Ladies and gentlemen, for those who haven't heard, head over to the Waterstones site for a very special special edition announcement...
http://www.waterstones.com/blog/2014/08/the-dying-of-the-light-black-edition/#more-59340
This is something I've had in mind for years — a super supreme limited edition of only 1000 copies— the Black Edition. Those lucky few who have managed to get your hands on a proof copy of the first book should recognise the design we're echoing, bringing the whole thing full circle...
We're working with Waterstones on this, and so the Black Edition will only be available in their shops. You won't be able to preorder these. You won't be able to reserve one online or in person. Not even Waterstones STAFF can preorder these for THEMSELVES! On the day of publication, they will be put on the SHELVES — not on a table, not in the store window, not on a table out in front, but on the SHELVES. So you'll have to go hunting for them.
We already have 5000 copies of a Special Edition that comes signed, with that stunning cover, but the Black Edition will NOT be signed, and there will be a ONE PER PERSON policy. Basically, we're torturing you. We're making you choose.
The fact is, because there will only be 1000 printed, and so each store will only get a limited amount of copies, the chances of YOU, individual Minion, managing to snag one is pretty low. Because there is no way to guarantee that you get one, you're just going to have to be EXTREMELY lucky. Oh, and you should also check Twitter that day, because the stores will be tweeting how many copies they've got left. Until they tweet, there is no way of telling how many copies a particular store will have received.
Ooooh I can't wait to get mine....
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(Hey Rhydian!)
VIEH: ...theres something weird about that girl...
Purple! Wbd and Msd.
How be's yous?! How be's yous eyes?!
(HEY DUGGYYYYYYYYYYY!)
Alright, if I rant, kindly ignore it those who hate politics.
In my opinion he did crap. He said he'd make change, and he's always somewhere BUT the Oval Office. The Obama Care thing...well okay its got SOME good, but if you look at it, he's trying to make us all equal, which you can't do. We aren't Utopian. The economy is worse, and then you look at all the people sitting on Welfare, they're the only ones benefitting from him, Clinton was excellent at cutting loopholes and making these people gwt up and do something, this one did crap. In the time he's been president he did Obama Care, nothing else.
-Zaf
(I dedicate this page to skittles.)
HEY SILLY!!!!!!
. . .
*don't ask me about American politics*
Hey Dugglyn! :) I don't feel like I've seen you much recently. :( :(
@Dragona: SKITTLES! :) Good ded. :)
SKITTLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(This seems to be the longest time my computer has survived for today.
So *touches wood* It seems to be alright.)
VIEH: Just....I can't tell what it is. But there's something off about her...
*left-diagonal-up-down-backwards-forwards-curvy-circular-straight-multiple directions-invisible directions-nonexistent directions-indecipherable directions
HI ELLENI!!!!
HI STAR!!!!!!
Here here Dragona!!
@Star yeah, I know. I've been so busy! :/ I'm at the Jersey shore right now and luckily we just got WiFi! As in this year! So I've been reading then at any chance I get. Hopefully I'll have more time!
VIEH: she seemed normal to you when she was full of that energy yesterday.
@Dugglyn: :) Yay!
*walks into her house and looks around*
Purple?
*walks to the spare bedroom*
*nods when she sees Silente's stuff gone*
*-she must have gone home-*
*turns into mist and floats down to the clearing*
*pulls a smile onto her lips*
*its a little strained*
Hey El!
Gtg. Bye! I'd when I'll be back. Soy sauce.
(bye Dug!)
The opposite of down?
*-Ugh. Small talk.-*
*waits until he's sure that Sil is gone*
*A dream. Hah. It couldn't have been a dream. There was a distinct lack of death. His death in particular*
*slips out of the bed*
*where was his armor?*
*she must have moved it*
*pockets a small knife and leaves to go look for more weapons*
I'm going to Seaside tomorrow :D -Zaf
Gtg now BYE!!!!!!!!!
Sooo...
*-Stupid idea. Talking. Ridiculous-*
...
VIEH: Hmmm...
(bye Rhydian!)
(Bye Rhydian.)
VIEH: Then talk.
...
*-Sigh. Meatsacks. Idiots-*
(Sorry I poofed.)
VIEH: I don't know. Ask about...Viv or something
So.....I presume the Hunter thing was courtesy of you?
*not wanting to have to expose himself for to long he washes in the sink rather than the shower*
*picks up bits of metal as he goes, forming a weapons and the important parts of the suit, ie. helmet, breast and collar plate, and codpiece.*
Back again!
*refrains from getting into a political debate with Zaf*
How'd you know that it was there?
*-Yes. How meatling? How-*
*too
(*would totally take Zaf on if only he wasn't very Conservative...sigh*)
(Its thought.)
*raises an eyebrow*
You could just, FEEL, it?
*-Liar-*
Well thanks anyway.
*quietly opens the door, climbs down and takes off in a run*
Viv?
*racks the girls brain for which one Viv is*
Yeah Viv's fine. He's been asleep like all day. He's been acting strange though...
Viv, I would, but I really don't want to start a fight, so
*watches*
How did Storm end up with a Remnant?:
(Yesterday when the remnants escaped Sil was in the forest messing with energy Sigils and they swarmed her)
Well...he woke up and jumped out the window...
(Please Kes please...)
*sees Silente with her back to him, talking with Elleni*
*ducks down*
Storm, but didn't she, like, absorb the energy or summat?
Viv, please what?
*sits down on the grass*
I don't know. I think he just had a really bad drean or something?
*shrugs*
*tries to get Elleni's attention without Sil noticing*
(Political debate...)
(she absorbed the energy, which Hunter for the most part fixed. But the remnants swarmed her as well and...well if you're being swarmed by thousands of angry remnants and you are the only safe zone in a long distance....)
*wanders in, half asleep* Hi...
*collapses on the floor*
*looks at Chi*
*raises an eyebrow*
Chi?
(She knifed me. And then Jag's wife healed me. I fell asleep. And woke up, remembered what had happened, went for a knife, she took it so I tackled her)
Storm, fairy nuff.
Viv, it's not happening :3
Gtg again, urgh.
(Bye then Kessy!)
((Hunter would possibly haev sensed the Remnant, though.
Well, probably.
He can sense 'vampire energy' and 'human energy' so he can probably sure as hell sense 'Remnant energy', although this would be a lot easier if someone told me how Remnants WORKED. :P
They have dark energy, though, so he'd probbaly sense one.
-plotholes, man, plotholes-)
*waves frantically to Elleni then puts a finger to his lips*
*bend some metal into letters*
*puts them together to say: DON'T TELL SIL*
(...*gags Star* shhhhh. The remnant is weak at the moment....)
((Hunter's okay to accept that, I think.
I'm still annoyed, though, because I'm less willing to blur over lines than him. :P
But I'm getting really mergy now and I want to react to my emotions in his way and like - *internal breaking sound as Star's head implodes :P*))
(Purple, have a couple minutes...)
*watches the seen below*
*notices Viv trying to get Elleni's attention*
*-hmmm-*
*floats down to Viv*
*whispers*
Sup?
...
El?
(Silente - to be fair, Star is just telling you what her character would have done.)
((Actually, idk.
I think he's in the mood to be difficult just for the sake of it.
Ah.
That would explain it.))
((Never mind, though.))
(*superglues Stars head together*)
((Thanks, Dragona . . . :)))
*ducks down*
*turns to Dugglyn*
Sil's possessed by a Remnant. She...stabbed me earlier. I'm trying to tell El without Sil noticing.
And the sky
*solidifies*
*on her face is a look of horror*
...shit....
You okay?
*raises an eyebrow*
((Hunter says - "What head?
I don't think her head rated as a head even when it was in one piece.
Then again, I'm doubting your head's ability to be a head too, and we all know that my head is a pile of mush, so maybe the only people with heads are evil people.
Which would mean you AREN'T evil, which is an interesting plot development, don't you think?"
. . .
what
Hunter: *looks at Star* I don't expect you to understand, you have no head.))
(I mean, it'd be inconsistent for a character who can sense energy not to sense energy.
Like when you turned Hunter into a teddy bear yesterday. The ether wouldn't have allowed him to be changed, and he'd have an allergic reaction. So it'd be inconsistent for him to be turned into a teddy when he actually wouldn't, y'know?
It's all about staying true to your characters.)
You seem...distracted?
*-How can I get away from this and into a position of looking around again-*
Yep, could you float around and try and find my suit?
It has to be nearby...
((Thanks, Dragona.
Hunter: *snaps fingers at Dragona* You get it.
It's okay, though. I'll get her back later.))
I'll float over to El...
Silente can't hear as well anymore.
*turns into mist again*
*is almost invisible*
*floats over to El, wrapping around her*
*whispers in her ear*
Sil's possessed...
Remnant. Watch out. Stabbed Viv. Tries to hide...
(Before she did that..
*nods*
Yeah, just a sec.
I'll float over to El.
(And so on.))
Oh. Okay.
*thinks*
Hey you wanna join me on a jog? I've been thinking about building up some strength...now that I'm human and all that...
*solidifies*
Hey guys! How are you?
*glances at Elleni*
*smiles at Dug*
Hey!
*-Ugh-*
*winds back the string on his newly made crossbow*
If she so much as looks at El the wrong way...
*puts a slightly goofy grin on his face and walks out*
Hey guys.
Okay then. Hey Dug, feel free to join me?
*-something isn't right-*
*sets off jogging away from them, waiting until shes out of sight to let the black veins fade up*
Ahhhh.
Oh, I'll be right back!
*mistifies*
*floats over to a tree and seems to disappear*
*waits for Sil to leave*
*floats back over to Elleni*
So. Hi.
Oh hi Viv. I told El..
(Elleni, which one is your mask?)
I certainly hope she's possessed...but yes, the signs point to it.
(Oh, ok!)
*laughs at the idea of needing to build up strength*
*in all fairness this body WAS weak*
*but such a useful discipline*
*keeps jogging, black lips curved up in a smile*
This is just like your visions.....
Ugh. Maybe we should have kept her in the cell. If she was still there she wouldn't have been possessed!
*buries her head in her hands*
I'm so so sorry.
Well knifing your boyfriend while not being possessed isn't really conducive for a healthy relationship now is it.
*gently moves El's hands back to her sides*
Don't freak out, we just need a plan.
Well in all fairness she did stab him. And then pretend she didn't.
((Well, me and Elleni did try to keep her in her cell.))
You miss being fast don't you? And strong. Maybe this has some perks for you.
*slows to a walk*
Then again, it also has some downfalls for you.
*smirks*
*mumbles*
It kinda was...
But we need to get her un-possessed. Before it's to late.
(Ignore the part about the hands)
(I know. It was fine for a time..
Then the remnants came.)
*was listening silently from a tree*
*flips down in front of them* So now what?
And with their lack of knowledge on sigils I could be in here for a while...
*smiles, a twisted smile*
Or maybe I'll bind to you...
(Also, HEY CHI!!!!! HOW ARE YOU?!?!?)
*fliches when Chi jumps out*
Now we come up with a brilliant idea that must work but probably won't
After all, you have a long life ahead of you. And you look sweet and innocent right now..
*walking*
And you have yet to encounter the surge. All the magic we could play with before then...
I could put her back in her cell until we find it? What if she gets herself into trouble?
Oh. Wait. What about her sigils.....
We need to take care of those. While they did save most of us yesterday she could now use them against us.
*frowns*
Well, I have another idea..
Remnants can't survive in a dead body right? So if worst comes to worst and we kill her therefore killing the remnant we could ask someone, maybe Zaf, to bring her back to life.
But then the remnant can go into someone elses body.
But first we have a job.
*looks up at the trees*
You killed my brother's. So you must suffer too.
*smiles*
But that won't take long.
((I'm tired as fuck.
Hello inky
what happened yesterday? I was asleep for an hour and a half.))
(HEY INKY!! How be's yous?! How be's yous eyes?!
Also, sorry for bad phrasing. Idk what happened)
... You can't lock Silente up again. What did she do?
OMG OMG OMG MY PARENTS GOT ME TICKETS TO GO SEE THE DOCTOR WHO SEASON PREMIERE IN THEATERS ON THE 25TH AND ITS NOT JUST THE SHOW ITS GOT ALL EXTRAS AND OMFG OMFG OMFG OMFG *dies*
-Zaf
*looks at Dugglyn*
You do know that sometimes that coming back thing doesn't work right.
*thinks hard*
(Hey Flick!)
Maybe El could block her mouth with air? I don't know...
(Soy sauce, the beach is calling for me. I'm gonna go swimming!!!! BYE!!!!!)
(Im exhausted from working on the farm today
I would have come on yesterday if I weren't banned
my mum hasn't spoken to me in 2 days)
Leri, shut the hell up. Back off, you have no idea what's been happening so don't go around trying to keep the peace when no one can! the best we can do is keep Silente away from everyone. She has a remnant inside her.
(what has happened?)
(Bye Dug!
@Flick :'( *hugs*)
(I know it sounds bad Leri, I even broke her out the first time, but she's possessed. It might be better.)
But then the remnant won't come out of her body at all, and when we bring her to life again, the remnant will still be inside her. We need another plan.
... Ok...
(*hugs Inky*
*leaves for the beach*)
(byii dugg *hugs*)
*laughs and swirls*
Oh its good to be free of that room. Even if I am stuck in a meat sack.
*let's the sigils on her body flare up*
A useful meat sack...
Or...don't even notice me....thanks...*goes* -Zaf
(what has happened??)
(*hugs Zaf*
@Flick remnant.)
((Silente was possessed by a remnant. I think that the remnants got free but Silente protected everyone and got possessed in the process?))
(ah ok)
*turns his attention to Leri*
They are very stressed out. I am too but I have training that helps me hide it. Please try to understand.
*goes and sits in front of her tree*
(pretty much what Chi said.)
I'm not stressed out, Viv. I just don't like her.
And does anyone KNOW where the Soul catcher is?
I just love how you guys worry about putting Silente in a cage, but when people come on excited you all carry on like nothing happened. Glad to be noticed, not like it bloody hurts. Bad enough nobody irl cares -Zaf
*looks in her mirror, notices her eyes have changes to that of an animal. her fangs have elongated and her nails become claws*
Great, just great
*puts on cloak and goes to the others*
hey
(*staggers back, hands over heart* Chi! Your words! They hurt...)
*waves Inky over*
*makes a table and some seats*
Ok, official planning.
*sucks the black veins in*
*she's nearly made a full circle and should be back soon*
*sits down* so what do you suggest?
Nobody even bloody cares I came on, no wonder people can hardly stand coming on, the moment you lot come rp you forget people are alive. Sil was the only one who actually noticed.-Zaf
(Hey El noticed too Zaf!)
Forget it I'll be back when Rose wakes, at least she cares.-Zaf
*puts her helmet in her hands*
((Had a remark about how I was upset...that hardly counts as noticing.-Zaf
(Zaf...*rewinds* OMG Zaf that's ace! I didn't know they did DW in theaters! I hope you enjoy it!)
(Wait Zaf, that's not exactly a fair assumption. I noticed but then my internet lagged. If you look you'll see a gap between my comments. And by that time I had to put something into the rp or lose my chance.)
I admit that me/Hunter have been ignored a few times recently, and that's kind of annoying, but I also admit that I have pretty poor attention myself and I can often miss comments, especially if they're not from someone I was already having a conversation with . . . I'm sure I'm not the only one who misses comments like that, and I'm pretty sure it was for the most part accidental. *hugs Zaf* I'm sorry . . .
*I
*holds her arms in close to her and silently sobs*
(Got to go)
Im sorry Zaf, Ive felt that once too
Its just...I don't know how to react to people sometimes in real life. It also happens sometimes online and I don't know how to reply
(bye Viv)
*walks back into the clearing, no trace of the black veins at all*
Hey again.
*waves*
(byii Viv)
*looks at Elleni*
... I... I was just trying to help... I didn't mean to cause any offence...
(Brb.)
Hey El.
*tilts her head at the table and chairs*
Having a tea party?
And how are you, Sil?
Hey Flick
*notes the eyes, the teeth, the claws*
Not long now, is there?
*her voice sounded slightly sad when she said that*
*laughs slightly*
No it isn't
but you know what they say, theres no better time to part that when we wished it never to end
I..I'm sorry.
*actually sounds remorseful*
If only we could reverse it...fix it.
Don't worry about it, Sil. Somethings we cant change
Everything can change.
well, this cant
*stops tears falling*
*shakes head*
*she disagrees but she won't argue*
*IT won't argue*
If that's your opinion.
yep, just remember your promise
*smiles*
I thought you were too drunk to remember that.
It actually takes a lot to get me blind drunk
Damn. Guess I'll have to keep it then. It's that or wipe your mind.
don't wipe my mind, please *looks at her with big sorrowful eyes*
Ill still be the animal that could kill people, I don't want that
I know you don't.
*sits by her*
I still think we could just release you into the wild or something...
Please. I would die in ease if I knew I wouldn't harm any humans or cute little bunnies...
(Back.)
(hey Dragona)
Well...in all fairness I doubt you'd hunt cute little bunnies...
A wolf is an animal who would resort to desperate measures.
I want to die with some of my humanity intact
*raises an eyebrow at El*
Yeah. Tea party without tea...
(Also back)
*looks up at Sil and Inky*
*the corners of his eyes are wet but not noticeably so*
*still sitting underneath the tree she hid behind with the Remnants*
(talking of tea, I better make myself some in my geometric formula mug)
Right.
*makes a metal tea set*
Um...I don't actually have any tea with me.
There's some in the treehouse?
*smiles at Viv*
Feeling better?
Shall I go back to my cottage to get some tea and biscuits?
*smiles at Sil*
Yes, a lot better actually. Although I still feel a bit dizzy from the fall.
*his toe taps against Elleni's foot*
Sure Flick! Want me to come with?
*makes as if to adjust his armor and passes El a note under the table*
no, its ok *smiles* I can go by myself.
oh! I must remember to pick up my mobile aswell
*sets off*
That's good Viv. Next time though...don't jump out of windows?
Oh..okay then Flick. Hurry back
*smiles at her*
*wanders in*
(Hey, Storm, Kes is a sigilist trained by China, so if you're looking for a way to get the Remnant out of Sil I could probably help.)
*gets to cottage*
*goes to kitchen, picks up tea box and biscuit tins*
*a sharp pain in her heart*
*clutches it*
Damn damn damn
*stands up and cautiously walks back*
... What's happening?
*taps back* .... --- .--
Hey Kessy, hey Leri, Flick went to get tea and biscuits!
*feels pain going through her body*
*falls to knees*
*breathing gets ragged*
*spots phone on table charging*
*clambers to it, dials Sils number*
*looks at her phone as it rings*
*walks off to answer it*
Flick?
(Delila's currently at college, so I'm not going to play her)
Excellent! Love tea and biscuits
... I can't eat biscuits and I can't drink tea...
Its...time...im sure...of..it
*screams*...you...have to...get...over...here..
*winces*
I'll be there.
*hangs up and sets off running to Flick's house*
-.. --- -. - -.-- --- ..- .--- ..- ... - .-.. --- ...- . -- --- .-. ... . -.-. --- -.. .
*sees Silente running and follows, cursing*
*the only weapons she has on her are her knives*
Sil! What's going on?
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