I thought the title of this entry was smart and funny, effectively conveying the relief at another tour being over and done with in a winning and whimsical manner. But how many of you are going to miss the John Lennon reference and just puzzle at the "Happy Christmas| part? Ah well. Too late now to go changing it.
So, another tour bites the dust. This was a fun one, lots of people turning up, lots of glares and scowls and cakes and pictures and fist-bumps and many, many moody looks into camera... All in a day's work, really. Thanks to everyone who came along — it was tiring but I had a blast.
And now I'm home, and it's time to get organised.
There's going to be some cool news coming your way over the next few weeks and months. Some of it will make you go "Cool!" and some of it will make you grin. Some of it, of course, will make you weep, as it's coming up to that time when I'll have to start plotting out Book Nine. Most of you will still be reeling from the events of LSODM, so you'll know not to trust me. For some reason, the tagline from the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre is floating through my head...
"Who will survive, and what will be left of them?"
The good news is, now that the pressure of editing and touring is off, I'll be able to get back to my regular (ahem) blogging and Twitter routine, so I should be chatting to you guys a little more often than I have been. Hopefully.
The fact is, I'm going to be incredibly busy for the next year. Want a brief rundown on what I have ahead of me?
1) Plot, write and finish Book Nine by March.
2) Work on Mystery Project 2.
3) Write 10 brand new short stories for the Skulduggery Collection out next Summer.
4) Work on Mystery Project 3.
5) Devise, plan and start writing New Book Series by September 2014.
6) Work on Mystery Project 4.
All that, and blog and tweet and play with my nieces. Oh, and my nephew.
Nephew, you say? But Golden God, you don't HAVE a nephew. I do now, gentle Minion. Born this afternoon, weighing in at over 9 pounds, Baby Skulduggery is now part of my Baby Army of Terror, and he is to be feared.
(Okay fine, my sister hasn't OFFICIALLY named him Baby Skulduggery, but come on... How could she NOT?)
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Sorry...
Maybe I'm a little TOO obsessed with the sailing XD
Hey Jubi! Hey Saph! *sneakyelderassassintacklehugs*
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Ari! *hugs*
*hugs newcomers*
*quietly ships*
*Glomps Adra* what are you shipping?
ARI!!!!! SAPH!!!! ADRA!!!! *Supermegatacklehugsofdoom*
HAAIIII!! :D
*quietly ships Tadra*
ahh phooey..
gtg...
BAAII!! *supermegagoodbyetacklehugsofdoom*
*loudly ships Tadra* TADRA TADRA TADRA TADRA TADRAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *screams it from the rooftops*
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I return! So I guess I'll have to hope Niccolò gets the guts to do it...
Guys so I basically just facetimed this girl who I kind of knew and we talked a bit awkwardly and before we knew it it was like two hours later and we were best friends
It was hilarious
*hugs Ari*
*hugs Adra*
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[tacklehugs Ari back]
Anyone else answer please? If you were an instrument, which instrument would you be?
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[hugs Mara]
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Guitar because its the only one I can play
*waves to Jubi*
*grins at Ari* *looks at her watch*
*hugs marsies*
*hugs everyone* :D
Okay, thanks Zaf.
...
My sis taught me how to play a G chord. I forgot, though.
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Bye Jubab!
Mantha, I'd be a keyboard because I love my keyboard to bits and play it everyday. I also love my guitar, but a keyboard is easier for writing songs on :D
What about you?
That sounds awesome, Mara! :)
I'm suddenly in a very good mood. Not really sure why.
Zaf- yeah, in response to what you said before you left- I didn't want to say it then because you were leaving- he really doesn't want to do it, he just feels like he should. And he's not afraid of any of his other names taking over- he just likes being himself, since he's spent so much of his life as other people, and he's afraid to give that up again. But he also feels like doing so is the morally correct thing, so he feels like he should.
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I'd be a guitar. ★
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Okay, Saph.
I don't know, maybe an alto flute, maybe something more like a harp or a glockenspiel or a marimba or a really big drum.
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Okay, thanks Mara.
[plots]
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Then he should. If he feels he should then do it. I mean for all we know John could hate me, maybe he could let John out for a bit so we both can see if this'll work because I know John will either be afraid of me or hate me after meeting me, but I won't force Niccolò to do anything. If he feels he should then he should because it'll bug him and its just maybe better I don't know...I have no shot in hell so
I love glockenspiels!!!
That makes sense, actually...
I wouldn't want to be someone else just because people wanted me to be. It'd sort of hurt...
I can also see why he'd think it's morally right, though.
Oh, and what happened to your plotline with different dimensions? I think I missed the end of it...
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SPEAKING OF GUITARS
NIALL HORAN
SPEAKING OF NIALL HORAN
ONE DIRECTION
😏😏😏😏😏
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*bites an apple*
Mara; XD
I haven't done any more of it, actually. I'm thinking of scrapping it, because it'd be hard and there's a good bit I feel is already happening at the same time. I still think it'd be cool to do, though, and it was going to have a moral, so kind of like the demon thing...
ah bye
@#ChaseForBook9
*waves-8
Wait Ari you're leaving? God no this gonna be suckish I am wanting to meet John but...*screams*
Mara, I think you might be a Directioner. :-P
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Bye Ari!
...my percussion section isn't working. Huh. Well, take two? Okay, that's better...
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SPEAKING OF ONE DIRECTION
ONE YEAR OF LWWY TODAY :') sob sob
SPEAKING OF LWWY
ZAYN'S MANY SOLOS
SPEAKING OF ZAYN'S MANY SOLOS
ZAYN
SPEAKING OF ZAYN
ZERRIE
SPEAKING OF ZERRIE
PERRIE
SPEAKING OF PERRIE
LITTLE MIX
SEE WHAT I DID THERE
IT'S ALL C O N N E C T E D
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Bye Ari! *hugs*
Mantha; Yeah, for some reason I thought that too! I can't imagine why ;)
*Steals Adra's apple and eats it* I love apples :D I can only do my homework if I'm eating apples.
Bye Ari! *hugs*
Fabi - *frowns* Are you sure? :P
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*sighs walking around* gonna be a looong Friday night as usual
Zaf; Long Friday night? It's a long Saturday morning XD
IT'S 11:44PM HERE
*lies on bed* UGH EFFORT
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Quite positive, Maralieeee!
((Yay for Little Mix!
((Um... Right. Because you know perfectly well. Actually you probably don't. Never mind. I'm sure she'll be back later.
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6:46pm by me
*sits by lake* I just ugh its been eating at me all day I want to meet John Smith but I know Niccolò will never do it so I just give up! Sometimes I wish I knew what to do I do. I give up *lays face down on ground screaming*
*leans up against the tree*
I have to disappear to write now. Bye!
[Sings]
So you say
So you've said
So you'll say many times
Both tomorrow and today
So you say...
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See you, Saph!
So you say
See you Saph
[Facepalm]
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Little Mix's new single is called Move! :D
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Gah I'm bored I guess after Jeopardy I'll watch a movie maybe I'll watch the first HP movie
Yay! [hugs Mara]
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*sits with her work*
*sits working on papers and holding Coco bear for Alexis who swims*
*stands up, getting herself a drink*
Mmph.
[Contemplates whether to start something]
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*nods vigorously to Fabi*
Hello? Hello?
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Hi
*waves*
[Runs, looking over shoulder]
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Adra, Zaf, you need to get out of here! I think I lost them, but I can't be sure...
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Happy weekend!
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Ooh, a plot!
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Trip, can your channeler magic kill what's already dead? Or, like, move them on to an afterlife?
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*tackles Trip, grinning* *waves*
*glances at Fabi questioningly*
I could smash it to a bloody pulp, sure.
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((Yep, at least an attempt at one
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Hello there.
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*waves*
*still looks at Fabi confusedly*
I'm not sure that'd stop them all, but maybe.
Or Zaf, you're a more powerful Necromancer than Lilac was... Maybe there's something you can do.
They're these ghosts that sort of shape-shift I guess, to look like anyone, and they seem to have substance somehow, but their skin is dead cold and their eyes don't focus. The first one I saw... I thought it was Alexis, it drew the memory of her from my mind somehow. With an image of Coco bear and everything.
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*stands up, frowning*
Are they ghost ghosts? Disembodied souls? Or another type of ghost?
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[Twenty or so figures step out of the woods, shadowy and indistinct at first, then they come into focus and look like people Adra knew from the sanctuary in New Delhi, some of Trip's spotter's, American Sanctuary people and Fabi's friends]
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Yeah I can handle ghosts they have to obey me I'm a Necromancer so the undead obey me
*takes an involuntary step back, eyes wide*
I'm not sure exactly, I think it's some sort of intangible being inhabiting existing dead bodes and changing them somehow, but I'm not really sure.
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*hisses* I am Zafira Kerias a Necromancer from the Pennsylvania Necromancer Temple, I demand you leave at once. You don't fool me.
Well Zaf... That isn't technically true.
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[One of the ghosts looks like Niccolo and waves to Zaf with an ominous smile]
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*cautiously steps right up in front of Lament's figure, peering at it*
I don't see how the images of lost spotter division agents is meant to scare me. You'll have to try a little harder than that my ghost friends.
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((Greetings, Blogland. Quite an interesting time I am witnessing.))
[The ghosts stop, not coming any closer, but they don't vanish just like that, because that would be boring. I'll think of some explanation once I decide more about them]
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You are not Niccolò Croatoan
((*throws gummy worms at Sir*))
*tilts her head to the side*
(( Hello Sir. How are you?))
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[The ghost that looks like Lament tilts its head at Adra, then shakes its head in a combination of disgust and disappointment]
((Hello Sir!
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In fact, this gives me a bit more time with some old friends, so thanks for that.
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*frowns sadly, giving the ghost a questioning look*
Ghost Nic: I'm terribly sorry, Zafira, but you are correct. Isn't that better, though? He doesn't reciprocate your feelings, my dear, and even if he did, it would never work out. You and I, though? If you created me a new body, we could be happy together.
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It ain't a bad idea Zaf.
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[The spotter ghosts all grin in unison and blur]
[When they have refocused, they're all people who Trip killed]
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*shakes head* No. I know Niccolò likes me. Not himself but...No. You're trying to fool me! Don't you try to! You're going to do something horrible and I'm not giving you a body.
*throws an apple at Trip's back, glaring at him*
*goes back to Lament*
Hi guys!
Ghost Nic: You're perfectly right, it isn't himself. It isn't the same person you love.
Ghost Lament: You have failed me for the last time, Adrasdos Dark.
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Hi Alvard
Now that is... Disturbing.
But you aren't real. What do you want? *his right fist is clenched, seeing several children. But they needed killing, didn't they? They were going to activate the bomb.*
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((*waves at Avlard*))
*laughs quietly at Lament, pinching her cheek*
You can't fool me. I may love the real Niccolò but I'm willing to meet John to talk to him I know I can..
Hi Albard.
Hehe, Star Wars.
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Zafira have you gotten L.S.O.D.M yet? I haven't. Im waiting patiently as i stare at the mailbox
((Hello Alvard!
[All the ghosts speak with one voice]
We want the same things as the rest of our kind.
The master shall rise from the deep
We shall live and breathe once more
We shall have revenge on the spotted one
[Cue the thunder]
[Ghost Lament grabs Adra's wrist and twists it]
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I got it last week *nods*
Hi Fabi how have you been?
*can't make a sound as her eyes well up, trying to pull away*
Spotted as in leopard, or seen?
Nice light show, I haven't seen that one fifty times before.
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Ghost Nic: [In a voice that sounds genuinely heartbroken] Zafira... Who said I was trying to fool you? My offer is genuine. Who would not love a mage as powerful and as regal as you?
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Nice ominous poem though, it's a real doozy.
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*stares in shock* no....
[Ghosts laugh in unison, a humorous laugh, not an evil one]
((I've been okay, you?
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Calls to fake Nic/Zaf: Ooh! Ooh! Pick me! Pick me!
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Eh, I've heard much better ominous poems, as they go.
*feels a tear slide down cheek and closes eyes* Human Niccolò would...*clenches fists*
Are you guys RP?
But you know, I'm all for helping people, so maybe in stead of a cryptic poem, you could just tell us what you need?
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Yep.
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Ghost of Fred: Spotted as in has freckles.
[Ghosts laugh]
[Ghost of Lament pulls Adra towards the forest]
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*points at the ghost who is Lament to Adra* You there! Mind letting Adra go? I think you're hurting her.
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Ghost Nic: [Looks heartbroken]
Ghost Fred: Somehow, I don't think you'd like what we want, Channeler.
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Can I join? Im bored :/
((*nods*))
*backpedals, feet skidding on the ground*
Is it Fabi? I don't know if Fabi has freckles...
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Trip. You know I would never endorse a policy of senseless violence. But I am getting a distinct "villain" vibe off of these creatures.
[Ghost Lament looks up, blinking at Trip]
If I let her go, I can't absorb her energy and become truly alive.
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You don't need to ask, just join.
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*goes up to him obviously petrified* What do you really want?
I don't much like the sound of that.
Oh don't worry sir, I know. But you see, sometimes talking to the villain really does work.
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((Sure, Alvard!
Ghost Fred: [Laughs] No, someone far more powerful than Fabienne. We were chasing her to try to find...the person.
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*glares at Lament, pulling out a stick and batting her with it*
He wants your life energy to become truly alive...
Run! *runs towards Adra*
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[Ghost Lament lets go of Adra and grabs the stick, sticking it through its head, and absorbing it.]
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Fabi, do you know if you can come to the party?
(Also, hi everyone!)
Greetings, Valkyrie.
Oooh! Spooky! 'The' person! What a great adventure this will be. Ominous poems, ambiguous names, Fred. This is gonna be awesome.
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((Even if I could fly over I couldn't tis homecoming weekend I think))
*stumbles back, taking a few steps away, rubbing her wrist* *watches as the stick goes through her head*
...
(*nods to Val*)
*tries to bow to be classy* *trips* *attempts to regain composure*
Hello, Sir.
Hey Val. *punches for Lament's face*
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((Hello, Val! If it's on a weekend, then almost definitely. Depends on the time at this point.
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(Hi Valkyrie I don't believe we met)(What is happening now)
It's probably going to be October 18 or 19, and I need to ask Derek about time for him to be able to Skype... But I was wondering if maybe you wanted to go as Madame Mist? I could get you a veil if you could get Elder robes or even just a long black dress...
[Trip's fist goes into Lament and anything on his hand ((dirt, hair, jewelry, etc.)) dissolves]
[Lament takes one step backwards with a grin]
((I may have to go zoo, sorry...))
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Hi Alvard! *waves frantically and smacks self in the face*
*runs up and pulls Trip backwards, away from Lament*
Hrmph. Incorporeal beings, absolute NONSENSE. What ever happened to the days when extra-dimensional entities were something you could HIT, even if you could only see a part of them?
Huh, that was weird. Maybe we should run away Adra.
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((I went as myself last year well my OC and for Elders robes I took a plain black dress it looked like a robe))
*nods in agreement, keeping her hurt wrist close to her side*
((*Soon, not zoo
((Madame Mist is cool, definitely. And the costume shouldn't be too difficult... I really need to get LSODM...
((If it's the 18th, I may or may not be able to come, but the 19th is completely clear except for homework and such.))
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*turns and runs*
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*runs after*
*had look of uncertaintlyi
((The ghosts can be hit with magic or bad things and they absorb them automatically, which may be a good way to defeat them. The multitasking is getting really hard...))
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Mine?
And related to the reference to extra-dimensional entities, I cannot intervene within this conflict. Though I doubt you all will need much help, if at all.
((Well I havent actually attacked mine yet))
((*tosses Sir some tuna*))
*sighs* Honestly, Adrasdos? The differences between yourself and yourself can be astounding, at some times.
[The ghosts watch Trip and Adra leave, calculating]
[all but Ghost Nic disappear into the woods again]
Ghost Nic: My offer still stands, Zafira. The others would try to destroy what they can, I want only to live and breathe and eat real food... [Ghost looks at feet, then follows the others]
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((*salutes*))
*continues running?*
*runs too*
Oh... *slows and watches ghosts leave* I was kind of hoping for better than that. Oh well, can never really rely on ghosts.
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*sighs, and watches the most of the ghosts disappear* Humbug.
*slows down, reaching out and grabbing Trip's arm to slow him as well*
((I'm sorry, but my multitasking ability will be strained for the next half hour or so, and I can't keep up that many characters at once))
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I'll help you.
((*nods in understanding to Fabi*))
G'day, my fellows and what a good morn is this to whom I owe the pleasure?
*is all shakespeare*
G'day, my fellows and what a good morn is this to whom I owe the pleasure?
*is all shakespeare*
Hello... Flame. Have we met?
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*jumps and hugs Flame* *waves*
Hi Flame! I dont believe we have met.
Good evening, Flame.
Hello Flame.
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*walks over to Trip and plucks a leaf from his hair*
*is apparently as silent as the people around her*
*lays on ground screaming*
I am Flame, for the house of Phoenix.
And who might thou who arth so plainly dressed for such an event as this grand party be? And henceforth if thou arth mine enemy, I would say turn and draw.
Er. Zafira? Oh blast it, I KNOW that, but I can't... BAH!
Yes Sir?
Or if thou arth not mine enemy I would say good morrow to you and let you be, but without warning that forever so I do bite my thumb at you.
*throws a rock at Flame, rolling her eyes*
*screams also*
Thanks dear. *leans in and gives her a quick kiss, then heads over to Zaf* Are you quite all right?
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*blushes* *glances at Zaf, semi- scared to go over*
No just I'm beyond ok. I've lost it. I just have. That ghost...Niccolò I dont know what to do! I don't Ari says John Smith is the name that fell for me but she says Niccolò is afraid to let John assume control.....
I think I give up. It won't happen it never will I should have known! I should have known it'd never work out
Zafira, unrequited love is merely a part of living. Your reaction to the lack of returned feelings is what TRULY matter, and I know you to be a strong one.
And now you should move on. Maybe you should stay single for a while. You've been in a relationship for most of your life, maybe you need something else?
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Oi, Adra, ease.
Oi, Adra, ease.
I don't know....seeing that ghost just hurt me worse. I don't know what I need to do. I have so much to work on and its just tiring and stressful I barely have time I have my daughters to look after too..
*smiles, waving again*
Well, I'm sure you could cut a good hour from your schedule if you weren't daydreaming about Niccolo do much.
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*laughs quietly at what trip said*
*throws Aloe at Zaf*
No Trip I couldn't. Trust me. Be an Elder for a day it isn't easy.
*carefully throws a stuffed seal at Sir*
*face falls*
Do you even remember what I do?
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*could slap someone upside the head right now*
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