Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Die Horribly Winner! (And finishing a book)

I have just pressed SEND.

By pressing SEND, I have emailed off the completed book to my agent and editor. It will now be sent to the copyeditor who, amongst other things, will be checking for grammar and spelling mistakes that I've missed but, more importantly, will be ensuring that everything I've written makes sense.

She will be checking facts and figures and timelines, scouring her notes on the other books to make sure I haven't contradicted myself... A good copyeditor in invaluable, and I have a great one.

It's done. I wrote the two Scapegrace chapters that I'd left until last. Oh, and I ALSO included the winner of the Die Horribly competition...



It took me until last night to pick a winner. I was sent 30 finalists out of everyone who entered. Of those 30, I quickly whittled it down to 15. Then, not so quickly, down to 10. Then it took me ages to narrow it down to 5. Then 3.

There were some great entries. Lots of funny reasons why people reckoned they should be the reader I pick to kill horribly in the book. But I needed something specific. I needed something that would fit in with what I'd written. And there was only one reader who fit PERFECTLY.

So congratulations to Lewis Holmes, from the UK. You shall have the distinct honour of being Horribly Killed in The Dying of the Light.



Lewis' death was the last thing I had to write. Now it's all over. Sure, I'll be sent the copyeditor's notes to approve, and there'll be a little more fiddling around between now and printing time, but...

... but it's over. I have finished writing Skulduggery Pleasant.

I think I need to lie down now.

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Anonymous said...

This might not make a lot of sense.
"But... I don't want to go." *Ten turns around, goes back in TARDIS*
Me: *inside* NO
JUST NO
WHY
WHHHHHHYYYYYYY
STEVEN MOFFAT
NOOOOOO
*cries at the cruelty of this... Moffat*
*wails*
In real life, I was just sitting there smiling. And seething inside. Because I really, really like Ten. And Eleven. It's just.... Cruel. To the fans.

Snow said...

But Silentee--

The moons awake so I'm on quotev

Snow said...

Moffat didn't write that one, he came in when matt did.

Anonymous said...

*shrieks*
Silente! Are you okay? *runs over, worried*

Anonymous said...

No, I meant in Day of The Doctor. :P

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*stays very, very stil*
*not even breathing*

Anonymous said...

Okay... Okay.
Um.
I don't know CPR.
Um.
*thinks*
*shadows swirl around Silente and she's lifted up*
How is this useful...
*sidles over and pokes her*
*all my magic is put in the poke, and it should give something like an electric shock*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*jerks randomly*
*groans*
Ow. Duck off James.
*eyes are still closed*

Anonymous said...

*gasps, relieved*
You're alive....
So. Um. Nearly dead? How did that happen?
((and can somebody please help me come up with a last name for Fay, one of my characters?))

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

((Samuels?))

*looks up blinking*
Oh. Your not James.
*shakes her head*
*looks around*
I'm at the clearing..
*sits up*
That's new. Normally he manages to keep hold of me for long-
*stops talking and clutches throat*
*runs off a sec*

Anonymous said...

Clearing? And yeah, I'm not James.
*sees you running off*
*runs after*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*jumps into tree house*
*yanks white fridge door open*
*grabs a blood bag and savagely rips it open with her teeth*
*drains it dry*
*goes through about five more bags like this

Anonymous said...

*stands in the corner of the treehouse*
Lovely place...
*folds arms and leans against wall*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*licks her lips clean*
*throws the blood bags in the bin*
*gets one more and empties it into a glass*
Thank you. I always thought so.
*takes a sip from the glass*
Sorry about...that....

Anonymous said...

Nah, it's fine. *smiles*
So, what were you doing half dead?
((do you know where Snow has gone?))

Snow said...

SILENTE SILENTE SILENTE

I NEED YOUR EMAIL PLZ

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

((no idea...either on quotev or asleep would be my guess))
Oh that. Run on with an old..er..friend. Well not really a friend. Actually I've never met them before. Ever. But yeah.
*smiles*
*sips*

Snow said...

I was doing neither

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

((okay then snow.. its kutekillerkitty@gmail.com do I want to know why?))

Anonymous said...

That's... I'll be honest, that's quite vague. But still. *smiles*
So what are you going to do now?

Snow said...

Check your email.

I need to work out Annika's

Dont say anything

Anonymous said...

((hi Snow! :) ))

Snow said...

Hia

Anonymous said...

((does it have to do with glue? If you want to, ignore me. :) ))

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

((I won't say a thing. ;) ))

Well I'm going to finish my drink and then..
*shrugs*
Dunno.

Anonymous said...

((how's life? Overused question, I know))
((aaaand food calls. D: Bbasap.))

Snow said...

FAY NOOOOO

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

COME BAAAAAAAAACK!

Snow said...

FAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaAAaaaaaaaaaayyyYyyyYy

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

FAYYYY! DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE WITH..WITH...
*LOOKS AT SNOW*
WITH HEEEEEEER!

Snow said...

*looks hurt*

But... Silente... I thought... I thought...

I thought we had something special...

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

We do snow! But we both know it can not be revealed! Leaving us alone together..
*looks at her*
..anything might happen. And we both can't risk that.

Snow said...

Tempest... you're words... they hurt...

I... I think...

You've killed... me...

*dies tragically*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
*falls to her knees beside snow*
Lest it not be true! Come back to me snow!
*cradles her face*
*tears dripping down onto it*
Be it not true! Be it not true I beg of you!

Anonymous said...

Hello people!

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

((Mir! It's been an age! How are you?))

Snow said...

*suddenly gasps back to life*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Snow!
*hugs her tightly*
You live!
*laughs*
You live you live!

Anonymous said...

*cartwheels back in*
I'm back!
And, uh, another almost dead person? xD

Anonymous said...

Hi Silente!
Yeah, I know, I'm so sorry about that!
Just, my life has been in such a mess lately and teachers in school need to get the last marks done before the holidays in two weeks and it's so much to DO!
And I just didn't have the time to come on.
I missed you guys a lot!

Anonymous said...

And HI SNOW and HI EMERALD!

Anonymous said...

Hi, Mithria, Silente, and not-dead Snow!

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Welcome back!Welcome backa

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Its okay Mir. We missed you too! You missed the nomination stage of the Blogland Awards! Voting opens soon!

Anonymous said...

:)
So what's up?

Snow said...

Sorry. Mirlin gifs distracted me. Wbd msd

Anonymous said...

*hugs Silente*
Blogland Awards? Cool!

Anonymous said...

Gifs. :3 Love 'em.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*allows the hug*
Yeah. Luci's idea originally. We just brought it back with Luci's concent.

The sky is up!

Anonymous said...

Sooo... what else have I missed?

Snow said...

http://melancholydane.tumblr.com/post/33608902737/merlin-s5-ep1-summary-of-sorts

This

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

The town got burnt down.
The midnight hotel got burnt down with me inside but was then reformed
Er..oh I died. Then came back. You missed ny funeral btw.
Then I forgot what I was going to say last..
..er..
...one sec..
..oh right! Ships! For some reason I'm now involved in two ships..only one is willing..

Anonymous said...

Malente and something else...

Anonymous said...

Who have you been shipped with??

Anonymous said...

And Snow!! Thank you so much!!
I had totally forgotten about Merlin! I used to love it and then I forgot about it... but now I remember, thanks to you!

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Matex. Which is Malente. Which is willing.
Clara. Which is Clarente. Which is unwilling. For both of us.

Anonymous said...

Clarente?
xD
*starts laughing* *like really hard* *and irl*

Anonymous said...

Seems like I've been away for too long... I'm not sure if I know them. I don't think so.

Anonymous said...

Clara is Annika. And Matex is, uh, Matex. :)
I'm not sure when he arrived on the Blog, so...

Anonymous said...

Oh... Okay...
Then I only know Anni but not Matex.

Anonymous said...

:)
So what's up?

Anonymous said...

Well... nothing at the moment. And I'm so glad about it! :D
My next test is only on Thursday, so I have some time to relax^^
Well... uh... I realised that I love the Phantom of the Opera! Wonderful film!

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*glares really hard at emerald*
Clarente is not funny. At all.
*perks up*
Matex is a distant type person. He comes on now and again. He was around alot in the dark days era.

The Grave of a Coward said...

DID SOMEONE SAY CLARENTE?

*whispers* Don't mention it ever again.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Emerald finds it amusing Clara.

The Grave of a Coward said...

Anyhow, I'm here to see that I am going on vacation for a week. My mother, grandparents, and I, are all going for a seaside holiday/official scattering of Dad's ashes.
I will not be here for a week. So sorry to deprive you of my radiance!
Also, I posted a new story on Superfluous, for those of you who care.

The Grave of a Coward said...

While I would love to stay and chat, I'm afraid I really must be off. Ciao!

*departs*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Bye Clara!

Anonymous said...

Uh... I'm afraid I gotta leave now... I'd say see you soon but I'm not sure about that...
So... see you, guys! I love you all! <3

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Bye then Mir! :'(

Star Inkbright said...

Hello . . . ?

Wbd, probably.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Hello Star! How goes life? How goes the statement making?

Star Inkbright said...

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Statement making?
I'm not good at statements.
I tend to pull them apart as soon as I form them.
*looks at life* How you go, yo?
Life: *is life*

*turns back to Silente* Life is being lifeish, thanks. :)

Hi!

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Omg....

We had a mock crash today. I saw it from the library and i am traumatized, my brother put a girl in a body bag

Star Inkbright said...

@Zaf: :O

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Good. Life is still lifish.
How are you? How has your day been?
Everyone is always making a statement. Although what that statement is changes per person.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

What's a mock crash?!

Star Inkbright said...

@Silente: Life IS lifeish. :)

My day's been quite cool, actually. :)
So we're picking my sister up at four, and at twelve me and my mum and my brother were discussing that we should probably go out somewhere, but my brother isn't keen on walks and I'm not keen on bike rides (and I don't have a bike that works properly, so I even have an excuse), and my sister wasn't there to bend us all to her will in a manipulative fashion, so we didn't really know where to go.
So my mum just said that we were going out, and she said she didn't know where (which was quite a conundrum. I felt like Merlin when he and Arthur went to find the Cup of Life, and Arthur couldn't tell Merlin where they were going or he'd have to kill him, and Merlin was like "But if I don't know where we're going, how do I know what to pack? Is it hot is it cold is it wet is it dry?" (Arthur: Stop being such a girl, Merlin!), and I was just like WHAT SHOES DO I WEAR WHAT COAT DO I WEAR AHHH).
And then we got in the car and started driving, and when we reached a junction, our mum would ask us left, right, or straight ahead, and we just drove around following junctions. Althoguh sometimes my mum would go "well, that leads back home and that's a dead end so we'd better go straight ahead", or that kind of thing.
And yeah, we did that, which was really cool. :P Hunter's kind of trip.
And we stopped to buy some stuff at one point and killed three birds with one accidental stone.
And then we ended up going on Cottingham and wandered around there for a bit.
And then we went home.
But the point IS, it was really random and cool. :)

People can make multiple statements, and their statements change throughout their lifetime.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

I love those sorts of trips. The ones with no plan, no agenda, just 'we're going somewhere. Anywhere. No set time to be back for.' They're my favorite types.
Statements are fun to make. Even when you aren't intentionally making one. And some times your making multiple statements at once. And occasionally that statement rubs of on someone else.

Star Inkbright said...

We had to be back in time for my sister, but yeah. :P It was col. :)

I know what you mean with the last sentence - like Luce saying about perfection, and then we all start saying it too.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Even with a set time its fun.

Yeah. And Annika with the door that you once paired with Frozen in one of the speaches of yours I've saved. That's one of the even better things on blogland, we help eachother. We teach eachother. It's great!

Star Inkbright said...

@Silente: :) :) :) *hugs*

I was about to say something relevant now.
But then I went off on a tangent and when I remembered what I'd been about to say I could no longer see why it was relevant.
But what about the sum of it was going to be, was -
Blogland is an amazing community.

Yeah . . . Ari's metaphor about the door and the perspectives is a really great one. :)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

It is a good..whatever it would be classed as...a perstataphor. Totally. New word!
I keep forgetting important stuff. It's on the edge of my mind. Like when the reflection was hiding memories from Valkyrie. It's annoying..

Star Inkbright said...

Why do you save my speeches, though?
They're not even that great. :)
Really, it's just me thinking out loud because I can't do it properly in my head.
(In English, when I don't know what to write, I generally go to the back of my book and scribble to myself, just as if I'm talking to myself on here, until I know what I want to do.)
(That's really sad. :P)

(I've worked out that really, I just talk to myself and make it look like I'm talking to other people. Like I talk to the blog, and that's really just me taking advantage of the space to say the thoughts in my head. And irl I just talk to people but I'm talking to my benefit, not theirs. And in lessons I often just start talking, and people next to me ask who I'm talking to or ask if I'm talking to myself. I used to say I was talking to the world in general, or anyone who'd listen, but now I just tell them I'm talking to myself. :P)

Star Inkbright said...

Perstataphor? :O

That's a great new word!!! :)
*tries to remember it*

Yeah . . . :/ That's annoying when that happens.

Oh my gosh - the other day . . . well, the other week, now, my friend B was forgetting things.
Like my friend F looked at her and smiled, and B didn't recognise her and wondered why she was smiling at her.
And B's kind-of friend told B she was having lunch on the field, and B asked her kind-of friend if she could come with her because she didn't have any friends, because for one moment she'd totally forgotten that she was friends with us and she'd just . . . forgotten.
And then she forgot an argument she'd apparently had with someone, and she forgot the existence of The Walking Dead.
Which would be like me forgetting about Avenged Sevenfold. :O
And anyway, this was all in one day and we were getting rather worried. :P

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

I save your speaches if they make an effect on me. I mean, if they make me happy or make me feel like life is worth it or just make me feel wanted and approved I save them. Because I know someday in the future I'm going to look back at them when I'm having a low moment and it'll stop me from doing something stupid. I know that they'll help me at some point so I save them. Also I like hearing other peoples opinions as well.
Talking to yourself is awesome. In the back of my English book there's just a load of poems and a mini rap.

Brb food

Star Inkbright said...

*virtually hugs Silente tightly*
Thank you.
*virtually hugs again*

Really msd. D:

Thanks . . . :) I'll try and write more speeches that might make people feel happier then. :)
*virtually hugs again*

. . .
*virtually hugs again*

That's cool. :)
I just write the writing over the old writing when I talk to myself in my English book, so it's a scribbly black mess. :P
Because no one needs to read it and just writing "okay
okay
okay
okay
OKAY
OKAY
okay"
is a bit of a waste of space. :P

Chione Asahina said...

Every fucking time... *shakes head*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Not if it helps you think its not!
How do you forget that sort of stuff? That's weird..
That's a lot of virtual hugs..

Dragona Pine said...

Hello.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

I know Chi. I forgot to email you. Sorry. My fault..

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*waves at Sophia*
Hey.
*resists the urge to smirk*
How are you?

((hey Dragona!))

Dragona Pine said...

I HATE JEANS.


I ACTUALLY HATE CLOTHES IN GENERAL.


THEY'RE MADE FOR MIDGETS.


I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR FOUR BLOODY HOURS TODAY FOR SOME JEANS WHEN I HATE CLOTHES SHOPPING ANYWAY AND I ONLY FOUND ONE PAIR OF JEANS WHICH WAS REMOTELY MY SIZE.


Stupid midgets who make up the majority of the clothes market.

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Thats. It.

The next person who excludes me from a plot....I swear to god you will regret it. I don't care who you are, I'm fed up.

I don't care if you hate me, this is unjust. If you can't see past the fact just maybe I actually have seen my ways, you need a reality check. Grow up, exclusion is a form of bullying too, and each one of you excluding me now, have labeled me as such. Guess what? You're no better. You think by excluding me and everyone other person is just? You're wrong. You each label me, but you now act no better then I did. There's a saying, two wrongs don't make a right. Its true. Each one of you who ran off to roleplay privately, you were bullying. You deliberatly excluded each person, because either one of you disliked someone, or because people were new, and one of you did not take the time to make an effort. You each need to examine what you did, and stop. If this continues you all will have the label. You all are no better then I was. That post? You should know, we need one on how to not exclude people. Grow up.

To those in the group who may actually care, good for you. I probably did not refer to you. Do try to not hate me.

Dragona Pine said...

I'm fine thank you Silente. You?

Dragona Pine said...

Zaf, I'm not in every RP plot. And I don't mind. Tbh I just end up fighting with Silente over and over again but hey that's fun too. There's nothing stopping you from starting your own plot - it's not unheard of for two RP plots to be happening simultaneously.
Also: I don't hate you.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Yeah my plots aren't even plots so much as one time fights. And it helps if you reach out a bit more. I mean no offence here, your my friend and I understand, or at least partially know a bit about what your feeling, but just try a bit more. Insert your input once then see if its welcomed. Sometimes I don't mean to exclude people but it does occasionally happen by accident. Sorry if I've ever made you feel excluded..

@dragona/Sophia I'm fine thanks. Heard they caught Masky?

Dragona Pine said...

*smirks* Yes, yes they did. That is, if she hasn't escaped already. The people who were interrogating her were far from professional. I should have used my Spectre status to take legal power over the questioning and interrogated the "Masky" myself. Would have got better results. But I doubt it means anything here.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

I get the feeling if you had done that you would have been arrested yourself! Any news on the Grand Mage's decisions? I heard one had been made but, well, even my informants run dry. All I know is that Aro seemed angry at the end of his shift.
*smirks back*
Maybe she was released and they didn't even think to remove the mask.

Dragona Pine said...

I probably would have been arrested - unless of course my Spectre status actually is acknowledged. That puts me above the law. It means I can do what the hell I want to get the job done.
I haven't heard anything about the decision of the Grand Mage.
And I'm not surprised Aro was angry. He was useless. Maybe he got annoyed at his own incompetence.
If there's something you never do to a prisoner, it's give them what they want. If they're an assassin, don't give them a blade. If they're a soldier, don't give them a gun. If they can draw sigils, don't give them a bloody pen and paper.
I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't remove the mask. That would have been my first action, but yes I disagreed with what they were doing and made it very clear. I was asked to leave.

Ebony Law said...

But if they're good enough at their fucking job, they know how to get things done without their tools being handed to them on a silver platter.

Not that hard.

-I laugh, curling the laugh with a deeper tone-

No idea. Clueless!

Ebony Law said...

I can clear a room full of men with my fingernails, dear.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

I very much doubt it was his own incompetence that made him angry. He isn't very incompetent normally. Although I do agree you don't give a sigil person a pen and paper if you've arrested them. Chances are they'll probably use it for the worst.
*nods*
Taking the mask of would have been logical. Otherwise you don't know who they are. They could be anyone. It's simply not safe. But oh well.
*wrist device beeps*
Oh. Hmm. Apparently Masky was released yesterday night.

Dragona Pine said...

I agree, Leila. But this "Masky" isn't much of a threat. More of a bloody annoyance. I wouldn't say she is very good at her job at all. She attempts to kidnap and torture people but is defeated every time. Mostly by my hand.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Hello Leila White. I don't believe we've met before.

Dragona Pine said...

(Brb)

Ebony Law said...

Perhaps for a good reason.

-I giggle, turning my back on Silente-

Dragona Pine said...

(Back)

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

I'm not home, in school. You'll hear from my ideas when i get home.

Dragona Pine said...

*tilts head at Leila*

Are you, by any chance, on drugs? Or are you usually this insane?

Ebony Law said...

On drugs?

No, darling, I don't submit myself to such low standards such as those of your nature.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*nods*
*decides she likes Lelia*
Perhaps. Or maybe its a good thing for you more than I that we have never before met.

Ebony Law said...

What are you saying, Silente?
That you're superior?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Superior? That'd be rude. No I don't imagine myself to be superior to you Lelia. That'd disrespectful and stupid.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

**Leila

Dragona Pine said...

*smiles* That the best you got? A weak jibe? My question meant no disrespect - if I was being violent, you'd know about it.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Good.
*nods*
*looks her up and down*
*nods again*

Dragona Pine said...

*watches Silente looking up and down Leila*

What are you doing?

Dragona Pine said...

*watches Silente looking up and down Leila*

What are you doing?

Dragona Pine said...

(Brb)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*turns to Sophia and grins*
Thinking. Why does it bother you?
*raises and eyebrow at her*

Dragona Pine said...

(Back)


It doesn't bother me at all. I was simply wondering why you'd have an interest in an insane asshole with a superiority complex.


(No offense, Leila - it's just the way my character is)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*shrugs*
Just thinking. Anyway. Masky was released apparently. Despite your efforts. Ah well.
*doesn't seen that bothered*

Dragona Pine said...

The next time she shows up I'm going to either capture or kill her. Whatever the situation calls for. It makes no difference to me.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Well that's rather rude. I don't believe she has intentionally harmed you yet!
*glares at Sophia*
It's rude to kill people! You don't do that! Bad!
*squirts Sophia with water*
No. Your forbidden from killing her.
*nods*

Dragona Pine said...

That is only because I haven't given her the chance, yet.

*shows Spectre badge*

I'm allowed to kill people.


*wipes water from face*

I am no dog. Don't treat me as such. Why are you protecting a psychopath who kidnaps and tortures people?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Because I don't believe that killing people is the answer. And no one should be permitted to kill. It's wrong.
*folds her arms over her chest*
Even psychopaths, as you have labeled her, don't deserve to be killed. Not when they can be helped.

Star Inkbright said...

*not really here*

Psychopaths can't be cured.

It's just the way they are.

It would be like trying to cure someone of determination.

They still don't deserve to be killed, though - it's not their fault their bodies malfunction and they don't have the chemicals necessary in their brains to feel empathy. It's would be like punishing a dog for not speaking.

Dragona Pine said...

Sometimes killing people is the only answer. As a Spectre I'm entrusted with the power over life and death to maintain peace at all times, or to the best of my ability. If I have to kill her, I will. I won't take the decision lightly, but neither will I hesitate.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

((that's why I said helped. Its natural to them. They can't be cured, there's nothing TO cure. But rheu can be helped.))

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

That doesn't justify killing! You're putting out a light! Ripping up a family! That in itself is psychopathic to me. I have nothing more to say to you if you think killing people is okay.
*storms off*

Dragona Pine said...

I never stated that killing anyone is "okay". Sometimes it is necessary. And you're naïve to think otherwise.
If a person poses a threat to others, and is as persistent as "Masky", it would only be logical to deal with the threat with as little casualties as possible. As I said, whether I kill her or not will depend on the situation. If I can arrest her without her hurting anyone, I shall. If she attempts to hurt anyone or kidnap them, I will kill her unless there is a chance I can do it without her being harmed or harming others.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*turns to Sophia*
But you would still kill someone who hasn't done anything to anger you other than hurt others. Killing. Is. NEVER. The answer. And i'll stand by that till my last breath.
*walks off from the clearing*
*into the dense part of the forest*

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Wow... Seems like I've missed quite a bit.

Dragona Pine said...

It is my job to maintain peace. If I have to kill one person to stop the torture of ten, I shall. If I have to kill one person to stop the torture of two, I will. It is not the preferable outcome but it is necessary. It may not be the best answer to a problem but it is AN answer.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

((hey Liz))

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

((Hey. It seems like a sorta bad time to pop up. Should I come back later?))

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*is too far away to hear at this point*
*uses her portal to access her vault*
*changes into a cloak*
*puts on a mask that covers her eyes only*
*goes back to the forest and makes a holographic wolf*
*sits and plays with the wolf away from the clearing*
*makes a holographic Matex and dances with it even though it only feels like shes dancing on her own*

Dragona Pine said...

(Liz - we're kind of discussing it AS our characters so it's really not a bad time at all. ^^)

Chione Asahina said...

I get so upset... I haven't spoken to Mithria in so long... I always miss her when she comes on somehow.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

((nah its fine! Feel free to join in or we can just chat..))

Star Inkbright said...

((I read a book called The Psychopath Test.
It's really good.
You need to read it.
Immensely interesting and fascinating and also funny.

Psychopaths can't be helped. You teach them about empathy, they'll use the knowledge to better manipulate people. You be nice to them, they'll manipulate you. They won't learn, over time - that's been proven. They don't remember things like that. If you give them a strong electric shock that hurts, and then a bit later give them another one - the second time, they know it's coming and they know how much it's going to hurt but they aren't anticipating it and still react with the same amount of surprise.)

Star Inkbright said...

((Killing is never The Answer.
It is never The Correct Thing To Do.
But sometimes it can be less wrong than not killing.))

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

((i know Chi. Can't you email her or something as well? Then you can catch up off the blog..))

Star Inkbright said...

((That's proper psychopaths, btw.
Like, full-on bad psychopaths.
It probably doesn't even apply to people who can score as a psychopath on a test but really only have psychopathic tendencies.)

Star Inkbright said...

@Chi: :( . . .
*hugs*

Like Silente said - maybe email?
I know email isn't the same, but it's still great.

Chione Asahina said...

Yeah... I suppose i'll have to... But I don't check my e-mails a lot...

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

[She finally gets out of the hospital]

[She can breathe normally again, but her skin is going to be pink for a while]

[She doesn't like using magic for little things like burns]

[She has a somewhat irrational fear that it will change her somehow]

[Walks into Blogland, surveying the damage from the fire]

[It's been fixed up pretty efficiently]

[She's somewhat impressed]

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

((its better than nothing though Chi :/))
((is dragona still here?))

Dragona Pine said...

(Yes, I'm still here)

Chione Asahina said...

*plops down on the ground in a huff*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*sighs and both the holograms dissolve*
*taps the sigil on her forehead making a shield form around her*
*sends a hologram to the edge of the clearing*
*it calls to Sophia*
*makes a Matex and goes back to dancing with static*

Chione Asahina said...

Omg... I just realised.... I'm getting married in 5 days....

Dragona Pine said...

*sees the hologram*


*moves towards it*

Star Inkbright said...

@Chi: Yeah . . .
I suppose, though, you didn't use to check Blogland.
And now you do.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

((5 DAYS?! BUT YOU HAVEN'T PLANNED ANYTHING!!))

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*the hologram turns and sets of walking*
*going back to its creator*

*its creator is still dancing with her shield up and her holographic Matex*

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

[She looks around]

[Nobody's attacking anybody]

[She doesn't really know what to do when nobody's attacking anybody]

[She walks over to big dead tree (not of the dynamite variety) and draws a target at it with a piece of chalk]

[She walks several paces back and glances around, to make sure no one will, be in her way if she misses the tree entirely--not like that will happen.]

[She releases a knife from a sheath in her sleeve and tosses it at the target]

[An inch to the left of the center]

[Her few days in the hospital have made her a bit rusty]

[She throws another knife, then another at the target, until the fifth one hits dead center and bounces off the fourth]

[Then she goes back to pick them up and try again]

Star Inkbright said...

HUNTER DOESN'T BELIEVE IN PLANNING!

(My friend did an impression of me being a lawyer once, and rambling off track every five seconds.
She began with "Well, I think this person should be freed, because Hunter thinks they should be freed" -
XD)

Dragona Pine said...

*keeps following the hologram*

*wonders where it's going*

Star Inkbright said...

(("not of the dynamite variety." XD))

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

I dedicate this page to dedications. There have been so many good ones before this one and they deserve some credit too. In reality everything deserves credit. But I'm just going to credit dedications for today. So yes. Here is a dedication to dedications!

Chione Asahina said...

I...haven't done any planning. We haven't planned anything except the date. *digs a hole and lies in it* Fuck my life. No one is going to come.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*finally reaches its creator*
*well nearly, they're a few metres away*
*is dancing contently, hugging the hologram and smiling*
*shield up*

Dragona Pine said...

(Nice ded Silente - but I hope you realise the next time I have to ded I'm dedicating the page to the dedication of the page to dedications :P)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

((i'll come Chi! If you'd been on more i'd have helped you organise it!))

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

(If I wasn't already toast, I probably would be trying with a dynamite tree.)

Dragona Pine said...

*since the mask is only covering her eyes, realises who "Masky" is*

Silente, is that you?

In any case, you're under arrest.

*draws pistol*

Chione Asahina said...

But I need Blake to organise it, he hasn't been on like at all and Silente I had my last exam yesterday... D: I've been studying.

Star Inkbright said...

@Chi: It's fine. :) It's fine.
You can easily postpone it, and it won't take much planning, and if nothing else, I'll be there in one way or another.
*hugs*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

((i suppose you have a point there Chi..))

*smiles but doesn't stop dancing*
Hello Sophia.
*closes her eyes*
How are you?

Dragona Pine said...

I am fine, thank you.


*advances towards Silente*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*ignores her advancements*
Good. It's good that your okay.
*nods, still dancing*
Dont touch the shield. It'll turn you to ash.
*opens one eye*
And you wouldn't be half as pretty if you were ash.

Dragona Pine said...

*folds arms*

So why have you lured me here?



*activates holographic blade and pushes it against the shield in an attempt to get through it*

Chione Asahina said...

John will come on soon, i'll ask him to come on so we can plan it.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*the holographic blade is just absorbed into the shield*

To talk? To dance? To prove a point? I don't know. It felt like the right thing to do.
*stops dancing and the Matex hologram dissolves*

Chione Asahina said...

Literally in 5 minutes. I'll ask him as soon as he gets home. We are sticking with the 4th no matter what.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

((John? Oh. Right okay. Nm. Good! You need to sort it! And soon!))

Dragona Pine said...

I'm not dancing, if that's what you want. What point do you wish to prove?

Chione Asahina said...

((Yeah, Blake's name is John. I just use that name when I'm talking about talking to him cause I think some people on here forget we're actually going out irl too.))

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

I don't really know Sophia. But I'm sure there's a point somewhere.
*is growing paler the longer she has the shield up*
*smiles despite this*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

((some people probably do. I think its cute. Gem and John. Even your names fit!))

John said...

If you say so Silente....

Hullo everyone

Dragona Pine said...

I hope you realise once the shield is gone I'm arresting you.

Dragona Pine said...

(Hey Blake! How are you?)

John said...

(Nervous and tired Dragona.... Just got home from school)

Chione Asahina said...

Blake <3 *tacklehugs him*

Right... *climbs out of the hole, dusts herself off and drags him into the house and sits him down*

Wedding plans.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

((hey Blake))

Yes I realise that. Good thing it'll stay up until its drained me to death
*smiles again*
*wobbles slightly side to side*
Which may happen soon.

John said...

Right to the point I see...

I really dunno what we'll do. I've never been more than a guest at a wedding before

Chione Asahina said...

((Baby why are you nervous?))

Chione Asahina said...

I've been the flower girl....I've only been to my parents and cousins wedding.

Star Inkbright said...

((*has only been to one wedding before* *has been to a wedding party in Switzerland once, but that doesn't count, trust me*))

Dragona Pine said...

*activates another holographic blade and tries to stab through the shield again*


So you would rather be killed than arrested?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

I'd rather be a lot of things. I'm just tired again.
*wobbles again*
*shakes head and focuses*
Tired..hmm..

John said...

*Stands and looks out a window at Silente and Dragona*

Oh what'd she do now...?

Dragona Pine said...

*stabs again*

Dragona Pine said...

Blake, she has been kidnapping and torturing people under the disguise of a masked woman. She has brought me here to prove a point, but, as of yet, has not tried to prove any point that I can see and is instead just draining her own energy by trying to create a shield. I am going to arrest her as soon as it fails.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Stop stabbing the shield. It won't do anything. Well other than prolong the time it takes for it to drain.
*smiles*
*wobbles*

Chione Asahina said...

Oh um...time first?

Maybe around...9pm here? that will give time everyone time to get on and stuff...

John said...

Sure >.<

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