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.
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((My dynamite forest grew see I planted a tree by the Derek statue because LSODM pissed me off))
(( *steals Dynamite*))
((Sorry! Went to find my headphones, and them realized I'd put my iPod somewhere when looking for my headphones, so I had to find that, too))
((Oi, who are ya callin' a lunatic? XD))
((RP to follow))
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(( yup. just waiting for you to answer fab))
((*chases for it* MY DYNAMITE and Fabi I'll probably go as the odds of Ari coming are next to none I mean she checks her email more and I yet to get a reply so I'm assuming she isn't going on))
(( aw... kay zafles))
Hello Snow. As soon as you finish this call, turn your phone off and teleport, I think they can trace the signal.
((Of course, Zaf. Goodbye if you leave))
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((Swry! Zaffy is tired she been up since 6am tis now 12:04am))
*hesitantly* ah... okay?...
((WBD while i switch to a computer!))
*works on papers* Hell. No. I am not releasing ParaFabi to Canada she's our hope to get Fabi! *listens to the detective* I. Don't. Care. You wanted her transferred I don't approve you do anything agajnst orders you'll rue the day you were born, transfer her to Connecticut.
Fabi: Is everything alright? Are you okay, Snow? [sounds slightly panicked]
Frank: [Grumbling] Of course, Grand Mage.
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Frank, why do you want her in Canada? Either way the Canadians will send her back to serve her punishment, it's better off charging her here and sending her to a gaol then send her to Canada to send her to a gaol here.
*nods*
*realises fabi can't see her* yes, yes, i' fine. you're a hard, almost impossible, person to track fab... so, what do you need?
Frank: It was the Canadian Sanctuary that provided the photographic evidence, and I did lead the team that apprehended her, though admittedly it contained agents from all the affected countries. Although she is an American and was captured on American soil, it seems only fit that the Canadians have a hand in the trial.
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Fabi: [Laughs bitterly] Need? Need? [Abruptly quiets] There's not much you can do, but thanks.
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I see. Well send her to Connecticut and I'll speak to the Candian Council tomorrow when I have my meetings. I must go now so good night. *hangs up* ((night guys
((night zafle-laf))
okay fab. i meant, why did you call?
Frank: Yes ma'am.
((Night Zaf...))
Fabi: I was returning your call from earlier. I didn't have my phone with me then. That's changed, obviously.
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i've just been trying to find you is all.
look, if you haven;t heard, they're suspecting m with helping you with the murders. i'm fine, but i'm running... are you okay?
Fabi: Oh, I heard. [again, that bitter laugh, but it cuts off] That's sweet of you, really. So where did you say you were? One hundred twenty-three north, forty-five point six seven? ((Instead of the counting, the numbers said were the phone number Snow called and Fabi is speaking through)) I think you're in the wrong spot. It should be one hundred one, and then thirty-nine point two eight. ((Different number, this was selected randomly))
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wait, what? *is completely confused*
Have you ever heard that phrase about walls? One hundred one, thirty-nine, two, eight. Try there instead.
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what?? look, fani, you've completely lost me ((IRL too))...
do you know anything about Jerry?? i think he's some sort of person working with Frank... it's a gut that's been tailing me... ((say whatever you want about this guy, IDC))
*FABI!! i meant faBi
((She's trying to in code tell Snow that someone's listening and that she has the wrong phone number. The first numbers were not geographical coordinates (she was attempting to mislead the listener into thinking they were) they were the phone number, and then she said "it's the wrong place, try here instead" basically, and then gave a different set of "coordinates" which was the number she wanted Snow to call. The "phrase" about walls she was asking if Snow had "heard" of was supposed to be "the walls have ears" but she didn't want to say that directly, because people generally know what that means, including the listening person.))
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(( that... that is amazing. and i would have gotten it, but i am half asleep!))
look... *suddenly realizes what fabi was trying to say* oh... okay fab... i'll try there. see you soon. *hangs up*
I can't help it. Don't you have ears?
Jerry? Oh, I know who Jerry is. A colleague of Frank's. His hair is absolutely horrid, and he smells. You shouldn't have any trouble avoiding him, you're a smart one. Sometimes.
((Could Fabi have said this before Snow figured it out?))
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((sure))
*dials the other number quickly*
((I mainly want her to have insulted Jerry, at least.))
((Thanks, it's just sort of... Spy stuff, I guess. I'm half asleep as well... Msd.))
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Hello?
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fab. hi.
look, though i doubt frank has the brains to catch either of us, i think some people might, and... well, if he puts out a reward or something to catch us, we'll be found quickly... i just wanted to try to stay in contact, so we know if one of us is captured or not... i dont know.
Yeah, that's a good point. There are a lot of people involved, the murders were all over the world.
Um... How did you get this number, though? I thought it was the safe one, the one that couldn't be tracked. Technically, it doesn't exist.
#ChaseForBook9
what? you told me this one. and the other... well, i have people that owe me things...
Fabi: You don't happen to remember what else I said, do you?
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what? erm... nothing, really... why?
Snow... [sounds sort of sad]
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okay, fabi, you've got me worried...
That wasn't me you spoke to earlier, Snow.
#ChaseForBook9
then... someone else knows this number...
but... ParaFabi is arrested, right? so it... it couldn't have been her, could it? i mea, it sounded like you...
Depends. She has a lot of friends who could smuggle her a phone, and she's good with handcuffs. Really good. Did you know there's an entire martial art based on handcuffs? I don't remember the name. I never learned it. Anyway, she could get the phone pretty easily, but have an actual conversation while in prison without being overheard... And knowing this number...
It had better be her, though. Otherwise...
#ChaseForBook9
i dont what to think about "otherwise"...
Well, obviously someone had to murder those twenty-seven people, Snow, think about it.
Can you recall any details about the conversation?
((Oh, btw, this is the twist I was referring to last night! :D))
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(( IK ))
something about... "Have you ever heard that phrase about walls?"
but i think that was... oh, i dont know...
So someone was listening in...
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apparently...
Well, it could have been ParaFabi, then. Whoever it was might have been letting her talk to try and figure out where you were. [Sounds unconvinced of this]
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hmm... well... i dont know... excuse me a minute, there might be some static here. *teleports somewhere else*
[Waits patiently]
((Tries to think of something interesting! D:))
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right... *sighs*
(( i know!! it's gotten boring... maybe we could work out some form of code incase one of us gets captured?))
((I might just sleep...))
((What sort of code did you have in mind?
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(( i dont know, just a word we have to work into the conversation, like "be brave" or "the sparrow flies south for the winter" but not them... oh, i know!!))
okay, if one of us gets captured, we say over the phone "I'm sorry. just work out how to calibrate the jelly-baby"
((best code ever, right??))
Okay...
((XD))
((Ooh, I have an idea, now))
((Where is Snow, exactly? Like, what sort of setting?))
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((bush. aussie bushie place type thing))
((very good english, i have))
((Fabi is not exactly knowledgeable on such places, and the character she wants you to meet is unlikely to appear there. Guess this will have to wait. Msd, sleepy))
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((kay. it doesn't have to be there. i just picked a random place. i could be anywhere. where do you want me to be?))
((I don't know... Someplace like a public park, maybe? Or a big city? Just anywhere I can picture in my head a bit easier, where there would be innocent bystanders around))
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Fabi: I have to go, sorry. Boarding the plane soon.
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okay. bye.
*hangs up and walks over to a fountain, sitting down*
Seven-year-old girl with an eerie resemblance to Fabi: [Giggles and splashes Snow] [Runs around to hide behind the other side of the fountain]
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what the...
*shouts in a british accent* oi!
Seven: [Peeks around the fountain, curious] Are you from where Bill lived when he was alive?
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Bill?
Seven: You probably know his code name. Mummy says it isn't a code name, but if that's the name that people know, and his family called him a different one, then that's a code name. Mummy also says he wasn't a spy, but I think that's a cover story.
[Tiptoes closer to Snow and whispers] Shakespeare.
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*looks at the girl* what's your name?
Mireille. It's French. [Smiles] I'm not French, though, I'm American.
#ChaseForBook9
american eh? wheres your mum? oh, i'm... *tries to think of a fake name* Jade... by the way.
She's not in this world. It's a new one. You might even be in my imagination. I don't really know how it works. Jade? Is that your real name or code name?
[Pauses for a moment]
You're not Jade Thirlwall.
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No.
another world? what do you mean, Mireille?
[Crosses arms] Real name or code name, and I'll tell you about the world.
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code. right now i'm running from some scary people and i can't risk telling my real name.
Okay! Do you want to know my code name?
And I was hiding behind the sofa, watching my dad watch TV shows with scary people, and then I was sitting in the fountain. That was yesterday, and the day hasn't blinked or skipped anything, so I don't think it's a dream. I think maybe it's a parallel world, like on TV.
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more...
Mireille, i think you might want to come with me. i think i can get you back home, or at least somewhere safe...
*stands up, holding out hand to Mireille* come on.
(( i g2g, soon.. D:))
More what? I don't go places with strangers. [Pulls out a pointy stick and makes a pouty face]
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(NOOOOOO!!!! D: I'll type as quickly as I can))
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*frowns* good point. you have no reason to trust me...
*grins* be right back! *teleports away, reappearing 5 mins later with a ballon and a jacket*
*hands them both to Mireille* you looked cold.
[Does not look at all alarmed or surprised by the teleportation]
[Takes the jacket and the balloon and grins]
[Is missing two front teeth]
Do you want to see me transformify my hairclip?
#ChaseForBook9
sure.
Okay. You can see me turn it into a Snakey if you tell me what's going on and why you're looking at me funny. [Makes a stubborn seven-year-old face]
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*laughs* fair enough.
i think you're right. you've been shunted over from another dimension. judging from you not reacting to my teleporting, you know about magic. the rest was me just thinking.
whats your "code name", by the way?
Of course! Mummy says magic isn't real, but she didn't see the shadow-people or the man who kept disappearing. You're like him, you know. You disappear. Only you come back, and you're a lot friendlier!
...
What's shunting? Is it like someone's been calling out to you for days, only it's your own voice, and then eventually it kidnaps you from behind the sofa?
[Grins and bends the metal hair-clip into a Snakey]
My code name is Agent Fabi.
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*smiles* i thought so. *mutters* your just like her...
so, Agent F, how would you like to meat a friend of mine who can disapear? ((please agree, i g2g in like... now))
[Considers] Okay. But no kidnapping me. It's not good manners, and I have a pointy stick.
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((Bye if/when you go!))
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*takes Mireille/Fabi's hand and teleports them both to see lea*
((BYEE))
((Call her Mireille for convenience. And we'll RP that bit tomorrow))
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*bounces in*
#ChaseForBookNine
*Bounces into Star* Boing!
My Avenged SEVENfold playlist, which is my SEVENth playlist to be created and was created SEVEN months ago has SEVENty SEVEN videos! :)
#CbaseForBookNine
Hey Death!!! :)
#ChaseForBookNine
LOOK AT THOSE SEVENS. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
Go Star!! *Huggles* A boing-boing-boing!
Boing! *boings about*
#ChaseForBookNine
*Boings and pouts*
(Wbd...))
Okay. :(
Sorry I poofed for a mo there.
#ChaseForBookNine
Oh my gosh.
My Avenged Sevenfold playlist ios seven hours long.
What.
What.
#ChaseForBookNine
*Hugs*
How are you? :)
#ChaseForBookNine
Hello?
Hey Rhydian! :)
#ChaseForBookNine
I'm good. I'm hating being a teen.
RHY MY MAN!! *Tacklehugs*
He's my Rhydian! Get away from him! *Hisses at Star and cuddles Rhy tighter*
For some reason it won't upload a profile pic :/ I'll just do it later.
And I had a weird dream were I had a little brother. That's odd. I want a lil' bro coz I think it'd be great. In the dream he was about 9-10 maybe? About the same age ad one of my cousins. (Which is also odd coz I've always considered him like a little brother. I need a therapist I think :S)
Hiya Death! I have so missed you!
Hey Star! We hardly see each other!
I neef to stop being so distant. I misd Blogland too much *hugs all*
I want a little sister. My little brother... Do you want him, Rhy? He's twelve and a pain in the teen butt. *Hugs him even tighter* I LOVE YOU RHY!! BE ON MORE!!
(Msd... Dinner...))
I just thought I'd share that oddity of a dream with you all :) coz I'm weird :P
No thanks Rose :) but thanks for the offer? The dream was about SP world magic. I think that Blake (that was his name) was just a different version of my cousin. That's what I've come to as a conclusion.
*Thrusts Rohan at Rhy* Please take him. I don't like him. He's annoying. Take my brother. You can get a brother.
No thanks Rose. (Really. I think I'll survive without one lol)
AND GUESS WHERE IM GOING THID TUESDAY! !!!
@Rhydian: I have a nine year old brother . . . :) He's awesome.
And - we dream about things we think about. Fears, what we want.
SORRY FOR DISTANCE!
And, @Rhydian: Sorry. :( We do barely see each other, do we? Or does that sentence need 'don't' somewhere instead?
@Death: Being a teenager is awesome in some ways and sucks in others. Try to watch out for the awesome before you come to miss it. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
This**
IM GOING TO SPOOKY WORLD!!!!!!!!!! (my friends and I are going. We're all shittin ourselves lol can't wait!!!)
I managed to buy five books today... :3
And now I might buy a Figma. :3
@Rhydian: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! :)
Hey Cain! :)
#ChaseForBookNine
Hey Zaiya! *hugs* I've missed you!
I'm back! Dinner was amazing and I'm feeling sick. Bleugh.
*hugs Rose*
@Death: :( *hugs*
#ChaseForBookNine
*Hugs everyone back* It's teenager crap. I hate it. *Murders the idea of teenagers and turns into a six year old kid again* YAY!!!
*screams* ARGHHHHHHHHHH LITTLE KIDS! *hides*
#ChaseForBookNine
*Toddles after Ink and giggles* I love you Stary!!
*laughs*
Hey everyone!
(Sorry for poofing!)
How are you all btw? (I forgot to ask)
@Rhydian: Good, because IT'S HALF TERM!!! :)
How are you? :)
*backs away slowly from Death*
Yeah, I love you too . . .
#ChaseForBookNine
I'm good, thanks!!
How are you??
SAME STAR!!!!! YAY HALF TERM!!!!!
I'm good Zaiya! Going Spooky World next Tuesday with my friends from school. Shittin myself but I'm also really excited! :)
@Rhydian: YAAAAAAAAAAAY! :)
I PIUTY OTHER COUNTRIES WITHOUT IT. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
*PITY
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I DO AS WELL!!!!!!!!!!!
HOW DO THEY LIVE?????
#ChaseForBookNine
You guys are so lucky with half-terms and stuff.
Sorry for poofing. Tv :/
Evenin' all!
Hey Duck!
Yo Duck! *tacklehugs* haven't seen you in ages! How are you?
MISSY AND RHY RHY!!!
I'm swell at the moment! I finished my Religion assessment about Oliver Plunkett and we're having pancakes for dinner. So everything's great!
Good to hear Duck! :)
I'm watching Gatsby...
It's good to hear that you think it's good to hear! Hear, hear!
Sorry, I got distracted and then I 'tied' my room (i.e. put all the random paper and books in a pile and tossed them into a drawer so now the floor is clear).
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*tidied
*facepalm*
#ChaseForBOokNine
You know, I corrected the word 'tied' after I misspelt it, and then I read over it, and I /still/ didn't noticed it was 'tied' rather than 'tidied'. :P
#ChaseForBookNine
*notice
*laughs* Oh, dear . . .
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It's painful watching you struggle like this Star. It really is *bursts out laughing* sorry! It's a bit funny!
Gtg now :( Bye!
-pulls my black hood up, concealing my identity, as I place my revolver in its holster and my blade on my back, the lights around me flickering-
*rolls out off her couch onto her face* *wonders his she got there*
Hmm... *fixes her IV* yay *glares at it and works on changing to a new fluid bag*
*gets to both feet and puts on a long coat, hobbling outside with her cane*
I hate Gatsby. I cried. Damn you Leonardo.
Heh. I have yet to see it.
I'm sure I'll be drowning in tears
Well, let's just say I'm going to kill Baz Lurhman or however you spell his freaking name...
*Sits in emo corner*
The story of my life, I give her hope...
No idea. If any, it ought to be F. Scott Fitzgerald
Wbd btw
Hey Mara babe!!
-the building I am in slowly starts disintegrating behind me, as I teleport into Blogland-
(Hey Rose, Mara and Adra)
*Waves to Aiden* Hi.
(Long time no see...))
((Ay Marsies!
Sorry at breakfast))
*takes a bite of an apple, dragging her IV pole onto the porch and sitting in the cold*
(Yep..)
-I walk past everyone, and into the treehouse-
Hiii
*Pokes Aiden* You look like you've had some fun... *Frowns* What were you doing...?
(Is something wrong...??)
-I throw a glass ball of petrol onto the ground, and set it alight, walking back outside-
*shrugs* Cool.. *adjusts her IV meedle* *murmurs*
(Just reading that, Addy, I'm no good with needles...))
-I kneel down, as black veins seep through the ground, searching for Adra- (you're not in a separate dimension are you?)
*Eyes Aiden wearily*
(Actually, I think I may leave...
Bye..))
HAHAHAHAHAHA
theunwanted
best user ever omfg
*hugs Death*
I think I'm gone too idk
I'm in a weird mood and yeah
I'm overdue on seven birthday cards (sorry Star)
Njidqepw
-I teleport beside Adra, and wait silently-
((No I'm not
*hugs Rose and Mara*))
*coughs up a bit of blood*
Who or what put you in this state, Miss Dark?
...hi?
Answer the question, Adrasdos.
Not very likely- I haven't a clue who you are
-I flip out my blade, placing it on your neck-
You needn't know who I am. Tell me who, or what did this.
(Fine. I'll take it... Luna's coming on...))
I dedicate this page to those who loose and those who are lost.
((Hiya yall! Did anyone miss me!? I was gone for like 2 months off this place... in that time I now have 17 Fursonas to annoy the hell out of you all! ^^))
*raises an eyebrow*
I'm sick, no one is responsible, sorry to disappoint
Adrasdos, you are truly not in a good position here. Answer my question. I've already burnt down one treehouse, and I will continue to do so.
((Sorry, my phone is slow
*raises glass* hear hear
Rubbish connection
(*Hugs Luna* Thanks... Heaps...))
(If you want to say something about who we were just talking about, Luna, PM me....))
((Msd for about 20?))
((K))
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