Hello children.
February already, is it? Dear lord, where does the time go?
Into the void, that's where. Into the void with all the PLANS we make and the PROMISES and the GOOD INTENTIONS and the LIES... Ahem.
I'm busy. I'm working away. On what? Different things. Some will see the light of day. Some will not. That's what happens. I've pretty much started the third and final Demon Road book, which is good, since my deadline is HILARIOUSLY close and I have an awful lot of work to do. But there are so many distractions! So many different projects to work on!
But I must focus. I must.
So, right now, my publishers are busy nailing down UK and Ireland tour dates for Desolation. First thing I have to tell you is that the release date has been changed, pushing it back a week to April 7th. Not that much of a big deal, and there are a load of external factors involved in the decision. It was explained to me but I zoned out. It's something to do with... something. Anyway, whatever, it's out on the 7th, although it will be available to buy a few days earlier at certain locations on my tour.
So, roughly, from April 3rd to the 7th, I'll be in Oxford, Manchester (don't know if it'll be available to buy early here, will check), Liverpool, Birmingham and London. Irish dates include Dublin and Kilkenny so far, from the 8th to the 10th.
As soon as these things become solid, I'll post them.
We're doing our best to have something cool happen in London, so keep your eyes peeled, ladies and germs. Awesomeness awaits. And possibly nightmares. Which is awesome in itself.
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i get very angry sometimes and im sorry about last night'
... i odn't have an outlet anymore and it just bottles up and im sorry i dont know how to fix it
(Oh my god, I am such a bad person.
Hello everyone, it's amazing to be back finally, I am so sorry that I haven't been on in ages but I will make sure to spend more time here in the future and I know I said that last time but Year 10 is just so stressful and so much harder than Year 9 and shit's going down at school so I've just had absolutely no time. Sorry about that. But even after half term if I just vanish again, it's fine because I SWEAR I will come on for my birthday because it's on a Saturday this year so I have no school.
But how is everyone? What's new? Who's left? Who's joined? I've been dying to know. And what's been going on in role play? I have so much to catch up on.
In other words, I just finished Demon Road a couple of hours ago and it was amazing! I miss Skulduggery so much though so I put off reading DR for months until I found it yesterday and read the whole thing in less than 24 hours. Yay. Can't wait for the next one.
I now need to get ready to go out but I will be back in about 10 minutes HOPEFULLY.
Oh and I apologise in advance for my name, I don't even know what it is so it might be the most cringey thing ever.
And I almost forgot, Happy Late Valentines everyone! *runs around hugging everyone and throwing fistfulls of cake in the air*)
(Oh okay that name's not so bad then. )
(That profile picture though oh dear. *starts laughing*)
Morning.
[hugs Noelle] How are you doing?
@Saoirse "Leaving" and "joining" are what I guess you'd call fluid concepts. For example, Star left, but she's also commented since then, and some of the new people who comment don't really stick around. Also my sense of time is terrible, so I do t remember exactly when it was that you were last here, or whether stuff that happened happened earlier or later.
Star left? Awww. At least she still comments though, that's good! I haven't been on recently, since June or sometime like that I left, then I came back around Halloween, had no time to visit after that and was on like twice near to Christmas and that's it.
(Oh good, that picture is a bit better.)
(Yeah I need to go now.)
(Urgh, have to leave early, will (hopefully) see you tonight.)
She might be back. I don't know exactly. You'd have to ask her.
And that doesn't really help. Like, unless someone were to tell me exactly when other stuff happened, I still wouldn't know whether or not it was before or after Christmas-ish. Sorry. :-/
Bye Seirsha,
...
*Has messed up terribly*
(Um, having helped run a server with my friends I see two problems with this new TARDIS, the biggest being the distance from the rest of the server, the other its size. The further away from the spawn you go the more chunks the server will have had to load. Even though many of these will not be loaded it's still additional chunks to the spawn chunks that a lot of our constructions occupy. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, it's massive. This means the server must load a lot of extra, nonstandard blocks, massively increasing processing demand. Put simply, it probably requires the server to do as much work when loaded as the rest of the structures on the server combined. Finally, do not light it with torches. For various reasons glowstone is kinder to the server, so whoever filled the church of jeb_ with torches: I'm cross with you. That was my discourse on why you shouldn't build a massive TARDIS, I shall say no more)
Hey guys!
Adra?
My email is open as well.
:l
im sorry i dont think im earned the ability to speak yet...
*hugs*
*one needn't talk to communicate in asterixes*
Perhaps.
But until I can talk to Aretha, I wont..
I have to be really distant now...
[hugs Jai, Trip, Noelle]
im sorry
i just
im sorry i wish too that i could be different
Don't worry about it, Adra. We will love you however you are.
*hugs Noelle*
I love you just the way you are
[Bruno Mars voice]
'Cause girl you're amazing just the way you are
Well, Trip we've already built it.
They destroyed the first one and it "crashed the server" even though this is bigger and it still hasn't crashed so i'm calling bullshit on that one.
Even if the tardis was massive, i doubt olaf was so i don't see why that was destroyed. All the things keiron built were destroyed and Noelle gets to build like 20 different houses? Don't really see how that's fair.
Oh my goodness!!!!! I so badly want to go to Birmingham for the tour!!!! OH MY GOODNESS!!! I'm so excited for this book!!! EEEEEE!!!!!!
(trip I did it nether portal style where I ly for 500 blocks and come away 2000 the only chuncks are the ones surrounding it )
It's ok, Noelle. *hugs tightly* I'm sorry you feel so badly. But it's ok- I'm ok, and you're still my best friend and I still really enjoy you, and it wasn't your fault. We both did some things wrong.
I have to actually study today, since I didn't yesterday, but I hope you'll get a chance to check your email and maybe I can talk to you before physics, and I hope I can still talk to you throughout the day in between studying. *hugs tightly again*
(Now, no more going on about it
It's happened
End of -_- it's Ems decision )
Okay.. *Hugs her gently* *She loves her a lot*
*Nods* *Inky is right*
(Hi Noelle ^.^)
*hugs gently back* I love you a lot, too.
Hi, Inky. *distant but here for about 30 mins*
*Curls up with Ari, cuddling her* *She loves her so much*
*HAs a lot to say, but won't lower herself to that*
(Hi Aretha ^.^ how is you ?)
*cuddles Noelle, and loves her so much, too* What is it you have to say...?
I'm ok. *nod* Ok. How are you?
(I'm good ^.^ over Eds authors house, Jack)
Heyo
(Jack! *glomps*)
It really doesn't matter whether the server is run fairly or not. It isn't a democracy. It's Em's server. If you don't like it, you can leave.
*hugs Noelle* :/ :/
I know that chewing earbuds and pacing in circles really help me calm down and de-stress. Also whacking your hand into the edge of desks, although I'll warn you that the bruises take ten billion years to disappear. :P Oh and doodling.
Additionally exercise is fabulous bevause it releases happy endorphins and whatnot. For some people with depression, excuse is apparently just as good as antidepressants (I don't know where I read that but I read it somewhere).
:/ I'm really sorry you've lost your outlet . . . I can imagine how frustrating that must be for you. :/ *lots of sympathy*
:/ thats part of the problem.
..
Aretha and I might not be able to RP today.
i remember the days when the rp led itself, even when the creator wasnt there
but that was two years ago, so
(*hugs star* starry!)
*shrugs* roleplay is a weird thing in that it's hard to get it to work.
Sometimes it's just magic, and other times it's more . . . stagnant.
*goes off on a rant that isn't wholly relevant*
Factors that increase the rate of roleplay (in Star's opinion):
- Authors want to be roleplaying
- Authors know their characters well
- Plot is at a point where the authors are enjoying it (my friends describe this with the verb "hooked." If the ploy hooks you you'll be fully in it and wanting to make it work)
- Characters are at a point where they're being active
- Character motives are fairly in line with author motives
- Authors are not distant
- Authors are confident - they don't feel too unconfident to express their characters properly and they know where they are and what's going on (sometimes if I'm not entirely sure what the fuck is going on I can't make my characters react to it because I don't know what"it" is so I just sorta ghost a bit)
Think that's mostly it.
And two years ago most authors knew each other well and were comfortable roleplaying with each other and due to proximity they were all familiar with the same roleplaying style . . . plus people were less distant. And we had a few good plots that everyone enjoyed.
Nowadays we all know each other less well and are less comfortable with each other, plus we'Re more different so we enjoy different things from roleplaying and have different roleplaying styles . . .
Idk. Life is life.
:) *hugs Chloe* Hi.
Gtg dinner
yeah...
(Hello again everyone, I remembered to come back but I'll be distant, sorry.)
*She doesn't feel good about herself*
@Noelle: :/
Have you ever just looked at yourself in the mirror, and been like:
"Jesus Christ".
Because that's how i perpetually feel.
*Sorry this comment is late but will write it anyway.*
Gemma, will you stop being nasty about it.
I didn't say the tardis was crashing the server. It was an accident that the tardis was deleted because I was fucking around with commands and it was gone, same with my mansion.
I had no idea about the olaf, why you need a bloody olaf on your house I have no idea.
And Noelle hasn't built 20 different houses. Her, Trip, Ari and Sil have been building a social world. There's an inn, a tavern, a horse stable, boats, shop, lighthouse, plus everyone's houses and different characters things, to see it out.
Now I swear to fuck, if you and Keiron don't stop bitching and keep on about how it's not fair, I'll ban the both of you. Just because you 2 were the first on, does not mean you dictate what happens on the server. That's not what I bought it for.
@Noelle: :/ *hugs*
(*hugs Noelle*)
*mutters about how hard it is to draw hands*
*also hugs Noelle*
*likes hugs*
*is glad she likes them* *hugs*
*Many hugs* *Burrows in all the hugs*
*wraps his coat around her, and cuddles* You are so loved, Noelle.
*Likes his affection*So sweet*
*likes her* *she is sweet, also* *hug*
*Snoodles*
*snuggle*
*It'll be days before Niccolò sees her again* *A large hatch will open near him, and Adra will be pushed through- they expect him to be waiting and, if so, pushing her onto him will hold him back*
((*Licks* I don't know how you can still stand me.))
*he was waiting, and lunges towards the hatch, as expected, but is pushed back by Adra, as expected* *gets up, then, and resumes his assault on the room, growling as he strikes the same spot on the wall he's been working on for some time* *for a wooden room, it's more difficult than he expected* *and there is very little Niccolò left in him*
((*licks back* I don't just stand you, friend- I love you. You're wonderful. *hugs*))
((I love you too friend))
*She can tell, by how he didn't catch her* *Let her fall* *She gently tries to slide into his mind* *She needs help*
*is stood behind Ari, humming and thinking of the lost Elder*
*and of the headaches*
*shrugs at the coincidence*
Can we swing by the medical bay?
*he pushes back against her* *doesn't want to let Niccolò know she needs help*
Yeah, sure. *pauses, looking over her* Have you been having headaches?
*Pushes herself up, closing her eyes, and launches herself at him, grabbing for him* Let him go!
I've had a headache, but that's it. Its just a coincidence and its probably just because I'm hungry and haven't fed for a while.
(Back.)
*War pulls back as she throws herself at him*
*he catches her this time* *breathes out slowly* Adra. *studies her for a moment, assessing any damage* *she looks like she's relatively alright to him* Adra, I'm sorry- I didn't think they would catch you so quickly... Has anyone hurt you?
Ok. Just be careful, and let us know if you have any reason to suspect it's unnatural. *heads towards the medical bay* Let's just get some blood, and if you still have a headache, we'll start getting concerned.
*She clutched close, peeking in to make sure it's actually him* *She gently leans in* *She has a massive black bruise on her cheek, and many fingerprints over her throat, arms and legs* *Other than that, she is fine*
*he's angry that anyone hurt her, but at least she can move now* You needed help- how can I help you?
*follows after her, keeping her head down, forcing some clumsiness into her usually graceful step*
*again, people don't like vampires*
*but how infuriating it is to act mortal for these mortals*
Okay but I'm sure it's nothing.
(Yeah it has Jai.)
*She gently holds him close* You can't- *Before she can finish, she has to turn, blood falling from her lips again, ver the floor* *Her grip weakens again- it took a lot to jump at him*
Just be careful. *she leads them into the medical bay* I don't know where they keep the blood, but I'm sure there's some here.
*holds her more gently, and strokes her hair once* What do you need?
((Msd- back in about two hours, probably. If there's anything you want to do without me, Sil, you don't have to wait.
I need...
They took my lung.
I'll find it.
*follows her nose, sniffing out where they keep the bags of blood*
*hums, opening the fridge where it's stored, snagging two bags and pausing before nodding*
*two should be enough*
*walks back to Ari, carefully biting a hole in the first one, sucking the red liquid contently, smiling*
(I'm doing fine thanks. Year 10 is awful though, we have so much homework and revision, I'm getting so stressed and I hate the school but can't leave because I've already started GCSE work there. Also I kind of don't really have any close friends which is sad. I'm just hanging on till sixth form and then I'm gone.
How are you doing?)
*looks sympathetic for the both of you*
(Wow. Good luck, I'm sure whatever you decide to do will turn out great. *offers hug*)
(Yeah, my question is how the hell are you supposed to get frikkin motivated for revising?)
(Why do you think I never come on here anymore? It's because I have already given up on having a life and it's still not enough 😂)
(Deleted comment?)
(Trying to download movies but it's being so slow...)
Sorry, that was mine. I'll be back after I read through stuff.
(Oh okay, cool.)
@Saoirse: A night or two before you should get motivated. :) I revise for most of my exams the night before. Not very good really.
@Jai: Nope. I'm still trying to work out how to revise. XD
Ok. Caught up. I'm actually meeting friends for coffee today though, so I don't think I'll be able to contribute much? Just assume Fabi is with Ari and Sil I guess?
I actually have friends.
And they invited me some place.
O_O
I'm still kinda in shock tbh,
*sigh* I miss year eleven
@Lantern: :) :) :) :)
I hope you have a good time. :)
(Thanks Star :P
YAY FABI have fun.)
Thank you!
I will.
At least, I think I will.
I don't actually like coffee.
I like friends, though, which is why I'm going.
(I gave up coffee for lent...
I'm an idiot.)
(*30 minutes later*
*the movie finally loads*
*by now is too tired to watch said movie*)
@Lantern: I don't like coffee either. Get tea or hot chocolate. :)
(I think I'm gonna go for the night guys, see you tomorrow!)
[hugs Jai]
I have a lot of friendly acquaintances, but they don't usually invite me places or anything though.
@Star Yeah, I probably will. :-P
@Lantern: :)
@Saoirse: Probably wise. :P
Hate coffee, both the taste and the caffeine. (I know you can get decaf but if I don't like the taste...! )
So I always get hot chocolate:))
Noelle is back
Hello Noelle!
Hello Jai!
How be's yous and yous eyes??
I'm good, though kinda hungry and tired but me eyes be's slowly melting and drowning in refried beans but overall good!!!
Though I got my math test back and it was my lowest score :/
I'm sorry, Adra... Did they say anything to you?
*She shakes her head, lip wobbling* No. I was just locked in a room and sat in a chair... They didn't feed me or anything.
Yeah
...though the thing is I didn't do bad but I could have done better, I made stupid mistakes and one of them I feel like shouldn't have gotten a point off because I solved it the "wrong" way but I was sick when we learned it so I taught myself.
And like I really need to stop thinking about it because it's not a bad score and I can't expect to do perfect every time.
It's pretty stupid. I need to stop stressing about it.
:) Your perfectionism isn't necessarily bad, Dugglyn, bevause it will drive you to achieve better. However, yeah, if I were you I would repeatedly tell myself it wasn't a big deal in the hope that it'll sink in.
Msd btw.
((Maybe, if you got the right answer and only didn't use the "right" technique because you were sick, you could talk to the teacher and try to get points back?))
*smiles back, and begins to head back to the portal, then* Is the headache going away?
*keeps drinking, draining the first bag rather quickly*
*swallows, humming happily at the jolt of energy running through her*
Not yet, but it's like with dehydration I guess. A headache from dehydration doesn't go away the moment you drink, right?
*gently bites open the second bag*
((*hugs back* I know. It's not that big of a deal.
@Ari I tried but she said I should have asked her before hand but it was only a point off for that problem so it's fine ))
*considers, and nods* I guess that makes sense. Should we try Vancouver now, then?
*She sits down abruptly, then*
I'm so sorry, Adra... She said you would be safe- I assumed you would be fed...
(I think just locking someone in a room sat in a chair is hurting them.. just not physically.. poor Adra :( We'll save youuuuuuuuuuu eventuallyIhope)
Sure.
*bops her nose and opens a portal to Vancouver*
(*cuddles Duggy the llama*)
Thanks. *pulls out the phone, again, and looks it over, trying to find a more specific location*
*casually drains the second blood bag as she does so, finding a bin to deposit the empty bags in*
*comes back and waits to see if a more specific location can be found*
*She closes her eyes, and wraps her body around his foot* *Due to her lack of organs, she's probably lost about half her weight, and her muscle is rapidly deteriorating as well* Niccolo... Will you hold me?
*nods, and slides down to the floor with her, to hold her* I'm sorry I couldn't keep him back.
*She likes being held* *Her cold and tender hand covers his, but it would feel like a feather on his skin* It's okay. I managed to get him away.. Are you alright?
*sighs, frustrated* No, there's nothing. *she wishes that she could see names, like Niccolò can* I guess we just look for anything suspicious?
Sure, we can do that..
*tries tracking Adra's blood again, just as an experiment*
Of course- I'm alright. I'm just glad that you are, as well- at least relatively... *he knows neither of them are alright* *just hopes that they'll be found before more harm can come to her*
*The blood would, of course, lead nowhere*
-
*She turns, so that she is pressed against him, and gently unbuttons his shirt* *She knows it may make him uncomfortable, but she's really chilly* *She isn't doing it to make him cautious, but her trembling has begun* *Her shaky hands try to button the shirt around the both of them*
*splays his glowed fingers and cracks subconsciously reading the air*
((Hello.))
*just takes it off, and pulls it around her* *she needs it more than he does*
*She pulls it around her* *It's like a dress* *He didn't have to do that, but it's very warm from his body heat* *Lays against him closely* *They need a blanket*
( FEAR ME! )
((Awww crap Zaf/Zan are totally on the wrong side of that skeleton. Well Zaf for very obvious reasons involving her ex....
I gotta re-read SP I barely remember half of what happened.))
((And hello to you, as well.))
*it's alright- she needs the warmth* *they probably won't get one*
What happened to the traitor? Did he oh I don't know, betray you?
(hi... don't do author much not as "ME" )
*Balls herself up in his shirt, laying against him* *She missed him* *The shirt's smell is calming to her, and she squeezes her eyes shut*
((Hey Nic! Hai Noelle!
And Zaf is somewhere off in the NYC Sanctuary hiding from skeletons, Pleasant.))
*he missed her, as well* *it had been so long since he was left alone in his mind* *muses aloud* Are we really intended to sit here until we're found?
*She doesn't know* If we aren't killed first... *Bites her lip* I'm sorry...
*As she sits on him, a hatch across the room appears, and a rather large box is slid in, before the hatch melts away*
(-thinks- do I break the fourth wall ? is that my thing? should I say that we'll she's doing a great job hiding if you know where she is. )
((If it becomes important, Ari has permission to control Fabi so she stays with the group (or not, I guess). Won't be here for another three hours or so. :-/ ))
( anyway "me" needs sleep sorry up in 7 hours
I'll think about doing something possibly tomorrow )
((Alrighty. I'm so distant I'm watching the new Supernatural episode....))
(Is Sil still here?)
(Or just anyone who wants to join me on Minecraft)
I would be I still have homework and I don't have Minecraft soooooo...
Sorry :/
I'll try to get Minecraft at some point, but I currently have no money because I spent it on art supplies and dinner.
It sounds like fun though, especially if you're playing it with friends.
(Ok!)
You have nothing to be sorry for. *looks over at the box* *carefully begins to move them to get to it*
*She clings to him like a little, tiny of the litter, monkey* *Fragile*
*Inside the box is a large comforter and straw pillow, their platter of food on top* *There is a steak on the plate, cooked to perfection, and beside it is half a banana* *A note on it says : "thank you for your cooperation"*
*oh* *but Adra doesn't eat meat* *only half a banana for her?* *regardless, he pulls the comforter out, and wraps it around her*
*That would be the point* *Again, subtle manipulation and control*
*She shudders at the warmth, and beckons him under it with her, laying down* *mm*
*he doesn't even like meat all that much, himself- Alastair does* *and he doesn't like being spoiled, especially at the expense of others* *he doesn't understand what she's trying to achieve* *lays under the blanket with her, though*
(Morning.)
I'm so exited for Desolation!
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Lol! Love your advertising there. :)
(Hey Star.)
*Adra curls her body alongside his, scooting very close, to share heat* *She's so cold*
(*waves to people*
*is now on a train*)
("The camp was dark and quiet, and the Warlocks slept."
Re-reading LSoDM again. *grins*)
(@Seirsha Yay!)
(Come home to find I have a letter telling me to book a doctor appointment in regard to the blood test I had -_-)
I am currently sitting in my Uni on my laptop eating a Chinese. You wouldn't believe the amount of weird looks people re giving me when they walk by. I'm a student. This is our way of life.
I have become somewhat of a regular in "Noodles and rice" now that the owner asked me how i was doing at Uni and stuff ^.^ I don't know if it's bad because i go there so often or good because we can now hold conversations and he knows me. Want to try going in and asking for "my usual" now but i doubt it would work and if it doesn't i'll just look like a twat.
I need a drink though. But i can't be bothered moving. ;-;
Anime club tonight! We're watching "wolf girl and black prince" And i can't wait to watch the next 4 episodes.
(KASSY *tacklehugs*
*hugs sis* Good luck with the Doctors', I had a blood test yesterday. It was not fun. *giggles*
Yay for Chinese Gemmy! *huggles*
I've realised that in order to re-read LSoDM and tDotL then I'll be finishing the series again.
*looks sad and ponders leaving out the last page*
*remembers the last page is the best one*
*shrugs*
You know what they say, "We can cross that hurdle when we reach it!", is that right? I don't know.
*giggles*
I was given sweets and I am now hyper.
*grins*
Isn't it lovely to be back?)
(*realises the voice is on on my birthday*
*dies*)
(*eventually decides to just re-read the whole series just because*)
(*hugs sao* SIS!!!!! Blood tests are no big deal
I feel that I'm either anaemi cor diabetic... It says it isn't serious)
(Wonderful people! *tacklehugs them all*
@Chloe :S I hope it's nothing serious.
@Seirsha I need to re-read SP as well, it's been nearly a year.
@Gem Definitely ask for your usual!)
(*hugs kassy* thank you )
(I might be gluten intolerant or something.
IT'S BEEN A YEAR AND A BIT FOR ME KAS!)
(Going for haircut now, be back this evening.)
(Hi Norlle ^.^
I hope you're okay, sis and goodbye ^.^)
(*refuses to get first*
*thinks Noelle should get first because she noticed it first*
*will delay posting this comment*
Hello, Noelle.
*hugs Chloe back*
@Seirsha Okay, see you later!)
(I dedicate this page to Jack ^.^
We both had a great Valentine's Day together and he is the best boyfriend ever!)
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