Behold the alternate cover. Gasp. Swoon. Wet yourself. Is it not brilliant? Is it not OMINOUS?
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http://www.waterstones.com/blog/2014/07/skulduggery-pleasant-the-dying-of-the-light/#more-55456
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«Oldest ‹Older 1601 – 1800 of 4580 Newer› Newest»(HI!! Why are you in a cave? How do I get you out? I have a new knife and something else for you)
(Long story short she got worse and ran away. To England. To a cave. She felt like she was just going to hurt people of she stayed so she...left. Yeah...)
(She misses you btw.)
(How do I get her?)
((I missed you too, that's why I made you gifts!))
(((Viv really wants to see her like right now!)))
(He wants to give jer a really big hug)
(He wants to give jer a really big hug)
(Er beat up the coward called Sammy or force some other necromance to bring you to the cave. Shadow signatures are easy to trace for necromances.)
*her
I have a plan!
Remeber how I have replicas of Lord Vile's armor...
(Okay!)
That should be sufficiently scary enough.
(Yes...)
(You tried to sell them.)
(Oh yeah it should!)
I'm coming Silente!
*puts on Lord Vile replica armor*
*steps onto railroad tracks and takes off at a high speed*
((You should have bought one))
*is sat in the cave with her head in her hands*
Sammy: *is sat at home flipping through channels*
(She figured she'd been too small for it.)
*arrives an hour later at Sammy's home*
*smashes down door and wall*
*roars Sammy's name*
((I can fit it to any body shape))
*walks over to Sammy and picks him up by the neck*
*raises him off the ground*
(Darth Vader style)
Sammy: *screams and stands up suddenly stumbling backwards eyes wide with fear staring at Lord Vile*
W...w...w....what?! B...b...but...
*stumbles backwards knocking over tables and what not in his hurry*
*never taking his eyes of Vile*
Sammy: *stares, terrified, at Lord Vile*
*tears stream down his face*
*drops him on the ground*
*kicks his legs, numbing them*
Your pitiful excuse for a mind contains information I require!
Where is the Vampire known as Silente?
*stares at him scared sheetness*
Please! Spare m..me! Oh dark lord of twisted proportions spare me my life!
*bows before him*
*idiot*
Brb
Sammy: What?! She said her friends were after her NOT LORD VILE! Forgive me Lord, she devieved me! The low being is hardly worth the time or effort of one as superior as you!
(Kk)
This unit believes organics are illogical.
This organic believes organics are illogical too. :P
(Wait. Are bubbles organic? They're not alive . . .)
(What evidence does this unit possess to back up said statement?)
Heh.
So Ez was feeling this certain way and she didn't know why, except she kind of did in the back of her mind, and tbh, I didn't know why she was either, I just knew that she was, and I also got a feeling in the back of my mind. And it took me about a page for it to hit me WHY she was feeling like that.
I feel like I have succeeded in my mission to know my characters well. :)
@Silente: Well.
The fact that organics are illogical?
(Because she was feeling really freaked out and yet she was acting almost normally about it and she was like "Why can I act this well. This is scary". And it scared her, even though she shouldn't be scared, she should be proud, but it scared her, and she kind of knew why but kind of didn't and didn't really want to know because she didn't even want to admit to herself that she was scared. And then she was kind of acting a little shakier than normal and she was thinking "See, I'm not totally okay", and it was then that it hit me that she was scared to lose her humanity, and if she didn't show emotions . . . she was scared of losing herself, you know? Because if all she really is is a voice in her own head, who's to say she's really there?
The person she acts like is more her than the person she is, and she doesn't even know who she is anymore, but she just . . .
She just wants some confirmation that she's real. She doesn't want to totally disappear.
And now I've worked that out, I have to try not to write it because she hasn't and I'm not sure she wants to . . . :P
Organics share a fascination with self-harm, unnecessary reproduction and gossip. These will eventually be their downfall.
Synthetics have no such issues. We will live longer.
Ez is really great to write about . . .
Hunter just kind of goes off doing things, and then she kinds of has to run after him and try and keep up, try and keep on top of the situation, because it's this constant battle for her to . . . well. That's just it. She doesn't even know where the goal is, and all these places she's getting . . . she's not sure why she's getting there or even if she wants to be there, so she tells herself she's doing well and that's she's doing good works, but sometimes she just, you know, wonders where she's going . . .
Ez needs to have a goal in life, you know? She needs to feel worthwhile.
That's why she ends up hanging round with Hunter . . . it makes her feel needed. And there's tons of other factors as well, of course.
But anyway. Emotionally, she's a really interesting character at this point in time. And at most points, I guess. I tend to write from her perspective more than Hunter's - she's like the Valkyrie to his Skulduggery - but I love writing from Hunter's perspective, because he just looks at things in such a unique way. :) Plus sometimes there's all this stuff I want to say and Ez wouldn't think it, unless she's thinking that Hunter would think it.
. . .
Yeah, but I think it's better to have a lot of downsides and a lot of upsides to match than be mostly blank. Rollercoasters are exciting. Rollercoasters are living. Straight lines . . . ?
A bubble is defined as a film of soapy water enclosing air that forms a hollow sphere with an iridescent surface.
It is our understanding of soap that they contain proteins such as enzymes to help break down certain substances such as fat.
Therefore bubbles could be considered organic. Proteins are organic compounds.
@Geth: Thank you. :)
*happily accepts my nature as an organic one*
(...I love reading Stars internal monologue thingies.)
(Thanks . . . :) :) :) :) :) *hugs*
See? Now I'M feeling needed. :P
*hugs again, and smiles gratefully*)
(I think if Blogland had a play list that'd be cool.
TLBYE would be on there
As would an AV song.
And a Little Mix song most likely.
That'd be really fun to make.
Oh and Zydrate Anatomy as well.
Probably a Hyde/Jekyll song as well)
((That would be cool . . . :)
*smiles*
*nods*
*smiles*
*still smiling*
*still smiling*
*it's beginning to be a bit of an awkward smile now*
. . . Slipknot.
*continues smiling innocently*))
**AS, I was thing Avenged instead of AS.
(*pats Star*
We should do that one day. Bloglands must hear! The bloggers tunes! Minion Mashes! Bloglandian Beats!)
@Silente: *nods* They're generally abbreviated as A7X, actually. Because you can totally fold paper in an x shape, you know. :P
Yep! :)
It would probably get really long though. :P
(It would but it'd still be awesome. I'd probably download every song on the list to my phone and label it Bloglandian Beats! And really...the longer the playlist the better! More music to hear! Yey!)
(I think it'd be good if everyone chose like a theme tune for themselves. :P)
(What would you theme song be Dragona?)
@Dragona: I'm not doing that, sorry. :)
(*refuses to pick things like theme tunes because I'm indecisive and stuff :P*)
Yay! :P
*plus I don't know any theme tunes for me, and if I found a song that summed up me, I probably wouldn't like it, because it would be too boring. :P I'm a boring as a character, you know, and quite boring as a person really.
Pathetic being! YOU are not worth my time and efforts! Release her at once. She is worth a thousand times more than you will ever be.
Sammy: *trembles* the gorge, 50 miles that way my Lord
*points north*
there are tunnels in the bottom if the gorge, she's in those
*is still bowing*
BRING HER TO ME!!!!!
ARe you asking ME to do your work?
(I'm not sure. I know of at least four which would work as theme tunes for me but yeah I don't know which one would be best.)
*kicks Sammy high into the air to give him a headstart*
(Well. Four is better than the zero I have. :P)
Sammy: N-No Lord! Of course not! I shall fetch her at once!
*blinks out of existance, teleporting away*
YOU!
*grabs Silente's arm*
YOU NEVER SAID VILE WAS AFTER YOU!
*teleports back and throws her at his feet*
The vampire, lord.
*bows*
*stares at Vile*
Uh...
*smashes Sammy into unconciousness*
*removes helmet*
Hey, Silente.
*looks at Sammy*
Uh..
*turns back and see's it's Viv*
VIV!
*grins and leaps at him, hugging him*
Omg I missed you!
*realises what she's doing*
*let's go and steps back*
I...uh...mean....hello. Long time no see.
*takes off the Vile armor*
*steps forward and wraps his arms around her*
I don't mind hugs. In fact I try to encourage them.
*stiffens slightly*
*smiles and hugs him back*
Hey.
Silente, it's ok to express your feelings. I want you to let them out, not hide them inside. Be who you are, not an actor. I will never turn you down or laugh at who you are. And if it gets potentially embarrassing we can always deny it afterwards.
*laughs*
*steps back and salutes*
Yes Sir!
*grins at him*
So, whatcha doin in ye new...e...England?
*hugs her more tightly*
*his warm body tranfers heat to her cold skin*
(Change the order there)
(Consider it changed.)
I'm here for you, no real other reason. Maybe look at some cute girls while I'm here. I probably shouldn't gave said that to you though.
*mock gulps*
(What about Silanus? Never mind, yours sounds better. I'm just kidding Silente. No meed for the glare.)
*need
*raises one eyebrow*
Pour moi? You sure it wasn't just the gals that brought you here? Not much reason to come for me. Theres only one of me, more o dem English lasses.
*grjns*
Who said anything about the girls being english?
(*glares at them both*
*mainly at Elleni*
*okay its only at Elleni*
*makes a 'zip it' motion*)
*whistles while avoiding eye contact*
Maybe they are maybe they aren't.
(Whistling a tune not like a wolf whistle!)
*winks at Elleni behind Silente's back*
(*throttles Elleni*
*duck tapes her mouth closed*)
Well we are in England. Not many non-English girls here who are cute.
(*grins at Elleni*
*places a finger to her lips*)
(*pulls at the corner of the duct tape*)
(*removes it a painlessly as possible*
Yes Elleni?)
(I don't think there is a painless way to remove duct tape)
(*grins smuggly*
Rude. Attacking me for no reason! Bad Elleni!)
(If you soak it for ages that helps.)
Well we are in England. Not many non-English girls here who are cute.
Whoa! Girls, girls, you're both pretty! Calm down!
(*flicks her nose* Bad.)
Nope, there aren't. How lucky am I to have found one.
Oh? You talking bout a secret lover you have?
*winks*
Vivilente! C: That's such a cool word!!!
I don't know. Elleni, would you call it secret?
(@Star oh such perfect timing. *laughs* welcome back.)
That's what I'm thinking.
*raises an eyebrow a slight smirk playing on her lips*
*leans back against a...uh...tree. A conveniently placed tree.*
Oh really?
Maybe a secretIVE lover. That would be more precise.
Secretive? My it can be Elleni then!
*grins*
She's like an open book that girl! Anyone I might know?
*raises an eyebrow, a smile on her lips*
**cant
*laughs*
I think you are well acquainted.
Well acquainted? Hmmm...
*is pretending to think*
Well...that doesn't narrow it down...cute....not English...secretive....
*laughs XD*
*hugs everyone and tells them how great they all are and how much I like knowing them*
*slinks back into the shadows*
(Falls down dead with a broken heart. :-) No it's ok Elleni. No offense taken.)
(Very possibly)
Oh and an insomniac, don't forget that on your list Silente.
Insomniac....OMG IS IT DUG!
*laughs a broad smile on her face*
Omg sorry! I can't...
*laughs more*
The :
Cute
Not English
Known by Silente
Insomniac
List
Got to go
Elleni, keep her guessing.
Awww! Bye Viv!
Sorry the image of Viv and Dug is amusing in my mind...
*shakes her head, the laughter having subsided*
Okay. Secretive. Not English. Cute. Insomniac.....
Dangs. What the hell would dangs even be?!
Fangs? Has he even met Kes? And doesn't se have Del...
Dugglyn sorta has fangs....
Sure! It always helps!
Hello!!
#ChaseForBook9
Hey Ari! We're playing guess who!
RPer? Again keep coming back to Dug...
Hello, Elleni, and Silente! *sneakyformerassassintacklehugs both* How are you?
#ChaseForBook9
Fine thanks Ari! You?
Msd.
Oh, that sounds exciting. *reads up a bit* *thinks of a bunch of older Bloglandians* ...I'll have to think a bit.
#ChaseForBook9
Nah gtg now. Bye guys!
*waves*
Oh, ok. Bye Silente!
#ChaseForBook9
ANNIKA BARNOSKY IF YOU READ THIS WHAT IS YOUR QUOTEV NAME
Hello everyone
It seems to be quiet.
((Anddddddddd no one's here...))
*goes up to her bedroom to change into jeans and a T-shirt*
*looks into her mirror*
*the T-shirt looks stupid because of her baby bump*
*sighs sadly*
((Hey Zaffy!))
(So... Tired...)))
((Rose go to sleep! D:))
(It's 8 am...))
*goes through a portal and steps out in Japan, Tokyo*
*steps out of a side-street and into a park nearby*
*sits on a bench and watches the petals of the cherry blossoms catch on the wind and float around her*
Yesh
I feel exhausted and I just woke up.
I am rolling around in bed rn with my tablet
((Precisely. Go to sleep.))
((Hi!-Zaffy))
So I am apparently pathetic and weak? Alastair knows not what he says.
((How are you Zaf?))
*A man comes up behind her*
man: Miss Asahina?
*without turning her head*
It's Mrs.
Man: Oh, congratulations. But you know why I'm here.
Actually, I don't. Please explain.
((Not much. I'm laying in bed knowing soon I have to go-Zaffy
(I just grabbed the Cheezles from the cupboard and took them into my bedroom. Mum just laughed.))
((Aww, that's a shame.))
Man: Well, you were ordered to assassinate my father a few years ago. I've been searching for you ever since.
Wow, you need to get a life.
Man: *chuckles* You're a very hard women to find, Mrs Asahina. Now come with me quietly, or you will be taken by force.
I don't think either of them will be happening I'm afraid.
man: And why not?
We're in a public place, you don't want your organisation looking bad, do you? Look, people are already starting to grow suspicious.
Man: Ah, but you're mistaken. You're completely surrounded.
*eyes narrow as the passers by all turn towards her, grinning*
Well played. I guess i'll be coming quietly...
((I'm leaving at like 7:45...I have swim team. Usually I'd do the little kids I'm just tired and have no energy to go after little kids-Zaffy
(I'm going to have fake powered cheese in my bed for months now.
Life well spent!))
(It is now International Tired Day today.))
((Aww poor Zaffy and Rose, they're tired.))
((I was in Hersey all day yesterday, and stayed up til 1am. And I'm going to watch Iron Man 1 and 2 tonight...I WANNA SEE A LOT OF TONY STARK -Zaffy))
I know full well what I say, Loki.
(*Laughs at Choine* I'm always tired. Deathy went for walkies and almost got mugged... She is sleepy...
*Ruffles Zaffy's hair* I don't remember ever seeing the first Iron Man. I'm going to have to...))
((I've seen all 3 Iron Men movies ^.^))
Man: *grins at the thought of revenge*
*laughs*
Man: *raises an eyebrow* Why are you laughing?
Because now there are no citizens that I can hit with my magic.
Man: *eyes grow wide and swears under his breath* RUN, GET BACK!
*runs away quickly*
*smiles sweetly as his men are almost at her, ignoring their boss's warning*
*causes icicles to raise from the ground and impale all of his men through various limbs and organs*
Man: *looks back and sees his men* N-no! you can't do this!
*keeps running*
Like father like son. *raises an ice wall in front of him and he runs straight into it*
*approaches him as he gets up off of the ground*
Man: Please...let me go, i'll never come after you again...
*creates a katana and hands it to him*
I'll let you take the easy way out.
Man: *looks at the blade and gulps*
*plunges it through his heart and drops to the ground*
My, Chione. You have more cruelty in you than you let on.
((Of course, I want to be an actress. If I try, I can hide my real emotions, which is to kill every Human Being that I hate, Alastair.))
*kicks his body to the side and melts all of her ice so the bodies all slump to the ground*
*looks to see if anyone saw*
*No one around*
*she opens up another portal and steps through, back into her home in Blogland*
(Ehhh... Don't let me get on your bad side, Choine!!)
((lol, Rose. Hopefully you won't.))
*stretches*
Ah, that was a nice little walk.
*goes outside and sits ontop of the house*
I feel dead. I woke up an hour ago and I still feel asleep
Oh trust me, I do. I'm a very angry and depressed person but when I try I can hide It really well.
Anyone still here or did I scare everyone off?
Lonelyyyyyyyyyyyyyy mrs lonelyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy <(.<) (>.)>
*Tumbles out of the darkness, somehow landing on his feet as if nothing had happened. After looking around a bit and realizing nobody is around a chair forms out of darkness which he proceeds to slump down into*
It's never safe to assume that nobody is around.
I sit corrected.
*Tacklehugs Chio*
Hey cutie ^-^
Oh. Hello Alastair.
*snuggles into Blake* Hiya ^.^
Alastair, if you were lurking, you could have said hi instead of leaving me here alone.
I get the distinct feeling our local sociopath was only making that one appearance before cowering back into his own little world again... ah well, at least we don't have to deal with him this way.
*kisses him*
I see you were rather violent earlier today, was it really necessary to kill everyone?
Erebus: Of course it was.
Shut up. Not you honey, stupid voices in my head...
Yes, it was. They would have continued hunting me if I didn't kill them all.
*looks down at the baby bump* It's getting bigger so fast..
I'll need to get new clothes soon... >.<
I've certainly never had a problem getting things we need, people never trust the security tapes when they see a man simply drop into a shadow...
*chuckles a bit, finding the inability for people to believe what they can't understand amusing*
*rolls her eyes*
*pokes him in the cheek and runs away as fast as she can (as fast as she can when she's pregnant anyway.)*
*Drops into his shadow and pops up behind Chio*
Boo
*keeps running* Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
*Continues the process of sinking into his own shadow and jumping up out of hers*
Y'know I can keep on doing this as long as we both cast a shadow, right?
Yes but you're not catching me, you're behind me still!
*Lunges out of her shadow, landing in front of her with his arms crossed*
Sorry what was that?
*stops dead and runs the other way* I said you're behind me and still haven't caught me!
*A shadowy tendril grabs her lightly around the waist, slowing and eventually stopping her. Blake casually walks up and pokes her cheek*
There, caught ya
*laughs* You could have just done that to start with you know?
*sits down on the grass*
What fun would that be?
*Lays down next to her*
So... have you seen a doctor about our baby..?
Um...no. No I haven't.
*lays back with him*
We really should, I want to know if it'll be a boy or girl...
But where's the fun in the surprise, Blake?))
Ok. We can go right now if you want...to a doctor.
*looks at him*
((Hello Rose!))
It's nearly 11 and I'm not dressed yet
God I love the holidays
(I need coffee.
I'm coffeeing.
I love coffee.)
((Snow, I didn't get dressed till 12 the other day, it's fine.))
XD
I'm still in bed as well.
I stayed in my room all day yesterday and my mum kept bringing me food. <3
Btw Chi, I love your picture
((Aww, thank you Snow. I like yours too. :3 DW ftw!))
Bah I love it! Goes to practice and we just time so I got out early, home showered and comfry by 10 after 9.
*Tentatively pokes his head into the RP*
Anyone still here..?
Oh good I was afraid I'd have to be insane and talk to myself
Erebus: You're never really alone though, I can give you all sorts of murderous ideas for destroying the world.
Shut up evil god in my head. Anyways how're you Jazz?
Destroying the world, for what purpose?
Oh fine just slightly VERY nervous about the fact that I'm going to be a father within the next few months.
Zanida: Hey Alastair!
((Sorry for poofing there I got caught up in the inexplicable addictiveness of cookie clicker))
Alastair the point of Erebus destroying the world is to plunge it into the darkness he so desires. Also thank you Jazz we'll see if you're right...
Zanida: Blake, he sounds Malkith, a Dark Elf.
If you say so Zanida, though something makes me think he's a bit worse than an Elf.
*jumps into Blogland*
Hello!
And Viv, if you read this, I think I know who the person is... :)
Hm, interesting.
Hi, Elleni!
Sorry everyone but I have to go, good old hurricane Arnold is having a field day over my house and electronics and an overabundance of electricity don't mix. Farewell all.
Bye, Blake...
*whispers*
Blakey-boo
Sorry, couldn't resist. (:
Zanida: *shakes head, and sits quietly under a tree* Hey if you're around, Alastair, I want to see if you'd be willingvto try something.
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