Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Nerdy Dalek

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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  1. FIRST! Happy Birthday Nerdy Dalek, can't wait until BOOK 9!

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  2. 2ND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEREK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  4. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEREK!
    (and congrats on the story, I am going to love it)

    *waves*
    and hello everyone!

    I haven't been on it two months... whoa.

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  5. Hi Dau! *Hugs* Yeah I haven't been on for a while as well.

    Sup Hamster! I don't know if we've met? Nice to meet you! *Shakes hand*

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  6. *re-reads the post* I guess I ought to value my OC's life....:/ *screams* I think anyone who has a living OC at the end of LSODM I think I better suck up. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEREK :)

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  7. ((Happy Birthday Derek! I hope you got my tweets!!))

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  8. ((*reads post* *hits Derek with a frying pan repeatedly*))

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  9. Adra.....this is bad. Book 9 *huggles* I think we better start being extremely nice to Derek so he doesn't get us killed off *gulp* I knew he did what he did for bad reason

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  10. ((Be careful you don't accidentally say a spoiler, Zaf- just a heads up))

    Yeah.... *shrug*

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  11. ((I know I stayed bland. Trust me I kniw what is and isn't))

    Nikki (if he puts her in she'll be Marissa) anyhow she wants to be in Book 9 on the Council with me. Derek said she can be a tempoaray Elder

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  12. Interesting...

    Aha book nine

    *laughs* Aha

    TAAAAAKKKEEE OOOONNNNN MEEEEEEEEE

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  13. Hi derek
    And now to actually read the post

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  14. AH I just realised that the LAST SP book is coming out in my LAST year of HIGHT SCHOOL!

    AH LAST BOOK! LAST YEAR! LAST TIME I CAN BE CLASIFIED AS A KID!

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  15. Hey, happy birthday to us - I'm also 39 today!! =D
    Greetings from Brazil!

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  16. ((MIST *tackles*))

    ((I must disappear in a few))

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  17. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEREK!

    *cries about Book Nine*
    *dances about short story*

    *vanishes*

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  18. Have a very happy birthday Derek...
    Oh and being 40...it's a breeze you will walk it next year.

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  19. ☂HAPPY BIRTHDAY <3☂

    ☂MAY YOU HAVE MANY, MANY MORE.☂

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  20. Happy birthday Derek!
    May you live for centuries to come.

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  21. Aw, I don't think there's anyone else on.

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  22. I must say, I'm very glad we have a new thread open . . .

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  23. HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYYY *frolics in and places a cake on Derek's head*

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  24. Well I say from Nikki and Celine they say happy birthday!

    Vinette....you'll meet her. Lets just keep it there.

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  25. Happy birthday to us both Mr.Landy have a great birthday! For you - http://sta.sh/0qyridz1rv0

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  26. Happy Birthday! Can't wait until book nine and don't you dare killing a character I like!!

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  27. I didn't know that Zaf lived...

    #ChaseForBook9

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  28. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEREK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *attacklehugs*

    #ChaseForBookNine

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  29. Today, I am doing nothing after school, and I have no homework to be in for tomorrow. Yay!

    . . . However, I think I'll do a load of homework that's in for Friday, because tomorrow I have orchestra and plus it's Thursday and Thursdays often seem to be the worst days of the week. Tuesdays, I have recently discovered, are the days where I tend to get ridiculously hyper and often start laughing for no reason without wanting to (oh my gosh, I did that today whilst waiting for my friends outside their IT room (they're ALWAYS let out late) and it was so embarrassing, because the only people in the corridor were me and this other girl right behind me, and I was just standing in a deserted corridor laughing and it looked a bit what on earth, plus this other girl was giving me this "you weirdo" look through the window in the door and I was just like -_-), but I think that may be because I walk into German (I have double German on Tuesday mornings, and that's the only time of the week I have it) and remember laughing for no reason, and that memory makes me more likely to laugh for no reason.
    It's not just laughing for no reason - it's just being hyper. Tuesdays are odd. :)

    . . . My point was, Thursdays suck, so I won't want to do homework then. :)

    #ChaseForBookNine

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  30. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEREK LANDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    #ChaseForBook9

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  31. *waves to Zaf and Ari*

    #ChaseForBookNine

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  32. *finally finishes cleaning*

    Wow..

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  33. Happy birthday, Derek!

    [Sends imaginary brightly-colored balloons whirling off in every direction]

    [Sighs]

    [Disappears]

    #ChaseForBook9

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  34. ((Tuesdays, Star- Pig n a Poke))

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  35. WHY DO THEY GIVE US HOMEWORK?

    WHY, WHY, WHY?

    *momentarily starts laughing for no reason again* *glares at self*

    #ChaseForBookNine

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  36. I drew a really sad Supernatural thing... 0.0

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  37. I think I shall copy Adra's "Hi/Bye Fabi *hugs*" because it fits the situation very well. :)

    @Adra: . . . Pig n a Poke???

    #ChaseForBookNine

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  38. I DON'T KNOW WHAT PIG N A POKE MEANS BEACUSE I AM ONLY A BUBBLE AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I'M ALIVE OR NOT. :P

    And :/

    #ChaseForBookNine

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  39. HAPPT HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOLDEN GOD!!!!!!

    HAPPY DEATH-DAY SKULDUGGERY!!!!!

    HELLO OTHER PESONS HERE!!!!!!

    AND BTW I DONT WANT YOU DEREK LANDY TO WRITE BOOK 9 COZ IF YOU DO IT MEANS SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT IS OVER AND I WILL NOT ALLOW THAT TI HAPPEN!!!!!!!

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  40. @Adra: Okayyyyyy. :)

    Yeah, sorry I'm not being a very interesting person atm. Or haven't been for, like, a month. Over. My French teacher is making us write 100 on what we are going to do over half term, and I have just written "During half term, I will do lots of homework, because my teachers are evil." (Might delete that). My point is, sorry.

    #ChaseForBookNine

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  41. @Rhydian: Aw! :(

    *the holiday

    I didn't know how to say half-term. :)

    #ChaseForBookNine

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  42. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEREK!!! Hope you've had an awesome day:D

    OOH EBOOK! Me must read *nods*

    BOOK 9? ALREADY? *is scared*

    #ChaseForBook9

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  43. *I am going to do

    I used the near-future tense. :)

    #ChaseForBookNine

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  44. SORRY I BE A PERFECTIONIST.

    Hey Ieni! :)

    #ChaseForBookNine

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  45. *leaps out of a badly dubbed Hungarian black-and-white movie and into this comment thread*

    Hullo, all.

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  46. Hi Ieni!

    Hi Star!

    Hi Adra!

    Still hav a cold :( feel like a zombie. And everyone in school has noticed that I sound half dead. Yay!

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  47. Aw, Rhydian, I don't get a hello?
    *looks stricken*

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  48. *sits on abandoned swingset*
    *swings mournfully on rusty swing*
    *hums 'Drink With Me'*

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  49. @Rhydian: You're not a zombie. Zombies can't talk. My friend gets extremely mad when books etc. make zombies talk, because zombies do not talk. Therefore, you are not a zombie. :) Also, have you eaten anyone recently? No? Wait, you HAVE? Okay, I take it back, you're a zombie! A crappy one who can talk!

    Hope you get better soon. :)

    #ChaseForBookNine

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  50. *glances at the ground where the blood was*

    *murmurs*

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  51. *sits on swing set with Annika* *coughs and sniffles* Has anyone gor anything for a cold?

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  52. Dammit. Hey, Annika! :)

    #ChaseForBookNine

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  53. Rhydian, I can get rid of that for ye

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  54. Sassy Girl: *sits on swing beside Precocious*
    Omg, my friends are like, being so lame right now.

    . . .
    *doesn't care*

    Sassy Girl: Lol, like, do you know, like, what's it's like to be really into this guy but he hates all your friends . . ?

    *looks shiftily over her shoulder*
    *whispers* . . . Maaaaaaaaaaybe.

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  55. Oh my God everyone who also likes supernatural I love you :) I started to wacht it like a month ago and I recently have finsished season eight...

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  56. *Rhydian sits on the other side of Precocious*

    Hullo, RHydian.

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  57. Please Adra! I can't sleep nor concentrate in school. It's driving me insane.

    @Star: I think I may a part zombie. I've died a few times so I think I could be classed as a former-zombie.

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  58. *ships quietly and coughs rather violently for a few minutes*

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  59. @Rhydian: *almost gives a LSODM-related reply (it wasn't related to colds until I made it so, don't worry) reply before remembering SPOILERS* Um. No. Sorry. :(

    #ChaseForBookNine

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  60. I don't have anything for a cold, right now. If I did, it would be in my van, and as you can see . . .
    *holds up black Hungry Hungry Hippos game, covered with symbols*
    My van is being temperamental right now.

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  61. (Oh, Last Stand was such a good book. I cried. Several times.)

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  62. Helli Leila! Nice to meet you! I staryed watching Supernatural yesterday (friend from school lent me her dvd) ITS SO GOOD!!!!

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  63. *tosses a little bag full of herbs at him* burn the leaves in here... They'll create a steam that will clear your cold up

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  64. @Rhydian: Aw. :( Never mind. WE CAN BE SORT OF DEAD AND SORT OF ALIVE TOGETHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    #ChaseForBookNine

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  65. (I have a friend who is a very obsessive Supernatural fan and yet has never seen the show . . .)

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  66. Cheers Adra! I'll do it later. To tited to do anything now.

    @Star: OKAY!!! :)

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  67. Season Nine though.

    Spoilers- shh!

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  68. *swings back and forth*
    *hums softly*
    *tries to remember things*
    *fails*
    *gets angry at herself*
    *begins swinging so high she's almost level with the top of the swing set*

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  69. NO SPOILERS!!!!!

    My two friends from school have seen every episode of Supernatural and it's so hard for them not to tell me anything. It's quite funny tbh. Lol

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  70. alright...

    *feels dizzy herself and stumbles* I ought to go...

    *sighs* It's Wednesday, and still no sign of him...

    *falls onto a couch*

    If, by some strike of luck Trip does decide to join us, tell him I'm going to hit him please

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  71. (Adra, I LOVE the fact that you as a person ship me and Oscar and you as a role-play character think he's the biggest Vaurian-Scapegrace of a wimp . . .)

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  72. Zaffy excited! I told Nikki and Celine and Valarie that Derek said he should be able to Skype us next week. Oh my god they were beyond excited.

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  73. Okie dokie Adra! It will be my pleasure! :)

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  74. Hi Rhydian :)
    I watched the new episode today (I'm always a day behind everyone else- I have to wait until the episodes are on the internet because I life in Germany and that sucks.) But the new episode, it's... awesome!!!

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  75. *swings higher*

    I'm actually quite fond of Trip. He seems a stand-up bloke. And I must say, the world does need more sorcerer-only bars . . .

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  76. (Oh! Congratulations Zafira! That sounds awesome!)

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  77. ((Me as a RP is pretty confident about going up against.. .Anyone, actually

    Serious msd))

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  78. Derek is going to be on Skype? THATS IT!!! IM GETTING SKYPE!!!!

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  79. Oh Leila I am Grand Mage Zafira Kerias of America, yes I am real and in LSODM dont say more though. Just that I am in it. Weeee! Oh and Derek is my Twitter-Dad

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  80. Oh yeah, Anni- he is

    Save the fact he fell off the map last week and hasn't been around. It's killing me.

    Literally.

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  81. Leila...don't. You're making want to skip series 1 and watch the newer ones. (Supernatural is so addictive! )

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  82. *swings higher*

    I'm sorry to hear that, Adra.
    Well, we've all been under strain lately.
    Maybe he's just-

    *does a 360 on the swing set*
    *falls off*

    OW!

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  83. I haven't seen my good old friend Trip for so long. I I really wanna see him. So I can punch him and then hug him.

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  84. (Anyone here an obsessive Sherlock fan?
    *slowly raises hand*)

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  85. Nice to meet you, Grand Mage Zafira! I'm Leila Night, and as I mentioned, I am from the German Sanctuary. Ah yes, and sometimes, I'm a little bit weird of some tv-shows.

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  86. *pushes herself up*
    *realizes she's covered in dirt*

    *laughs much louder than makes sense*

    *rolls around in the dirt then stand up, laughing, on shaky legs*

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  87. *laughs weakly*
    Allow me to take a moment to introduce myself with my very grand, pre-written introduction.
    *taps mic*
    Is this thing on?
    *takes a deep breath*

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  88. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Allow me to introduce myself. By day, I am Annika Barnosky, writer of wrongs. By night, I am Doctor Precocious, monster hunter extraordinaire, in posession of a creepy black van. I am an Energy-Thrower, a daring adventurer, a skilled monster-hunter, of course, and, though I have no home of my own, I have a semi-permanent residency at the Midnight Hotel. I happen to posess a magical sequinned tuxedo jacket. I also play poker with a variety of high-profile personages, and my (nemesis?) is an OCD supervillain named Oscar Neurotic.

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  89. *climbs back on the swing*
    *keeps swinging*
    *doesn't bother to wipe the dirt off*

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  90. *swings thoughtlessly*
    *tries to remember far back*
    *remembers only colors and blurs and fragments of voices*
    *bitterly swings higher*

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  91. *glances up*
    *looks straight ahead again*

    Hullo, Dragona.

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  92. @Annika: Yeah, Adra's awesome like that. :)

    Hey, Dragona!

    #ChaseForBookNine

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  93. Hey Star! How are you? Btw, if you have time there's a new part of my ME story. You see whether she lives or dies. :P




    Food brb.

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  94. Happy Birthday to the Nerdy Dalek!! :D Hope you have a good one!

    Hi to everyone whos online! *hands them all cookies*
    I can't stay, just thought i'd come on to wish Derek a happy birthday. bye all!

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  95. *leaps off swing*
    *straightens lab coat*
    *tries to climb on the monkey bars*
    *fails*

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  96. oh shoot! i forgot to give Derek his birthday cupcake *slaps forehead for being so forgetful*

    *hands Derek his birthday cupcake*

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  97. (*solemnly presents Derek with a single ginger snap*
    Happy birthday again, old friend.)

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  98. (Oh, don't be like that, Zafira. Not all boys are immature. Most of my friends are boys and they're all, sadly, more mature than I am . . .)

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  99. A lot of boys are immature, particularly if they come from my year group at my school, but yes. :)

    #ChaseForBookNine

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  100. IT'S THE BOY WHO STARTED THE SATANIST CULT'S BIRTHDAY TOMORROW AND THIS GIRL HAS BEEN SAYING FOR OVER A WEEK THAT FOR HIS BIRTHDAY SHE'LL GIVE HIM ME SO HE CAN SACRIFICE ME IN HIS SATANIST RITUALS. I STRONGLY OBJECT EVERY TIME THE SUBJECT IS BROACHED. I AM MINE!!! I DON'T WANT TO BE GIVEN TO ANYONE!!! I AM NOT FOR SALE!!!

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  101. *looks taken aback at Star's outburst*

    Please. Calm yourself.
    *offers some tea*
    Please. Have some tea. It's good, it's called . . .
    *checks the label on the tea bag*
    Urban Thundercry Trip-The-Light-Fantastic Golden Circle Blend. With vanilla.

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  102. Sorry for disappearing. Dad needed ky phone. Gtg now teas ready! Cya!

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  103. @Annika: Ooh. Thank you. *tries tea* OH MY GOSH, THIS TASTES LIKE URBAN THUNDERRY TRIP-THE-LIGHT-FANTASTIC GOLDEN CIRCLE BLEND WITH VANILLA!!!!!!!!!!! AND I RELAISED THAT WITHOUT EVER HAVING IT BEFORE!!!!!!!!!!! BECAUSE I'M THAT AWESOME! *dances* *almost spills tea* :O!!

    NOOOOOOOOO.

    *puts tea on swing to keep it still* *still in the cup, I mean. I didn't take the tea out of the cup to put it on the wing, ew* *takes it off the swing to drink from it* *the cup, not the tea* *drink the tea, drink from the cup* *drinks the tea* *some of it* *replaces cup* *with the remaining tea in it*

    THANK YOU ANNIKARIO. :) IT TASTES MARATASMAFECTIC.

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  104. Oh, and Derek:
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
    YOU LOOK LIKE A MONKEY
    AND YOU SMELL LIKE ONE TOO!!

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  105. *swings on swing*
    *while drinking Urban Thundercry Trip-The-Light-Fantastic Golden Circle Blend with vanilla*

    I love tea. Gained an appreciation for it when I was working as a hatter, you know.

    *sips Urban Thundercry Trip-The-Light-Fantastic Golden Circle Blend with vanilla*

    Ahhhhh.

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  106. @Leila: This boy at school sang that to this girl at school today. Her response: "Why have you been sniffing me?"

    #ChaseForBookNine

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  107. @Annika: Well, it's Maratasmafectic (*is unsure whether ths fourth a is actually an e or not*) that you can find something you enjoy, so wasikazistika. :)

    #ChaseForBookNine

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  108. In this case, thats probably a good question to ask...

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  109. I agree. It's important to have little things you enjoy, in my business. Living as long as we sorcerers is no easy feat, and in my chosen profession, it's a miracle that I have lasted this long. I suppose I have attached myself to several things overtime. Tea, pop tarts, my van, -

    *stops abruptly*
    *keeps swinging*
    *keeps drinking tea*

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  110. Happy Birthday!!!

    I hope the faceless ones kill you some day.

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  111. *awkwardly changes the subject*
    That's a purdy lil' profile picture you've got there. Is that you?
    I'm not looking my best in my profile picture. I'm not wearing my magical sequinned tuxedo jacket, though I suppose you wouldn't know anything about that. I'm just wearing my lab coat.
    And the suitcase is my van.

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  112. I should specify that I was speaking to Leila.
    Ah! Hello, Castellen. I don't believe we've met . . .

    *sips Urban Thundercry Trip-The-Light-Fantastic Golden Circle Blend with vanilla*

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  113. Happy Birthday, Mr. Landy.

    Book 9? Aaaaaah, no!

    This is me, running away and hiding under the covers.

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  114. Aw thank you!
    Yes that's me (and a leaf). And the jacket you're wearing at your prfile is also nice... I like that hat!

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  115. I was a hatter when I was in my 200s, so I suppose I simply carried on the tradition.
    I also wrote haikus during my brief journey to the land of the rising sun.
    I wrote this shortly after I realized I was being followed by several elementals intent upon turning me into a stain on the pavement.

    Clever men sit calmly;
    calm because they plot my death
    on creepy clipboards.

    *swings on swing set*
    *sips tea*

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  116. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEREK! *hugs*


    Also, did someone say my name?

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  117. Sounds like you've had a lot of adventures... I'm still a sorcerer on training, but next week, I will have a secret mission in China.

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  118. "Art should comfort the disturbed and disturbed the comfortable" - one of my favourite quotes.
    "Be yourself - everyone else is already taken."
    "Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and focus on what could do right"
    "Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die"
    "The 'earth' without 'art' is just 'eh'"

    :)

    #ChaseForBookNine

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  119. I am 512, Leila Night.
    I have had far more adventures than anyone needs, and have seen far too much suffering to take it very seriously.
    *finishes tea*
    *throws teacup at the apex of her swing*
    *it shatters against a tree*

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  120. At least your life isn't boring...
    School really sucks when you know about all the magic stuff but have to act normal because you're a secret agent...

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  121. Hah! At least you get a semblance of a normal life.
    Tell me, Leila, if I may call you Leila.
    Have you ever been paralyzed?

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  122. Okay, I haven't been paralyzed (yet. I don't know what will happen in China...)
    But I have to admit, this really doesn't sound funny.

    @Star: My favourite is "The earth without art is just eh." :)

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  123. It isn't funny.
    It's not funny at all.

    *laughs*

    Fifty years in a wheelchair. Got better, though. Maybe that's my curse. I always get better.

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  124. (Hello, August!
    You missed a lot of action yesterday.)

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  125. ☂I don't know whether to be Opal or Orchid... opinions?☂

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  126. ☂(Oh God, what happened? Tell me! :D)☂

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  127. (Do you like my profile pic? I like to think the suitcase is my van. I made a pic for Oscar, too, so I can change personas when I need to.)

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  128. ☂I LOVE it. You look absolutely badass.☂

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  129. ☂Also, hey Leila! I don't think we've met... can I call you Lei?☂

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  130. (Well, Niccolo got wrapped in tinfoil, Adra, showed off her laboratory, Sir thought about having some tea, Precocious cried, Oscar tried to kill Adra and showed off a power we didn't know he had, Aretha threw mud at Oscar which really pissed him off, and Zafira felt concerned for Niccolo. Also, Precocious found a waffle house and ate it.)

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  131. Both sounds good to me!
    Nice too meet you, Mycroft, by the way. Sherlock Holmes, I guess? Also one of the shows I love :)

    @Annika: Fifty years?! I'm not even that old!

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  132. Heh. I believe I am the second-eldest of anybody here. I think only Niccolo is older than I . . .

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  133. Happy birthday Derek, and happy (Or not-so-happy) death day Skulduggery!

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  134. (Ah! Sykamere! Haven't seen you in a while.)

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  135. ☂Hey, you can call me Ember (short for September Silver, my normal name. I'm in the middle of doing the months in rotation.)☂

    ☂Umbrellas mean Ember, no umbrellas mean Mycroft.☂

    Greetings, Miss Night. It is wonderful to make your acquaintance.

    ☂Also, I didn't do my full intro...☂

    ☂☂breathes in☂☂

    ☂I am September Seneca Silver, magical doctor, reporter from the BSB, fanfic writer, violin player, Homestuck fan, and, most importantly, general enthusiast of/occasional portrayer of Mycroft Holmes.☂

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  136. (Oh my! I don't recall if I did my grand introduction or not! Leila, did I introduce myself in a grand way, yet?)

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  137. ☂Oh, and Anni...☂

    ☂1. What? Why? 2. Of course. 3. Naturally. 4. Why?? 5. What power was it? And why? 6. AWESOME 7. I doubt that even had to be included in the list 8. AWESOOOOOME☂

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  138. Sounds like you are a interesting person, Mr. Holmes. I'm a writer on myself (I mostly write stories when I'm bored school).

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  139. ☂Btw, Anni, where did you make that character? Maybe I can make one for myself, or EmberTC.☂

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  140. Hi Annika :)
    Yeah, I don't really get much time to come on here. I want to but things tend to get in the way. Considering it was Derek's birthday I forced enough time to come into existence.

    And just to prove that I don't have time I have to go.

    How ironic.

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  141. *tilts head*

    Like my companion mentioned previously, umbrellas means her, nothing means me. I am not any of the things she says, and not half as annoying. Also, I do not have hobbies, nor am I even vaguely interesting.

    I'm sure you have plenty of fascinating things to share, though. Tell me more about yourself.

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  142. (My profile picture was made on DreamSelfy. I like DreamSelf because I'm a huge fan of fanart, but I'm not very good at making my own. DreamSelfy is VERY customizable, though a little daunting when you first get into it.)

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  143. ☂Should I do one for me or one for EmberTC?☂

    ☂I think I'll do both, and then you can choose.☂

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  144. (And we wrapped Niccolo in tinfoil because he was stuck under a snowbank for 24 hours and we needed to slowly warm him. Think of what you do when you cook a baked potato. That's what we did.)

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  145. (I'll show you my Oscar DreamSelfy. I made one for him so I could switch between personas when need be.)

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  146. ☂OH MY GOD THERE ARE SO MANY FREAKING OPTIONS☂

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  147. ☂Ah. Of course. Yes. That makes so much sense. Obviously.☂

    ☂☂nods stupidly☂☂

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  148. (Okay, this is Oscar. His hair is too messy, but it was the only boy's haircut that I could find that was black with a white stripe(s). And that power y'all didn't know he had? It has everything to do with that thing around his neck.
    Anyhoo, I'm playing as Oscar now. I wonder what I should do.)

    *walks down the street in search of very clean and non-germophobic adventure*

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  149. (Oh yes, DreamSelfy is very, very daunting when you first start out. Just take it a step at a time.)

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  150. ☂☂starts laughing hysterically at Oscar's face and falls to the floor laughing☂☂

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  151. (I like to think that he just walked out of a public restroom . . .)

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  152. (I would LOVE to see DreamSelfy on a more user-friendly platform, but, realistically speaking, if that happened, no one would ever see me again. I would barricade myself in my room for three months and when they dug me out again I would cackle "FOOLS! There's nothing you can do, now! I have made a DreamSelfy for every character in every book I have ever read! MWA HA HA HA HA!"
    Ahem.)

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  153. ☂I'M HAVING A DILEMMA☂

    ☂I FOUND THE PERFECT UMBRELLA BUT I HAVE TO REMOVE MY AWESOME CAPE TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT HELP MEEEEEEE☂

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  154. ☂REALLY THOUGH, HIS FACE☂

    ☂I'm done with mine...☂

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  155. (Well, if the Selfy is Mycroft, he would want the umbrella, but if it is October or whatever your name is now, she would want the cape.)

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  156. ☂It looks really ridiculous, because I didn't really have a theme in mind, I was just like THIS LOOKS NICE! and THAT LOOKS NICE! and UMBRELLA!☂

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  157. (I think his face is hilarious.
    I might change it, though. He's become, if anything, more villainous lately . . .
    He blames Adra for what happened between him and Precocious, you see. So he's trying to simultaneously kill Adra and convince Precocious to come back to him. He doesn't want to lose her as a nemesis, you know. After 500 years, they don't have much except each other.)

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  158. ☂(Although of course normally I wear pants and I don't have a badass cape.)☂

    ☂(Unfortunately.)☂

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