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| Player Name: Evren
Age: Well... at the time when he would consider fighting people for fun... about 400 Apparent Age: 30ish Race: Faerna... Basically, they're psychic cats with an affinity for magic who have learned to shapeshift into many humanoid forms Home: Broadly, he lives on the planet Ivystar, sort of like Earth but the sentient races never quite got over their fascination with sharp metal objects. He currently resides in the sunken city of TriSun, at the bottom of Lake Tyriin, in the middle of the central continent, which is also named Ivystar... eek this is long. Birthplace: A small city on Tesvalorn (southern continent) that is now in ruins and remains nameless Date of Birth: [edit: Doesn't matter] (Human) Height: Approx. 5'9" (Human) Weight: 178 lb. (Cat) Height: Approx. 1'2" (Cat) Weight: 27 lb. Hair: Black, short Eyes: Usually a bright purple, although they range from a dull lavender to a flaming red based on mood, time of day, and lunar cycle Story: (Note: VERY outline-ey. Don't be worried at the lack of detail) Evren was born in a small village in the jungles of Tesvalorn, and as he matured he came to question the teachings of the elders that the world was a jungle, and there was nothing else beyond it. As he went to explore and find a way to prove to his people that there were different places, he was found by other Faerna who worshipped the controversial religion of the Eclipse. They found out that he had come from a city, and he led them to it in his ignorance. These strangers burned his home before his very eyes. He escaped, though, and stowed away on one of the ships they had arrived on. As he fled across the central continent, he felt himself go insane, his powerful mind slipping away from him. He awoke inside the Ivory Tower, with many Faerna around him. They taught him many skills, among them magic and sword arts, and eventually sent him to seek the council of the Sorceror of Tyriin. He remains in the sunken city, having joined the city's small city guard to protect it, while the Sorceror slowly coaxes his past out of its misty shadows. Possessions: Evren always carries an amethyst with him. When he is in cat form, this gemstone melts into his forehead and is used as a focus for his psychic and magical abilities. It is also a gateway into a small pocket dimension that Evren uses to store his weapons, spellbook, and anything else he happens to pick up. It 'remembers' where Evren's equipment was when he changed to cat form, so he enters human form with the robes, etc ON. Just making sure. Evren's spellbook is made of paper from the reeds that grew around his village. It contains 500 pages, most of them blank, although the first hundred hold all the magic he has seen and has chosen to use himself; his training allows him to identify any spell used while he watches carefully, and he writes down those he finds interesting. He wears black robes when in human form. Their only special property is that there are more pockets in it than should be allowed by law. Evren carries with him several fruit if he expects danger. They were magically grown to heal the... imbiber... of his wounds. They're not especially potent, though, so he tends to run instead of eating them if a fight is going the wrong way. Weapons: Evren carries a black rod, three feet in length, made of a psychically malleable metal. He can mold it into any simple form at will, although it cannot mimic magical abilities and cannot split itself into pieces. He usually forces it into a longsword for battle, although it also becomes his pen when he needs to record something. He also carries a crossbow (too complex for his rod to mimic) and several bolts. These bolts are enchanted to have various magical effects when they strike their targets. These range from explosions to electrical shocks. Evren usually has several nonmagical throwing knives hidden in various places in the robes, or the amethyst. Abilities of note: Evren can cast magic if he has access to his spellbook. He can cast many spells, although he usually restricts himself to standard fire spells and teleport. At maximum, he can use ten of each in a single day, so he avoids overuse. His psychic abilities are mostly latent, although he can levitate himself slowly and listen to the thoughts of others with some effort. These require full concentration, so are not often used in battle. However, his physical abilities are augmented by his thoughts. Thus, he can do many supernatural things, such as jumping 20 feet in the air. Evren is very good at swordfighting. His style is more defensive than offensive, as a response to his duty to protect others. His aim with the crossbow is superb, but he doesn't use it often. This is because the bolts that he can enchant himself are expensive, and he isn't exactly a bank robber. If ranged attack is needed, Evren prefers the knives. In cat form, Evren will bite and claw at his opponent fiercely. It should be noted that his magical and psychic abilities are vastly enhanced while in the true form of the Faerna. Threat: Really depends on how bad he wants you dead. That's all for now, but I know I forgot something... __________________________________________________ Player Name: Rendar Age: We'll say... 58 Apparent age: Are you good at judging the age of cats? Race: Faerna Home: He lives in TriSun under Lake Tyriin, but some 150 years after Evren leaves. Birthplace: TriSun DoB: Who cares? Height & Weight in cat form are roughly equal to Evren's. He has not yet mastered shapechanging. Eyes: Dull gray most often, although when very angry they darken to black Story: (in progress) Possessions: Rendar's stone is made of gold, showing his proffession and prowess as a warrior. It has similar properties to Evren's, but has much less storage capacity. He keeps several trinkets in his jewel. These are trophies he collects from his foes. Examples include two emeralds that were once the eyes of an earth elemental, some bones once belonging to a skeletal lizard, and the enchanted axe of a minotaur (see below.) Weapons: Rendar's main attacks rely on his psionic powers. No event in his past prevents him from using them, and his rigorous training allows him to use a variety of abilities. In the past, he has shown to be able to slow time, control flames, conjure various objects from pure energy, levitate himself and objects, and transmute materials from one type to another. <-- Only listing those used in Sim-Battle Arena, keeping secrets to self! Rendar also wears a black bracelet around his right forepaw. With a psychic command, it extends his claws into those of a dragon, able to cause much more severe injury than his normal cuts. This attack has also been called the Black Dragon Slash. Threat level: I'm not even going to bother. _____________________________________________ Name: He claims to have many names, but the one he goes with most of the time is Ashra. Age: ~100 years Race: Mostly Human Home: Lives among the trees of the Sorrow Forest at the moment. Birthplace: He's not telling. You'd go there and kill everyone. Confess. Height: 5'6 Weight: Why are you asking? Hair: Black, short Eyes: Dull gold, though they flare up in the presence of dragons or the Disciples of Destiny Special: Hands and feet covered in enchanted bandages, dyed indigo. Story: Working on it. Possessions: -Cloak of Ravens- The Cloak of Ravens is a normal-looking hooded black cloak. The only power so far used is its ability to transform into a flock (20 or so) of ravens at will, under the telepathic command of Ashra. It's also ridiculously resilient. Weapons and Attacks: -The Sword- Ashra's longsword is made of steel, and is covered in runes. It's supernaturally shiny, and has a sheath that doesn't really exist. By tracing these runes with a sharp object, such as a needle, he can activate various effects. So far, the only one he's activated is the sword's ability to cover itself in voidflare, and add its abilities to his sword attacks. -Voidflare Affinity- Voidflare is a special type of energy that Ashra is 'cursed' with. It passes through nonorganic material without affecting or being affected by it. Contact with blood can cause it to explode violently. Any living thing touched by voidflare receives a mild burn, and the voidflare changes into a less explosive state, then entering the bloodstream. Ashra has minor control over any voidflare anywhere, and can move it around with his toughts. -Voidflare Purging- Once Ashra's opponent has the voidflare in their blood, Ashra can choose to remove it from their bodies forcefully. To do so, he concentrates the essence into a specific place, usually the veins in the hand, then reverts it back to a volatile state. The explosion contains itself within the skin, so the destruction remains inside, causing broken bones, internal bleeding, and the like. This process weakens the particles of voidflare, allowing Ashra to pull them out of the target. However, due to his curse, purging others causes Ashra unbearable pain, and so often Ashra takes more damage from this option than his foe. -Voidflare Control- If Ashra exposes his target to large amounts of voidflare, such that every bit of blood in their bodies contains at least some of it, Ashra can use his telekinesis-like ability to control voidflare to control the movements of such an infected foe. However, Ashra is not an evil person, and he knows that if he does this to anyone, he won't be able to purge them afterwards. Ashra will almost never use this attack on anyone, because of something called ethics. ***************************** .......Transformation:....... ***************************** When Ashra comes into contact with the spirit of his sister, he becomes temporarily immune to his own curse. This leads to his vastly different attack set, as he utilizes Nature energy instead of Voidflare. -The Sword- It's a different sword, all right. Instead of being covered in runes, it shines with yellow-green nature energy. On command, it can become impossibly sharp, able to cut through the strongest metals like so much butter. This effect is visible in the form of a blue aura about an inch off of the edge of the blade, and indeed, the sword is so sharp that it can cut things before they come into contact with it. Melee combat with the transformed Ashra is obviously a stupid idea under most circumstances. -Nature Affinity- Ashra has deft control over nature energy. He can borrow it from almost any living thing, then manifest it as iridescent turquoise essence. By wrapping it around himself, he can "fly," while in reality standing on a solid platform crafted from such power. If he so desires, Ashra can choose to make some of this energy deal damage on contact. Being hit by Nature energy feels like being struck by lightning, although it is not an electrical attack. Creatures unused to channeling the energy will unknowingly absorb it into their souls upon contact. If a soul contains too much nature energy, it can explode, immediately ending the life of such an unfortunate enemy. The transformed Ashra attacks at range with a variety of attacks formed by shaping this nature energy. ***************************** .......Transformation:....... ***************************** In an effort to avoid certain unavoidable attacks that require a long time to charge, Ashra has access to a soul gem, stored in an alternate dimension. When he's in his Nature form, he can summon the soul gem over the course of one and a half posts. It takes him another post to enter the soul gem and return it to its storage dimension. The process reverses his Nature transformation, so his body is back at the standard state for the rest of that post. In the next turn, the body falls apart into its component voidflare, and for the next two turns Ashra controls this swarm of energy. Obviously, I'll update Ashra as he actually uses attacks and items. ___________________________________________________________ Name: Adric Age: 399. His birthday is in January, let's give him a special celebration for 400 years! Apparent Age: 55 or so Race: Human Home: He lives in a small wooden house in the mountains. It has teleportation circles to the main places associated with his work: The Library, The Museum, and the very well hidden headquarters of the Balance Mages, just to name a few. Birthplace: It was 400 years ago. No one remembers the city anymore. Date of Birth: Uhm... 400 years ago, anyone? Hair: Black and short, with spots of silver; He IS getting old, you know! Eyes: Black. Not pits of darkness black, just misunderstood black. Vague Background: Adric is a Balance Mage. He's better at explaining it than I am... Thus, I quote him. But no, I'm not a wizard. The word Wizard implies a studious, gray-haired man with dandruff problems, yes? Well, I'm what would be called a Balance Mage, if anyone called us anything. The idea is, where there's a lot of magical power in one place, it draws in the magic around it. So, why hasn't all the magic been sucked into a tiny speck yet? That's where we come in. After all, without Mana energy, the world couldn't hold itself together; The universe itself is, in fact, made out of magic. We call situations like this dragon Mana Surges, because there's so much in one place that if we don't neutralize it quickly, all the mana in the world could simply leak out and disappear, in which case the universe would collapse in on itself, and that would be Really Bad. We have initiates ready at the far ends of the universe to perform ritual magic, holding it together long enough for field workers like me to bring down whatever is threatening the existence of everything. I'd expect we have about two hours before everything goes to hell, so let's hurry up. And also... Being mana-drained just happens to be one of the worst things that can happen to a Balance Mage. Since their power (And their incredible longevity - Adric is nearly 400) is dependant upon manipulating the background magic, when there isn't any magic inside of them, they begin to die. Adric has |||||||||||||||||||| 60 health and |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 300 mana, at least when the scale is 100 for an average sim-battler. One | equals 3 points, and that's why everything costs a multiple of 3 to cast. Possessions: Adric's spellbook contains the spells necessary to bind multiple magic spells together. If he doesn't have it with him, that's the only power he loses. Adric has access to a library full of books of forbidden magic. Chances are, if he needs to find a specific spell for whatever purpose, he can. Just give him a week or so to get there and find the right book. Adric's spectacles are enchanted- He doesn't actually have poor eyesight. They allow him to see mana energy that is invisible to most people. This is a vital ability for Balance Mages, as you have to figure out where the problem is before you can fix it. Weapons: Moving right along... Abilities of note: Magic. Lots of it. I'm gonna list all the spells he uses in the Sim-Battle Arena, so you know what you're up against, but know also that he knows more spells than I could write here in ten years. Mana Manipulation While not actually a spell, Adric can use this ability at very high speeds, and with no mana cost. He can siphon mana out of anything that has lots of it, like the air near a mana surge, or an incoming energy-based attack. If it's not a direct physical attack, it's energy-based. That mana has to be used quickly, or Adric will take backlash damage. Call Lightning For the cost of 12 mana, Adric can summon a lightning bolt from the sky on a cloudless day. The cost is only 9 if it's overcast, 6 if it's really cloudly, or 3 in a storm situation. It's a real, honest-to-goodness lightning strike, with all the ouch and fractal patterns on the skin that it implies, though it's more often used to power a combination spell. Energy Substitution Adric can exchange the types of mana in a spell he's casting. The mana cost for this ability depends on the energies used. The chart is big. Really big. PM me if you really need to know the exact values. Just know that it can be any element he wants it to be. Mana Sphere Adric can store mana for spells requiring large charge times in a sphere of pure mana. About 5% of the mana is lost in the creation of the sphere, but he doesn't need to use his own reserves. Mana Spheres can hold up to 1000 mana worth of spells before bursting... If one bursts, everything within a few MILES will take EXTREME damage as a little part of the universe rips itself to pieces. Adric will NEVER EVER EVER do this, because there's a 1% chance that everything everywhere will disappear forever when this happens, and that would be Really Bad. Mana Ioun This is a spell that drains Adric of all of his mana and stores it in a little sphere that orbits his head. Its capacity is limited to 99 spell points. This prevents him from dying from mana drain, but it also makes it harder for him to use magic. It triples the mana cost of any spell he casts until he transfers his mana back into himself. Casting this spell in the first place deals 3 damage to Adric, and another 3 for each turn he spends in this condition. It's still better than taking 12 per turn for having no mana at all. Mana Disc This is the only combination spell that Adric has used in the SBA. It requires two turns of charged energy and a Mana Sphere with at least 200 mana inside of it to activate. At the end of the charging process, which is characterized by a chanting that produces silences instead of sounds, the Mana Sphere flattens into a disc, flashes psychadelic colors, and rushes towards its intended target. The damage depends on how much energy was in the sphere at the time of casting. This spell requires 42 mana at the completion of the chant. "Unveil the Risen It's actually two effects in one- Any spell with a very fast casting time, followed by the fixed effect of UtR. And that fixed effect is this: All mana within a few hundred miles becomes visible to the unaided eye. This is just a side effect, though, because the intended result is to magnify mana's ability to pull in other mana by a thousand times in an area a few hundred feet across. If there's a mana spike nearby, then it will act like a black hole on any mana-based attacks that get near it. This is very much a last-resort spell for him, but it can be very effective in avoiding very strong attacks by his opponent. Casting this spell relies on Adric's life force; He takes 9 damage when he casts it, in addition to its mana cost of 30. Mana Barrage: Epsilon Breaker One of Adric's strongest spells. He begins with three different elements of magic, pouring out in a stream towards his opponent. Later parts of the stream move faster than earlier ones, so there are plenty of collisions. Each collision results in an explosion which, if there is a mana spike nearby, forces mana from neighboring dimensions in through tiny cracks in the fabric of the universe. Of course, each explosion sends out mana away from it, so there are even more collisions. Adric holds this spell in place while forcing mana that escapes back into the ever-detonating vortex. Eventually, the mana elements are all separated into separate areas of the Epsilon Breaker, at which point Adric sends the whole spell at up to three targets. The elements separate in transit into beams of pure energy, and can track their targets. Cost: 120 mana in a UtR'ed environment, 100 outside of one. That's all he's done so far... But everyone knows there's more to come! 
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| (ooc: *cracks knuckles* Here we go...)
The letter, written carefully in color-changing ink on black parchment, reads as follows... Schwa- It's been some time. But of course, it's been far longer for you. The story of your journey has spread much faster than you could have anticipated, yet I hear word of it only now, days later. Four years' time, passing in six months... Quite extraordinary. The people here are saying that you're going to be the savior of the Light. This, of course, is ridiculous... But my curiosity has defeated my reason once again. I have to see for myself, Ninth Wind. Come to the northeast, past Razorfern Ridge. I'll be waiting in the shrine by the sea. Let's have a battle, you and I... For new times' sake. XXX As Schwa crosses the very crest of the mountains, it's easy to see why the letter only mentioned 'by the sea.' There's only a tiny peninsula of grassland between Razorfern and the Granite Sea, an enormous grey body of water stretching far beyond the limit of sight. A look closer in reveals a single building, small, wooden, and in poor repair, hanging on by whatever means to a cliff overlooking the ocean. Waves crash up and around it, leaving the walls stained with salt. Standing in front of this perilous construction is a figure, wearing a hooded violet cloak holding many symbols, arcane, divine, and those best left unmentioned. A single hand, covered in the same cloth, extends outwards, beckoning Schwa to come closer... |
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| The figure gives a small laugh. The voice has no particular undertones, and that in part is why it's so special; It's the most average, unmemorable voice ever.
"Yes, I do apologize for the XXX. However, the letter looked quite unfinished without a signature, and I don't work well with names. I would say my name, but, you see, I don't have one. So, once again, apologies for the inconvenience, but we mustn't battle here. Just a little bit below ground is the city that I live in, and I'd rather whatever epic duel we have didn't erase my belongings. Might I suggest the ocean as a battlefield?" Without waiting for a reply, the nameless one turns and runs off the cliff. As he drops, he kicks off the cliff wall and dives beautifully into the sea, swimming underwater very quickly off into the distance... |
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| But the ordeal for Schwa is over quickly. Our mysterious fighter leaps out of the water like a dolphin, turning a flip in midair before landing (?!) on his feet, standing on the water as it moves beneath him. Looking off into the distance, he's satisfied with the two mile distance he's covered from the shrine. With a smile, he calls out to Schwa...
"All right, then! I'm ready for you! Come and get me!" He then puts both arms out in front of him, and raises them quickly. The piece of water he's standing on rises up into a geyser, lifting him high into the air atop a pillar of spiraling liquid. As this happens, the clouds in the sky begin to spiral inwards towards the battlefield, and begin to darken, forming a gigantic stormcloud. From deep inside the cloak he draws a long, sapphire pike inscribed with patterns of the Sun, the Sea, and the Sky... "Whenever you're ready, Chosen One!" |
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| I'd like to sign up for a game.
A standart game Using Adric Against some warrior-clerics (We're talking, staves and pikes for melee combat, augmented by some not-too-advanced elemental magic, with very good discipline) In a mountain pass, with boulders, cliffs, that sort of thing ...That's all, right? |
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| The man seems lost in thought as Schwa brings up the shield. After some consideration, he speaks again...
"I'm getting the feeling that my anonymity is annoying you. For convenience's sake, you may call me Snow. It is not my name, nor has it ever been, but it is an acceptable alias." With that out of the way, Snow decides to act cautiously, forming up a defense of his own. With some exp "Now you don't have to call me Ecks Ecks Ecks, eh? Give me your best shot." |
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| "Oh, wow..."
Snow has to fight to keep control of his water shield. However, Schwa's reasoning is flawed... For you see, it is simple to just add more water. Huge spheres of seawater fly out of the ocean and into the shield, over and over and over again, until finally, Snow is fed up with the process. The cylinder is several times taller and thicker than it was to begin with, and gigantic white sparks are running its length. The entire assembly suddenly shoots up into the air, just as a torrential downpour of rain begins from the storm cloud. With no more protection, the shield instantly explodes in a gigantic shower of electric energy, which spreads easily through the raindrops to create a far-reaching and devastating effect. Snow, however, is unharmed, for as the shield was removed he conjured a sphere of fire around him, which he now stands inside, the water column having dropped back down. Each raindrop just evaporates when it touches the sphere, leaving a cloud of electrified water vapor above it. "Sadly, I hadn't thought of Desert Sentinel. It's the one attack from the old days that I only ever heard of in stories, and never actually saw in action. Trust me, I'm better prepared now." |
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| 3. There are four women and two men. They are all part of a biological family, a great-grandmother, a grandmother, a mother, and a daughter. Two grandmothers between them, check that off the list as well as two granddaughters, two mothers, and two maidens. Each man is married to one of the women; Two husbands, and two wives. It so happens that this family is also part of an abbey or other such community; Thus brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Well, I've been programming a game from scratch for over two years now. It's called Lemonade Quest, and you play as Rufus, a gray cat with a red cape. Sadly, aside from the vague theme of lemonade, there aren't any story details yet...
The world map is in full 3D, but the levels are 2D-platformers, where you jump around, open treasure chests, swim in teh water, avoid lava, that sort of thing. There isn't thematic flow as of yet, I've just been making a few levels to test out different tilesets and object commands. Touch an enemy, and you enter battle- SMRPG style, or something. Most of the strategy in battle comes from being able to choose from a variety of different sword attacks, which you learn as you increase in level. These attacks differ in the amount of damage they do and how long they take to execute, as well as how easily they combine with other attacks. For example, it's easy to keep chaining Diagonal Slash with itself, but it's hard to chain a thrust with a thrust. This difficulty is represented by a time delay (easier moves go off faster) and also by a failue chance (Rufus might not be able to do what you told him to, because of insufficient level or time). And yes, I consider the combat system very much part of my worldbuilding, because it has to fit. It wouldn't make sense to give a Mario game the system from Castlevania, for instance. And so I like to think that the modular swordfighting system works well for Rufus... Though it's not exactly purely original. Inspired by the Legend of Legaia series, haha. |
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| "Too simple, my friend!"
Snow leaps backwards, out of the fire shell, and lands on a circle of crystal, looking a lot like a Psi Disc but covered with ancient runes. Schwa might be able to recognize the style; these are the sigil patterns of the Concordant Oath that Schwa last saw a good seven months previusly. The fire shell allows the electricity to enter, but not to leave, so the sparks bounce around for a few seconds before the shell implodes, condensing all the energy into a very tiny speck. Snow snaps his fingers, and the infinitesimal shell disappears. The lightning inside resumes its original intensity, and spikes back up to the clouds above. "Well, it's obvious you can deal with elemental attacks. Let's try something else..." Snow turns away from Schwa, then begins running forward, lance held in front of him. Wherever he steps, the crystal disc expands in that direction to allow him footing. The result is a long platform, with Schwa near one end and Snow at the other. But something very unusual begins to happen... Snow keeps running, but the crystal begins to curve in odd directions. Soon, through an impossible act of physics, Snow is upside-down and running along the bottom of his track, back towards Schwa! As he nears the end, he jumps, then drives his lance into the crystal at the very end... "Tranquil Domain!" (ooh, echo effects!) At first, nothing happens. Gradually, though, things begin to change... The symbols spread out from the long and twisted track through the air down towards the water. When they touch the ocean, they spread along its surface, and eventually even the clouds are covered in rune-magic. The crystals then disappear, but Snow doesn't fall, instead flying back upright and high into the sky. "I know you can catch me. Give it a try." |
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| I need a new tourney to start. Really. I missed out on the last one by a week or so. For a while I was content to watch, but now I want to be kicking axe and be recognized, officially, for it.
Plus my characters are awesome. But don't all rush to actually show up for the final round, people. I can take another delay or whatever. |
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| The midway entrance for the first level is inside the ground, causing you to die upon entry if you hit the midway point. I HATE you.
Nah, it's cool otherwise... though frusterating at times. |
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| I'm hoping to get DDR Mario Mix and Civilization IV.
Besides that, the best gift for me is that my sis comes home from college to visit. She rulez. And can totally own me in just about every game there is. Except DDR, which is a recent thing for me so we don't know how that's going to turn out. Oh, and some snow days. That'd be nice too. I'm probably going to ask for some Magic cards, just because people I know are really into the new set and I'd like to be able to play some Sealed with them. And a brand-new stabbin' knife... So, uhm, have a wonderful holiday season! |
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| Really crappy microwave TV dinner, supposedly Teriyaki chicken but tastes more like pork.
I'm drinking Orange Sunkist, it helps me not think about the flavor. |
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| -A system wherein students who struggle get extra attention only if they care, and students who excel are given the chances they need to continue being challenged. Seriously, you should be allowed to say you don't care and walk out, but you should also be allowed to say you DO care and be assisted.
-A cafeteria that does not contain the following: > > Administrative people walking around with microphones, reminding people to show up to the football game > > Giant speakers with which only crappy music is ever played > > Custodians who are too busy smoking pot to clean tables, who threaten you with physical harm if you ask them what they're doing -The ability to create a club about anything you want, even by yourself, and not get in trouble for putting advertisement posters on the walls -Should not be mandatory after the first three years (elementary school); This time should be oriented towards teaching children that they have to work to achieve their goals. If they remain apathetic afterwards, they should be allowed to leave whenever. Cut down on the slackers, and give the people who do care what they need to succeed. So, um, that's my dream school.  So totally never going to happen... |
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| Hmm... I think you're good enough at grammar to remember you don't need that ' if tulips is plural. This implies that few tulip is a noun, having in its possession multiple hearts.
Meh... I'm beginning to think that it was unintentional... I got nothin'. |
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Barring typos, that's the answer... I think... Thanks so much for making this thread! I was so going to make it tomorrow... hehe. |
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| I play it. Less often than I want to, but my friends don't like it. They still don't like it after I killed and zombified them, commanding them to play it. So it's kinda boring to go solo, because the computer is either predictable or kicks my ass.
I play as Deep, because swords are just more fun. I tend to overuse the sword arc projectile, especially against everything. I also do too much dash-jump-slash quasi-comboing, because it pwns the computer so well. I'd probably be screwed against a human who knew what they were doing. |
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| I have a black t-shirt that has a design printed on it depicting plenty of different colors of Chocobo against a purple oval, with the phrase Chocobo Fever in blue text. It's the best shirt in the world. I need to get me a digital camera, or maybe learn how to fix my scanner. |
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