Friday, July 4, 2014

TDOTL: Shadow Edition

Dun dun dunnn!!!



Behold the alternate cover. Gasp. Swoon. Wet yourself. Is it not brilliant? Is it not OMINOUS?

For more information, check out this guest blog I wrote for Waterstones here:
http://www.waterstones.com/blog/2014/07/skulduggery-pleasant-the-dying-of-the-light/#more-55456




(In other news, the Minions who have signed up for the Theatre of Shadows will be receiving an email on Saturday afternoon, around about 4 PM, detailing what the whole thing is about.

Here's a hint: it's AWESOME.

You can sign up at any time here theatreofshadows.ie)

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Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*glares at him*
You know what I meant.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

SAME! THE SONGS ARE SO AMAZING!

Inky Flame said...

I know! God, I know all the lyrics and remember all the kings and queens of England, but I was a C student in history :')

Anonymous said...

(The Stupid Deaths Songs are the best!)

Anonymous said...

How about a kiss?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

I know loads of the lyrics from the songs. Boudicca is one of my favs. Along with Dick Turpin, It's not true, and many many others.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(OMG THE STUPID DEATHS!)

*hesitates a moment*
I swear if this is another joke Viv...

Inky Flame said...

Matt Baynton was sooo smexy as Dick Turpin XD
My fav was William Wallace

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(That's is a great one.)

Inky Flame said...

OOOOO AND CHARLES 2ND!!! ^-^

Anonymous said...

*hides the chocolate behind his back*

How about you decide?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(THAT ONE IS AMAZING)

Anonymous said...

(Oh yeah!!!)

Anonymous said...
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Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

I decide what?

Anonymous said...

What we do.

Inky Flame said...

GREAT LONDON FIRE WAS A WHOPPER IN MY REIGN
LONDON CITY BECAME A CROPPER
SO THIS KING DID WHAT WAS RIGHT AND PROPER FOUGHT THE FIRE PROVED I WAS MORE THAN A BOPPER....

I WAS A FIRE STOPPER XD

Anonymous said...

Unless your idea is really boring, in which case I will buy us tickets for a cruise.

Inky Flame said...

Ive got to go now, my sister needs to use the computer

siblings eh?

Byii :)

Anonymous said...

Bye!

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Old ollie wasn't jolly he was glum and he was proud
He'd be miserable as sin
Only sinnings not allowed!
When ollie died the people said
Charlie my hearty
Get rid of these dull laws
Get back to something party
This move is what the monoky restoration
Which naturally was followed be a huge celebration!)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Uh...a cruise isn't exactly the best idea ever...

How about sky diving?
*grins*
Wait does that count as a date?

Anonymous said...

Yes! Sky diving! If at first you don't succeed...sky diving is not for you!

Dragona Pine said...

When I was learning about human culture, a date was defined as an intimate outing between two people... I guess it depends what you consider intimate?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

If at first you don't succed....your probably dead.


(And cats are meant to be smart ------>)

Dragona Pine said...

I wouldn't ever like to go skydiving... it probably wouldn't be for me.

Dragona Pine said...

(I however would like to go skydiving because I think it'd be awesome. :P)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Same)

Anonymous said...

So? When do we go?

Dragona Pine said...

I think that it's normal to go in a type of aircraft... in my time we'd use shuttles, I don't know what the word is for the vehicles you'd use.

Anonymous said...

Silente?

Anonymous said...

Planes.

Dragona Pine said...

Planes. Thank you.

Anonymous said...

Glad to help.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Sorry I poofed to read a sad story. I do that sometimes. Also my parents will be out all night so I can stay on AND DOWN STAIRS as long as I want! Whoop whoop!)

What.
*stops staring into space*
What were you saying?

Anonymous said...

When do we go?

Dragona Pine said...

I have a question. Do humans follow a particular religion? I remember watching a video which said about lots of different religions, but it never went into any detail.

Anonymous said...

(Yay!! Party!!)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Er...I'm not really...
*frowns*
Not really....
*blinks*
Not sure....
*sways slightly*

Anonymous said...

Humans follow lot's of religions.

Anonymous said...

*steadies her*

Sil, you ok?

Anonymous said...

We don't have to go if you aren't feeling well.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Er...
*shakes her head side to side to clear it*
Yeah I'm fine. Perfect.
*smiles eyes lighting up*
See. Fine.
*frowns again, distance returning to her eyes*

Anonymous said...

Sil, you don't look okay. What's wrong?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Nothing. I'm fine.
*smiles again, eye still slightly distant*
We gonna go?

Dragona Pine said...

I don't think you should go... I don't know much about humans, but I know that what is happening isn't exactly a good sign.

Anonymous said...

Nope. We're are going to stay here and find out what's wrong.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Not a human Leri. Not anymore.
*smiles*
*frowns a moment*
What was I saying?

Anonymous said...

Sil, come sit with me. Are you all right?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Yeah I'm...I'm fine I...
*looks around*
*frowns deeper*

Anonymous said...

Sil! What's wrong?

Anonymous said...

*pulls her over and puts his arms around her*

What's going through your head right now?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Where...
*blinks and shakes her head*
Sorry I..I'm fine.
*looks back at Viv*
Hello. I'm Silente Tempest

Anonymous said...

I know you are.
*realizes something*

Wait a minute. You better not be getting me back for earlier!

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*frowns*
Why are you hugging me?
*pushes away from her fear clouding her features*
*backs away slowly*

Anonymous said...

Sil! Very funny. Now come on.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

**him

Anonymous said...

*reaches for her hand*

Do you really not remember me?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*backs away staring at him with fearful eyes*
*looks around wildly*
Where am I?!
*looks back at him, terrified*

Anonymous said...

You have got to be kidding me. The irony of this.

Silente, hug?

Inky Flame said...

Im back

Ive finally decided my actual Taken name
*drum rolls* Inky Flame :)

Hmm, this is something Ive been thinking about for a while. I love wolves and when creating my own on this game website, I made it grey (after my last name ) and its marking looked like black flames, so... *grins*

Anonymous said...

*moves closer to her*

Anonymous said...

(Nice name)

Sil?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*backs away from him quicker shaking her head*
Please. Where's mama? Wheres papa?

Inky Flame said...

Thnx

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Nice name)

Anonymous said...

What do you mean?

Silente, I thought you said your parents were dead.

Anonymous said...

You can't remember anything?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*eyes widen*
D-dead?! What did you do to mama and papa!
*is starting to look increasingly more scared*

Dragona Pine said...

I'm back.

Inky Flame said...

Hiya Dragona

Anonymous said...

*circles an arm around her*

I didn't do anything.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*pulls away from him*
THEN WHERE ARE THEY?!
*is trembling slightly*

Anonymous said...

Sil? That stuff happened a hundred something years ago.

Dragona Pine said...

*frowns, but no one can see because of the helmet*


... She's lost her memory?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Your lying! Why are you lying?! I was with them...I was with them! I saw them this morning!
*stumbles backwards*

Anonymous said...

I don't know where they are.

Inky Flame said...

damn, my bro is back from footie practise

It hasn't been my day -_-

he wants to go on the computer now he does. If I don't go off, he will start creating

byii

Anonymous said...

*catches her*

*about to start panicking himself*

(Yep)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Why are you doing this?! Why am I here?!

Anonymous said...

Sil, that a happened a long time ago. You've changed.

Anonymous said...

*all

Why am I doing what?

Dragona Pine said...

*sighs*

Vivanus, I don't think you're doing... a very good job.

I looked after my little sister after my mother and father died fighting the Geth. Maybe I could try?

Anonymous said...

Helping you?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

No! No it wasn't! I saw then this morning! Mama was baking a cake! Papa was going to work! We were at home!
*looks around*
Where's home gone!

Anonymous said...

Sure, try.

*sits down and cries silently*

Why Why Why?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*starts sobbing*
Please! I just want mama and papa!

Dragona Pine said...

Silente, my name is Leri. Don't worry because your parents will be back soon, ok? Until then, I'm here to look after you.

Anonymous said...

Wait, can you hear me?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*looks at Leri*
Where are they?
*hears Viv in her head and flinches*

Anonymous said...

*sends her pictures of the two of them together*

Dragona Pine said...

They've gone somewhere good. As I said, they'll only be a while longer.

*puts hand on Silente's shoulder*

There's no need to worry.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*flinches receiving the images*
*turns ti Viv*
W-what are you doing? Where d-did you get those?

Anonymous said...

*iron tears drip from his eyes, forming a statue on the ground*

Dragona Pine said...

Vivanus, don't, please. We need to find out what's wrong with her. This will just make her worse.


Don't worry about the pictures, Silente. They're fakes.

Dragona Pine said...

(I have to take my dog for a walk, so if it's fine can we pause the RP?)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*looks up at Leri*
D..do you help help daddie with his job? Do you help him scare away the monsters?

Anonymous said...

From my memories of you. You can talk to me like this by the way.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(How long will you be Dragona?)

Anonymous said...

*head snaps up*
*roars*. They aren't FAKES!

*collapses on the ground*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*screams and jumps away from him*

Anonymous said...

*get's up without his armor*

Silente, I'm sorry I scared you, what did your father do? What was his job.

Anonymous said...

*holds out his hands to show he means peace*

I'm sorry. I'm just having a really bad day. You see, I also just lost someone I loved.

Anonymous said...

Silente?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

He..he scares the monsters away. The white ones.Our whole family does.

Anonymous said...

White ones? Does he have a boss?

Anonymous said...

*slowly walks closer to her*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

No. It's a family job. The town pays papa and mama for freeing them of the monsters. I..I've only even seen one once. It..it was scary.

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Anonymous said...

Oh ok. So what did it look like? Did it have fangs and claws?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

The town owners. Or sometimes other people too. He gets rid of the monsters and they give him money for it.

Anonymous said...

Did your dad go to work during the night?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*nods*
It was scary. It was big and white and had bad eyes and big teeth. Papa stopped it. Papa saved the people.

Anonymous said...

How did he stop it?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Sometimes. Normally he works at day. But sometimes he works at night.

Anonymous said...

At day? When did he fight the monsters?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

I don't know. Mama dragged me back in before it could hurt me. But he has lots of weapons. He says he'll teach me.
*smiles proudly and lifts her head high*
Im going to stop the mobsters too.

Anonymous said...

(Mobsters :) )

Ok. Can I do anything for you?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

**monsters

He fought them during the day! The one I saw was at night though. So he fights at night too.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

I..my throat hurts. Can you fix it?

Anonymous said...

*looks at her throat*

Did your father have magic?

Anonymous said...

*rubs the skin*

Does this hurt?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*nods*
And mama. And grandmama.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

No it tickles!
*giggles*
It's not that type of hurt! It's too warm! On the inside!

Anonymous said...

*pulls out some leaves*

Here, chew these.

Anonymous said...

*pulls back leaves*

Open your mouth, let me look.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...
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Anonymous said...

I need to make sure what is causing it before I give you pain numbers.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(*cough*THIRST*cough*)

*opens her mouth obediently*

Anonymous said...

Can you open wide for me. As big as you can get.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*opens wider making an 'ah' noise*

Dragona Pine said...

(Back.)

Anonymous said...

*pours lemonade in her mouth*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(wb)

Anonymous said...

(You didn't say it was dry!)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(*cough*wrongtypeofthirst*cough*)

*swallows quickly feeling it fizzle in her mouth*

Anonymous said...

Silente, the operation was very difficult, but as your doctor, I believe you will live.

Dragona Pine said...

*whispers to Vivanus*

Silente was a vampire... right?

Anonymous said...

(*cough* shh...I'm stalling. I did realize what you meant. I already am on it *cough*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

But its still too warm.
*frowns*

Anonymous said...

Here's some medicine...
*hands her a vial of blood*

Try it and tell me if you feel better.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Why is it red?
*looks curiously at the vial*

Dragona Pine said...

It has some... colouring in to make it look attractive.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Why would medicine need to be attractive? It's not dating someone is it?

Anonymous said...

And because it naturall looks like another liquid that is s horrible poison. So they dye it so people can tell the difference.

Dragona Pine said...

So people will drink it. To make it a nicer colour.

Anonymous said...

**naturally

Dragona Pine said...

And what he said.




*whispers to Vivanus*

If she goes crazy, I'm fine. A drop of my blood can cause an allergic reaction. In any case it'll make her very ill... incompatible proteins. You might want to be careful.
Well, no, I'm not really fine - the tear in the suit she'll make could kill me. But I'm more fine than you.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Oh. Okay!
*pulls the stopper out and downs the contents of the vial*
*smiles as a buzz goes through her and the burning in her throat stops*
You fixed it!
*hugs Viv*
Thank you!
*looks at the sky*
*frowns*

Anonymous said...

I can cover 100% of my body with metal. I'm fine

Anonymous said...

What's wrong sil?

Anonymous said...

Gtg

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*points at the nearly setting sun*
I'm not allowed out at night. That's when the monsters come out.

Dragona Pine said...

(Bye Vivanus!)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Oh. Bye then Viv.)

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*turns to Leri*
When will mama and papa get here?

Dragona Pine said...

I won't let any monsters get you, Silente. I have a shotgun.

Speaking of suns... did you know, where I come from, the star is half as bright as yours?

Dragona Pine said...

You might have to wait until the morning for them to come. They're very busy.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Only half? That means its dark all the time! Poor you!
*feels a shudder ripple over her skin*
*frowns*
Why did my skin do that?

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Hey! How are you all?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Hey Rhydian)

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Hey Sil! How are you?

Yo Kes! How are you?

Dragona Pine said...

(Hey Rhydian! I'm fine, you?)


Well, our planet is closer to the sun. It isn't much darker than Earth. We also have less ocean - it's mostly desert and the average temperature is about forty eight degrees.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

(Im fine.
Hey Kes)

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Hey Dragona! I'm good thanks

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Oh. That's good then!
*another shudder ripples her skin*
Miss? Why is my skin waving?

Dragona Pine said...

I'm... not sure.

The Grave of a Coward said...

*bursts into the room*

I HAVE A TWITTER! AT LONG LAST!

*maniacal laughter*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*friend as a shiver rips through her form*
W-what happening?!

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

I SHALL FOLLOW YOU CLARA!!! WHAT IS UR @ NAME??!!!

Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...

Hey, Rhydian :) I'm good, thanks! You?


*sees Silente beginning to change* *swears and throws a syringe of serum to Leri*

Stab that into her thigh, it should help.

The Grave of a Coward said...

@MildlyUncertain

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

**frowns

Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...

DOES ANYONE HAVE TUMBLR?

The Grave of a Coward said...

I have a Pinterest, and have pinned over a thousand pins from Tumblr. Does that count?

Dragona Pine said...

*takes a step back*


I... I don't know.

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

I do kes!!!

Administrator Kestrel LeStarre-Sparrowhawk The Celestial said...

Annika: I don't...think...so?

The Grave of a Coward said...

*sighs sadly*

Dragona Pine said...

*injects Silente with the serum*

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