Reaction to the book is exactly what I'd been hoping for — shock and AWE. There have been MANY threats of violence and decapitation made against me, which I thoroughly deserve for what I've put you through.
All in all, people have been very good about not spoiling it for others, but dear god, there have been some exceptions. A few things on the Facebook page, a lot of stuff on Twitter, some stuff on Tumblr, and one of the very first Amazon reviews has a major spoiler. I don't understand the need to spoil things for others or to seek out spoilers for yourself, and I really can't understand why anyone would casually mention a plot twist without realising it could ruin things for others.
Basically, beware of the internet, Minions.
But on a lighter note, Orla came to a signing on Saturday and she gave me a photograph of the cake she'd had for her birthday.
Check it OUT.
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Lovely first comment
Google hangouts- the three of us, Em, whoever else may come (Jubi, Lewis, Mara, Fabi etc)
Omg yes Ari the Google Hangouts YES! I must do that with you though probably later today if you can because I have a silent migraine atm which is I get every symptom of the migraine but pain so Zaffy isnt her usual self but by like 4pm totes I'll be fine :) Derek rubs off on me I keep saying totes
Good morning, afternoon, evening, or other applicable time.
*grins* Hey Sir
And I won't be satisfied with my strength until I can rip a clipboard in half like a sheet of paper! And I won't be satisfied with my endurance until I can jog 20 miles! And basically I will never be satisfied, but I'll keep trying, so that's ok!
It's funny, Zaf, but you've always reminded me so much of my friend in real life.
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Greetings, Adrasdos.
Hi Sir!
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Really? How? I dont remind myself of anyone really
OH FUCK MY MOUTH IS ON FIRE
NO
THE HELL IS IN THIS GUACAMOLE
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH
*rolls around*
What's google hangouts?
Zaf you remind me of someone I know called Erin
It's like google's version of Skype except you don't have to pay to see people's faces and it's just better lol
oooh faces that'd be wicked!
Well, just, the way you act is kind of like her. The way that you fangirl- not the fact that you fangirl, but how you do it- is pretty much exactly like her. And just the way you talk/act in general. I actually thought for a bit that you might be the same person, but you live farther away from me, and there's a few other improbabilities, so.
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Not funny Adra you KNOW i hate people using my given name even Derek signing my book to my given name but he's an exception because honestly I am just happy to have any book signed but I rather be called by my taken name
Sorry about your mouth, Adra.
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Yeah, also your name is different. But you're so similar! It's strange!
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Never knew that Ari xD and I honestly if you wanna see fangirl you needed to see me when Niccolo danced with me I burst out crying in shock
Ahem.
I know,
It was a joke. *nods*
*contemplates jumping into the river*
*decides not to because the dress it to damn sexy to be messed with*
May Adrasdos's mouth be remembered, another casualty to the subtlety of cuisine.
In any case, Erin is a pretty name.
At least people don't sing "the First Noel" CONSTANTLY.
OR SAY THAT YOUR NAME RHYMES
*tips her top hat to Sir* Thank you.
I don't know why I am still eating it
I'm a rebel
I actually have pretty sensitive tastebuds. For one thing, I'm a really, really picky eater... But, like, if there's one tiny piece of pepper ground up and spread around so a normal person wouldn't even notice it, I won't be able to eat the food because of the pepper. It's gotten to the point where I'm very good at scraping off sauces and picking through my food to extract the things I don't like.
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ok, i appear to have until later so, im back for now?
*loudly sings The First Noel*
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Hi Ed!
I hate peas. I'm not kidding- I can't. Just no. That and pizza
I feel like Derek was hinting he likes my given name because everything he sent me himself (card and book) has my given name and he knows thats my given name so I was surprised he didnt use my taken....my mom thinks its because my given name means Ireland...I dont have the guts to ask Derek honestly.
GOD DAMMIT ARETHA.
*shoots her with yellow paint*
Ed! *tacklehugs* Hi! Nice to have you back for a bit!
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hi adra.
Ari you're like my brother....he is soooo picky
No more paint fights, please?
hi aretha, im only back for today though *is tacklehugged*
Ah aaaaahhhhhhh
*screams*
*eats five ice cubes, her eyes watering, jumping from foot to another*
AAAAAAHAH
If I eat any sort of cooked carrot I'll throw up. Not kidding. I can eat raw carrots, though. And if asparagus is cooked so it's soft, I'll gag. If I eat too many string beans, I'll gag, but I can deal with a few. And I don't like anything that's cheesy (with the exception of pizza), or creamy. Especially creamy soup. And I could go on endlessly, so I'll stop myself at that...
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raw carrots are amazing
Can your food touch like the mashed potatoes touch the meat? My brother couldnt have certain foods touch each other
I generally just force myself to eat vegetables- my favorite thing to do is drink V8 fusion, because with that I'll go through, like, 6 servings of fruits/vegetables in 2 days, and it doesn't taste bad. But there's some foods that I just physically can't eat *points to baked carrots*. *crosses pizza off the list of foods to eat at Bloglandian party*
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THIS. GIRL IS ON FIREEEEEEEE
GOD DAMMIT I THINK IT'S HABENERO
I HAVE BEEN EATING SPOONFUL SIZES OF HABENERO WITH CHIPS
*whispers, curling into a ball* nooooo
I fear that within the department of modern cuisine, my intelligence and skills are sorely lacking.
*in response to Zaf* Depends on the food. I love mashed potatoes with meat (so far I only really like my dad's potatoes, though, but I'll eat, like, the entire pot of those because I love them so much), so I'm fine if those touch. But if I get cheese on my meat I won't like it, or applesauce in my potatoes, etc.
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Omfg my friend.....just oh good god she wants me to...oh no does she want Niccolo to avoid me forever?
It means IT'S FUCKING A BALL OF FIRE MELTING IN THE PITS OF HELL ON MY PALATE, REIN
Adrasdos, I understand that. I was merely referring to the alternate conversation being held. My sympathies to your mouth.
((Ooc so as not to hurt poor Zaffy any further- should I write up some of the Nikola Tesla you guys never even knew existed, or should I not, just so Adra doesn't die?))
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Yrah I hate cheese on meat
Oh dear, what did she say? Do I even want to know...?
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Oh god. Oh god sweet baby Jesus on a biscuit.
*makes a portal to Antarctica*
*sticks her tongue on an icicle*
*it gets stuck*
...
EEEEEEEEHHHHH PUCKIN GOB HAMMIT
(No....I may freakin die...I will never ever be with Niccolo *cries*)
raw carrots are amazing
*appears in antarctica* haha
*flips Edward off*
PUCK YEW EDD
Ari she was like; Oh if he dances with you kiss him and I just kinda like died because I would so do it but he would hate me
*waves hand and icicle melts* what was that? *laughs*
*dives back through her portal*
RELIEF
Un...
Thank you Ed
*appears in ice fortress and places bomb*
*ice fortress explodes*
*sigh* War. Well, it seems the status quo of Blogland has been restored.
i wont be needing my fortress for a while
War? *takes out knife* I shall fight
what war?
Guys....I made a deal with Justaria and uhm I got to release her for a little while so should Justaria come out dont hurt her she's sworn to behave but if she doesnt then hurt her but Javier should be able to force her back
Mara... *hugs*
*pnguin army return to antarctica and find a new king*
((Oh, also, for the record, if Niccolo dies at any time in the future- like, in the roleplay, and no, I'm not planning on that- he can't be resurrected. Well, not without a heck of a lot more trouble than we usually go through. Just a warning to you all. But your characters can't know this yet.))
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INTERNET
WHY DO YOU HATE ME
QUIT WITH THE LATE COMMENTS PLEASE
THANK
Msd...
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I swear I thought I was head of the penguin army...
But whatever.
*calmly gets to her feet again, dancing
((Your characters are free to ask how we came back after the Saccharine thing, though, if they want to.))
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adra you were when sherlock died but then i became head
(I will go through hell and back to bring him back Aretha. Mark my words I love him and if I lose him I may lose a part of my heart)
Ugh whatEVAR Ed.
Pffft.
Snowlock
actually adra, you are still a head. i was thinking of something else. only you now are head of the new kings army
((Well, yes, I'd be going after him too. But whether or not it would even matter how far we would go depends on the whim of a demon, so I'm all for looking after his life while he still has it.))
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Okay. Penguin army, flower army... HOLLAH.
*dances to Bach*
*hums Oh Death quietly to self* *would do something interesting, but I'm very msd, so I'd better not start*
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I... Bach?
(Ari please never kill him off until like like everyone is off school if you plan to, like Christmas holidays so we could all help...let him live let him live...*tries to not cry* I love him yet he wont love me I feel like Eponie)
You cannot merely say a composer's name and consider all their works to be substitute-able...
Johann Sebastian, Sir.
It's possible.
Oh no I was just saying-
Ahem,
I don't remember the song but, ah, I remember that it's Bach
((I AM NOT PLANNING ON KILLING HIM OFF. GOD NO. I WOULD CRY. A LOT. I JUST NEEDED TO SAY THAT AT SOME POINT SO IF ANYTHING DOES HAPPEN IT'S NOT A TOTAL SHOCK THAT SEEMS UNWARRANTED AND YOU ALL HATE ME FOR. THERE IS A PURPOSE BEHIND THAT. BUT HE HAD BETTER NOT DIE.))
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And even with a composer's one work, style changes are extremely plausible. Simply looked at the polarized William Tell Overture, by Rossini.
Okay *breathes* I just am edgy. I have to be....*smiles* is he okay with being Alexis' adopted brother? I wanted to make sure he is because if he isn't I'll explain to her
I mean...
Life has lost it's meaning.
I feel like everything happens over and over again. That's all my life is. Wake up. Go to school. Do homework. Sleep. Repeat. Nothing special happens to me. I can't even read LSODM because of fucking homework. I burst out crying today in school when the teacher gave out to me. Not because I was in trouble, but because I can't stand this shit anymore. But of course, people start whispering, "attention seeker," "bitch," and "attention whore."
I can't deal with this anymore. And the thing is, nobody knows I'm hurting. Nobody knows that behind my smile, there is a tortured mind.
I'm not even being bullied. It's not people who are bullying me, it's myself. I'll never be good enough. Nobody knows, and nobody cares.
Nobody sees, nobody knows,
We are a secret, can't be exposed...
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Oh dear let's not begin all of this hubbub. Composers are genii, yes...
Dancing is all about changing and flowing with the music, telling a story.
And in any case, I'm mostly just spinning in circles with an imaginative partner
You mean you actually want to adopt him, or do you just mean is he comfortable with her thinking of him that way?
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Maralie, I cannot presume to truly know you, but I would prefer if you looked upon the bright side of light. With a good bit of luck, maybe the fools will be hit by a vehicle moving at high speed!
Mara you seem stressed. I know you are and it seems Secodary school does that to people *hugs* I understand my mother complains if i dot get high grades but everyone had bad days and if i take a test and have a low mark usually i had a bad day and it isnt always like that i get high grades but in maths i will fail miserably
Mara.. *hugs* I know how you feel- you want to leave and just go, yeah? Do what you wan5, and not be placed, confined in a tiny desk learning things that you won't use- I know the feeling. It's awful, isn't it? The greatest enemies we can face is ourselves. I don't blame you Mara- I would totally run with it if I could.
Think of it as a challenge- a puzzle. How to fit everything in. It's hard, but it can work. Don't give up you'll find a system
In a way of both, she treats him like a brother I guess I mean is he ok treating her like a little sister? I mean she really looks up to him and all so I just want to make sure he's okay with her doing that and hell if I adopted him it wouldnt work he's older! Though I wouldn't mind at all
We care, Mara. We know, and we care. Immensely. And special things do happen- they're just small. A new series of 1D pictures come out, or their movie, or LSODM which you will be able to read even if you haven't yet. And in a few years school will be over and you'll have your own life to shape however you want to, and you'll never have to repeat a day again. You just have to hang on until then, and we'll be here to support you for as long as it takes.
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You are stressed- seriously though. Look up meditation. It keeps you grounded. I love it
Yeah, ok, just wanted to make sure, because I feel like you adopting him would just be so strange... And not necessarily in a good way... But yeah, that's fine. It's really not a stretch for him to think of her as a younger sister, it's just that he has issues getting close to people. It's basically having massive trust issues except that instead of mistrusting other people, it's himself. So he's afraid to get close to anyone, and he doesn't want people to get attached to him, and all that.
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((And, uh, Zaf loves him? And if she tried to kiss him that would be awkward))
*nods* Meditation is awesome. I'll admit Krav is my greatest savior, but meditation is right up there.
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My mom is so kickass at it.
And my massage therapist/acupuncturist AWWW YEAH ENERGY
((Which is exactly why I thought adopting him would be strange. Also, he's like, 300 hears older than her. And a bit old to be adopted. That's usually a kid thing.))
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I figured and I think maybe seeing her look up to him may help him. He managed to give her a positive influence she takes school seriously and she is determined to fight her own battles and its amazing how much effect he had on her she never wants to know her true name and she values her life and the lives of those around her...I think its good for her to think of him that way, she sees the positive in him
... I merely attempt to hold on my sanity like a man on a cliff holding onto slowly tearing tufts of grass. So far, it has worked reasonably well.
That's interestingly negative, Sir.
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Yay for sanity! *shoots confetti guns*
I dedicate this page to Mara, and to anyone and everyone else who is in pain. Remember that we care, and we're here for you.
I would have made this longer, but I'm very very msd.
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And good god he IS roughly 300yrs older then me...I'm 200 something and I really dont think I could picture him as a kid....15 year old Niccolo....wow
You be back later if you poof Ari?
*raises glass* Hear hear!
*prances around*
*is here*
I want to email Mara, but I don't know what to say . . .
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*collapses on her bed and dies*
Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Hear hear Ari!
You know, it's very hard for me to look seriously when I'm a Flower Princess and bubbly bubble with very ridiculous profile picture. It's rather annoying.
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*serious
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Hi Gemma
So. After party anyone
*looks up *
Hi.
*lays back down*
AFTER PARTY!!!!!!!!!!
Hello, Gemma. :)
Msd. If I don't start being distant, I might bring Hunter and Ez on.
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Ezter my babes.
I cant exactly go on my computer atm stil pretty much in meh so I may not actually go on the accounts so ill roleplau from my character
Why do you people have so much energy...
*flops face-first onto the floor*
Ari said earlier about how there was much more Nikola Tesla that we hadn't seen.
The same's true of Ezter. XD
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@Gemma: We bubbles have a neverending supply of energy!
Well, it ends when we pop.
But yeah. :)
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Javier took me home last night and Alexis is still asleep on the bean bags....Poor girl fell asleep holding Coco bear *sees hot tub* hello hot tub......*shadow-walks to treehouse and comes back a few minutes later in a dark green cover up*
*rolls around because Nikola Tesla and Ezter and PERF*
STOP CAllING US EZTER.
Hello.
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*in response to Zaf wondering about 15 year-old Niccolo* Well, there was that time when he thought he was 17. *probably isn't here at all* *might be around for a few more comments if I'm lucky*
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Hello.
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*claps*
Wonderful entrance, Em.
Hey, Ari! :)
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EZTERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
@Ez: *looks at Adra* I think this calls for drasticness.
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Adra, ive noticed you chance your dress every day. I prefer this one but everything looks good on you *shrugs*
I thought he was going to force me to let Justaria out...he was like fanboying over how I knew my true name *laughs* Coco was interesting at age 17
@Hunter: You could be right.
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Gah, my computer has decided "yay lets come up with random errors". I am now attempting repairs.
And I'm feeling better. And I know why. And I have pringles.
My dresses actually keep getting ruined... But thank you! ^.^
*glances at the two*
Ez your picture looks like a drugs trip
All kaleidoscopes do
PRINGLES!
Ez, do I like pringles?
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I must confess, I am not entirely sure what is happening right at this moment.
For Halloween I might go as a krogan and scare the crap out of everyone.
*waves to Rein* HI! I thought you left
@Adra: Thank you.
@Hunter: Well, you did, and then you didn't, and then you did, and then you didn't, adn then you did . . . How about we just say you like pringles?
I'm texting you about drasticness, by the way.
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Okay, I like pringles then. *shrugs*
@Dragona: Go as a pringles.
@Sir: Pringles are happening.
@Ez: The dratsic thing should invole attacks with pringles.
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@Hunter: Actually, on second thoughts - you hate pringles!
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For Halloween I am probaby going as Eliza Scorn, the unhinged version...maybe. Or I'll go as a Sense-Warden or Madame Mist....I think Madame Mist may be fun to go as or the Sense-Warden
Yeah well ive been getting worse Dragona... :-/
@Ez: Can it involve attacks AGAINST pringles, then?
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FUCK AIRPORTS
... Pringles? What is a pringle?
i go now, back later. bye
Last year I Remnantified myself. It was fun. :)
@Gemma: *hugs* :(
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Sir
How can you not know what Pringles are
They're a brand of chips
A pringle is a crisp (chip if you're American) and they're the nicest things ever.
Or I could go as a husk!
Hello!
So, after parties eh?
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Bye Ed.
Sir you're American. How.
And they are •pinches first finger and thumb together and draws out the word• FAAAAAAbulous.
ATTACK AIRPORTS WITH RPINGLES! CASUALTIES ON BOTH SIDES!
@Sir: A pringle is a pringle. :)
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Hi Trip!
*hugs Ember*
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And computer has decided to repair a problem that doesn't exist and has now restarted so brb.
I went as Valkyrie last year actually Derek didnt have Twitter yet or I'd have tweeted him a picture but I think I'll do the Sense-Warden....now I gotta find red robes with a possible hood
@Star: YES. I shall do that now. The airline I'm taking has Pringles on it.
Even as myself, I do not know EVERYTHING.
Ah Pringles are a nightmare to travel around. I flew home alone the long way and it was ridiculous.
Hi Trip! *waves*
•hugs back
•hugs everyone for good measure
Too whatever to add umbrellas right now. Also, phone.
My friends want me to be a gentlemanly transvestite. A Victorian man. I am considering it
@Ember: YAY!
@Adra: See? Pringles are evil. *nods*
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Are you guys talking about Halloween or something?
AIRPORTS
NOT PRINGLES
WHAT THE HELL
@Hunter: Shut up about pringles before this gets out of hand! :P
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@Star: I KNOW!!
*whispers to September* I don't know. Help.
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@Ez: You use hands to eat pringles, did you know?
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*throws the guacamole off the terrace*
AND STAY OUT
@Adra: See? Pringles are invading your brain. THey shall take over your mind and rule the world.
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@Hunter: I think pringles are invading YOUR mind. :P
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Okay, I think most of you will see a box, but these ARE umbrellas.
🌂☔
Where are we?
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@Ez: ARGH!
*jumps behind chair*
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*goes in the hot tub*
*whispers to Trip* We're talking about Pringles and, thanks to me, partially airports. As for the costume thing, I have no heckling clue :p
Adrasdos, if you decide to attempt to take upon the role of a gentleman, please either inform me or provide photographs.
@Ember: I can se the umbrellas when on the laptop. On my phone things look like boxes. :)
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I don't think I worded that so well...
*dashes down the stairs to the others, eyes wide* The avocados...
*shakes Ember by the shoulders* THEY'RE COMING.
*screams bloody murder and runs from the room outside*
*Falls* GOD DAMMIT THIS DRESS
SEXY MATERIAL IS NOT RUNNING MATERIAL
I see them on my iPod
*shoots a paintball at Sir*
🌂🌂•scratches head•ðŸŒ‚🌂
☔Star, on my computer/phone it's the other way round.☔
☔Never mind.☔
*sneaks up behind Hunter, then wraps a yellow shower curtain around him, then ties it on with binding chains*
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*jumps over chair and sits in it*
Okay.
Whenever we want to say you know what, we're going to say you know what, because if we you know what, you know what will invade our heads.
Left.
Continue.
*looks at converstaion*
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☔Try running in MY dress, Adra. It's insane.☂
OH MY GOD I DO HAVE THE UMBRELLAS
*is sat at bar on the spaceship galactic*
Huh, that reminds me. We should probably check out that eye issue.
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☔🌂☂
I GOT THE POWER
@Trip: *freezes*
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YOU HAVE NO IDEA EMBER
*curls up next to a tree, crying softly*
☔What eye issue, Trip?☔
☔🌂☔🌂
☔🌂☔🌂
☔🌂☔🌂
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