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Here's the free version of Microsoft Visual C++.* I don't know offhand what other Windows solutions there are, but Visual C++ is pretty good. * Also includes Visual C# and Visual Basic.
The thing that's so illuminating about doing stuff at that level is that you realize how goddamn _hard_ everything is, with like simple string append being this elaborate maze of pain. (And going down a level to the abstract nand-gate level, it gets even harder, to the point that simple integer addition takes hours.) And then you do regular programming, and you put in a string append, and a vestigial part of your brain is like "wow, that's going to take a lot of processor power and compute time!" until you think about it further and realize that the string you're appending to was a payload in an XML document sent over sockets in a text-based protocol (HTTP) containing results that were literally pulled off B+ trees on a disk by a database server, and that the string append, as involved as it actually is at a machine level, is this incredibly minuscule fraction of everything that's been happening behind the scenes. But you still get all huffy when someone does/doesn't use a StringBuilder for efficiency reasons, because come on.
Visual Studio Express is nice and free, although it does give you a lot of noise from Microsoft's attempts to push you into writing to their libraries and toolchain. Doing example programs can sometimes be more difficult that it should be. I've heard people use Dev C++ before with no complaints, but it's getting a little old. Also, Code::Blocks.
And then you spend ten years doing that kind of programming and your brain gets soft, and then you get hired onto a team where the term "hot path" actually means something again, and your crappy habits bite you in the ass for eighteen months until you learn to distrust the "new" statement with a fear and loathing you previously reserved only for absurdities like "string s = ""; for (int i = 0; i < bigNumber; i++) { s += strings\[i\]; }"
The delta between 'high level coding' and 'low level coding' is absolutely monstrous now and only getting wider. You have the true high level language guys where performance is almost always a secondary consideration (so long as your algorithmic stuff isn't broken) and where the language provides a lot of the basic ADTs (maps/tables, vectors, strings) so that you don't make n00b mistakes (hi O(N^2)!) and you get garbage collected memory and all that hotness. Then you have the low level guys who worry about cache line alignment, never call malloc/new, and don't link into the CRTL.
It really ought to be a false dichotomy, you should be able to have your cake and eat it too. Maybe someday you will.
I'm in a small shop, so I switch between: 1) getting the ARM booting, where.... printf? What's that? Here's a crippled version! Debugger? You really think that JTAG is going to work today? 2) Now I can write some C++ code on the ARM processor. Let's not go crazy with the new/frees here, so pick the correct container for the job, but well, we're ok. The context switches can be jarring.
Tinkering with embedded stuff is crazy awesome from a learning perspective. The last couple of months I've been working on a Xilinx MicroBlaze system that runs Linux (and some apps from sourceforge). Going from carving out a hardware environment in your FPGA to figuring out the right kernel config to actually cross-compiling your program to run on there can give you a big picture view of how a complete system comes together much better than isolated courses dealing with computer architecture and programming could do.
So for people more used to it than I: Is parsing back up an XML tree supposed to be painfully stupid parent of parent of parent of parent trees? Fucking with libvirt and trying to make it understand vcenter (haha), and the resulting xml is kind of irritatingly kludgy to go "I have a MAC address, which VM does it belong to?" Basically: Fuck you XML by XMLLLLLLL
XPath makes XML bashing infinitely less painful, IMO. Assuming you've got an XPath library handy, of course. The last time I didn't, I ended up writing one rather than go without.
I have one, but it was giving me issues with what should have been basic calls. I think my "how you use xpath instead" assumed I did something first knowing how to use it. I shall read up! Basically, I need to go up three levels and down one in order to figure out the vm name from the MAC given libvirt's rather silly domain file.
You may blame Elyscape for my appearance in this thread... I was a programmer (mostly under Linux, and then web development) from 1994-2005. I've decided to take up coding again for fun and (possibly, someday) profit, and Elyscape was nice enough to chat with me about it. Installed Python and PyQt this evening. Should be fun. (I hope!)
Fixing race conditions in code that somebody else wrote without any regard for best practices or proper synchronization. Oh, and this is in code that has to be ready for mass production in a few weeks and there isn't any time budgeted to rewrite all the broken stuff. Like, there's one single class with about 40 private members all interacting, and this class is used in a highly concurrent environment. For example there are locks around reading/writing to containers and stuff, but if you look closely you can see some assumptions being made that simply don't hold up. Like, a message gets dispatched over a message bus, and then a note is added to a list that keeps track of sent messages awaiting replies. But there's no guarantee the reply won't arrive before the note is added (and in fact it often does). It's just assumed to be one single operation for some reason. /rant
Eventually they'll need to be other entry added to the programmer hierarchy - quantum programming? - but for the moment multithreading is the hardest thing around.
I am often surprised at just how difficult it is. When I first started reading into it, it didn't seem so bad. My first few programs went pretty well, too. But eventually when stuff starts getting complex, the number of non-obvious things that can bite you is staggering. It's taken me a while to adapt my mental model to take into account so many more situations. And I'm doing this in only one particular environment (C#, running on a regular windows pc, with one executable). So this is probably easymode.
Yeah, even just having two executables/separate processes running on the same PC can make things a pain. I remember doing that to fix an issue with C++/C# not interacting well. (I forget the exact error, something about C++ not respecting C# ...spaces? I'm sure it will come back to me in like two hours) So many extra little cases and wonkiness had to be caught and tracked down. Bleah.
The beauty of multiprocessing/multithreading code is that even if you have it working, it still probably doesn't work right all the time. And sometimes it may be 100% fine on a single core system, but will totally fail on a multicore system. And then you have cache coherency issues depending on the platform (read/write barriers come into play). The safest best practices are either go 100% crazy multithread and architect with that in mind from the beginning (and code in something like, I dunno, Haskell or Erlang) or go with a single main thread, no shared anything, and communicate entirely with queues and semaphores.
That said, I do really hate playing a game and having it chug away while only using one processor. SPAZ does that, for example, it's entirely single-threaded, and considering its really just a basic 2d game, it really should run faster on. (Granted, they could probably optimize it in other ways and suddenly it would run fine without the need to open the multi-threaded hydra, hard to say without seeing their code)
This assumes that there are intrinsically parallelizable tasks, and what I've found is that many things we think are parallel actually aren't. You can do things in parallel but inevitably there are sync points or data dependencies that kill much of the overlap or introduce latency that people find objectionable. The main area where parallelization is almost always a win is ensuring that your UI is responsive at all times -- hiccups/stutters aren't acceptable in modern software. (You can get around this by time slicing and lots of micromanagement in a single threaded code base, but it's not worth it). Oh, and you usually want anything that is latency sensitive to sit in a high priority thread with a semaphore (audio mixing comes to mind).
Indeed. Amdahl's law is a bitch. Gustafson's law, while a nice contrast and normally useful for stuff, isn't much applicable to anything that needs to run in real-time.
Even ignoring Amdahl's law, which is unintuitive for many at the limit, finding even theoretical cases of optimal parallelism is tough. It's hard for a game to meaningfully use 4 cores, much less the 8 or more available on high end PCs, which is a shame. That said, if I'm going to complain about games and technology, my first complaint is how so many are still 32-bit for no apparent reason.
Somewhere in the neighborhood of a quarter of PC gamers still use 32-bit operating systems (cf. the Steam hardware survey). Supporting both architectures implies a significant QA cost (since you need to test everything twice). Thus, essentially all games are still built as 32-bit binaries. Give it a few years. With DX10/11, XP is already irrelevant for new releases, and 32-bit Windows 7 is increasingly irrelevant. I'm surprised that 32-bit Windows 8 even exists. I predict that in five years, 64-bit binaries will be the norm for AAA PC releases. The benefits (more registers, meaning improved performance simply by recompiling in 64-bit mode) should outweigh the apathy.
There are a number of things (multi-step-forward AI planning, audio, UI, preloading textures) which can benefit, or so I have heard, from parallelization. Is this not so much the case / runs headfirst into Amdahl's law? If my information is wrong, I have a person to go make fun of at some point, and I always love doing that (well, more that I love not being wrong about things).
Those benefit from running in other threads, but that's not the same as being particularly parallelizable. Audio can run in one separate thread for the most part -- so you've trimmed a couple milliseconds off your main loop, but that's it. Now what do you do with the other 2 cores, not to mention the other 90% utilization available in the audio thread core? Preloading textures helps reduce hitches, but once you've preloaded them, then what? UI can run in a separate thread, and that has huge benefits for perceive performance, but it doesn't actually make things run significantly faster overall, your UI is sleeping most of the time anyway. So those are things that benefit from overlap, but they don't scale to 8 (or more) cores/hyperthreads. Now AI planning could conceivably benefit because you could have N AIs simultaneously 'thinking', but I'm not sure how common that is in practice. Most people just use a generic job queue system and hope that they get some distinct benefit from it, but that's often up to the vagaries of how data dependencies unfold in the queue.
Yeah; people get confused on this quite often, but asynchronous programming, multithreaded programming, and parallel programming aren't the same thing, though there's often a lot of overlap.
They are all fairly related concepts though and the distinctions, especially between the latter two, are mostly of academic interest. To a working programmer the key distinction is to learn to think and write code in terms of multiple things happening simultaneously and all the synchronization headaches that brings along.
Makes a certain amount of sense. The guy that I was talking to is a good friend of mine who comes to the game dev business through AI research, and one of the things he's working on as a side project is writing AI that properly benefits from - and I think this is about as direct a quote as I can remember - the unimaginable amount of unused processor power and extraordinary improvements in theory that have taken place. He talks about something he calls "look look-squared" where he has three AI... threads? I guess? I don't know the technical details that thoroughly... which do, respectively: look for good short-term moves, look for good long-term moves, and try to figure out what the player is doing. He also says that all of the optimization in the world doesn't help that much in the end because so much blocks on the graphical engine, and for various reasons (which he didn't explain) the graphical engine isn't amenable to parallelization.
Well, the graphics engine is hugely parallel in that most of it runs on a separate computer (the GPU) altogether =) But that's the Amdahl Law's thing -- you're limited by the things you can speed up the most. If AI is consuming 15% of your time and you make it like 1000x faster...you still haven't really done much overall for your game.
Heh, speaking of multi-threaded, I do like how easy some of it is now in C#, at least for operations that don't need to communicate with each other. The code was essentially: Code (text): Parallel.Foreach(EnumerateList(), F => { DoThingWithF; }); MessageBox.Show("All Done!"); [\CODE]
I'm about to graduate with a degree in CS and we were never taught threading. I don't know if it's normal to teach that at an undergraduate level or not. Granted CS turns into a pure theory major the first day of your Junior year, so you go two years without being asked to program anything except for the rare project where you have to use something arcane like Haskell, (at least it sure seems arcane when all you've done is Java/C++), so when you go fire up a grossly out of date Eclipse to write a Java program for your own use during your Senior year you can't figure out why it won't compile until you realize you're declaring stuff outside of the class bracket and oh wait there needs to be a main doesn't there and hoo boy where did all of this go? Then Charles says Love2D is great and you believe him, so you jump into LUA and have to look at the API every thirty seconds and feel like a kid in highschool AP Computer Science again. Then the girl whose code is a chaotic poorly documented mess gets an interview with Amazon, so you feel slightly better about your future again.
Ouch. No threading? Sigh, well, to be fair, CS classes always seem to lag slightly behind what's needed in the 'real world'. Even the game programming specific ones.
I routinely learned more from actually coding stuff and doing personal research than I did from my courses. The primary exception to this was the algorithms course I took.
Actually now that I think about it, we did do some things with threads, but it wasn't a "do this using threads" which would have been way more edifying. It was an OS class where we had to make an OS simulator (OSP?) work by implementing certain kinds of process queues (and some other things) and a large part of that was handling threads. By that I assume you mean big-O stuff? Because that was pretty much my experience too. I wouldn't know jack about big-O without that class. Beats an English degree.
Complexity stuff was a big part of it, but other things as well, like algorithm analysis/improvement and such.
Oh yeah it included that too. Pretty handy, but that stuff was more of a "going to have to relearn it when I actually do it." At least I've got the foundation though!
Allow me to herp my derp and say that CS curricula ain't what they used to be. Get off my yard when I'm done talking to you! You'll learn more in your first year as a professional than you did during your entire undergraduate curriculum. You'll get paid for it too!
By "threading," do you mean concurrency concepts (critical sections, semaphores, deadlocks, monitors, etc.) in general? In my curriculum, that was in the OS class, which was semi-optional[1] and could have been skipped by someone who wanted to take a different concentration, but it was definitely something that was available. [1] You had to take two of operating systems, programming languages (where you did stuff with a half-dozen different language families), and compilers. I missed compilers, and really wish I wouldn't have. Wow, that is just totally foreign to me. Every CS class I had had tons of programming in it.


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Meet fellow Sci-fi/Fantasy Fans near you! Come to a local Sci-fi/Fantasy Meetup to have fun talking science fiction and fantasy in literature, media, gaming and art. Go to local conventions, signings, readings, movies, museum shows, science lectures and more!
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We are a Starfleet Chapter in the central PA area. We enjoy many different kinds of science fiction as well as a variety of activites and charities. Some of our activites include Sci fi conventions, roadtrips to NYC, cookouts, movies, parties, etc. We have people in our group who are fans of Star Trek, Star Gate, Dr. Who, Firefly, Babylon 5, Star Wars, etc. Our group also has a Marine Strike Group which is a section of our group that enjoy historic outings such as the Reading Air Show, March to …
Home of the North Virginia Browncoats We are a multi-cultural group comprising all ages and sexes. Our standard monthly activity is a Nerd Lunch held the first Saturday of the month, but have small meetups held throughout the month. These small meetups can be a simple movie outing or a trip to a local gathering, ie. the Maryland Renaissance Festival, Comic Book shows, Sci-Fi conventions, etc. Come on out and make new friends and geek out over your favorite genre topic. We would love to meet you!
BSFS is a 501(c)(3), non-profit, charitable, literary and educational organization, dedicated to the promotion of and an appreciation for science fiction in all of its many forms. BSFS is run entirely by volunteers. None of the Board of Directors or officers receive any pay for what they do. Balticon, our annual regional science fiction & fantasy convention, features authors, editors, publishers, artists, filmmakers, and, most importantly, fans. Balticon has speeches by our guests, author readin …
Welcome to the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Club! We're a diverse group of readers of all ages and backgrounds, meeting twice a month. Every second Sunday (usually) we discuss a fantasy selection, alternating between traditional and urban/contemporary fantasy each month. Every fourth Sunday (usually) we discuss a science fiction selection, alternating between classic and modern sci-fi. We've seen so much interest in our book selections, we also open up smaller morning discussion sessions 1-2 weeks be …
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Is this Volkswagen Beetle ad racist? Some commentators on The Today Show say it's the worst they've seen in years, but Dori thinks it's just playing on harmless stereotypes.
The ad walks viewers through a dismal office environment, where one Caucasian man with a Jamaican accent just can't stop smiling - all because of his new VW bug.
"The guy with the Jamaican accent is just a big 30-something white guy," said Dori, "and this ad is being decried as racist now."
Everyone in the office appears to have a serious case of the Mondays - until the man with the Jamaican accent takes them for a ride in his VW Beetle.
"The thing I don't understand - every single commercial on television today is about the mom and teenage kids making fun of the Phil Dunphy-type dad," said Dori. "The white dad is middle-aged and a dope, and the mom and dad are always making fun of him. We can have the most blatant, stereotypical, ridiculous caricatures of 40-year-old white dads in every single commercial on the air. But heaven forbid we have a guy talking in a Jamaican accent."
Guests on The Today Show were adamant. They had a half-hour discussion about the flaws of the commercial, featuring advertising experts.
"I was shocked. Didn't anyone look at this? This is so racist," said Today Show guest Barbara Lippman. "And maybe Jamaicans don't find it offensive, but it's just saying that black people are happy."
One commentator was able to see past some of the well-intentioned stereotypes.
"I see positivity and happiness in this ad. I love it," said Today Show guest Michelle Stalling.
Despite criticism, Volkswagen is defending the commercial. The makers of the ad said they had gone to great lengths to make sure the commercial wasn't offensive. Volkswagen of America Executive Vice President Tim Mahoney said they hired a speaking coach to make sure accents were authentic, and consulted 100 Jamaicans to make sure the ad wasn't offensive.
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Oh god Nepeta why aren't you this badass in Homestuck
> Nepeta: Save his ass.
Oh god Nepeta why aren't you this badass in Homestuck
> Nepeta: Save his ass.
> Equius: Make a robot for Vriska.
First, you gather your materials. You fix up some 37-piece preschool puzzles and discover a photograph you didn't want to see. For whatever reason though, you get the feeling someone's trying to tell you something.
> Equius: Get back to Vriska.
Aw nuts. Well that couldn't have any bearing on the future or anything, which you know is statistically probable. If you see Scorpiogirl later, you'll remember to punch her. Hard. Right in the shoulders. Oh, that'll sting. Hmm, what if doing that hurts real Vriska too? That's a toughie.
Also the house is really coming down now. You'd better get to climbing!
> Equius: Enter
> Troll Vriska: Get: Robot!
Why do you hafta say TROLL Vriska? It's not like there's any other types of Vriska running around here. Because you're the only type of Vriska that exists!
But look at this piece of shit Equius sent you! That dick!
> Vriska: Repair robot
Oh, you'll do more than repair it. You're gonna make this thing the best damn robot Aradia the world's ever seen! Your badass repairs will be legendary. It's not like you have anything else to do, anyways.
> Rose: Assemble.
Is she moving like a pokemon on purpose?
The Goodstuff is always behind the spoiler...
Its always changeing really!
Moving like a troll-shaped Pokemon, maybe.
Also, as a couple of side-notes, the post did get checked by moderators and finally put up, and yes, wow I have not made very many posts at all. Plus, we fied s$madKash$s's text color, since it was SUSPICIOUSLY hard to read before!
And day two is fast approaching--!
((see I was thinking it reminded me of Rapidash....yeah I'm a geek))
Aradiea wear the pink sweater
The Goodstuff is always behind the spoiler...
Its always changeing really!
Well, sometime we'll show the fanbase's reaction... don't know when though, but I can assure you it will be pretty sad.
EDIT: Well, then again, Equius didn't get to SAY anything in the story, since he was switched the very day he APPEARED. But we can figure that in at some point somehow.
Yeah, I was actually thinking about that too! This Equius is... a lot different from regular Equius, so maybe we could have one of the more 'level headed' trolls comment on how he has suddenly become non-creepawkward.
Sweet plot twist! And...uh...hella conspiracy? It's one of those things that I should have seen coming due to earlier exposition, but I didn't.
After Aradia, I wanna be the Guy Gamzee Vriska.
> Aradia: Wake
> Aradia: Woah, are you okay dude?
> Aradia: Examine shirt.
This is just... wow, you don't even remember wearing this thing. Dark red's just not your color. This is a little upsetting. This takes precedence over the fact that Andrew put you in this thing at some point while you were sleeping. It's just something you get used to after a while.
> Aradia: Introduce yourself.
You are ARADIA HUSSIE. You guess your interests include PLAYING VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES and WATCHING THE SPORTS, though you NEVER REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT. And of course you like them mainly because you ALWAYS IMAGINE THEM IN TERMS OF ANDREWS. In a way, it's a PRODUCTIVE and SAFE FORM OF RECHANNELING THAT RAGE, y'know?
Grungy garage bands? No, that's Sollux interest. In fact, you are in SOLLUX'S ROOM currently. Why? You're not quite sure why. Maybe sleeping in his bed made you feel just a little safer.
Oh god oh god who's that on the phone oh god it must be him who could it be but him what's he gonna do should you pick it up should you pick it up GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
> Aradia: In a fierce act of cousinly rebellion...
You end up picking it up anyway.
> Aradia: Pull yourself together! You can do it!
There. All better. Now you can face the day. What next?
> Aradia: Examine shirt.
There! A pink sweater. Contrary to popular belief, that sweater is not yours. It's Sollux's! He doesn't show it at school, but he has a strange taste in fashion. Really, sometimes you think he doesn't know the difference between a man's and a woman's clothiers.
Then again, have YOU ever been clothesshopping? Would YOU know the difference? Do you even UNDERSTAND how to change your own clothes? Because MAN Andrew is such a huge fucking jerkwad creepyman. You feel kind of sad now.
The sweater is really pretty though.
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> Aradia: Wear the pink sweater.
This isn't going to work out. You can't just take your bro's clothes, even if he doesn't need them where he is now.
Besides, this shirt makes you look fat.
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Have some nice canned bread for breakfast!
The Goodstuff is always behind the spoiler...
Its always changeing really!
We've already done the whole canned bread thing with Aradia, and I doubt Andrew got more canned bread just for today (or however long he plans on keeping her around). That said:
>Andrew: Did you buy more canned bread? Not a command, or anything. Just curious. I personally would make her last meal somewhat enjoyable...
> Aradia: You aren't fat.
Yeah? Then why can't you get your FAT HEAD into this SHIRT SLEEVE?! You're such a fat person thing! You self-confidence level has fallen through the roof of the house below it!! (?)
> Aradia: Exit room.
You leave and enter the HALLWAY.
> Aradia: Stop having Andrew attack.
You can't. You aren't.
> Aradia: Peek inside your bedroom.
It sure is a sty! You should clean it sometime, when you're not SOBBING ABOUT YOUR BROTHER. For a moment you ogle the SPORTY POSTERS, admiring your craftsmanship. Each head has been scribbled out and masterfully replaced with ne of Andrew's. This is so that whenever you sleep, you feel yourself in the HEART OF THE ENEMY. Such a thing is necessary to HARDEN YOUR HEART. But last night you couldn't bear it. In a show of WEAKNESS you fled, leaving a path of tears to Sollux's room. It's alright. Missing one round of sleep conditioning could not have changed much.
There on the floor, you see scattered GAME BOXES AND CONTROLLERS. You DO NOT ACTUALLY HAVE A CORRESPONDING GAME CONSOLE, but sometimes you just like to sit cross-legged on the floor, pick up a controller, and stare through the game box. Therefore, you imagine yourself playing a game of your own creation, and find the $60.00 pricetag to be ENTIRELY WORTH IT.
Oh, and that scrawling on the wall? You must have written that a little earlier in the MSPA TIMELINE. It says "Huss" ad infinitium. The chalk is still sitting right where you dropped it. You can also see, if you look closely, you can note some of the hardened FROTH you dribbled out that day.
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> Aradia: Note the mysterious glow in the hallway.
Oh hey an update. Sollux's computer automatically notifies you when they happen.
Well would you look at that! Nepeta's in the game too! Who would've known? Judging from her cool olive eyes, she's gotta be your old friend. You sure hope nothing happens to her!
I mean why would anything happen to her? She's the cute one! They ALWAYS survive, unlike brothers with good glasses! You know for sure you need to slow that breathing of yours down and do something worthwhile!
Oh oh oh! Breakfast! Can't start the day without that! Better get some! Too bad Nepeta can't have any of it because well not because she's going to be dead but because she's not at your ugly house! Hoooooooooooo.
Gosh darn it you're going to miss her/scream real loud when you see her "DEAD." page.
Well, it's about time for breakfast, everyone! GOSH are you feeling hungry! What kind of stuff do you want to eat?
Some ideas for in the kitchen:
Bottled cheese
Sliced stew (it would be in frozen, thick slices)
Shredded waffles (like how some people tear up their waffles before putting syrup on them, only they come like that?)
Breaded eggs
Boiled ketchup (ew...sort of like a sweeter tomato paste, I guess)
Shredded spaghetti
Rotisserie cod
Aerosol milk (sort of like that weird Kraft "Easy Cheese" I've seen in the states, only milk comes out instead!)
Creamed beef
Chocolate-covered ham
I think I should stop now...I'm feeling ill...
>calm down kid, Solux should be fine. Andrew draws the line at killing when it comes to family. and he has Nepeta there to help him out. enjoy a bowl of waffles.
$150 worth of food from olive garden
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(yeah I was watching bizzar foods)
The Goodstuff is always behind the spoiler...
Its always changeing really!
> Aradia: To the kitchen!
This is your kitchen. We are disgusted, because it looks like you haven't cleaned this place up in, like, ever.
> Aradia: Reflect.
You think you remember what happened in here last night: a big food binge. Just got in here, ate a shitload of food, and passed yourself out into Sollux's bed. Strange though, usually Andrew cleans up afterward, like your personal creepy janitor.
> Aradia: Spot VOMIT-ENCRUSTED SHIRT.
Oh. That must've happened sometime in between—
No. This raises a bunch of questions. Did you just take off your shirt and vomit all over it?
Did you AND Andrew just walk over and throw up on it?
Did Andrew puke on YOU while you were IN the shirt?!?!?!? Wait. What. Why. Did you just imagine that. You're not wearing that shirt again.
Well played, Big Huss.
> Aradia: Create your favorite breakfast: canned bread.
What are you, silly? Canned bread's the devil's food. You won't be eating that, because...
Well, what ARE you gonna eat?
It's time to eat some of your favorite food...
Shut Up and Jam!
Come on and SLAM! And everybody JAM!
Oh, but first you need to PREPARE THE RICE. How did the secret recipe go again?
[S] > Aradia: Show us how to make rice. Take us there.
You solemnly begin the POOFY ARADIA FUNTIME COOKING HOUR to some jams from your brother's favorite multiverse of media. LEEEEEEEEEEET'S AGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Oh look! Someone's at the door. Maybe you should go ahead and name your new friend, as children like you are prone to do.
[S] Enter name.
Oh god it's probably him. What a horrible day to have a curse.
> Vriska: Kick down door. Also be Vriska.
My gawd, Aradia's morning panic attack's come early today! Better do something before she hurts herself!
> Vriska: Slap the shit outta her for her own good!
Time to hurt herself for her!
> Vriska and Aradia: Team up.
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The copy presented here is the second edition to the earlier work and although undated, a review in Adelaide's 'Advertiser' newspaper in September 1908 of this edition, published by Rankine, Dobbie & Co. seems to indicate that it had just recently become available. It could be purchased for 1 shilling 6 pence, or 2 pence more for postage. As the 'Advertiser' noted, 'Mr. Fargher has every qualification to write on such a subject, for he was the winner of the Queen's Prize in connection with the Victorian Rifle Association matches, and did good service at Bisley'.
Born on the Isle of Man in 1859, Fargher arrived in Australian in 1995 and commenced his life-long interest in marksmanship with the Bendigo militia the same year. An engineer by profession with the Melbourne Tramways Company, it was for his skilled marksmanship that Fargher was recognised within Melbourne's sports shooting community.
His involvement with rifle shooting was studded with notable highlights; his winning of the Queen's Prize in 1892 before winning both the Grand Aggregate and Victorian Rifle Association (VRA) gold medal the following year. He was selected as a team member of the Victorian shooting team at Bisley, England, in 1897, 1898 and 1902. Researchers are fortunate that Fargher's personal papers and diary from his 1897 trip are now held by the National Library of Australia, Canberra.
At the time of his death in 1916, Fargher had held the position of secretary to the VRA for a decade and was praised by his peers as 'one of the most consistent and popular marksmen in Australia ... no representative team was considered complete without him.'
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The Lord of Twilight
~A journey through life~ I entered Bodens house and passed through the hallway that leads to his office. You have a job for me? I asked. Yes. A client wants you to retrieve an object of great importance. A family heirloom. Your services were specifically asked. It appears that your reputation is growing. The reward? 100 gold coins. 90 after you give me my split. 100 gold coins? Thats an insane amount of money! Wait this cant be right! Whats the catch? No catch. The client greatly desires that object. Fine Ill take it. He awaits you in the Clockwork Mansion. On the second floors balcony. I turned and walked towards the door. Boden stopped me. Be careful. Careful is my middle name. You worry to much old man. I exited his office and walked towards the Mansion. It was very chilly outside unusually chilly for that time of the year. The valet let me in and for a second I thought that his eyes were really blurry but then he turned and walked away.I heard it mumble something about red eyes. Yup Hes crazy! I thought. I climbed the stairs and went to the balcony. A freezing wind started to blow as I opened the door. At first I couldnt see anything and anyone but suddenly something red started to glow in the dark. Now I am the one who is crazy I thought. What is wrong with me? I ignored my instinct, the same thing that helped me stay alive through all these years it was telling me now to run. I made another step towards the 2 little red dots. Now there were three pair of sparkling red dots. What in the world is going on? I asked myself again. Why, hello there, young lady! His face was covered so I couldnt see his eyes. Are you the thief we requested? Mel? Yup. So what would you like me to do on this lovely evening? I asked. Then I thought my imagination is really wild tonight My family was originally from these parts. My great-grandmother actually was born here. I have something here that it was left behind. My grandmother is very sick and she asked me to bring this heirloom to her as it was the only personal item that it was left from her mother. She would be very happy if I brought her this orb But I am unable of getting it myself. He said softly. His voice sounded so sad that I could almost cry almost So where is this orb? Thats the problem. It seems that my great-grandmother was a secret descendant of the Darkthrops and this heirloom it is located inside the Tower. That cant be! I said. There were no survivors of the Darkthrop family. They died 200 years ago and there were nobody left. That it is not entirely true. There were survivors and my great-grandmother was one of them. Wait so that makes you a Darkthrop? I asked. You could say that. Although, Im afraid that my blood-line was very diluted. Oh So will you help me? I dont know If you are from around here then you should know that the tower is cursed. I can guarantee you that the legends are false. Really Ya think? I asked being really skeptical about it. Everybody knows that the Darkthrop Keep is cursed. Look Ill double your reward. Hows that? You really want that thing do you? More than you know His voice sounded a bit weird. Like knowing Id say yes Fine Ill do it. Ill be back in a couple of ours. Make sure youre back before dawn. I want to go see my grandmother as soon as possible. he said Riiight I wasnt buying that great-grandma story I mean, if he was a Darkthrop then that would make him a sorcerer and he wouldnt need me to get that stupid orb. But I was in no condition to make complains. He would pay me 200 gold coins just for a stupid orb. Easy money were always welcome. I walked towards the woods East of Harburg where the tower was located. Darkthrop Keep here I come I said. After a few minutes of walking, I was at the tower base. It was even darker than the night that surrounded it.
Posted on: 2011/12/4 4:34
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~Running from fate~ I grew in Harburg my whole life, so I knew every corner of the city or its surrounding woods. The Darkthrop Keep, a place I have sworn that I would never set foot in was just west of Clockwork Mansion.. I went straight towards the sewers. When I was crashing at the local Tavern I heard someone saying that the Tower was locked and that the only way in was through the sewers. Although it didnt led in the actual Tower it was said that something of great importance lies beneath it. As I stood in front of the tower I could feel cold shivers going down my spine. Come on stop being such a scaredy cat. Its just an old tower! Possibly cursed but While I kept saying that to myself I tried to put on foot in front of the other and slowly approach the sewers.Finally I reached the entrance of them. There was an iron made ladder that led deep under the Tower. Oddly enough, the sewers were enlightened by some sort of torches. As I made my way through the icky and mossy surfaces I ran across an old chest. Well I practically bumped into it and nearly broke a toe, but Anyway, inside I found an iron knife; better than my rusty old one so I took the new one with me. The sewers were really tricky because there were a lot of puzzles along the way. I even had to push a huge boulder somewhere and I nearly got squashed between it and the wall. I saw a few bats that scared the life out of me Finally, I reached the center of the sewers and there it was, standing on a pedestal, an orb made of some sort of crystal. I had no interest into keeping it (as it belonged to an old and dad and crazy magician) so I tried to remove it. As I first touched it, warmth passed through me. Somehow, that orb felt familiar. Strange Id better get out of here because this place creeps me out. I rushed through the sewers and made my way back to the surface. I think that after this, Im gonna be claustrophobic. I thought. When I got outside, I felt so relieved that I could almost kiss the ground and the grass. I never thought Id be this happy to see the sky. Well I couldnt really see it because of the thick clouds but still, the fresh air was good to my lungs. When I entered the city I heard the city clock beating 12 beats. Midnight. The door of the Mansion was opened and the valet was nowhere to be found. I ignored my instinct again and went towards the balcony. Something has changed. The 3 men were standing in the corner of the balcony and the client (whose grandma was sick) was mumbling something. He suddenly stopped when he noticed that I was standing near the door. Come! he said softly. Do you have what I requested? Yes! I said. Give it to me! Why such a rush? I asked. He didnt say anything at first but then he mumbled something about his grandma. Oh, come on! Do you think Im stupid? I dont buy that Darkthrop stuff you told me early. Know what? Why dont I keep this heirloom for myself? I mean, since I got thought all the trouble of getting it I shouted while I took the orb out of my backpack. You dont want to go there, Mel. he said with soft voice. I could feel my knees get weaker and weaker by the second what was he doing? My legs were moving towards him and my hands lifted and handed him the orb although I didnt wanted to. Then his companions gently took my hands and were holding me. Come now, my sweet Darkthrop child. Let me take you home. You do want to go home, dont you? Yes What was I saying? Home? This was my home. What was going on? As I kept trying to figure out what was happening, the man opened something that looked like a portal. Suddenly, I heard a noise and on of the men that were holding me from falling over turned to ash. Then the next one followed. I shook my head and started to go away of that man. A woman jumped in front of me and whispered: Stay close behind me. Then she spoke with the man standing in front of her. Hello, dear brother. What are you doing so far from home? Hah! I could ask you the same thing. I am here to make sure that you dont mess up like you usually do. Give me that orb and Ill not harm you. Refuse and I shall destroy you. I dont think so. Said the man and suddenly jumped in front of the woman and started to fight. They were moving so fast that I couldnt see anything. Then, all of the sudden, the man fell, then he got back up and said: You know that you cant watch her forever. I will find her eventually. Then he jumped into the portal and vanished. Curses! said the woman. Come, we must go! Go? Go where? I said. Were going to Thais because you just angered a powerful vampire and gave him an orb with the power to destroy light. She walked towards the door. An what? Wh What are you talking about? Who are you? My name is Teijal and we shall talk more on our way to Thais.
Posted on: 2011/12/7 2:45
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Nice story, reminds me of playing aveyond 3
Posted on: 2012/1/3 23:26
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@Necro: Obviously. It's a retelling
Posted on: 2012/1/5 7:32
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Hey...does anyone think I should continue to write this?
Posted on: 2012/2/17 9:20
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Nobody should have to tell you to continue or not, LOL Write for your own sake
Posted on: 2012/2/24 21:51
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You should continue. For I'm reading.
Posted on: 2012/2/24 23:14
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Thank you:*
I shall write the next chapter today Hope you'll enjoy it:!
Posted on: 2012/2/25 0:44
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~A delicate situation~
As we rushed towards the exit of the city, we entered Shadow woods the only known route towards Thais. For a while I didnt said anything but eventually the questions got out one by one at such speed that even I couldnt understand very well what was I saying. Um Who are you? And was that man your brother? And youre really vampires? And where do you live? And what are you doing here? And what is my part in all this? Am I going to ? Calm down rabbit! She said softly. You dont want to have a stroke or something, do you? Im just trying to understand what is going on? I shall tell you. But we must keep walking otherwise my brother will find us. As I said early, my name is Teijal and you just had the privilege (her eyes flashed when she said that) of meeting my brother Gyendall. And yes, we are vampires. I live in a city called Ghedahre. There is a prophecy which says that a Darkthrop will rule the world. My brother found out about it and is planning to destroy human kind as it is merely food for him. And for that he needs the orb, the Orb of Darkness, which will help him complete his plan. Dont let his soft words fool you. He is the most vicious beast that has ever walked on this land. But what does he still want me? I mean, I gave him that stupid orb. I do not know Perhaps Teijal, what are those things down the road? I said. Vampires! They have found us! she whispered. Then, it all happened so fast that I couldnt see anything. One second I was standing in the middle of the road looking terrified at those vampires and the next second I was standing next to a bush and Teijal stood right in front of me in a position that I recognized it as being defensive. She bared her fangs and her eyes glowed red as she was looking for any sign that we have been spotted. Nothing. Not a single noise. I must leave you now. I will distract them. Then you run and dont stop until youve reached Thais. But I dont want to be alone Dont worry my lamb. I will be here to collect you, eventually. Just make sure you dont go out on dark nights. My brothers magic is stronger then. Be safe! And if you encounter vampires, use this she said while she reached to her pocket and pulled a small bottle. Its holly water. I have one last gift to you. Then she bit her finger and she moved so fast that I couldnt see anything again. After this I felt a strange taste. Suddenly all my scratches were healed. Wow how did you do that? You dont want to know. She smiled. I must go to retrieve my husband. He has escaped, again. Um youre married? Yes. Its a long story. Ok Good luck with that. I will go now. Oh I almost forgot. I have another quest for you. When you reach Thais, search for a man named Ulaf. You can find him at the School of War and Magic. Tell him that I sent you and give him this she said as she reached down to her pocked and handed me a letter. Wait I whispered but she was gone already. Shortly after, I heard the vampires hissing and then nothing. Slowly, I left my shelter and ran towards the exit of the forest. I didnt stop to look behind. I was afraid of what I would see. Maybe Teijal was dead already and it would have been my fault No! I cant think like this. Teijal is strong enough to destroy them she can manage. I kept running on the rocky surface and a small part of me was surprised that I havent tripped even once. I saw a sign somewhere in front of me so I stopped to look for directions. Thais was north-west of here. I realized that I was all alone in this goddess forsaken place, unsure where I was going with nobody to rely on I have never felt so alone. This was going to be a long night. Somewhere in a forest I heard a wolf howling
Posted on: 2012/2/25 2:45
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Hmm, interesting take on how the story went.
This is going to get a bit nitpicky. I apologize beforehand if I end up sounding harsh. It's kinda funny because the dialogue is different. Te'ijal never said where she lived, she didn't know there's a prophecy about the Darkthrops (at this point, NOBODY knew a prophecy was involved), and she was harsher than how you write her. She called Mel a fool for getting tricked into nabbing the Orb, and threatened to kill Gy if he doesn't hand over the orb. And, I have to say how you write GYENDAL AND MEL is giving me the shivers He was all mean and demanding and nasty to her in-game. His minions were dragging her all nastily. Here you made him... well, act nice to her. Backing up to the first chapter, Gyendal has already been trying to appeal to Mel's good graces from the start. I wonder if this is just how you see the Aveyond vampires, i.e sweetly seductive, or if it's a hint of what I am supposed to be expecting in the future? Mind you, the thought of Gyendal calling Mel "sweet" in a soft voice just sends my imagination into a frenzy. I'm sure you know I'm a huge Gyendal/Mel shipper. Any hints toward that direction, accidental or not, makes alarm bells go a-ringing in my head
Posted on: 2012/2/26 2:51
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Well it's just an act. My image of Gyendal is pretty complicated. because he wants Mel to come willingly as that would be more effective in completing his plan. In fact, having to be nice to her it's driving him crazy! But in the future I don't plan on keeping him nice. At all...
If you read carefully, you can see that Te'ijal worn Mel that Gyendal isn't as nice as she thought. "He is the most vicious beast that has ever walked on this land. As for Te'ijal, she is just too busy trying to save their lives. She will be meaner...(as will all the vampires) And, as for Gyendal's minions, they are just acting nice because their Lord asked them too. So, have I answered some of your questions?
Posted on: 2012/2/26 11:32
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Okay... Because canonically Gyendal didn't even think of being nice to Mel until TLO, when he had to pretend to become Spook. Initially he just used force and drags her around. So. Nice Gyendal too early on in the story, fake or not = eye-twitch moment
I mean in-game both Te'ijal and Gyendal were mean to Mel, even as Te'ijal was saving her. I cannot imagine her saying any of her dialogue "softly". Quietly maybe, as in whispering or something, but not softly. Soft implies a gentle tone. So yeah, I just have a totally different view of canon, so. Not your fault. I'm glad you forgot/purposely left out Gyendal's line "When I'm done with her, she'll be worse than dead". If you put that with the rest of the prose, it just sound so wrogn on so many different levels.
Posted on: 2012/2/26 15:40
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Well Gyendal is a really good actor and he can pretend to be nice. At least this is how I see it. But as I said before, I don't plan on keeping him to act nice
Posted on: 2012/2/27 9:10
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~Towards Thais~
I stopped running. After all there was no point in running since my trackers were so fast. Outside it was pitch black. There was no point in making a fire either, as that would have only attract unwanted attention. So I kept walking as Teijal told me to. I was being a good rabbit. This is ridiculous! Where am I supposed to go now? Im just going to get lost if I keep going like this. There must be a way to be sure that Im going in the right direction. Of course, there is no point in talking alone. Im going crazy here! Well, the sign said that Thais is north-west of here. I looked up at the sky and saw the stars and then I started to walk again. After one hour of walking, I found an entrance to a cave. Near it was another sign that said Towards Thais. I entered. Here was even darker than outside but I managed to get on the other side of the cave with just a few scratches. (I acquired them when I bumped into a skeleton. Lucky for me, that skeleton had a purse with a few gold coins in it.) After another hour, I had to pass through another small cave. Finally I reached Brightwood Forest. I figured it was nearly 6 in the morning. The sky was beginning to brighten up. I slowed my peaces to admire the forest. It was so green. I could see that even though it wasnt enough light to see all the colors. It was also very peaceful and quiet. The path was big and I realized that I had no chance of getting lost. After another hour of walking I could see Thais somewhere in the distance. It was so big! The city itself was surrounded by a huge wall that one could never climb. On the city walls there were a few armed guards walking around and protecting the city. The gate itself wasnt guarded but I saw that those men were staying close to it. As I walked in the city I realized that I have done it! I escaped from vampires and I managed to walk through the mountains and the forest and I reached Thais. I survived. I didnt go to the local Inn. Instead of that, I asked for directions and went straight to the School of War and Magic. Near the school, there were many students. I asked one of them if he could tell me where to find Ulaf. He looked at e surprised and said: You dont look noble anyway, you can find him inside. Then he pointed towards the school. Thank you! Who does he think he is? I thought <<You dont look noble!>> Ill show him noble. And I am supposed to stay here? Id rather be caught by vampires than staying here. I entered the school and went to a man that I saw standing in the lobby. Do you know where I can find a man named Ulaf? I asked. I am Ulaf. And you are? he said raising an eyebrow. Im Mel. I have a letter for you. I searched through my backpack and gave him the letter. Teijal sent me. Ah I see. Let me look at this letter. He opened and read it. Aha I see. She has asked for me to enroll you as a student. Are you a mage? Um... no! Not a mage. A fighter, perhaps? He said while swinging his sword. Ouch! I said when the sword hit my hand. Not a fighter either. Im sorry but Im afraid I dont have a spot for you. Oh, come on now, professor! You have to place her somewhere. Maybe she can fit into Professors Gray group. Look at her! Shes skinny enough and with those clothes of hers she can practically blend into the walls. I bet shes clever too. said one of the students. Boy, I should throw you out this instant! said Ulaf. But you may be right. Girl, are you clever? Im not sure how to answer that without sounding offended! I shouted. Ill tell you what. Why dont I leave! Im sure I can find a better way to amuse myself while Im stuck in this stuffy city. I dont need to attend any classes of yours. Oh no, you dont! Teijal would be unpleased if I let you leave. You will go and see Professor Gray this instant. You there! he said looking at the boy next to me. Take her to see Professor Gray. Im holding you responsible for any trouble she causes. Follow me! said the boy. He took me through several chambers and finally we reached a closed door. He looked at me very serious and said: Here we are. Remember, you must not speak of anything you see or hear in there. Okay? Fine! I said. By the way, Im Edward. He said while he lifted his right hand. Im Mel. I lifted mine and we shake hands. Nice to meet you! he said smiling. Good luck! Thank you! Then he left. I stood in front of the closed door for a minute and then I opened it. In a small chamber without windows was a small desk, a chair and many papers. On the chair, was standing an old man dressed in a black robe with a white hat. He got up and looked at me surprised, while I was staring at him. Are you Professor Gray? I asked slowly.
Posted on: 2012/3/17 9:40
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Update please. It's been AGES since you make one.
Don't keep Professor Gray waiting to answer too long. XD XD
Posted on: 2012/4/4 1:04
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I was going to update it but the I got very busy with school. But I managed to finish it so I will be posting today.
Sory for keep you waiting
Posted on: 2012/4/4 5:28
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~Living as a spy~
Yes, I am he. Are you lost? This area is restricted. I stared at him for a while. His voice was grave and with a weird accent. Nothing like the voices I was used to Formal, actually. Um, no. Im I was sent here by professor Ulaf. He said that you might have a spot opened for me. Im Mel Lets have a look at you Skinny little thing arent you? A thief, perhaps? What?! Of course not! Im an .a . seam street. I said. I was actually amazed that he was able to tell that by only looking at my clothes. Hmm bad liar. Well have to do something about it. Still I find you interesting Can you read? Not very well Gray hesitated for a second. Then he said: Very well. I shall teach you if you can prove that you are worth training. There is a man in this town called Ely. He owns a large manor. Go inside his house and bring me back a small statuette. I shall be waiting. Thats it? Fine. I will come back with that statuette. But, what do you teach here? That is for me to know and you to find out. Bring me the statuette and you shall know. I left Grays office. Was it just me or this task was way to easy. There was something wrong with it. Anyway, middle of the day is not a good time to steal anything, so I went to the local inn for a nap. Thanks to my date with Gyendal and then bumping into that skeleton, I had a few gold coins. When I woke up it was already dark, so I went around the city to find that manor. It wasnt so hard, as all the nobles live in the upper district of the city. When I reached it eventually, the front door was locked. Obviously I thought. Youre not going to get in through the front door you know said a voice. I turned and I saw... Edward! What are you doing here? I thought Gray would give you something to steal. He said laughing. You should try the window over there. I knew that. I said. I was getting a bit angry. How could he have known what I had to do? But when I went to the window it was opened. He was right again. This was becoming a bit awkward. Before I entered, Edward said: You know, there is a puzzle on the second floor that is a real pain to do by yourself. Want some help? No but thanks. I said. I wasnt going to become a damsel in distress or something for him. I could take care of myself. I entered the house. Nobody was home. Empty. It was pretty dark so I couldnt see much but the house was really big. Nobles I kept wondering what they do in six bedrooms that they couldnt do in well two, for example As I reached the second floor, I saw the puzzle that Edward was talking about. There was a locked door a lever near the entrance of the hallway. I pulled the lever I went towards the door that unlocked. As I reached it, it suddenly closed again nearly crushing my toe, for that matter. I heard laughter behind me. You! I shouted. I told you that are needed two people to do it. Actually he didnt say that. He said that its a real pain to do it by yourself. I was really angry. What are you doing here? Go away Edward! Come on. You have to let me help you. Admit it! I hesitated. Fine, but only this time. You pull the lever while I go and get the statuette. He did what I said. When I entered the room I saw the statuette in shape of an elf, made of crystal. It was pretty, for something so small. But when I took the statuette I heard the ticker that went off. I rushed toward Edward with the door slamming behind me. Hurry! Lets get out of here! There was a ticker under the statuette. When that goes off this whole place will be locked down Edward hesitated. You know what a ticker is? he said surprised. Of course I know. Do you think Im a fool? Well, dont just stand there! Move! I shouted. We both started to run. When we reached the window he said: Climb! No, you go first Go! Now, otherwise well both be trapped in here. I didnt say anything. When we reached outside I thanked him. Its okay. It was fun. Really! he giggled. Youre crazy, you know that? I laughed. I was relieved. And he was well almost nice. Almost cute. Almost sweet. Hey I said, how come you know this house? Mmm my family knows Gray. Well, Id better get home. See you tomorrow. Bye, Edward. I started to walk towards the Academy. I was so tired. I could have slept for an entire month. As I entered Grays office and showed him the statuette he started to smile. You did it! Yup. Here it is! I place the elf on Grays office. Very good. Class starts tomorrow at 8. Sharp! Dont be late. Thank you. But, what do you teach here, anyways? Welcome to the Red Wing Intelligence Agency! Im training to become a spy? Wow Im honored! Go and get some sleep. Come back tomorrow. Good night Mel! Good night Professor! I left Grays office and went towards the local inn. Wait a sec. If I am to train to become a spy Ill have to stay here. And I cant stay at an inn. I have to find some place to stay. I thought. I remembered hearing someone talking about a Rental Agency. It was near the inn. Maybe I can rent something. Half an hour later I was standing with a key in my hand in front of Apartment 2B. My new home, a true one since it was the first time I had an apartment. I unlocked the door and here I was. Home. It was small, but perfect. I liked it. And I went straight to bed. My last thought was Teijal. I wondered how she was. She said that she had to retrieve her husband. I wondered what that meant And then I fell asleep.
Posted on: 2012/4/4 6:16
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Yayz, an update finally! Sorry neh if I had make you trouble with forcing to update through your hectic school-works ^^'
Posted on: 2012/4/5 1:41
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No problem. I like to write..a lot. And I'm so happy you like it (or at least read it, for that matter)
Posted on: 2012/4/5 9:04
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Of course, I read it even twice--though I just dunno what to comment and yeah, I'd nitpick it when I have free time (ya know, I'm a busy student full with exams these days ^^' XD Well, looks like yours is the only one I'm reading these days in HBT. ^^
Don't worry, even if I dun comment, just keep on updating for I dun read them ONLINE, I printed your chapters out, clipped it together with your other chapters in a file and read it OFFLINE XD
Posted on: 2012/4/5 10:23
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