods* Hm. I guess you just have to put up with 'em, then. At least it's only once a year, I guess. Good luck. :)

Oh? It's good to see you too, Mr Holmes. :)

@Adra: Aw. :( I hope you, uh, cool down soon? I don't know what helps over-heating. Head-in-freezer? Water? Ice cream?


Mithcroft. :3

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Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂Yeah, Adra... in fact, I haven't even SEEN a copy of it yet...☂

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

*sighs*

And I am a quivering lump of body fat and exceptionally wonderful brain cells that, unfortunately, do not aid me during social interactions. There is no way I could possibly speak to her without upsetting her further or proving that I am, in fact, an insufferable pig.

Noelle said...

...head in a freezer?

Lord.

I'm just lying on the floor, actually

Edward Fletcher said...

*Begins to eat cake on top of a tree* Cake anyone?

Noelle said...

*sneaks up and shoves Mycroft onto Mith*

...I didn't mean to push THAT hard

Maybe

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂(You can bring him in if you think it's a good idea! Then again, that means you'd have THREE CHARACTERS TO MANAGE RIGHT NOW...)☂

Noelle said...

Is it bacon cake?

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

*falls on top of Mithria*

GOD DAMN IT, LADY ADRA.

Edward Fletcher said...

It's every flavour cake *Finds bacon slice* Here

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂(Thanks, Adra, I was wondering how I was going to make that transition XD)☂

Noelle said...

MYCROFT, THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE WHERE ARE YOUR MANNERS

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂So, Benjamin, it's like those jellybeans from hogwarts?☂

Noelle said...

*takes the slice* Thanks Benny ole' pal

Anonymous said...

Sherlock: *pushes Mycroft towards Mith* Miss Faith, my dear brother wants to tell you something. *nods and goes away*



*stands but turns away so that Mycroft can't see her tears* I… I am so terribly sorry! Please believe me, Mycroft, I… I never… NEVER wanted to hurt you!
*whispers, still not looking at him* You are the best man I ever met… I love you…

Alastair Cruciatus said...

I'm back! And I'm not sure if Sparky reads old comments, but I think she does have a valid point about continual plots. I think we do have a nice variety of small, spontaneous plots mixed in with the big ones. Also, you had a good point bout sub-plots- that you like to write them on your own so you can control them- and I do that sometimes. That's one of the reasons why I wanted to make Nameless, actually. But a lot of times, I prefer not to write my plots out in chapter format, because I find it much easier to interact with other characters through roleplay. I don't always want to have total control of my plots, and I also think it's fun to try and work plots around all the different types of characters and situations that other people have. My favorite thing to do is mix stories and roleplay, which is what I tried to do with Nameless, and it's not perfect but it sometimes works. So, anyway. Just throwing ideas around, because I really like hearing other people's preferences and ideas, and then discussing them.

#ChaseForBook9

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Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

FOR GOD'S SAKE. MY MANNERS ARE IMPECCABLE.

Alastair Cruciatus said...
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Anonymous said...

(Oh shit... I haven't seen your comment, adra, sorry!!)

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

((I thought Malik liked talking to Alexis...ah well little Alexis is shipped with Lorcan now and she has a heart unlike Zaffy))

Edward Fletcher said...

Yes, it like the jellybeans. Your welcome Adra

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

*looks up at her from his flailed position on top of her*

☂dunnoifyoucansayflailedposition☂

☂nvm☂

You really mean that?

Mary Contrary said...

@Ember: I haven't yet seen a copy of KOTW OR LSODM, yet. I live in the UK. There's some weird logic over here. :P

@Adra: What? That's what I do when the temperature rises above 20°C. xD

As far as places to lie go, I think the floors a good one, though. :)

#ChaseForBook9

Noelle said...

YOUR MANNERS HAVE THE RANGE OF A TEACUP.


((You're good, Mith))

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

((Hi Ari! I'm here for a half hour tops and I'll be back in 2-3hrs so *glares* we will get to the bottom of why I tried killing you today or tomorrow!

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂Wow. Where do you live, Taia?☂

☂HEY ARI!!!!!!☂

Noelle said...

Floors are comfy

*whispers to someone* MITHCROFT is gettin dowwwwnnnn

Edward Fletcher said...

*Places tiger on everyones head*

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

AND YOU'RE PUSHING ME TOO, SHERLOCK, AREN'T YOU?!?!

MY MANNERS ARE PERFECTLY SOUND, YOU INSULT TO THE HUMAN RACE!!!!!

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂Adra, you little monster XD☂

Anonymous said...

Sherlock: *raises eyebrow but doesn't say anything*

Mycroft, would you mind getting off me? Please... I... I think we have to talk.

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂(I'm kinda wondering what to do, because on the one hand I want to hide it and on the other hand I need to co-ordinate on this one... maybe... maybe I don't...)☂

Noelle said...

OI DO YOU WANNA GO, MITHCROFT? CUZ WE CAN TANGO

((*tango being lingo for "fight"*))

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂I think I'm going to let this one play out nicely first...☂

*turns attention back to Mithria*

Oh. Yes. Of course.

*quickly gets up and helps her to her feet*

Edward Fletcher said...

Back in half an hour

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂☂collapses laughing at Adra☂☂

☂I'M A HALF OF IT! WE CAN TANGO!☂

☂☂rose appears in mouth☂☂

☂☂starts whirling Adra aorund☂☂

Anonymous said...

*stands but turns away so that Mycroft can't see she has been crying* I… I am so terribly sorry! Please believe me, Mycroft, I… I never… NEVER wanted to hurt you!
*whispers, still not looking at him* You are the best man I ever met… I love you…

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂Bye, Lament!☂

Noelle said...

K Benji!

*pushes Ember away* NU I DUN LIKE YU *love ya*

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

*sighs*

I love you very much as well, Mithria. You have no need to feel ashamed or sorry. It is I who should feel those emotions.

☂I can't word shit properly today. JUST. UGHHHHH☂

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...
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Mary Contrary said...

@Ember: Wales. But, that said, I've only visited any bookshop a handful of times over the past year... *grumbles*
I went a few times after KOTW's release, to local ones. They didn't have it yet, any of those times.
And I haven't been to any bookshop since a week or two before LSODM came out, so... It kind of makes sense, I guess. ^^

Bye Benjamin!

wbd
#ChaseForBook9

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂☂i kno dahling i kno☂☂

☂NU BUT I WUV YOO☂

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂Good point, Taia...☂

Anonymous said...

*looks at Mycroft* Could you... could you just stop that? Please. Stop saying things like that! They are not true!

Noelle said...

IT'S TOO LATE EMBER! *said dramatically* I... I was seeing someone behind your back!

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

*stares blankly at Mithria*

They will always be true, and there's nothing you could do to change that.

☂I could actually do this now, but it's not good in terms of timing...☂

Noelle said...

*sings softly* Shalalallalalallalaa kiss the girllll

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂☂gasps☂☂

☂NUUUUUUUU☂

☂SHAY IT ISH NERT SHOOOOOOOO☂

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

*is totes shipping Mythcroft whilst trying to stay focused on wanting Ari dead* ((multitasking is hard I want Ari dead yet I'm shipping a ship!!))

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

Guys, my iPod has stopped acknowledging my existence. It ran out of battery and when it woke up, it decided to pretend there wasn't supposed to be a touch screen. The buttons work, though, but I can't actually use it with just the buttons. Idk what's wrong with it, or if I can fix it, but if I can't, my presence here will cease to be regular. Because if I am here, I am very very likely to be on my iPod. Usually I'm working on a project on my laptop and conversing on the iPod and the multitasking just works that way. I guess you don't need a detailed description of all my technological devices, so I'll leave it at that.

Here for now, though.

#ChaseForBook9

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂YOU CAN'T FIGHT THE MITHCROFT, ZAF☂

☂☂hugs Zaf☂☂

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂Oh no, Fabweeee D;☂

☂☂hugs Favis☂☂

Anonymous said...

*shakes head softly* They are not.


(I'm totally thinking about "Fuckin' Perfect" by P!ink at the moment!! :D)

Eve the ROCK said...

I think someone just offered me his friendship and then tried to take it back when he realised how socially incompetent I am. Embarrassing, and a shame since I really wanted to be his friend, but funny still. :P
I'll laugh about it tomorrow.

I'm just gonna...bye.

Noelle said...

FIX IT FABI AHHHH



I'm sorry... But we're married too, *whispers* and going to have a child...

Noelle said...

*hugs Eeeeeevveere* I'll be your friend

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂☂☂NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU☂☂☂

☂☂☂WHAT ABOUT THE MUTANT FISH WE ADOPTED☂☂☂

☂☂☂AND THAT CHAIR WE BOUGHT CALLED KEVIN☂☂☂

☂☂☂YOU CANNOT FORGET ABOUT KEVIN☂☂☂

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂I like you lots, Eve! Can I be your friend?☂

Eve the ROCK said...

*hugs Adra* Thank you. xD

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂IKR MITH☂

*shakes head*

Although perhaps with you, I could become better. Perhaps I already am.

Noelle said...

*gives her a skulcake or ten*


It's too late! I love him and I can't control that!

Eve the ROCK said...

*grins at September* Aww. I wasn't asking for this, but thank you so much. You guys are so nice.

But I really need to...bye. :P

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

But let me ask you, Mithria, would you be able to forgive me? Could you overlook everything bad that I've done, that I will do?

I promise you, I will do the best I can for you. I will be who you want me to be and I will be who you need me to be. And perhaps... perhaps you can help build me up from the ground.

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂YOU ARE NICE, EVE☂

☂NEH NU NOH☂

☂YOU CAN CONTROL IT, ADRA. I BEG OF YOU. THINK OF ALL THE CHEESE AND CRACKERS WE ATE TOGETHER.☂

Anonymous said...

*tries not to cry again*
Please Mycroft... could you... just believe me? You are a wonderful man, why can't you just understand that? You say, you will be who I want you to be... Then don't change. Because you're perfect to me just the way you are...

Alastair Cruciatus said...

((MITHCROFT

*hugs Eve* I'm sorry! I will be your friend!

#ChaseForBook9

Noelle said...

*wipes away a tear* I... I apologize for hurting you, Emby *turns and runs, sobbing*

Mary Contrary said...

Aw, Fabi! *hugs* I hope it can be fixed!

@Eve: Aw, hey, I'll be a friend, too. I have no problem at all with social incompetence in humans. :P
See you soon, hopefully. :)


Sorry for my distance.
But I was just watching this fan/lyric video, and asdfgh I'm just trying not to burst into laughter. :P / :)
#ChaseForBook9

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂I WANT TO GO DO THAT THIG ALREADY☂

Anonymous said...

(Which thing, Ember??)

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂☂turns and runs sobbing in te other direction☂☂

Unknown said...

derek im soo sorry i know how it feels ,
your dog looks like my uncles dog

she will always be remembered

from molly

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

[tacklehugs Eve] Hi/bye

"Because you're perfect to me just the way you are..."

[Ships]

[Falls over]

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Noelle said...

*sobs on her own in a corner*

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

*laughs* msd though ill be back 2-3hrs

Noelle said...

*i know right fabi im screaming*

The Grave of a Coward said...

The Midnight Hotel unfolds gracefully from the earth, and a young lady in a white lab coat steps out. She waves over her shoulder at an unseen form within the hotel.

"Bye, Anton! No hard feelings, right?"

She giggles as she counts her money, then passes it to Aubrey, who tucks it into his jacket.

"So . . . How've things been in my absence?"

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂thing☂

☂the☂

☂This is how you know I've transferred to my phone, GOD☂

☂Mith, you don't know about this one yet...☂

Anonymous said...

Okaaaay... um, Ember, you did see the last comment for Mycroft, didn't you?^^

Alastair Cruciatus said...

((Adra! Don't cry! *hugs*

Zaf, are you still here?))

#ChaseForBook9

Noelle said...

I'm sorry, Aretha... But... I had to break up with Ember

Edward Fletcher said...

Back

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

Alright. If that is what you desire.

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

I'm not screaming, because I'm the only awake person in the house, but I am definitely mentally screaming.

I just figured out how to restart the iPod without being able to use the screen... Hoping that works...

#ChaseForBook9

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

((Not fr long Ari like 5min tops STAY ON I WILL BE BACK BY 1pm IF IM NOT I GOT IN TRAFFIC))

Anonymous said...

*still has the ominous gift in her hands*
*looks at Mycroft*
It is... *steps towards him and hugs him lightly*

Alastair Cruciatus said...

Oh, Adra, I'm so sorry! *hugs* Give it time.

#ChaseForBook9

Noelle said...

((0.0 my mom might be taking me with her to a conference in Crete next year I'm sobbing I MIGHT GET TO GO BACK))

Noelle said...

*sniffles* I know...

Wait.

I'm not even dating her. My alter Adra is.


Oops

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂Good luck, Favis!☂

☂ARI, WHAT ABOUT ME?! SHE'S ALREADY FOUND A MAN SHE LOVES. I'M JUST A BROKEN SOUL.☂

☂Mith, I have an idea... I'm going to post a comment on the Ember part of your blog if I can, okay?☂

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂☂☂☂☂YOU LIED TO ME, ADRA?????☂☂☂☂☂

Alastair Cruciatus said...

((I'll try to be here, Zaf!))

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Anonymous said...

(Just do it, Ember^^)

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

ARETHA i will be back but i gtg now stay on or I will I dunno ill find something I'll put pink ribbons on Niccolò

Noelle said...

I'M TERRIBLY SORRY MY HORMONES CONTROL ME

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

((Okay try if not we have tomorrow too! *vanishes* if you do anything you want me to know email me))

Alastair Cruciatus said...

((Ember! Don't be a broken soul!! *runs and hugs her*))

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Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂I did post it on your blog... just cos I'm a little concerned... just look at it quickly :/☂

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂☂SCREAMS WITH RAGE☂☂

☂☂sobs in Ari's arms☂☂

☂☂☂I LOVED YOU, YOU BITCH! I BOUGHT YOU PURPLE THIGH-HIGHS!☂☂☂

The Grave of a Coward said...

*yawn* I'm sorry, Mycroft. Problems of the heart, isn't that always the way?

Dragona Pine said...

Hello.

Anonymous said...

(Looked at it and answered, Ember^^)

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

[hugs Ember]

I, um, think I'm going now...

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Noelle said...

*sinks to her knees* I'M SORRY EMBER I DIDNT MEAN TO HURT YOU, MY HEART AND MIND ARE TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES

The Grave of a Coward said...

Hello, Ms. Pine.

Mary Contrary said...

*watches the comments, completely confused*

Um. *hands out cookies to everyone*

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Edward Fletcher said...

Hello Dragona

Noelle said...

Hey Dragona

LOL Annika. Mr. Mr Pine

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂noooooo Fabi☂

☂I answered your answer.☂

It is, Doctor Precocious.

Alastair Cruciatus said...

((If I vanish, sorry. I'm giving myself a headache... :/))

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Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

Greetings, Mr. Pine!

*hugs Mithria tightly and kisses the top of her head*

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂Aw, Ari :(☂

The Grave of a Coward said...

Well, MR. Pine then. Forgive me, I cannot see any of you. I'm surrounded by pyrite trees.

Mary Contrary said...

*Everybody
(I feel like there's a difference. :P)

Hi Annika! :)
Hey Dragona! :)

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Noelle said...

*violently eats chocolate*

*throws chocolate at Mycroft with a slingshot*

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂ADRA☂

☂THANKS YOU JUST GAVE ME AN IDEA☂

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂Mithria, I replied to your reply to my reply to your reply to my question.

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂(That was me, not MH)☂

Noelle said...

NO DON'T LOOK AT ME IM ASHAMED

The Grave of a Coward said...

Hello Taia! I too am a dinosaur enthusiast.

Anonymous said...

(*laughs at Ember* That's getting confusing...)

Noelle said...

Cow goes woof
Cat goes meow

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂Adra, stop that, I need to be serious now XD☂

☂Mith, I need to open the box for you, okay?☂

Mary Contrary said...

@Annika: Hooray! C:

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Anonymous said...

(Okay, Ember^^)

Noelle said...

*dog


*eats more chocolate and magically appears in the catacombs again*

The Grave of a Coward said...

*checks fingernails*

I've been studying abroad. Very tedious. Learned some popular vampire slaying techniques under Van Helsing. Are you familiar with him?

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂I JUST realised you said cat goes woof XD☂

The Grave of a Coward said...

Oh no, Adra, I quite prefer it if the cow goes woof.

Maybe we wouldn't drink so much milk.

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂Okay, guys, this is going to be a little too... quick... but just bear with me and put whatever mental picture/time frame you need in your head, okay?☂

*looks at the ground nervously*

*steps away from Mithria and takes the gift from her gently*

Would you like me to open this for you?

The Grave of a Coward said...

One time, Chuck Norris was bit by a radioactive spider.

The spider received superpowers.

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂☂cow☂☂

☂DANG IT☂

Noelle said...

But then we get nil calcium which can lead to arthritis and osteoporosis

The Grave of a Coward said...

Yes. Open it, Ember. Open it.

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

*the catacombs are severely damaged, with channeller hunters and channellers slinking around, trying to get a drop on the other group. Ten rebels, seven veterans and three less experienced are sitting in a basement, led by the gold haired man, these are what remains of the resistance, apart from our Trip, who is only a temporary part of the resistance.*

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The Grave of a Coward said...

We can get calcium from other things. Why do we have to get it from the stuff that squirts out of a cow?

Noelle said...

*is lost*

Edward Fletcher said...

Hello Trip

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂☂raises eyebrow at Anni☂☂

Noelle said...

Mammary glands- it technically could be from any animal. Goat cheese? Sheep cheese? Goat milk?

*shrugs* It's packed with nutrients

The Grave of a Coward said...

Ah, Trip! My old pal, Trip.
*snaps fingers*
*Aubrey brings forth a pair of binoculars*
Alright . . .
*focuses them*
I can see y'all now . . . You're right, it IS Mr. Pine . . . Sorry about that . . .

Anonymous said...

*works up curiosity*
*smiles and nods at Mycroft*
Please open it!

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

☂Miiiiith?☂

☂HI TRIP!☂

Edward Fletcher said...

Walks into bar and walks up to someone sat in corner* I can help, just tell me where he is

Mary Contrary said...

Howdy, Trip! :)

I don't think I'm really here any more. So if I poof, y'know, this is my warning.

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Alastair Cruciatus said...

((It's gotten to the point where thinking about the state of the world is physically hurting me...))

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The Grave of a Coward said...

Open it Mycroft!
*leans forward, grinning with mad anticipation*

Dragona Pine said...

Sorry my internet went weird.

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

*There is a distinctly rough atmosphere, a very militaristic one*

Gold hair man: After the initial battle, we have reports of seven additional dead government channellers, two disillusioned, four still at large, up to fifty channeller hunters operating in the city, and about twenty dead hunters. We currently have no information on how the werewolf hunters fared, and who's side they're on, but we have no reason to believe they fared any better.

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Noelle said...

((*hugs Aretha* it is pretty awful, isn't it? And a bit unfair that we get stuck with everyone else's mistakes))

*calls out for Trip again*

The Grave of a Coward said...

Doctor Precocious taps a sigil carved into the driver's seat of her creepy black van. The vehicle twists and warps into a massive coal-black steed, with eyes that blaze blue lightning.
She rides this steed down a narrow side-street, looking for excitement.

Edward Fletcher said...

I dedicate to all our pets and to Christmas.

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

*smiles*

This may take a little while.

*unwraps gift*

*reveals very large box*

*opens box*

*takes a package out of the box*

*unwraps package*

*hands some large article of clothing to Mithria*

*takes a medium-sized box out of the middle of the clothing*

*opens it*

*pulls out a large stack of documents that have all been neatly folded in half*

*pulls out a smaller box from inside the medium-sized box*

*hands her a pen engraved I will always love you

*pulls out a very tiny box*



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

We also seem to have several un-allied parties. Adrasdos Dark of your universe, the monster hunter Annika Barnosky, and other members of my universe. This city has become a hot bed for adventurers and their affiliated villains.
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Noelle said...

*sighs* Christ, the other me could have done better...

Anonymous said...

*eyes widen*
*watches him quietly, is not able to say anything*

The Grave of a Coward said...

A hotbed indeed. Who knows what dark and perilous adventures lurk in its winding alleys . . .

Dragona Pine said...

Trip, am I un-allied?

The Grave of a Coward said...

*Doctor Precocious dismounts her steed and stretches, craning her neck to get a good look at the box*

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

*ninja jumps out of the largest box and runs away with a loud cry*

☂I'm so sorry, I just had to throw that in there☂

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

(Yes. And I'm in a basement away from all of you.)

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

(I mean, unless you pick a side.)

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