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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«Oldest ‹Older 2801 – 3000 of 4852 Newer› Newest»Bethany: When you die, you will just die... When I die, I just have to wait a thousand years.
(-watches Lavender leave- oh..)
I've died many times Beth..so many times..its almost never the end for me, not really. If I could I'd have swapped our places..I deserve what waits for me in Minerves realm...I've a lot to pay or..
-smiles at her-
I'm no angel.
**It's not you, Sil...**
*exhales in a small puff, cat equivalent to a sigh*
*is hating the turmoil in her mind*
*also hates the way she can get so dramatic about certain things*
Hello, Lavander. I can speak too, as an animal. I shape-shift among other abilities.
Zanida: *picks up Loki* Now, turn human.
*bites her*
Zanida: OWWWW!!!
(*follows Lavender and strokes heblr gently*
What's on your mind?)
((Msd.))
*hugs Danni*
*is distant because things*
*is no longer distant*
Hey! :)
**Very cool, Loki.**
*would smile, but she can't really do that as a cat*
**And okay.**
*gives another small puff*
**A lot of things, Sil... I've been wanting to say something since this morning, and I still do, but I can't seem to be able to say it without being overly dramatic about it...**
*gives her head a quick shake*
**Very cool, Loki.**
*would smile, but she can't really do that as a cat*
**And okay.**
*gives another small puff*
**A lot of things, Sil... I've been wanting to say something since this morning, and I still do, but I can't seem to be able to say it without being overly dramatic about it...**
*gives her head a quick shake*
(@Lavender I advise you just say it...even if it is dramatic the message still gets across?)
**Hi Tia. How are you?**
**And how is everyone else for that matter. Sorry I didn't ask sooner... I actually wasn't planning on saying anything in the first place, to be honest... Hence why I'm a cat...**
**Doesn't seem to be working though, because I can't help but respond...**
(I'm okay thank you Lavender.. I don't think I need to ask how you are but I'm going to anyway. How are you?)
*hisses at herself*
**I AM being dramatic about it! Right now! I wasn't even planning to say anything in the first place!**
*starts lashing her tail, showing that she's irritated*
(-backs up slightly from the kitty-
-holds a hand out, Palm up, in front of her-
It fine. Turmoil isn't nice..)
**Well, I didn't see your comment, but that last part of mine sort of gave you a hint as to how I am...**
*breathes in as deeply as she can as a cat, and lets it out in a huff*
**Im a lot of things, not just irritated...**
*tacklehugs Sil*
*pats kitty*
(Hey! c:
I'm okay.)
*walks over to Sil, and rubs against her legs*
**Sorry... I'm just mad at myself.**
(-strokes her gently, scratching lightly along her back-
It's fine. You wanna talk about it?)
**That's good to hear, Tia.**
(It seems I disappeared briefly.)
Bethany: No one would deserve what would happen to them in Minerve's realm.
(Welcome back Soph.)
I do..
(Hi everyone. I need to tidy my room so i'll be back soon.
I'm fine. Went to the cinema to see penguins of Madagascar, yes it was good. It was really funny. I highly suggest going to see it.
Hopefully that answers all of your questions you may currently ask.
Toodles!)
Bethany: You don't! That's why I saved you.
(Hi/Bye Gem!)
I do, Beth. Minerve had a point with how many innocents I've killed...I really do deserve what awaits me.
(Hey Sophia and Gemma!)
**See you soon, Chi!**
*glances at Sil*
**I guess, but as I said, I'm probably being really dramatic for the news that's coming...**
Bethany: That was no point. Not a single person in existence would deserve what Minerve could do to them.
(@Lavender Drama is good. It means people pay attention so the news isn't just ignored.)
-laughs-
I doubt that Bethy. You have no idea. There's a reason your mothers wouldn't approve. When my times come, I deserve everything she does.
Hello, everyone. I may be here, for a time.
(Hello Alastair. How are you?)
(Hi everybody, I'm not really here.)
Fine, I suppose, Silente.
*melts into a tree*
(Hey Not-Really-Here-Blake.)
(Thats good. May I ask, how is Adra? She seems..upset again.)
Don't ask, Silente. Please. *sighs slightly*
*is a tree*
*turns back into a human*
Hi Blake and Alastair.
Alastair, I sent an email to Aretha, but she didn't reply... Did I have the wrong email?
Also, after a lot of thought, I've decided not to say it. I'll be okay, and I'd rather not upset the mood with my drama. It doesn't matter all that much anyway.
I believe she has replied to it today, not long ago, Lacender.
...
Mood swings. Ugh.
*lets her head fall forward and smack into a tree, one that's not Alastair*
Bethany: No, you don't! I don't care what you've done. You do not deserve it.
Okay.
*goes to check*
(Hello, Alastair.)
I do.
-hugs Beth-
It'd probably be better too.
Bethany: *hugs her back* No! *starts to sob* How can you think such things about yourself? *hides her head in Silente's shoulder* You're amazing.
Shh
-gently rubs her back-
Its okay.. I'm sorry..I'll stop talking about it..
Bethany: Not if you think it... I want you to stop thinking it... It's wrong.
*should probably sleep soon*
By the way, I replied to the email.
-sighs slightly-
Beth..I can't stop thinking it if it's true..
(*hugs Lavender*)
Bethany: It isn't true! That is the thing!
It is Beth. You..you haven't seen my past... I deserve what Min and her shadows do..
*is hugged*
I'm sorry...
Bethany: You could have killed everyone in an entire realm and I would still think that you wouldn't deserve what Minerve would do.
-winces-
I doubt that..
Bethany: It's the truth. As far as I am aware, you deserve nothing but happiness.
-shakes her head and hugs beg gently-
You're too merciful..
-kisses her gently-
Bethany: *hugs her and kisses her back* No. You are just too unfair on yourself.
Nah. I'm soft on myself.
*grins*
It's getting late now, and only a matter of time before wifi starts acting up, so I think I'll go to bed.
*hugs everyone*
*even those who've poofed or aren't really here*
*even anyone ghosting*
Good night.
*decides to give everyone a year's worth of cookies and hot cocoa(with marshmallows)*
Because cookies and hot cocoa are just that awesome. ;P :)
Good baaaiiiiii!!!
*poofs into a cloud of purple glitter*
(*hugs Lavender* bai!)
(Goodbye Lavender.)
Bethany: No, you're not!
I am.
*grins*
Bethany: You didn't even deserve what Liliana did to you...
Liliana did basically nothing...well...except for the pain...
Bethany: Exactly. Nor did you deserve even what Liliana did to you last night.
But that pain was my fault. If I hadn't caused that pain at some point I wouldn't have felt it. That pain is karma. And what she did last night wasn't even that bad..
Bethany: You deserved none of it.
I deserved that and worse.
Bethany: No, you don't!
Hi all. ^^
Yes I do.
*rolls eyes and kisses her before she can argue*
(Hey Aqu)
(Hello, Aquila.)
Bethany: *kisses her back* No, you don't.
Yes I do. You don't know..
Bethany: No one would deserve it no matter what they have done.
*sighs*
Okay..
Bethany: *hugs her tightly*
-hugs her tightly back-
Are you..you dont mind being stuck here?
Bethany: I have you. I am fine.
That wasn't what I asked
Bethany: No, I do not mind.
-nods- okay
Bethany: I cannot leave, regardless.
Now floating up and down
I spin, colliding into sound
Like whales beneath me diving down
I'm sinking to the bottom of my
Everything that freaks me out
The lighthouse beam has just run out
I'm cold as cold as cold can be
be
I want to swim away but don't know how
Sometimes it feels just like I'm falling in the ocean
Let the waves up take me down
Let the hurricane set in motion... yeah
Let the rain of what I feel right now...come down
Let the rain come down
Where is the coastguard
I keep looking each direction
For a spotlight, give me something
I need something for protection
Maybe flotsam junk will do just fine
the jetsam sunk, I'm left behind
I'm treading for my life believe me
(How can I keep up this breathing)
Not knowing how to think
I scream aloud, begin to sink
My legs and arms are broken down
With envy for the solid ground
I'm reaching for the life within me
How can one man stop his ending
I thought of just your face
Relaxed, and floated into space
I want to swim away but don't know how
Sometimes it feels just like I'm falling in the ocean
Let the waves up take me down
Let the hurricane set in motion... yeah
Let the rain of what I feel right now...come down
Let the rain come down
Let the rain come down
(Adra?)
I know..I'm sorry..
(Adra!!!!!!!!!!!!! please stay ;-;)
*hugs Noelle*
Bethany: It is not your doing.
It sorta is..
Bethany: No. It was my decision.
If I hadn't been stood there..
Bethany: Then it would have happened elsewhere.
If I had been CLOSER you wouldn't have been able too.
Bethany: And then you could have died.
Would've been better..
Bethany: No, it wouldn't. I couldn't have seen you again.
But you'd have been alive.
Bethany: But this way I can come back to life in a thousand years and you can still see me. It was the best outcome.
I disagree..
Bethany: So you'd have rather not talked to me at all?
No..I'd rather you hadn't died..
Bethany: It was unavoidable without your own death.
But that's it, I'd rather I had died than you..I've experienced it before..a lot..
Bethany: But what if it was permanent?
It wouldn't be..
It can't be..can I? I mean...your mum can fix it?
Bethany: That would depend how long you have been dead for.
How long is the limit?
Bethany: She can revive you if you have been dead for shorter than about half an hour? After that she has to wait until she can revive a few people every thousand years.
Either way she could have save me eventually.. and you wouldn't have to be dead..
Wait..if Phae can save people every thousand years...does that mean Min can...I don't know...kill loads of people every thousand years?
Bethany: But I couldn't see you for a thousand years.
No, Minerve has no such ability. If she wants to kill a lot of people - she simply does so.
But you'd be alive..
Oh..Okay...
Beth..souls can't be erased right? I mean..Min wouldn't be able to keep a soul a day short of a thousand years to keep hope alive then just plain destroy it could she?
Bethany: Souls can be erased in Minerve's realm. You can be rather literally wiped from existence.
You..really? But..how??
Bethany: It is Minerve's realm. She can do what she wants.
But..that's not right..
-shudders-
Bethany: Of course it isn't.
Well at least..I mean, as least there'd be no more pain..?
Bethany: That is why she does not usually erase souls.
Yeah..
I'd still rather it was me..maybe I can learn to time travel...I tried once but lost patience..
Bethany: Do not time travel...
But if I could save you..I dunno, grab your leg so you couldn't try save me..
Bethany: No! Don't do that!
Why? I could save you.
-looks slightly excited-
I could save you!
Bethany: But what if you would erase me accidentally? What if you erased yourself? No... I couldn't allow it... I'm sorry...
I wouldn't erase you..
Bethany: You might accidentally?
I..wouldn't..I'd be careful..
Bethany: Please don't... I beg you.
But..but I want you to live..
(I will be back soon.)
(Okay.)
(I am back.)
Bethany: And I will... in a thousand years...
(Welcome back!)
-sighs-
But I want you alive now..
Bethany: I am sorry...
(I will be back soon.)
(Okay.)
It's fine..
The waves smacked the jagged beach with fervor,
Beating bodies against the cruel shore
Back and forth they went,
And the onlook was stunned into revulsion
And the events that were done that day....
Death. Nothing but death, came for them.
Hello Silente, Adrasdos and Sophia.
I just can't anymore.
I was gonna look into uni plans, find out what I'd like to do. Dad tells me that I should take a walk, bother with these things later.
I do.
Come back home, start looking at ucas and stuff.
Mum comes home, calls me useless, has a go at me for not doing anything all day.
Thanks a lot.
Not that anyone's here.
It's going to be one of those nights...
:c
I have yet to understand....she says she is leaving from being hurt and she comments. Just freakin pick: Stay or go. *sighs* This is why I have very little paitence.
-Zaf
Zaf?
Hi Tia.-Zaf
(I am back.)
Hello, Zafira and Sophia.
(Back! Sorry guys, bath.)
Bethany: I really do not want you to change anything. It is not worth the risk.
I have done it again.
One year in every ten
I manage it-----
A sort of walking miracle, my skin
Bright as a Nazi lampshade,
My right foot
A paperweight,
My featureless, fine
Jew linen.
Peel off the napkin
O my enemy.
Do I terrify?-------
The nose, the eye pits, the full set of teeth?
The sour breath
Will vanish in a day.
Soon, soon the flesh
The grave cave ate will be
At home on me
And I a smiling woman.
I am only fifteen.
And like the cat I have nine times to die.
This is Number Three.
What a trash
To annihilate each decade.
What a million filaments.
The Peanut-crunching crowd
Shoves in to see
Them unwrap me hand in foot ------
The big strip tease.
Gentleman , ladies
These are my hands
My knees.
I may be skin and bone,
Nevertheless, I am the same, identical woman.
The first time it happened I was ten.
It was an accident.
The second time I meant
To last it out and not come back at all.
I rocked shut
As a seashell.
They had to call and call
And pick the worms off me like sticky pearls.
Dying
Is an art, like everything else.
I do it exceptionally well.
I do it so it feels like hell.
I do it so it feels real.
I guess you could say I've a call.
It's easy enough to do it in a cell.
It's easy enough to do it and stay put.
It's the theatrical
Comeback in broad day
To the same place, the same face, the same brute
Amused shout:
'A miracle!'
That knocks me out.
There is a charge
For the eyeing my scars, there is a charge
For the hearing of my heart---
It really goes.
And there is a charge, a very large charge
For a word or a touch
Or a bit of blood
Or a piece of my hair on my clothes.
So, so, Herr Doktor.
So, Herr Enemy.
I am your opus,
I am your valuable,
The pure gold baby
That melts to a shriek.
I turn and burn.
Do not think I underestimate your great concern.
Ash, ash---
You poke and stir.
Flesh, bone, there is nothing there----
Herr God, Herr Lucifer
Beware
Beware.
Hello, Silente and Adrasdos.
It is if it means you're free..
(Hey Kas.)
*watches the Midgardians*
Bethany: No, it isn't.
Yes it is.
Bethany: *sighs*
-takes Beth's hand and squeezes it-
Don't you see? I could fix it!
Bethany: But what if something goes wrong?
Quack?
What's the worse that could happen? You live and I end up with Min? That's fine..so long as you're safe!
(Hey Duggling.)
(Quack!
*stares into Sil's eyes and wonders how they are today*)
(*stares back at the dug, eyes hypnotic*
*slowly* quack)
Bethany: Safe? That would be the worst place to be if you want me to be safe!
*sighs* Try and contact Aetas...
*Tanya walks over to Dugg*
*picks him up*
*looks him in the eye*
Who sent you!?
How would it be? Who's Aetas?
(*her eyes spin*
Quuuaaaccckkk...)
Bethany: With Minerve? Do I have to spell it out for you?
Aetas is the god of time...
(*her eyes stop spinning and she looks into Tanya's eyes*
Quack!)
Yes you do.
Oh..Okay..I'll do that as soon as I'm back..
Do I dare ask?
(Probably not Loki.
OH GOD DUGGLING RUN BEAST RAPER ALERT XD)
(*tries to fly over to Loki and whines up crashing at his feel*
Quaaack..)
(*looks at Sil then stares up at Loki, shaking*
:O quack?!
*backs up quickly*)
(-picks up the Duggling- hello.)
Bethany: E T E R N A L T O R T U R E. Does that equal safe in your eyes?
..you'd be safe..she wouldn't have you..
(*cowers in Sil's hand, still looking fearfully at Loki*)
(-gently strokes the Duggling- Shh..it's okay.)
Bethany: Did you forget what she did to me after a few hours?
I..no. I didn't forget that she set her shadows on you..and that they had their..
-swallows-
Fun..
But you'd be safe...it'd be fine if you were safe..
Am I that terrifying? *makes several copies of himself*
(To an innocent duggling who doesn't want to be raped? Yes you are Loki.)
I don't like ducks. They quack and I am not a duck.
Bethany: No! That would not be fine! If we lived with Minerve she would just do the same to us both!
*wraps and arm a round Sil, allowing herself to get close to the Dugg*
Who sent you!?
Quack quack quack!?
(-laughs- really Loki? Hedgehogs and Rocks are a yes but no a duggling.)
You wouldn't be with her Beth! You'd be safe at home, ALIVE.
(Oh, yeah. I should study for a business manager.
I can see that. Shutting down Blogland because it generates no revenue, or placing annoying ads everywhere.
Promotions, here I come!)
*shifts into a serpent and strangles the vampire*
*eats the serpent*
Yummy!
(-rolls her eyes and pulls the snake off of her- nice try.)
*slithers off her and turns human, his movements slower as if he is exhausted* Right....Vampires smell horrid.
(-laughs- so do you Loki.)
Bethany: I wouldn't leave you!
I wouldn't let you follow Beth! I..couldn't let you..
(*waits for "Apologies. Seems I disappeared briefly."*)
(*huddles in Sil's hand, over whelmed by all the people*
*when she hears Sil talking to Loki she quacks loudly*
QUACK!
*don't give him any ideas!*
*when he turns into a serpent she flutters out of Sil's hand in a panic*
Quackquackquack!)
*sighs and sits down beside Zanida*
((Apologies. It seems I disappeared briefly))
(((:P)))
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