Apparently I'll be appearing at the Imagine Festival in London this Monday, the 17th. I had a blast last year, where I showed clips from movies, but I'm not entirely sure what I'll do this time. I might read from one of the new short stories. I'd read from the ninth book, but there is nothing from the early sections finished, and anything read from later on would be a spoiler, so...
Oh, and speaking of Book 9, I have just reached the 75,000 word mark. Judging by this, the finished book will be at least 100,000 words, which is Mortal Coil length, and could be longer. LSODM will stay the longest, I reckon, simply because of the massive amount of characters involved. But because most of those characters are now DEAD, Book 9 allows me a smaller, more intimate story — while remaining as heart-rendingly traumatic as anything I've written before.
And speaking of heart-rendingly traumatic, I've actually written the last few chapters. Not to completion, of course, but I've written enough to know what happens, and how it ends, and who lives and who dies, and all I can say is...
I am MEAN.
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Oh dear. Come back here! Whoa! Whoa!
. . . Bloody thing never does as it's told.
Oh my bloody hell
*blinks, and stands up*
*walks over to Economical's location, and gathers up a few papers*
You may want to avoid walking this time of day. There's quite a lot of traffic about.
*quickly scoots to one side as a bar stool comes careening down the sidewalk*
Hullo, there! Are you alright?
*waits for a stop light*
*a long row of loveseats skids to a halt*
*crosses the street*
*proceeds to help pick up the papers*
[Stands slowly] T-thank you. I'm f-fine.
Perhaps...Perhaps you're right.
[he hurries to gather the remaining papers]
Hey everyone, what's up?
i'm just listening to some Little Mix.
Leigh-Anne Pinnock is such an amazing singer. :)
Please, don't fret. It was MY runaway swivel chair after all, and I promise it's under control.
*neatly straightens the last bundle of papers and passes them to him*
*waves*
Hullo, Maralie.
Greetings, Ms. Charm.
*neatly organizes the papers he has gathered, and extends them to Mr. Economical*
Right... [mutters] It's...it's fine, ma'am.
[Glances nervously at the swivel chair]
[Takes his papers]
((Hi Mara [hugs]))
*sees that he's obviously very uncomfortable*
*sits on the swivel chair*
*and scoots a few feet away, sheepishly*
I'm sorry if we disturbed you.
...
Indeed, apologies.
N-no. I'm sorry if I caused any t-trouble. [Organizes the papers in the proper order]
*shoots a glance at Sir*
((Mara? [hugs]))
*looks back at the good Doctor*
*inclines his head questioningly*
*jerks head at Economical*
*gives Sir a Say-Something-To-Put-Him-At-Ease sort of look*
201-001-221 201-120-111-012-202-022-100-112-021,
100-111 021-100-211-100-112-021 210-121 120-112 221-120-210
[Economical sighs] If there's any d-damage to the swivel chair, here is the number of my insurance company. [Offers a business card]
*nods, and withdraws a stapler from one of his deep pockets*
*pauses, wondering if he interpreted the good Doctor's look correctly*
*shrugs*
*mind races for a plausible excuse*
Why . . . erm, thank you. Of course I wouldn't bill you for any damages. It was my fault. I'll take the card though.
*takes the stapler*
*takes the card*
*staples the card to the cuff of her sleeve*
*returns the stapler to Sir*
100-111 201-120-200-200-221 202-022-001-202 111 010-120-210-110-011-112-202 021-012-202 200-120 221-120-210.
...
*sighs*
*extends the stapler to Economical*
Honestly, you should hardly keep so many papers unfastened at once. You really are asking for them to scatter.
100-111 201-111-100-110-100-112-021, 002-210-202 100-111 002-200-120-102-012-112 100-112-201-100-011-012 :)
Fortunately for you, you just happened to run into us today.
*gestures between Sir and myself*
We have a desk chair and a stapler for you. Necessary weapons for any office man.
T-thank you. [Looks embarrassed]
[Staples the papers into several packets]
[Returns the stapler to Sir]
((100 212-100-201-022 100 102-112-012-212 022-120-212 202-120 022-012-110-121 221-120-210...))
*stows the stapler away*
*nods*
My office h-has a desk chair. It's grey and rather f-f-f...
[long pause]
Fuzzy.
*gives Sir a Well-You-Handled-That-Smoothly sort of look*
*nods approvingly*
*looks back at Economical*
Maybe you'd prefer mine? I assure you, it's very well trained. Housebroken, even.
*gestures to the swivel chair*
Leather seating. Rather comfy, if I do say so myself.
111-012 202-120-120.
...
Well. That sounds lovely, Mr...?
*sits with Javier in room holding Olivia as she sleeps*
Javier: Hey Zaf...I have my two girls
((100'111 201-120-200-200-221 [022-210-021-201]))
N-no, I couldn't possibly accept.
Economical. [Bows slightly]
((Please excuse the mess in the background))
*frowns*
Are you quite certain?
Well.
My good Doctor, I am certain that Mr. Economical is entire satisfied with his current chair.
. . . Quite.
*glances down at my swivel chair*
*frowns*
*wonders what to do with it now*
[Considers]
...
Q-quite.
I do, however, uh, appreciate the offer.
...
Quite.
*nods understandingly*
Quite.
Er....shall ghost. Seems its too far to even jump in
((Grand Mage, nothing is really happening, so there's nothing to interrupt.))
[Nods]
Q-q [Gestures vaguely with his hands and trails off]
*shoots Sir another look*
Quite . . . *drags the word out*
...
*opens his mouth*
*closes it*
*bites my lip so I won't laugh*
*and looks away*
(Uhm...im not even sure whats going on
Lovely, Ms. Charm.
*raises his eyebrows at the good Doctor*
(( [hugs Mara tightly] ))
((Basically nothing. And anyway, if Zaf were to suddenly show up now, she wouldn't know what was going on, either. So you can just be overly in character, it's cool.))
[Nods]
...
W-Well...well then.
[Nods again]
*isn't looking at Sir*
*and so did not notice*
(Amen, Maralie.)
never mind my rants never mean shit i'm sorry for ruining your roleplay
...
Qu-
Indeed.
You didn't ruin anything, Maralie.
*bites my lip again*
*looks at Sir affectionately*
*then looks back at Economical*
Is there anything we can do for you to make up for the disturbance we . . . I . . . caused? Anything at all?
. . . Perhaps buy you a milkshake?
Ms. Charm, your speech was far more meaningful than our role-play.
Also, you did not ruin anything.
((Mara, that was beautiful, and you didn't ruin anything. [hugs]))
((Some things are more important than roleplay.))
Indeed.
*gestures to Moss*
What she said.
It's... ah....alright. I should p-probably get back to my...my job.
*looks a bit put-out*
Oh . . . alright.
Where do you work, if it's not impolite for me to ask?
*quietly watches*
The-the S-sanctuary. Why?
*slowly* No reason. I was just wondering.
*holds out hand to shake Economical's*
I never introduced myself, I apologize. My name is Annika, though I wish it weren't. I don't come to Blogland often, but I can occasionally be found singing on stage or performing a bad stand-up comedy act.
Hi people!
How are you all today?
And I'll be distant, maths assignment.
[Nods] N-nice to meet you, Miss A....Annika.
[shakes her hand]
Singing... I never was very g-good and singing. I've met people who say they don't s...s...stammer as much when they...they sing, but sadly, I'm not....not one of them.
*glances at Mistical*
I'm doing well, thank you.
Hello, Miss...miss... Miss Mistical.
((GAH, I need to finish that TSE bit!))
Greetings, Ms. Future.
*looks kindly at Economical*
Don't be self-conscious about it. I'm not very good at singing either.
*chuckles*
And I've known many great adventurers who've had stutters. All the best ones do.
I... I'm sure.
Well..... I must be off.
[Bows]
Nice m...meeting you,
Well . . . alright. Goodbye.
*checks watch*
I suppose I should be leaving too . . .
*looks from Sir to Economical and back again*
Yeah don't worry I suck at singing despite how much I like to do it at home.
And It's nice to meet you all!
*Shakes hands with everyone*
I've met Sir Reingington before but I haven't met you Annika or Economical. So it's a pleasure to meet you!
*does Sanctuary work*
Bye Economical!
I'm so dreadfully sorry that I must be running off into the night so quickly after having met you, Mistical, but I assure you that I am, in reality, a lovely person with a lot of lovely characters that I play.
*nods stiffly*
Sup Zaf
How are you?
((Economical is one of my (Fabi/Moss) characters. Sorry for the confusion.))
Economical: [Hurries back to the Sanctuary, checking his watch]
((Msd, dinner. Sorry...))
Well, good bye, to the both of you.
*sighs*
Goodbye, Sir. It was lovely role-playing with you and Economical, and it was lovely awkward-silence-ing with you before that.
*nods*
*nods*
*sits on swivel chair*
*and*
*straight-backed and dignified*
*scoots off into the sunset*
It's all right Annika things happen and sometimes meetings are rushed.
Good bye Annika and it was great to meet you!
Hai Mist! Sorry got distracted
Nah that's fine I'm doing maths anyway so I might be slow to respond as well.
Hia. I now have multiple quotees for the blog. Thank you Sir and Annika
Yeah im playing with the gerbils
Hi Snowy!
How are you?
I'm good. :3 you?
Cool Zaf!
They're animals right?
I have returned.
I'm good thanks Snowy!
but maths is boring and this question thing is hard because they haven't tough us how to do it. Actually it might be in out text book ... I'm going t see if that helps ...
wow i rant a lot
i mean
ugh
i'm posting this but only because i really want certain people to see it
sorry
okay everyone listen up because i'm ranting here and everyone needs to read understood
i'm going to curse a lot bc i'm pissed off because of something off of instagram and i'm also sad because of something on instagram
okay.
you are not a reflection.
you are not a grade.
you are not a test.
you are not something you like.
you are your own individual person. you are fucking beautiful. in my belief, perfection.
"but the mirror shows what i am"
WRONG FUCKING WRONG
the mirror might fucking show what your outside looks like, but it sure doesn't show your personality. your traits. your talents. your likes. dislikes.
a mirror is a piece of glass which society has upgraded to something that tells you how to live your life.
just because the mirror shows your waist is a tiny bit bigger than someone else's, or just because the mirror shows that you are a teeny bit bigger built than other people your age, does not fucking mean you starve yourself. it means you are unique. you are special. you are perfect.
nobody, fucking nobody, is flawless. i have flaws. i make so many fucking mistakes man, you wouldn't even believe. but that's what humans do. we make mistakes. because then we learn from them. and if anyone ever gives you a hard time because you made a mistake, they are fucking deluded. they've made mistakes. every single person has. and that's a good thing. mistakes are good.
so listen up.
YOU
ARE
PERFECT
YOU
ARE
UNIQUE
YOU
ARE
YOU
YOU
ARE
HUMAN
and in my eyes, you are perfection.
*hugs mara*
(( [hugs Maralily] ))
((Good luck on your math homework, Misti.))
((Switching back to me unless anyone wants Economical in the roleplay, which is unlikely at the moment, so yeah. Just a sec.))
Fabi : we both had the same idea. I was about to post that on the quote blog but you beat me to it.
I'm just that efficient. :-P
*nods wisely*
[nods stupidly, but efficiently]
:D
D:
Hi Mara!
And you are SO right!
To hell with all those people who think girls need smaller waists and bigger tits!
And those people who go on stupid and unhealthy diets well they need a reality check. Do they really need to be as thin as the digitally altered picture NO! That's just bullshit!
Uh and now I'm going on a rant ...
Yeah Uh, Hi!
man i actually do rant a lot on instagram.
meh
i should sleep now
Oh and just to put another point out there WONDER WOMAN HAS BEEN MADE A KRIPTONION!!!!!!!! I MEAN WHAT THE F***!!!!!!!!!!!
WHERE HAS THE AWESOME GODDESS GONE!!!!!!!
NOW SHE'S JUST A SHIT GIMMICK OF SUPERMAN!!!!!!!
TO HELL WITH SEXIST DC PEOPLE!!!!!!!!
Meh.
[hugs all]
[disappears]
Night Mara!
Have a good sleep!
Bye Fabi!
Of all my MC chapters i think the most disturbing ones were when I collaborated with Nic. Those were epic but scary.
I would love to write with John one day, I think it'd be cool but I know Ari's busy and I feel I ask way too much.
I'm still scared of Nic's mind now. I think I love/hate Alastair. Hate him for trapping me in his head but love for how brillianthe was, when he realized what happened to him he subdued the other names he stole so he could be the most powerful, survival. He was smart to try to stay alive. Surviability. Well not alive more like...his warped version. Though I hate what he does...some names dont deserve it, John didnt even know i was part of the names briefly because he thought it was an illusion
I don't know how the names survive. I don't.
Ok I need sleep before I rant. Well continue ranting.
"I'm nobody, and I'm proud of it."
*nods to Fabi*
I'm glad that your proud of who you are
:D
Hi Misti.
Sorry I've been late with the TSE thing. I've had a lot of trouble with writer's block. :-/
That's fine, things like that just happen.
I need to sleep now, sorry.
[hugs]
Have a nice day/night/other.
Sure!
You too! Night Fabi!
:DDDDDDDD
I JUST BOUGHT A LEMONY SNICKET BOOKKKKKKKK
I'VE WANTED TO GET ONE SINCE... FOREVER, BUT EVERYTIME I'VE HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO, THE SHOP NEVER HAD ONE. BUTTTTTT, I NOW HAVE ONE.
EEEEEEEEEEE
Congratulations Snowy!
and welcome back
wbd
The crusty stuff you get in the corner of your eyes when you wake up is remnant of your dreams.
The color tells about how your dreams were.
Yellow means you dreamt about love.
Brown means you dreamt about death.
Green means you dreamt about wealth.
Colorless means you dreamt about fame.
Black means you dreamt about nothing.
Awesome..
But I never dream about wealth and I usually have a greeny yellow colour.
What dose that mean?
Greetings, my fellow Skulbuttles. Is that what that word is? I hope it is... It probably isn't. Meh. *sighs*
I just saw the eye-dream thing, and I usually get colorless. But I dream a lot about hammocks. And on a few occasions, unicorns and Medusa. I have odd dreams....
Why am I rambling? I think I'm rambling. Yeah, I'm rambling. Sorry. :)
Is anybody on, by any chance?
I'm planning on starting watching Doctor Who. But there are, like, seven seasons and well over a few hundred episodes... does anybody have a suggestion about which episode I should start off with?
Hey there Emerald!
How are you?
Um I don't know what season you should start with for doctor who but my recommendation would be to start with the 9th doctor (Dude in leather jacket)
I've seen a number of episodes from him but I haven't seen all of them. Yeah but I recommend him to start with. He's a good doctor *Pats 9th Dr on the head* they're all good Doctors *Pats all of the Dr on the head*
Hi there, Mistical! And thank you so much! :D
Hi people!
Phoenix, you COULD start at Season 5(like I did) but I wouldn't recommend it.
No one? Really? Ah, well. *shrugs philosophically*
*goes into woods and pulls out kayak*
*drags it into lake and steps in, paddling towards the middle*
*lies on back in kayak, rocking softly*
*stares up at sky*
*swims over to Kestral*
*dives under boat*
*pushes boat over* BOO!
Hi Sile-
*falls in to water*
*comes up spluttering*
*splashes Silente*
*splashes water back*
Hey! When'd you turn team vamp?
*splashes kestral again*
*ducks down into water*
*pops up on other side of kestral*
*splashes her back*
*swims under and waits for Silente to come up for air*
*splashes back*
Quite a while ago, actually. Mist/Zath turned me into one in BFB.
Huh how'd they turn ya? Also welcome ta team vamp!
*dives under again*
*tickles kestrals feet*
*Comes up for air*
*gets splashed in the face*
*dives under again*
*treads water, waiting for Silente to come up*
I got bitten, presumably. Idk, it didn't happen onpage.
*pops up*
*deep breath*
*giant wave of water to the face*
*splutters*
Okay truce a sec. Dd i mention welcome to the ranks of the beasts. Enjoy your slice of eternity and avoid salt water. Also if I was the one that turned ya I'm sorry. Anyway....how old were you when you 'died?'
Fine, truce.
Nearly 300. And I'm fairly sure you weren't. Although it's all a bit of a blur, honestly.
How 'bout you?
Just over 12. My aging hadn't slowed down so I actually looked twelve and then it happened, my parents were horrified, I ran off. Don't really remember what happened after that. All I know is I somehow found flame
*indicates flamingdodo stood on the shore* and then met everyone here (or not here at the moment) and now I just try to avoid loseing myself to the monster I was forced to become....
Oh yeah and generally get into loads of trouble...
12? Jeeze, that's young. At least I appear eighteen or nineteen, so I can at least DRIVE.
12 for eternity sounds like a pretty good idea of hell.
Msd, low battery.
Hello?
Eh looking twelve ain't all that bad....
(Where's your charger?)
Hi Mithria!
Silente, in a different room. I'm too lazy to get it.
Hey Smith, we're having a water fight!
*drags Smith into stream*
*dives under water*
*swims around like a seal*
Mithria, nice picture. :)
Tut tu Kestrel. You shouldn't be so lazy. Go get your charger Missy!
...it's a lake.
*floats on back, kicking to make giant random splashes*
Hey Kestrel! Or was it Kessie? Something like that?
My memories are not what they used to be...
And thanks for saying that :)
Well, what it says is completely true, so...
Hi Silente!
I'm still not called Smith btw :P
*splashes around*
Silente, when my iPod dies I'm going to listen to my audiobook/watch vlogbrothers videos on my computer, so I may reappear distantly anyway.
It is Kestrel! Or Kessie! Or Kes! Or any other nickname you want to make up! I'm using a lot of exclamation points!
MINE
I dedicate this page to water fights and books and John Green and Derek(only if Book 9's ending isn't TOO awful) and chocolate and orange juice and bagels and The Cab(a band) and Little Mix and *insert anything anyone wants to add here*
Sorry mith, on tablet and it keeps auto correcting it.
*Dives back under*
*splashes mith*
*splashes kestral*
*takes quick breath*
*dives under*
Hear hear!
Great ded, Kessie :)
*tries to escape from Silente*
Mwahahaha you are too slow mith!
*splashes mith again*
*dives under and swims to shore *
Hello Mr
*pets Flame*
Wanna come in?
{Flame *moves further back}
Scardy bird...
*dives back under*
*floats around, lying on her back*
*pops up*
So how've ya been mith?
Whoa! You wanna kill me?!
*takes a deep breath*
Uh... I'm fine, I suppose. The only bad thing is that I have to return to school tomorrow.
That sucks. And no I'm not trying to kill you....I was just asking a question...our holiday just started.
Well, you never know, do you?
I've got another week of school left, THEN I have a week off. Finally!
Do you also have one week off? Or more?
Only one week :-/ wish it was more. School seriously stresses me out...
Yeah, me too...
May I ask what form you are in?
(I hope I used the right word now...)
Form? I think you mean year....I'm in year 9....secondary school....your school system lookscomplicated on wiki...
I think that's the orientation stage...
No wait it might be the stage after....
Sorry for poofing! Had do post a fanfiction^^
Yeah, form... year... whatever. I never know which word is the right one.
*grins*
It's not that complicated^^ But yours seems complicated to me...
Okay its like a mix of realschule and gymnasium type thing I think.
*nods* I see... So, which year is the final year? 10?
We can go to kindergarden for a few years. We then go to primary and infants school from year 1-6 (age 4-10/11) We end high school in year 11. (Age 16) We then go to collage for 2 years (age 18) then get the option to go to university for a different length of time each depending on what course we take.
Ah... ok.
In Germany it is the same until High School. After that it differs from your system.
Yeah the German system looks confusing..... although I guess it makes absolute sense to you guys...
*grins*
Yeah, it does make sense for me. But I guess it really is confusing...
Maybe it is maybe I'm just not paying enough attention to understand it... anyway.
*dives back under water*
Nice day in blog land huh?
Well, it's not that interesting anyway^^
*gets out of the water*
*looks at the sky*
Yep.
*lies down*
*closes eyes*
*let's warm sun shine on face*
*treds water*
I do so love the sun, we hardly get it over here..
*sighs in content * Warmth..
*opens eyes suddenly* wit that IS the sun right, not a UFO? It looks like all the pictures I was shown of it but they could be wrong...
OMG THE ALIENS ARE WATCHING US!
*waves to the sun that might be a UFO*
It /is/ the sun.
Hello?
Oh okay
*lays back*
*floats on waters surface*
The sun feels nice....
*starts to drift off into sleep*
So very nice...
Mbd, translating fanfiction...
Translating?
Oh hey dragon well you see mith is German so she probably writes her fabric in German then translates it to English afterwards.
Yep. I wrote something in German but an english friend of mine wants to read it, so I have to translate it.
Ooops. Didn't see your comment, Silente! Sorry!
Ah. Makes sense, now.
Yeah. Hey mith what's your fanfic about?
It's a BBC Sherlock thingy^^
Do you watch Sherlock, Silente?
I'm British of COURSE I watch Sherlock, and Doctor Who. I wish Matt wasn't gone. And Mary, who knew.
Unfortunately, I never watched Doctor Who... I know vaguely what it's about but that's all.
But I LOVE Sherlock! :D
I've never seen Sherlock but I've seen every Doctor Who episode from when Christopher Ecclestone began. I've even seen some before, where you could like throw daleks around.
Speaking of Doctor Who, I have a TARDIS on Skyrim.
You should watch doctor who! (Did you miss me?)
Dragona you ever watched sherlock or dw
Nm dragon didn't see your earlier comment^^
I only really started watching DW with Matt Smith although I saw SOME of David Tennants. Timely Wimey!
Well, DW is not on in german TV and the DVD are quite expensive, so...
David Tennant was the best, by far. Then Christopher Ecclestone, then Matt Smith.
Mithria, I'm pretty sure you could use something like Netflix or something which streams television series' to be able to watch it.
I DISAGREE! (Matt will always be the best in my heart!) (Just like Benny boy for sherlock)
Yeah, good idea, Dragona!
I think I'd like it. I saw some stuff with David Tennant and Matt Smith on youtube and I loved it :D
@Silente: Benedict!! <3
*clears throat*
Sorry...
Mith have you seen the latest series of sherlock?
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