Right, well, SOMEBODY at Harper Collins messed up, and I am NOT a happy writer. But, for those of you who may have heard, yes, it is true, you are getting a Tanith Low novella coming you way early in 2013 so, um...
SURPRISE!
Grrrrr.
And before you get carried away with what it might be about or who might be in it, the synopsis provided was an early one, before I'd actually started the damn thing. Biggest change? Ghastly ain't in it. Probably.
So what IS it about, you ask?
It's about God-Killer weapons. Four of them, scattered around the world. Four weapons that could hurt- even kill- Darquesse whenever she arrives. Tanith, being thoroughly devoted to dear Darquesse, does not want these weapons falling into enemy hands. So she recruits a gang of misfits and villains and off she goes to snatch them before the good guys come calling.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to stomp away and find someone to beat up...
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Also, to all my east coast Ameriminions, you better stay safe during this storm and all these power outages. That is an ORDER.
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-takes Beth's hand, squeezing it gently-
(*waiting for the bath to finish running*
*sighs* it'll be nine before the bloody bath is filled..slowest taps in history.)
Bethany: *squeezes her hand back* Let us help you, Ember.
Ember: I do not need your help.
(@Jai Try a shower?)
(Can't Kas. Bath half full already..)
Clearly you do if you're trying to kill yourself..
Ember: I don't! *her hair bursts into flames* Leave me alone!
*takes a deep breath, covering her eyes with her hands, her hair extinguishing back to its normal red* Sorry...
-blinks at thé sudden light-
Its alright..
-smiles-
Tempers are hard to control sometimes...especially with Me talking to you..
Ember: You have no idea.
Did I mention that I won £10 in a scratchcard today. I think I mentioned... never mind.
*huggles Jai* :3
Yeah..sorry. I tend to annoy people..
-shrugs-
Everyone's gotta be good at something.
(*huggles Kas*)
Ember: How about an agreement - you don't annoy me, and I don't turn you into ash?
Um slight problem....I don't usually know when I'm irritating people..
(I'm listening to Queen now :D)
Ember: Then you'd better work it out.
Or what?
(Ghosters and lurkers, feel free to drop in c:)
Ember: Or I will turn you into ash.
Just make sure your hair glows before you incinerate me then I'll know that I'm firing you up.
-grins-
Okay?
Ember: It tends to ignite involuntarily, so I am sure that it will.
Good. So long as that happens then I can shut up.
Ember: Good.
Bethany: I am glad that you two have finally managed to agree on something. Although I cannot allow you to kill her, Ember.
*Is a ghost*
*Woooooooo*
-smiles, giving Beth's hand a gently squeeze-
Don't worry. I'll be careful not to annoy her that much..
HELLO KALLIS AND BLAKE!!! :D
Freezing to death is overrated.
(@Sophia 21st Century automatic weapons are heavy :/)
Bethany: *squeezes Silente's hand back* Good.
Ember: Why are you here, daughter of Phaestra?
Bethany: I have a reason to be here. *nods at Silente*
-smiles happily-
She has a reason..
(Hello, Kallista.)
Ember: I see.
-nods, snuggling into Beth's side-
Hopefully a good reason..
Bethany: Of course it's a good reason!
-smiles-
Good.
*gives Kal something hot and chocolate*
Bethany: *hugs Silente tightly*
Ember: I will be leaving, now. Things to see, people to burn.
-hugs her tightly back and flinches at Embers words-
You realise...burning them isn't hurting her?
Ember: No, but it is luring her out.
Kal :D
*huggles*
Why would you want to lure her out? It's not hard to get her to come to you..
Ember: It is if she has no intention of seeing you.
-tilts her head-
She always comes if I call her.
-frowns-
Ember: Then she must find it amusing to speak to you.
Makes sense. She likes being mean and laughing internally at my futile attempts to make deals with her..
Bethany: Don't make deals with her!
Ember: I rather agree with the angel.
I dont anymore!
Bethany: Good. *hugs Silente tightly* Never make deals with her.
(Slow day today on Blogland...)
(I will be back soon.)
Quiz?
*stares at the elves*
*reaches for her revolver*
*painfully slowly*
I still want to scream Lost Fleet spoilers, and it's been a day...
Ah, I'm reading Stark's Command, another book by Jack Campbell.
“Like I said.” Vic walked toward the door, waving toward Campbell, Sarafina, and Stark. “If you all will excuse me, I need to get a little rest before I get as deranged as our leaders.”
“I believe,” Campbell stated with exaggerated dignity, “that I personally have been characterized as ‘mentally unbalanced,’ not ‘deranged.’ “
Hello. I will be on in maybe half an hour or less. If anyone will be on then.
*is dressed like she's in Antarctica*
Have to go out and feed the cats... AND THERE'S SO MUCH SNOW OMGG.
*freezes because of cold*
*huggles snowy Hope*
Half an hour...
Quiz...
Ghosters...
*is back*
The cats' food dishes were buried in snow. Didn't have a shovel so I had to search with my hands. And a brick I found lying around. Still, WHY IS IT SO COLD?
*huddles in a blanket*
Hello by the way. :)
Bye Kal!
What quiz?
Oh, also, wbd.
Bye Hope and Kal!
*looks at Tia's comment in confusion*
I'm not going anywhere, unless you are?
But you said you will be distant?
That's true, but I'm still here. :P
No need to say bye unless I'm leaving.
Ok :)
Do you like the snow?
Yeah, just wish it didn't have to be so COLD. :P
Mostly I like to watch it fall. It's very pretty.
It is :)
So, how are you feeling?
And what are you up to?
I'm good. :)
Trying to write still. I completely forgot how awesome my story is. Haven't worked on it in a while.
But it can get confusing. I've got three books planned and my mind can't stop thinking about the second one, where there's more histories and stuff. xP I haven't even FINISHED the first one!
How're you doing?
I hope (<<<) those books turn out to be awesome! :)
I'm... not good. Sorry.
*hugs*
Wanna talk about it? I'm here, I'll listen.
No. I can't. :(
So, do you want to talk about anything?
*hugs again*
Okay, but whenever you do, you've got us here. :)
... There's not much to say for me, to be honest. Oh! What's that quiz thing you were talking about earlier?
Someone said it was quiz night.
It's been a real quiet day. No Danni, no Chloe, no Zaffy. Certainly no Star. One message from Blake. Not much happening. I've been on for over 12 hours and it's been boring.
Yup, that's similar to my day. I'm usually ghosting, but barely anyone's on until late at night my time. Or very early morning.
So, have you read all the SP books yet? I actually haven't read the last three...
Happy December 13th! :)
As far as I know, it's not a special occasion, but hey, let's just find something to be happy about.
Hi Fay! That sounds nice. :)
It COULD be someone's birthday, so there's always that.
How are you today?
I'm good :)
And I'm pretty sure it's Taylor Swift's birthday today. Not entirely confident, but oh well.
How're you?
Really? I like her music, but I'm not crazy enough of a fan to know.
Writing, or trying to. It seems like now I'm getting distracted... with other things.
It was my dad's on 12th...
Hey, Fay!
Hmm, I loved Death Bringer, but the last three are good too.
My friend has half a wall in her bedroom dedicated to Taylor Swift news articles. XD
And that's literally what happens every time I try to write, too... :P
Msd
Happy belated birthday to your dad then, Tia. And no spoilers!
I was thinking we could make our own quiz with questions from the series(not all books, of course, but see how much people can remember from the older ones) instead of going to online quiz websites. That's something Val would do, actually.
@Fay: Nicce. You're friend is crazy. :P And okay.
*your
*facepalms*
*suddenly has the Halloween song from Nightmare before Christmas stuck in her head*
Where did that come from?
Sorry for being distant :/
It's okay. I am too.
*looks back on her three comments in a row*
Sort of.
I'll never understand women.
*snorts and nudges him*
You need to spend more time around females, mister. Don't even know anything about hair. :P
*is just teasing*
*debates whether he should say what triggered that thought*
Okay! Got one thing besides writing finished!
*wonders if she should practice guitar now*
Yeah, I think I'm going to take a break before writing again. It's mostly editing something I've already written anyway.
*pokes Tia*
And isn't it time for you to be in bed?
Go ahead, I'm curious. Just didn't ask earlier because *changes what she was going to say in mid sentence* I don't really know why.
It's the weekend.
And I'm not sure whether to share this.
*sighs* women...
Still, it's pretty late.
*laughs silently because she has no idea what he's talking about*
Well, it's your choice, but my imagination is starting to come up with things.
Ha! Your imagination? Feel like sharing?
It's a whole range of things. Because I have no idea what brought up your thought, so it could be something like make up, boy talk, or hair, or something like how girls can be so complicated to boys while being completely normal to other girls. Or something else that I really have no clue about either.
I'm more of a tom boy myself. Not into make up at all, or hair for that matter, but I just know things by reading and watching movies or tv shows.
Honestly, I think I'm off.
...
I can say what it is but I need you to explain-
Ok, that's not fair, I know. But if you have any ideas... anyway, I'll email you.
Just don't tell anyone.
Okay. My email is lavhope@gmail.com
I'll TRY to help, if I can.
Or I would if I could find your email. :S
Got it now? ;P
I don't think you had it in the first place...
I swear if you just gave me someone else's email...
I replied. Seriously, I wouldn't do that.
Also, I like you gmail picture. It's cool.
It is.
I guess she was just messing. She's so carefree.
I sent you another reply.
Now, shouldn't you be getting to bed? ;P It really is late, unless you're not tired and want to keep talking?
Been in bed for at least three hours :)
Reading.
Aah, so that's why you must be so distant.
*grins and pokes him*
Well, since you'd probably just be reading anyway, I guess it doesn't matter if you're also here then.
Just have to ask, where'd you get that profile pic? The gmail one? It looks like a character from this Korean manga I'm reading, but it also has it's differences.
Hey Kal!
*hugs back*
And how're you doing today(or night)?
(It's not from manga.)
Hey, Kal.
@Tia; Okay then.
*tries to shoo Kal's dad away*
*realizes she probably can't*
*tries to use her psychic powers*
*brain dies*
XP
Sorry, I gotta go. I'll be back soon though!
*did not mean to rhyme*
So yeah, The Lost Fleet is about Geary and the fleet trying to get home.
Here is a quote from The Lost Stars book 3 that explains what it's about. (Lost Fleet spoilers but who cares, good guys won, how predictable.)
Despite the obstacles facing them, humans had found the means to travel to different stars. Jump drives that pushed ships into a different place where distances were much shorter and the rules of this universe did not apply. The hypernet that used quantum entanglement to transport ships between stars without, technically, ever moving them. Humans had used those to settle the worlds orbiting other stars, trade between those worlds, and fight wars spanning the stars.
Wars like that of the last century, started by the Syndicate Worlds and sustained by the refusal of the Alliance to surrender and the refusal of the Syndicate to stop fighting. In the end, with both sides tottering on the brink of collapse, a man who had supposedly died a century before, the legendary Black Jack Geary, had reappeared just in time to save the Alliance fleet. Geary had annihilated the Syndicate forces sent to catch him and forced an end to the war. Defeated, with its mobile forces decimated and economy reeling from the costs of the long war, the iron grip of the Syndicate government finally slipped, and star systems began breaking free.
Star systems like this one.
(So yeah, in a nutshell, it's about the guys who lost and how they plan to move on as interstellar government is collapsing.)
See you soon, Hope!
*hugs Kal
It's 2 am here... sleepy...
*is back*
*agrees with Kal*
Ooh me! Ooh me!
I wanna get first!
But what do I ded to?
Sorry, Kal. :P
You can have it. I really don't know what to dedicate to. I'm sure you have a good one. :)
Okay, then.
*grins*
I dedicate this page to my awesome purple guitar whom I have named Melody(because musicians have a tradition of naming their instruments).
Ooh! And to Be The Glue's band members! Silente Tempest, Clara L. Crowley, and Snow Stormburg!
*hopes she got their names right*
*grins again and bows*
Thank you, thank you.
:P
Aww. :(
I hope to see you tomorrow then, Kal!
*hugs*
*wishes she had someone to play a certain real life game with, but no one around speaks/reads English well enough to play*
Nobody wins, and nobody is a good guy.
Geary shows up and saves tens of thousands of sailors and marines (yay!)
Geary ends the war that has lasted for a hundred years (yay!)
Geary realises everyone he ever knew is dead (yay!)
Geary realises that humanity has accidentally built bombs capable of wiping out an entire solar system in one blast in all their important star system (yay!)
Geary realises that the people of the Alliance have come to hate their leaders because they couldn't stop the war, so they want Geary as dictator. Between the imminent civil war and the fact that the enemy fleets are destroyed, aliens can invade and wipe everyone out (yay!)
Rift Federation and Callas Republic had special elections to throw out any politicians with any loyalty to the Alliance, meaning that they're likely to be hostile (yay!) Cold war = Alliance's strength is publicly over exaggerated. They're actually quite weak. Breakdown of order in the military.
Another alien race has been found. They're fucking vegetarian bear-cows. Where the fuck do you get this shit from, Campbell? Anyways, vegetarian alien bear-cows are like ok, they have teeth, they want to kill us all, either we end the human race, or they end us. These are our only options. (yay!)
I will leave out two more things, but Roh Morgan. Roh Morgan is why you never give an insane woman a clean bill of health, just because you feel you owe them something.
Good night now.
Hear hear!
Wow.
*has no idea what to say*
You're right about nobody winning. Looks like the books can't really go anywhere.
*has tried, probably failed horribly*
I have been known to say "sort your ******* book out, Campbell." while reading it. And I'm not talking about the grammar.
*hugs Kal and Hope and falls asleep in the hug*
Good night Tia!
*hugs*
To anyone else: I will be very distant and most likely disappear.
*places sleeping Tia in a bed and puts a blanket over him*
But wait! There's more!
*grumbles at spoilers*
Basically, imagine wanting to kill your leaders all the time.
And then you do it.
And then vote for new leaders.
And then lol kill them again.
It's no way to run anything.
But yeah, citizens of the Alliance have unreasonable, and sometimes reasonable grounds to hate their leadership.
One of the ways this has been reinforced is that the enemy would never bombard the home planet of the current leader.
So there'd be occusations of selling out to the enemy and everything, even though the enemy is purposefully spreading mistrust.
...
Yeah, anyway, the leaders have messed up big time in spoilers.
But a military dictatorship would collapse. (And be space North Korea) And would be corrupt as the politicians in power now who could benefit financially from it would try to make it inevitable.
...
Yeah.
Oh yeah and since Syndicate Worlds can no longer secure their space, nothing stops a system from attacking other Syndicate systems and conquering them to start an empire and attack the Alliance.
But I'm ignoring the big spoilers.
Anyways, I wish you a good night, Kal.
And a good day to you, Hope.
Good night to you Tia. Now get to sleep. :P
Today. Sucked.-Zaf
*hugs Zaf*
Hi. What happened?
... Okay then.
*poofs*
A bloom wilts,
And a tear splatters
Joyous music blares
And shatters inside
Teen depression comes and goes and waves, and it hasn't come up in a while... Until recently. And now, all I want to die
[hugs Adra]
*hugs Adra*
I wish I could say more, or be there physically, but if you ever want to talk we're always here.
[what Fay said]
Alastair and Aretha couldnt be less of a help....
....
Goodbye
I'm sorry.
*hugs Adra tightly*
ADRA! WE HAVEN'T TALKED IN AGES! DON'T GO! D:
Please, just because there are some people who've given you a hard time, doesn't mean you should stop coming. There's a lot of people here who care about you, please don't kill yourself. Please.
*still hugs her tightly*
*is worried*
*paces*
*doesn't know what to do*
*pulls on her hair*
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE BREAK THIS SILENCE, PLEASE???
*realizes no one might be on*
*paces more*
[Throws refrigerator at silence]
Hi, Fabi. I know we talked before, but can I ask how you are?
http://thepianoguys.com/sharethegift/
I don't know why I posted that, but... it still has a good meaning, even if there aren't many who are religious...
I'm sorry, I've got too much going on in my head right now. [hugs]
I'll try to be in a better state to talk tomorrow.
Oh. Okay. Bye Fabi.
*hugs*
*sighs*
I shall be distant... again.
*has to go in half an hour*
*wonders if she should stay on until then*
Either way, I'll probably ghost.
Going now.
*poofs*
Hello? Anyone?
(Hey Gem!)
(Hey Sil)
(How are you?)
(I'm ok. I won't be on much later, I have a big test on Tuesday.)
(Yuck. Tests..)
I wish you guys a happy weekend! :)
So what are you all doing?
I am sort of here. Hello.
Wbd and have to go again soon. But not yet.
I may or may not be here depending on shenanigans.
MIST!!!
Omgomgomg HIHIHIHI!!! :D :D
*waves frantically*
Okay, you know what?
*tacklehugs him*
I haven't seen you in forever!!!
LAV IT'S LITERALLY BEEN YEARS HI
*gets tacklehugged*
How've you been? God, it has actually been so long.
I KNOW!!!! How've you been??? I MISSED YOU SO MUCH!!!
I've been a lot of things these past months, but right now I'm great! :D
I've got a new guitar, I'm starting to practice playing more, and I'm starting to write again.
I've been pretty good, ignoring all the homework and such. School ends in fourish days now, though, so that's pretty great.
That sounds awesome! I've been playing guitar a lot too, and performing a fair bit. I don't know if you've recorded anything, but if you have I'd love to hear some of it sometime.
I'm happy to hear that. :) Performing sounds awesome! :D
Thanks, but not yet, unfortunately.
Some Bloglandians started a blog band and they made up some lyrics. I recorded two songs from that, but because it's theirs it's not exactly mine.
I HAVE been practicing though and I want to record, but it's still not quite ready yet.
Oh! And I'm pretty sure you've already heard, but I learned of yours and Nix's podcast on YouTube. :) THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME HEARING NIX AND SPARKY'S VOICES. AND I MISSED YOU GUYS SO MUCH! It was awesome to hear you again. :)
The podcast itself is awesome too!
It is. My band are going to try and get some more gigs in the holidays if we can. Don't know how that'll blow over, though. :P
Oh really? That sounds pretty cool. I guess I've really been out of the loop, hey. There are so many new projects people are working on I've never even heard of. Which isn't exactly surprising, I guess, but still.
That's fair enough! I totally get that. I wish you luck in all your musical endeavours. :P
HELLO.
Oh lord, I didn't realise anyone had actually listened to that thing. Thanks for saying so but I end up cringing every time I listen to it. It was so painful to edit, hearing my voice all the time.
INK HI
Thanks!
And Nix was on just the other day. I'm so HAPPY you guys are coming on again! Even if only once in a while. :)
Have you heard from the others at all recently? Eve, Val, Lynx, and the rest?
YES. LAV TOLD ME YOU WERE HERE.
*waves to everyone else who's reading this and apologises for being so horrendously out of the loop and not knowing what's going on and stuff, althoguh I'm not sure why I'm apologising to THEM for that* *idek*
*laughs*
IT WAS AWESOME! :D I don't care if it wasn't that great, I LOVED IT!
Hi Star! :D
I don't know if Eve kept in contact with anyone, unfortunately. But I speak to Val regularly, which is great. Haven't spoke to Lynx personally in ages and ages but Sparky has and she seems to be doing alright.
Yeah, Nix, Zath and Sparky tend to come on once a while. :)
I haven't seen Eve in ages . . . :/ Val, nope, either. Lynx - saw her earlier this year.
That's awesome, Mist. :)
I'm glad people are still sort of keeping in touch. :)
Me and Eve emailed each other quite a bit around this time last year, I think. Might have been the year before though, idk. Or maybe not this time of year. Idek. But I think then her email broke and that was the end of that. :P I miss her.
*laughs again*
I have no idea if anyone's ghosting, but right now, it's us 'old regulars' who're the only ones on.
IT FEELS SO NICE. :D
I emailed Eve in September for her birthday but other than that haven't heard from her, which is a shame.
A wild Nixion may or may not be appearing soonish.
Aww. :( Her email broke?
I hope she can find a way to stay in touch again. And I think it was last year, Star. I remember emailing you and you saying something like that.
It feels really weird as well. I don't remember the last time I knew everyone here.
I mean, there's only three of us at the moment BUT STILL.
*ahem*
Four.
*prepares for Nix*
Oh yeah! GUYS, THERE IS GOING TO BE A CHRISTMAS PARTY FROM THE 21ST TO THE 28TH. I HOPE YOU CAN BE HERE!
*blinks*
I haven't been here in a couple of weeks, I wouldn't know how it normally feels anymore. :P
. . .
This is actually the longest time I've not been regularly here, not even excluding holidays, in almsot three years.
THAT'S A RECORD.
In other news, there's this bracelet that I've receently started wearing (I don't nromally wear jewellery) because I realised how good it was to fiddle with, but it tastes of metal (because it's metal . . .) and I keep wanting to eat it. I feel like I'm about five or something. Does anyone have any tips on how to not put bracelets in their mouth? :P
(Aaaaaand packages are confusing.
LAVENDER I WANNA HEAR YOUR VERSION OF SIFTS!)
HEY NIX!
I remember the last time. It was a few weeks ago. XD
Or something happened to her email.
@Lav: Ah. See, I didn't think it could possibly be two entire years ago. :P
HI SIL! :)
Aak! I know, Sil! Sorry! I'm getting to that, I still need to record a better version! I'll get to it SOON! Before I go to bed tonight! Promise! Sorry!
(STAR!!!!!!!! *TACKLEHUGS AND NEVER LETS GO*)
Somewhere in Eastern Europe. Date unknown. Possibly 1868
My father? No. That cannot be. My father is dead. The first shunned me out after my mother's death and the second... He is dead.
Baron: You are mistaken, dear. The man who 'shunned you out' is a close associate of mine. Nefarian Serpine. I put you into his care, he could protect you while I was out in battle.
*The young girl looked at the man, Baron Vengeous, her father. She found it hard to believe that the man in front of her was related to her, with his sharp, strong, defined features and his hard eyes.
The young girl, however, had soft features and wide eyes. She was an 'open book'. There were no defences closing her off.
She had been walked through a large palace after agreeing to learn more of her heritage. The palace was filled with people like her - Mages.
Now she sat in a well furnished with two men she now claimed as her father, Baron Vengeous and Nefarian Serpine. The latter had burst into the room as soon as she sat down and pulled her into an embrace that she remembered from her childhood. So strong. So protective*
Serpine: My dear, forgive me. I never wanted to hurt you. That was never my intention... I was only fearful. I feared for you. And I mourned for your lost mother...
Are you trying to tell me that you forced me away as a young child - who could barely talk, let alone fend for themselves - and made them find a new home?
Serpine: Forgive me...
Baron: I have already dealt with that, daughter. Nefarian has been punished for his foolishness. We would have got to you earlier, but two things prevented us: we couldn't find you, and if we wanted to, we would have had to send an army - which would be too obvious.
So... You are my father, Baron...?
Baron: Correct.
That means...? Oh, father!
*The young girl leaped across the table and into her father's open arms. She hadn't realised earlier how easily she fit into his arms, how they seemed almost made for her fragile body*
Baron: Now, now, my dear... It's alright. But there is one small complication to finding you at this moment...
What is that?
Baron: We are in the middle of a war. You are now a weapon to us and to them. You do not realise your importance from this moment onwards. Whatever side you choose, you will be hurt.
Father?
Baron: You are the war's greatest weapon. You can be turned on us or we can turn you on them. You are a weapon, my daughter, and no matter where you now go, you always will be one.
I'll do my best to get on regularly then, Lav. Sounds cool.
And not really, Ink. Maybe you could employ someone to follow you around all day and scream a random word each time you tried to put it near your mouth. I bet that'd work. Probably.
Hi, Silente!
HOPE MIST STAR-BUBBLE!!!!! *HUGGLES* :3
(Hi!)
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