Edinburgh tomorrow, where LSODM will be on sale for a few hours, then whipped away again until the 29th, because we're mean...
So... spoilers. I hate spoilers. I hate them as a reader, and I hate them even more as a writer. I don't even like mild spoilers, such as "Just wait till you see what happens to Kenspeckle!" or "All I will say is... Mevolent."
I get it. I do. You have a piece of information that's bubbling inside you, and you want to share it but you know you can't, so you share a sliver, something you think is enough of a hint to be relevant, but not enough to ruin anything... and yet, even this is a spoiler, because it's alerting someone to something big that's coming up...
I happen to have readers who are very respectful to their fellow Skulduggery fans, a fact that still amazes everyone at Harper Collins. I know that's going to continue, but we all have to be vigilant about this stuff.
I write these books for you to read them, to discover them, to experience them, on a page by page basis. It sounds obvious, right? But spoilers wreck that.
Okay, I shall now stop talking about it. But if you see ANY shop selling LSODM before the 29th, tweet me and let me know.
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*waves* Hello?
Am I alone again
TODAY'S THE DAY!
THE SUN IS SHINNING!
THE TANK IS CLEAN!
*gasp*
The tank is clean?!?!
Ah, that's new.
Duck
Oh my god.
Adra!?
Oh my god what??????
You just quoted Nemo.
That was perfect.
It was perfect, wasn't it.
But when I say the tank is clean I mean the book is out.
And I'm also happy about it.
Back!
Yay! *tosses a bottle of wine* Woo!
ZAF!!!!!!
LSODM is out, just in case you didn't know.
NEEEEEEEEEEEEEMOOOOOOOO :D
HELL YEAH MEL *high fives*
@Adra: ahhh we all need to meet :D
SOMEDAY!
<3
Also, nearly finished my coat of arms :D
#chaseforbook9
I realize and I live in America so its not comig til Wednesday
WE SHALL, YOUR MAJESTY!
*bows*
So what are my duties as a princess?
That, Zaf, is very misfortunate.
I feel for you, bro...
Its fine honestly I can wait I waited since December to read when my OC appears I can wait a bit longer
Ah ah ah ah stayin' alive, stayin' alive...
*dances*
Oh, yes, you're in the book, you lucky duck.
I'll be watching out for you, or you know, reading out.
She knows the exact page number she comes on too which is funny.
Ok have to go to school now BYE
*hums the theme from the Hobbit*
Have fun, Duck
@Adra: ...genuinely have no idea :P
whatever you want to do!
also, what is your weapon of choice? (I'm drawing everyone :P )
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Oh.
What do we in general do, what is your purpose? *chuckles*
I try not to rely on weapons too terribly much but when I do it is a pair of Talwar swords, actually.
Hellos Edward
hello adra
Hello people.
hello jayla
Erm...fight for our kingdom, protect the plants of the world, sit in meadows...the usual :P
I'll be orchestrating the place. Like, ordering people to do things, giving the okay or o'ney to ideas, sitting in a meadow, etc.
And awesome :D
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..((GOD WE SHOULD JUST DO THE PLOT OF BRAVE AND TAIA CAN BE MERDIA
(No just no....ok? I hated that movie)
I LOVE BRAAAAAAAAAVE!
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I really want to see it
SO DOES ZAFIRA
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Dibs her dad. I can't remember his name but I want to be him!
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It's a great film. Really visually stunning as well.
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*hangs upside down from a tree* Guys guys I had to learn about the Renisance! Then I remembered something about Niccolo and I grinned, he's a scholar from that time period! Now I got homework on it, I should ask Niccolo if he isn't too insane.
which film?
*glares* I do not.
Or you could just rely on what you learned in class?
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Ah. *Tackles Trip* Heeeeeeeey. Thanks for the present on Minecraft!
I might have returned the favour
Also, I don't think he likes it here all too much.
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You trapped one of my chests?
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See Trip our teacher told us that if we knew someone who was alive then that we ought to ask them, it's like a class project! I'll explain later, GTG EAT ZAF AND I BE BACK SOONISH
Um, no.
*giggles*
At christmas time we should get a tree and put gifts under it! Because, you know, chests look like presents around christmas time.
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That's not that bad of an idea...
First I must make a garden!
You blew up part of my bar?
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And we can make each other gifts! like get people cookies and stuff!
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No! *rolls off him, getting to her feet* Because unlike some people, I don't blow anything up!
*murmurs* or trapped chests
So what did you do then? *rests on elbows*
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It was a pretty good trap though, eh?
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Ah, I can't tell- spoilers!
could i get a drink please?
...? Fine. *stands up and walks to the bar* What would you like Ed? The usual?
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yeah please
*grins, following* I was confused... Speaking of which- what did you do to my door? It doesn't work anymore!
back in a min
Nothing!
*gets Ed a cider*
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Huh.
*slinks around on the floor* DISCO BAR
I just opened it and closed it completely as it should have been done! I did nothing to it! I just trapped the chest.
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RIGHT, it's a rubbish picture buuuut...
http://floramaehigh.deviantart.com/art/First-Draft-of-Flower-Crest-396569720?ga_submit_new=10%253A1377730801
What do you guys think should be in the middle?
Huh. Because my door didn't open...
Oh I think I know! Okay Nevermind.
*laughs* I might have topped it
*skips in the bar*
FLOWER KINGDOM
OMFG
THAT IS AMAZING. *kneels*
PARTY AT THE DISCO BAR GUYS
Hello Zaf, would you like a drink?
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Also, that's really good Flora!
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Also, that's really good Flora!
#ChaseForBook9
Yes please any red wine besides Tumblesoz I had some earlier so I rather...not go loopy (Me getting Minecraft tomorrow)
*wipes her eyes, running from the bar*
Ah ah ah ah Stayin' Alive, Stayin' alive.
*hurls herself onto the grass like a swan*
Thanks :)
What do you think I should put in the middle?
I need a symbol/object :/
#chaseforbook9
A crown?
*nods* A crown.
A giant picture of your face Flora.
*gets Zaf a red wine*
Tumblesoz. Isn't. Wine.
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Oh- put Miley Cyrus hate tweets in there xp
Sorry *gives him money for wine*
Oh good.
We aren't going to talk about...
*looks away*
A CROWN! :O
AWESOME IDEA! :D
THANK YOUUUUUUUUUU :D
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About?
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May I go to the bar or no?
Nothing
Well guys, as we speak, war brews.. Enjoy your last drinks as women of peace, because by tomorrow, you will both be embroiled in a high stakes war. You probably aren't aware of this, but this is the end of a century of peace. War beckons, and I strongly suspect you guys will be on the wrong side of history. *thrusts glass into the air* To peace!
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Yes Alexis, you can. As I said before, this is a friendly establishment.
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As always.
Wait.
I'm in New Delhi. Those idiots are going to mess everything up
Yep, the world is going to war.
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*sits*
Hell.
*walks back into the bar* Right. How are we going to celebrate our last night alive?
Drink ourselves shitless. *downs the glass, pours another*
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*goes in* Ooooh
I know I'm a Grand Mage...*sighs drinking*
Trip, I was present for the crime but I did not perform it, I didn't know what was happening until Adra was halfway done with it.
Are you coming on Adra before I go to bed??
Good! *hops on a stool* I'm in the mood to try something new
Actually, on second thoughts, maybe Alexis shouldn't stay. On account of us drinking ourselves to the stone age. *downs another glass, pouring another*
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i return *takes cider*
NO ERM SHHHHHRRRRR
I'm out at dinner but I'll be home soon!
Rumblesnip? It's like a beer, but different.
Hey Em.
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Off to bed nowww :)
G'night my lovelies! <3
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ill try the strongest drink youve got trip
bye flora
*shrugs* Why not?
*pokes Em with a fork* Nu!
And you were laughing the whole time
Night Florabell! *hugs*
Aww, I love that name, Adra! It's like I'm a flower!
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Eeeewmmmmm I am getting Minecraft! Tomorrow so long as Gamestop has it :D
I'll behave! I promise. *looks up at Trip* Please may I stay?
It's not that you won't behave, it's that we won't be able to stop you getting hold of alcohol and accidentally killing yourself by having too much. *gives Adra some Rumblesnip and some Absinthe to Ed*
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Night Flora!
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*attaches glass holder to robot arm* thanks *drinks Absinthe in one* again?
*raises it* Ta, babe. *chuckles, taking a sip*
I don't like it because I tasted some once and i didnt like it I rather soda.
Careful, you can kill yourself on Absinthe. I might give you something a bit weaker. *gives him a drink called Something Else, keeps drinking Tumblesoz*
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*frowns* Fine. What would you like? Don't say 'soda', because I need something more specific.
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*takes drink and falls over, drunk* im ok
You'd better be. *keeps drinking*
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*smirks* Soda. No actually Coke?
Edward, perhaps you ought to stop... *takes another sip of her drink*
*takes sip* I rather not die painfully.
*stands up* ill stick to cider please
*gives Ed soda, and Alexis a coke*
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Zaf, you and I are probably going to die- *raises a glass to her* But you before me. *laughs*
soda? its not alcoholic *drinks soda*
Thank you, Trip *takes a drink*
Oops, sorry, I meant cider.
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Hello.
[Considers]
Maybe.
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No comment I cant say anything about that.
*takes another sip and gives Trip the money for Alexis*
*takes cider* thanks
*sits working on homework* I hate essays. The project we are doing in history is we have to find someobne who we know was alive in a specific time period. We picked from a hat and I got Renisance so I really hope Niccolo is kind of sane if he comes, because he's really smart and might be able to help me. *shakes head*
*waves to Fabi*
Good.
Hmm... I really want to go to the beach.
*makes a portal, hopping out in Maui*
[Waves to Adra, Trip, Zaf and Alexis]
[Sits down and watches my feet]
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Hi Fabi.
Well, Alexis, I don't think your teacher thought this out very well have they?
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Hey Fabi! It's our last night of peacetime! We're going to celebrate by drinking away a century or two! Wanna join in?
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She did because we all are mages, and she knows some of us have relatives who are way older. *shrugs* I know he'll help! Probably. Hey Trip, have you heard of Doctor Nye? We were discussing the war with Mevolent at lunch and some kid mentioned Nye.
alexis, nye nearly killed me twice.
trip another please
*watches the sunset, feeling tears come* *sets her drink in the sand, running into the waves, driving through the water*
Come on you guys- drinking isn't living to the best! Well. It is.
But drinking and just sitting around isnt
[Smiles grimly]
Could I have a Mayan-style hot chocolate?
#ChaseForBook9
Nye.
Yeah I know Nye. He's not as bad as they say, not any more.
Yeah, but what if you didn't know anyone from that time period? It's perfectly plausible. The renaissance was a long time ago.
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Nye sealed my true name I really was petrified I kept my necklace on so it didn't try to dissect me and plus Ravel threatened it's life a few times over so we were all good.
*gets everyone what they asked for*
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Then we pick a time period we know someone from, like I got Renisance and I knew Niccolo was from that period so I took it, but if we cn't talk to someone we can pick a different one, like I'm going to pick the civil war if Niccolo isn't sane.
*rolls her eyes* Fine. You all can die depressed and sad.
*is pulled under*
*runs through portal carrying several drinks* maui
[Pays in all nickels]
[Sips hot chocolate and raises an eyebrow]
((Is fidgeting considerably less than normal))
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Which civil war? We Englishmen had our civil war before it was cool.
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Now that was fun. Watching mortals fight. I actually was near Gettysburg on an assignment. Was very interesting. I caught a glimpse of Sherman too in the March to the Sea, hell they did not leave a THING behind for the citizens when they burned a town, I mean I was watching from te shadows in one town and hell it was scary. Never knew mortals could go that violent! See we thought a mage did it but when we saw Sherman I knew he was mortal so we didn't step in but hell I thought Bisahalani was going to have a mental breakdown when they were in Atlanta. Thank god Sherman was mortal.
Let's all go to Maui! *goes through the portal*
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American. *drags Momma through the portal*
*swims down, looking at a coral reef, her lungs burning* *grins as fishes come up to her*
*sits on sand drinking*
*jumps into sea and swims out to where the current leads*
Ah. Your lot were rather late to the party. Most of them had been and gone!
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By then, the effects of or civil war were dead and gone!
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All though, parliment was still respected by the monarch mainly because it for a long time.
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Yeah true but hey watching him burn stuff was fun. See we tried to not involve ourselves once Sherman marched because we knew the North had won and once they signed the surrender at Apramatox Courthouse we honestly didnt care
'Cause, you know, if you cross parliment, they fuck you up.
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[Shrugs and steps through portal to Maui, still sipping hot chocolate]
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*builds sand castle*
haha i want first people
Yeah, generally when people surrender the other side wins.
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((Very distant, in case that wasn't already clear...))
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Alexis sweetie...
*feels a big rush of current pull her away, tumbling across the sand*
Oh-
*is pulled out over a large, dark chasm*
*eyes widen, out of breath, beginning to push herself to the surface*
Damn it
And the north weren't exactly paragons of virtue themselves!
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*leaps out of water and creates ice raft floating to sit on*
No but they out manned and manufactured the South, the south didn't grow many crops, food wise. You can't eat cotton and once the ports were blocked they were screwed because the railroads weren't connected down there, the north had factories railroads food grown the south had plantations growing cotton and waterways they had imported goods usually so block the ports they'll eventually starve
((...Oh. That makes two. Huh.))
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...?
How was that relevant to my last point?
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adra? need help?
Well also the north had Unbelievable Slaughter Grant so they werent saints
*resurfaces, finding herself far from the beach*
*coughs up some water, feeling her lungs scream*
Whoa... *treads the water, watching the fading sun*
*creates ice raft for adra*
*rests her arms on the plank*
I'm sorry, Rose!
*sinks into the water*
Well, not really. Both sides in any war commit atrocities, and the individual men of the north weren't an army of God fearing, baby kissing, damsel saving superhumans, a whole bunch of 'em probably raped and pillaged, just like a lot of men of the south were pretty nice guys, who helped even their wounded enemies.
But the issue is, is history is written by the victors. So the north are painted as saints, with all their good acts focussed on and all their bad swept under the rug. While the south get painted as murderous devils.
They were on the wrong side of history. The one that lost.
#ChaseForBook9
What's a slaughter grant? It doesn't sound good.
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*walks back to beach*
Ulyseus S. Grant a general from the north, he was nicknamed two names: first, Unconidtional Surrender Grant because he made the other army surrender unconidtionally later he was known as Unbelievable Slaughter Grant because he would attack and attack the army he fought even if they were beaten and slaughtered them
I think Ari is actually hiding lol. TRIP WHY DID YOU SCARE HER AWAY? *hugs Coco bear*
Yeah... Southern people are actually really nice. You'd be surprised.
Also-
*pops out of the water, flopping onto the rather large raft, watching the sky* *smiles, wiping her eyes*
*glances over her shoulder at the far away island* Right... *shrugs*
See. No one side in a war has a complete bill of goodness.
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SO. Since there's a big huge war coming, how are all you people spending your time? I hope you're not just going to tell stories about death and war, are you?
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/I/ scared her away?
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Nah, I'm not hiding. I just finished catching up on comments!
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I will be sitting in the sidelines. I have no wish to be on either side, as I am, effectively, a weapon of mass destruction, and would be treated as such; a weapon.
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Hey Ari!
i shall wait and not fight unless needed.
Hello Ari and Niccolo since technically he's there
Hello Aretha.
[Smiles grimly and nods]
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Also, my entire branch of the Scottish sanctuary will be completely neutral in this war, whichever side comes out on top, we will be on neither.
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*drops her earpiece onto the ice, scooting towards the side*
*murmurs* I'd rather just go on my own terms... Swim down until my ears burst and my lungs fail... *lays next to the water, skimming her hand across the water*
my penguin army will stay in my fortress as they are not needed to fight for anything
This universe me will probably spend a lot less time actually fighting in this war than she's used to, since she's an Elder now and all that. Niccolò is definitely staying out of it, though. Actually, as of now, he's basically staying out of everything.
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Oh yeah, the halflings are always strictly neutral on human affairs.
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Ugh. Right. *takes off her necklace, sliding into the water*
*kicks off the ice, diving deeper into the water, the fishes swimming about, all around her*
Will he come visit? I kind of miss his usual charming self, and Aunt Jayla wishes to speak to him.
[Turns and abruptly walks back to Blogland]
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Hey, Fabi, and Alexis, and Zaf! Actually, though, since I'm from a parallel universe, I'm not connected to the Niccolò from this universe, so he's not here.
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Alexis I love you but he may want his space. I dont know him well enough to say much other then rhat *sighs*
trip, whats adra doing?
His usual charming self is pretty distressed... And he actually hates attention, so coming here is not something he'll want to do right now. So I kind of doubt it, but... It's possible...
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*sinks to the bottom* *nods contently* *closes her eyes*
Huh. Weird. What's your version of him like?
*quietly to Aretha* Alexis has a crush on him not sure how he and her are in your universe though
Oh shi- *dives in, rocketing down to the bottom using energy*
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