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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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 4949 Newer› Newest»It is exactly 11:46 for Ed and myself.
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I feel as though the constant attempting to "get" first quite robs the dedications that are the fruits of such attempts rather insincere. Though I am not one to comment upon the behavior of others.
Adrasdos?
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(Ah! Be careful, Rose!))
*frowns* That the hell am I doing.
*washes her hands off quickly before running back into the bar, dashing through*
HEADS UP, CASTALAN *jumps onto him like a monkey* SURPRISE! *grabs the lapels of his jacket, kissing him*
*kisses her back*
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I dedicate this page to peace. Peace is helping everyone. It erases tensions and we need it. We all do. No tensions.
I also dedicate to Derek's nephew a little one is helpful :)
I also dedicate to Niccolo for calming me down before I murdered someone.
((TADRA
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*wraps arms around her waist, lifts her up and spins her*
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((Sorry, sorry! I'm stressin' about homework :P))
((OH. Again- sorry everyone... i was getting sick of moping around))
*between kissing him* Mind getting me a drink?
HELLO GUYS!!!!
(TENSIONS AND OH MY SHIT I AM SHIPPING THIS SHIT OH SHIT))
What would you like? *kisses*
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(TTTTTTTHHHHHHRRRRUUUUUUSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTTT *hugs* HI)
((Shipping who?))
Hi Thrist! (Shipety shipety ship, shipety shipety ship!)
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Uhhhmmmmm.... Lemonade. Because that stuff is the bomb
((Niccolo? I think he left....))
HELLO THRUST.
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*Thrust. Damned Autocorrect.
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THRUST!!!!
Great. I'm such a freaking good daughter! I destroy my birthday present! Okay, I'm gone. I don't know when I'll be back but I need to chill.
Done. *puts her down and goes down stairs*
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No no no no no no no
*sobs*
This is the saddest fanfiction ever
I swear I'm sitting here, staring at my posters and crying.
Harry died, in the fan fiction. He...was "tired of living", to quote.
And Louis... couldn't live without him.
I can't imagine One Direction without...
No. No no no no no no.
Harry loved Louis, but couldn't bare to see him love someone else...
No no no no no...
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*hugs Marsies*
*grins wildly, leaning against the bar*
*returns with a bottle of lemonade*
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((See you, Death. [hugs]
(( [hugs Mara as well]
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(Try breathing into a paper bag. It helps.)
*grins even wider* Thank you Mr. Castalan
Oh yeah. I remember all you.
My pleasure Miss Dark. *kisses her, then hands her the lemonade*
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THRUST YOU BETTER KNOW ME I AM AN ELDER IN LSODM YES YOU KNOW ME!!!
((Edward, I shall act under the assumption that you are no longer here. Please keep in mind I was waiting until you had left specifically because I did not want you to notice my presence. If you should return, kindly ensure that you do not somehow realize what I have done.))
*slowly visits each of the tribes Edward killed, reviving the people* *finally arrives at Edward* *grabs Edward and returns to about a week from the present day* *after several hours there, returns with Edward to the present moment* *immediately collapses*
((Don't mind me. I won't wake anyway, and I'm not sure you'd even notice me arriving.))
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Oh good. I'd have been rather disappointed with myself if you'd forgotten me.
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((Hello, Trust.
Apologies for the late comment. I thought it appropriate to give Edward some time to return.))
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Yes I know you Zaf. You were a vary nice mage. I teared up at the entrance of you.
*kisses back then pulls away to take a sip of her drink*
((HOW COULD YOU FORGET, THRUST. *smites*))
(Yeah... I think they're a little.. Busy.)
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Oh and you adra. You were good too.
((I quite agree. Aretha would like to mention that she is shipping you.))
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((Spoilers. I have 100 pages left. -_-
Yeah
I'm awesome))
*pushes herself up onto the counter* Ahem.
I did wonder, Trip- what was the Class M alert about the other day?
I remember lemon gelato... It was really good.
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(I would expect no less.)
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This.. Trip is new though, arent you?
((Wait whut trip whatislife))
((LEMON GELATO COMPLETES ME
SO DOES PISTACHIO))
Oh...
That's classified. Not that I don't trust you, but you literally can't know.
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((I will notice you Niccolo! I do I always will...))
*goes over by Niccolo and checks pulse* Oh okay good he's alive
I'm not that new Thrust! We've met!
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hmm. Okay then.
Ooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
rrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhtttttttttttttt.
okay.
Cool.
((For reference, I still have a pulse, but it'll be weak. Probably to a rather concerning degree.))
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*winces* Sorry.
*leans in to kiss again*
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(Gotcha Nic)
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((Pistachio is Dad's flavor. [Nods] Mint is Mom's and chocolate is Nel's. Mine's lemon.
((Wbd, seeeeecret projects! ((writing Harralie! :D))
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((I don't understand... Have I made some sort of reference?))
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No, you're fine. *kisses him*
((Ah okay))
*checks his pulse again* Croatoan.....oh gods
(No...?)
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((I fell as though several people have simply vanished, so I would like to take a moment to acknowledge them, simply so they do not feel ignored.))
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((Oh, alright. I simply wasn't sure exactly what you meant by your comment.))
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((ARGHBLARGHABLARG SCHOOL WHY. WHYYYYYYYYYYYY. HOMEWORK. NOOOOOOOOOO *dies rather dramatically*))
((Niccolo will you wake I kinda am anxious nervous about you....*looks red*
*twirls her hair in his fingers*
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(That was awfully dramatic Adra.)
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Heh. *laughs* Yeah I knew you couldn't resist playing with my hair.
((It was meant to be, genius :P))
((My apologies, but I cannot. Honestly, I feel rather hard pressed to justify my being alive at all. That is so much farther than I've ever gone before. I would be long dead by now if I hadn't gone about this very carefully.))
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It's beautiful, no matter what you do with it. It's just... *kisses her again*
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((I hate Edward!!! I cant even interact with you because of that dick!!!! The one night I'm not gonna be distant....ugh fucking bastard I'm about to explode now its entirely his fault!!!!!!!))
((*walks between the Nafira conversation* interrrrrrruption! *walks off*))
Yeah.... Sorry...
((Please refrain, Zafira. I'll live.))
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(Zaf, remember Em...)
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((Mmph.
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((There is a ship name for this now?
...
Well.))
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It's fine. Really, it's just as nice, in a different way. And so soft...
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((Woah woah woah...Niccolo I think we're being shipped...))
((I give up on choosing which person to ship you with, so long as we can all agree that there is a total TripxNiccolo bromance, yo))
(There is?)
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Yeah, the wonders of hair product, eh? And time. Lots of time. And money. Ohgodwhathaveidonewithmylife *laughs jokingly*
(Yes there is.)
*laughs*
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((Woah I'm shipped with Niccolo...I totes agree with this ship))
(Well, look at Javier. He's hardly ship material is he?)
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((Zafira, I cannot suggest this, so if you would not have thought of it on your own, it's probably best not to do so, but I did come here with Edward. It might be wise to bind him or something of the sort, so he cannot simply return and start over.))
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*pulls him closer* You know, I think we should go somewhere. I don't know where, and certainly not now... Someday.
((I would and Niccolo apparently we are shipable I dont mind this at all xD i dont))
*binds Edwards magic*
You mean away from all the madness? The politics, the battles, the wars? Or just go on holiday?
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((No comment.))
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Whichever, really.... I didn't think it matters?
((LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL *pulls Zaf away* DON'T YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT IT))
I guess not. Just, I'd need to quell my inner fire first, before I could settle down. But some day, yeah. *kisses*
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((Eh its fine Niccolo *hugs* You know you seem to be the one who calms me down...))
(Is IRL Zaf hitting on Niccolo?)
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Yeah... *does her best not to start cheering* *giggles, remembering a line from a book similar to his*
((Yup))
Har har..
I couldn't think of anything else to say.
((Totes Trip irl and ZafTC))
((*pokes Thrust*))
((Yeah no she's hitting on him irl because SHE ALWAYS TEXTS ME ABOUT HIM :3 *love you Zaf!*))
Ow..
((Totes Adra! Want me to text you about him more? Vinette just text me: #Nafira))
Logic fails me Adra. When I'm with you... I just don't know what course of action to take.
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((I don't poke people that hard))
*pokes Trip* Helloo
*grins* It has been my main purpose in life to confuse you, Trip. But hey... *takes his hand* It doesn't matter to me what happens... So long as I'm with you. *scrunches her nose at the cheesiness*
((ZAF QUIT TEXTING ME GODDAMN))
((Niccolo you okay?))
It doesn't matter how hard you poke. When it's in the eye it always hurts.
((...*pokes him again*))
((Hell in all 531yrs Coco has been around i bet he hasnt been ht on by a Necromancer xD ah poor Coco I hope he's okay...))
(Sorry guys, I have to sleep. Night guys )
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((Niiiiiiiiiggggghhhhtttttt *hugs*))
*slides off the bar counter with her lemonade heading outside*
((I've been "hit on" by quite a few people before I tortured and killed them.))
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((Night Trip! In all seriousness is Niccolo ok? I'm kinda scared for a long lecture on how he cannot like me back...))
And this time he was ready.
I now throw a printer at you!
Ha take that printer. Feel the pain.
((Goodnight, Trip.))
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*hits Thrust with ink*
((No, I have merely become distant.))
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((Yes well i hope to be the first you dont actually kill and or torture..*looks at ground* i mean...you are...very much kind and I trust you more then Javier I mean i dont fear you harming my children at all i dont...))
[Rolls eyes]
If I wasn't already, I'm out of here!
...
Not that it matters, I left like a while ago. And just sort of stalked the comments. Or ghosted, whichever.
But yeah, BYE!
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((Goodbye then, Adamantha and Fabienne.))
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Bye Fabi! *hugs*
*blocks ink by putting a pen in front of it as the ink fills up inside.*
*takes out piece of paper*
*writes, damn this may have taken less effort to write with a printer. *
*folds paper into airplane and aims at her eye*
Fantastic News about the baby, best wishes to your poor sister 9lb's god thats a HUGE baby.
I bet she will ache for a week!
Still reading LSODM so shhh say nothing of the plotting thanks so much I DO NOT want to know what's coming up, well it would spoil the surprise.
((Ahem I hope you arent too...afraid Niccolo...oh! Why?! I am truly nervous butI said what i felt
*the paper hits her eye* OW.
THRUST.
*throws a rock at him*
Oh is everyone leaving? Bye!
((I would have said it is very unwise to trust me at all, let alone with your children, but I am attempting to be less withdrawn, so I refrained.))
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Oh just fabi and Trip.
((Yes, Thrust. Plenty of us are still here.))
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((*throws a bunny at Niccolo through the stream of thought, then throws a lizard at Zafira through the same plane of idea*))
((Well its because you proved yourself trustworthy Niccolò I have been through hell and back. I just want you to know you did more then Javier can he can't stop me if I go mental you stopped me before I strangled Edward. You are like the only guy on here to ever make me smile (Derek doesnt count i aint dating my Twitter dad) and you prove yourself trustworthy many times and you deserve my trust I dont fear you i am happy to be around you))
*The rock bounces off head then skips twice in the stream.*
((*catches rabbit and sets on ground*))
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(( Do this insolent brackets have something to do with -erm what was it- roleplay?))
((Thank you, Zafira.))
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((Yes, Thrust, they do. In the roleplay I am unable to speak- or do anything, really- so I am speaking in brackets, to indicate that I am not speaking in the roleplay.))
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((I apologize for my blatant overuse of the word "speak" in my previous statement.))
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*plays music in the back ground*
IT was an artistic one, no worries, Nicco.
*Tosses head from shoulder to shoulder at the first time I say "no worries"*
*gives everyone skulcakes*
*coughs and dies*
((Of course. I don't know you realize Javier and I are splitting...I just...I know my love for you isnt gonna help I know it *sighs* at least you know))
...Thrust?
((Are we all still here, or did everyone leave?))
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((Im here!))
((Ok. Who's bored/feels like doing something dramatic?))
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I am not bored, but the latter I can go with. yes. *yoda talks*
Nomally, I would be excited for some Mystery Projects. But ever since LSODM... I'm not sure.
And congrats on the nephew! *throws orange streamers everywhere*
I still hate you, btw.
And now I'm off to school!
*hugs everyone EXCEPT Derek because you know why*
*shadow walks off to hell also known as school*
((Sure! Im here do is Alexis!)
(9I'm up for it)
((Hi/bye Cain!!
I keep wanting to say this thing but Niccolò doesn't want me to... Like, this has been bugging me for the past half hour, but he won't let me say the thing!! *hisses*))
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*peer pressures Aretha*
Then just say it Ari he isnt the suprme master of your life we arent in the time period he grew up in
((Peer pressure Niccolò! Actually, don't. He really hates attention. Which is why he won't let me say the thing. I mean, you have no idea how uncomfortable the RedRays thing made him. I know he isn't the supreme master of my life! That's not how it works! He just really doesn't want me to say anything... *hisses* *argues with him in my head*
...Just check his pulse again, Zaf. It'll be a good bit weaker.))
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Ughejakfnlbkjednfalkbjdfnb well if you're not going to say it... Don't tell usssss now I want to knowwwww
*kneels besid him checking his pulse* No....Niccolò dont you die on me Niccolò i'm not losing you! *glares at Edwards body*
*quietly* I never saw Momma this conerned for someone...like she's beyond concerned think she'll freakin lose her mind if he dies...
((SEE THIS IS WHY I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY THE THING. HE IS VERY UNHAPPY RIGHT NOW. BUT NEITHER OF US CAN JUSTIFY HIM TRAVELING BACK 44 MILLION YEARS AND BEING TOTALLY FINE. I CAN ONLY REALLY JUSTIFY HIM NOT DYING HALFWAY THERE BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T WANT HIM TO DIE, SO I MADE UP HAVE A REALLY FORCED EXPLANATION. AND HE REALLY HATES IT WHEN PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO HIM. DARN IT. I feel like we should be having a pillow fight over this or something.))
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((I'd write a fanfic about that))
((I took the citizenship quiz for what people would take to be a USA citizen right. My okd history teacher decided to do it wirh her freshman so she asked if i would take it to see if I can pass after having her so not one freshman got the grade of an 85 or higher i take it i get a 92 HELL YES))
((And I didn't want to do a thing that was this dangerous for him, because we've sort of already done that, and- well, neither of us like it, actually... But it's 44 million years! That's a whole freaking lot of years! 44 million!! He could go a few hundred without getting a headache, if he wasn't doing anything else simultaneously. But 44 million years! And he had to teleport around unfreezing people! And then not only return, but bring Edward back with him! I have literally no decent way of justifying how that is possible!))
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Well I recuse to not pay attention to him...*shakes head* I cant I mean I cant not look at him...he has no idea what i feel right now...
((You'd write a fanfic about what?
That's awesome, Zaf!
Pardon my ranting. I think I'm done now.))
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((Oh, also, I can't be talking to you guys in the roleplay right now, either, so I couldn't tell you all of this in rp Blogland.))
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((Its okay Ari I can try healing him if you like I mean you know I'll do whatever i have to to make sure he's alright...))
((About a super cute pillow fight *eyes glisten* EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!))
*walks around grinning*
((Well, I can't stop you, but I'll warn you it'll sap away your energy probably faster than it's ever been sapped before. (That totally didn't sound ridiculous. XD) And he probably still wouldn't be much better. And yes, there's a reason for that- it's not just me (or him) being stubborn.
Oh! That. Oh, jeez... *facepalms* I just feel like he would have whacked me with my pillow if he had any kind of physical existence. Actually, maybe I'll whack myself with a pillow on his behalf.
...This is why they call me crazy.))
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((Well. I just hit myself with a pillow. He would have hit me with it much harder, though. It's hard to hit yourself with a pillow.))
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Crazy is a perception, whatevs.
((*nods to Adra* Sanity is, in many cases, overrated.))
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Hello all!
*dances around throwing streamers for no real reason*
((Hey Kes!))
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((He must think me insane for having a crush on him! I swear I feel like I may never win his favour but I can damn well try I can....I really think I probably could wake him though he probably will wake up with a headache or migraine I would say nor would I suggest using magic if I do manage to wake him...but hey! I could try...))
((Hi Aretha!))
*would join in RP but doesn't really know what to do*
((Well, again, I can't stop you. I'm not even there. So. Yeah.))
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((We're not doing anything too complicated, Kes. We're not doing much at all, really. I'd come over and talk to you, but I can't- in rp- so... Yeah. Just do something random. :) ))
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*Is confused, chewing noodles and cheese and holding bread with cheese melted on kechtup.*
((One of my characters could probably cure him, but then he would end up as a Tsal(slave, basically, but no longer completely human) for all eternity.))
THRUST! *tacklehugs* YAY!
((Aretha, I know, but my character doesn't have much of a relationship with anyone.
Random? The giant rabid squirrel! *falls over laughing*))
... I have to go. I only just finished one leg of my homework tonight. One of my four subjects, but it was only one of the two assignments in the English branch...
Fml.
((Well, he's not sick or anything, just unbelievably exhausted. Like there is no reasonable way he should actually be alive right now. But he's not, like, diseased. Um, also, I don't think he'd make a very good slave. The multiple personalities- most of them sadistic- probably wouldn't blow over too well with whoever tried to own him. XD
I don't know why I find that amusing.))
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((I am so sorry, Adra. *hugs* That really stinks, actually. Goodnight, then. *hugs again*))
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((Essientally I'm giving him part of my energy so it should wake him he may not lwant to be awake but hey!))
*draws sigils around Niccolò pouring my energy into them and within a minute is actually struggling to breath* no...fucking...way *cuts self off before I lose it and falls against a tree gasping* hell...woah....
((Bye Adra dont die from the amount of homework!))
...Bye Adra! *hugs*
((Aretha, meh.))
((Grand Mage, since when are you a Sigilist?))
((Because I know my true name Justaria, I can replicate any magic I have seen similar to Argeddion))
((Grand Mage, but have you had your name sealed?
Plot Twist!))
((Yes I did I would release her now but it probably will kill ZafTC because Justaria uses a lot of energy and ZafTC used a hell lot of energy on Niccolò))
((Goshdarn. I could have had fun with that.
*contemplates discovering true name* Meh.))
*all plant life within a 10 foot radius of self starts to die out* *slowly begins to stir* *suddenly rolls over and vomits blood* *stares at nothing, taking quick, shallow breaths* *blinks, trying to focus gaze on something* *fails miserably* *gives up and lays back down, closing eyes*
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Screw the brackets.
((I know my name, and still haven't sealed it yet. But including myself, only two people know it, and neither of us will tell anyone.))
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Oh, hello, Niccolo. *wanders over*
Good morning.
Niccolò? Uhm can you not kill the forest...? *laughs weakly crawling over to him* Its me Zafira. I know you can't see me but uhm smack me if I did something wrong. *if he could see me I would appear pretty pale but I sound worn out*
((Niccolo, which makes perfect sense. If the Grand Mage hadn't sealed hers than it might be a good idea to go around shouting it out constantly.))
MINE
MINE!
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