With Desolation only a few days away, I am still hard at work on the third and final Demon Road book.
From the beginning, I wanted these books to be as streamlined as possible — I wanted them short and punchy. Now, I completely failed with Demon Road, as it was a pretty big book, and only got slightly better with Desolation, which is shorter, but it looks like I'm finally getting the hang of this with Book 3, which will hopefully be the perfect length.
And the title?
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Michael: No.. It isn't your fault. You didn't hurt them
Tresha: I'm not sure.
Cat: *jumps to the floor, sniffing the cupboards*
(Grrr! Why is Lear such a dufus! He punished the only good daughter just cause she wouldn't flatter him!)
Alys; I if I didn't lead t the h humans t there I w wouldn't b be lonely
FlaurosD I think your cat has found something
Inky, if you are at the beginning of King Lear, trust me, it is going to get a LOT worse
*Hugs Kes*
@Fera: I don't particularly feel the need to continue discussing with you, I was just offering the option in case you wanted to. Kestrellestarre@gmail.com
I just saw King Lear omg!! It was intense as hell.
*hugs Adra*
nah thanks. I am pretty confident in my ability to comprehend the current situations that happen regarding 1st world feminism. Unless you have something that I haven't already heard, it would be a waste of time and internet data.
Michael: But you didn't mean to.
Tresha: *walks over and kneels beside the cat, openning it*
Here they are..
We read it first before watching it...
*Personally cares to read things first, or at least simultaneously, as the performances*
!!
Thunder!!
@Adra: I do too, but I didn't know we were going until like three days before.
(Oh, I've finished and analysed the while playing, I'm just writing an essay on what's considered natural and unnatural
I went to the play last year, it was great! )
Alys; I s should've k known better
Flauros; where did she get them?
(I have to compare it to Oedipus Rex in my exam
*ick*)
What's Oedipus Rex?
King Lear is a pretty cool play. I saw an amazing production of it several years ago.
Also, Night Two of Mini-Mafia is up!
Theres a song by Tom Lehrer Chloe showed me that sums it up!
The Greek guy who was destined to kill his father and marry his mother and tried to get out of it but failed miserably because he didn't know he was adopted.
...
That's all I know about it.
Michael: you shouldn't expect yourself to have known
Tresha: I don't know..
*grabs the tub, setting it on the side*
OH I knew that. I didn't realize he had a last name.
Also: hi Fabi!
Also, hi!
I almost forgot that bit.
!
My Hamlet!
(Basically, Laius and Jocasta have Oedipus, but a seer say their son is destined to kill Laos and marry Jocasta... So they pin his ankles and abandon him
It was believed killing your child was evil but if you abandoned him injured no one will want him, so they thought hey solved it
Oedipus was found and adopted
Later, he grows up and goes on a journey
At a crossroads, he meets a man, and kills him... (His father) later, he solves the riddle of the Sphinx that was terrorising Thebes, and so he became emperor and marries Jocasta, his mum
They have kids together
In the part I have to learn, a plague has hit Thebes (due to Oedipus sins, but he doesn't know) and his uncle/ brother in law Creon, goes to apollos hous and comes back
He says to get rid of the plague, the murderer of Laius has to be exiled, so Oedipus wants to find him
Long story
Oedipus realises what happened, Jocasta hangs herself, Oedipus plucks out his eyes and gets Creon to care for his children before going into exile himself)
Hamlet: [Blinks] [He was deep in thought and didn't notice that Fabi had dragged him into Blogland] Hello, Noelle. How are you? Hello... Everyone
Fabi: Hi Kes, Noelle, Jai, Ed, Chloe, anyone I missed. How are you all?
Flauros. What you goin to do?
Alys: I w was told not to t trust strangers
Tresha: I should get rid of them
Michael: *frowns*
You thought they wanted to buy food. It's not your fault.
(Hey Fab, stressed but coping! You?)
Hehe, good description ^.^
Flauros: what will she do?
Alys; well.. T that's w why I don't trust h humans..
Ah, I've got to go. Dance. Adios, everyone!
Michael: that makes sense. And yet you're trusting me.
Tresha: I don't know..
(*kisses Jack* thanks hon
Enjoy Kessie! )
(I've been better and I've been worse.)
Bye Kes, have fun at dance!
I have dance every day until Mother's Day...
Alys;.. I d don't know w why.. I trusted v vik.. H he left
Flauros; I would confront her about i
adios muchacho.
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Hi Fabbean, I am, well, I'm not sure anymore.
*But she hugs Hamlet, and snuggles*
(Don't look at bright lights guys. Not a good idea. You end up with a blob in your line of sight for ages.)
Thanks for the enlightenment jai. I would've never guessed or experienced it myself :P
Wow that felt great to vote for the first time. We actually have a say.
Or at least you think you do #conspiraciesforlife
(My registration to vote was accepted... But I don't want to vote as I don know much about politics)
(Theres a film crew outside (theyre filming for some tv show) and they have a giant bright light and my sister was like "what is THAT" and i made the mistake of looking at it.)
Michael: did he have a reason?
Tresha: she's in the bath.
Fun fact! That little blob where you can't see is because the photoreceptors in your retina are overstimulated and kinda give up.
It's like senior year/
Our studio lights in the school actually make my retina feel uncomfortable, even when i am not looking at them.
@Noelle: Ooh cool. :)
*is back*
Alys: *shakes head*
Flauros; when she come out!
(Our eyes actually have a blind spot, but our mind creates an image
Draw a bit dot on a piece of paper as about 10cm to the right of it draw a cross
Now, cover your left eye and focus on the dot with your right )
also, cool fun fact noelle. I already knew it but it's good to share stuff.
I ded to...ummm...
When I get migraines, I get more blind spots. My brain tries to fill them in, but words disappear off pages of books, and sometimes if I'm looking at people, their eyes will disappear, but I'll still see their face color. It's weird.
Michael: then he was an idiot.
Tresha: Okay.. Would you go check on her? Just knock on the door.
*nods*
The blind spot comes from a an absence of cones in a space on the back of your retina. It is called the optic disc. Its the point where your cones and rods turn into the optic nerve, at the posterior of the eye.
There is another part of the retinal wall, called the fovea centralis. It is the point of the most acute vision, and is a very dense area of cones.
I'm glad you could vote, Zaf. Fulfilling civic duty, et al.
Oh, and the *nods* was to Star.
Nice. I actually didn't know that.
I ded to not fitting into the world? XD
Alys: h he was?
Flauros : okay, be right back *goes to the bathroom and knocks on the door*
Alice: who is it?
Flauros: just checking you're okay
Alice: in great!
@Chloe: *does it* OMJ! *excitment*
@Noelle: :) Cool. *interested*
I was actually thinking about my vision today. Like there's actually all this fuzziness in it that we usually overlook, but like, idk, half of vision is like blue and fuzz and things we can't see abd so on . . . except we don't usually pay attention to any of that and think we can see everything clearly . . . it's weird.
^blur
(I'm going to the eye doctors tomorrow xD
I hope I dot have to keep my glasses .., they annoy me)
I usually focus on a spot when i meditate with open eyes. the object always becomes the center of focus, and I cannot see anything else other than that, not even that after a while. That helps me clear everything and focus on...nothing basically.
Like I mean you know you close your eyes and there's all like these fuzzy colours drifting over the background of your eyelids?
Well that's there when your eyes are open roo, you just usually filter it out
Weird
@Chloe: :( Good luck.
^too
(I need to start meditation so I can carry out rituals and spells and stuff but I can't in such a noisy house
That's why I'm waiting for uni to really get into the practical side of Wicca )
I wear contacts..
But my glasses are cute too.
*Legally blind*
I don't need glasses, but if I keep drawing I might do soon haha. It seriously strains my eyes.
Did you just make a meme reference, noelle? DID YOU JUST MAKE A MEME REFERENCE NOELLEEE??!!
I look stupid in glasses but i need to wear them.
(Chloe can you text me a sec?)
Michael: if he gave no reason then yeah.
Tresha: *sits in the livingroom*
I don't know how I'd look in glasses . . .
*curious*
who am i kidding, i look stupid anyways lol
(Just text you Jai ^.^
I rarely wear mine because they don't help a great deal, and they make me dizzy)
Alys: h he must've had reasons.. He just d didnt say
Flauros: *finds tresh* she seems fine
Chloe your glasses look amazing!
(*blushes* they dont! I just wear them when i have headaches)
They really do though, you don't give yourself enough credit ^.^
I just can't see without mine hehe
@Chloe: You may need better ones, then . . . :/
(I can actually see fine withou them..
You look so handsome with them Jack)
Your lucky Chloe XD
No Chloe I don't XD
Um
No, I didn't.
I'm actually blind
(Thanks Chloe.)
Michael: but he didn't give a reason.
Tresha: Good
I am too. legally blind.
(You do Jack!
You'd look good with glasses Noelle ^.^)
Hey jai, hows you?
And hey Noelle and star and alls
Alys: I it must've been m me..
Flauros; *sits with er and hugs*
(Also sorry for the poof, had to catch guinea pigs.)
No I don't Chloe, I can barely see XD
Thank you, Inky.
I think I look kinda cute in them :)
Hello Ed
(Hey Jacko, I'm cool, you?)
Michael: I doubt that. He's just an idiot.
*reachea Alys' house*
Tresha: *hugs him back*
I just managed to break my bottle of Lush
How
Good good jai, I is good thanks
How's you Noelle?
Hey star ^.^
(You kook great Jaaacj, as great as me
That okay, Noelle ^.^)
Als: *opens the door* a after you
Flauros: don't worry about her
Hi.
So, I saw The Jungle Book. It was okay.
(Hey kAs ^.^)
:) Hi Jack.
@Kas: I haven't seen it
I'm a little, mm.
Bad.
I'm sorry, Star.. :( *Loves Lush*
(Scarlett Johansson Snake)
Michael: thanks.
*walks inside*
Tresha: she's like my sister, of course I worry.
Ah, I'm sorry Noelle, any way I could help?
Alys; t that's okay, I set t the bed for you
Flauros: she's strong, it's okay
(*offers Noelle a cat to cuddle*
My email is always open Bach, but I'm afraid I won't be able to reply until morning here, everything is locked up)
Michael: I still think you should have the bed.
Tresha: Mmm..
Alys: you're o only staying t the night. You s should have c comfort
Alice: *is out of her bath and is spaced out on her bed*
*waves at Chloe, Noelle, Jack, Jai, Star and Fera*
I found it amusing because of references TEST has made to The Jungle Book before, particularly the "I wanna walk like you talk like you" song XD
And the moment where the monkeys jumped at the bear after he roared :D
And we didn't get to see enough of the snake :S
And I liked parts of it, but it's not something I'd rewatch in its entirety.
Offensive song i just wrote, using "wonderful world" as my basis
I see children in red
Green roses too
I see them glow
for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
I see skies of grey
cloud of cough
The bright blessed day
Another nuke went off
and i think to myself
What a wonderful world
The colors of the rainbow
Do not exist in the sky
there is nuclear waste
of people going by
I see friends loosing hands
Saying "AAAAHHHHHOHHHHH"
They're really saying
"fuck this hurt like a bitch" too
I hear babies cry,
I watch them blow
They won't learn much more
than a fly with flue
And i think to myself,
what a wonderful world
No, actually I think to myself,
Why haven't I died yet?
Oh yeah.
@Fera EEEVVVEEE ONLINE
hello :P
(That doesn't sound like a wonderful world! What about the Faeries and dragons! D:)
Michael: But you're the lady of the house, you should have the bed.
Tresha: *snuggles against him*
Alys: t you don't know w when you'll be C comfortable again..
Flauros: *kisses her head*
Yes, they got a guy (girl?) from TEST Alliance Please Ignore to sing this. Yes, they got more people to join in half-way, just like in the real thing.
Are you, are you
coming to the creek
they stung so hard TEST
they said that we should leave
Strange fleets will happen here,
no boring would it be
if we form at midnight
here in wicked creek
Are you, Are you
coming to the creek
Where old bros are back
no one wants to flee
Strange Fleets will be happen here,
no boring would it be
if we form at midnight
here in wicked creek
Are you, are you
coming to the creek
Where I told you to jump
learning to fc
Strange Fleets will be happen here,
no boring would it be
if we form at midnight
here in wicked creek
Are you, are you
coming to the creek
Fly what you want,
join the fleet with me
Strange Fleets will be happen here,
no boring would it be
if we form at midnight
here in wicked creek
Are you, are you
coming to the creek
Where I told you to jump
learning to fc
Strange Fleets will be happen here,
no boring would it be
if we form at midnight
here in wicked creek
They went to an sleep :O
@Noelle: No, it's okay because I still have the contents of the bottle intact, it's just the neck of the bottle is broken so I can't close it. :)
Lush is glorious.
(This is why they've distanced themselves from us
Because we abuse the earth
We are losing our connection with the ancient beings..)
Michael: I'll find somewhere..
Tresha: *yawns slightly*
Thanks, Noelle. It was kinda fun because I asked the ladies at the polling site which delegates had pledged themselves to the canidate I wanted and it stunned them because apparently not many people, let alone my age group of 18-21 years old, know to do that or let alone even go out to vote.
Alys: you're a always welcome here
FlaurosF you need sleep...
(Nos da)
nos an da
@Zaf: :) I live in England so I don't know to do that, but either way if I was in America I probably wouldn't know either. :P
Yeah. It's unfortunate that delegates aren't bound to who they had pledged though.
:/
Our poor planet
*waves at Zaf*
When are you watching Civil War?
https://youtu.be/XucTjLTbk7w
Good night, Chloe!
Brb
I only learned because I do a class called Career Apprentice and I am up in my favorite history teacher's class and she has freshmen who can't vote but she told them and myself to ask and sure enough I did and they told me.
So emotional kasumi :'(
*Nods*
Well...
I took government.
So.
I learned about government.
https://youtu.be/r7sbnDvGtf4
OMG stop kasumi, you're making me lacerate :'(
But... there's so many! There's about 30 propaganda videos of the ongoing war, as well as just normal videos such as TEST's Fleet Commander Spotlight: https://youtu.be/2yWwlill8dc
awawwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhhhhXD
I took government on the AP level last year.
*noelle doesn't know*
*noelle*
*noelle doesn't know*
*She*
*She doesn't know*
@Noelle Who knows?
@Fera And the last vid, a compilation of people and more than one Fleet Commander getting salty.
nobody
it's hilarious XD
And now I'm just gonna...
*sits and stares*
I'm not a robot.
Ok, well.
*Noelle curls up*
*facepalms* I swear when it comes to some things, i am 3 steps ahead of everyone, but when it comes to some really simple stuff, i am a fucking idiot.
I didn't realize you were kas...HOOOW
@Fera it's gotta be the profile pic.
Yeah, but still..KASumi...you're sending videos of some actually banterous stuff...and the (cortana) ....wtf, how did I not realize..
oh my gOD
*Has suddenly had a severe PAIN IN THE ROOF OF HER MOUTH
I am beginning to to rink that the universe has a vendetta against me
What do you think caused it?
Noelle? What's up?
*shrugs at Fera*
Still not happy with the profile pic, even though this one is good.
Oh, and TEST is best. Because we get war propaganda. And the enemy gets laughed at.
Oh, Noelle! :(
*think
*In so much pain
I mean, I usually get headaches when a storm comes through, of which a massive one is literally hailing on me right now.
But
It's swollen. How is the
My mouth
The roof of my mouth
What the heck
No idea, Noelle :S
@Fera *shrugs*
oh my o
Oh my
Ok I need a second I might be back
Jesus Christ this hurts
...
*gives a small wave*
*offers Noelle some cool tea if it helps*
Sounds painful... :(
*wants to watch the TEST videos, but can't at the moment*
*might check them out later*
Oh, and Kas, did you see that thing I wrote from the prompt I used? It's really short, but I think you'd like it.
*waves back a page or two*
*Noelle has tried apple tea, but it make it sting* *Thank you though*
What's TEST?
Alao, I just saw Fera's song, and all I can think of is the Gone Series, and I don't know why.
Aww. :( Well, you're welcome and I hope you can find a way to soothe it.
Hey again Kessie
Hey!
Adra, have you tried, like, ice water?
Thank you Lav.
I have taken some medication, which has helped a little, but I'll have to ask my mom. Not that she knows anything about orthodontry
Huh....weird. i never heard of a swollen roof of the mouth...
*There is hail coming from the sky* *Ice water*
*Yeah, but it hasn't done much*
*Tried to eat something, which didn't help a lot either*
Thank you friends, though.
*But the food she had was a pop tart - so it was yucky anyway*
@Kes: I don't know the details, but I think it's a gaming (company? Would that be the right word?) thing. It's related to the game EVE online and Kas is really interested in it at the moment. Ask him if you want better details. :P
Ah...that's too bad, Adra. *hugs*
*hopes she feels better*
@Lav: Ah, all right! Thanks!
*nods to Noelle*
*hopes the pain won't last and that she finds out how it happened so it won't keep hurting*
@Kes: No problem. :)
*offers warm hugs to those who want them*
@Noelle I... hope you feel better soon. You may have to visit a doctor?
Hello, Hope and Kessie!
@Hope You wrote a thing? I'll try to find it.
*accepts a warm hug*
:) Yeah, but if you don't want to look back, I can look for it and copy/paste it here.
*accepts and returns the warm hug*
TEST Alliance Please Ignore is more of an organisation/group (as is TEST Squadron, which I've been an active member of for two years)
Unbelievably, there have been more than 60 propaganda videos created by TEST and their allies in the past month! :O
Linking this again because lovely song: https://youtu.be/mG5ldczjiGI
@Hope The pirate? Hmm, I could write my own little paragraph or several of that prompt?
Or I could let my mind wonder over so many possibilities... :|
@Tia: oh! That's pretty cool!
@Kessie Yep! Propaganda can vary, though. Some of it is hilarious, some of it is parody of current events, some of it is just showing what TEST does. So yeah! *waves arms excitedly and thinks about Hope's prompt*
Yeah, the pirate ship one. :)
That, plus the EVE game has given me an idea for writing an adventure sci fi with pirates, ships, space, and possibly steam punk, but I don't know about that last one.
It would be like Treasure Planet meets Pirates of the Caribbean. :P
https://www.thedodo.com/kittens-found-colored-marker-1756254014.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dodofb
:0
*comes across another video from a player about 'what EvE really is'*
*instantly hears swearing right after the warning for strong language pops up*
That's actually hilarious, and I haven't even gone half a minute into the video. XD
*sees Noelle's link*
*shakes head sadly*
The fact that some people find amusement in tormenting helpless kittens hurts my heart...
But I'm glad that they got rescued before anything for worse.
*would donate money if she had any*
@Hope hmm, being inspired by EVE is kinda weird since so much of its plot isn't based on characters or background or interesting stories told by its makers, but by the players themselves. I'd kinda expect inspiration from Mass Effect (Dragona!) or Star Wars. Like you said, you don't know why they're shooting. But idk, spaceships are spaceships.
@Noelle those poor cats! :c
@Hope that's one of the best videos out there, I shared it earlier. But yeah, the point still stands, this isn't a book or a film that you just experience once, or a game that you "complete" - if you're battling over a location and lead a fleet, victory may result in you profiting off that area, a loss may cause your organisation to crumble, making a mistake may make you the laughing stock of thousands of people for years to come, culminating in somebody taking your angry voice and putting it in a youtube video.
Okay, well, it's the way you portray the game rather than the players.
Cause, honestly, /I'm/ imagining/creating my own players. :P
*watching more of this video and oh my gods, it's hilarious how much people are swearing XD*
Seriously though, I've come to think of /that/ kind of swearing as just empty threats, so it doesn't bother me too much.
And I'm joining in on the laughing. Silly Mittani :3
And that's actually a dubbed video with real dialogue, the original was a trailer.
See
I I ever found someone torturing an animal like this
I would beat them up.
Then call the cops
Just
Some people are sick. These poor babies..
Actually, scratch that about creating my own players. I'm creating my own version of the game. :P
*aka, creating ideas for a new story which probably isn't the best thing to do as I still haven't even finished the last two stories I came up with*
*nods at Noelle*
I'd probably yell at them, crying and trying to protect the animals they're torturing as best as I could...
Although if they tried to hold me back, I'm all for struggling/kicking my way out.
@Noelle *cough* punishment = 2 weeks community service I'm guessing *cough*
@Hope Yeah, I may send you a voice message tomorrow about it? But I'm interested in what your ideas about sci-fi might be.
*Nods*
:(
Poor kitties..
Also, @Kas about the dubbed vid: yeah, I figured. :P
@Hope at the end, after the scream "I'd call that op (operation) a success XD
@Hope Here's our TEST Alliance Fleet Commander: https://youtu.be/2yWwlill8dc
(Though I think we now have someone more confident since we're in a real war)
@Kas: :) I'm all ears. XP
But as I mentioned earlier, my idea is a mix of what I've seen and read from movies like Treasure Planet, Pirates of the Caribbean, and some comics about steampunk worlds where air ships are the norm and stealing pirate ships is a very possible thing. :P
*competent
And I'm off to sleep. Good night, Noelle, Hope, and Lurkers Anonymous
We (as in Blogland)(do we still call it Blogland?) should do like an ongoing story where we each write a paragraph and see where it takes us.
I feel like that'd be fun.
good night..
Night, Tia!
*will look at the link after finishing the video she's still on*
Trying to multitask on an iPod is really hard. Especially when YouTube can't play the video in the background.
Sleep well, Kas!
*nods to Kes*
Yeah, we still call it that(I do anyway). And that does sounds fun. :)
*late comments are late*
>.<
Omg this is so exciting to wait for the results for Pennsylvania
Hey Zaf! Long time no see!
(...i miss my girlfriend)
Hai Kessie!
I'm like so excited waiting for my state's results to know my vote actually counted. I just hope the canidate I voted for won....
Here Kessie *Hands xir a little bear to hold* *Can't do much else*
*You know
Oh my god my cat just sneezed in my face
Anyway
You know
I hate Kasich, because he defended Planned Parenthood in Ohio. And that was so stupid.
But he is the only republican I can tolerate.
Which
Is kinda sad
When is it announced?
*defunded
Polls closed in all the states voting 17 minutes ago, 8pm Eastern
Conneticut has Trump and Clinton winning
Rhode Island projected Trump and Sanders
Ooohhh RI my new pal :)
*holds the bear*
*thank you*
...Adra, I think we might be the same person
It's actually super crazy that Zaf is voting though?? @Zaf I remember when you were 14/15 this is. Absurd.
I'M YELLING I HAVE THE "DRUMPFINATOR" EXTENSION AND FORGOT ABOUT IT
and I thought Zaf was actually writing Drumpf instead of Trump this extension legitimately makes my entire life better.
Haha it is.
Oh and I know I hope PA didn't vote for Clinton but in our state you can only vote for the party you registered as.
It is entirely possible, Kes. Except, of course, I am not as unique.
*And please don't take this the wrong way*
But I think your identity is very fascinating. *Loves learning about people- quirks, perceptions, etc.* *Anthropology, and such*
Heh
I just looked it up and Trump won Republican, it doesn't say Democratic yet.
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