The following has been sent out to all Theatre of Shadows registrants...
My friends,
Many of you have spotted the facebook incursion on Sunday from escaped fugitive Silas Nadir. He’s taunting us. We need your help now more than ever.
The first clue to Nadir's location arrived late last night and we set our three top code-breakers to solve the puzzle.
This morning, they were each found dead in their homes. On the wall beside each body was scrawled "Silas 3, Sanctuary 0."
And so we must call upon you.
Time is of the essence. Before they were killed, our code-breakers worked out that the clues seem to point to an unusual sequence of numbers. They managed to fill in not one space before Nadir found them: ? ? . ? ?, leaving us four spaces to fill for now.
Remember Nadir's promised us three clues: so to throw him and his accomplices off the scent, the next clue will be sent out to all those registered to Theatre of Shadows. If you haven't already – be sure to sign up for free as a matter of urgency. Operatives in the US, Norway and Sweden we know that registration is an impossibility for you right now: rest assured we will need you for the third clue. You are crucial too.
Here’s the first clue:
1. Take the number of letters in my magical discipline (here's a hint, idiots — it's a two-worded ability), then multiply that by the age of the Jitter Girls. Add to this the number of rooms in the Midnight Hotel and then subtract the age of a sorcerer named Petrichor. With me so far? Keeping up? Now put in a decimal point (do you know what that is?), then the amount of damns I give about any one of you, and follow this with the maximum number of Dead Men there is at any one time. Now subtract the number of babies stolen by the goblin brothers. Whatever their names are. Ugly little critters, the lot of them. Not as ugly as the babies, though.
And that's all he's given us to fill in ? ? . ? ?. The Sanctuary’s resources are stretched so terribly thin… please help us find Nadir before he can kill again.
And be wary. He found our first code-breakers. He could find any of you, too.
Yours in magic,
Grand Mage Erskine Ravel
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«Oldest ‹Older 2201 – 2400 of 4391 Newer› Newest»It's beautiful, Elleni! :-)
[hugs back]
:-)
(Everyone seems very talkative.)
Yo peoples :)
Yo peoples :)
(Hey Chloe!)
(how r u?)
(I'm fine, thanks. You?)
The Scepter of the Ancients
In the gathering storm
Comes a tall handsome man
In a dusty black coat
With a red right hand
Playing with Fire
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree
I travelled the world and the seven seas
Everybody’s looking for something.
The Faceless Ones
The ruined remains of an ancient city
Deep underwater
All the myths are true
Scientists have unearthed enormous skeletons
They think they’ve disproved
But all the myths are true
Dark Days
I see the bad moon arising
I see that trouble’s on the way
I see earthquakes and lightnin’
I see those bad times today
Don’t go round tonight
Well it’s bound to take your life
There’s a bad moon on the rise
Mortal Coil
I’m already going
I’m already gone
There’s a stranger in my place
You’ll never find me
But I’ll get along
‘Cause the angels know my face
Death Bringer
Those who are dead are not dead
They’re just living in my head
And since I fell for that spell
I am living there as well
The Kingdom of the Wicked
No one could outrun the crash
It was all reduced to rubble
And then again to ash
To the blinding burning light
It’s no use to fight
There’s no one out there
The Maleficent Seven
May your feet serve you well
And the rest be sent to Hell
Where they always have belonged
Cold hearts brew colder songs
Fate will play us out
With a song of pure romance
Stomp your feet and clap your hands
Let’s kill tonight
The Last Stand of Dead Men
A warning
To the people
The good and
The evil
This
Is
War
Armageddon Outta Here
Everything is great
Everything is grand
I got the whole wide world in the palm of my hand
Everything is perfect
It’s falling into place
I can’t seem to wipe this smile off my face
The Dying of the Light
Tell me everything that happened
Tell me everything you saw
“They had lights inside their eyes
They had lights inside their eyes”
Can you tell me what they looked like
Did they seem afraid of you
“They were kids that I once knew
They were kids that I once knew”
How'd I do?
(I am sooo tired, chasing dogs all day is energy zapping)
(sorry, wbd. Sorting papers and possibly finishing tidying, if I have the energy to go find the vacuum cleaner.)
@Dragona: :P
Hey Chloe! :)
@Annika: Wow - I can only comment up to Death Bringer, but I think they're very fitting. *nods* :)
brb mum wants the computer a min
(I like shooting people. It's fun.)
I also like shooting people.
*pulls out camera*
(*just shot a thug in the face with a pistol loaded with chemical ammunition*
FEAR THE TOXICITY.)
((Hello Everyone))
((I saw...))
(Are we going to RP?)
(God damn it.
Ok, I dedicate this page to toxic ammunition. Because it's just fun, really.
I also dedicate this page to...
Digestive biscuits.
And Jacob's Cheddars.
And Cathedral City cheese.
And socks.
And DVD players.
And anti-freeze.
And flying squirrels.)
(Bye Elleni!)
((Bye Elleni))
(Chione - how are you?)
((I'm good, I had my first day back at school so it was a good day.))
Hey Chi! Bye Ellleni!
Good ded, Dragona. :)
@Chi: Oh? Cool. I won't be starting until September - it always catches me off-guard when people go back earlier. :P Do you have new classes and/or teachers, or anything? :)
(Did you know snow can occur at high latitudes on the planet Mars?)
(Raisin - thanks. And I won't be starting until September either. :P)
Nah cause we actually started our 6th year time table 2 weeks before the summer holidays so I've got settled into my classes and stuff :)
GREETINGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Um...No dragona... I didn't know that.
Hey Star!
(Hey Star! How are you?
Chione - it's very light snow. But still snow. *nods*)
@Dragona: O_O Really?
(Yes. :P)
*waves to everyone who greeted me :)*
I'm fine, thanks. :) Tired though. For some reason. I have no idea why.
Any of you guys put any masks in?
@Dragona: *raises eyebrows* YEs, actually. I DID know that. :P
@Chi: Oh, awesome. That's a good way to do it. *nods* :)
*remembers enrollment is in nine days*
*Still doesn't know what the hell classes she's taking*
*groans internally*
SALUTATIONS, STAR. :)
(I get a few days extra holiday than people who have to go to enrolment. :) )
@Chi: I did. :)
@Taia: D:
THAT SOUNDS LIKE ME NEXT YEAR.
(I was watching Diagnosis Murder earlier...
Really, I'm watching too much Murder She Wrote and Diagnosis Murder these days.)
@Chi: I didn't, because I lack competitive lust? :P DId you? :)
@Dragona: Yay! :)
This isn't a full day or anything, though - it's just signing up for / confirming which courses we're taking. It's also results day. ^^
@Star: I hope you have better luck knowing what you'll do. D:
*hasn't heard of Diagnosis Murder*
*hans't heard of Diagnosis Murder, eihteR* ^^
@Taia: Me too. D: Probably won't though. :P
*hugs*
*wishes her luck on decisions*
... Pretend I typed that properly.
:P
(WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR DAYS???
Diagnosis Murder is a crime thingy set in a hospital with Dick Van Dyke in it. It's really bad but that makes it good.
Really, the things I watch atm:
Top Gear.
Murder She Wrote.
Diagnosis Murder.
Heartbeat.
The Royal (which, btw - totally best TV theme tune ever).
And then I get bored and play Mass Effect.
That's what I do like every day. :P)
@Dragona: . . .
I wish I could tell you that that sounds sad, but then I look at my life and . . . :P
(It's daytime television... so bad.
Earlier I resorted to watching my Primeval boxset. Which was definitely the best tv show ever.)
Dragona I love murder she wrote and diagnosis murder!
Star, what does yours look like?
Taia, yeah I put one in.
I loved primeval too!
I'm meeting the guy who played Conor at comic-con in September!
@Star: Well... Maybe try to pay some attention to how much you actually LIKE each subject, while you're still studying them? Probably makes it easier than trying to figure it out when you haven't been to any lessons in several months. :P
*hugs Star back*
Thanks. :)
@Dragona: I WATCH STAR TREK, OR DRAW STAR TREK, OR CRY ABOUT STAR TREK. :P
*laughs* THat could be interesting. Kind of puts two popular Tv show themes/genres together, I guess. When/where is it on TV? ^^
*hasn't heard of The Royal, and never saw Heartbeat or Murder She Wrote*
*knows Top Gear, though. :P*
@Chi: Ah, what does yours look like? :3
*never saw Primeval, either*
*doesn't watch a lot of TV, okay? :P*
*But, Chi, it's really cool you'll get to meet him. I hope it's fun! :) :) :)*
(Primeval was amazing. Stupid ITV for stopping it.
Raisin - Murder She Wrote is generally on in the morning.
The Royal is like a counterpart with Heartbeat (Heartbeat characters occasionally end up in the Royal). It's set in a hospital and yeah stuff happens.
Heartbeat is just awesome.)
(Ah Jenkins... your death amuses me every time I play the first Mass Effect game. It's just so hilarious.)
*nods thoguhtfully at Taia* Thanks. :)
@Chi: Wait a second. I'll set it as my profile picture. :)javascript:void(0)
. . .
Where the hell did 'javascript:void(0)'oem from? O_O
*come
(From the void. You answered your own question. :P)
@Dragona: XD
I found it, it's ok lol
Did you find mine star? Mine has Chione Asahina on the bottom. Lol.
http://www.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk/requiem-ball-competition-gallery/
Here taia
WOAH THEY HAVE A LIST? O_O
THAT'S COOL.
Star I went through all the masks saying which ones I would give tickets to, yours was one of them :)
Yeah Star, they have a gallery :)
Trying to see which one Silente's is... I wish she would come back and tell me already.
@Chi: Thanks. :) :)
I like how you blended the yellow and red together :)
*lunges and pins Chi to the ground*
BOO!!!
@Chi: Thanks. :)
Some of them are so good thoguh. D:
Which one's yours?
Oh wait. yOu said.
Hang on. :P
(Sorry my mothers phone was confiscated and will be again in a few moments.
@El and Chi EXCUSE ME WHY DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SIL BEING FREED?!)
Ahh! *struggles against viv*
@Star: :)
And, idk. o0
@Dragona: XD
WOW. THere are a LOT of cool designs, there.
Oh, Chi, yours is awesome! I think it rather suits Chione, too, because iciness. :) :)
@Star: WOW. So, you went red/yellow, in the end. I like it. It looks really layers-y, kind of, and I like the symmetry. C:
I also spotted Amethyst's on there - which I think is cool. And cute. :)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPlGtFXLaIM
How is that NOT funny?)
(Yes)
Sil what does your mask look like? did you put one in?
(*winces at Chi and Viv*)
Which one is Amy's?
*chains Chi to the ground and then sits on her*
*pulls out a sandwich and begins to eat*
(Yes I did get a mask in. Its only over the eyes, black with purple and red feathers on the very tips above my ears. The feathers have silver glitter up their stems and across the face of the mask there is Silver and Gold glitter.
I'd show you a pic but they are on my phone which has no internet.
Now what's the problem with Dug saving Sil Chi? Hmmmm?)
(Hi Sil)
(Hi Sil)
(The masks are online now)
(anyway, i popped in for a reason. A simple reason. Which i appear to have forgotten. Oh...)
(You were going to give me a lot of money...)
Hey Silente! Hi Vivanus!
@Dragona: I can't watch atm, sorry. :/
@Chi: http://www.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk/requiem-ball-competition-gallery/amethyst-temerity/
I presume, because her name's in the URL. :) ^^
(That's not the reason.)
(Dang times running out!!!)
(ARGH MEMORY WORK DAMN IT!)
(Simple reason...)
(Fine...you were going to give me a chocolate bar)
(oh yes)
*places the flowers on Chi's door step*
*steps back into her portal and sits on Dugglyns porch*
(Wsd.)
(Dang it! I need money and chocolate)
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Viv you're heavy! get off!
(Okay leaving now. Bye! Chi the flowers say 'I screwed up. Sorry Sis. I ain't no saint. ST'j
*makes sure to get lots of crumbs on her*
I don't even have my armor on. Think how heavy I'd be then.
*opens a brown bag and takes out an apple*
(**ST') )
(Bye Sil)
I liked Amy's one. I gave her a ticket too ^.^
Bye sil!
*finishes the apple and drops the core on Chi's head*
Just desert left.
Yours is pretty, Chi! :) It suits you. :)
@Silente: I think I found yours - if it's which I think it is - I like it. Very glitter. Very nice. C:
@Chi: ! :)
YOU'RE ALL SO GOOD AT ARTING, YO. :O
wbd/msd
THEY GOT MY NAME WRONG. -_-
Star Bright is my GOOGLE name.
I SIGNED MY EMAIL OFF WITH 'STAR INKBRIGHT'.
UGH STUPID HARPERCOLLINS. -_-
THIS IS WHY I HATE GOOGLE+.
Anyway. :)
I've think I've found yours, Silente . . . it's pretty. :)
Thanks Star, Taia.
I think the snowflake on top looks like a windmill though... I'm not that good at snowflakes >.>
I think it will be easy enough to make though.
I didn't want to make one in case I didn't win.
Viv you idiot get off of me!!!!!!!!1
*pulls out a slice of pie*
*grins evilly*
*mashes the pie in her face then breaks the chsins and runs like fury*
*chains
Did anybody else not see their mask!?!?
I'm freaking out!!!!!!!! I spent so much time on it! And I sent it in!
(... You just wasted some good pie.)
(Meet me at my forge, I have more)
(Are you sure Dugg?)
Mine really doesn't stand out among all those cool masks. O_O
MINE'S NOT THERE EITHER!!!!!
Who emailed it in and sees theirs?
:-/
I have no idea why yours aren't there. :-/
@Star: :/
Google sucks.
But Star Bright is not bad, I think. It feels very different from Inkbright, quite surprisingly so.
But when applied to you, it doesn't feel like that different thing, it's just like a shortened, kind of 'nickname' version, if that makes sense? idk.
Your mask is super cool, anyway. :P
@Chi: Do you actually have to make THAT MASK, if you win? I wasn't certain. ^^
And - I liked the snowflake - it's simple, rather than overly complex, which I thought worked nicely with the rest of the mask. It's pretty :) :)
Hey, Dugglyn! :)
Dugglyn, Elleni: IDK. D: D: D:
Also, does anybody know if Adrawr sent hers in? Because I'm not seeing the one she posted on heR blog, either.(?) :/
Which one is yours fabi?
Hi, idk how long I'll be on. On moms phone.
You're right. I didn't see adra's.
FABBBBBBBBITY *hugs*
Which is yours? C:
@Dugglyn, Elleni: Did you both send them in on-time? You followed the rules and all? :/
Yeah Fabi, which one is yours? We've found Sil's, mine, Star's and Amy's.
Also Cassidy's.
(Wait, El and Dugg, you are in the same time zone right?)
It's metallic because Fabi and has swirly things on it, and the right half is sort of pointy.
:S
Maybe they didn't finish uploading them all yet...?
I don't see my friend's either but idk if she remembered to send it in...
Taia, I sent you a picture of mine. :-P
Well... I live in the same time zone as Elleni and Dugglyn and mine is there.
I got it in two minutes before the deadline.
I think Adra sent in hers... I'll ask her next time she's online.
Yes but so is Fabi...
Fabi I found yours!
(Just a guess, don't jump me)
I think. I'm pretty sure...
Here.
Yeah I got it right.
@Chi: I spotted Cassidy's, too. :) ^^
@Fabi: Ah! *should probably check her email, then* *I KNEW I've been forgetting something. :P*
No.... No.
Nononononononononono.....
I ...
I forgot to attach the picture.
Dugglyn! D:
I'm in the same time zone as Elleni and Dugglyn, but I sent mine in on time for midnight UK time, so... [shrugs]
Oh. :-(
[hugs Dugglyn]
@Fabi: O_O
Wow. :O
That is COOL.
@Dugglyn: Oh, gosh. D:
*hugs*
:( :( :(
Oh my gosh, Dugglyn!!!
I was so excited. I was going to keep checking my emails. I spent so much time on it. I was so proud.
But I was stupid and didn't attach it.
(*Doesn't know if she wants another hug so he donates his to a good charity*)
Thank you, Taia.
I didn't say anything in my email, just "Hi this is my entry for the Requiem Ball Mask Competition."
I didn't say anything. I just put the subject and attached it then sent it.
Hiya
Hello! how are you all?
Hi rhyd, I feel like crap
Hi Inky, and aww why?
@Elleni: I'm not certain, but it doesn't say so on the competition page. :/ ^^
@Dugglyn: :(
At least you have the mask still to be proud of. And I believe there are to be other opportunities to get tickets/prizes, right?
@Viv: :P
@Fabi: :)
*laughs* I'll go look now, anyhow. Unless I suddenly get distracted. Which is entirely possible. :P
Hiya Chloe!
Rhydian! Hey! C:
I haven't managed to catch ye in a while - 'T'is good to see you. :)
I'm good, thanks - how're you?
*excepts hugs*
Stupid 4;41am...,
*sighs* its a long story
basically my goal is to be a vet. In order to do so, I need experience so I volunteer at this dog rescue centre with my friend who also wants to be a vet. She isn't going tomoz cos her parents think 5 days a week is too much, but my parents are making me go. They don't realize how exhausting it is and if they keep pushing, ill resent it more
*almost crying irl*
I'm...
Fine. Disappointed but fine.
But you're right! There has to be! Cause that's only on ticket!
Taia! *huggles* It's been a while my friend! I've been good thanks for asking :)
*hugs Inky* You'll get through one day? And after that try and sort something out, because you shouldn't resent something you wanna do when you're older
*hugs inky*
I understand. It's seems like too much. I completely understand.
Hey Dugglyn, can you set it as your picture so we can see how great it is? ^.^
http://www.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk/requiem-ball-competition-gallery/
Elleni ^
the thing is I get cranky when im tired so I may be blowing this all out of protportion, with both me and my friend, we do jobs that require two people
what if im alone with an unruly dog that I cant handle? my friend is better handling those types and we hold onto eachothers dogs when cleaning up after them. It also takes two of use to wash them. Today I had to wash a dog who had fleas whilst she did something else and I came out of it drenched because I couldn't hold her and wash her properly at the same time
I literally need someone else there for some jobs
My mask is going on the gallery in the morning *tries a smile*
Some are amazing, Ive seen urs Chi-brilliant
Couldn't you ask someone else to help you?
Aww thanks Inky ^.^
Mine sucked because I can't draw. :/
Facebook page I liked.
^^-Zaf
But El, vets don't have to walk dogs constantly up and down a hill to this stream, as well as try and bath them. Working at this place is exhausting and its taking its toll on me mentally. And the staff have a day off each week
(Zaffy what one was yours?!)
I had an email
@ Rhydian, its a very busy place and...im not much of a speaker
I honestly cant really speak to people unless ive known them for ages
I honeslty think I need to see someone
Wbd
I sent it in the day the competition was announced
I had the email over a week ago
I know what you mean Inky *hugsies* good luck I suppose? I hope something gets sorted out about this, coz you don't need to be stressed out by this
I never got an email if it WAS up.-Zaf
I did Chi. Thanks, you don't know how much that meant to me.
It's a little hard to see but it has silver sparkles on the feathers. It is also made completely with tin foil!
well actually me and my friend has devised a plan. we live in the same area and her dad is off so im going to tell my parents that my friend decided to go afterall and her dad is taking us, only that he is running late so I have to walk to theirs and then spend the day with my friend
I really feel bad about lying, but a lot worse that I have to go to such measures
That's gorgeous Dugglyn ^.^
*hugs Rhydian back* I'm glad to hear it. C:
*hugs Chloe* Aw :(
*nods at what Rhydian said, because that's wise & sound advice*
I'd say, also, try to keep in mind what you're doing it for - to do what you want to do with your life.
As I'm aware, veterinary work is not that easy to get into - and so whether or not your voluneering/work experience is directly related to vets' work, it does demonstrate dedication and capacity to work with animals, which WILL be a good bonus.
It's like in medicine, work experience at a hospital IS good experience to get into med school, even if you don't actually DO the doctoring stuff, because health and saftey, and confidentiality reasons.
HOwever, if it's causing you stress and problems, then I think maybe you could try talking to your parents about that?
OR, if it's volunteering work, I expect you could just ask to be given a little less pressure, something a little easier to do, for tomorrow, because you're on your own, and the toll it's taking.
The likelihood is that they will be OK with that, because it's not paid work - you have the choice whether to show up at all, and if the work is difficult and you're struggling, I think you'd be able to get something more suitable?
*hugs*
byii El, its 19:59 here
Thanks Chi.
El can I see yours?
Oh, bye El!
*hugs her back*
Hope yours comes up.
Gtg now :( But before I go, taia do I have your email? Coz we don't nearly speak as much as we'd used to and that's depressing!
(More murder-y stuff. Midsommer Murders.)
Where did you guys find them? I'm on my phone.-Zaf
Bye Rhydain! Good to see you!
Byii Rhyd
*Hugs Zaf* I bet it wasn't that bad, Zaffy. Did you upload it?
@Dugglyn: WOW. It's really nice. @_@
@Rhyd: Of course! It'd be good to talk some more - I'm at andweturnedontheradio@yahoo.co.uk
*listens to three days grace
*
Ive found a song for my rp character -animal ive become
@Rhydian: *misread your question, but if you don't have my email, then, I guess now you do? :P*
BRB. Food.
Thanks Taia. I spent a lot of time on it.
I sent it in. They probably didn't even post mine :P-Zaf
They probably did! I'm sure it was great Zaf.
At least you have a chance..
oh my, its raining
sympathetic landscape
*turns, just in time to see the man standing over him with a gun*
No!
*the figure didn't answer, instead he moved his trigger finger half an inch...backward*
*the bullet took flight and lived out it's short life in less than a second, ending its tail be embedding itself in the chest of one Vivanus Keen*
hi Viv
Big? 😦
a blast from my childhood...'somebody told me' by the killers
**viv
Where is everyone finding it?! I can't find the masks anywhere.-Zaf
*the knife slashes across his arms, cutting the sigils that were his only hope*
*falls backward into a pool of his own blood*
*eyes slowly closing*
I'm gonna go.
I may be back soon I don't know. I'll see. Bye guys.
byii dugg
http://www.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk/requiem-ball-competition-gallery/
Zaf ^
*dropping back in, but only to say that BRB was inaccurate - I might be back later, though*
*hugs everyonE*
*rolls out*
I know that song, Inky. :) :)
*hugs Taia* nos da
*the man waits until Vivanus is perfectly still before moving*
*dips his fingers in the blood and writes a note for the next Bloglander to find*
You'll be next
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