This time next week, many of you will have the final book in your hands. Most of you will be reading it. Some of you will be finished it.
I am so utterly delighted with the book and how it turned out — I really think it's the best one of the series — and so I am thrilled with the trailer that artist extraordinaire Tom Percival has come up with.
The clocking is counting down...
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*She heard her persuer and jumped into the trees. She leaped from branch to branch for a while, before she stopped and started to sob again. She didn't care if Marrok found her anymore. She just wanted peace. She wanted to be alone with her thoughts which cut at her*
Shut up. Shut up. Shut up.
(Love you too, Loki. Bye!)
*Marrok stops and sit at the foot of the tree Rose was in. He just sat and wagged his tail, looking up at her.*
*She tried to shoo Marrok away, still crying*
Go home, you stupid wolf... I don't want you here...
*Marrok still sat at the bottom of the tree and stays still. He whimpers slightly and quietly to himself.*
(Mass Effect quote time because no one is on.
Joker: Argh! You want me to go crawling through the ducts again.
EDI: I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees… [pause] That is a joke.
Joker: Right.)
(Shepard: So when should I book the room?
Garrus: I’d wait, if you’re okay with it. Disrupt the crew as little as possible… and take that last chance to find some calm just before the storm. You know me. I always like to savour the last shot before popping the heat sink. [pause] Wait. That metaphor just went somewhere horrible.)
(Mercenary: I don’t have anything to say to you–
Shepard: [pushes him through a window of a skyscraper] How about goodbye?)
(Wrex: Garrus… I have to make friends with the one turian in the galaxy who thinks he’s funny.
Garrus: Imagine how I feel. I’m supposed to hate krogan, but you came along and warmed my heart with your winning personality.
Wrex: I could throw a few salarians off a cliff if it’ll make you feel better.)
("We impose order on the chaos of organic evolution. You exist because we allow it, and you will end because we demand it." - Sovereign.)
(Food brb.)
I see I missed a lot.
(Back.)
Hello.
I'll be kind of distant...
(Hey Amethyst! How are you?)
I'm fine, thanks. You?
(I'm fine, too :). It seems to be really quiet today, for some reason. 0_0)
Yea. It IS very quiet... And it's a Sunday so more people should be on.
(Yeah... Maybe the zombie apocalypse has started. *looks hopeful*)
Well, it's possible. Why else would it be so quiet?
Usually it is bustling. I have not seen anyone at all, and I expected to come home to another full page...
(Well there could be a maniac who comes and slices people's hands off. But I might be overthinking this.)
(There are fifty channels on Freeview, and not one of them has anything good...)
That's... wow. That sucks...
(Whoever chooses what shows should be aired should be fired. I could do better.)
Stupid gerbil! I got BIT by Snowball.-Zaf
(*hums to Suicide Mission*)
You should complain. Tell them to fire that person and hire you. Everyone will be happier.
(That's a good point. Everyone would be happier. Apart from the person who got fired. :P
Zaf - before my cat died, my mum tried to give it a bath and it bit her finger so hard it went down to the bone.)
Friday night Vinette and I tried to give her cat a bath: All we got was an angry meow and the kitty ran. Now my now dead kitty loved water, we think because the place he was born flooded, and the Mom cat placed each kitten on the couch, he got over a fear of water. He used to try to take showers with my siblings.-Zaf
Well, it's possible that the person who got fired might be happy. They were failing at their job and would be happier at a job they don't fail at.
(My cat HATED water. :P)
(That is a possibility, Amethyst, yes. :P)
(Hm... should I buy the Mass Effect CD or not? *ponders*)
(Seems everyone has disappeared.)
I'm still here-ish. Just distant.
(Aha.)
This is just odd...
(What's odd?)
How silent it is. Rose will be waking up soon...
Should we do something so make it less quiet?
(What is everyone's favourite film, out of curiosity?)
Hmm...I'm tied between Thor 2, and Sweeney Todd. -Zaf
I don't really have a favorite...
(I've never seen Sweeney Todd. Is it any good?
Personally, I'm not a big fan of marvel films... I just end up finding plot holes and then it ruins the film for me. But I can't HELP but find plot holes... they just come to my mind when I watch them.
My friend really likes Marvel films, though. I guess I don't mind Iron Man but yeah.)
Sweeney Todd is amazing, it's a musical, but its funny as anything. Violent.
I liked Iron Man, and I had to watch Thor 1 and 2, The Avengers with my nephew so many times so you just end up liking it.-Zaf
(I don't like musicals. :P
I didn't mind Iron Man 1 and Iron Man 2... Iron Man 3 I didn't like, but yeah.)
I'm going to leave now. Good bye!
(Bye Amethyst!)
()
(Brb briefly.)
howdy
(Ello ello ello)
(And I'm back.)
(Hi dragon ^^)
(Hey Chloe! How are you?)
(I'm good
Kung fu was awesome, you?)
Hello.
(Hello Zaf)
(I'm fine, thank you.)
(I'm watching two rhinos mate)
(So was I, a minute ago. Now I'm watching Taken.)
(Still watching the zoo)
(I got disturbed by the mating rhinos.)
(I wanna be a vet to zoo animals do everything is an experience)
*so
(Even mating rhinos?)
I know most zoos have a volunteering service if you want to volunteer and then hopefully if it's what you want to do, you can be made permanent.
(Even mating rhinos ^^
Where I volunteer, there are two vizslas called gus and ginger . When I took them for a walk for the first time , ginger kept jumping up at me when I stopped, wanting attention. Gus then went at it with ginger in the middle of the walk. )
(I'm hoping to get experience at folly farm in spring. They now have lions)
(Sorry I poofed, watching Mass Effect videos.)
(I'm now watching thor)
(Which one?)
(The second
I love Loki XD)
(I don't like the Thor films. :P)
(Don't you? I like the avengers
I like a lot of things
Like
Harry potter
Hobbit
Anime
Music(rock)
Drawing
Writing stories
(I don't like the Avengers. Full of plot holes.
Harry Potter films... they're alright, I guess.
Never had anything to do with Lord of the Rings.
Never had anything to do with anime.
The only music I listen to are soundtracks and 80s music.
I can only draw vehicles and weapons, and that is all.
And I write stories every now and then.)
(Tbh I like a load of genres of music
Most of my stories are a recollection of dreams I have)
(I have a few SP stories but not many. I'm mainly concentrating on my Mass Effect fanfiction. Partly because it has the best characters I've ever made and yeah.)
(I don't tend to write fanfic
I normally write werewolf stories but the story I'm writing now is about demon and spirit summoners)
(Lol.
In my story, there's a character who has had their mind touched by a Reaper (basically imagine big alien robots that want to wipe out all organic life), and there's an ancient alien race who want to get at the knowledge she has in her head. So now my characters (Sophia included) are going to attack them head-on.
Sophia's ship got destroyed, but yeah.)
(Awesome ^^)
(I haven't actually written this in a while... I was focusing on a story based around Sophia which explained how she became like... how she is, really. :P)
(Cool
I find that I come up with too many story plots
I'm writing two ATM
One is about elves who have been exiled to dangerous lands and try to take down this evil organisation of humans
The other one is about a normal girl who enrols into this school that actually is for spirit and demon summoners)
(Those sound really good ideas. :)
If I have more than one story plot idea, I try and just mix them together, ignore the one that would be the worst, or just make two different stories.)
(Thanks ^^
That's a good idea 😋. I've written stories in wattpad too, but they aren't popular. I'm writing these two privately and I'll hopefully send them to a publishing agency)
(Thanks ^^
That's a good idea 😋. I've written stories in wattpad too, but they aren't popular. I'm writing these two privately and I'll hopefully send them to a publishing agency)
(I just write my Mass Effect story for the fun of it, really. Star reads it.)
(I wouldn't mind doing writing as a living
but my parents say it isn't practical
anyways I wanna be a vet. If I send it away and if its successful, ill continue)
(If I'd ever write, it'd be in conjunction with another ACTUAL job. :P)
(Yea, it depends how successful really ^^ I don't think my stories would be massive hits, but if they were good, then id retire early)
(I don't think anything I'd write would ever be successful, either. :P)
(well, my friend (actually, I don't know if he is, cos he wont message me or anything...not that he used to anyways) sent his work a few years ago to the agency that published harry potter and they said it was good, but because he was so young, they wouldn't because he wouldn't know what to do with the money
this may be bull crap though cos he tends to be narcisstic and thinks he is smarter than me, even though I was in more top classes than he was
when I actually speak of this, he is a right jerk)
(It's really annoying when you don't know how to word something so it sounds right, but you KNOW what you're saying has to be in there. Because it's important.)
(I don't think that sounds true, somehow. ^^)
(haha I know
now that I think of it...he is such a jerk
I haven't heard from him at all this summer.
There was this awesome French teacher who also did business studies. her name was miss evans
she left because she was offered a job at Bristol university.
on Thursday, when we had our life changing exam results, my friend txt my other friend, izzy ' what is mrs evans email'(as she gave it to some people to keep in touch). he didn't ask how anyone did in the exams or anything, which was rude. Izz told him ' firstly, its Miss evans, and Im not going to give it to you if you are going to be soo rude!' I laughed when she told me this
ps, I know EXACTLY what you mean)
Good. Someone likes me.
(Hi again ^^)
(Hey Zaf
Chloe - it's really annoying. Like I KNOW that it's needed because it's like a big part of the story but yeah... :P)
(blood on the dancefloor has some weird ass songs (>*~*)>
Hey can anyone who's on list fandoms they are into, so I can have a look? Thanks :)
(its the most annoying feeling ever...but I have to admit my English has gotten way better since reading SP)
(I was thinking about joining the furry fandom...)
(What's a fandom?)
(like you are part of the skulduggery fandom...a place where people gather with the same intrests and fanfic, as well as rp)
(My sincerest apologies... I fell asleep...)
(Ah. Well we don't RP, but Mass Effect... and SP, obviously.)
(Heya Death ^^)
(I wanted to join the furry fandom...but apparently they are weird...)
(Whovians are a fandom. And I used to be able to call off seventy off the top of my head. Damn you, exhaustion...)
(I don't know what furry is.)
(Hey Penguin.)
(basically a furry is an animal with human like qualities)
(Aha.)
loads of people make costumes of their furry character...maybe I should draw mine?)
(Brb.)
(KK ^^)
Morniny.
(Hi again ^^)
(Im going to bed now. night night)
(Hey Loki!)
(Good night, Penguin!)
(Does it really freak anyone else out when they see Patrick Stewart standing up? It's always like 'Professor X! You can walk again!')
*huggles Rose*
(Back. Can't sleep.)
(I just realised that Sophia has a screwed up past. Not the most screwed up out of my characters, but pretty messed up.)
*She pushed Loki to the floor, clambered into his lap, and hugged him tightly*
I missed you...
(I reckon Rose has a worse past, Dragona...)
I missed you too. *holds her close*
*She kissed his neck*
I love you...
(Probably, I reckon. :P
Sophia was born in Canada and worked as a detective for a while. She had a boyfriend who attended a biotic (her energy) training programme with her.
She wasn't very good at biotics - although her control was unmatched amongst the trainees, she lacked damage and power.
Basically someone killed a politician, so she went with her partner (detective partner, not her boyfriend), and managed to link the murder to a pro-human military terrorist organisation called Cerberus - who, it seemed, wanted to be caught.
She went to a Defence Council and submitted the evidence against Cerberus. But as she was leaving, Cerberus decided to send a gunship after her. Because the council now knew that they would kill politicians who opposed them - so Sophia had outlived her usefulness.
Her partner was killed, and she and the gunship crashed.
She was taken to the hospital, and as she went back to her apartment she found some documents showing that her boyfriend was working with Cerberus. So she wasn't very happy and dumped him.
To cut a long story short - she was recruited by the military, was part of an assault against Cerberus that went horribly wrong (like everyone but her died), she had to shoot her ex-boyfriend to stop him firing missiles at the galactic political hub, was quite seriously injured (how she got a scar on her face), and then was trapped as Cerberus began to burn the building. Her armour saved her life, though she received serious burns.
And that isn't all that happened to her - that's just why she's a bit of a bitch.)
I love you too Rose.
(Wow that was hugely long... Sorry.
I think I'd rate Sophia about third on my most screwed up character past list.)
(Going to school...)
(Bye Rose!)
(I have to go now. Bye!)
Well, with Rose...
She was brought up a few years before the war with Mevolent. She was the daughter of Baron Vengeous, but placed into foster care with her true mother and a new father. This father, ultimately, turned out to be Nefarian Serpine. That's where she learned the glare, by manipulating Serpine's power into her eyes, rather than her hands.
When she was two years old, rebel outbreaks had started. They came to her house. They knew that she was Baron's child. They could use her in the upcoming war for leverage.
They came in and took her mother when she fought. She died in front of Rose. Rose got angry. That's where she first learned to use the glare. She glared at the men but they escaped.
Serpine returned later on and took Rose away.
She helped Mevolent throughout the war. She was a spy, a double-crosser. She would do anything if it helped him. She worshipped him.
But her sides began to shift towards the end of the war.
She started refusing Mevolent's orders. She helped the other side. She was found out. Tortured for weeks on end.
Then the war ended.
She became a hitman. She killed anyone if it got her enough money. She was damn good at her job. Killing agents by the hundreds. That's why there are always people out to get her.
But in the recent years, she discovered her real father was Baron, mere moments before his death. She started to cool down. She stopped fighting for a solid decade. But her enemies found this out and took advantage. They attacked her when she wasn't ready.
She's been through more tortures than thought possible. She's been kidnapped and her throat slit more times than she'd ever admit. But she'll keep a smile on her face, no matter what.
So there. Rose.
(And that, my friends, was the longest thing I've wrote in a long time...)
(Seems I'm back.
Yeah, I think Rose is more screwed up. :P)
(Yeah, Rose is messed up.)
(The thing is, I didn't want to break Sophia, kind of. I wanted her to be able to take the hit, and get stronger from it. Sure, it'd have an impact on her, but not completely mentally scar her, you know? Which was when I came up with that.
She was only ever supposed to be a background character, for a start. But then she changed into a main character. :P)
(That. Was. EXHAUSTING. Decent night turned sour now considering a few rotten words said... I'll get dad to fix them in the morning...hopefully it won't be too late by then...)
(Hey Silente! How are you?)
(Tired. Long night. VERY long night. I need a distraction...)
(you?)
(Try playing Tetris, Tetris. :P)
(I'm fine, thanks.)
(Dragona, what's your thoughts on the new Doctor Who theme?)
(Titles - bad. Theme tune - horrific.)
(Nah...Tetris needs brain focus from me..)
(Wanna rp?)
(Ugh. The new title is terrible. It's not even the time vortex anymore! Ugh.)
(Sure. Preferably not something with destruction though because I'm tired. Death and explosions is for after 9am. :P)
Rose's Friend: Hello. I think it's interesting. It's different than they have done before. Every one looks just that bit similar, time vortex, ect. but this one has a steam punky feel, and i think that's very different and a very interesting thing
(Erm...just the clone and Leri talking then? No destruction there..)
(I think that they've made it different... But bad different. The theme tune just sounds like someone screeching.)
(Sure.)
(Never mind the titles...what do people think of the new doctor?)
Clone: Hey Leri...do you think Sophia will actually fix Sil? Do you think she should fix Sil?
(Silente - I didn't like the first half of the episode. A combination of the doctor and what was actually happening. For a start I didn't like him at all, but then part way through the episode he became better.)
... I... I don't know... I think she should fix her... But I don't want her to fix her... I don't want to get hurt again... But... I don't think Sophia could fix her... Our technology isn't that good...
Well the interesting thing is it's based off a fan on youtube design of an intro. It's also interesting about the cogs and the clock as it is meant to be a clock. Remember the poem that Clara read to the Doctor at the end of the Time of the Doctor.
"And now it's time for one last bow
Like all your other selves
Eleven's hour is over now
The clock is striking twelve's."
(I got pissed when they did the door/window thing..)
(I personaly..I don't really like him much so far but I'm still in the testing zone..)
^^ From friend.
(I think they could have made the titles so much better. And no words can express how much I dislike the new theme tune.)
Clone: Well...she could make James fix her...and I know this is wrong but...but maybe if they just...left her dead...maybe it would be safer...I mean then the bad part...its gone isn't it?
... Part of me thinks that she should stay dead because it's safer... The other part disagrees... *hugs the clone* ... I want her to live, but to not hurt anyone...
Clone: *hugs Leri back* But..even if she was fixed she would probably still hurt people so...so maybe its better like this...but then, then she's dead...which is bad...but she's not even fully her i mean...isn't she part me too?
... I don't know... But... I don't think I want you to be fixed... I'm running out of friends... I just feel so alone...
'Ello everyone...
Clone: But...don't they have to fix me to fix her?
..do you think there could be another way...to fix her mean...
(Hello Ugly.)
... I... I don't know... I don't really know much about what happened... *holds the clone's hands* ... You're my friend...
(Says the dead one.)
Clone: *smiles* You're my friend too...I'm glad Silente didn't kill you.
(Hey that's a low blow...)
(Indeed it was, being called ugly every time I come here gets rather annoying.)
... She could have... She... She broke my helmet... I was so scared... I still am scared...
(You realise all you have to say is 'Sil can you stop calling me ugle please it hurts my feelings' and I'll stop right..?)
Clone: she won't hurt you...she can't if she's dead...
(That would be far to simple and I wouldn't get to insult you back.)
(Seriously though it doesn't like hurt your feelings does it?)
... She died before... Death doesn't stop her... I'll just get hurt...
(Not much does.)
(Seriously -.-
I dedicate this page to the ability to roll with the verbal punches and not give a damn about what people think of you.)
Clone: *hugs Leri* no...she can't come back without help...and she probably won't get help on Sophia's ship...
(...I feel bad for calling you ugly now...I might stop...)
... I guess... Sorry... *hugs the clone again* ... I'm just upset...
Clone: I know...its okay Leri...
(Oh don't feel bad, I can take it. Inserting myself into the RP now.)
*Appears in a flash of light*
Hey, have I missed anything important?
(Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand everyone's gone.)
(And everyone is still gone...)
(I might be here a bit later on...)
OMG I WON AN AVENGERS POSTER!!!-Zag
I have the tie-breaker post up for Guess the Bloglandian.
I don't think anyone who's part of a tie is on at the moment, but if you want to solve the puzzles for the fun of it, you're welcome to. :-)
(Hey El!)
(Congrats, Zaf!)
(I know what I'm doing tonight, Fabi!)
(Back-ish. Since people seem to be here now.)
(BLAKE!)
:-)
[waves to everyone and gives smiley-faces, hugs and cookies as desired]
(DEATH! WHY ARE WE SHOUTING?!)
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