Ah, 2013... I knew you well.
It was a good year for me, all things considered. A busy one, of course- but when is it ever any different? The Maleficent Seven and Last Stand of Dead Men were both released, delivering to me the most shocking revelation of all — that there's only one Skulduggery Pleasant left. Yes, technically I KNEW it was coming, but it still kinda took me by surprise to find myself writing the final book in the series.
So what else did I get up to in 2013? Let's recap, shall we?
January - dipped my toes into Twitter. Discovered Twitter to be basically quicksand, and so was unable to pull toes out. Still being dragged under.
February - I did an event at the Imagine festival in London, showing clips from movies that inspired Skulduggery. So much FUN.
March - Went to Germany. As usual, had an insane amount of fun and was kept incredibly busy for the entire time. The Maleficent Seven was unleashed upon an unsuspecting world.
Also met Steven Moffat and compared notes on how to traumatise people. (Speaking of which - The Time of the Doctor, eh? I'll miss Matt Smith, and it was so good seeing my beloved Amy back for a few seconds...)
April - was spent writing.
May - Started yapping to Ronda Rousey's mum. Which is, I think, an event worthy of an entire month.
June - this month consisted of me editing, touring, playing video games and watching movies. Not a bad way to spend a few weeks.
July - Read Geek Girl. Met Holly Smale. Holly Smale fell in love with me. It happens.
August - Last Stand of Dead Men released. Could life get any better?
September - My doggy died. This year I have had to put down my three dogs. I now have no dogs left. Ali's death sucked most of all.
October - My Doctor Who short story was released. Yay!
November - Writing for Book Nine.
December - Writing for Book Nine.
And how shall I be spending my New Year's Eve, you wonder? Will I be partying? Will I be singing? Carousing?
Nope. I'll be writing. And I'll be writing happily.
In closing, I'd like to thank all of you for your support, thank you for reading, thank you for being nice to each other, and for supporting each other. It's because of you that I am able to do the thing I love every single day.
I hope 2014 is kind to us all.
But especially me.
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*Grumbles*
*Stalks off*
*Breaks lock* Adra?
*paces in Blogland*
Ravel: Zaf stop.
No!
Ravel: *puts hand on* Relax
*Sighs* What
Did you wish to enter?
No, I'm fine
Lorcan: What the hell is going on here? Suddenly its a party room is it??
I'm not sure...
#ChaseForBook9
If you wish, oh and if anybody asks where I am, I am not here.
Lorcan, may I ask you something?
Alexis: *hits head against a wall* Am I the only one to actually listen?!
Lorcan: Well since you're here, I guess its only appropriate to ask a question.
*Retreats back*
*Looks at her room and kicks the door in, quickly fixing the lock and closing the door behind her*
Thank you, I need a hair. I need it to finish a serum. May I please have one? Oh and is there another way out of this facility?
(Think I'm gonna just ghost...not doing anything and nor do I seem to need to be around...so yeah unless you really want me I'm just not gonna bother talking)
Lorcan: A serum? What serum? And no way out apart from the way we came in.
(Ah goodness... *Cuddles a bear* My granddad posted a picture of my great grandma on Facebook and I'm really worried for her... She looks so frail :/
Meh. Ignore me.)
*Frowns, and digs around in her bag for a brush and begins to brush through it in front of a mirror*
A serum that means this facility is hunting me as we speak. I shall have to sneak out.
Ed...
Are you going on another crazy mission to complete something momentous that will in the end have no worth at all?
#ChaseForBook9
Lorcan: You're stealing the Madame's serum?! Jesus Ed!!!!!!! What the hell?
I'm not crazy Castalan. It will end with an army of werewolves at my command.
This is my serum, I gave Elizabeths serum back. I really need to hurry as I fear the guards are on their way.
Ed, stop this...
#ChaseForBook9
(Goodness, Ed)
*She flops down on her own bed, kicking the heavy duvet off, just using the ahead and lays there for a minute, cuddling against her pillow*
Lorcan: Why the fuck do you want an army of werewolves?!
*Lorcan's fists ball up tight and he can feel his breath becoming laboured*
It all adds up. Trip will need to have the serum to help you soon. You are the one I wish to save. Trust me
Lorcan: You're not making sense now Ed. This facility is meant to be a safe place for wolves like me. Why would you put that at risk!?
*Lorcan stumbles back, the anger taken control of him again. He snarls quietly*
No he isn't.
You never want to help anyone but yourself.
#ChaseForBook9
Ed! Go! Get out before they find you. This isn't helping!
#ChaseForBook9
Alexis: *tries to find any other canidates, hoping to meet new people*
This in turn will be a advanced version of what is here. I am not threatening the facility but it will allow you to transform at will with a human mind when in wolf form. Or I also could borrow a serum to remove the wolf?
*Lorcan roars towards Ed*
Lorcan: I'll fucking kill him!!!
Trip, wait. I am trying to help Lorcan. You asked me to prove I have changed and this is how, I wish to help Lorcan.
*splays hand, creating a thick wall of energy between Ed and Lorcan*
#ChaseForBook9
*Backs away towards the door* Try and keep calm please Lorcan
You haven't changed! You're exactly the same!
#ChaseForBook9
*Lorcan hits the wall of energy hard. He snarls*
Lorcan: Start making sense Fletcher or else you're dead!!
(Zaf if you can wait until Ciaran is asleep then I'll have someone come and talk to Lexis okay??)
I wish to help you, I am offering you two choices, one is to have complete control in wolf form, the other is to remove the wolf. I would appreciate it if you didn't kill me.
Lorcan, he's already dead. Quite a few times.
Breathe, Lorcan. Tell the wolf, you are in command. It's your attack dog. And you're not letting it off it's chain.
#ChaseForBook9
Lorcan: I thought that's what I was here in the facility for! That Madame was gonna train me in taking control of my wolf.
Why do I need your options?!
(Yeah alright I'll be watching so whenever he's asleep just bring someone I'll answer)
You won't need to train if you take the serum. My magic isn't working in this facility or I probably would have dissapeared.
Hello Dragona
Ed, just go.
Herrow Dragona.
#ChaseForBook9
Don't trust any serum Edward gives you.
Yeah, it's a really bad idea.
#ChaseForBook9
(Hi Dragona!)
*She falls into an uneasy sleep, her dreams now very kind do her*
*not
Ughh
(Herrow?)
#ChaseForBook9
(HI!)
It's a bit late now, but Happy New Year, everyone.
(You too 'lovely! *huggles*)
*Adra sits straight up from her dream, breathing heavily* *Puts one hand on her forehead* *Closes her eyes, wiping the sweat away*
Merry Christmas to you too.
#ChaseForBook9
Indeed, Ms. Jordan.
(To you Jordan)
*Slides from bed, wiping her eyes* Jesus... What am I trying to do? God forbidI be happy for once! *Kicks a chair*
*Her foot hurts and she leans against the wall* *Takes slow, deep breaths*
(Laura- remind you to skype you again sometime! It's been ages!)
*Composes herself and cleans herself up*
*Walks out into the hall, looking at the dress* *A small smile forms*
(*whistles a jolly tune, grabbing popcorn*)
#ChaseForBook9
*Marks a few dates in her book, and is really tempted to put the dress on*
*Sighs, and takes it off* Ah, what the hell. It's my birthday- I can wear whatever the hell I want.
*Disappears into to the room, and in no time has the dress on*
*Does a small turn in front of the mirror*
*Pins two strands of her hair back*
*Laughs*
*Glides into the hallway and towards the cool room*
*Taps on the door*
*walks over to the door, everything frozen, opens it up*
Oh hey Adra!
#ChaseForBook9
*Smiles, waves* Hi!
... Um... Come in!
#ChaseForBook9
*Glides past him, then does a little twirl* I just finished my next dress. You like?
And I should hope you do, becaaaause it has to do with our next adventure of nessnessness
It's... very... nice!
Really?
#ChaseForBook9
Yes.
*laughs*
But it might be a bit dangerous, so..
So?
#ChaseForBook9
Just sayin... *Smiles in excitement* It's a good one. Though, hopefully, people won't die..
(I've gtg, I'm sorry. I'll be back in an hour or two though! Yay!)
#ChaseForBook9
((Home sweet home.))
((Today, i broke my records for
((Earliest wake-up hour not caused by a stomach flu
((Worst travel experience
((Most swear words spoken
((Positively delightful
((I had a caffeinated beverage, though, so it's all good until it wears off!))
Trip Castalan, Lord of the Hobbits, The Greatest Banana Thief in the Land said...
Star? STAR! Did the vacuum cleaner get you?
Oh god, it's me next, isn't it? OH GOD. I've got to prepare! I'm in the country, someone's bound to have a shotgun, maybe I should get a glass of water. Star! Star, are you alive?
#ChaseForBook9
January 3, 2014 at 1:07 PM
XD
(Ah. Okay... *waves*)
(Yay! And I'm sorry you had a bad trip, Fabi :/ *hugs*)
(Hello Snow)
:(!
*hugs Lantern*
(Not here.)
#ChaseForBookNine
((Hi Adra, Snow. [hugs]))
((hugs Stararar))
((Could've been worse. I could have missed my second flight.))
((I'm writing a rant now, purely for the sake of writing one. Probably won't post it, though.))
((but basically wbd))
(Okay Fabi...::/)
Wbvd, just woke up so my head is slow and I'm multitasking
((Okay, Snow.))
(*sighs*
((Hello Zaf))
(Hi.
((Okay, done with my rant.))
((Hm.... What to do nowwwww...?))
(Its been silent for a while, I assume Ari to hace vanished)
*casually does a hand stand* have you lot read the story I put on a little? Its pretty funny. And its randomly generated., so I hadnt read itbbefore I posted it...
(I havent...honestly I havent read crap)
*sits in the library of the treehouse working*
Ravel: *comes up* Zaf?
Yea?
Ravel: Hayley called, she said that Olivia can come home in a day or so.
*smiles turning to face him* good, and when do we leave?
Ravel: right. Tonight actually, are you up for it?
Never been ready.
((I'll read if when I can, Snow.))
Okay, then ill jjst quote a line that made me literally fall tomtje floor laughing:
"Immediately he called his favorite rape victim, Turtle-chic. Parrot-man had known Turtle-chic for 550,000 years, the majority of which were saucy ones."
*I'll, *just, *to the
(...
excuse me.
How the fuck is that funny.)
Ravel: *takes hands in own* please don't get caught. I'm not sure if you or I could handle that.
I'm going to be good.
Ravel: Thank you. *pulls into a hug*
*hugs back*
Ravel: Come downstairs, we can eat
I. Dont. Know.
just somewhere in my tiny brain, something gound that ridiculously hilarious. I think it was stress
*found
I mean, rape isn't funny.
And, if you want my honest critique, I think it would have been better to leave that connotation from the story... I mean, considering the fact that she loves him by the end, and the playful tone that there is to it...
I just feel it unnecessary.
Sorry, if this seems a little harsh, but I have a zero tolerance for this subject, and if I believe it is used improperly, I go off on it
*zero tolerance for the misuse of
Ididnt even know it was there when I posted it!! I hadnt yet read it!
andi know rapes not funny. But, I mean... god... I think I was just looking for an excuse to laugh.
*is trying to think of what I can change rape to so wbd*
Apologies. I was writing something meaningful and then my iPad was almost out of charge and I had to dig out the cable.
G2g. Bye
Bye Snow...
(*screams with glee* my Dark Mark necklace came! I wanted the Slytherin locket but it wasnt anywrre in stock but the Dark Mark necklace was so Mkm ordered it for Christmas it ddn't make it from England until today and my outer box for my phone was shipped from Hong Kong so its somewhere in the process of coming
((Congratulations!))
(And I'm getting Nikki and V a book and sending it to Em, who hopefully is going to a signing...and my one LSODM copy and I'm hoping if I stick a sticky note where he signs books he cant miss it....I hope. He could e totally clueless
((Ah, well, hopefully it'll go as planned, then.))
(Lu got me a signed book 2 for Christmas. It was amazing, because she knew I had misplaced my copy :) She's a doll)
(I have Scepter of the Ancients signed and TMS and soon LSODM I'm happy though I'm glad to have what I have because I know my little butt isn't setting foot in Ireland until I graduate college. Which sucks.
(I find it neat Derek does Christmas cards, i 2012 when we got the Christmas cards I was like oooh I got a Christmas card from Derek! I gave Nikki and Celine theirs...ah our English teacher was like what?! In shock we got these. She asked us and I was like well we wrote to him in June. And he sent us Christmas cards, mine sits proudly on my SP shelf. Which is expanding when my other LSODM copy isn't out its very large. I feel proud.
(I have read fanfics that are better than Ernest Hemingway)
(Oi?
(What?)
(Never mind I'm cuddling my picture of Ravel from the battlepack...i really wish there was a color picture of him....
((@Adra :-) ))
((@Zaf I don't have any signed books, and my chances of going to Ireland are next to nothing. Could be worse, though. I got to meet Derek through Skype at Val's party, and a lot of Ameriminions haven't had a chance to do something like that. I still fangirl about that day. :-) ))
(Yup! Its why I'm thankful for what I have, NJ got me TMS I mean...Derek didn't have to send me the Sceptre of the Ancients...like I knew it had gotten lost via mail and he was like oh DM your address and I was like O.O and then I went to South Carolina and Florida and the first Thursday I was back home we went to Seaside Heights and we got home at like 1am and my dad was like, Erin you got something from Ireland! And the book came and I had given him my address about 2 weeks prior..so it was definetly neat)
(( [Nods] ))
((Msd. I need to do something. Not sure what, just something.))
(I just had to justify something i LSODM if you read it you probably know....*laughs*)
(Okay Fabi... *hugs if you go*)
(Sooo...)
((Hugs back))
(Sorry. Calligraphy-ing. And annotating
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November 17, 2013 at 2:32 AM
*laughs* XD
Sorry, not really here.
#ChaseForBookNine
*Quietly goes back to her room, and switches back to her dark red dress*
*She pulls out a box from her bag- a small, white, bakery box, and sits on her made-up bed, her legs crossed*
*Pulls the little cupcake out of the box, and sets a little candle in on it, lighting it with a little match*
*She sings softly*
Happy birthday to me
Happy birthday to me
Happy birthday to meee
Happy birthday to me.
*Looks at the little flame on the candle*
*Watches the bakery treat in her hands, and the small dancing, lonely flame*
(Osmosis!
And okay Star *hugs*)
((Hugs Star and Adra))
(Oh...*explodes*
(Sorry I'm back, Ciaran didn't go until now -_-... Mama not happy!)
*Lorcan holds his head tightly. The anger is just holding him close. He turned and repeatedly hit the steel pillar with two closed fists, over and over. He screamed loudly*
*Elizabeth walked around the compound, this time with a walking stick. She stopped when she heard the scream coming from the cool down room. She wondered if it could be heard anywhere else*
Alexis: *is still just exploring in search of canidates* (How many "Cieran get the fuck to bed' did you say?
(None actually, I was very calm lol)
*A young man, about 16 comes behind Alexis*
Man: You're not one of us are you??
I may have given up on my other Project, but this one is good enough, and it's coming along BEAUTIFULLY. <3
(I can't work out how to share it with anyone.
But yeahhhhhh.
Plus, it's not that great, and I don't do much skilfulness. :P)
#ChaseForBookNine
(Em? Calm? :P)
Alexis: Hi...and no I'm not. I'm just a mage.
Now imma depressed. Was reading what yoi lpt were saying about signed books and was like ":( derek needs to come to tassie"
[ I'm sure it looks wonderful, Star :)]
[Hello, Em]
*Reaches over and snuffs out the candle on the cupcake, pinching it between two fingers*
*Sets it aside*
Man: Whats a mage doing in a compound for werewolves?
*Elizabeth goes to Adra's room and knocks on the door with her cane*
Alexis: I'm dating Lorcan and we wanted to make sure that it wasn't a fraud...
((Hello everyone (: ))
Man: If it is a fraud, then its a pretty damn good one. I'm in my 2nd year here.
*Her eyes grow, perhaps thinking it is Trip*
*Swings the door open with a smile*
*It slowly begins to fall*
Madame Elizabeth? Er, what a surprise- I heard that you were... Adjusting. I didn't expect to see you about.
(Samaraaaaaa)
Alexis: Ah. Well we weren't really sure...whats your name? Mine is Alexis.
(Hey Mara)
((Maraaaaaaaa! [hugs]))
Elizabeth: I hate being stuffed into that office at times. A walk never killed anyone.
May I talk to you about something?
*Elizabeth hears the scream again from the cool room, she flinches slightly but keeps her cool*
(Hey Marsy!!!)
Man: I'm Jasper. Alexis is a pretty name.
Alexis: *smiles* Thanks Jasper. I haven't met any of you guys. Is it really helpful here?
((Hello Adra, Zaf, Fabibibibubbles and Em! *hugs*
I love your picture Fabi... ;P))
Jasper: Its working for me. And I was on a killing spree high when Jar approached me. I can't speak for anyone else.
I- of course. *Opens the door wider to let her in and pulls a chair put for her*
((Thank you, Maralily. [hugs] [pokes]))
((My iPad case came and they actually sent the right size this time. Yay!))
Alexis: Good...are all of you from Ireland or just anywhere in the world?
*Elizabeth smiles as she sits down and lays her cane across her lap*
Elizabeth: No you know that we have taken a herbal approach to our serum, the use of chemicals are very minimal.
But I was wondering, as an alchemist, what is your view on our serum methods?
Jasper: A few from England, 2 from France, 3 from South Africa, a few Russians. Mainly from Ireland.
Alexis: Ah. I'm from America. This is kinda cool.
((*hugs Fabibibibubbles* :P
Yay! :D))
..I wish you knew what ingredient you had that was making the wolves so... Contained. What chemical is reacting with their DNA and what changes them, and why.
I feel like if you had the data to show, instead of saying "this just works", it would be more believable.
Perhaps if new candidates were tested for allergies and done full genome scans so you can be sure that the serum is compatible with their bodies, it could prevent unwanted reactions to the serum, much like what happened to Lorcan when he arrived.
And- you say herbal, but it is the chemicals that are in the juices and the makeup of the herbs that are doing the work. Herbal seems like a cover term. Natural would be better. But I do understand what you mean by "chemicals". You mean harmful and unnatural, man-made ones that are sometimes incompatible with the body.
So...
Yeah
((Wbd/msd, my brain is starting to realize it's been awake for fourteen and a half hours.))
Elizabeth: It's the boiled wolfsbane. We soak it in lavender which dulls its effect that it normally haves on the wolves.
Normally, any ingestion of wolfsbane would burn us from the inside out and would kill us. But because we boil it in lavender, we've discovered that the lavender dulls down the poisonous effect of the wolfsbane and instead makes it more like a sedative.
Jasper: We were meant to get Americans but apparently they wanted to do something similar themselves.
So, how long will you be here in the compound Alexis?
Alexis: I'm not sure. I want to stay because I like helping Lorcan.
And long term? The effects of wolfsbane would surely be an issue?
Elizabeth: This method with the wolfsbane has been successful for 80 years. I think long term is a definate.
Jasper: And what if Lorcan doesn't need your help anymore? You just gonna go home?
*steps from the shadows*
Before I start talking, I'd like to say that walks have killed tens of thousands of people.
#ChaseForBook9
Alexis: if he wants me to I will
((Idk if I'll roleplay or not)€
UGH
*))
(What, Trip?)
*Nods* Well... Seems efficient
*Elizabeth smiles at Trip. Then she can just about hear another angry scream coming from the cool down room. She takes a deep breath, trying not to show it's worrying her*
Elizabeth: I'm glad that you could join us Mr. Castalan.
So am I.
#ChaseForBook9
*Glances to the side, then begins to tuck and stow away the remnants of her moment of sadness, back into her bag*
*Folds up her new dress and sticks that away as well*
*has discovered I enjoy rocking back and forth*
*rocks back and forth whilst crouching on the floor in front of the laptop in my usual position*
I've been fond of crouching for as long as I can remember. Also, standing with crossed legs. Your legs sort of lean on each other, and you sort of balance and it's really comfy. I've tried to get out of the habit a few times, but I keep going back to it. The other week my friends were trying out my way of standing. Took them a while to work it out, but they then deduced with surprise that it was rather comfy.
:)
#ChaseForBookNine
((I think, since y'all are busy role playing anyway, I'm going to eat dinner and if to bed. I feel...well...like I woke up at three in the morning and then went two hours back.))
((So yeah. Night! [hugs]))
(I quite like... Well, anything really)
(Goodnight, Fabi *hugs* Sleep well)
*Sits on the side of her bed and picks at her fingers*
((G'night Fabsi!))
So, there are a number of problems with your facility.
#ChaseForBook9
Fours, Lantern. :( *hugs*
Rocking back and forth also, apparently, makes your legs ache after a period of time.
Aw.
It has a lovely swaying feeling to it, like swinging on a swing . . . :)
#ChaseForBookNine
(Is that not what little children do, Star? Maybe that's where you got it from? If you were rocked as a kid?
:P Similar to something I read is that sometimes a person's most Favorite position is the one they were in whilst in the mother)
(Em?)
Elizabeth: There is not a number of problems with my facility. If that was the case, we would not be open.
Let me start with your solitary confinement cells. That is not an appropriate place for a werewolf to calm down! It's like putting a mentally ill person in a padded cell!
#ChaseForBook9
(Huh)
Elizabeth: The walls are steel because if they were normal concrete, we would always have angry werewolves on the loose.
It was explained to everyone when they arrived, that they would go into the cool down room if they shifted outside training rooms. And that they were allowed join back the compound once they calm down. The rest is up to them.
But the purpose is to help them not shift. They will only get angrier the longer that they stew in their own thoughts, Madame. Loneliness doesn't cure that. He will only be in more pain.
What I mean is- the point of this place is to give them control. Punishing them for something that is still out of their control is hardly fair. If any, it deserves more emotional assistance, as well as mental. Chemicals and herbs and serums help, but no chemical can protect someone from themselves
Well, Lizzy, it doesn't work.
#ChaseForBook9
Elizabeth: They have just had 2 days worth of dosage, it takes at least a week for them to begin to notice the effects. Thats why the cool down room was built because we know there is that 7 day time period.
Well, you need a better response than to lock them up!
#ChaseForBook9
But seclusion?
Jesus! If they're going to need to cool down, have them talk, not stew in their emotions!
Elizabeth: He is not locked up! He can leave that room at any time. But the condition is that he must cool down first before entering the compound again.
*Lorcan punches the pillar again and again. He screams once more, but this time the scream turns into sobs as his anger is just exhausting him to the point of insanity*
So he's locked up! He can't leave until he calms down, and it's only going to make him angrier!
#ChaseForBook9
Okay, so I collect rubbers, right. And anyway, I just decided to vount em all. Turns out I have 347, mybe even more if I missed some. :O
*Elizabeth sighs*
Elizabeth: Maybe I have been keeping my grandfather's methods too close to heart. Maybe I haven't adapted to the modern age like I thought I had...
*Growls* Let him out, now
And I will calm him down.
#ChaseForBook9
Elizabeth: He can leave. I am not keeping him caged like an animal.
That's what it looks like. The door is locked.
#ChaseForBook9
*Elizabeth looks confused*
Elizabeth: I did not say for the door to be locked. I have always said to keep it unlocked.
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