The next few weeks and months are going to be choc-full of announcements and reveals. In a matter of DAYS, for example, you'll be finding out more about this "270914" thing, and after that you'll be getting all kinds of juicy goodness. But TODAY, my Minions, is the day I announce something that has been in my head for YEARS.
I am proud, excited and absolutely delighted to announce that a special, exclusive gathering will take place in London on publication day, August 28th. I give you...
The Requiem Ball.
This is an invitation only get-together — a party, if you will — with 120 places up for grabs in very special competitions for Ireland and UK readers. You'll get the details of these competitions and other ways to nab yourself an invitation over the next few weeks, so keep an eye on this blog.
But you know I'd never leave the rest of you out of the action COMPLETELY, so we're going to have 250 party packs, jammed full of goodies, ready to send to you so that you can throw your own simultaneous Requiem Ball Parties at home. There'll be loads of stuff to download, whichever far-off country you're in, be it Ame-rica (am I pronouncing that right?) or Burkina Faso (yes, we notice EVERYTHING).
The Requiem Ball is basically my thank you to all of my Minions, for creating such a fun, creative, and frankly down-right crazy community around these books. I want to bring everyone together for one almighty celebration for the final book, and it's going to be EPIC.
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*nods*
How be thee on thus fine day in a month that be not may? Is the sun shining? Doth thou birds sing? Oh deary do please tell me everything!
Hello Emerald!
*throws her a saber*
Engarde!
Good day dear Chi of the ice and the snow! How be on this day I beg to know! (Or at least I would if I begged). Also did you get my last email last night? The one about megabus?
*catches the saber*
En garde it is, then!
*jabs wildly in a random direction* *then realises I have no idea how the heck to fence*
Ive g2g now, byii
And hey, Chione. :)
Your fanfictions are really good, btw. :)
*flashes in with her own epée*
*aiming for her stomach*
Bye Chlog!
Bye, Chloe!
*flicks right hand* *a wall of shadows and air instantly forms around me and it /should/ be unbreachable*
(also, um, Silente...
What the heck is an epèe?)
*pulls back seeing the shadows*
Well that's just mean
*throws glitter glue at the shadows*
(There are many diffrent types of fencing sword. Saber, standard foil etc and the epée is one of them. *doesn't actually know fencing* *this is knowledge aquired through books*)
You dare to use... *shudders* GLITTER GLUE?
*the shadows melt away*
I summon thee, Internet gods!
*a purple ice lolly is now in my hand*
Be afraid. Be very, very afraid.
*brandishes the ice lolly of doom*
(oh. Okay :P)
Omg thank you emerald :D
And yes I did Silente.
Not the ice lolly of doom! Erm..
*pulls out a dodo*
What? Nope!
*ornage*
Nuh uh
*glitter bag*
Nada
*flamethrower*
Aha!
*bandashes the flamethrower threateningly at the ice cream*
Welcomes! And please, call me Fay. :)
@Chi Oh good. Is it of any help? I mean its cheaper than the train...and if i get to go I might grab a train to Manchester and get on the same bus at the manchester stop...
*retaliates with a...*
*thinks for a bit*
Aha!
*pulls an adorable kitten out of nowhere*
You wouldn't hurt an itty bitty kitty, would you?
Awwwww!
*throws the flamethrower away*
*comes out with a teacup pig*
Aha! Everyone knows kitty's won't attack if you have a teacup pug!
Um... Uh...
*the kitty changes into a teaSPOON pig*
Mwahahahahahaha!!!!
*frowns at the teaspoon pig*
*the teacup pig becomes a teaspoon kitten*
Wait...no that won't work..
*it turns into a t-rex*
Ha ha!
MSD 4 FOOD
*the teaspoon pig poofs and turns into a makeup kit*
Haha! Bow before the power of EXTREME MAKEOVER, DINOSAUR EDITION!!!!
*a whirlwind encases the t-rex and brushes, creams, powders etc give the bewildered dinosaur an extreme makeover*
MBD AS MY EXTREMELY AWESOME BROTHER JUST PUT ON NOW YOU SEE ME
(Back!)
*frowns at the dinosaur*
Dino!
*it turns into a puppy*
Silente, e-mail.
OMG!!!! I seriously have to win this. It's the day before my Birthday - going to this party would be the BEST PRESENT EVER!!!
So exciting. I literally am having trouble breathing right now! :O
This movie is amazing...
But I guessed 80% of the 'magic' in the first show... :)
HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO:)
Hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Luciana!
Hello Chioneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! How are youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu?
Ignore that pooooof! t never happened!
I'm alright, you?
I've decides to start pet sitting! It will get me money (which i always need) and work experiance and maybe even exercise!
SILENTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
I'm okay I think, Chione. Really awful headache though. >-<
LUCIFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!
*highfives*
Sup pup!
I'm now dizzy from the shaky cam...
HOW ARE YOU SILENTE?!
Hello.
Silente, e-mail.
Hey Dragona!
Hello Dragona.
Hello Elleni! How are you?
Also - how are you, Dragona?
Sorry! I'm distracted doing work!:/
Hey Chione and Lucia! How are you both?
I'm fine, thank you.
Hey Elleni!
I'm okay thanks, Dragona. Just a bit of a headache. >~<
Glad you're okay!
*salutes Elleni*
*hugs Elleni*
Hey:3
I'm great Dragona. I really am :)
Life's good again. But for how long?
REPRESENTING ALL THE WOMEN
SALUTE
SALUTE
Loki doki, Elleni!
FABIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII *attacklehuggles* How are you?!
LUUUUUCCCCCYYYYYYYYYYYYY [attacklehuggles back]
I am okayish. You?
Always fear, Dugglyn is here!!!!
How be's yous?!
How be's yous eyes?!
I'm headachey... Trying to do EPQ stuff though. Got a meeting tomorrow... >_>
Does anyone have an idea for a last name for Dugglyn? I can't think of any....
Hey Dugglyn! *hugs* I'm headachey! How are you?
And I suck with names, sorry... :P
I'm good!
*hugs back*
Yeah, I'm bad with names as well...
I might be ok with first names (I didn't even think of Dugglyn!) But adding a last name is hard!
Hi Elleni! How be's yous?!?
How be's yous eyes?!?
Hmm Dugglyn Finkleburg. I will think about that...
Thanks for the idea!
When I say I'm bad with names I tend to mean I only use stupidly weird names...
For example:
Elaissia Daksa Zanone
Luciana Clover Scáth
Livi Delicae
Fei
etc.
[hugs Lucy]
I hope your headache goes away soon.
Hey Dugglyn!
Dugglyn Caterpillar?
Dugglyn Odd?
Dugglyn D. Dugglynson?
Dugglyn Idunno?
(I can't think of anything better, sorry)
Wb Elleni!
Yeah it is pretty awesome! Or what about Finkleberry? Or Dugglyn Lampy? Or Dugglyn Birdfeeder?
Ok sorry those are just random things I saw!
Lucy, I like your names!! They're nice! Really!
Hehe, Fabi I like Dugglyn D. Dugglynson!
Hi Fabi!!!
How be's yous?!
How be's yous eyes?!
Dugglyn Carzainia!
Carzy! The correct version of crazy!
Sorry I poofed I'm editing my profile and then my mom didn't realize I was home so when she left she turned on the alarm and so if I went down stairs the motion sensor would see me and set off the alarm so I had to fix that!
Yes, I think I am!
Hi Chi!!!!
How be's yous?!?
How be's yous eyes?!?
And save! Yeah! Now I have a profile! And a last name!
Sorry I went to my sisters art exhibition thingy majig.
Hey!
*flips from a tree*
*lands lightly*
Who wants to play a game?
Sorry I'm so distant!
I didn't put much thought into my name, tbh.
That's why I go by Moss sometimes, because that name suits me so much more. Only my roleplay character is Fabi, and that's what nearly everyone knew me as first, so people kept getting confused, so I mostly don't bother.
Yay, Dugglyn!
A game that's fun.
OMG TRUTH OR DARE!
*looks at Silente suspiciously*
What kind of game?
Oh and Hi!
How be's yous?!
How be's yous eyes?!?
I got a last name! It's Carzainia!
I be gudz!
My eyez be finz!
Cook last name!
OMG!!! YES!!! Truth or dare!!!!
Yes, it is a cook last name!
We can make our characters do dares...its more fun than scrabble. And more fun for you lot than hunt the humans.
That's a good question, Elleni!
Yes, agreed. I don't like hunt the human! I'm not really human though....
Truth from character me's thinks.
Hunt the human is where vampires chase after humans, hunt then down, and eat them.
That would be awesome, Jaz! :-)
Hopefully we can work something out...
The dares are usually things like impersonating someone else, talking without vowels, etc. It's all here stuff, though, not affecting real life.
We can play that if you like Jazz Hands. I'll give you a 5 second head start
*grins showing two neat rows if pointed teeth*
Oh. If it's completely character, I should probably play as Effie...
Brb.
If we did from real person then people may not want to do it because they may not want to share that info on the internet. It's not that I don't trust you peeps but other, creepy people can look at the comments also....
SORRY FOR ME BEING SO DISTANT I'M DOING WORK!
Okay we'll wait for Fabz to return then start. Dugglyn can go first
As in I truth or dare someone first or someone truth or dares me?
The power of one man doesn't amount to much. But, however little strength I'm capable of... I'll do everything humanly possible to protect the people I love, and in turn they'll protect the ones they love. It seems like the least we tiny humans can do for each other.
Hunt the vampire? Spoiler->the vampires win.
Where the vampire can't fight back! >:D
Ok, Elleni, truth or dare?
I'm sorry but how do you plan to prevent the vampire from fighting back?
And need I point out I can outrun BOTH of you.
Hey Adra, Dugglyn, Elleni
What do ya say Silente? Wanna play hunt the vampire where the vampire can't fight back?
There's no such thing as a painless lesson-they just don't exist. Sacrifices are necessary. You can't gain anything without losing something first. Although if you can endure that pain and walk away from it, you'll find that you now have a heart strong enough to overcome any obstacle.
Hi Chi! Hi Adra! (If you stayed!)
Ok, dare and ded. The two D's. Hmm...
(Ok, I need some help! What should I do? I'm not sure how to start....)
Usually it's sort of a mix that just kinda works.
And nobody asks each other things like where they live or what their given name is.
We've never had to, like, set rules.
Except that it doesn't apply to roleplay canon.
But yeah. It just works.
*laughs*
*stops suddenly* no. Even if you somehow prevented me from fighting back neither of yoy can teleport and i beat you both in speed.
((I got the first comment. I dedicate the page to something.))
Even when our eyes are closed, there's a whole world out there that lives outside ourselves and our dreams.
I love Adras quotes. They're so inspirational.
I've returned, by the way.
(You weren't here before...)
Oh, shut up, Fabi! You were here before and we're basically twins, so...
(...we look nothing alike)
Sure we do!
ADRA IS GETTING SO DEEP TODAY
I SORTA LOVE IT
FMA
Hey Effieeeee
Maybe after truth or dare.
I did not just dedicate this page to something! I promise! I dedicate this page to the Requiem Ball. I hope that I can go and that other hollandaise can too! The chances of me getting to go is slim.
I made a special blog for this, if you are serious about this: requiemballgermany.blogspot.de :D
Ok, Elleni. I dare you to buy me a 2000 pound cheese cake!
Maybe we should let effieeeee go....so we get an idea of what types of dares to do...
Yes. I want cheese cake. Now!
No! Silente! I want my 2000 pound cheese cake!
*laughs*
*grins* you deserved that Dug.
*Bows*
*Her tongue may be sharp, but her words are stolen fragments of something bigger than her*
*Is flattered, however, that one mistakes the words to be under her ownership* *Perhaps the creation of such a thing is more than likely to come to by by her mind, but not in this instance*
*Leaves*
Hey! What was that for?!
*licks the cheese cake off her mouth*
Mmmmm, this is good! Thanks!
*uses her hand to scrape more off her face*
Ok, who's next?!
*high fives Elleni back*
Right Elleni your turn.
Bye Adra!
Bye Adra!
Hmmm.... Dare!
*raises hand*
I am!!!
Me, you, Dugglyn and possibly effieeeee although she seems to have poofed...
*looks at Dugglyn*
*turns and runs*
[waves to Adra]
I'll be distant, by the way. Fabi and I are having a multitasking battle, which is sorta stupid, seeing as we're multitasking to be each other and ourselves, but y'know, whatever.
Wait, so I have to hunt Silente and eat her?! Eew!!!!!
*runs faster*
*grins*
*faster*
*faster*
*FASTER*
*sighs and runs after Silente*
*when it becomes apparent she won't be able to catch up running she turns into mist*
Here comes the Sun!
Deodorant!
Or in this case, Here comes the Dugglyn!!!!
*the floats behind Silente, slowly gaining*
*it is taking a lot of energy*
(Hehe!)
Bring it Carzainia!
*climbs halfway up a tree*
*starts swinging like a monkey*
*still moving at a high speed*
*the mist is suddenly holding a caffeinated energy drink*
Heheheehehehehhehehehe!!!!! DIE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!
*drinks it all in one gulp*
*starts shaking*
I'M GOING TO CATCH YOU LITTLE VAMPY!!!!!!!!!! HEHEHEHEHHEHEHEHEHEHHE!!!!!!!
*starts moving even faster*
(You see I never have caffeine but yet I'm really hyper so when I have caffeine....
Let's just hope the world doesn't blow! Oh and I didn't really have caffeine so if I really did, like in real life, it would be even carzier!)
Oh God not energy drinks!
*drops to the ground and moves FAST*
OH MY GOSH I LOVE THIS
(Im a wild banshee ninja. I can turn into mist and walk on walls and stuff like that! I also explode when I have sugar or caffeine and in this case I had both!)
*turns and runs THROUGH the mist*
*heading back*
*moves so fast she is a blur*
*crackles madly*
BwahahahahahahahahHH!!!!!!! MWAHAHAHHAHAHhHhHHHHHhHHHhAahhahahahahaha!--!--!!!!!!!!!!
I WILL CATCH YOU!!!!! DONT TRY AND RUN!!! I WOULDN'T HURT YOU!!!! i think.
*the mist stops and goes the other way*
*moves quickly*
(Just thinking about caffeine made me really hyper!)
That's not reassuring!
*emerges in the tree line*
*shouts while running past*
How do I win?!
*follows Silente*
*goes right through the trees*
YOU DON'T, DEARY!!!!!!!
MWHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!,,!!!!!!!!!
*is gaining on her*
I WILL CATCH YOU!!!!
*nods*
*she can do that*
*moves faster than a blur teeth grit*
[high-fives Jaz]
Dugglyn, you seriously need to meet Jubi.
SERIOUSLY
*drinks more energy drink*
*is mist is turning different colors now*
I!!!! MUST!!!!!!! WIN!!!!!!!!!!!
*suddenly shoots forward and latches onto Silente*
*shouts into her ear*
HI HONEY!!!!!!!
Ahhh!
*shakes while running trying to get the creepy mist off*
*bashes her back against a tree*
Oww!
*runs as fast as she can, her skin nearly burning*
*it'd be difficult, if at all possible, to hold onto her now*
*goes straight through the tree*
*part of the mist is still on Silente the other part is trying to keep up*
(Just a little bit is on her, it got stuck in her hair or jacket or something like that!)
(Eleni if you could tell us when I win that'd be great)
(Right now I am sitting on my room all alone in the house listening to Here Comes The Sun over and over again, crackling!)
(Probably soon...)
(**Elleni)
*is panting now*
*keeps up the speed dodging the trees*
*takes even more energy drink*
*the mist is now turning colors and letting off sparks*
*a small part of it is still on Silente*
*the rest is not far behind*
*sprints back to the clearing*
*screams out* TIMES UP!
*falls and lays flat on her back panting on the ground*
JUBILANCE GLEE.
One of the coolest people in the known universe.
I think she and Dugglyn would get along splendidly and also possibly destroy the world.
But who cares! XD
(What Effie means to say is that Jubi is another random hyper awesome minion who used to frequent these pages. She's either one of my best friends or possibly my arch nemesis. Most likely both. She's hilarious, and so is Dugglyn, and I think they'd get along well.)
*solidifies*
*her vision is weird*
Realizes her eye is in Silente's hair*
Um, could I have my eye back please?!
*is still vibrating and changing colors and letting off sparks*
I think that was a bit too much energy drink!
(Um, I'm not sure, actually...?)
Your...
*reaches a hand into her hair*
EWWWWWWWW!
*yanks the eyeball out and lobs it at Dugglyn*
MY HAIR!
(Oh, now I really want to meet her!
Hi Dragona!!! We're playing truth or dare and I just had 3 caffeinated energy drinks and am really hyper! (I didn't have caffeine in real life but I am hyper in real life!))
*Okay, I think maybe Silente won*
*Totally didn't flip a coin*
Welcome back, Dragona!
*jumps up*
Yes!
*grins and sticks her tongue out at Dugglyn*
I win.
Okay who am I daring or truthin?
(There was a bit of mist stuck to Silente and it was my eye!)
*catches to eye and pops it back in*
*is still shaking, changing color, and letting off sparks*
Thanks Silente! That feels better!!! Who's next!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
I don't care!
*sticks her tongue out Silente*
*more sparks fly out of her*
*one lands in Silente's hair*
Sorry!
Effieeeeee!!!!!!!
STOP MESSIN WITH MY HAIR!
*makes sure it doesn't set her hair alight*
Effieeeee. Truth or dare?
I said sorry!
Okay this is just a poll question, who's heard of truth, dare, double dare, kiss, command or promise?
You can use just one e at the end if you like. :P
DARE.
I haven't, though sometimes my friends and I play dare or double dare.
(Earlier I was playing Mass Effect 3's multiplayer as my Turian Soldier. Who, with the specs I have, can have a 107.5% damage increase when he uses an assault rifle.
... then everyone on my team died. Well, apart from me.
I mean, it IS understandable - it was a mission where you had to hack into a computer. Which involved staying stationary in a small area.
And all the enemies spawned HORRIBLY close to where we were supposed to be hacking.
So yeah... everyone died. I revived two of them but the third one was executed. Then the two were instantly killed by an enemy called a Phantom. So I couldn't revive them.
So I tried to gun down the enemies but at the wave and difficulty we were on, there were about four of the strongest enemies and four of the second-strongest. So I couldn't DO anything by myself. I had to run away and lead the enemies in a huge chase around the map, setting ambushes whilst I was going. I NEARLY died quite a lot, but bearing in mind the amount of powerful - and the not-so-powerful - enemies that had spawned I did exceptionally well. I managed to take down all of the strongest ones and was getting swarmed by enemy soldiers.
So I kept continuing the hack by staying in the area whenever I could. But every now and then there were a tonne of enemies so I couldn't stay and yeah I was running out of time.
I survived, but I ran out of time. So the hack wasn't completed. So we failed the mission and failed the game.
It annoyed me. People who were using stronger characters than I were kept being taken down. And my little soldier was like "aaahhhh!")
Okay!
Erm....
Kiss Elleni!
This unit has no data available regarding a game of that title.
I've not heard of it, no.
YUS!
*laughs at Elleni's reaction, sending sparks everywhere*
We do not understand the objective of the game or why it is necessary for entertainment.
We have no concept of entertainment.
...
[Suddenly develops a stereotypical Britsh accent]
[Illusions a suit of armor, minus the helmet]
Alrighty then.
Terribly sorry, Elleni.
[Does a dramatic sweeping bow]
[Takes her hand and kisses it]
I am at your service, my lady.
OI!
WAY TO BREAK MY LOOPHOLE, ELLENI
Sorry Effie. Loophole was turminated.
So the Requiem ball in germany is a thing now. It is because there's a blog for it now. So if you live in Germany (NRW would be best so you don't have to drive that far but I don't really care where you're from as long as you do this) come to this blog I made for it. Please, I can't do this without you!!! www.requiemballgermany.blogspot.de , that's your new destination! Seriously, only one and a half weeks and then we have summer holidays all you people from NRW- we can do this!!
*drags Elleni back*
*laughs*
*falls to the ground rolling with laughter*
*she does find it funny but not this funny*
*all the energy drink is making her carzy*
*sparks fall around her*
This unit does not comprehend the objective of this game.
*laughs at Dugglyn and Elleni*
I said kiss! Not snog! Cool it girl!
YOU CAN'T EVEN SPELL TERMINATED!
[catches herself]
[Resumes accent]
My apologies, I had momentarily forgotten that insulting a person's spelling and/or grammar abilities was the lowest of arguments.
...
Oh, dear. It seems Elleni has left us. What a pity.
MY EYES.....
*laughs harder*
ARE DYING OF....
*laughs even harder*
LAUGHTER!!!!
*speaks between fits of laughter*
COOL WHAT?
Hehehhhahahahhehehhohoho
MY EYES?!
Oh no Effie she's right here.
*gestures to Elleni*
It's fine.
We do not understand. It was our understanding of human biology that laughter was the result of rhythmical contractions of the diaphragm and other parts of the respiratory system, and that the optics of a human had no part in this. Please clarify.
It is hard to speak when you are talking! It's a fact Mr. Roboty!
Ooooooo! That is your new nickname, Mr. Roboty!
Well Gethzilla the movement of her diaphragm warmed her body and the excess heat was ventilated through her eyes..
Oh, sorry Mr. Roboty. I think I misunderstood you!
I shall not die tonight.
Effieeeeee! Your turn!!!!
[Makes Elleni seem to disappear]
[Teleports to library]
[Grabs a very startled Rook]
[Makes him a name tag that says Elleni]
[Reappears]
[Whispers to Elleni to be quiet]
[Takes her hat (assuming she's wearing one) and puts it on Rook's head]
[Kisses him]
Yeah Ef. You gotta dare now. Or truth. I think your wither saying it to Gethzilla or Dugglyn
This unit is not a robot. The word 'Robot', according to our data, originated from the Czech word 'Robota' meaning 'forced labour'. We are not forced in to any kind of physical activity, therefore we are not a robot.
*looks at Silente*
You are trying to be humorous. That is statistically improbable in a human.
*stands up, still laughing*
*wobbles slightly*
HI SILENTE!!!
*holds her arms wide*
DO YOU WANT A HUG?!
*runs up to her and tries to take a bite out of her*
Hehehe
*moves away from Dugglyn*
I'm fine thanks Dugglyn.
I don't care Mr. Roboty! That is your nickname! Even if you aren't a robot!
This unit believes the human designated "Dugglyn" is malfunctioning and is in need of repairs.
Well Gethzilla its statistically improbable that I'm a human.
Guys this has nothing to do with this blog post but I have successfuly gotten two of my friends hooked on this series.One of said friends started read these books a moth ago and is already on book four and my other friend is on chapter twelve of the first book.
Derek,your welcome
Rook: Hi Effie, nice to see you, too.
Effie: [Whispers in his ear] Thank you!
Rook: [Still looks confused] [Gives Elleni her hat back]
Effie: Geth unit, truth or dare?
Rook: [under his breath] Ah, that explains things.
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