Behold the alternate cover. Gasp. Swoon. Wet yourself. Is it not brilliant? Is it not OMINOUS?
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*points shotgun at Egg again*
*heals self and Dragona*
Please, try harder.
A friend kicked me where the sun dont shine and I didn't feel a thing.
I don't do 'pain'
@Elemental: Yes. Because. :)
I'm back.
*collects the knife and puts it away*
*ties the rabbit to her belt*
*jogs back*
You Pomp. Fix Le would you?
I could, but I just came to the blog recently and I'm getting my bearings of other people.
VIV!
*grins at him halfway to collecting the first knife*
*pulls it free from the tree and jogs over to him*
*slides the blade home*
Hey.
Elleni, you poofed for a long time.
*heals rabbit*
BE FREE!
(Home isn't like my heart is it? :) ))
(Er sire Fab. Could you maybe explain it more?)
(Also, BA's, are we closing the tie breakers yet?)
(Outside? Nah. Sorry. :P)
Thanks for healing me, but you put me in the danger to begin with. This shotgun will shred you. Don't touch me again, bosh'tet.
did you miss me?
(No. Home is the sheath on my leg. Not your heart.)
You are welcome.
Would you care for .. uh.. idunno what luxurious foods do your kind eat?
(Good to know)
Yes. I got bored. You left, and I got bored.
We can't eat human food. We're dextro-protein species. Humans are levo-proteins. Your food is inedible and can be poisonous, or cause allergic reactions.
so now you aren't bored?
I said, what luxurious foods do YOUR kind eat.
Never mind...
And Silente, you'll have to ask Star. I sent the results (so far, at least) to her. Sorry.
Goodbye, everyone.
We eat vegetables. Livestock are an inefficient use of space, which is in short supply where I come from... so we're... vegan?
However I have some nutrient paste with me. But I'm currently not hungry.
*begins to read Leri's mind and makes a paste of her favorite vegetables*
Bon Appetite.
We can close them if you want.
Have this for later.
(Bye Fab!)
Well....a bit....bit not as much cause im ay least talking to someone.
Bye guys!
See ya later (gotta go pray)
My favourite vegetable doesn't grow around here... it isn't from Earth...
Plus it has to be made into a paste and cooked so there's no risk of infection...
(BYe Egg!)
(Star can you send me the results first..)
Oh. O_O
Um.
Um.
Um.
Um.
Um.
Um.
Um.
Yeah
I should possibly do that
um
(Bye Pomp!)
Back!
*tacklehugs Fabiulous*
I got brain damage? Welp, thanks for the reversal. :) How did that happen, anyway?
Is there anything i can do to make things interesting?
Oh - I have a feeling Flora wanted to vote, though, and like, she emailed me seven hours ago and I emailed her three hours ago about what the email address was . . .
You know . . .
*So it's not like she said five weeks ago 'Oh, maybe I'll think about it' . . .
I don't know. Dance! That was a joke.
(So will we know the results of the Blogland awards any time soon?)
@Star: All hail the might Bubble-logic? :P
And on THGTTG - Yeah, that's the impression I got from the preview/sample. :) :) :) ^^
@Dragona: Hopefully . . .
(Can you send them anyway then we'll keep it open until she's voted. I want an idea of how many ties there might be and what not.)
I just might take you seriously
The first year we had a ceremony . . .
@Taia: YES! HAIL ME!
*gets hailstones rained (or hailstoned?) down upon self*
-_-
And - yeah. XD My sister gave up after a few chapters . . .
It's perfect though. :/
I've only read the first few books . . . I haven't seen the third one in the library yet . . .
OKAY
I'LL TRY
UH
(I dedicate this page to toast. I shall go and make myself some. Bagel-toast.)
Well Draggie. As soon as Flower has voted we will look over the votes once more, decide on a date, announce said date, wait till said date, and then announce the winners if the ba's!)
*Sobbing because unable to be a ground Operative*
If you dance I might run away...
Hey I haven't seen your forge yet.
Not if I'm dancing with YOU!
Don't you want to wait for Elleni so you can see the forge together?
*BAs
*has a dislike of people using apostrophes for non-existent words when omission or possession is not present* *like at the ice arena it has a list of "Do's" and a list of "Don'ts", and although the word "Dos" would look really weird, I just can't STAND that apostrophe is "Do's". It's not 'Do is'. The Do isn't taking ownership of anything. It just looks SO WRONG and it MADDENS me. :/*
@Star: *the hailstones melt and evaporate due to reflection of the sun's rays off of Star's shiny bubble walls*
*totally saves the day :P*
Great ded, Dragona. *cheers* :P ^^
*notices the sea of pencil shavings around herself*
You know, I am EXCEPTIONALLY good at missing the bin. ._.
And here she is....
*not a dislike of the PEOPLE, btw. :P Sorry. I should have rearranged my word order there.
@Taia: YAAAAAAAY! *cheers for the saving of the day* *hugs the day, who is looking rather stunned at having his life saved* *or, rather, being put into a situation where the saving of his life is necessary*
*smiles*
She's here now isnt she?
Elleni? Are you here?
Elleni, if you are trying to set us on a date....!
I wouldn't be surprised. She's evil...
*sneaky eyes at her*
every time you and I say we are going somewhere, she leaves. It's like she's trying to get us alone on a date
@Star: I get that.
It always upsets me on signs outside shops and things when I see unnecessary apostrophe usage, like "drink's, snack's" and I'm like WHy WOULD YOU dO THAT? D:
Also, losing relevance, but sometimes you see quotation marks being used for emphasis. Like, 'Please "do not" throw objects at the stegosaurus'.
I always want to take a marker pen and correct things. xD
BUT, I'm okay with it, like, HERE, because... idk why. I just am. :P
@Star: *cheers, too*
*blinks, a little mindblown, because I didn't think of it that way. O_O*
She probably is...
What is that supposed to mean?
Do you have to go Elleni?
So you did leave so we'd go somewhere alone together!
Are you going to leave the second we go near a rose bush?
Don't try change the focus El.
We don't want you to leave.
@Taia: OH MY GOSH IU HATE INCORRECTLY USED QUESTION MARKS EVEN MOREEEEEEEE
And I think it's because, like -
it's the way people talk, and it's the tone of their 'voice', whereas signs and worksheets are more . . . more formal, and more exact, or meant to be. Also, I'm less focused on them. I mean, you read comments for communication. You look at signs more as a feature of the environment.
But mostly, tone of their 'voice'. It still annoys me, but it's more minor. Also, on words like 'isnt' and 'cant' - you're used to seeing them spelt that way, so you're mot desensitized. 'Do's' - I never see that word, so . . .
Incorrectly used it's/its annoy me quite a bit . . .
(Sorry, pretty distant, btw. I'm at a complex bit on this drawing, and I don't want to screw it up like I have with the last two I did. ^^)
(*also, doesn't really know what's going on, so I'm just playing the Star Trek thing and humming. :P*)
Yeah. We want you to stay. Your our friend!
Should we go on a date? It seems expected of us
Dufus trying to leave.
*punches her arm gently*
*smiles at her*
Hi :/
So, shall we go?
Are such changes in emotions normal in humans? Today I've nearly been killed twice, there's been a talk about underwear and now about dates or something... I'm a little confused...
Do you want to go on a date?
Hey Al.
Sure. Come on El!
*loops arms with her*
You read my mind. You tell me
*thinks about it and then links arm with Elleni, wondering if this will annoy Silente*
(Hey! The italics are private!)
Jeff says hiiiii
(Grr...fine)
*attemps to read his mind*
*glares*
*mind reading is disabled*
*smiles at Silente*
@Star: *nods*
Yeah, yeah, that makes sense. :)
Well, I think maybe I've desensitized to things like that on the comments, too, because it's like.. It's easier to not be annoyed, and it feels nicer to not be annoyed, sooooo why not just not let it annoy me, kind of?
It's maybe a bit like how you can choose to argue or act spitefully in response to a criticism, or you can just accept that it happened, kind of? idk.
I think it feels nicer sometimes to accept it than to be annoyed and correct it.
But, equally, there's something that I almost kind of like about spotting grammatical errors in non-communicative text and wanting to scream and correct it. It's like a messy part of me that I kind of like. xD
you could just say yes or no deary
*starts walking*
Getting jealous? How abput what you saw before?
I have to wait weeks to get AOH :/
Fine. We will talk out loud.
@Dragona/Leri: *laughs* :P
Hello, Alvard! :)
Sorry El. I know.
*starts skipping, dragging the others with her*
We're off to see the wizard!
Hi Taia! Me no talk to you yet, huh?
Oh bye El.
She left
*looks at Taia*
... It wasn't supposed to be funny...
The wonderful wizard of oz
We hear he is a whiz of a wiz
If ever a wiz there was
If ever oh ever a whiz there was
The wizard of oz is one because
Because because because because because!
Because of the wonderful things he does!
WHO SAID A WIZARD! WIZARDS MAKE ME HUNGRY! *takes out salt and peper*
I didn't think so, Alvard, but I wasn't sure. SOmetimes I'm scared to ask just in case I'm wrong. xD
But in any case, it's a pleasure to meet you! *offers a cookie* :)
@Leri: SOrry, I know, but it made me smile nonetheless. :P
We're off to see the wizard
The wonnnnderfulll wizard of ozzzz!
I nearly died. Twice. One by some insanely powerful bosh'tet who decided to threaten me and the second because I became ill. You're all so... infected and dirty...
*takes cookie and burns it* It's a ritual, I must give the divine ones the cookie.
I usually ask, it may be that I'm correct or am developing a meamory symptom from the multitude of experiments that th- Oops, I've said to much.
@Taia: Yeah . . . I guess.
I mean, I'm quite proud of being a person who gets so explosively angry at her attendance going down by 1% that the girl on the next table leans over and asks me to shut up . . .
Because you know. You like having these idiosyncrasies that make you stand out. It makes you feel special, in a way.
Well.
Makes me feel special.
Plus it DOES annoy me. :P And I react quite openly, like, I say my thoughts . . . in assemblies when we have to be silent and I can't talk/type, I'm often sat there mouthing what I think because I'm so addicted to talking . . .
So I guess I express that annoyance . . .
Plus sometimes people laugh at you and it encourages you to do it . . .
Sorry. :/ I'm just analysing now . . .
WE'REEEEEEEEE OFF THE SEE THE HOBBIT
THE HOBBITISH HOBBIT OF SHIRE!
BECAUSE, BECAUSE, BECAUSE, BECAUSE
OF ALL OF THE HOBBITISH THINGS HE DOES!
One short day
In the emerald city
*nods*
The wizard of oz is cool.
Anyway, i'm no mind reader and you never replied..
Only if I could eat a wizard...
... Who is the Wizard of Oz? Is he one of your leaders or a doctor or something?
GUESSWHOISOFFTODUBLININSEPTEMBERRRR
((Oh gosh. XD
*laughs*))
@Mushroom: YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! :)
*hugshugshugs :)*
*spins Silente so that she is facing him*
Would it make you happy?
Would it make YOU happy? I asked first mister.
*grins*
I never asked for this,
or planned it in advance.
I was merely blown here by the winds of chance.
I never saw myself as a Solomon Or Socrates.
I knew who I was, one of your dime-a-dozen Mediocrities.
Then,Suddenly I'm here, respected, worshiped, even
just because the folks in Oz
needed someone to believe in.
Does it surprise you, I got hooked,
and all too soon.
What can I say?
I got carried away, and not just by a balloon.
Wonderful, they called me wonderful,
So I said, "Wonderful, if you insist.
I Will Be Wonderful" and they said, "Wonderful!"
Believe me, it's hard to resist!
Cause It Feels Wonderful, They Think I'm Wonderful.
Hey, Look Who's Wonderful, This Corn-Fed Hick
Who Said It Might Be Keen
To Build A Town Of Green And A Wonderful Road Of Yellow Brick!
{Spoken:}
You See, I Never Had A Family Of My Own, So I Guess I Just Wanted To Give The Citizens Of Oz Everything.
Elphaba {spoken}: So You Lied To Them.
Wizard: Elphaba, Where I Come From, We Believe All Sorts Of Things That Aren't True. We Call It History.
{Sung}:
A Man's Called A Traitor
Or Liberator. A Rich Man's A Thief
Or Philanthropist. Is One A Crusader
or ruthless invader? It's all in which label
is able to persist.
There Are Precious Few At Ease
With Moral Ambiguities, So We Act As Though They Don't Exist.
They Call Me Wonderful, So I Am Wonderful.
In fact it's So Much Who I Am, It's Part Of My Name,
And With My Help, You Can Be The Same.
At Long Long Last Receive Your cue Long Overdue.
Elphaba, The Most Celebrated
Are The Rehabilitated.
There'll Be Such A Whoop-De-Doo,
A Celebration Throughout Oz That's
All To Do With You! Wonderful,
They'll Call You Wonderful!
Elphaba: It does sound wonderful!
Wizard: Trust me, it's fun!
Both: When you are wonderful,
It would Be Wonderful! Wonderful, Wonderful!
Wizard: One, Two, And- ha ha!
Jeff is talking to me....he can be creepy.
*leans forward*
Yes
No one has answered me... Is the Wizard of Oz a leader or a Doctor or something?
Because when we have a problem, we tend to go to the Captain of the ship and ask him to sort it out... is it the same with humans?
"Where I come from, we believe all sorts of things that aren't true. We call it history."
O_O
So quoting that.
*smiles*
*bumps noses with him*
Then let's do it...maybe not now though. Maybe tomorrow.
He's leader who doesn't deserve the power he has. He is also the father of the one of the most powerful witches of all time.
(THe light's gone too bad to judge colour properly, so I'm stopping serious drawing.
Which means that I'll be either more or less distant, depending on what I end up doing instead.)
Well, that's unfortunate, Leri. Sorry about that.
Perhaps you could do with some immune system boosting, though. I expect there's a way to do that, somehow. Even if it's just vaccination against everything, ever. :P
But, I hope you stay safe and healthy a little better from here on, anyhow. :)
@Alvard: *nods, observing the cookie reduce to its ashes* That's fair. Would you like another cookie for yourself, or would that one go also to Deities?
*nods again, not pressing for more on the experiments, being as it's none of my business*
*unless it IS my business*
*in which case, oh well. :P*
@Taia I'd probably eat the cookie, in which case I would ask for one. *dances on the ashes of the burnt cookies* May the gods be satisfied*
Fair enough.
*moves a strand of hair out of her face*
*frowns when it pops right back*
*brushes it back again*
*same thing twice more*
Vaccines wouldn't work... they're rare, but they're mostly ineffective anyway. They rely on the immune system being able to build up immunity against the disease and our immune systems are too bad for it...
Leri? Did you get that?
@Star: *nods enthusiastically* Yes. :)
Yeah. I think-talk-type, but I don't think-talk, mostly. It takes too much brain-power to talk, so it's hard to think at the same time, kind of. xD
So, I don't talk very much.
In assemblies or in class, though, my brain starts talking to itself and so when something important that I need to know is said, I miss it because I'm listening to my brain rambling to itself in conversational and/or conceptual tone. :P
Vaccines are stupid, that's why we burn bodies, we don't need vaccines If you get sick you get turned to ashes. Well, in my world *smiles wickedly*
@Taia I don't hear my brain talk but, rather, someone talking in my brain :O
Silente?
*laughs*
Good luck! My hairs like me, stubborn.
*checks her watch*
*glares*
Sorry but I've got to go now. Bye.
*waits for him to reply*
@Alvard: Well, in that case, *happily offers up another cookie* :)
@Luci: Presuming it's you: YAY! :D
But if it is somebody else: Also yay! :P
@Leri: Hm. That IS unfortunate. I suppose, then, that is the point in the helmet/armour, though?
You'd have thought there'd be another way, in all the universe, but, I don't know. *shrugs*
bye Sil
do you want a goodbye kiss?
Well, see, I'm just used to talking to people . . .
When I'm not with people I'm friends with, I'm really quite . . . I was at lunch with this group who weren't my normal group the other day, and I haven't had lunch with a group that wasn't mine in all my time at high school (although there were times when my own group didn't feel like my own and I just kind of stood there with them without saying much) and I think I said two sentences in the whole of lunch. It was interesting to analyse how I wasn't making the decision to speak . . . because like, when you're with another group, you're inferior and a tagger-onner and you just kind of try and stick with them because you don't have anyone else. :P
It's interesting how these things work . . .
Anyway. Yes. I'm used to talking. :P
@Taia *Eats the cookie and munches happily on it* It tastes like the human flesh I had last night. *stares*
*quiet
@Alvard: Well, I suppose that's not all bad. You get an alternative perspective, right? :)
(Hopefully from me)
@Star I don't talk to people, most are annoying pests and remind me of the ant that continually bites you in the middle of your back where you can't smack it, only scratch and hope it leaves.
So yeah, people *blah*
Hey, Leri. I can make you a better suit.
It's also interesting because one of the girls I was with had been a tagger-onner in our group before and she had basically said nothing all lunch . . . and when she was with her friends she was speaking confidently and it was interesting to observe her . . . I'm not sure what you could analyse FROM any of this, though . . .
@Taia I do, and they update me on mechanical malfunctions u there. I eventually named the voice Jeff, and he continually talks and talks and talks and talks and talks and talk....
*totally doesn't put human flesh in her cookies*
*backs away slowly*
*strikes a match and proceeds to burn down the kitchen*
You have no evidence.
*twitches*
Such the gentleman. Asking. Next time, surprise me
*leans in and kisses him gently on the lips*
@Alvard: I have to talk to people, really, because I have an incessant need to talk.
Also, people are fascinating.
And I actually enjoy talking to people.
You remind me of this boy in my maths . . . Last year, C spent most of the year trying to teach him how to be normal.
When I look back on this, I just turn to her and go "Why the hell were YOU trying to teach him how to be normal?"
:P
But, yeah . . .
People are pretty great, when you get to know them. :) And you'll be happier if you know people, I think . . . loneliness is really empty . . .
If that's what the lady wants.
*has to laugh at how proper he sounds*
@Star It doesn't help when people are just TRYING to be annoying....
@Taia You see I do have evidence *throws up the cookie* Look at that little finger in there. *points at a mushed finger in the vomit*
@Star: *nods* I usually struggle to talk if there are a couple of dominant speakers, which, in my group, there are now. Because it's always hard to work out what to say and fit it in and actually manage to say it at an audible volume.
BUT I like to listen, so it's not bad. :)
It always surprises me when there AREN'T fully dominant speakers, though, because suddenly I'm talking words and people are responding and it works. xD
I'm recently realising that I can talk with one new person at a time by mostly laughing and smiling and saying pleasant things and agreeing. If they're able to kick up a conversation, I can do that. :P / :)
So, I'm NOt that used to talking, but I am used to smiling and laughing, and people learn what those mean, I hope. :P
*shakes her head*
Me thinks the man doth protest too much
*winks and walks away into the sunset her silver hair glowing*
@Taia I'm more of stone and show no expression, leading everyone to believe I'm a sight sociopath :p which I never denied.
@Star: I think it's pretty interesting, seeing how depending on surroundings and context, people act differently. It's cool.
I had an analogy but I forgot it in the space of time it took to type "It's cool". So, yeah. :P
@Alvard: That's handy, I suppose. Is he friendly? :)
*peers at the finger, but from a distance because vomit IS unpleasant, actually :P*
Objection!
The flesh in question may not have been from my cookie.
You could have eaten that before.
Your evidence is insubstantial.
*pulls a courtroom gavel out of nowhere and whacks it against the wall, as if that enforces the point*
(Gah dog barking.)
@Alvard: Well, there's no harm in sociopath-ing.
(OK, maybe that's not ENTIRELY true, but, still. :P)
*waves to Silente*
@Taia Yea :p
Throws up again with a toe coming out. Is that substantial? I can do this for hours. But look, the finger is mixed with chocolate chips. So your objection has been objected with my objection! *takes a bucket and throws it through a window to prove point*
*watches Silente go*
*sighs*
So. Back to business.
Leri? Do you want a new suit?
Anyone here?
We can boost our immune systems temporarily using drugs... But it's only ever used for like if the suit is torn or if you're ever planning on taking the suit off or linking suit environments or... Yeah.
With us, medicines and drugs and things like that have to be shared out equally. So we don't have enough, really, considering we fill up more than 50,000 starships...
No, I don't need a new suit. Thanks, though.
Ok, would you like me to answer your questions about humanity?
xD
Nonsense!
My cookie would never contain enough flesh to suffice for hours of regurgitation.
If it did contain flesh at all, that is.
Which it doesn't.
Why would that be a thing?
Nope.
*holds an inconspicuous flaming torch to the vomit, setting the regurgitated food alight*
Whoops, my hand must have slipped.
*coughs*
*cough* CANNIBAL *cough*
Yes, please. There are lots of things I don't understand, and although Blake gave me a book on human anatomy I still don't understand how you can walk with your legs. You look as if you would tip over.
Ok, so why are you all so reckless? Why do you try and kill each other? Why have I nearly died twice in the same day? Is it normal for rapid mood changes in humans?
*cough* WHO ISN'T *cough*
@Leri: *nods* That's interesting. Well, could you get help, potentially, from other races or species? Get sufficient medicines?
And, that's a nice sized starfleet, also. How many people to each ship?
(("Who isn't" XD))
Ok, our legs have flat feet. We have tubes in our ears that help us keep our balance.
Factors can quickly change our moods.
And not all humans are this violent.
*cough* ME *cough*
@Leri: Rapid mood changes are common, but the violence is probably more to do with your choice of company. :P
Hello.
Hi Chi
Hey Chi! How're you doing? :)
*offers Vivanus a cookie* You sure about that? xD
Hi Viv.
Hello Taia, I'm ok at the moment.
*sighs* We could get help... But not many races like us. We created the Geth and that has been terrible for a lot of people. We're... Not really allowed in most places.
Well... In comparison, a human cruiser would have eighty crewmen in. In the same space we would fit nearly seven hundred... It's very cramped. There are 17 million of us in the fleet.
I'm suspicious of your cookies.
@Chi: so, about your sister...
@Viv It's actually delicious with a nice crunchy finger.
@Al: That is disgusting.
*glares at viv* What about my sister?
You do understand that she and I aren't getting married right? That wasn't a wedding ring.
Also, your husband is very malicious.
@Viv it's delicious....if you're a cannibal
@Al: that's still illegal
I know both of those things.
He's my husband and I love him even though he has a love of killing. That is one of our common factors.
And he's also very disparaging. He is arrogant and a bit of a jerk.
@Viv, not if nobody knows
@Chi: I hope in other moments, you're still at okay, if not above it, then. :) :)
@Leri: *nods* But if you're not going to create the Geth AGAIN, then maybe over time you could begin co-operate again? So it's not hopeless, I guess?
*nods* That is rather a lot.
It probably depends on vessel size. I don't know the specifics. ^^
He is only arrogant and a bit of a jerk to some people. You will learn to like him like Silente has. And Trip (I think)
*Rises suddenly out of a shadow next to Chio*
I do not enjoy killing thank you very much, I enjoy fighting.
@Taia: I won't be more than ok for a while. But I'm holding on.
Words. People. Places. Things.
ASDFGHJKLASDFGUJKLJGSGDUWK
Ok,
Bye.
Jag is coming instead
Also Viv I take great offence to that. It's only arrogance if you have nothing to back it up.
Oh ok, it's only me who enjoys killing then. I'm the sadist.
*smiles and kisses Blake's cheek*
Jag: Hello everyone
*Hugs Chio*
It's Erebus that enjoys killing...
Erebus: Only after I have some fun
He's a very strange being
Erebus: YOU'RE a very strange being...
Also he needs to learn to keep quiet, I'm the only one who can hear him anyways
Erebus: But it's so much fun to get you annoyed.
@jag: Hello, we haven't met yet, who are you?
Jag: I'm Jag Debonair, what would you like to know about me?
I think all gods and goddesses like killing...apart from maybe Hera and Aphrodite...
*looks offended*
There is NOTHING suspicious about my cookies.
They're good and tastly.
Look, ALvard likes them.
But he's mistaken about the finger.
*lowers voice* Gravely mistaken.
@Jag: I'm not sure, tell me random things?
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