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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I see.
Well, I'll dedicate to Happy New Years,
and for people to stop talking about looks/personality in boys and girls because
honestly
We're all too young to date seriously so yeah :P
Although this convo is making me laugh so much omg.
Aye
*raises glass*
He felt a tingling behind him and broke into a run, and the scene melted into a blur of obstacles again. He ran into a shop and charged upstairs onto a second floor, but the tingling was following, and suddenly it glower bright and whoosh, Hunter was on the street again. Maybe he was going in the wrong direction, maybe he was going in any direction, but he was going in a direction and he ran down it, turning the first corner he saw, keeping his senses open for a tingling behind him.
He pretty much ran directly into the fountain – he wasn’t watching where he was going, and tripped onto the edges of it. He looked around at the grassy and the flowers surrounding in, scattered with people sitting and having picnics or just chilling out – or, in the case of one person, looking around for their quarry - and made a decision. He flipped over the railing and zoomed to the side of the fountain, sitting there, already soaked through from whooshing through the water and the spray falling onto him; the spray had even reached him at the railing that separated the garden from the fountain. It was a big fountain. Most people might think it was magnificently glorious, but he’d seen waterfalls. It took a little more to impress him.
His pursuer looked over the railing, and Hunter carefully edged round to the other side of the fountain.
To look into the eyes of his pursuer.
Again.
He edged the other way, and suddenly the surging sensation of energy zoomed beside him. His pursuer leant against the wall of the fountain, underneath where the water surged out the top, and grinned at him, elated by her victory.
Hunter showed her his watch.
Her elated expression melted away. “Dammit,” Ez said.
“Goshdarnit, buster,” Hunter corrected.
It was after midnight.
Not here, but where they’d started out.
It was the new year.
And once again, Hunter had astonishingly managed to avoid being kissed.
Ez sighed grumpily. “New Year’s resolution – to get you next year.”
“Must be a sad feeling, to know you’ll fail as soon as you resolve it,” Hunter grinned, his brand-new eyes a dancing green.
“Not necessarily. I was close, this time.”
“Close? Hunter scoffed. “You were miles away. Although, I did have to cut my eyes out.”
Ez winced. “Nasty. When?”
“When you broke the windscreen.”
“Damn. I should have stuck around.”
“You should.”
They stood there in silence, gazing at the garden, the unconcerned people lying on the grass, the more concerned people yelling at them because apparently you weren’t allowed over that railing.
Ez flipped them off.
Hunter carefully spelled out “Goshdarnit, buster” in sign language, then flipped them off.
“I’ll get you one day,” she insisted.
Hunter grinned. “You just keep telling yourself that.”
TBC
Oh hell, Star. Okay. *heavy breathing*
SOME NUMBER OF YEARS LATER (NOBODY QUITE KNOWS HOW MANY) (WELL, MAYBE SOMEBODY KNOWS) (BUT WE DON’T KNOW WHO):
There was a man at a party. A rather annoying man. One who seemed to think that the Ashnights were a bad organisation (well, they were. But still), and seemed to think that they should be overthrown, because they were oppressive.
Hunter didn’t necessarily disagree with this man, but he still ran this Ashnights, and had to look after them. Therefore, they were assassinating him, all going well.
The man was at this party to meet with other people. If they could get hold of them, that was another bonus. They’d be hard to get hold of after assassinating the other man, but he sort of needed to be killed. Maybe. Hunter wanted to kill him, either way – as mentioned, he was annoying.
The party was also annoying, however.
Because it was a New Year party.
And held at New Year.
As New Year parties are.
“You can stop smiling now,” Hunter told Ez peacefully, smiling himself, not looking irritated. Acting.
“Why would I want to stop smiling in your company?” she asked innocently, the smile still dancing across her face. Why hadn’t it got tired and gone to sit down yet?
Hunter examined his champagne glass studiously. Alcohol. He wasn’t planning to drink much of it. Hopefully, he’d get the chance to discreetly accidentally spill it. “You know, you’re very beautiful, but I think you’d look even more beautiful with sparkling sparkly stuff in your head, stuff that flows like liquid.”
“Really?” asked Ez. “Well, if we’re talking improvements, then I think you would look fantastic with a red flowing crown, dotted with diamond triangles that are broken unevenly.”
“Well, I think you would look better if you stopped to go to sleep. A very deep sleep.”
“WELL,” Ez began, thinking. “I think you should have worn sparkling red.”
He smiled at her. “And I think you would look good if you picked the correct axel to run your cart on so it doesn’t crash.”
She frowned. “What?”
He frowned in imitation of her. “What what?”
She laughed. “The people behind us are trying to work out which language we’ve speaking in.”
“Let them try,” Hunter said, resisting the urge to spin his champagne glass round.
“Five minutes until midnight,” she said, in English, putting an arm around his waist.
“That’s wonderful,” Hunter said, then continued, worriedly - “You know, I suddenly feel kind of faint. I’m scared I’ll pass out and miss midnight.”
TBC
Ez took his champagne glass out of his hands and lifted it to his mouth. “I’m sure you won’t.”
Hunter pulled the glass away. “I can’t drink that before midnight, you know that.” He smiled at her lovingly, then, “Afterwards, we should go and explore the gardens. I hear they’re magnificent.” The meeting was scheduled at one AM (it was an all-night party), and it was likely it would be outside. Also, not many people would be around, and he had to give her a few straight death threats.
“Fabulous idea,” Ez said, smiling again. She hadn’t stopped.
You know, sometimes Hunter really hated her.
He checked his watch, and they had a bit of excited conversation, Hunter putting his champagne down.
Then the clock started donging.
Ez flung her arms around Hunter and kissed him. They pulled apart as the donging faded out to the sound of cheering and chinking glasses, but Hunter kept hugging her, whispering in her ear how much he hated her.
“I don’t care if you hate me,” she whispered back. “I win. But damn, you suck at kissing.”
Hunter laughed and ran his fingers through her hair, whispering back, “I what?”
She kissed him lightly again, then whispered, “You suck at kissing. I should give you lessons.”
Hunter pulled back, beaming at her. “Should we go and admire the gardens now? Although they couldn’t possibly be as beautiful as you.”
“I love you,” she told him, her smile practically falling off her face with her enthusiasm.
Hunter wrapped his arm around her waist and started walking in a garden-like direction, whispering, “I hate you.”
“I know,” she said. “Is there a tombola at this party? There was at the last one I went to, and I won.”
Forget the annoying man – Hunter would much rather kill her. Very painfully. After torturing her. For at least a decade. And even so, she’d be getting off lightly.
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Number six - nearly every new year after this, they kiss each other. It's sort of traditional.
Number six, section b - yes, she actually gives him kissing lessons. Don't even make me write that out. XD
Number seven - this has actually been in my head for months on end, possibly even since last new year. I didn't just make it up on the spot. XD
SEVEN NUMBERS OH YEAH SEVENFOLDISM GO ME.
#ChaseForBookNine
oh my gosh star
*goes to read*
DONEEEEEEEEEEEE. :)
Even if Snow is right and it's all just an act and they're horrible (which I don't, personally, believe), then, you know, they're still lifesavers. :)
But like I said, I personally believe they're nice people.
And I know I believe most people are nice, but they doesn't make the people less nice.
@Mara; *hugs* :) :)
#ChaseForBookNine
OH MY GOSH IT'S ONE IN THE MORNING WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO.
*goes off to do things like brush teeth*
*but isn't leaving* *just slightly distonating*
#ChaseForBookNine
EZTER
OH MY HELL
THEY
THEY KISSLED
THEY KISSLED
AND HE RAN HIS HAND THROUGH HER HAIR
THAT
Was
ADORABALOO
EZTERRRRR
Of course they kissed. *laughs*
I've told you before, they've kissed.
They almost accidentally got ENGAGED. XD
Well, Hunter says they almost accidentally got engaged. Ez always starts pointing out at that point that you can't 'accidentally' propose to someone. XD Although Hunter kind of says you can.
#ChaseForBookNine
*hugs Mara and Lantern* :) Yeah, Ezter.
. . . I wrote 'they' instead of 'yeah.'
What. :P
Then I just wrote 'Ezter' instead of 'yeah', the second time.
WHY IS YEAH NOT WANTING TO BE WRITTEN?
#ChaseForBookNine
*screams*
[Screams also]
[Pours Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi on Star's head]
Hullo! How's things?
*hugsies*
*squeals*
Hi Mara! Hey Adra! Hello Moss!
RHYDIAN READ STARS STORY NOW
Yo Starry!
How y'all doing?
RHYDIAN.HI.
THERE IS EZTER
Good morning, afternoon, evening, or other, Blogland.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOW HAD THEIR NEW YEARS!
Ok . How do I get to it???
*huggles star* *whispers* ezteeerrrrrrrrrrrrrr
READ UP IN THE COMMENTS
HI SIR
HI DUCK
@Rhydian: *points upwards at comments* *the ones on this page* *grins*
@People freaking out about Ezter: *hugs* :) Thanks.
@Lantern: *shields head with waterproof cloak*
Hunter: Star! *frowns disapprovingly* Cloaks aren't as flowy when they're waterproof!
#ChaseForBookNine
Omg... ezter in cloaks... I dont think I need to follow through with my threat, so ez's cloak issafe.
Gotta go bed :(
I am tired anyway but that's not the point. Oh well. Goodnight Bloglandians! Happy New Year to you all! Hope it's a good one... *smiles*
Hi Sir! Hi Duck!
Bye Rhyd! *hugs*
See you later, Rhy Rhy!!
*poke ducklez who is now an emu*
Night, Rhydian.
@Star Waterproof, but it is is Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi-proof?
@fabk i have never seen anything advertised as caffeine free diet pepsi-proof. There is something horribly wrong with that.
Where is Skulduggery's movie???
And Happy New Year everyone! :)
Hey tia
Hello Tia. Happy New Year!
Amy Winehouse - Love is a Losing Game
Because why not? You take care, guys.
Fours, Rhydian! :(
@Lantern: Um. *looks helplessly at Hunter*
Hunter: God, do you expect me to know everything around here? It's your brain.
Star: *looks at self* *is wet* *but that's because I'm a bubble and made of bubble mixture* *shrugs helplessly at Lantern*
#ChaseForBokNine
Hello Tia
:P Star
[Laughs]
Bublbleeeeee
You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me
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Celine Dion :) *hugs Fabi*
FABI FABI FABI NEW ZERRIE PICTURE RELEASED OH MY GOD THEY ARE THE CUTEST COUPLE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD OH MY GOSH
[Nods] [hugs Maralily]
ZERRIEEEEEEEEEEEEE
*faceplants ground*
(I just made up a New Years dress for Adra. It's pretty good :P I'll make it my pic for a comment or two)
I can't make it too far to the left, or else my computer messes up and lags when I'm drawing near the left margin
So
Yeah :P
It always looks blurry anyway...
Grr.
*Shrugs*
*Ends up at the end of a hallway*
*Sits*
Hey ed-head
It looks nice, but I can't zoom in very far.
Hey Snow glow? What rhymes with Snow?
It doesn't look very good zoomed in... Blegh.
Mow? Hoe? Low? Go?
Oh well, Turtle girl Penguin queen
Parrot boy penguin king. *pokes*
*Pokes*
SNOWLOCK
Happy New Year Everyone! What's happening?!
Cas! Hello!
Why are you still awake?
*tackles fabi* nu.
Hello Adra, Fabi, Cassidy
Hello cas. Have we met?
It's only 1:49am, Adra. My parents and sister are out so I'm chillin' in the living room :)
I do not think we have, Snow. If not, pleased to meet you my dear. If so, apologies for forgetting (though I doubt it's the case)
Same to you. Always great to meet kther minions.
Hi Cassidy!
*pokes fabi* fletchabi.
Hello Edward! Hello Fabi! :)
Yes, indeed it is, Snow. :)
Fletchabi?
Gtg, bye. Happy new year
Bye Edward! Happy New Year!
Bye parrot-man
[Laughs]
[Pokes Snow back]
Bye Ed!
Oh, you guys need to check out my poll on a little crazy.
"One day you'll forget about us. You'll have a husband and be a mother, but we will never forget about you guys. We'll love you all forever."
~ One Direction
Well now I'm fucking sobbing
They're both awesome, though.
I maybe ship Slea a bit more, because that's the way Mireille met them.
[hugs Maralily]
Yeah, I just did it because. I might do it again and put a both the same option.... maybe
Wait, what!
Who turned me into an emu?!?
It was YOU, wasn't it, Snow?!?
Change me back because it's taken half an hour to type this while in emu form!
*hugs Fabi back*
I can't actually imagine a world without One Direction, if I'm being honest. One of these days, I know they'll have to break up. But literally, these last, what, one and a half years I've spent thinking about them. Blogging about them. Fangirling about them. Listening to their music. Watching videos about them. Laughing when they do something funny. Crying when they say something meaningful, or sad.
Nobody will ever know what these boys mean to me except for other Directioners.
Adults may call it an "obsession", friends may call it "weird", and haters may call it "a bunch of shit", but it's none of those.
It is pure love.
Don't ever let anyone tell you that your idol is shit. Or gay. Or fat. Or ugly. Or untalented. Or worthless. Or stupid. Or pointless. Stand up for them.
Because hey, One Direction are one of the reasons why I'm still breathing.
[hugs maralily]
[hugs everyone else]
Gtg
*hugs duck the emu* NOPE!!
Bye fabbb
*Huggles Maralie*
Of course! Each to their own.
Goodbye Fabi! *hugs*
Grumble, grumble, grumble...
*lays eggs*
*Adra wanders around aimlessly, not fully concentrating on any one thought, being more... Fluid with her thinking, not wanting to suddenly dig deep into the unpleasantness as she had done earlier- something that was done too quickly and abruptly*
*Folds her hands behind her back*
*pokes duck the emu* I never said you were a girl...
Hello??
Bowling o god
Hey em.
Hey Emmyyy!
Hello everyone!
(What's up?)
(Hello Em)
Not too bad everyone. How are you both, still stuck in 2013 lol
Oh shut up ya hoor *smacks her with a feather* ilybby))
(We're almost in 2014
Ah tis not spectacular so far lol
No robots?
No invasions?
No zombies?
Bummer
Yah bummer
Merry Christmas!
#ChaseForBook9
Bit late there trip...
What? It's Christmas, right? That's why there was the countdown, and the fireworks and merriment?
#ChaseForBook9
You are
Just.
*hits his shoulder*
*hits head on wall* Help me I do not do family time i cannot handle it i get bored
(But it's better than annotating two books- one of which is the god awful Ernest Hemingway)
*facepalm*
So how are we all?
#ChaseForBook9
(Cold. Yourself?)
Dead
(Ah. I nearly forgot. Two new "Ships of Blogland" posts up, Trip. Niccocoat and Trar.
I think you'll appreciate the Trar, courtesy of Mara)
(Content.)
#ChaseForBook9
(That is good, then! Up for a little RPing, or no?)
(Sure! Where are we?)
#ChaseForBook9
(Adra went off to think, and I haven't the faintest idea where she is. At all. She's been wandering for hours. You? I figured you just went off to bed last night and assumed to just stayed there the whole day :P)
(I have such an issue with person when I talk about Adra this isn't even funny. I switch from "she" to "I" and it's really confusing me.
*facepalm*
We're so alike, I guess it's like we're the same person.
Gahhhhh)
*emerges from his room, rubbing his cheeks* Och, I needed that.
#ChaseForBook9
And I am back bitches lol
(Hello, Em)
*Adra continues to wander, accidentally running into a wall*
*looks up* Excuse me!
(Hello Zaf is elsewhere
What time is it? *checks watch* HAPPY NEW YEAR!
#ChaseForBook9
Alexis: *sits bored
*Hears shouting far off*
Oh gods, not shouting... *Turns and quickly heads in the opposite direction*
*runs up to a random person* Happy new year!
#ChaseForBook9
(What is he even doing omg)
*Finds a safe place to sit, behind a pillar, and nestles down to think further*
(Until anytime...
*is pacing with Javier beside me* they have no idea how to treat some things! Liv is barely stirring!
Javier: I know...she will live?
Only a small chance
*runs up to a another person* Happy new year!
Oh! Where's Adra? *begins to run down a corridor* I need to find Adra!
#ChaseForBook9
*Hears the shouts get closer* OH hell... *Tries to hide* *Silently hopes*
*looks behind the pillar* Adra! Happy new year!
#ChaseForBook9
It...
It's what???
It's new year! Has been for three hours!
#ChaseForBook9
Oh!
I... I mustn't have noticed, I've been a little scatterbrained today... *Smiles*
Wtf is trip doing? Just shouting at random people...
I'm not random..
(Don't act as if you don't do it too Snow.)
Oh, well, do you want to get a drink, or something?
#ChaseForBook9
I dont... :-/
Wait
*Grins slyly*
I've got to make this one count, eh?
*Reaches up, taking his shoulders, then jumps, carefully wrapping her legs around his waist, then looking him dead in the eyes*
If you drop me.
I will kill you.
*Leans in, kisses him*
Hellooooo
I'm no longer deathly afraid of fireworks!:D
I'm not as insane as Grandpop, though. :-P
TADRAAAAAAAAAAA
*staggers back a little, and then kisses back, wrapping his arms around her waist*
#ChaseForBook9
(Hello, Fabi! *hugs* I almost got hit by one once. After it exploded, some bits came down (I was lying on the dock), and hit not a foot behind me. I was sure I was going to die.)
*Laughs, and pauses* Really? I'm not that heavy. *Bops his nose, wrapping her arms tighter around him and fiercely kissing him again*
TADRA!!!!!!!!!
Herrow Fabsi. Merry Christmas!
#ChaseForBook9
(Ghosting
*moves behind the pillar, scrunching a handful of her hair*
#ChaseForBook9
*Really hopes no one saw them*
*Doesn't really care, just has to be with him*
*Trails her kisses along his jaw to his ear, whispers* I love you
*Makes her way back to his mouth, kisses him again*
(Damn)
((I had one explode near my foot, one set fire to a bush in front of my house and I had to put it out because I was coming out the door at the time, and most of the adults were a block away at the potluck, and then later that day I was headed back to the party and a firework zipped across the sidewalk in front of me. So yeah, that's why I was scared of them. Tbh, I still am, jit's ust not as paralyzingly extreme.))
((Hi Snow, Adra, Trip, Zaf, anyone else))
Tadraaaaaaaaaaa.
((TADRAAAAA))
(Hi yah I kinda gave up I'm bored so hopefuly i can do something
(Em and I are having the best convo rn omg)
(*hugs Fabi* I'm glad you're not dead)
(Lucky you Adra! I never speak to her, them again I'm not entirely welcome)
((Hugs back))
((So am I))
((I can maybe bring one of my characters to Blogland... Not sure who, though.))
(If he left, I'm going to laugh forever)
(Jesus.)
*in between kisses* You... are the..... most... beautiful... woman, I have ever known.. And I love you... more than you...... know.
(Sorry, I had to go into stealth mode for a moment there.)
#ChaseForBook9
((Screams))
((TAdra AAAWEEDJCJDJEKDIAIJDINSHIHSSHCHIHEFHDHHISINDINDIHD PERF))
Tadraaaaaa!!!
(Aha! You are still here!)
*Growls* Shut up and keep kissing me. *Her hands knot in his hair*
(Aha. I see.
And Zaf- give her time, dear.)
*does as he's told*
#ChaseForBook9
You two are literally killing me here!! Tadra!!!!!!!!!
(Forget it Adra I'm not. I know its been always just YOU so im not bothering anymore
(I'm still laughing at Em sweet baby Jesus)
*Murmurs* Trip.
((I'm sure I've said this before, but when you give up on others, they will give up on you.))
Adra...
#ChaseForBook9
(Ay
It's New Years)
*Pauses* Can you let me down for a second? I can't feel the lower half of my body...
(ohm)
(I gave up long ago, she doesnt care. Whatever its obvious. She rather Adra
(Zaf, please, can we not do this? We have an hour left until a new year, and a new year of non-resentment.
Of all the times
please
not now)
*can't help but smile* Sorry. *carefully puts her down*
#ChaseForBook9
((I'm going to shut up now.))
((Wbd/ghosting.))
(*Cuddles Fabi*)
You laugh?
*mumbles, now considerably shorter as she works on getting her blood to properly circulate*
Not laugh, just, find mildly funny.
#ChaseForBook9
Hmmph. *Glances up, and laughs* You're hair's a mess!
*Your
(Nope now is perfect
Well... so's yours.
#ChaseForBook9
Oh hell..
*Looks out from behind the pillar*
I need a mirror
Oh no
Where are we
Trip
Trip
Trip
Help
*waves hand, and some reflective energy appears before Adra*
#ChaseForBook9
You're kidding
You are the best.
*Looks at her hair*
*Face falls*
Oh Jaysus....
*Kinda works at it, yet just keeps failing*
I swear my hair's way too long for this... *Continues tugging until it's somewhat presentable*
Right.
Want me to fix yours?
*dies. Just dies*
(Snow xD)
(Ayyyy lmao)
Sure, why not?
#ChaseForBook9
(I meant that sarcastically and oh ok ignoring me
Guess ill vanish or ghost
@adra I am dead . Therefore I cannot respond *is dead*
Okay... *Has to stand up on a box*
*Frowns*
*Puts a second box up*
*Frowns*
*Puts a third box up*
*Fourth*
*Stands, finally face-to face with him*
That was ridiculous.
*Begins to fix his hair, straightening out his jacket while she's at it*
I dedicate to a new year. And one of new beginnings, and endings. And things generally having beginnings, and ends.
Also, MERRY CHRISTMAS.
#ChaseForBook9
*facepalms*
*even though im dead*
(*smacks him with a feather from the background*
*raises glass* Hear hear!)
Thanks you, I'd be hopelessly lost trying to do this, I just woke up.
#ChaseForBook9
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