First of all, this is a cat (Pooper) who has just discovered that the small sitting room has been housing a rather large snake for the past few weeks, while Laura and her sister try to figure out what to do with it. Pooper, as you can see, is quite wary.
It was at this point that I started taking random shots of the room, and a thought occurred to me: "Aha!" this thought said. "I have your new blog post!"
I'll give a proper guided tour of my house at some later stage — probably once my extension is built — but for the moment, here is what greets you when you walk through my front door....
Naturally I have the posters for the movies I've written on prominent display...
... and of course I have what EVERYONE has in their halls: a severed foot in a glass case.
Now then, to the office!
I'm not going to show you the ACTUAL office (the ACTUAL office is really very messy at this moment in time) so I'm going to show you some of the things I have on the shelves. Such as these gentlemen...
Plus a little Evil Dead...
... and some Marvel folk hanging around...
And let us not ignore Star Wars...
... or zombies...
And here, tucked away on their own little shelf, Skulduggery and Vampirella. Just chillin'.
(That Skulduggery is a pretty rare promotional item my German publishers had made... It's not for sale anywhere except MAYBE eBay.)
And now, to the main living room. I'm not gonna show you everything, but this is the room I had designed and rebuilt as a live-in museum. The extension, if I ever get around the designing it, will be built specifically to house this stuff. Because it makes me happy.
And here it is, the suit I love to talk about... as worn by Christopher Reeve.
I do NOT dress up in this. I swear I don't.
Although if someone wanted to photoshop my head onto this mannequin, I would not object.
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Ah. Yes. Blimey. Sorry! Christmas Eve on a rooftop. Saw a chimney, my whole brain just went "What the hell!" ( XD )
Amy: Have you got a plan yet?
The Doctor: Yes I do.
Amy: Are you lying?
The Doctor: Yes I am.
Je suis désolé, mais c'est le temps pour moi de dormir. En fait, il n'est pas, mais je ne me sens vraiment pas bien.
Au revoir, mes amis.
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bye fables
D'accord, j'attends ta nouvelles Fabs! Salut.
Est-ce que tu veut parler en francais Neige? S'il tu plait?
Is it menteur and menteuse, or is it like professeur, where the profession is masculine, even if the person in question is female?
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sûr.
River: Vous allez avoir à nous faire confiance cette fois.
Le Docteur: vous avez confiance. Bien sûr. Mais tout d'abord, Docteur Song, juste une chose. Qui êtes-vous? Vous êtes quelqu'un de mon avenir obtenir que-mais qui? {} silence. Okay. Pourquoi êtes-vous en prison? Qui avez-vous tué? Hm? {} silence Maintenant j'aime une mauvaise fille, moi. Mais vous faire confiance? Sérieusement?
Amy: Faites-moi confiance.
Le Docteur: D'accord.
Amy: Vous devez faire cela. Et vous ne pouvez pas demander pourquoi.
Le Docteur: Avez-vous été menacé? Est quelqu'un te fait dire ça?
Amy: Non
Le Docteur: Vous mentez.
Amy: Je ne mens pas.
Le Docteur: Jure-le moi. Jurez-moi quelque chose qui compte.
Amy: Bâtonnets de poisson et crème anglaise.
Le Docteur: Ma vie, vos mains, Amelia Pond.
I saw that episode earlier today, Snow...
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thats one of my fav eps XD
Le Docteur: Docteur Song, vous avez ce visage à nouveau.
River: Quel visage?
Le Docteur: La "Il fait chaud quand il est intelligent" visage.
River: C'est mon visage normal.
Le Docteur: Oui, il est.
River: Oh, tais-toi.
Le Docteur: Pas une chance.
Canton: Vos cinq minutes sont écoulées.
Le Docteur: Oui, et où est mon fez?
Le Docteur: Vous réalisez que c'est presque certainement un piège bien sûr.
River: J'ai remarqué que le téléphone, oui.
Amy: Qu'en est-il?
River: Il est coupée, alors comment fait le téléphone de l'enfant d'ici?
Amy: D'accord, mais pourquoi quelqu'un voudrait-il nous piéger?
Le Docteur: Je ne sais pas. Voyons si quelqu'un essaie de nous tuer et travailler à rebours.
helllooooo
Verily, I am too weary to speak in French, yet not so weary that I cannot converse in riddles.
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hey blaze. i am completely normal, okay? just because i am quoting doctor who in french does not mean i am weird
never said you were weird Snow :) i just dont understand a word your saying.
and thats the way i like it ;)
L'univers est grand. Il est vaste et compliqué et ridicule. Et parfois, très rarement, des choses impossibles se produisent pas et nous les appelons miracles.
Vous voulez des armes? Nous sommes dans une bibliothèque! Livres! Les meilleures armes dans le monde!
YOU CAN QUOTE DOCTOR WHO, BUT HEY I CAN QUOTE STAR INKBRIGHT. OR SORT OF PARAPHRASE HER. I HAVE A GOOD MEMORY, BUT IT ISN'T PHOTOGRAPHIC, AND I DON'T REMEMBER HER EXACT WORDS. OH WELL.
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH BEING WEIRD?"
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Tout le monde sait que tout le monde meurt. Mais pas tous les jours. Pas aujourd'hui. Certains jours sont spéciaux. Certains jours sont tellement, tellement bénis. Certains jours, personne ne meurt pas du tout. , Chaque fois dans un très long moment, chaque jour un million de jours, lorsque le vent se tient juste et le médecin vient maintenant et puis de faire appel, tout le monde vit.
Quand vous êtes un enfant, ils vous diront que c'est tout ... Grandissez, trouver un emploi, se marier, avoir une maison, avoir un enfant, et c'est tout. Mais la vérité est, le monde est tellement étrange que cela. C'est tellement sombre. Et tellement fou. Et c'est tant mieux.
okay, i'm done. fab, i thought you said you where leaving XD
HI FAB:)
*pokes blaze*
I lied. I do that considerably more often than is good for my health or the health of those around me.
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Also, I think too much to sleep.
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*nods* so long as you know you lied, i'm fine with that.
*licks Snow's face.*
im watching alice in wonderland, the cartoon.It's very, very perculiar.
that it is, blaze, that it is. *licks blaze back*
i swear i get weirder by the day. *shrugs*
its all good i slept enough for the two of us fabi :p
yay for 14 hours of sleep :O
*Watches the licking in confusion* Okay, I'm disappearing now to FINALLY update my fanfic, but I'll leave you with an Inernal Devices quote you won't understand, because it's in Mandarin; Zhe shi jie shang, wo shi zui ai ne de.
Saph, you still here? [hugs]
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Oh...bye.
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*licks snows face again.*
Derek has called me weird and a weirdo...
>:) my relationship with the golden god is spiffing.
right... bye saph
*licks Blazes face* whats even weirder is that i probably would lick your face if ever i met you, balze. XD
*blaze
*hums* weird is just another word for unique.
bye saph :D
my version of YOLO: YOLT (you only live twice)
I'm going to go... Like I said before, I just can't find that metaphorical pencil sharpener. :-(
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kay fab. btw, i like your "Vivid" blog.
my version of YOLT : OICLF (Only I Can Live Forever)
XD
nice
YOLOUYATL
work it out.
are you sure Fabi? you said that before and lied. Are you lying again, if not BYE
OBVIOUSLY it is you only live once unless you are Time Lord
obviously.
my bro said:
"i just remembered: i dont like walnuts."
and i was like:
"says the boy that just stuff date and walnut cake in his moth"
*mouth
omg your brother~! >.< hahaha IM LAUGHING SO HARD!
i... i dont know if your being sarcastic there...
HAPPY UNBRITHDAY TO YOU, TO YOU. Unless of coarse it is your birthday
*raises eyebrow* right...
that wasnt sarcasm. its actualy genuinly hilerious!
XD
right, i g2g.
RIBBET
bye
HEHEHE *licks face*
oh:( bye Snow
Very rarely do I lie intentionally...
I shouldn't have mentioned it... Now no one will take anything I say seriously. Especially when it matters...
If I'm here, I really shouldn't be. Eventually, this pencil will run out of lead completely...
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*gives fabi a nwe pencil* there.
i must leave. BYE
i must leave. BYE
One Direction :)
I haven't gone one day without saying One Direction. Since last July 15th :)
It's so weird. We've got mini fandoms in our one big fandom...
*is not here*
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Fabi S. (parallel), Moss Cryptic, and a lot of other ideas, but only one person in the end said...
YOU CAN QUOTE DOCTOR WHO, BUT HEY I CAN QUOTE STAR INKBRIGHT. OR SORT OF PARAPHRASE HER. I HAVE A GOOD MEMORY, BUT IT ISN'T PHOTOGRAPHIC, AND I DON'T REMEMBER HER EXACT WORDS. OH WELL.
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH BEING WEIRD?"
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October 8, 2013 at 6:38 AM
*hugs Fabi even though she isn't, I think, here* Thank you. :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
#ChaseForBookNine
Five minutes and I have to go to school . . .
I have double German this morning, which sucks, and PE this afternoon, which also sucks, and History and Science in between, which is okay, I guess.
Plus I have lunchtime, where I do nothing requiring effort. I'm looking forward to lunch. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
You know when I had my writing spree yesterday? Yeah, then I started writing more of one of my usual stories, and then I woke up and continued it . . . :P
But now I've been awake two hours, and I'm tired. :/
#ChaseForBoookNine
You know when I had my writing spree yesterday? Yeah, then I started writing more of one of my usual stories, and then I woke up and continued it . . . :P
But now I've been awake two hours, and I'm tired. :/
#ChaseForBoookNine
I don't wanna do this anymore
Everything's shit
Everything's been taken, forsaken
Gotta start over coz I'm hearing it backwards
Don't make sense, don't feel better
Who's better? It's not that simple
You gotten figure it out before you make things difficult
It's not a word, it's a problem, the problem was easy
Draw your conclusions, solutions
Anybody else wanna run?
Contorting, distorting, I am undone
One less propaganda nightmare fixture
Are you getting the picture?
. . .
I remembered all of it up the the line about problems, then it wnet fuzzy and I had to look it up . . . It's an amazing verse. :)
Gtg, now.
Fours.
#ChaseForBookNine
*rolls onto the plane* argh
Im alive barely
☂Speaking of mini fandoms in our one big fandom...☂
☂LWOOK AT DIS BUNNEH ---------->☂
☂IT IS SAU CUATE☂
☂MYCWOFT BUNNEH☂
☂☂dies☂☂
☂Hi Zaf!☂
Ugh too early....i slept actually despite Alastair in my dreams....☔️
BUNNY OMG BUNNY
☂☂screams☂☂
☂UMBRELLA EMOTICON!!☂
☂(I'm sorry. i'm fangirling so hard over this bunny.)☂
☂Are you on your phone? Is this Emoji?☂
☂I KNOW IT'S SO CUUUUUUUTE☂
iPad but same thing its emoji ☔️☔️
☂See, I see the umbrellas, but the rest of it comes out as boxes.☂
☂I find that both strange and hysterically funny XD☂
☂It's like the world wants me to see umbrellas XD☂
...I dreamed my friend couldn't have Christmas because her family couldn't pay for their hospital bills... True story, I would be surprised.,,
But then the Doctor showed up so that's cool.
Oooh ok well i used my iPad....bleh msd to go to class
Fun fact: I woke up with Gwen Stefani's "Crash" stuck in my head and I really think the universe is tormenting me... -_-
But at least I have a viable excuse if I have forgotten anything... I'm just so jumpy in the car now 0.0
*cuddles a stuffed bear*
*pokes Adra* POKEY POKEY POKEY POKEY
☂ADRA LOOK AT THIS MYCROFT BUNNY☂
I saw the bunny..
*hits Zaf over the head* No
Zaffy exhausted....I have drama too today
*cries and pokes Adra with dynamite* happy little fish go boom
☂IS IT NOT ADORABLE☂
☂Zaf,it sounds like you have drama every single day!☂
Once or twice a week, i dont have it the rest of the week plus today i actually get lines i think
☂Oh, that's cool then!☂
☂I WANT A NEW NAME UGH☂
I'm exhausted too..9999:&/@/!/!/!
Why doe
Why
Hey guys if i dont get first can someone who does do me a favor? Ded to my friend Nikki her grandpa died last night
☂Okay, I'll do that if I get first.☂
*snacks on an apple*
Thanks she is pretty sad she wont be in school the rest of the week
That's not a good feeling :/
*tosses the apple across the ground-8
☂Yeah, that's sad. Give her a hug from me, will you?☂
☂BUNNNNNNNNNNNNY☂
☂☂slaps self☂☂
*makes a whistle out of the blade of grass*
MSD..
The world is awfully quiet today, I must say.
I'm still alone?
No matter.
Dun dun dun DUNNNN
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*gasps*
☂That was supposed to be in umbrellas. DARN. IT.☂
☂Did you leave, Fabi?☂
☂:(☂
Hi Ember... [hugs]
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☂Hi Fabi!☂
☂☂hugs Fabi☂☂
☂How are you? Did you finish the video ded? What time is it for you right now?☂
No, it's not done yet. 8:07am.
Do you know what I can do for Mith?
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I'm still making my ded from yesterday, so I partially ded it to Zaf's friend Nikki . . . *hugs*
Me and my friend (mostly me) were ranting so hard at lunch. We barely spoke to anyone else, and I was barley eating because I was talking so much. XD
Then after we finished I felt kind of bad because I like hadn't spoken to anyone . . . :P
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And now, wbd. Writing. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
☂You could boil her an egg...☂
☂For the ded, though, she should have a... not an umbrella, but something Mycrofty.☂
☂Sometimes, when people talk to other people, they get really engrossed in conversation and they don't talk to others, and that's okay!☂
☂You can make it up to your other friends by talking to them a lot tomorrow.☂
STARARARARARAR
I could give her a blue umbrella as opposed to your purple one... Or a hat of some sort. Or she could be a bunny rabbit. I really don't know what's "Mycrofty" so...
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*waves* here a bit msd but here
☂But I don't know what you mean exactly by "what you can do for Mith" in terms of the ded, Fabi... you're going to draw something?☂
☂Maybe she could have a beady umbrella, like the little bead figures she makes.☂
☂Maybe you could put Mith with a stick-figure Mycroft!☂
☂Like a stick figure in a suit <3☂
☂Hi Zaf!☂
☂God, I'm really spamming the comments☂
Zaffy dynamite *continues bundling* weee
A week, no Blog post....he's slacking
☂Oh btw Zaf, I saw your youtube channel, and hearing you talk is so strange.☂
☂Because it's like all of you are... almost video game characters, or book characters, or something like that.☂
☂And so when I see you guys moving and when I hear you talk, it's amazing, because... you're REAL.☂
Hi Zaf!
I really don't want to say too much about it before I can show it, because I don't want to spoil it for when you actually see it....
Ooh, that's an idea... I'd have to see how the beads would work, though, compared to some other stuff...
And I don't even know if I can do characters like Mycroft, Alexis, Croatoan, etc. It's taking long enough as it is, and I have so much more to do...
I mean, I guess I could do Mycroft, though...
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☂I feel like one day, I should just upload a three-second video of me just saying hello to you guys and take it down after one or two of you have seen it, just so you can... feel my realness...☂
O.O thanks....We are doing more in November for a Halloween party....I am quite proud of my screaming in Torturing the Prisoner. I also like Interview With Elder Kerias. Hehehe.
☂DO I GET TO FLOAT UP INTO THE SKY WITH AN UMBRELLA? :D☂
☂A Mycroft stickman is a stickman in a suit with a little curl on his forehead and an umbrella.☂
☂Wait, if you put him with Mith then can I have him too?☂
☂Unless that's too much trouble, then put him with Mith.☂
☂BUT YOU'RE SO REAL☂
☂Also your voice is really nice Zaf 0_0☂
Fabi, Niccolò is easy you just need knives. He's obsessive with knives. And Alexis is hard to do but do Coco bear she still values it as the bear was a gift from Niccolò. Coco bear has a special shelf in her room. She also has her knives and other weapons she learned to use from Niccolò, on that shelf.
☂ALSO I AM REALLY EXCITED, FABI, IT IS GOING TO BE GREAT :D☂
☂fabi wait didja see the bunny in my profile pic -------->☂
☂IS IT NOT ADORABLE☂
☂Alexis: little stickman with hair and dress☂
☂Coco: tall stickman with a knife☂
Niccolò is just cute. Ok he's gorgeous. Damn it look at him dark eyes dark hair....excuse me I may need to fangirl ((msd for history))
☂I will believe you, darling Zaffy.☂
☂☂okaygotcha☂☂
Don't get me on the subject of Niccolò! I know he's....he's...probably reading this *screams and hits head on tree* Gorgeous I see nothing negative in looks or personality.
☂"Pretty Girl" by Sugarcult is suddenly playing in my head, Zaf. I want you to know that XD☂
Mmph. It's not that any of them are difficult, but neither is Zaf with a bundle of dynamite or Ember with an umbrella. It's just that I have a lot of people to do...
Yeah, I can make a line of people with umbrellas...
Now I'm gonna leave before I end up having to add even more people to my list...
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What? I truly believe Niccolò is well far from perfect but nowadays he's a gentleman.
*materializes in a corner*
*edges*
I might be here-ish.
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Taia!!!!! HI HI HI HI HI
☂Heh! Like one of those dance things xD☂
☂Bye Fabwee! Love you <3☂
☂Hi Taia!☂
@Fabi: :) *hugs* YOur deds are so amazing. :)
@The world in general: I POSTEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD.
inkystar.blogspot.com
(You might have me telling you I posted a lot this week. I'm posting my succession of short chapters.)
(Uh, you don't have to follow the link, or anything . . .)
#ChaseForBookNine
*dies laughing* The dinosaurs impacted the Egyptian dynasties....*dies and comes back* then comets....omg
@Ember: :) *hugs* Thanks.
@Fabi: Thank you so much for quoting/paraphrasing me! :)
#ChaseForBookNine
☂Hey Star XD☂
@Fabi: WHAT! *hugs* Yo crazy-ass dedz is so amazing. :)
@Da ghetto up in general: I POSTEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD.
inkystar.blogspot.com
(Yo ass might have me spittin some lyrics ta you I posted a shitload dis week. I be postin mah succession of short chapters.)
(Uh, you don't gotta follow tha link, or anythang . . .)
☂I'm sorry, I just found Gizoogle today and it's hysterical xD☂
what
XD
#ChaseForBookNine
Taia sitting on the ceiling with cake. Good.
[hugs Star and Ember and Taia and Zaf]
Bye.
#ChaseForBook9
Taia chillin on tha ceilin wit cake. Good.
[hugs Star n' Ember n' Taia n' Zaf]
Bye.
☂I'm sorry, I just had to do that... I LOVE THIS SITE, IT'S SO WEIRD.☂
@Fabi: *laughs* That's very Taia. XD
Oh gosh, today in science, we had six pictures on the board and we had to draw two of them and label the forces affecting them.
My friend drew the one with people doing tug-of-war, and on one side of her rope she drew herself (she's tall) and my short friend (later, when she showed it to my short friend, she told my short friend that she would have drawn her shorter to make it more realistic, but then she wouldn't have been able to reach the rope properly and would have been pulling it over her head XD), and on the other side, she drew our other two friends, and she also drew a bubble to represent me. :) Although, I couldn't hold onto the rope coz I had no arms. :P
And she also drew a car, and she was driving, and I, a bubble, was in the back. :)
@Ember: XD
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Hey, Zaf!
Ha, that greeting has me near grinning - Thanks Zaf. C: *hugs*
Hiya, Ember! :)
Hi, Star! :)
Ceiling? Cake? Sounds like me. :P Taia+Ceiling+Cake for what purpose, though? :)
See you later. *hugs Fabi back*
@Ember: *laughs* xP
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You know my ded story? The one which was fun to write but has no relevance to anything whatsoever?
I can't figure out how to end it. XD
#ChaseForBookNine
@Taia: HEMINGWAY! :)
Fabi left? :( Fours, Fabi!
*yeah, I'm so observant*
#ChaseForBookNine
☂I don't know your ded story, I'm sorry...☂
@Ember: I'm writing a story for the ded that I got yesterday.
It's completely irrelevant to everything. XD I think I might just use it to ded to random stories that have no purpose.
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☂That's cool, Star!!☂
@Star: *laughs* Awesome. :)
Oh? A ded-story? That sounds really awesome~ ^^
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@Ember: Thanks! :)
I keep thinking you're Mith, because when I glance you have the same first letter in your display name (M) and you have profile pictures that are similar in colour, so I keep staring at you for a moment trying to comprehend your identity. :P
#ChaseForBookNine
My ded story isn't really awesome, at all. :)
But thanks. :)
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Hiiiiiiii
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☂Uh...☂
☂Okay, Star XD☂
☂MARA! :D☂
Hiiiiiiii to you too! :)
I think I've found an ending . . . :)
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Hey, Mara! :)
wbd/slightly msd
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@Star: Yay! Ending! :)
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Look, it's Mara and Harry :3
Sorry wbd homework :/
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MY DED STORY:
Okay . . . Well, basically, I picked something that I'd been thinking out in my head recently, and then I wrote it out. The thing IS, it's not relevant. Like, at all. And it's also a section of my story in my head, so you don't know who anyone is or what's happened or anything.
. . .
Yeah. XD
Also, a note - everyone except Morgan and Hunter himself think of Hunter as being called Meq, because he uses different cover names with different people and Meq happens to be the one he uses for them. It's pronounced like 'meck.' He generally makes these names up on the spot, so . . . yeah.
Other background information: Jack's dad does have a name, but nobody except him, Jack and Morgan (but she pretends she doesn't remember it, just because) know it. So nobody really uses it. I don't know it either, because I'm too lazy to think of it. XD Everyone else's names mostly got thought of an adapted as I was writing this comment, so . . .
Yeah.
Further background information: In their day and age (they're from the future, yes), in America (Jack's American. Not going into nationalities now, but yeah), you're an adult when you're twenty-two.
. . .
Yeah. :P
It's crap and you have no context, so I'm not sure how well this'll go down, but hey - I dedicate this page to random stories that have no relevance to anything, because they're fun. :)
I think I'll post it on the next comment, as it'll need to be posted on multiple comments . . .
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Hiya
There was the sound of the portal door opening, and unfamiliar footsteps that wandered first to the front door, then to the living room. They wandered further away as whoever he was walked out into the corridor and then through the door that portalled into the kitchen, and then Jack’s dad was standing in the door of the kitchen.
Hunter both relaxed and tensed at the same time in different ways. “Hi,” he greeted him.
“Where’s my son?” snapped Jack’s dad.
Hunter shoved the bread to one side and leant back against the counter, the other one, so he was facing Jack’s dad. He examined the flour on his hands. “How would I know?”
“You saw him last.”
Hunter gave him a look that suggested he was very stupid. “Of course, it’s completely sensible to think that, seeing as how I see him every day and you don’t.”
“You came and let him out.”
“I haven’t seen him since the day before yesterday.”
“Of course you haven’t.”
“When did he disappear, anyway?”
“I went to answer the door, there was nobody there, and when I went back inside, he was gone.”
“How unfortunate.”
“You let him out.”
“Notice your choice of words. You’re acting like I let a pet out of its cage. He’s a PERSON.”
“Oh, so you’ve stopped denying it?”
“I don’t really think there’s anything to deny.”
“I really think there is.”
“I really think your brain doesn’t think very well.”
“Are you insulting me?”
“Yeah, but you started it.”
“You’re leading the conversation away from the point.”
“What is the point?”
“The point IS, you let him out.”
“I’m sorry, do you constantly spy on my every action? Because if you, it’s failing. I haven’t been NEAR him.”
“Then how do you explain the fact he’s missing?”
“He probably just went for a walk.”
“What, for five hours?”
“So you waited five hours?”
“I was planning to wait until you brought him back.”
“How could I have brought him back when I don’t have him?”
“You do have him.”
“If I have him, shouldn’t he be here?”
“You sent him to hide.”
“You’re acting more delusional than me, and I actually suffer from delusions.”
“Like the delusion that you didn’t let him out when you did?”
“For the billionth time, he’s not an animal! He should be able to let himself out! What on earth are you even expecting to achieve by locking him up?”
“So you did let him out.”
“Just because I think the person who let him out did the right thing doesn’t mean I am them.”
“I’m not sure it doesn’t mean that.”
“That was flawlessly phrased.”
“It’s not a battle of words.”
“Why does it have to even be a battle?”
“You tell me.”
“I’m not the one marching around accusing people with no evidence.”
“You say I have no evidence?”
“Yes. Are you deaf?”
Jack’s dad started exploding. The portal door opened in the middle of it. Morgan, Mit and Jack clattered into the kitchen.
“Jack?”
Jack looked at his dad and his eyes widened. “Fuck.”
“Okay, backtrack!” Mit yelled and dragged Morgan and Jack back out the kitchen.
Jack’s dad forwardtracked after them, Hunter following. “Where the HELL have you been?”
Mit realised he’d backtracked them into a wall and swore.
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“I went to see Zigzag,” Jack chanced. “I told you I was.”
“And I said you couldn’t.”
“And I said, fuck that, you don’t own me.”
“Luke’s run away,” Morgan cut in.
Hunter looked over at her. “What?”
“He ran away. We have one hour left to find him before his parents go mental.”
Hunter stared at her. Her eyes were wide and panicked, and also weary. “Oh, fuck,” he summed up.
“Yeah,” she agreed.
“I notice how you’re much more concerned about HIM running away than about my son running away,” Jack’s dad fumed, then to Jack, “Actually, until you’re twenty-two, I DO own you.”
“Nobody owns anyone,” interjected Hunter. “Plus, I wasn’t concerned about Jack because obviously Morgan and/or Mit and/or Luke would have broken him out. If they’re all here, obviously they HAVEN’T broken him out, so it’s much more concerning.”
Mit and Morgan and Jack just kind of stood there, looking pleadingly at Hunter.
“So you DID know what had happened to him!”
“It was a guess.”
“I could have you arrested for being in on a kidnapping.”
“And I could have you arrested for trespassing. By the way, shut up.”
“What?”
Hunter focused on the others. “Why’d he run away?”
Jack shrugged. “Hell knows.”
Mit explained a little. “Um, we sort of ganged up on him. We and his parents.”
Hunter blinked. “What the hell?”
“We were concerned,” Morgan said, looking resentfully at Jack’s dad. “Look, one member of our band’s in hospital, one of them’s locked up like a rare species of rabbit, one of them gets hit on a daily basis, and the final member is me, and I just basically get sliced apart all the time. It’s not great.”
“What’s up with Luke?” Hunter asked.
“Nothing serious, at the moment. Which was why we were taking preventative measures. We don’t WANT there to be anything up with Luke.”
Jack’s dad frowned at Jack. “I thought you went to the hospital?”
Jack hesitated. “We did for a bit.”
Jack’s dad’s temper rose. “You’re using your dying friend as an excuse?”
Morgan, Mit and Jack’s expressions just broke, like kitchen roll that had had weight after weight piled onto it, and finally, just too much had been piled on and it had snapped apart.
Hunter slammed Jack’s dad into a wall, and then did it again, hearing his head smack against it. “You just shut up,” he said viciously. “Why don’t you go find some other kitchen roll? Or why don’t you just lift your own weights yourself? Do you like snapping people? Do you LIKE watching them break? Because I could break you, since you clearly want to test which kitchen roll is the strongest.”
Morgan felt panic flash through her, and another little part of her just died. Everyone was just falling apart all the time. What the hell, I give up.
Hunter looked at Jack’s dad’s eyes, frozen in terror, and teleported upstairs, banging his head into the wall. The pain flared through, numbing thoughts a little. He quietly counted to ten and felt the crashing waves die down a little.
They didn’t need this. They had enough without him falling apart on them. You idiot.
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Mit and Jack stared at Jack’s dad in shocked silence. Jack’s dad just plain stared in shocked silence. Morgan looked at her watch.
Hunter teleported back in. “So, how long’s Luke been gone?”
“Four hours,” Morgan told him, her expression relaxing a bit. But it was his fault it was tense in the first place.
Jack’s dad thought how disgusting it was that so few of the five hours had been spent at the hospital, but kept his mouth shut.
“Okay,” said Hunter, nodding like that told him something. “Jack’s dad, would you mind sparing Jack for a bit?”
“Yes, I would mind!” Jack’s dad spewed out before thinking.
“Fantastic. Jack, go home.”
“What???”
“The way I see it, we have multiple problems here in front of us, and one of them’s Him. If you go home and take him with you, you eliminate that problem.”
Jack’s dad glowered, having very opposing views of what the problem really was. If Meq would just let thinks lie and left people to their own business, ALL the problems would be solved.
Jack didn’t like that. “OR . . . you could just send him home on his own?”
Hunter looked at him. “I think we both know your dad won’t accept that.”
“For once, me and Meq are actually in agreement,” Jack’s dad admitted.
Jack tried to grab them with compassion. “Look, one of my friends is already dying. I don’t want to feel that twice over. I have to look for him.”
“You should of thought of that beforehand,” Jack’s dad told him.
“Fuck, the reason we went over there was to stop this kind of thing from happening!”
“Jack, maybe you should go home, mate,” Mit broke in, seeing sense. “We weren’t looking separately, were we?”
Jack glared at him.
Mit shrugged. “Sorry, but we can’t handle you on top of this.”
Jack took a deep breath. “Okay,” he said, and started walking out. His dad followed. The three other stood there in silence as the portal door slammed shut behind them.
Hunter looked at Mit. “How mad’ll your dad be?”
Mit hesitated. “Pretty damn mad. I can handle it.”
Hunter nodded. “Go home.”
“What?”
“It’ll be another less person to worry about.”
“You’re just gonna let Morgan wander about the entire world by herself?”
“Am I the only one who isn’t under this ownership illusion? Plus, Morgan’s actually more sensible when she isn’t with you lot, so my reasoning seems pretty sound to me.”
“I’ll text you soon as anything happens,” Morgan told him. “Mit, you being in hospital as well isn’t helping anyone.”
“Aw, me and Zigzag could’ve hung out! Okay, okay, going.”
He left.
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Morgan and Hunter looked at each other.
“Your band’s pretty fucked,” he informed her.
Morgan sighed. “Tell me about it.”
“You okay?”
“Not really.”
“That’s okay. Wouldn’t expect you to be. How’s Zigzag?”
“They don’t think he’s gonna make it.” She was trying not to cry. It wasn’t going to work much longer. A pain was building in the back of her throat.
Hunter leant against the wall. “Sometimes, people don’t. I’m always just glad that they existed at all, even if only for a while.”
She nodded. “Do you think Zigzag’ll go to heaven?”
“I’m not sure I believe in heaven.”
“I’m not sure I believe in heaven. He has to go somewhere, though, right?”
“Maybe, maybe not. The thing is, though, everyone always changes. You’re not the same person you were five years ago, and you were a different person from then ten years ago, and twenty years ago you weren’t even alive so you were DEFINITELY not the same then. Sooner or later, whoever and whatever he is, Zigzag’ll change. He won’t be the same Zigzag you know. Even if he stays alive, he still won’t be the same person he is and was. That person exists only in memories. He’s already dead, like the five year ago version of you is dead. Even by keeping him alive, you can’t stop him dying.”
“I never thought of it like that.”
“I’ve had more time to think. Do you have any idea where Luke could be?
“If we did, we’ve already searched there.”
Hunter nodded. “Okay,” he said. “You want to get searching? I have to tell Ez, first.”
“Okay,” she nodded. “Bye.”
She turned around and grasped the handle of the portal door, opening it and walking inside. She melted into the portal, barely concentrating.
How had five people got cut down to one so easily? What had happened?
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THE END. :)
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You know, I've had my nameless characters for months on end, and yet somehow I've easily been able to think of Hunter's other name. O_O
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That's a really interesting story, Star. [hugs]
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@Fabi: It isn't really. :)
*hugs*
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HEY
MY NEW BLOG POST WILL BE MY FIFTIETH. :)
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*NEXT
Not NEW. :P
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*NEXT
Not NEW. :P
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*NEXT
Not NEW. :P
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ARE YOU QUESTIONING MY VIEW OF REALITY???
Msd, shouldn't exactly be here. :-P
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*explosive tree goes off* oopsie
DAMMMMMMN sorry the internet was failing. :/
@Fabi: NO. I'M QUESTIONING YOUR VIEW OF MY STORY, WHICH IS IN A DIFFERENT REALITY. ;)
Should I call you Moss? Because I'd kidn of like to, although I'd keep forgetting.
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. . . Where is everyone?
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*reads up* *sees everyone is distant* Ah, okay then. :)
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Sorry, I'm... Being me. :P
My distant and disappear-y warnings remain in place.
Star, I will read your ded/story in a bit. *hugs* I look forward to it, though. :)
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*falls out of space*
Star, that was an amazing story!
Poor Zigzag :(
*hugs*
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@Mara: *hugs* Thanks!!! :) :) :) :)
Aw. I know. I almost started crying about him today, but yeahhhh . . .
I mean, I was never going to kill him off, but one time I just realised that he realistically just wouldn't stay alive . . . and even if he survived this, he'd go under again sooner or later, and after I screwed up Hunter's solution . . . *shrugs*
They'll have to find a new drummer. :/
That's fine, Taia. :)
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*locks Adra in a vault*
Except then I realised, today actually, that A7X's drummer also died and that it was a bit copying-like, and I was like DAMMIT. :P
If I had to change him htough, I'd probably make him bassist, and Slipknot's bassist died, so . . . *shrugs*
It's so depressing. :/
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