As was recently pointed out to me, "Nerdy Dalek" is an anagram of my name, so I suppose it's only fitting that my birthday should be the day my Doctor Who story comes out on ebook. The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage is a Tenth Doctor adventure and I had unimaginable fun writing it. For those of you who don't read ebooks, fret not- a physical book, containing all eleven stories by eleven writers, will be arriving late next month.
Ah yes, my birthday. I am 39 today. Some people might worry about reaching that age — just one more birthday till 40, after all. But not me. I shall live forever. And I don't mean in a metaphorical sense. I don't mean I'll live forever in the hearts and minds of my readers. I mean I will literally live forever, drawing as I do from your pain and suffering.
Your pain makes me strong.
Today is the day I knuckle down and officially start Book 9. I've been writing bits and pieces of it for the last few weeks — I've got close to 10,000 words done — but today it kicks off properly. October 23rd is, of course, the day Skulduggery died, hundreds of years ago. Once again, I think it's only fitting that I begin his final book on such a date. Poignant, even.
Sniffle.
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«Oldest ‹Older 2201 – 2400 of 4985 Newer› Newest»But I want you to stay Deathy. We can RP or do something else.
But I want you to stay.
Thank gods I didn't get that
And, Aretha, let it be known that I agree with every word you just said.
*empties her teapot*
*returns it to its regular place on her hat*
Ah dear...
*pats Ari's back*
@Adra: For one thing, as previously mentioned, IT WASN'T MY JOB. For two things, or one other thing, making it two things, unless one add one doesn't equal two yet, I was perfectly good at my 'job'. You're dying now, aren't you?
@Annika: Oh, stuff. What brings you here?
#ChaseForBookNine
(Hunter, if there any reason on hallucinating? On seeing people who aren't there move something and you hear it move? Is there reason behind somehow losing more weight, despite eating heaps?
I hate being a teenager.)
*hugs Ari*
#ChaseForBookNine
Uhm.....
What brings me here?
*ponders the question*
Tea and loneliness, I suppose.
You didn't do that, though, Hunter
*Hugs Ari*
Oh yeah teenager. It concerns me how much weight I've lost...0.9 most of it was water weight, bat.. Yeah. I'm just not hat hungry
And I'm really sedentary
☂HALLOOO☂
☂Sorry I keep returning, I'm just... yeah☂
(Y'all are concerned about losing weight?
Yeesh.
I wonder what that's like.)
((Um. That wasn't supposed to take that long to post. Sorry. I was done crying but I think I might cry some more now... Just... Of all the amazing people in the world... Ok, you can all just ignore me at this point. Sorry.))
#ChaseForBook9
Yay Deathy didn't go...
@Death: Hallucinating is just seeing through the layers of realities. There are many reasons, such as that the ether wants us to be all one big happy family sometimes, and that often things don't flow smoothly, and they get caught slightly and rip. Even if there isn't a reason, some of my best friends are so-called hallucinations. I'm happy to let it just be.
And - probably there is a reason. It's hidden underneath all these other sheets of paper, though, and I don't want to knock anything over.
#ChaseForBookNine
Well, losing a ton of weight. Yeah.
...
*makes a snowball*
*hugs Ari*
((Its okay Ari))
No but, I was 45kg before, I'm like 167cm or something and I can't put on weight. I'm flipping 40 now. A bloody fifteen year old shouldn't be that light.
*hugs everyone* *says hi to everyone*
#ChaseForBook9
☂☂hugs Ari☂☂
☂During sensory deprivation, hallucinations start after as soon as 15 minutes.☂
☂Just thought I should... mention that... for no reason...☂
*takes off hat*
*runs hand through her hair*
*sighs*
So tired . . .
I'm trying to gain weight, not loose it.
*hugs Death* :( How old are you, again? Idk, you're around my age. It'll only last a few more years, being a teenager. Do you know how long that is? That's a BLIP. Hunter keeps thinking a few years ago was the other day.
And - it is just seeing through layers of reality. They are there, they're just not on this layer. :)
And - *hugs* I'm sorry. :(
#ChaseForBookNine
☂What time is it for you, Anni?☂
((No. It's not ok, and it never will be ok. What it is is in the past. And God knows I'd go back if I could, but I can't. But that still doesn't stop me from caring and occasionally crying over it.))
#ChaseForBook9
I'm fifteen
*checks her pocket watch*
By my clock, it is 4:08 in the afternoon.
Rose, are you a fairly active person? With sports one works up an appetite and such. Ya.
*throws the snowball at Hunter*
Your clock's a bit off, Anni
☂You can care and cry about it because that's a perfectly acceptable thing to do when a person who you admire or a person you care about goes through/went through very many hardships.☂
☂But there is no point stressing yourself out over something that cannot and will not ever change.☂
Hi Ari!
☂HEY I HAVE A POCKET WATCH TOO!☂
☂☂but i wear mine around my neck because i is ignorant fool☂☂
I wonder where Sir got to . . .
Nope. Play badminton once a week in winter and wakeboard in summer. I have a really high metabolism... I can eat everything and still be hungry... It's pretty much a curse...
☂0_0_0_0_0_0_0-0-0_0_0_0☂
((I'm not stressed, but I do care, and I will cry. There is precious little that actually stresses me out. I think that's because I'm very ok with not being in control of situations. Anyway.))
#ChaseForBook9
(I actually have two pocket watches: One that I actually use, and another that's a replica of the Master's pocket watch from Doctor Who . . .)
I am still here, but there is little I have to contribute...
I'm sure my metabolism is slowing. I don't eat breakfast 0.0
Ahem
SIR! *throws a snowball at him*
☂Deathy, have you seen a doctor about this? One that actually has an acceptable opinion?☂
(I probably can't stay for too much longer . . . no, please, control your tears . . .)
((I have two pocket watches, also. One is a replica of the Fullmetal Alchemyst watches, and the other has the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima on it. They both work just fine, so I alternate between them a lot.))
#ChaseForBook9
☂Well, that's fine, Ari. Just stop if it gets too much :)☂
☂ANNI. AWESOME.☂
Greetings, Sir.
^hugs Ari*
Whoa whoa whoa,
DOCTOR Precocious has an acceptable opinion!
And it is this:
I am very much the same way, and you should count your blessings. A lot of people would kill to have your metabolism.
@Death: There's this girl in my form who I'm sort of friends with and she was stressed out the other day because she said she was turning into a bitch, because she we wearing makeup and had her eyebrows plucked and her friend was making her wear her hair down, and she said all the bitches had their hair nice and their face nice and she was really worried about it.
I, of course, told her that it didn't matter what you looked like on the outside. She wasn't a bitch on the inside, and so she wasn't a bitch. Why should she be a different person just because of the way she looked? If she'd been born with a really deformed face, we'd be telling her it didn't matter it was deformed and it was who she was on the inside that counted, so why should this be different?
I mostly said that because it was a freaky reversal of the "I'm not pretty" situation, and this is a freaky reversal of the "I'm really fat" situation. If someone was fat or wasn't pretty, we'd say it didn't matter, so why should it be different for being pretty and being skinny?
It doesn't matter that you can't put on weight, Death. You're eating a good amount, so your body's getting the nutrition it needs. Don't let it bother you. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
((Edward Elric is my man-crush ugh))
*steps out of the path of the snowball*
Ms. Adrasdos, please. I do not wish to bury you again.
Not really... I haven't been to a doctor since... Last year...? Dad had the same thing when he was a kid...
☂ARI. EQUALLY AWESOME.☂
☂I need more pocket watches, I've decided. As soon as I am allowed to use my money, I will go buy another one.☂
☂Because I have enough money to buy one. Or two. But I'm not allowed to use any of it.☂
(OHHHHHHHHHH I wanted a Fullmetal Alchemist pocket watch! I couldn't find one though . . .)
So then don't stress too hard and keep doing what yer soon, Rose
Sir.
You wouldnt
I, sadly, would if I was forced to.
@Adra: *catches the snowball* *watches it fall apart in his hand* *forms another one and chucks it at her*
#ChaseForBookNine
*prances into Blogland* *projects greeting towards everyone*
#ChaseForBook9
@Adra: Ooh, can I bury you? :)
I don't have any pocket watches that I know of . . .
#ChaseForBookNine
Then I'd hit you with another snowball, Sir.
*dodges* AHA. HUNTER!
I am forced to retire . . .
☂You watch anime?????????????☂
☂You do not strike me as a person who would read manga or watch anime...☂
*glances at Arisbel* *shifts nervously* *shouts at hunter* NO
I might get a Mass Effect watch. Well, it's technically a Normandy SR-2 (a starship) Navigational Watch, which is based on the navigational system they use in the game, but it's still pretty cool.
((Just... Edwin. *sobs*))
Retire?
Good bye, Doctor.
And yes, I actually watch rather more anime than is good for me . . .
Goodbye, all . . .
☂SUDDENLY I see what you mean☂
☂BYE ANNI☂
☂I was talking to Adra, actually, but cool!☂
Goodbye, Annika- *hugs*
((Yeah I do, some of them :D ))
((Goodbye, Annika.
Aretha has seen several animes. She would have seen more, but she has not the time.))
#ChaseForBook9
See you later, Annika . . .
Hey, Arisbel!
@Adra: Aw. Could I ignore that and bury you anyway?
#ChaseForBookNine
I'm Adrasdos Dark
And this is Jackass
*throws another snowball at Sir*
☂Am I the only one here at the moment who doesn't?☂
☂I've never had anything against them. I've never even seen one in my life.☂
*fidgets* No. I don't like being buried
*glares at Adra*
Please stop harassing my comrade.
((Watch Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. Or read them. I sobbed. Many times. So good.))
((No, Ember, you're not.))
#ChaseForBook9
I don't watch anime . . . for no particular reason. *shrugs*
#ChaseForBookNine
☂Okay, good. I mean, not good, but YOU GET THE POINT OK☂
*smiles at Hunter*
#ChaseForBook9
*glares at Mycroft* I don't listen to you
*once again steps out of the snowball's path*
Ms. Adrasdos, please.
@Adra: Okay. *chucks five snowballs at her in the same second*
#ChaseForBookNine
Fine.
*proceeds to throw snowballs at Hunter*
Oh hi Arisbel...
@Arisbel: *smiles back*
#ChaseForBookNine
*falls backward*
Hell
*foot hits the ground and a wall of snow it jostled from the tree and falls on him* *laughs*
*smiles at Zafira*
#ChaseForBook9
*drops to the ground to avoid snowballs, landing in the snow* That didn't really work . . .
*chucks snowballs back*
#ChaseForBookNine
*dodges* Woohoo!
*sighs* I just....Oh my god ParaFabi is in American custody! *glances at Arisbel* What was your magic?
((Sorry, late comment. Hey, look, parentheses!))
*clambers out from under snow* *glares at Adra* *chucks another snowball*
*builds protective wall from snow at superspeed* Ha.
#ChaseForBookNine
Society: Are you a perfect weight?
Girl: No, but I'm happy.
Society: Is your hair down to your ass?
Girl: No, but I'm happy.
Society: Do you have huge boobs?
Girl: No, but..
Society: Do you have a perfect face?
Girl: No, but...
Society: Do you have a flawless smile?
Girl: No.
Society: Do you realise how ugly you are?
Society: Do you realise that nobody wants you?
Society: Do you realise that you're stupid?
Society: Where did you go?
Society: Have you committed suicide?
Society: Omg no, she was so beautiful, and special, and loved, she will be missed so much, society is so ugly, why did she have to go?
*gets hit in the face and falls back*
*wipes the snow away, glaring*
*picks up an iceball and hurls it at him*
Society: *is a dick*
Girl: haha fuck you
@Mara: You know when you don't love something, but you love what it says? *hugs tightly*
#ChaseForBookNine
@Adra: *laughs* :) Nice one. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
You call me sensitive. I am a special kind of sensitive. I see people.
#ChaseForBook9
((That was tragically well done, Maralie.))
#ChaseForBook9
@Adra: *hides behind wall of snow* *chucks more snowballs at her* *fills in dent made by iceball and increases height of wall*
#ChaseForBookNine
Aha! *waves* I have a fellow alchemist who is a medium
Elaborate. *smiles* I like to learn the different disciplines Niccolò stole as many of them are unique.
*looks at the wall* *the ground beneath the wall begins to shake terribly*
*nods* Unique means only one, yes? I am unique. I am the last of my people- we were not like you. Not human. I see peoples' feelings, and intentions, and what you call their nature. My people did not have words- we did not need them. We had understanding. *smiles sadly*
#ChaseForBook9
*teleports wall a few meters away* *frowns as it falls over*
*chucks another snowball at Adra and makes another wall*
#ChaseForBookNine
@Arisbel: That sounds beautiful. :) *smiles*
#ChaseForBookNine
Ah...interesting. I know my true name which allows me to perform any magic I witness like *clicks fingers* I can do that even though I'm a Necromancer and my magic was locked into Necromancy. I find it neat but it wears me out if I do something like fly which I can't but that is my downfall
*gets hit* ....
NO GOD *curses* *hobbles to a small shed and hides under a table* *cries from fright* *feels kinda claustrophobic**stays there*
It was. *is obviously happy, despite not projecting the emotion*
#ChaseForBook9
*walks into small shed* . . . Adra?
#ChaseForBookNine
*holds her breath, not moving*
*sighs* I can sense you, you know . . .
#ChaseForBookNine
I have a strange question when Niccolò is not in control do you hear his voice in your head? I know Justaria hears me.
*is in the shadows**covers her mouth*
*lifts self into the air and flips, then lands lightly on the ground again, laughing* *projects "flying is fun"*
#ChaseForBook9
You know, when Once Upon A Time did the basic Beauty and the Beast storyline one episode, it was really similar to the Disney one. Well, not really, but sort of. Same kind of thing. And yet, it was ten times better because we knew the characters and their backgrounds.
I thought that was interesting. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
I never flew before in my life, on my own.
*sits down next to Adra in the shadows and glows, making aforementioned shadows reluctantly flee further into the corners* You okay?
#ChaseForBookNine
*nods* He screams like the rest of us. Everyone does. We all make different screams, but everyone makes them, and everyone can hear them.
#ChaseForBook9
@Zaf and Arisbel: Sorry, Hunter's with Adra and so can't really interact with you. :/ This is me acknowledging you and your awesomeness. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
...
Gotcha *slams a snowball into his face and gets to her fresh, grabbing her cane and run-hobbles rather painfully, grimacing*
*projects gratitude towards Star*
#ChaseForBook9
. . . Fuck you.
*wipes snow off his face and runs after her*
#ChaseForBookNine
@Arisbel: No problem. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
*hobbles faster* eheheehehe
I don't know if I screamed...in a way I'm curious what its like in there without Alastair hurting me from inside...
*Drew knocks and walks into Lorcan's room*
Drew: Lexi? Can I talk to you out here for a minute...
Circles, we're going in circles...
Hello again, and goodbye, because eventually I'll go.
#ChaseForBook9
((eheheehehe backwards is eheheehehe))
*stops running* *picks up a snowball* *chucks it*
#ChaseForBookNine
Little Things.
Diana.
oh
Alexis: sure *goes to Drew* What's up?
*shivers, obviously afraid* He could still hurt you. He always could hurt you, if you were in our head.
#ChaseForBook9
@Moss: Dizzy's all it makes us, we know where it takes us, we've been before . . .
It's true. :/
#ChaseForBookNine
((Hello Moss, Maralie, and Emerald.))
#ChaseForBook9
*falls down and rolls, dodging* *limps*
Hey, Mara. :)
Em, this is me acknowledging your existence, as I can't do so in the roleplay. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
*Drew takes a breath*
Drew: Lexi, the doctors are concerned about the amount of damage being done to Lorcan's heart. He is battling with twice the amount of silver any werewolf has battled with.
There could be a possibility that he won't make it...
*realizes her fear* It's okay Arisbel I didn't mean to scare you. I just was curious....I guess in a way I want an oppurtunity to say something to him without him coming out. Trust me. I owe him a lot of hell from Alexis and I.
Closer, maybe looking closer, there's more to discover, find out what went wrong without blaming each other...
((Hello. [Doesn't really have the energy to make sure I list everyone, but doesn't want to leave anyone out either]. [hugs]
#ChaseForBook9
Alexis: There is always a way. I'm not...losing him! Can't we see if my mother could try? She brought my father back with symbols and Naamah had him in ribbons
Think that we got more time,
When we're falling behind,
Gotta make up our minds
#ChaseForBook9
((Hi people who just came back!))
*shakes head* You should not owe pain. If you owe it you will try to cause it, and then you will be like him.
((I'm listening, Maralie.))
#ChaseForBook9
*chucks a snowball at Adra's leg*
#ChaseForBookNine
Drew: Lexi this is silver to a werewolf. It just destroys us.
Just... make him comfortable for now and we'll figure something else.
*trips and falls into the snow* ARGH
Or else we'll play, play, play all the
Same old games
#ChaseForBookNine
((I suppose, then, I'm listening to all of you.))
#ChaseForBook9
I don't ever want to meet Alastair again but I just am curious it'd probably get me hurt my curiosity but I would love to speak to Alastair where he isn't in control
And, about Lorcan - :O :( :'( *hugs* *concern*
Oh, msd, btw.
#ChaseForBooknine
And we wait, wait, wait for the end to change
And we take, take, take it for granted that we’ll be the same
But we're making all the same mistakes
Alexis: I'll do anything to keep Lorcan alive. Thank you Drew. *goes into Lorcan's room sitting beside him*
Okay, Star
I'M PLAYLISTING A SONG RIGHTS NOW CALLED BUBBLES!!!
*waits for Fabi to follow Mara because I'm a bit unsure of the next starting point :P*
#ChaseForBookNine
*Lorcan coughs in his sleep. Blood oozing from his mouth*
The Move music video is out today... It's different, but amazing. As usual.
*pushes herself up with a cough* mrph.
*throws a snowball at Sir*
Wake up, we both need to wake up
Maybe if we face up to this
We can make it through this
#ChaseForBook9
Alexis: *gently runs hand through his hair* Ah Lorcan
DAMMIT I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WAKE UP.
#ChaseForBookNine
No... They do... They do! *Clutches her head* I know they do... If they didn't- *Pauses and listens* SHUT UP! YOU'RE WRONG! YOU MUST BE! I DIDN'T!
... I know I didn't....
(RP)
Sir's here?
*throws a snowball at him as well, if he is*
#ChaseForBookNine
((Sorry...)(
#ChaseForBook9
*sits in the snow, leaning against a tree* *pulls a knife from her jacket and twirls it, stares at it, and strokes the sides* *a sort of glowing blue smoke begins to rise from the blade*
#ChaseForBook9
Hey Death. :)
@Mara: I haven't seen it. :/
#ChaseForBookNine
*Lorcan slowly opens his eyes and half smiles*
Lorcan: You're still here...
No, I don't think so, but if he is, I wanted to mention him
Most likely he disappeared..
*the ground beneath Hunter gives way*
*stops, attention caught* Death?
#ChaseForBookNine
What is that Arisbel? That's neat
Alexis: of course why wouldn't I? My mother came earlier but that's it.
Lorcan: Your mam was here?? You should have said or woke me...
Energy. This metal let my people control and use their kind of energy. It was not meant to attack, only to heal.
#ChaseForBook9
*Glances up at Hunter and snaps at him* What!?
*Pauses* No! Don't you even dare! No... It's not bloody true.... *Curls up into a ball*.
Alexis: She was busy I saw her all of 5 minutes but she came and saw both of us and left this necklace she said she was given by her mentor in the Temple it's obsidian I think you can touch that?
*teleports off nonexistant ground* *chucks another snowball at Adra*
#ChaseForBookNine
Interesting. *shows my necklace* My object I use to store my magic in. I have knives to protect myself I can heal too
*it misses* *throws a knife at him*
@Death: Are you okay?
#ChaseForBookNine
We do not use our knives to protect. Maybe now, but for many years we used them to hurt.
#ChaseForBook9
@Adra: *catches knife* *examines it for a moment* *chucks it back, very fast*
#ChaseForBookNine
Lorcan: I... uh. I don't want to Lexi, thanks.
My head hurts...
Wow you're different. It's fascinating really.
*pauses, dodges at the final second* *smirks* LOUSY SHOT
Alexis: It's a good luck charm. *smiles* And I'm sorry.
What am I different from? Why am I fascinating?
#ChaseForBook9
SOML is actually so meaningful...
Some people decide to hate on me for saying I liked One Direction, so let's see how far this gets :)
Written in these walls are the stories that I can't explain
I leave my heart open but it stays right here empty for days
She told me in the morning she don't feel the same about us in her bones
It seems to me that when I die these words will be written on my stone
And I'll be gone gone tonight
The ground beneath my feet is open wide
The way that I been holdin' on too tight
With nothing in between
The story of my life I take her home
I drive all night to keep her warm and time
Is frozen (the story of, the story of)
The story of my life I give her hope
I spend her love until she's broke inside
The story of my life (the story of, the story of)
Written on these walls are the colors that I can't change
Leave my heart open but it stays right here in its cage
I know that in the morning
I'll see us in the light upon your ear
Although I am broken, my heart is untamed still
And I'll be gone gone tonight
The fire beneath my feet is burning bright
The way that I been holdin' on so tight
With nothing in between
The story of my life I take her home
I drive all night to keep her warm and time
Is frozen (the story of, the story of)
The story of my life I give her hope
I spend her love until she's broke inside
The story of my life (the story of, the story of)
And I been waiting for this time to come around
But baby running after you is like chasing the clouds
The story of my life I take her home
I drive all night to keep her warm and time
Is frozen
The story of my life I give her hope (give her hope)
I spend her love until she's broke inside (until she's broke inside)
The story of my life (the story of, the story of)
The story of my life
The story of my life (the story of, the story of)
The story of my life
I can't stop posting it aff I'm sorry
Eheh
Well different then most names of his and its amazing how your people lived and what you can do.
Perfect, Hunter. *Curses softly* Absolutely fucking dandy...
Shut up. Now. *Bangs her head into her knees*
*hugs Mara*
@Adra: I've never thrown that knife before and you expect me to be flawless at it?
*chucks plastic cup at her*
#ChaseForBookNine
...*it lands at her feet* What
*beams* Yes, I loved them. We were very different.
#ChaseForBook9
*Lorcan starts coughing as his body tenses up and he whimpers in pain*
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