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 1401 – 1600 of 4949 Newer› Newest»You know, the title WOULD have been smart and nice if you hadn't exlained it. Don't overwork yourself, and I am not being sarcastic here. I wish you the very best of luck.
Well, for one, it stole my lunch money when I was seven, and this other time it beat me at chess!
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*looks a Trip with worry*
um ...
*Shuffles away from trip and pokes a different part of the tree*
*glares at the tree* That was mean.
But how do you know the money wasn't made of paper? What if that paper is the last remnant of it's lost love?
Don't judge me! It used an obscure psychological warfare tActic!
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Oh, and one last word: Destroy as much as you please.But let Valkyrie and Skulduggery end alive, being themselves and not seperated. That can't be too much to ask. Please.
“Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more”
“Fights between individuals, as well as governments and nations, invariably result from misunderstandings in the broadest interpretation of this term. Misunderstandings are always caused by the inability of appreciating one another's point of view. This again is due to the ignorance of those concerned, not so much in their own, as in their mutual fields. The peril of a clash is aggravated by a more or less predominant sense of combativeness, posed by every human being. To resist this inherent fighting tendency the best way is to dispel ignorance of the doings of others by a systematic spread of general knowledge. With this object in view, it is most important to aid exchange of thought and intercourse.”
“Everyone should consider his body as a priceless gift from one whom he loves above all, a marvelous work of art, of indescribable beauty, and mystery beyond human conception, and so delicate that a word, a breath, a look, nay, a thought may injure it.”
― Nikola Tesla
Do I really need to say anything else? Tesla was freaking brilliant, and this page is dedicated to his words. He did the impossible every day. I think he's worth listening to.
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Adra. It was coins. It stole my /coins/.
Plus, we don't have pound notes, just fivers and up.
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*raises glass*
*murmurs, petting the tree* *kisses the bark* I gotchu
Well I didn't know that! Maybe it's just a mean tree
It is a mean tree! That's why we're poking it! Come! Join us!
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*raises glass* I like Tesla as the man not ship so
No! I won't! *hugs the tree*
*glances warily at Niccolò, then smiles at Zaf* He is the King of freaking me out. Well, admittedly, there are a few others, too.
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*walks over to Niccolò staring at Adra and Trip*
Niccolò scares me
Tree hugger!
:)
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I. LOVE. TESLA. SO, SO, SO, SO MUCH. I CANNOT EVEN DESCRIBE IT. THERE LITERALLY ARE NOT WORDS. AOISDFNHVAIOSHNLVDFHKDIOVZBGJMIOXCZHSDOGHDNSOOOOVZDOOOOOOOBGKLVXCNBG
Ok, moving on. Sorry.
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*sticks her tongue out at him* boy, you're barking up the wrong tree
No, I think you've just got the wrong end of the stick
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I thought you said you weren't scared of him.
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YAY TREE HUGGING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Hugs the tree*
XD I'm a tree hugger to!
*quietly* they say that I'm insane
I don't beleaf you...
GUESS WHO'S TWO YEAR BLOGVERSARY WAS TODAY
ME
THAT'S WHO
Well that's just root!
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Heheh he can scare me but like okay I don't fear HIM like I have no fear of going near him or hanging around him no matter what he does I'm not afraid he could and has tortufed me and I don't fear him.
YEP!
But who cares we're all odd balls here!
...I've been ghosting for quite a while now and feel like I ought to say something.
...
Something.
'Kay bye.
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*hugs Val* YAY!!
You're nutty.
Yay for Val! *pulls a string with free hand and streamers go off, music starts playing and balloons fall from the sky*
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HAPPY BLOGVERSARY, VAL!!!
*hugs Fabi/Mantha tightly* Hi/bye!
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HI VAL AND CONGRATULATION VAL!!!!!!!!!!
And Hi/bye Adamantha!
CONGRATS VAL
I carrot believe you just said that.
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Ugh. These are so hard. I'm stumped
well you fetta beleaf it!
I ALREADY USED THAT JEEZ
What I'm not scared of Niccolò! God is it bad? I mean I know I'm crazy but hey! I must be crazy I'm trying to get into the Jeopardy Teen Tournament. Hell I hope I pass the test
I knoll! It's getting harder and harder to get exsapling what I want.
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*takes a second second video*
It's a vine
Bye everyone I've gtg!
Have a good day!!!
Bye Misti!
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Bye Misti!
Holds up two phones, still poking the tree* Look! A blackberry Nd an apple! And they're both on Orange!
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Bye Misti!
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...
I give up.
Yay! I win the pun battle!
I really thought I was going to lose for a second there.
Well played Adrasdos.
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*sits against tree staring aimlessly at the sky* What am I doing?
...*sulks*.... Well played Castalan
What do you mean, Zaf?
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Staring aimlessly at the sky?
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*laughs*
Gtg, night!
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Gtg, night!
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Who wants to go on an adventure?
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Like...why am I bothering? My whole life. I lost my sister I lost Javier who else can I lose? I have a crush on Croatoan but guarentee it'll never work out. I just don't understand why I am bothering.
Night, Trip!
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Night!
Adventure where?
I wanna go on an adveture!
You have two kids, Zaf. That should be reason enough on its own. And you have friends, and an excellent job that you seem very proud of how hard you worked to earn. There's plenty of reasons why you should bother. Also- *points to dedication* Your body is a priceless gift. There are plenty of people who don't have them. Don't give yours up.
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Well, you know that parallel universe version of me that came here a few weeks ago? Niccolò figured out how to get to that universe. Do you guys want to go?
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...yeah
I wanna go so does Momma!
I'll go...*stands slowly* slightly afraid how bad it'll break my heart
((Actually I gtg. If the offer is still up, I'd like to still go some ither time. A second trip there, perhaps?))
Hm... Ok. We should probably wait until there are more of us, so it's worth the trip. Heh. Trip. Also, parallel universe me is getting married today. So you might not want to see that, Zaf.
Bye Adra!
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*stares in shock* no..
Bye Adra
What?
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Momma may not be able to handle that at ALL good choice Ari...so now what do we do? Let's paint Niccolo's nails ((gah idk how to use the accent on a computer))
He...you...other...universe *controls self* Right. Ok where do we go?
((Oh, yeah. I can only use it on my iPad.))
Um, no, let's not. We could all go look in some pointless dark room we've never seen before.
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Dark room? Uhm....ok!
Um. Actually, let's not. I was sort of hoping you'd do the opposite of what I said.
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Dark?! I'm afraid of the dark...*nods* Fears...ok. i'll do it. Hey maybe Niccolo will spar with me nobody is dying or planning our deaths
I second Alexis on the sparring! Yes he has permission to if his heart desires *sits on rock again*
Sorry, I'm poofing for about twenty minutes- I have to do a thing.
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oh...ok....*sighs* hope you are back soon...
Back!
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Hey Ari I am here I'm just laughing at my lovely accouts on a game
HI ARI HI NICCOLO *screams and runs in crcles*
Alexis! Are you hyper?
No I'm just super excited really really excited. *sits down and starts working on some history stuff*
Hey, Zaf... If you had to choose between saving your world and saving another, which would you pick?
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*sits beside her watching* Hey woah we so were not all formal English in the 1800's I don't talk like Niccolò
I would pick my own because i probably can't survive on another
Well you don;t speak proper English but you still spoke pretty proper back then!Didn't you wear dresses too? I know you wore them all the time.
Well, say there were two worlds that were both full of people, both like this one. And yours was dying out. Would you sacrifice the other world to save yours if you could?
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Well when I actually was in the mortal world I did and as a child too but I wore my Necromancer robes or Elder's robes. It depended like when we fought against Mevolent a dress was risky. You think I was stupid? Hell no. You had better hope you didn't meet your maker because if Serpine Vile or Vengeous was there you prayed you lived. It wasn't easy. I mean even Bisahalani fought. We Americans did fight and thats why my parents left Ireland we travelled here so we could be out of the total warzone.
Ari....I probably would. Because this is my home. I would protect it. Always
*continues writing stuff thinking* Ari can I spar with Niccolo? Please? Nothing bad is happening nobody is dying or trying to kill us!
*slowly nods to self* Ok. And... How about the people? If you had to sacrifice all the other people to save your own- regardless of which world stayed- would you do it?
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Yes because as I said this is my home protecting the people is my duty. Well mortals but still.
*breathes out* Right. You're right. Thank you.
Sorry, Alexis, he went to go paint again... I suppose I could call him back, though.
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Of course Ari.
*tilts head* Niccolo painting...its like thinking of Valkyrie Cain being an angel. Can you please call him back? *puts history stuff away* My teachers said I should dare to rise to challenges.
*appears just behind Aretha* I hardly think I'm what you might call a challenge, Alexis. I haven't sparred in... Well, quite some time, by my standards. There's also the fact that I nearly died last night. I'm not all that certain I ought to be fighting.
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*Zafira receives a phone call from a blocked number she's never seen before* ((No, it's not me calling you.))
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If you shouldnt then i dont want you hurt Niccolo! I probably couldn't seriously hurt you though you've had a long time to learn i am only 11...*shrugs* i'll wait if you're hurt really Niccolo. *skips over to him*
*walks by lake answering phone* Hello?
*voice is hushed and somewhat difficult to make out, but still understandable* Grand Mage Kerias? I need you to know- the world needs you to know- Aretha Tesla went missing this morning from the Sanctuary. The records say she checked out- they're wrong. All the records are wrong. You can't trust anyone you know anymore. They're coming.
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*goes pale* Who...what...I thought she was checked out...I just spoke to Elder Tesla! What are you talking about, who is coming?
*voice continues, but seems rushed* Everyone you know. They're all coming, and you can't trust any of them. Not. One. Think for yourself. Really think. You saw both of them last night. How much do you think they really could have recovered by now? Question everything, and don't lower your gua- *voice is cut off, replaced by static*
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((Wow, I feel so dramatic now! XD))
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*stares blankly at phone watching my call end* Bloody hell. Who...*closes eyes controlling breathing* I trust Niccolò. This isn't the first weird phone call I ever had...*sits in sand looking at lake*
((That gave me the chills...*nods*
*walks over to Zaf* Hey, are you ok? You seem a little down. Bad call or something?
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Weird ones. Apparently they're coming for us and I shouldn't trust anyone. Guarentee Ravel is behind this. Usually is he has freaked me out in rhe past before all this tension between the Supreme Council and them.
((*watches from the back, not waning to interrupt*))
((*wanting))
*looks at her face for just a little too long, trying to make out her expression* Oh, ok then. Good to know none of it's real. *laughs* Don't trust anyone? I mean, honestly, who can take that seriously?
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*laughs* yeah I know! I mean its like saying don't trust my daughter. I elected you for a reason to be an Elder. I trust you and I trust Niccolò. This is just weird.
((Adra this would be an EXCELLENT TIME FOR YOU TO INTERRUPT. I think. Maybe. I don't know. There's so much I need you guys to figure out! Aah! Basically, that phone call was the last hope you guys have of figuring this out before it's too late. So, um, Adra, if you want to somehow draw attention to it, that would be awesome. But I can't make you do that in the roleplay. Curse you, complicated plot twist!!))
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*smiles* Thank you, Zaf. Your trust means a lot to both of us.
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*carefully walks up to Aretha and pokes her in the face*
I'm sure it does. Well to him mostly. Where IS that scholar when I need him? ((In Zaf's mind she's thinking of that call but she won't discuss it further but since Niccolò can read her thoughts she's thinking that there's something up with one of you she doesnt know who yet.))
Um. Hi, Adra. *pokes her leg*
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Hmm... *carefully steps forward and twists her hip, flipping Aretha over onto the ground and peering down*
You aren't from here....
I'm not an idiot, you know.
*skips rocks in lake aimlessly*
I am still here, Zafira, I merely have nothing to contribute.
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Adra I thought the same thing. You get her I'll deal with Niccolò. He's easy he's weak right now.
*shadow walks behind Niccolò grabbing his wrist* Niccolò somethings up. I am not going to hurt you but its you or Ari one of you aren't from here. Own up or I poke in your head
Momma you'll get killed!
You two actually believe one of us is some sort of alien?
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*winces, blinking up at Adra* What was that for?
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Niccolò you could be innocent and I apologize if you are but I need answers. One of you are mental. I think it's Ari but you guys are connected so I must ask you too....please don't make me hurt you I really don't want to. You know that.
Do you think I don't know what is happening?
You're from that alternate dimension, yeah? And you came here... To end this one, right? To preserve yours.
What? No! I belong here. Parallel universe me is getting married today, remember? I just think that she- and the others- might be coming soon. I know they were thinking about it. But I didn't want to tell everybody about it and freak everyone out until I was sure.
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*rolls her eyes* Riiiiiight.
Shite! *shrieks and for some reason clings to Niccolò's wrist tighter* No this'll kill me seeing the other you and Ari...oh gods oh gods
That isnt good why i do want to meet Niccolo's nephew...i really dont think they belong here.
Why would you have to see that?
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If they came over here Niccolò your other universe self...right okay I'm not gonna freak. Forgive me Niccolò I had a moment. Okay I think you're you. You haven't hurt me yet so thats good.
((psst if you guys talk to me i will reply via my momma))
*shouts over to Zaf* OI- 500 years and you don't figure he's a good actor by now?
You've done nothing wrong, Zafira.
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When have I ever needed to act?
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Okay Niccolò *looks up at him for a second not letting go of him* I can't lose you. Just remember ok? Please. ((Msd))
*eyes glaze over*
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No....NICCOLO dont do this seriously.....*has a look of true fear only Alastair has ever brought out on me*
((If i do poof Ari please email if he's dead or alive....))
*takes a deep breath* Fine. Fine, you've got me. I'm sorry- I hate lying. Zaf, he's fine- I just didn't want him to hear this. I lied to him, too, and I know how much he trusts me... Remember that time ages ago when this universe me died and I had to help make Niccolò himself again? I've been in his head since then. And I really didn't want to, just... *sighs* This is so, so important. It has to work. So many lives depend on it. And I've been trained to believe that the end can justify the means, if it's the only way.
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And when you leave what happens?! What?! If this universe Ari is dead still I cant handle the thought of him battling names alone. I try to gain his trust I do! He just doesnt trust me enough...this...*closes eyes* he'll never trust anyone again. He wont. I cant believe you did this. I can't. I...*sighs* This better save us from Hell. *doesn't let go of Niccolò* ((I highly suggest he lets Zaf stay by him she's only not strangling you because she's near him))
With that, I got to go to bed. Tomorrow I guess I find out the rest.
*closes eyes tightly, trying not to cry* Goodnight, Zaf.
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((Sorry I disappeared.... I had to call my mom and just started crying, so.... Yeah...))
hello...?
Hi Snow
*realizes i am still poking the tree from earlier*
*stops*
sup?
Hey Snow, hey Adra.
Are you ok?
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Ari, Adra *nods* ((ignore the deleted comment...))
Not really, that's why I called her... :/ but I'll not go into it.... That'd be really hypocritical to what I was saying yesterday..
I <3 The Lost Moon Poosh.
add an of in between the moon and poosh
wbvd msd
*waves to Snow in case she leaves*
I'm a back!
HI EVERYONE! AGAIN!!!!! XD
Hi Misti
Msd...
Ok!
YAY MY DEAMATIC ENTERENC WAS NOT FO NOTHING!!! :D
HI SNOWY!!!!!!! I'M SUPPER HAPPY!!! XD XD XD XD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
... WOOPS!!! Sorry I accidentally called you snowy because of your picture I thought ESCAMO then it thought SNOW then I thought SNOWY
so yeah SORRY ADRA!!! I DIDN"T MEAN IT!!!
What :3
here but distant
lol
HEHEHEH I THINK I'M HIGH! heheehehh
*Runs around in circles* heheheheh
hehehehh *Keeps running around in circles* heheheheh
*Goes over and pokes tree again*
hehehheheh
*Keeps poking*
heheheheh
*is still poking*
heheheheh
*Tree growls*
Ah!
*Yelps and skips away*
heheeh you'll neve catch me!!!
*Tree looks at Misti with a scary face and pulls it's root s out of the ground and runs after Misti*
heheeheh you'll neve catch me!!!!!!!!!! *Runes away from the tree*
AHHAHAHAH!!!!!!!
HI SNOWY!!!!!!!!!!!!
SORRY ABOUT THAT SNOWY!!!!
*Is still running away from the tree*
heheheheehhe
my friend just presented her story to the class...
what sensible adult lets two 5-year-olds use their rocket??
Um ... apparently her parents do
*Turns around and kicks the tree*
STOP STALKING ME!!!!!!!!
AND I have to go now
BYE EVERYONE!!!!!!!!
HAVE A GOOD DAY!!!
bye misti
(( :'(
((It's too hard to say... And when I do, you'll all deny it. It's true though, and when I go, I'm never looking back.))
((I hate this book. :'( :'( :'(
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hello...?
*eats face*
I AM A FACE EATER!!!
RETURN OF THE TREE POKERS!!!
*walks up to tree and pokes*
Hi.
((I...hate... [hisses and spits]
(([hugs Snow and cries]
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(( [hugs Saph, too]
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((fab...?? *is hugged*))
SAPH-AL-LAPH-A-DIS!!
Hi Fabs. *hugs*
*Sighs*
*SAPH-A-LAPH-A-DIS
((Saph, you okay?
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Hi Snow too *hugs* Saph-al-laph-a-dis? XD
((@?? There's this story. I refuse to even speak the name. Because it doesn't have one, it's all in my head and it won't go awayyyyy! It's so bad, I HATE it. HATE it! But at the same time, it's brilliant! D: [cries]
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i am re-reading all the SP books... now i know whats going to happen, i can kinda see where derek has made plans... small things that i dismissed earlier are now standing out.
((As soon as I get it on paper, though, it'll be less brilliant.
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*huggles saph*
she was probably hiding it for a reason... maybe she didn't want you to worry??
i g2g, bye!!
(( [hugs Saph] :-(
((Don't blame yourself for what you can't change, Saph. You can't go back and notice sooner... Just do your best to help her now and in the future.
((I'm sorry, that's the best advice I have...
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Bye Snow! And she's a really private person (like me or Fabi). I knew she was upset- some tough stuff has happened to her recently. But I wish I had noticed. I wish I could make it better. *Sighs* I'm gonna shut up now, because I don't like making Blogland depressing. I just kind of needed to tell someone.
Thanks Fabi :J *hugs* How're you?
Bye Snow [hugs]
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((I'm fine. Today was a pretty good day. I got to talk to Holly. I hadn't seen her in ages... Also ballet was awesome, and drama. I really like the new teacher, and she didn't recognize me, I'm pretty sure, so that's good.
((I'm having problems with fiction, though. Not big ones, really.
(( [hugs]
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That story that's stuck in your head?
((Yeah, that! DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT IT. [cries]
((I JUST MADE A CHARACTER GO INSANE AND </3
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((I know, I'm overreacting, but most of my characters are part of me, and I hurt when they hurt, only I like making them hurt because it's fun and I'm sort of evil that way, but I panic about it for WEEKS.))
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dedicate this page to anyone who needs a hug right now. [hugs]
[also hugs anyone who would like a hug, or at least not mind one]
I also ded to inspiration. Because inspiration is awesome, and without it, we probably wouldn't do anything or be anybody interesting, and that would be boring. Whether it's a band/singer (hello Mara and One Direction and Little Mix; Ari and Emilie Autumn, Star and Disturbed and Avenged Sevenfold; Taia and Motion City Soundtrack; Adra and Evanescence and Kerli; and everyone else and their favorite music) who inspires you, or an author (HIIIIIIIIII DEREK AND SHAKESPEARE), or a scientist/inventor (hello Ari and Nikola Tesla), or a mathmusician (ViHart! :D), a family member, a friend or even a fictional character (hello Ember and Mycroft, etc.), or like not a person at all, maybe it's a video game (hello Dragona and Mass Effect) or a ship (like HARRALIE! :D) or a book (Skulduggery books, of course, but also the other books you like) or a cat or a TV show (Doctor Who. Definitely.) or a movie or a vegetable or a game that I don't know if it counts as a "video game" exactly, but it's amazing and creative and gone now (Glitch. Just... Glitch.) inspiration is inspiration and inspiration is good.
So I dedicate to anything and anyone that inspires you.
I almost typed "inspiration is food." XD
IDK, MAYBE YOU'RE INSPIRED BY COOKIES!
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*Laughs* I know the feeling. I don't know how Ari writes all the sad endings :( I love writing cliffhangers though. It's weird, because I love writing sad parts, but I get sad when I kill off a character. Except me. For some reason, writing a scene where I die is fun XD
COOKIES ARE HIGHLY INSPIRING.
XD *Raises glass to ded* I love it, Fabigail :)
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